- LA goes on the road and puts away Utah....I watched this one wire-to-wire and it wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated...I have to give it to Utah for coming on strong late with their season on the line, showed some heart but too late....I was at a SportsBar without the benefit(or crutch) of sound, and had a brief moment of, "Why is Carlos Boozer not out there down the stretch?"...He fouled out though....whew.....My coaching moment of the day was Jerry Sloan inexplicably leaving CJ Miles on the floor for over 6 consecutive minutes while just jacking....had nothing here...come on Jerry....This was also a rare game where both teams had 6 guys in double figures....and the Lakers had this with 4 minutes left...in the THIRD....but the difference was Kobe (duh) and the 11-39 for only 28 points from Boozer and Okur...LA moves on....
- Boston lays yet another road egg in Cleveland....welcome to the series Lebron with 32 in a game that featured only 4 guys TOTAL in double figures (versus 12 in the other game) and the 2nd leading scorer for Cleveland was Delonte West with a uninspiring 10...so it was truly the Lebron show scoring 32 of the 74 and holding off Boston late.....now to this....Likely the worst call of the playoffs so far....happened late in a block/charge situation where Lebron got the benefit of being Lebron and it being in Cleveland on a play that really wasn't close and swung the tide...Doc Rivers was at mid-court.... incensed.....KG was good/great yet again for Boston but the Artist Formerly Known as Ray Allen (what I'l call him til he wakes up) and Paul Pierce (who's been nearly as bad) are killing their chances at winning the title (not the series simply because Cleveland isn't good enough on the road to be a favorite).....Should be a big-time game 7 on Sunday....
Other things....
- To Baseball....where Josh Hamilton went a crazy 5-5 with 2 HR, 3B, 5 RBI and 4 runs....he's really, really good...with a ludicrous 49 RBI to lead the AL by 15 and the league by 6 as well....and he upstaged Jayson Werth who hit 3 HR and had 8 RBI as a guy with less than 50 career HR....gotta love when flukes like this happen, it's entertaining....The Braves won a 1-run game! That makes 2...versus 11 losses...it's great to be an Atlanta sports fan....
- Tim Donaghy is in the news again....the Feds are saying he bet on 100+ games that he refereed over the years....that's incredible....
- One Recommendation today....the WNBA starts today with Candace Parker's debut against former UCONN Star Diana Taurasi...3:30 ABC...watch it...yes, I just recommended professional Women's basketball
That's it for today as I was very focused on the NBA....enjoy the weekend
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