Mike Dunleavy of the Indiana Pacers is kinda stuck with the “36” number syndrome as it is the fourth time that he has scored 36 points in a game for the Indiana Pacers and this time he helped his team to beat the New York Knicks 110-98. The coach of the Pacers, Jim O’Brien, said that he is not worried that Mike is not crossing the 36 point mark and is ready to accept 36 points from him for over 50 times in his career. Danny Granger also played very well for the Pacers and was a perfect foil for Mike and he scored 26 points in the match.

Mike Dunleavy has scored his career high of 36 points for the fourth time in this season and his efforts on Monday night did not help the Pacers to enter into the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks are at the moment a completely lost side as they have lost for the ninth time in their last ten games. The only notable factor for the Knicks was Zach Randolph top scoring for the team with 21 points and he also had 14 rebounds. The Pacers played the game in their traditional golden attire and the Knicks chose to wear green uniform on the St. Patrick’s Day.

The 10,000 to 12,000 odd Cleveland fans, who had fought through snow and bitter cold to get to the stadium, were thrilled with joy to watch their team make a clean sweep of the Indiana Pacers with a 103-95 victory last Saturday. Cavalier’s LeBron James who scored 38 points in the game said that he wanted to make sure that the efforts taken by the fans to get to watch the game must not go waste and thanked for the fans to come and watch the game even at times of adverse weather conditions. The winter snow was so bad in Cleveland that it covered the cars unto the doors.

Cleveland Cavaliers maintained their home winning streak as they have won their fifth consecutive game on home soil. The main players for the Cavaliers were West who scored 14 points, Wally with 11 points, Joe Smith with 12 points, Varejao with 15 points as well as 16 rebounds and of course James, the top scorer with 38 points. James acknowledged that he was in top of his game on Saturday and wanted to be aggressive throughout the game. Cavaliers continued their domination over the Pacers as they have won 10 of their last 11 meetings.

Ronald Murray, who played his debut with Indiana Pacers, showed some sparkle of his talent. Not long after the start of the game,

NBA Player of the Week honors went Tracy McGrady, the Houston Rockets star, and Danny Granger, the Indiana Pacers forward. Tracy McGrady was honored after he averaged 4.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 32.3 points on 50.0 shooting, leading the Houston Rockets to a 3-0 mark. Eastern Conference honors went to Danny Granger. The player averaged 8.7 rebounds and 22.7 points in helping the Indiana Pacers to a 3-0 week.