Worst of the Playoff Night: The Lakers are down 2-0 edition
Friday, May 6th, 2011Pau Gasol is sad……AND BRIAN CARDINAL LIKES IT!The Los Angeles Lakers: I’ll admit it. I wrote off the Mavericks before this series even started. Lots of people did. Including, it seems, the Lakers. But here we are. Not on Planet Earth. I’ll tell you that much. It’s Bizarro World. The Nuggets are better off without [...]
Worst of the Night: NCAA Championship Game Edition
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011UConn fans proved last night that douche can indeed spontaneously combust.Oh good lord. Was that the worst NCAA title game ever or what? The numbers are staggering. Even for a self-styled expert in the best of the worst of basketball. Let me put it this way: One team shot 34.5 percent from the field (19-for-55), [...]
Worst of the Playoff Night: May 12, 2010
Thursday, May 13th, 2010LeBron really made his teammates better last night. Better benchwarmers, that is.The Cleveland Cavaliers: I’ll admit, I fully expected the final score of Game 5 of the Celts-Crabs series to be something like the actual 120-88 result…I just figured Cleveland would be the team to come out on top. I’d be willing to bet my [...]
Worst of the Playoff Night: May 6, 2010
Monday, May 10th, 2010Atlanta’s end-of-the-third-quarter defense: This shot really was the beginning of the end for the Hawks last night: Granted, it was a tough shot. But Orlando inbounded the ball with less than six seconds left in the quarter. Atlanta only applied token pressure when Jameer Nelson started pushing the ball upcourt. Hell, Joe Johnson was backpedaling [...]