Line Of The Night — 11/01/2007
Seattle at home just skyrocketed up the L.O.N.O.L.P.R. (Line Of The Night Official League Pass Rankings)! SAVE OUR SONICS! Damien Wilkins from halfcourt! Start Kevin Durant at point guard! Luke Ridnour for mayor of West Seattle! Despite our pleas, Sonics owner Clay Bennett declared his intent to move the team, today. What a shame…
Line Of The Night:
Tracy McGrady — 47 points, 4 boards, 4 assists
Some teams would still be reeling from a home Game 7 loss suffered during the pre-season, but apparently not this Rockets team. Behind T-Mac’s monster game, they moved to 2-0 while exacting revenge on the Jazz.
Stepping It Up Of The Night:
Tayshaun Prince — 34 points, 12 boards, 1 steal, 1 assist
Lil’ Tay-Tay really stepped it up in Rip Hamilton’s absence. Rip missed the opener at Miami to attend to a family matter, and Prince took it upon himself to ensure victory. On the way to a career-high, he brought out the slammer-jammer several times, and even ran point for the second unit. Pippen-esque.
Worst Of The Night:
Tyler Ecker — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Even after all these years, this is one of the most bone-headed plays of all-time. With the recent miraculous lateral kickoff return performed by Division III school Trinity, Michigan fans everywhere are thinking back to our own near-miracle. For those that can’t see it from the grainy film, Tyler Ecker, a TIGHT END, after a million laterals and tremendous effort by his teammates, decides to just run out of bounds instead of one last lateral to one of the greatest college return men of all-time, Steve Breaston!!!! Even if he had no clue anyone was there, you still have to just heave it over your head instead of running out-of-bounds. Maddening! Sickening! To make matters worse, Nebraska stole a bit of the shine of Michigan’s 1997 title, and this was to be a bit of a revenge game. Then it ends THAT way… gross. THROW THE BALL!!!!
Refreshing Or Stupid Of The Night:
New Timberwolve Al Jefferson signed a 5-year, $65 million extension on Wednesday, saying “I didn’t even think I was worth the max this year anyway.” This is a somewhat shocking turn of events given the current state of business in professional athletics. Set to have a huge year for his new team, he almost assuredly could have inked a max deal this upcoming off-season.
Charles Barkley tried to express his feelings about hot Kripsy Kreme doughnuts by comparing them to crack!… Shaq with the mountain man beard… Ricky being Ricky. In his debut with the Heat, Davis drops 23, same ish, different toilet… Marcus Banks, for 3!!!!!!!!