Basketball from a fans perspective
He passed the magic number
The Warriors lost
the game 125-106 to the Clippers thanks in part to the incredible game of Lou
Williams. Williams scored 50 points but
wasn’t just chucking up shots, he managed to shoot .593 from the floor. On an ordinary evening this accomplishment
might be the focus, this night it was clearly Kevin Durant. The Warrior forward scored 40 points including point number 20,000 in the NBA, Durant joins a select group of players led by Kareem Abdul Jabbar with over 38,000 points. Durant becomes the second fastest player at
age 29 to accomplish this feat, congratulations Kevin.
The Celtics and Sixers in London?
The teams played a regular season game in London on Thursday.
The NBA has played a number of games in England over the years but they were all exhibtion games, I believe
this to be the first regular season game. According to Real GM
Great Britain has sent 11 players into the NBA which is far more than I first
believed. Final Score Celtics 114 Sixers 103.
“The Gang that couldn’t shoot straight”
It was a book and
then a 1971 movie, “The Gang that couldn’t shoot straight” told a story of
organized crime. The shooting from
Georgia and Mizzou was certainly criminal in the first half of their Wednesday
night game at Mizzou Arena. Mizzou
managed to raise their field goal shooting to 41% as they shot much better in
the second half, Georgia held a 23-20 lead at the half.
Whatever Coach
Cuonzo Martin verbalized at half-time worked, the Tigers doubled their scoring
in the second half registering 48 points leading to a 68-56 victory. Good old balanced scoring led the way for the
Tigers. Jontay Porter and Kassius
Robertson each scored 15 points, Jeremiah Tilmon and Jordan Geist scored 10
each while Kevin Puryear had 9. Winning
ugly is better than not winning at all, the game played last season would have resulted in a loss.
I’ll answer the
question ahead of time, no I’m not tossing them in the trash. I paid too much money to destroy them in that
manner. I’m referring to my Andrew Bynum
#17 and Steve Nash #10 jerseys, as I’ve mentioned previously all the jerseys I
displayed are retired Laker players including Kobe Bryant. Shaq was traded yet his jersey hangs in the
rafters at Staples Center but for Bynum and Nash
I’ve hesitated to
display them, Steve Nash will soon be enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame
yet had an ordinary three years as a Laker.
Bynum too was traded but unlike Shaq will never ever see 17 retired. With all the potential in the world Bynum
decided one day he no longer wanted to play in the NBA. One constant All-Star and one guy who just
didn’t seem to care.
I had to be careful I was driving
Sports talk radio
locally is in the dumps, much of the discussions consist of Chiefs, Royals and
Kansas basketball. Other NFL and MLB
teams are inter-mixed in the conversation at times. I turned my automobile radio to one of the
two stations on the road home, the host was holding a conversation discussing
the Mizzou Tigers. I almost drove off
the road, the subject changed from the usual Chiefs/Royals and Kansas
basketball, unbelievable. The host made
a statement which I agree with and one I am unable to get few in the area to come
to an agreement. He said, “I believe for
years the Big 12 was overrated and the SEC underrated. Every season SEC teams play longer into the
NCAA Tournament than Big 12 teams.”
