Friday, January 21, 2011

1/21: Thursday Night Hoops, Brady, etc.

Greetings all... My apologies on lack of content... First, to last night's action on a slow day...
  • NBA Round-Up... Chicago continues to play well.... 82-77 winners over skidding Dallas behind Rose's 26/9/7 outing... panic for the Mavs? They've lost 6 of 8, and Dirk had 2 rebounds last night... 2.... Funny note... Rose was the only Bull in double-figures... Elsewhere, Portland gets a nice win by 15 over LAC... the Blazers ended the game on a 16-4 run, and they got 28 a piece from Aldridge (who was great) and Matthews... LAC got great contributions from Gordon (35 points, 7 threes), and Griffin (20 and 18) but not much else... and I have exactly one note on the Charlotte/Philly game... DJ Augustin can play, and it's showing through in the Paul Silas era... he had 31 and 8 last night, and is quietly averaging 15 and 6 for the year...
  • Washington is the class of the Pac-10... the Huskies beat up on #25 Arizona by 17 last night in Seattle.. Thomas and Holiday went for a combined 44, and they managed to corral the 'zona offense outside of Derrick Williams (who got a customary 22/11)...
  • Tom Brady has foot surgery... hmm... his ludicrous 36 TD/4 INT season looks even crazier now, right?... but in all seriousness, he looked a little limited mobility wise in the game against NYJ, and maybe this explains it...
  • Andruw Jones signs with the Yankees... I got nothing here except to say that I miss skinny Andruw galloping around in CF in the 1996 world series...
  • I have to comment on the bizarre WWE-ish presser from the Mad Russian the other day... the Nets have officially bailed on the 'Melo talks leaving him to contemplate life in Denver, but it was a wild scene there... at any rate, I still think Melo gets dealt... but I honestly think a team like Houston could put together an even better package than NY even with the assumption that he won't sign an extension.... that's how underwhelming the NY package is...

What to watch for...

  • Hornets @ Hawks - 7:30 SportSouth - Chris Paul comes to town... ATL is probably without Horford and Marvin Williams and that gives the slight edge to NO simply on the basis of extended minutes from Collins and Powell... but it'll come down to if the Hawks can "semi"- contain Paul...
  • Knicks @ Spurs - 8:00 ESPN - Nice style match-up here... SA is playing the best ball in the league, but NY is capable of throwing up 130 on you on any night...
  • Lakers @ Nuggets - 10:30 ESPN - Carmelo is still playing in Denver... these 2 teams usually play big-time games, especially in Denver, so if you're a night owl....

Enjoy...

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