Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |

NBA Round-up:

Nathan McMahon
STAFF WRITER

Since the All—Star break, the talk of
the league has been all about the Miami Heat
and the MVP—like play by LeBron James, who
together are simply dismantling opponents.
They have taken down 13 straight opponents
in a historical unbeaten streak. While LeBron
leads the way, Dwayne Wade seems to have
found his niche in this high powered offense
with his numbers improving.

Meanwhile the Chicago Bulls have
failed to find their top form going 3—3 in their
last six games and slipping in the Eastern Con—
ference standings. One of the only bright spots
has been the play of Ioakim Noah, who record—
ed a triple—double against Philadelphia where
he had 23 points, 21 rebounds, and 11 blocks
to propel the Bulls to victory.

It seems like the Bulls are simply
missing their primetime player, Derrick Rose,
and his scoring more than ever as they rank
28th in the league in scoring. Rumors have
been telling conflicting stories on Rose’s re—
turn, with some saying he is a week away from
a return, while others say he may not return
until next season.

Rose was spotted dunking the ball
in a pregame warm up at Oklahoma City this
week although it should be noted he neither
jumped off of nor landed on his surgically re—
paired knee. It is apparent the Bulls desperate—
ly need “The Return” if they are to be serious
contenders in the East.

The Western Conference still ap—
pears to be the stronger of the two conferences,
now even more so than ever with the Lakers

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finally starting to reach some of their potential.
With players like Kobe Bryan, Dwight How—
ard, and Steve Nash the Lakers should have
been near the top of the conference standings
all season. However, they are just now start—
ing to win consecutive games, winning four
of their last five, and are competing to earn a
playoff spot as they are just 2.5 games out of the
eighth and final playoff spot.

It would seem that if they can fix
their defense, which remains one of the league’s
worst, then they have a very real chance to do
what many thought impossible before the All—
Star break and make the playoffs. The San An—
tonio Spurs remain on top of the conference
with Oklahoma City and the Clippers three
and three and a half games back, respectively.

The Spurs will be tested after the
recent injury to Tony Parker, which will have
him missing the next few weeks due to an an—
kle sprain.

Outside of the NBA, Dennis Rod—
man continues to make the news after his re—
cent diplomatic trip to North Korea. He is the
first high profile American to meet the new
North Korean dictator Kim Iong—Un. Dur—
ing his trip he put on clinics for kids, watched
some of North Korea’s finest players, and even
got out on the court and balled with his new
friends.

There have been many criticisms of
his trip, especially since he talked about what
a great guy the North Korean leader is and
how he has made a lifelong friend. It is yet to
be seen what kind of political effect his ultra—
important diplomatic trip to North Korea will
have.

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Campus cricket league at
Keating for spring season

Swasti Khuntia
LAYOUT EDITOR

Good news for cricket fans at IIT.
The Keating Premier League (KPL) will start
from March 2 through April 13.

For those who haven’t heard about
KPL, it’s an indoor tape tennis—ball cricket
tt:)urnament played at Keating Sports Cen—
ter. It’s an Intramurals and Recreation sports
event and is wholly sponsored by the Students
Activities Fund and the Intramurals and rec—
reational Sports Committee at IIT.

Team registrations have begun. You
can either register as a team or an individual
(eventually, you’ll be included in a team). KPL
is open to all current IIT students, faculty and

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staff members.

The organizers have planned for
16 teams participating in the league matches,
which would be a knockout format. Each
team would comprise of 6 players with two
additional players as substitutes. Since the ac—
tual game has lots of rules and formats, KPL
too has specified rules which can be checked
out on the IIT Intramurals website. The reg—
istration date has been extended by 1 week to
March 8. The organizers are quite optimistic
about the outcome of the event following last
year’s success. As they say, lots of prizes are to
be won.

Dates: March 9 — April 13

Time: 7.00 pm. — 10.00
(Wednesday)

12.00pm — 6.00 pm. (Saturday)

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