Line Of The Night — 03/07/2008
Line Of The Night:
Kevin Martin — 48 points, 6 boards, 1 assist
We here at L.O.N. have secretly wanted the Kings to go on a crazy winning streak, just to make the West all that more interesting. And in reality, they’ve put together some decent wins this year when healthy. However, losing to the T-Wolves at homes ruins all of this potential dreams. Kevin Martin tried to get buck wild on ‘em and lead his team back, but even 19 points, himself, in the 4th, was not enough.
It’s Smaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash Tiiiiiime Of The Night:
Ahh yes, it’s that time of year, heads and headettes. It’s that time when teams just simply give up, for any and all reason. Down by 10 at the half? Done. Last game of a road trip? Done. 7 episodes of Gossip Girl on your DVR? Done.
Philly 117, Seattle 83
Philly has turned into the rare young team that will actually put you away. They won on the road in Phoenix recently, and then they do this, to Seattle. Of course, Seattle is the COMMON young team that will fold faster than Dirk Nowitzki in a laundromat.
Golden State 134, Miami 99
G-State is definitely not known as a team that will put you away, but when you’re the Heat, and you are without D-Wade, and your coach is talking about taking a recruiting vacation, hitting South Beach is really more important than any gosh darn ball game.
Boston 116, Chi-Whuuuuut 93
The score doesn’t seem as big as the others, but this one was practically over before it started. Chi actually won a game Thursday night, against a good team, so they were probably walking a little too high, today. Plus they had to travel and Boston just does not play around. ESPN took the opportunity to show Sam Cassell with a blank look on his face for about 70% of the broadcast. If we have to see one more shot of that brown suit coat… damn.
LA Lakers 119 , LA Clip Joint 82
Wow. A heated rivalry just a couple years ago (remember when Darius Miles blew out the afro for the match-up? Then later Shaun Livingston carried on the tradition? Ahh, the memories), has now become a joke. Kobe didn’t even hit 2nd gear for this one. As Ralph Lawler would say… yikes.
Rookie Of The Night:
Julian Wright — 20 points, 8 boards, 2 steals, 1 assist
As if the Hornets needed any more help. This rook is starting to find his place, and his athleticism is definitely translating to the NBA game, as he’s had several highlight-type plays recently.
Can we get a Hubie Brown, Ralph Lawler, Marv Alber and Doug Collins “Mt. Rushmore” t-shirt?… Spurs’ win streak is snapped, with a road loss to Denver in the 2nd of a back-to-back… Bottom line — sort of a boring night in the NBA…