- The Heat even the series.... a flat-out embarrassing showing by the Hawks at home in Game 2...Yes, Wade was fantastic with 33 (and especially in the 2nd quarter to give the Heat a double-digit lead), but it was a flat effort from a team that absolutely needed to sweep the first 2 at home....and the production drop-off of the bench was as sharp as I can remember....The Heat bench accounted for a 37-20 advantage over the Hawks unit and when Flip Murray had to shoot 4-15 to give you 15 of those 20 bench points....ugly, ugly, ugly....big-time bounceback from Daequan Cook playing a starter-like 35 minutes and hitting 6 threes too....
- Orlando evens things up as well....I was WILDLY impressed with Courtney Lee last night in Orlando...he played with the confidence of a vet and he consistently brings above-average defensive skills to the table (despite being their youngest rotation guy)....loved the effort....Any time you get 30 points and 3 assists from Andre Miller...that's not necessarily a good line....he's not the guy you want pouring it in.... I can't defend Anthony Johnson getting twice the shot attempts (12) than Dwight Howard gets (6)...in less minutes no less.... come on.....and some advice for Sixers Coach Tony DiLeo...it's not okay to play 11 guys in a non-blowout playoff game....it's just not...
- Seems like I swung and missed on the Denver series... I thought New Orleans would certainly steal one in Denver but neither game was really even competitive and Billups played out of his mind in his hometown... a key to me? Dahntay Jones shoots 5-5 for 11 points....that's found money....and it's comical that Sean Marks is in a playoff rotation...thought I'd tell you that
- Jeremy Tyler, a 6'11 high school junior....will drop out of high school to play in Europe...I'm gonna say this isn't a good thing....just a hunch....I can almost see his thought process honestly...but stay in school kids....even if you're 6'11....
- Derrick Rose named Rookie of the Year....no surprise here...but this was an above-average rookie class in a year that many people didn't necessarily feel that way going in....Rose and Mayo were supposed to be this good....but guys like Russell Westbrook, Brook Lopez and even Kevin Love exceeded expectations early....
- MLB Roundup: Dan Haren gets off the schneid....finally tallying his first win (after a ridiculous 0-3 start featuring a 1.89 ERA)...throwing 7 shutout innings and lowering said ERA to 1.38 for the year...THAT'S my Cy Young favorite.... loud applause for Barry Zito as well who showed flashes of his old, brilliant self in 7 IP allowing 0 ER.... and the lowly Braves get a win! They still didn't score to do it...but 1-0 victories count the same....Jair Jurrjens was borderline unhittable.... I'm pretty sure I've said this before in this space....but the best pitcher (bar none) that you've never heard of is Paul Maholm of the suddenly surging Pirates...3-0 with a 2.02 ERA (and a fantasy steal of mine) he is the underrated product of that Pittsburgh market.....
- Wake me up when the Lions sign somebody....here are the specs: Aaron Curry will take less to sign there....and made it public....Matt Stafford is the guy they presumably want....but he won't come cheap and has question marks....Marc Sanchez isn't in the discussion.... and the 3rd guy, tackle Jason Smith, may cause a riot if he's the pick from a fan revolt....hallelujah....
- What to watch for tonight: Celtics/Bulls Game 3, TNT 8:00 pm.......Spurs/Mavs Game 3, NBA-TV 8:30 pm (if you get the channel)..... Lakers/Jazz Game 3, TNT 10:30 pm.... Rays/Mariners 6:40 pm (MLB extra innings presumably.....but any time James Shields vs. Felix Hernandez is involved...I'm sold....
Enjoy the day...
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