Line Of The Night — 01/08/2008
After a great NBA night on Monday, with only 2 games, Tuesday was mostly awful, with a bunch of blowouts.
Line Of The Night:
Rashad McCants — 27 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal
Ugh. Rashad leads Minnesota to only it’s 5th win? It must be the snarl. With this year’s kinder, gentler Kobe in the house, McCants may have the league’s best snarl. Shouldn’t this team have more than 5 wins? Their roster isn’t better than the 9-win Sonics? Stephen Colbert has officially put Randy Wittman on notice.
Triple-Double Of The Night:
Jason Kidd — 13 points, 12 assists, 11 boards, 1 steal, 1 block
So good it’s boring. He’s the Tim Duncan of triple-doubles. This was his THIRD in a row! J-Kidd is now averaging a career-high 8.2 boards… 1.8 away from the dream. Maybe we can get Dirty Jerse eliminated from playoff contention and he’ll just concentrate on those 1.8. So sick.
Contraction Club Of The Night:
Seattle Sonics, 79 vs. Cleveland.
This team is bad. Will anyone on the current roster, other than Durant, be in the rotation in 3 years? And was the Jeff Green pick terrible? What does he do? Early returns say Yi Jianlian would have been a WAY smarter pick. Not only is he a skilled big man, but what he does for your franchise’s bottom line is immeasurable. Please don’t look at his line from last night as part of this argument!
Eat Your Breakfast Of The Night:
Yo Hedo, how about some ekmek and recel? Or maybe some zeytin and yumurta? Hedo Turkoglu — EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!!! Compliments of chef Dahntay Jones, specializing in traditional Turkish dishes. What is Turkish for “tip dunk on your head”?
The Honeymoon Is Over Of The Night:
NY Knicks 105, Chi-Town Bulls 100
Even without Luol Deng the Bulls have no excuse for this one. It was only the Knicks’ 2nd road victory and the Chi had them down double-digits in the 2nd half! Guess whatever good mojo the coaching change brought is officially used up. But then again, when E-City is in the house… Oh my god! Danger!
And to add insult to injury, J-Creezy did up Kirk Hinrich to the fullest.
Rookie Of The Night:
Coming out of U-Dub, we thought Spencer Hawes was a classic big man, but really hadn’t seen him play much. Then last night we saw him get some run for the Kings against Orlando, and he did the following: come off a curl screen and fire a J from about 20 feet and then spot up in the corner and shoot a 3! Who knew? Do we need to re-think that center classification?
Jamaal Tinsley back in the house, but the Pacers get murdered in Utah… The NBA says forget parody. This year there are a bunch of TERRIBLE teams… We repeat: GOOD LORD J-Creezy did up Kirk Hinrich! So nasty… Can Pat Riley just stop whining?… Was Stan Van Gundy really wearing an all blue ensemble last night, looking like a ginormous smurf without pants on?… Are the Heat going to go Spurs on us, win the lottery, throw Michael Beasley in the mix, and dominant the league next year?