Saturday, May 9, 2009

Chuck Daly Passes, NBA Playoffs, etc...

Leading today is the passing of Chuck Daly at age 78... He is best known for coaching the Bad Boy Pistons to back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990 and coaching the Dream Team in 1992... Definitely an innovator and one of the best coaches ever....RIP sir....

On to less relevant things...
  • Orlando beats up on Boston... If Orlando is going to get 52 points from Lewis and Turkoglu AND a monster (though foul-ridden) effort from Howard....they'll likely win... Anthony Johnson was better than I've ever seen him (and I'd know) and the bench contributed in a solid way... For Boston? Eddie House continues to be absolutely unconscious....but him only taking 7 shots in that state doesn't help quite as much...Pierce was great in the 2nd half... but the Celtics can't afford below-average games from Allen, Rondo, Perkins, and Davis all at once....not without KG to help.... Not taking too much from this...I still think Boston can steal Game 4 and even things....
  • LA pulls away... All 5 starters in double figures for the Lake Show headlined by Kobe's 33...but Jordan Farmar was big...no he wasn't outstanding...but he doesn't have to be...he's a better defender than Derek Fisher at this point...he's quicker... and all he has to do is take care of the ball and be at least adequate jump shooting...he did that... and Lamar Odom was the "good Odom" putting in 16 and 13.....I need more touches from Yao....they can't stop him when he catches within 8 feet of the rim...so get him the ball...more entry passes...come on Brooks, Lowry, Wafer....Speaking of Wafer...no conscious at all...but you should've known that...same for Artest who went through a dry spell in the 3rd that not-so-coincidentally led to the Lakers winning the quarter by 10 (b/c he kept jacking)....man, I love Carl Landry's game....
  • Oh you thought Brett Favre was over? hahahahaha
  • MLB Roundup: A-Rod bombs in his first plate appearance....meh.... the bigger story there (by far)? CC Sabathia snapping into form with a CG shutout victory...huge stabilization for their staff.... Justin Verlander followed CC's footsteps and is officially back to his former Cy Young form... I, for once, am ecstatic about this but the effort wouldn't have happened without a LUDICROUS catch by Curtis Granderson to rob Grady Sizemore of a walk-off 2 run HR in the 9th...big-ups.... JoJo Reyes vs. Cole Hamels... I can't think of a less entertaining matchup for a Braves fan...and it went according to plan...for the Phils... Good news for Twins fans.... the 2nd most disappointing starter in the Bigs this year (behind sir Chien-Meng Wang obviously) has been Scott Baker...but Mr. Baker bounced back with 7 shutout innings....
  • I've been purposefully avoided Stephen Strasburg's name... but I can't do it when throws a no-hitter with 1 walk and strikes out 17....while throwing 102 mph fastballs....the lock #1 overall pick in the MLB draft may reportedly be called up this year...no really...this year....that doesn't happen...
Big day for me....Hawks/Cavs Game 3... The only chance to make this series not SO ridiculous...the pick? Cavs by 9...

1 comment:

coffee fan said...

it seems like there have been so many big sports figures passing on lately, tragic