Saturday, May 10, 2008

5/10: Utah awakes, Rick Carlisle, etc.

Only one NBA game last night....
  • Carlos Boozer and the Jazz wake up a bit...hold serve....27 and 20 for Boozer in an impressive outing with a couple big-time jumpers late to put the Lakeshow away....Kobe managed a ho-hum 34-6-7 line that would be ludicrous for most but seemed average for him...except for the crazy toss off the backboard play to himself.....a sportscenter moment if I've ever seen one....Deron Williams was very good throughout I thought and ended up with 18 and 12 dimes....It's still a series as long as Utah holds serve at home...but they don't have homecourt so they'd have to win one in LA...and I don't see that going down
All things non-playoff related....
  • Rick Carlisle and the Mavs come to terms....deal reportedly 4yr/16 million in range....seems like alot for Rick Carlisle since he didn't have any other real offers...but I stand by the hire as a reasonable one....
  • MLB: James Shields was out-of-this-world good last night in a complete game 1-hitter in which he faced only 28 batters......and the game was still tied when he was through 9 innings....until Evan Longoria pounded his first career walk-off...congrats kid....Jimmy Rollins is back....bad news for a Braves fan like myself but good news for the game...and he almost hit for the cycle last night....Jonathan Papelbon blows 2 saves in a row now? That's gotta be the first time that's happened...he has been inhuman, so I guess it had to go down sometime....The Braves bullpen implodes again, paging Bobby cox....move Jeff Bennett to the rotation and stop this 1 batter-at-a-time madness in the 9th inning....just pick someone and throw them out there.....Lance Berkman is hitting the cover off the ball...we all should recognize that...how bout 16 for his last 20 (.750 BA) with 3 HR and RBI? And season #'s of .380, 12 HR, 35 RBI, and a league leading 38 Runs scored....let it sink in
  • Florida Gator safety Jamar Hornsby allegedly used a dead woman's credit card....like, alot....not just once....you get the idea...that's absolutely ludicrous...he deserves jail
Kind of a light sports day unless you're a hockey fan....so I end here

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