Monday 4/9
> In typical Detroit fashion, the Pistons toyed with the Knicks in New York, only to tighten the screws at the end. The boo birds were out at The Garden as the clock ran out, but what do New Yorkers expect without Stephon Marbury, David Lee and Renaldo Balkman? The Knicks playoff hopes are on life support, while the Pistons magic number is one to clinch the East.
The main reason I chose this uneventful game to type about is that I want to know who in the league office made the call to make this the national game? It figures that after I give them kudos the decision makers switch out the much better Laker-Nugget contest for this mess.
> The Raptors just keep finding ways to win games. Down nine in the 4th quarter, Toronto exploded to outscore the Timberwolves 38 to 21 in Minnesota by making six of nine 3’s in the final frame. I’m telling you right now, these Raps are going to be tough out in the playoffs.
> The Clippers hung tough with a valiant effort but just did not have enough in the end to beat Dallas *in* Dallas. Now that the Mavericks have wrapped up home court throughout the post season, it’s time for coach Avery Johnson to sit Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard and Erick Dampier. They can still practice, and maybe make a cameo or two, but even if they get rusty it won’t matter in the first round.
> My Lakers put on a great comeback in Denver but made too many stupid mistakes down the stretch to pull it out. Sasha Vujacic & Brian Cook especially. Coach Phil Jackson is still searching for two players to go along with Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Luke Walton to finish games. The problem for LA is that all their reserves seem to have very low basketball IQ's to go along with their mediocre talent. Not a good combination to say the least.
I’m probably in the minority here, but I find it kind of weird that Kobe still gets booed in Colorado any time he touches the ball. Just something not right about that.
> In a battle of two clubs that are heading in different directions and play diametrically opposite styles, the Warriors lambasted the Jazz 126-102 in Oakland. Golden State outscored Utah 73 to 48 combined in the middle two quarters. Ouch. The Warriors now sit only one loss out of #8 in the West and are closing fast.
> In my favorite bullet point, the number of officially eliminated teams almost doubled tonight from five to nine. Gone are Charlotte, Portland, Sacramento and Minnesota.
Just a quick note on the Wolves. They were 20-20 when they fired coach Dwane Casey and have gone 12-25 since. Yet somehow Kevin McHale is still employed as their Vice President of Basketball Operations? Umm, ok.
> Games of note tonight…
- New Jersey at Washington on NBATV
- Clippers at New Orleans/Oklahoma City
The main reason I chose this uneventful game to type about is that I want to know who in the league office made the call to make this the national game? It figures that after I give them kudos the decision makers switch out the much better Laker-Nugget contest for this mess.
> The Raptors just keep finding ways to win games. Down nine in the 4th quarter, Toronto exploded to outscore the Timberwolves 38 to 21 in Minnesota by making six of nine 3’s in the final frame. I’m telling you right now, these Raps are going to be tough out in the playoffs.
> The Clippers hung tough with a valiant effort but just did not have enough in the end to beat Dallas *in* Dallas. Now that the Mavericks have wrapped up home court throughout the post season, it’s time for coach Avery Johnson to sit Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard and Erick Dampier. They can still practice, and maybe make a cameo or two, but even if they get rusty it won’t matter in the first round.
> My Lakers put on a great comeback in Denver but made too many stupid mistakes down the stretch to pull it out. Sasha Vujacic & Brian Cook especially. Coach Phil Jackson is still searching for two players to go along with Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Luke Walton to finish games. The problem for LA is that all their reserves seem to have very low basketball IQ's to go along with their mediocre talent. Not a good combination to say the least.
I’m probably in the minority here, but I find it kind of weird that Kobe still gets booed in Colorado any time he touches the ball. Just something not right about that.
> In a battle of two clubs that are heading in different directions and play diametrically opposite styles, the Warriors lambasted the Jazz 126-102 in Oakland. Golden State outscored Utah 73 to 48 combined in the middle two quarters. Ouch. The Warriors now sit only one loss out of #8 in the West and are closing fast.
> In my favorite bullet point, the number of officially eliminated teams almost doubled tonight from five to nine. Gone are Charlotte, Portland, Sacramento and Minnesota.
Just a quick note on the Wolves. They were 20-20 when they fired coach Dwane Casey and have gone 12-25 since. Yet somehow Kevin McHale is still employed as their Vice President of Basketball Operations? Umm, ok.
> Games of note tonight…
- New Jersey at Washington on NBATV
- Clippers at New Orleans/Oklahoma City
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