…but I kind of ran out of time today, and I’m not going to be able to post the full daily recap in a timely manner. I suppose I’ll just give you a basic run down in the form of a bulleted list. I had to write a paper on poetry for a course I’m taking, and it messed with my blogging time. Anyway…
- LeBron and the Heat got blown the hell out of Quicken Loans Arena by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The f@ck? Well, to put it in it’s most basic form, Miami failed to make shots, rebound the ball, and convert from the stripe. To put it in a less box-score-watcher kind of way, the Heat came out with little energy, played like crap, and by the time they turned it up a notch it was too late… so they got their asses beat by a bad team that overachieved a bit. Ryan Hollins, who scored 13 points, was one of the main overachievers. Look at how dirty he did Chris Bosh, who scored just 10 points on 5-14…
- Damn Chris… you got owned. LeBron didn’t play too well himself… he dropped 13 in the first quarter, and then went scoreless for almost two whole periods. He ended up adding 17 more between the very end of the third and the fourth, but still, he didn’t get it going while Miami fell behind by double digits. Mike Bibby had it going all night long (mostly because Cleveland didn’t bother to guard him), he knocked down seven three-pointers, but even that wasn’t enough… because to be quite honest, none of the three studs played their part. Miami obviously isn’t winning jack if not a single one of those dudes do anything. Shout out to Alonzo Gee…
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How awesome is that photo? It just might be my favorite of the season… other than maybe the one of LeBron and Wade collaborating on a big dunk against the Bucks. Even I can admit that it’s tough for a photo of Baron Davis and Alonzo Gee connecting on an oop to carry the same weight as D-Wade and LeBron doing the same.
- The Warriors needed 12 seconds to close a six-point gap to force OT in Oklahoma. That actually seems a tad slow for the Warriors, don’t you think? Everyone was all like “OMGZ, SIX POINTS IN 12 SECONDS!?!?!11″… but I was like “six points in 12 seconds? Sure, sounds like GSW basketball to me…”
- My question is for Daequan Cook: where the hell were you throwing that ball to? A lob about five feet too far for KD, who had to hold off one man and keep space from the other, which landed directly in the hands of Monta Ellis. The dude hardly had to move. Terrible pass. Lucky for Daequan The Chef, KD and company won the OT 9-8 for a 115-114 victory. Durant had 39 points in this one, and Steph Curry had 35.
- The Suns suffered yet another crushing defeat, their third in a row. This one came 113-116 to the Kings, who have now won four in a row. The last month of the season always gets weird… especially the last week. Some random dude you’ve never heard of will score 40, bad teams start meaningless winning streaks, and good ones do the exact opposite. Anyway, Marcus Thornton dropped another 24 points, including the go-ahead triple with 53 seconds remaining. Marcus is now putting up 22 PPG in 18 games with the Kings. That would put him at 14th in the league in scoring, right between Russell Westbrook and LaMarcus Aldridge. Pretty crazy to think about… I know 18 games is a relatively small sample size… but at the same time, it really isn’t. That’s about a quarter of a season, and he has shown no signs of slowing down. You can knock him for doing this on a bad team, but hey, the Queens are 7-11 (.389) since he showed up… so they haven’t been quite as terrible as they were before (.255). Give Marcus a lot of the credit for that. Oh, I also wanted to mention, I think I heard Bill Walton saying something about how DeMarcus Cousins could become the best player in Kings franchise history if he gets his head screwed on straight. Did I hear that right? I don’t doubt DeMarcus’ talent, but damn, that’s some hefty stuff. Bill might need to slow down a little bit there…
- Houston beat the crap out of New Jersey, 112-87. What the heck and I supposed to say about this? …certainly would’ve been one of “the other games.” The Chuck Wagon was stuffed four times, but grabbed 14 boards, dished 4 assists, scored 8 points, and snagged a pair of steals in another all-around Hayes-like effort.
