Sunday 4/8
> The daily recap starts in Miami where someone forgot to tell Charlotte they were supposed to roll over for Dwyane Wade’s glorious return. Three Walter Herrmann 3’s in overtime later and the Heat take an awful loss at home. If there’s one team you don’t want to see on your schedule right now, it’s the Bobcats. They flat out play hard and do not give up.
As for Wade, he looked pretty rusty going 6-12 from the free throw line and committing 6 turnovers. That’s to be expected after 45 days off though. He looked a little tentative off the dribble and reluctant to finish in traffic to me (as evidenced by his 8 assists). Conversely he did hit the deck once or twice and took a few shots to that bum left shoulder. We shall see…
> In a preview of a possible second round playoff match up, Toronto laid a beat down on what had been a pretty hot Chicago club. The Raptors went prehistoric on the Bulls in the 3rd quarter out scoring them 31-17. What keeps Toronto rolling along without a starter (Jorge Garbajosa) and their sixth man (Andrea Bargnani) is guys like Joey Graham, Kris Humphries, Anthony Parker and even Juan Dixon taking turns stepping up. Now it remains to be seen if they can keep it up in the playoffs, but so far so good in the regular season.
Oh yeah, Andres Nocioni made his return for Chicago after 64 days away nursing plantar fasciitis in his right foot. He only played 8 minutes and looked at least a step slow (committed 3 fouls in those 8 minutes), if not more.
> Philadelphia came from 17 down in the 3rd quarter to tie the game on an Andre Iguodala slam dunk with :56 seconds left in regulation. The Sixers went on to win the game in overtime and lose even more lottery ping-pong balls in the process.
> Games of note tonight…
- Detroit at New York
- Clippers at Dallas
- Lakers at Denver on NBATV
- Utah at Golden State
As for Wade, he looked pretty rusty going 6-12 from the free throw line and committing 6 turnovers. That’s to be expected after 45 days off though. He looked a little tentative off the dribble and reluctant to finish in traffic to me (as evidenced by his 8 assists). Conversely he did hit the deck once or twice and took a few shots to that bum left shoulder. We shall see…
> In a preview of a possible second round playoff match up, Toronto laid a beat down on what had been a pretty hot Chicago club. The Raptors went prehistoric on the Bulls in the 3rd quarter out scoring them 31-17. What keeps Toronto rolling along without a starter (Jorge Garbajosa) and their sixth man (Andrea Bargnani) is guys like Joey Graham, Kris Humphries, Anthony Parker and even Juan Dixon taking turns stepping up. Now it remains to be seen if they can keep it up in the playoffs, but so far so good in the regular season.
Oh yeah, Andres Nocioni made his return for Chicago after 64 days away nursing plantar fasciitis in his right foot. He only played 8 minutes and looked at least a step slow (committed 3 fouls in those 8 minutes), if not more.
> Philadelphia came from 17 down in the 3rd quarter to tie the game on an Andre Iguodala slam dunk with :56 seconds left in regulation. The Sixers went on to win the game in overtime and lose even more lottery ping-pong balls in the process.
> Games of note tonight…
- Detroit at New York
- Clippers at Dallas
- Lakers at Denver on NBATV
- Utah at Golden State
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