Line Of The Night — 01/17/2008-01/18/2008
Line Of The Night AKA Get Your Career-High On Of The Night:
Linas Kleiza — 41 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, no blankie
Boom Dizzle — 40 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals
Moral of the story (word to Saigon): high-scoring teams produce high-scoring players, and at least for two nights, high-scoring players produce wins.
Worst Of The Night:
Los Angeles Lakers fans for their behavior Thursday night during a home game vs. the Phoenix Suns.
In the third quarter, after what even we will admit was simply a terrible display of basketball, Kwame Brown was booed unmercifully. In a span of just a few minutes, he had 4 turnovers, a missed dunk, and a missed lay-up. We felt horribly for him as the boos rained down like $1 bills from the hands of Pacman Jones. Dude is known to be sensitive, and has taken crap his whole career for not living up to the expectations of being the #1 pick. Last night was just kicking a man when he’s down, though. Lakers fans = despicable for that ish. With no Andrew Bynum, ya’ll NEED him to play well… and he’s not going to do that if you completely destroy his confidence! Fools. If you want someone to boo, boo the front office genius that traded All-Star Caron Butler for Brown in the first place!
And as amazing as this may sound, we agree with Mr. Cryant!
“I thought it was terrible,” said Kobe Cryant. “If they want to do that, they can stay home. He’s going to be our guy here for two months. He’s going to do fine, he’s going to play well the next game. Kwame’s sensitive. You boo him, it’s going to affect him. I told him I’ve got his back.”
Near Oscar Robertson Of The Night AKA Beast Of The Night:
Marcus Camby — 24 boards, 11 blocks, 8 points, 2 steals, 1 assist
We’re guessing Oscar never did it with the blocks column, though! Camby’s numbers are ridic this year.
Just Regular Ol’ Near Oscar Robertson Of The Night:
Chauncey Billups — 28 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 2 steals, 1 home loss to the Kings.
Near Beast Of The Night:
Lamar Odom — 19 points, 19 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
No Bynum + Finally Healthy + Aggression + Phoenix As Opponent = MONSTER stat line for our boy L-Eezy.
Contraction Club Of The Night:
Atlanta Hawks, 78 vs. Toronto Raptors, Friday night.
We can’t figure this Raptors team out. Neither could the Hawks, especially after losing Anthony Johnson near the end of the first half. Johnson elbowed Jose Calderon in the back of the head, and got the gate. Acie Law and Tyronn Lue did not have the magic, apparently!
Bench Mob Of The Night:
If we gave you Kevin Martin, Mike Bibby and Ron Artest as the first three players off your bench, is that something you would interested in? Wow, this Kings team… After getting blown out in Toronto, Artest and the Kings return to the home of the Malice In The Palace and take the Pistons down by 10! Over the years we’ve played the “West deserves more than 8 teams in the Playoffs” card WAAAAYYYY too often probably, but this may be the most legitimate case ever! Phoenix + Denver + LA Lakers + San Antonio + Portland + Golden State + Utah + Dallas + New Orleans + Houston + Sacramento = 11 teams > Dirty Jerse, the current East 8 seed.
Who? Did What? Of The Night:
Bobby Jones — 20 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
If you could name his current team before reading this, you’re probably wearing blue suede shoes or rocking Project Pat. If you can name his alma mater, then you probably know all about Paul Allen and Starbucks (word to Ty Willingham). We’ll say this… Kevin Durant now knows his name. Get some, rook.
Connect Four, the new hot ish, you’ve been warned… If you didn’t see the Cheryl Miller/Al Horford interview set at the dinner table in his home, DON’T watch it. AWKWARD. And no interesting information… The interesting part is whatever inside joke Charles Barkley had on Al Horford’s dad, whom he played against in the NBA… MAA-NUU GI-NO-BILIIII!!!! 31 points in prime time vs. the Cavs, but couldn’t hit the buzzer-beater to force OT… The Powe Show!… Earl Watson is still a starting point guard in the NBA. Call FEMA!!!!…