Line Of The Night — 10/31/2007
Line Of The Night:
Manu Ginobili — 30 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, 2 steals, 1 block
Spurs ain’t playing. Manu is rested, Tony is “still in the honeymoon stage” with Eva (her words), and Timmy is Timmy. Can they continue to do it as favorites, though?
Worst Of The Night:
L-Eezy can’t catch a break. His awful run of real life events continues, as last night Lamar Odom totaled his Benzo in a 2-car accident. Details are still sketchy, but it sounds like neither driver was seriously injured. Hold your head!
And this just in, his NBA situation isn’t much better. You may have noticed the Lakers are a mess.
Near Ice Cube Of The Night:
Jamaal Tinsley — 20 points, 9 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals
Apparently there is some weird love affair between Tinsley and new Pacers coach Jim O’Brien that had the point guard ecstatic when he heard who his new leader would be. Then again, a creative offensive player like the Abuser would probably be hyphy over ANY new coach after Jim Carrey, uh, Rick Carlisle.
The honeymoon continued last night, as Tinsley, with the help of Mike Dunleavy, led the Pacers, playing without both Jermaine O’Neal and Troy Murphy, to an unlikely OT win over Gilbert and the Wizards. Agent 0 had a nasty buzzer-beater to send it to free basketball, but had nothing in the extra period.
Jason Kidd — 13 assists, 8 boards, 7 points, 5 steals
Year after year after year after year after year after year… Nets beat Bulls in OT courtesy of the other Big 3.
Chris Paul — 22 points, 12 assists, 8 boards, 3 steals
The next Jason Kidd tears up the Bibby-less Kings… Hornets open up with a win in their first full season back in the N.O. The Kings need to do something about that starting lineup. Orien Greene, John Salmons, Kevin Martin, Kenny Thomas and Brad Miller is not going to get the job done. Not even corn-rowed Brad Miller.
Contraction Club Of The Night:
Cleveland Cavs 74 points vs. Dallas.
Somebody forgot to tell Danny Ferry… this ain’t a scene, it’s an arms race. Ya’ll fell behind this off season, or so says the conventional wisdom. And this opening night result.
Comeback Player Of The Night:
Bobby Simmons — 18 points, 3 boards, 2 assists
Peja Stojakovic — 19 points, 1 board, 1 steal
This is gonna be an all year battle. Peja has the higher profile, but seemingly, still the most re-injury risk. It’s on like Donkey Kong. It’s bigger than Dan vs. Dave!
Rookie Of The Night:
Kevin Durant — 18 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, 1 assist, 1 block
7-22 from the field! The young’n is not afraid to get it up there. After watching the game, we were most shocked to see he only had one assist. It seemed like he made a lot more plays than that.
Big Z with the baldy! Looking like one of the Greek’s goons from The Wire Season 2… Jay-Z’s court side guest for the home opener? Chris Rock… LeBron came to the arena costumed up as Business LeBron. He stepped on the court costumed up as a bad basketball player…