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The game was tied 73-73 with 4:28 to play when LeBron James hit a three-pointer. He followed it up with a 14-foot jumper to give the Heat a five-point lead. After a Taj Gibson inside shot and two free throws from Dwyane Wade, LeBron scored on a putback and then hit a 20-footer to give Miami a nine-point lead with 0:47 to play, effectively pounding the final nail in the coffin.
LeBron posted 29 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals, while Wade added 24 points and nine rebounds in the defensive slugfest. Derrick Rose had an off night, hitting just 7-of-23 shots for 21 points to go along with eight assists and six rebounds. What’s lost in all the talk about Chicago’s defense is that Miami’s defense is almost as good. They were terrific tonight in containing Rose and limiting the Bulls to just 34% shooting from the field. Chicago went a dreadful 3-for-20 from three-point range and made just 16-of-26 free throws.
And just like that, the Heat have regained control of the series, which moves to Miami on Sunday.
Rotoworld has two interesting tidbits today on the quarterback situation in Washington:
John Beck is expected to enter training camp as the Redskins’ starting quarterback, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“It will be his job to lose,” said Schefter, who is tight with coach Mike Shanahan after the two collaborated on a book in the late ’90s. Per Schefter, the Redskins bypassed QBs in the draft because they believe Beck is better than most of the group that was available in the middle of the first round. Beck doesn’t have a touchdown to show for his four NFL starts. He completed 27-of-48 passes (56.2 percent) for 300 yards (6.2 YPA) with a 2:2 TD-to-INT ratio against backups in last year’s preseason. Former Dolphins coach Cam Cameron has given up on Beck twice now, which leaves Shanahan as the 30-year-old’s lone backer.
And:
Free agent Rex Grossman appeared on ESPN 980 Radio Wednesday and said he is under the assumption that he will re-sign with the Redskins.
“I’m assuming that’s what’s going to happen,” he said. Grossman added that OC Kyle Shanahan and QBs coach Matt LaFleur personally asked him to throw with the Redskins’ receivers during the lockout. For now, we consider Grossman likely to be back in Washington to compete with John Beck. Most reporters covering the situation believe Beck will be ahead on the depth chart.
Am I the only one flabbergasted that people believe John Beck will be the Redskins’ starting quarterback next season? I get that this is all just speculation at this point, but I can’t be the only one who is raising an eyebrow to Mike Shanahan’s (potenital) madness here, right?
Beck isn’t without talent, but he didn’t exactly set the world on fire in Miami and I’m wondering what Shanahan sees in him to make him believe that he can start in Washington. I figured that Grossman, who Shanahan benched Donovan McNabb for last season, would be the favorite heading into training camp when the lockout lifts in the summer of 2032 – not Beck. (Assuming Grossman re-signs with the team, of course.)
But hey, what to do I know? Maybe Beck is the best fit for Shanahan’s offense and he just needed to find the right situation to succeed. Clearly the Redskins believe in him or else they would have drafted a signal caller in April, although they still could sign a veteran free agent like Vince Young when/if he becomes available later this summer.
Still, does anyone else envision Shanahan throwing a whole bunch of mediocre talent into a mixing bowl and just going week-by-week in terms of whom he starts at quarterback next year? Because I sure can…
This is pretty awesome, outside of the failed chest bump/high five with Omer Asik after the dunk.
Tigers’ skipper Jim Leyland recently cried to the Detroit Free Press that interleague play is “totally unfair” and that Major League Baseball “out to look into” the gigantic inconvenience.
“I’ll probably get chewed out for (saying) it,” he said, “but I think a lot of people feel the same way.”
What prompted Leyland to rail against interleague play before it begins this season isn’t the three-game series the Tigers will play in Pittsburgh this coming weekend. That’s harmless enough.
“For three games, that’s OK,” he said.
But he takes issue with the back-to-back road series the Tigers will play in Colorado, then against the Los Angeles Dodgers next month.
Leyland said it’s “ridiculous” and “totally unfair” for an American League club to have to play consecutive series in National League ballparks.
“And that you can quote me on,” he said. “They ought to look into it.”
The bigger picture is that he thinks it’s unfair for A.L. clubs to have to change their style of play for that long — meaning no designated hitter.
It means teams with productive DHs, such as the Tigers with Victor Martinez, have to scramble their lineups for six games.
Oh, the poor Tigers. They have to scramble for six games…out of 162. How could Major League Baseball do this to its teams? What horror. What cruelty. What injustice.
Come on. I’ve always liked Leyland and I love when he speaks his mind. But we’re talking about six measly games out of a 162-game season here. Interleague is fun for some fans and if it means that a team like the Tigers has to cope without a DH for six games then so be it. It’s not like the league is asking AL teams to play in their underwear and with one arm tied behind their backs.
I know some playoff races come down to one or two games in the standings, but using the term “totally unfair” seems a tad extreme here. (Especially for a team like the Tigers who have played the freaking Pirates for three straight years.)
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