- Other than Nuggets 120, Lakers 101...the next biggest numbers from Game 4? 84 Free Throw attempts total (including an absolutely insane 49 for Denver), and 55 total fouls...That's not basketball...that's especially not playoff basketball...and it's a league-wide issue that just happened to manifest itself tonight...let them play...please let them play....I'm begging the Commish right here and now...No more Flagrant fouls for hard, on-ball swipes (Andrew Bynum), no more 5 minute sequences where every single trip is a touch foul (mid-4th quarter in Game 4)....just stop it...do it now....
Okay, that's over...
- To the actual game...a huge win (and a must-win at that) for Denver... Factor in that Melo shot 3-16 and they still win easily....hm...JR Smith's 24 points were slightly flawed (3 late triples) but he was huge... So was the Birdman's 14 boards...And even NeNe's 14 and 13 effort (Quick name a non-Yao/Howard center better than him....I'll wait) But the thing I can't get past...I know the game was called ridiculously...but Denver is just borderline insane...like it always seems like they are on the fence of going over the line...and that's a George Karl issue... reign it in... For LA? Other than the typical Lamar Odom absolute no-show (getting old to Laker fans I'm sure lol)....I had one major issue...Phil Jackson let this game get out of control....Yes, I just berated Phil Jackson...that Phil Jackson...but hear me out... With the lead bordering on the 10-12 point fulcrum... Phil trotted this lineup out for an extended time frame.... Shannon Brown/Sasha Vujacic
Shannon Brown
Sasha Vujacic
Luke Walton
Trevor Ariza
Andrew Bynum
- Now, first of all...I don't have an issue with any of these guys getting minutes (save my personal stance on Vujacic, especially when he isn't making jumpers)...but to sit Kobe, Pau, and Odom at the same time for 4+ minutes with the leading nearing insurmountability is inexcusable...especially when Kobe is glaring down the bench trying to get into the game and Pau had 21 and 10 (on 8-11 FG) at the time......Okay that's over....It's a 3-game series...and I love the drama...
- Uhh...the Padres have won 10 straight...the same Padres who have exactly 4 even average bats (Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, Eckstein and Headley) and exactly 2 average starters (Peavy, and Chris Young if he's firing)....aberration? definitely if you ask me...but a nice story...
- MLB Roundup: Other than the obvious Francoeur meltdown to be worried about (0-4, 2 K, 7 LOB after he looked to be breaking out), I can't deal with Buddy Carlyle still be on this Braves team with so many young arms ready and waiting...the 8.84 ERA speaks for itself... We may have seen the breakout from Travis Ishikawa of the Giants .... 4-4 with a HR... and not even the best batting line of the day....how bout former batting champ (lol) Freddy Sanchez with a 6-6 day including a homer...2 teams are JUMPING for joy about pitching performances today... The Cardinals and Chris Carpenter... 8 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER...if he's healthy, they suddenly look like the favorite in the NL Central somehow.... and The Yankees and Phil Hughes... So THAT'S why they didn't wanna deal him huh? (8 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER vs. the devastating Texas lineup)
Big game tonight....Must-win for the Lebrons... I say they steal one... and I won't make the mistake of bashing a guy who went for 41 and 9...lol
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