Thursday, April 20, 2006
Playoff Time
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Or second, NFL playoffs are pretty damn exciting as well!
We finished pretty strong, 5 straight victories...our longest winning streak of the year. Longest winning streak for two years actually. We play Phoenix Sunday at 3:30.
A friend of mine was saying how bad we needed to win game one. I don't think we need to win game one and I'll tell you why. Winning game one as an underdog accomplishes several things: sets the tone, builds confidence, and lastly it can wake a sleeping giant. All of these things can be done by winning, say a game two and then heading back to your home court to play. Now, I'm not saying we should just throw game one by any means. I'm simply saying I think a bit too much emphasis is placed on game one.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for their playoff birth! I certainly missed you last year. Let's shock the world!
We finished pretty strong, 5 straight victories...our longest winning streak of the year. Longest winning streak for two years actually. We play Phoenix Sunday at 3:30.
A friend of mine was saying how bad we needed to win game one. I don't think we need to win game one and I'll tell you why. Winning game one as an underdog accomplishes several things: sets the tone, builds confidence, and lastly it can wake a sleeping giant. All of these things can be done by winning, say a game two and then heading back to your home court to play. Now, I'm not saying we should just throw game one by any means. I'm simply saying I think a bit too much emphasis is placed on game one.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for their playoff birth! I certainly missed you last year. Let's shock the world!
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Charley Rosen Awards
I've recently become a fan of Charley Rosen on foxsports.com. Check this tidbit:
the NBA should follow the NCAA's lead and have the Nix and the Eastern Conference's eighth seed play a qualifying game to gain admittance into the playoffs.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The Final Thrust
Three games to go. Three games from the coveted 6th spot.
But hold on just a second, the Lake Show, although not a headliner this year, has played reasonably well against the Suns this season even if they were all L's in the end; two out of three games anyway. Down 8 going into the third the first matchup in November and down just one last week does not sound as bad as the 0'fer for the head to heads would imply. No Amare Stoudemire sounds is an arguable advantage for the Lakers. At the same time he hasn't played all season so it's not like the Suns are learning to play without the cat. And with the game Sunday having much more meaning for the Lakers than the Suns I can see a Laker victory there giving a nice pick me up heading into the real season.
Alas, I speak to quick sometimes. After all, there is still a possibility that the Lakers and I could be quitting that which we love come early next Thursday morning. I've promised my spouse that I would quit smoking at the end of the Lakers season this year. So, yeah, I have a vested interest. But that's neither here nor there, it's possible with a three game losing streak that we finish tenth. Tenth, my friends is not a coveted spot. Nowhere near great lottery position and not in the playoffs is kinda like a roundball limbo, like being on a date with a virgin only to find out she's a lesbian.
All this is to say that we need the final three games. So let's play a little Good Thing/Bad Thing
Okay, I don't like this good thing bad thing thing so let's be out like Yao. . . . .
But hold on just a second, the Lake Show, although not a headliner this year, has played reasonably well against the Suns this season even if they were all L's in the end; two out of three games anyway. Down 8 going into the third the first matchup in November and down just one last week does not sound as bad as the 0'fer for the head to heads would imply. No Amare Stoudemire sounds is an arguable advantage for the Lakers. At the same time he hasn't played all season so it's not like the Suns are learning to play without the cat. And with the game Sunday having much more meaning for the Lakers than the Suns I can see a Laker victory there giving a nice pick me up heading into the real season.
Alas, I speak to quick sometimes. After all, there is still a possibility that the Lakers and I could be quitting that which we love come early next Thursday morning. I've promised my spouse that I would quit smoking at the end of the Lakers season this year. So, yeah, I have a vested interest. But that's neither here nor there, it's possible with a three game losing streak that we finish tenth. Tenth, my friends is not a coveted spot. Nowhere near great lottery position and not in the playoffs is kinda like a roundball limbo, like being on a date with a virgin only to find out she's a lesbian.
All this is to say that we need the final three games. So let's play a little Good Thing/Bad Thing
- Good thing => In our last five games, the home team has been victorious. We are at home for the rest of the season.
- Bad thing => Our longest win streak this year I believe has been four. The third game would have to be the fatal fifth if we are to win out.
- Good thing => Say we win out, and say Phoenix's defense continues to be mediocre at best. Suddenly we have a very interesting seven game series on our hands.
- Bad thing => We've lost to the Suns seven straight times....
Okay, I don't like this good thing bad thing thing so let's be out like Yao. . . . .
