In a hurry today, guys. Gotta keep it short (like a Bobcats playoff appearance).
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Worst of the Night in Pictures:
All The Friday Games:
Hawks at Bucks - ESPN, 7:00pm
Bucks lead series 3-2
Bad news, Bango. The old Sonics mascot already outdid your puny 16' ladder backflip dunk with a 20' ladder backflip dunk!
However, some good news if you're a Bucks fan. (And horrible news if you're a fan of fair, competitive basketball). Bill Simmons tweets: "Best sign if you're a Bucks fan: Bennett Salvatore is tonight's crew chief. An all-time "get swept up by the home crowd" ref."
Lakers at Thunder - ESPN, 9:30pm
Lakers lead series 3-2
An elimination game for the Thunder could be interesting. Only three of their players have ever been in the playoffs before this season. Seriously, I am looking forward to this one. Hopefully the Thunder don't get cockblocked by Luke Walton.
Nuggets at Jazz - ESPN2, 10:00pm
Jazz lead series 3-2
Okay, Denver did look pretty good the other night. However, Nene is out with a hyperextended knee. Also, Jerry Sloan has coaching experience dating back to the days of showing Grog and his caveman buddies how to throw a rock inside the hole in the cave wall. That has to be an advantage.
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All The Saturday Games:
Celtics at Crabs - TNT, 8:00pm
Series tied 0-0
I am greatly enjoying following LeBron's Elbow on Twitter. However, I keep waiting for him to link to this:
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All The Sunday Games:
Bucks at Hawks - ABC, 1:00pm
Series tied 3-3
Jazz at Lakers - ABC, 3:30pm
Series tied 0-0
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Jerry Stackhouse starts tonight's deer-fear-fest off with a rendition of the national anthem!!!
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/basketball/bucks-forward-jerry-stackhouse-sings-national-anthem-before-game-6-92552299.html
Captcha: reaur, where the thunder just took it.
Just how important is Gasol to the Lakers? Holy wow.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5152805
Props to the OKC crowd for immediately applauding their team, seeing them drop to the ground after the final buzzer.
"LeBron's secret to greatness? Before each game he uses an inhaler that contains the breath of a unicorn."
"LeBron does not need another MVP trophy. He already drives around with the first one buckled in the front seat. He even gave it a bluetooth"
"The lady at Wendys asked LeBron if he wanted a large, he said "That's what she said", nobody laughed, so he gave himself a highfive..."
"LeBron knows every line to Cool Runnings and as of right now, he's reenacting the movie, by himself, as we drive to the Q."
Kobe may not want to admit that is the case publically, but he probably relishes the chances for a ring that the Spanish Marshmallow has inflated for him.
Yet there's one problem with this article:
The center of attention for the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz second-round series beginning on Sunday at Staples Center has shifted to the injuries to both teams' starting centers.
Starting?
Well, as Dan B. and I just agreed, it seems Bynum is a Starter In Name Only, whose job is to last a few minutes before his fragile, matchsticks-and-bailing wire frame falls apart so that Pau Gasol can come in and do cleanup.
More like 3 of their 4 best players are only good for about 20 minutes a game before running out of gas. Though I like your answer better (side note: does anyone else get angry that Doc Rivers and Mike Brown have more Coach of the Year awards than Jerry Sloan?)
The reason is because the Celtics are used to getting a nap during halftime in the Seniors Only league that they usually play in.
1. Can the announcers stop saying, "LeBron is playing with one arm! This is incredible!" No, he's playing with a strained elbow. It's not like he's just left handed.
2. The Cleveland crowd is awful. The whole game the jumbotron was the loudest thing in the game. I remember thinking, "Is this a pre-season game?" Even the Laker's fans are better...
3. Mo Williams gave an interview where he said you have to punch the bullies of the league (the Celtics) back. Does he understand that Shaq is on his team?
Dooj: I can't even stand the Cleveland announcer. I have to watch games on mute to keep from hearing "THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" every time a three pointer is made.
Gasol is just a beast. I'mm having trouble deciding whether he was underrated before, or if his game has reached a new level last year.
Words fail.
"I thought one through seven we did pretty good, but our bench let us down."
Ok, my question is who is number seven? Odom is obviously number six, and Josh Powell had a Super Mario of 9 seconds (more like a Super Mario with an Invincibility Star), so he really could not suck as noticeably as usual. But that leaves Walton, Brown, and Farmar as the three suspects. As in one was good, two sucked (my guess is that it was Farmar and Brown, since Old Man Fish had to play 40 minutes). Now, knowing classic Zen Master, he's intentionally telling those three that only one of them was good (I'm betting it was Walton), so that they all question themselves and thus, all three step up the next game. Or maybe he's just getting up there in years and meant 6 instead of 7. Or maybe he increases the number by "accident" in hopes that his Jedi mind trick works in the front office during contract negotiations, so they give him 15 million a year instead of 14 next year. Just can't tell with this guy.
The interview is actually pretty funny, if unintentionally most of the time, although Kobe is a grizzled PR veteran by now so he knows what not to say.
(oblig joke) Picking up dog shit? This shouldn't be a surprise, he's got to play with the Lakers' bench every game!
And can we get a Bawful on biased reporting, with AP showing Laker hatred to the team's fans: "Even the Hollywood crowd was tense, with many fans anxiously kneading or waving the giveaway white T-shirts they apparently were too cool to wear."
Yes, AP, they are too cool to wear them. I don't want to see Jessica Alba courtside in a XL white t-shirt. I want to see her anywhere on a wardrobe scale of naked to half-naked. Besides, the white-out thing is starting to get lame.
Kaptcha: diselesc, as in Pau Gasol is so dominating right now that it's almost diselesc.