- On the court.... LA takes Game One....It almost felt like they stole this one even though they were favored and at home...Denver seemed to control the tempo/style of the game throughout... Kobe may have had the quietest 40 points I can ever remember him having....very even-keel and he was (as usual) perfect at the line down the stretch to seal it... Carmelo Anthony is what he is at this point...39 points is great... except that he didn't score in the last 3:30 and it almost felt like he disappeared for the entire 2nd half of the 4th quarter (and ALL of the 2nd)....just not as consistent as you'd like him to be.... This Andrew Bynum situation is a mess for Phil Jackson to deal with....5 fouls in 16 minutes and though he had 6 boards, it felt like he was in the way... One under-the-radar thing.... Denver's bench gave them next-to-nothing...Chris Anderson was solid, but JR Smith (2-7 non-existent until late) and Anthony Carter (0-4 and flat-out abysmal) didn't help George Karl's cause....add in that he inexplicably had the 6'0 tall Carter inbound the ball on the late throw-away sequence....yikes.... But Denver just needs to split to make this a series.... Big game in game 2....
- The Clips win the Lottery....and apparently have already decided on Blake Griffin? That's pretty disturbing to me based upon their front-court situation...I'm not saying you don't take him...b/c I still would...but they better be sure when they are paying a combined $300 million (lol) for Kaman, Camby, and the infamous Zach Randolph.... I was discussing this with my trusted basketball cohort Ryan and we decided that it's inexplicable that a team with no glaring holes is/was as bad as the Clips...it makes no sense... they seem to be "set" at every position...and yet, are still terrible....Good luck to you Blake...
- Mike Vick released... I'm not gonna cover this with the same fervor as most media outlets (hm, ESPN) but it's still a story...he apparently escaped the media throng upon his release...good work by somebody...I'm impressed....Will he play this year? ehh... Too early to tell IMO...
- This Dirk Nowitzki thing just got sicker....this crazy woman he was engaged to (that has multiple aliases, etc.) is now pregnant....great work Dirk...
- And a positive story....Dontrelle Willis throws 6.1 innings of scoreless baseball for the Tigers yesterday...Love to see that (as a Tigers supporter, thanks Dad) and as a baseball fan, it's pretty cool to see the guy who was once the brightest young arm in the game potentially get his form back...
Until next time.....
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