Monday, February 14, 2011

2/14: Oh, It's a Holiday...

Greetings...
  • February 14, 2011 is certainly a holiday... but not one of those corporate-created, Hallmark-indulging ones... it's the beautiful day that results in pitchers and catchers reporting for Spring Training and the early signs of another baseball season... it's funny because I won't watch much (if any) baseball until opening day (leave me out of Spring training games), but it's just nice to know they are down there....
  • The Celtics knocked off the Heat yesterday 85-82... just a weird game all around... Boston got a paltry 0-10 FG, 1 point (one!) effort from Paul Pierce who played 40 minutes somehow, but 6 guys in double figures including a triple-double from Rondo got them the win... Wade was out-of-sorts (6 of 17), Lebron was typical (22/7/7) but the shooter combo of Miller and House were an abysmal 2 of 11 and Joel Anthony played 21 minutes without attempting a shot... yeah... nothing really to gleam... these 2 are going to battle in the playoffs...
  • NBA Box Score Check - Orlando holds LA to a season-low 75 points in a 14-point win... Dwight with a dominant 31/13 performance to lead the charge... The Wiz won a road game! And you just knew it'd be in Cleveland lol... 115-100 and they beat up on them throughout... Cleveland is bad, that's not news... I stick to my 2-39/3-38 road prediction for Washington... Okay... Lamarcus Aldridge is a stud... the should've-been-#-1 draft pick put up 36 points in Portland's 5-point road win in Detroit... seems like every night he does this now... and Golden State knocks off OKC at home behind 79 points from Lee/Ellis/Curry, 19 boards from Lee, and 13 dimes for Steph... really nice win for them...
  • The ranked teams held serve yesterday in college hoops... Duke, UConn, Georgetown, Purdue, and Arizona all won by semi-comfortable margins in league games against unranked squads... kind of a ho-hum day...

What to watch for...

  • #2 Kansas @ K-State - ESPN 9:00 - This would've been a huge game if K-State didn't fall off the earth... my boy (lol) Frank Martin can't seem to right the ship... but they are capable of keeping this competitive at home in a rivalry game
  • West Virginia @ #13 Syracuse - ESPN 7:00 - Typical Big East slugfest... Syracuse is a Jekyll/Hyde team to be sure...
  • Spurs @ Nets - 7:00 NBA-TV - The Nets are on TV? Bleh...
  • Hawks @ Pistons - 7:30 SportSouth - I typed a 600-word Hawks rant on Saturday that I put on the shelf... that should tell you how I'm feeling about them right now... I have to recommend reading the ESPN TrueHoop Hawks blog over at hoopinionblog.com... Bret is a great writer, and gives insight that few others can...

Until later...

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