Holy Moly!!! WHAT A BALL GAME!!! For those of you that didn’t watch the Celts/Bulls game, LEAVE NOW!!! Ok, just kidding, STAY PLEASE!!! If you missed last nights game, unfortunately I can’t describe all the excitement, let down, what the fuck and HOW DID HE DO THAT moments. But I can give you a quick run down of what I saw and what you can watch for in the HUGE game 7 tomorrow night. If you saw something I missed, let me know in the comments.
Things I learned
Tony Allen is a good basketball player and very smart - Sorry, if you didn’t get that, I meant I learnt sarcasm last night. He is by FAR neither of those things.
Ray Allen is a robot - He was sent from a planet where all the inhabitants have ice in their veins and thie nerves are made of steel. Oh and they also have granite in their scrotum’s in place of testes.
Paul Pierce gives me hope to play basketball until im 45 - There isn’t a player that looks less mobile in the league but scores as many points or gets to the line more than Pierce. He’s basically the EXACT opposite of Tony Allen.
Kirk Hinrich is a little bit Gangsta – After Rondo gave him the Irish Whip into the scorers table he looked like he could have been an extra in The Wire.
Big Baby can hit big shots – With Pierce and Allen doubled and tripled teamed consistently someone needed to step up and it was the big man again and again.
Derrick Rose is going to be GOOD, like REAL GOOD - The kid is good now but win or lose this series, he is going to have some of the BEST playoff experience under his belt and that’s going to make him that much better. Remember, he is ONLY a rookie.
Doc River and Vinny Del Negro might be good coaches – WOW! You think as many minutes as these teams have played against each other that they would have seen it all. But time after time these coaches pull some unreal play out of their book and it almost always works.
Overtime is FUN! – I like the Celtics always have but I must admit as soon as overtime hits I just want the game to go on forever. Its fast, exciting and good damn is it fun. PLEASE LET TOMORROW GO INTO OT!!!
I scream like a girl- Last night, my apartment must have sounded like a Justin Timberlake concert every time Ray Ray nailed a big shot.
Joakim Noah is Ugly – STRAIGHT UP!!!
Game 7 goes tomorrow night at 8pm in Boston…GO CELTS!!!
Written on April 29th, 2009 by goatdieselone shout
Last night during two pretty intense bball games a couple of fouls transpired that caught attention. First off I will talk about Dwight Howard’s elbow to Sammy Dalembert dome in the Orlando vs. Philly game. During the first quarter of the game D12 and Dalembert were battling under the basket for position on a Rashard Lewis 3 pointer. When Lewis sank/sunk the 3, Dalembert went to walk under the basket to pass the ball in. Instead, Howard grabbed his arm and brought him in for a nice elbow to the back of the head. After reviewing the play the NBA has suspended Howard for game 6 .
In final seconds of OT in the Celtics/Bulls game, Brad Miller had a WIDE open lay up to tie the game and essentially bring the game into double OT. On his way to the basket, Miller was met by 3 Celtics, Rondo, Pierce and Perkins. Both Perkins and Rondo fouled Miller but Perkins was legitimately going for the ball, while Rondo was WAY behind Miller and went for his head.. All Rondo could really do to prevent the lay up at that point was slap Miller in the face and that is exactly what he did.
Now this where I have a problem with the Howard suspension. Should D12 have been suspended? Most definitely! Everyone knows Dwight is one of the biggest dudes on Earth and a cheap shot to the head by him or anyone else should not be tolerated. With that being said, why wasn’t Rondo assessed a game suspension as well? As far as I know, the NBA states that any blow to the head its considered a flagrant and then the league reviews the play and decides if any further action should be taken. I have heard that the league reviewed both plays but I would really like to know the difference? Is it because Rondo is a smaller person or because it looked “less lethal”? I watched both things happen and it really looked like Miller was worse for the wear compared to Dalembert?
So what do you think? Below is a video of both incidents, so let me know if you think either, neither or both deserved the punishment they got. Try and watch this ASAP as the NBA loves to take their videos down randomly.
Written on February 2nd, 2009 by goatdieselno shouts
I would be lying to you if I said I didn’t smile a bit when I first read that Chris Bosh told the Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo that he wasn’t going to re-sign with the team in 2010. If you have been to this site before you know just how unimpressed I am with Bosh’s leadership, shot selection and attitude. This is a GREAT example of all of that, wrapped into one giant ball and thrown in the faces of the Raptors fans and organization. Regardless if Chris felt this way before our slide into the basement of the Eastern Conference, he definitely should have kept this to himself or between him and Colangelo. Bosh has essentially done what I have wanted forever, make all the Raptors fans to take off their rose coloured glasses and start judging Bosh like every other player, instead of giving him a free pass because “his teammates” aren’t up to par or whatever other crazy excuses I hear game in game out.
Seriously, name ONE player you would take from the Cavs besides LeBron? Ok, I know Bosh and LeBron are on different levels but what I am getting at is, you don’t necessarily need the best players on your team to win, you need a good leader and good team chemistry and we have neither. The Cavs has bought into the team philosophy of (more…)
Written on January 29th, 2009 by goatdieselno shouts
Today the NBA announced the reserves for the All Star game and there are definitely some shady choices here…Lets get to it…
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Centres – Pau Gasol (Lakers) Shaquille O’Neal (Suns) – No problems here – Gasol is the C/PF on the best team in the west and come on, he may not be in his prime but does anybody bring more laughs to the All Star festivities then the Big Aristotle.
Forwards – David West (Hornets) and Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) – Hmmm it gets a little sketchy here for me. I know last year David West has everyone saying ”Who the F… is this guy killing my team” and I know he is still putting up decent numbers but what about Al Jefferson? Sure he plays in ‘Sota and more people watch Slamball then WOLVES games but this guy is a MONSTER! This season he has had TWENTY, 12+ rebound games and 34, 20+ point games. I know the Mavs aren’t having the best season but Diggler is the man still. The big German still gets his buckets and lets be honest if he wasn’t in Dallas they would be MUCH worse (more…)
Today the NBA announced the reserves for the All Star game and there are definitely some shady choices here…Lets get to it…