Line Of The Night — 01/27/2008-01/28/2008
Line Of The Night AKA The 40/40/40 Club Of The Night:
LeBron James — 41 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals
The King scored a little more than a third of these in the 4th, to hold off an attempted Laker comeback. A nice road win for the Cavs.
Caron Butler — 40 points, 8 boards, 5 steals, 2 assists
Milwaukee tried as hard as they could to blow this one to Butler’s Wizards. They allowed OT, despite an 11 point lead at the 1:32 mark in the 4th quarter. Butler continues to be one of the most overlooked stars in the L. Word to McDonald’s straws.
Al Jefferson — 40 points, 19 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Even with this Herculean effort, the T-Wolves still barely beat the hapless Nets by 3.
Beast Of The Night:
Andris Biedrins — 26 boards, 11 points, 2 assists
If a tree falls in the woods… If your stats come against the Knicks, do they really count? If basketballs were covered in cupcake icing, would Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph come to blows on each round opportunity? If basketballs smelled like cheeseburgers, would E-City and Z-Bo physically threaten teammates into missing shots on purpose?
Contraction Club Of The Night:
Chicago Bulls, 77 vs. Phoenix.
Wow… it’s not unheard of for teams to have 77 at the HALF against Phoenix. And the Suns only scored 88 in this one! Classic early afternoon Sunday game.
Near Triple-Double Of The Night:
Chris Paul — 23 points, 17 assists, 9 boards, 2 steals, 1 block
Is there anything more fun on the basketball court for an NBA player than a second half with a 20-point lead against the Nuggets? They don’t play D to start with, so once the game is out of reach, they provide less resistance than the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. It’s all gravy for the opposition at that point, as exhibited by the best player on the current best team in the West, Chris Paul.
Rain Delay Of The Night:
We recently mentioned that the Phoenix Suns plan to play an outdoor pre-season game next year, but this weekend, outdoor conditions came inside, at the Staples Center. In the first quarter of the Lakers/Cavs game, a constant water drip began falling right under one of the baskets. Danger! With the rare large amount of SoCal rainfall, it was first assumed the delay was a result of a leak in the roof. Michele Tafoya was annoyingly all over the issue, courtside, while Bill Walton, from the studio, related interesting anecdote from his playing days regarding Spencer Haywood suffering a harsh knee injury as a result of a similar leak. Eventually officials claimed roofers had been working on the roof earlier in the day, and left their wet clothes laying on a catwalk above the court. Hmmm. This begs for conspiracy theories. We can’t come up with any good ones but… maybe it was the tears of Kobe Cryant were falling?
The Mailroom Supervisor’s Goo-Goo Gah-Gah Of The Night:
Waaaaaah! The L.O.N. nursery is open to NBA teams. The first infants in the MRSV’s care? The baby-faced duo of Rajon Rondo and Boobie Gibson. And yes, Boobie will be breast fed!
Another Celtics injury (K.G. missed Sunday’s game with an ab strain), another Celtics loss… Shocker: Jason Kidd requests trade… Chris Webber to sign with Golden State. Nellie vs. C-Webb, Round 2!!!… Damon Stoudamire waived by Memphis. Next stop Boston?… With Corey Maggette sitting out with the infamous “flu-like symptoms”, Tim Thomas gunned his way to 23 attempts, pulling the L.O.N. C.E.O. a little closer in his season-long bet with the Resident Scientist…