Can anyone defend the mess Zeke has created in New York? Mike Lupica sums up the situation in one sentence:
Every time Thomas makes another trade he adds more years to this misery.
I hate the Knicks so I’m not losing sleep over this, but Knick fans have to be ready to revolt.
The NBA playoffs continue this week, with TNT taking over a majority of the coverage. The NHL continue as well – OLN is going to carry two games of the Rangers/Devils series. There are three nationally televised MLB games this week, including two of the Boston/Cleveland series.
NBA
Mon, 8 PM: Chicago @ Miami – TNT
Mon, 10:30 PM: Denver @ LA Clippers – TNT
Tues, 7 PM: Washington @ Cleveland – TNT
Tues, 8 PM: Indiana @ New Jersey – local
Tues, 9:30 PM: Sacramento @ San Antonio – TNT
Wed, 7:30 PM: Milwaukee @ Detroit – local
Wed, 8 PM: Memphis @ Dallas – TNT
Wed, 10:30 PM: LA Lakers @ Phoenix – TNT
Thurs, 7:30 PM: New Jersey @ Indiana – local
Thurs, 8 PM: Miami @ Chicago – TNT
Thurs, 10:30 PM: LA Clippers @ Denver – TNT
MLB
Mon, 7:05 PM: Florida @ Chicago Cubs – ESPN
Wed, 1:10 PM: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis – ESPN
Wed, 7:05 PM: Boston @ Cleveland – ESPN
Thurs, 7:05 PM: Boston @ Cleveland – ESPN2
NHL
Mon, 7 PM: NY Rangers @ NJ Devils – OLN
Wed, 7 PM: NY Rangers @ NJ Devils – OLN
Indiana 90, New Jersey 88 (Indiana leads series, 1-0)
The Pacers surprised the Nets, taking away home court advantage via a balanced attack. Five Indiana players scored in double figures, and the Pacers were able to contain Jason Kidd. Despite losing their last two regular season games, the Nets had won 17 of their last 22, and entered the playoffs as one of the hottest teams in the league.
Phoenix 107, LA Lakers 102 (Phoenix, 1-0)
Kobe surprised the Suns by actually passing the ball and led the Lakers with five assists as he tired to get his teammates involved. The Lakers matched the Suns, getting double figure scoring from five different players. The result was a close game that could have gone either way, which must be a confidence boost to the “other” Lakers.
Detroit 92, Milwaukee 74 (Detroit, 1-0)
The Bucks play was spotty, but the game was as tight as four with 9:21 to play before the Pistons went on a 24-10 run to close the game. The Pistons contained Michael Redd, who only shot 4-15 from the field, finishing with 11 points. The young Bucks need to grow up fast if they want to have a chance to compete in this series.
Dallas 103, Memphis 93 (Dallas, 1-0)
With a lot of help from their bench, the Mavericks fought off the stingy Grizzlies in game one. Dallas got 39 points from three reserves (Jerry Stackhouse, Marquis Daniels and Erick Dampier), compared to 32 from the Memphis bench. Dirk Nowitzki dropped 31 on the defensive-minded Grizzlies, going 9-18 from the field while also grabbing 11 rebounds.
The University of Southern California may be facing a larger challenge than losing Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and LenDale White. The Trojans and the Pac 10 conference are investigating the location of Reggie Bush’s family for the past couple years.
The Bush family was living in a house that was valued at well over a half million dollars and possibly owned by an individual linked to the university. It will be interesting to see how the NCAA handles this situation, considering you are looking at a team and player that spent the last three years in Championship games. This would be another situation where a university and current players may suffer for a past players actions.
Is there a better duo in the league than Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O’Neal? All due respect to Steve Nash and Shawn Marion, I don’t think so. The duo combined for 57 points en route to a 111-106 victory. O’Neal had a great game, tallying 27 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks. Meanwhile, Wade scored 30 and dished out 11 assists.
The Bulls made it a game behind great play from Ben Gordon, who scored 35 points on 12-23 shooting. The ever-improving Andres Nocioni chipped in with 18 points and 16 rebounds while Kirk Hinrich scored 19 to go with his 8 dimes.
If nothing else, the Bulls proved they could hang with Miami, so this may develop into a very interesting series. They are deeper than the Heat, but don’t have the starpower of O’Neal and Wade.
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