Line Of The Night — 11/09/2007-11/12/2007
Line Of The Night:
Leandro Barbosa — 39 points, 7 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals
When you are made of lightning, not even Magic can stop you.
Beasts Of The Night AKA Private Mailers Of The Night:
Emeka Okafor — 25 points, 23 boards, 1 block, 1 steal
Jeff Foster and Jermaine O’Neal had no answer for the Bobcats leading man, Friday night. Gerald Wallace should’ve taken big fella out to dinner, as well. When you go 8-21 and still go for 28 points, you can point to your big man’s offensive boards.
Shawn Marion — 24 boards, 17 points, 5 steals, 1 block, 1 assist
Dwight Howard — 22 points, 20 boards, 3 blocks, 1 steal, 1 assist
Both of these Team USA reps also got their Michael Cage on Friday night. A corn ball would tell you there must’ve been “something in the water” Friday night. Or that there was a full moon. Or that the planets were aligned. We’ll just say somebody spiked the Gatorade with Gummi Berry Juice. Or we’ll claim there was a league-wide Dennis Rodman homage. Or all the NBA charter flights featured a bad Martin Lawrence comedy? Or maybe the biopic of Earl Manigault?
Near Ice Cube Of The Night:
Mo Williams — 10 points, 9 assists, 9 boards
McGradles — 21 points, 8 assists, 8 boards
A tale of two stat lines. Friday night, in one of the most-viewed sporting events in history (Yi vs. Yao is BIG in China, we hear), one Ice Cube-esque performance still seemed like a disappointment (Mo has seemed out-of-sync all year), while the other led to Houston’s blowout victory. At least Yi looks like he can step it up on the big stage. He had the best game of his young career in his most hyped match up yet.
Andrei Kirilenko — Friday — 11 assists, 10 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, 4 blocks
Saturday — 15 points, 12 boards, 9 assists, 4 steals, 1 block
Monday — 15 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 3 blocks
Friday was oh so statalicious. Stat geeks everywhere were blogging and chatting and posting and pinging and grinning. Give us the 5×5 Andrei! The rejuvenated AK47 did it all, with his most important play being a last-second block of a Kevin Durant jump-shot to secure the win. The he came back for an encore the next night? AND THEN THE NEXT?!?!?!?! HE’S ON FIIII-YUURRRRR!
Jason Kidd — 14 points, 10 assists, 9 boards, 1 block
He’s BEEN doing this, son. His effort was all for naught on Monday, however, as he couldn’t stop the buzzer better from Chris Paul, the next in the triple-double lineage.
Contraction Club Of The Night:
Chicago Bulls, 71 points on Saturday in a 30-point loss to the T-Dot-O, IN the Chi!
Does Kobe secretly think the Lakers are going to make the Finals, and this whole trade controversy was a brilliantly thought out plan to sabotage what he thought would be his main competition in the Finals, the Bulls? If so… genius.
Miami Heat, 75, New York Knicks, 72, Sunday.
Miami gets their first win, but it shouldn’t count. Scores like this should trigger a 5th quarter and a free sleeping mask for any fans still in attendance.
Philly, 72 points on Sunday in a 21 point loss to New Orleans.
Three words: FREE. LOUIS. WILLIAMS!
Comeback Of The Night:
At halftime of Saturday’s Denver/Indiana game, with the Nuggets already down 18, it looked like the classic getaway game scenario. Last game of a road trip on Saturday night? Goodbye intensity, hello Rocky Mountain High. This might be the kick start to their season, as they are now in the midst of a three game winning streak with an easy-ish schedule on the horizon.
Best Possible NFL Reception Of The Night:
http://youtube.com/watch?v
No words needed.
NBA-Tinged Lyric Of The Night:
“The Jason Kidd and Vince Carter of this hip-hop”, Theory Hazit, Triple Double, Watts Happening
This track off of Ohmega Watts’ latest album, is on some straight vintage Pete Rock type ish. So hot.
Sheed Being Sheed Of The Night:
http://www.need4sheed.com
Never too early to get into the holiday spirit, and who better to get you there than 4 NBA players doing horrid renditions of the Bankhead Bounce will singing Jingle Bells? And does Amir Johnson really not know the words?
What do you get when you bio-engineer the genetic combination of Gerald Wallace and Shawn Marion? The Crashtrix, of course… We were about to give Jameer Nelson some credit following his Friday night 20/10 performance, but then he dropped a 6 point dud against Phoenix, one of the easiest teams to score against in the league, on Saturday… C.E.O. vs. The Scientest Bet Challenge update: Corey Maggette 77 field goal attempts, Tim Thomas 68. Shoot it Tim! Give ‘em the Yayo!…