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Stat of the Week: the number of people that get away with not giving Russell Westbrook a “good game” high-five–zero.
Jeremy Lamb, for your safety, please never omit the “good game” high-five when interacting with The Brodie. Please.
I’m sorry to say that everyone’s favorite team, the Hawks, lost. It’s sad to see the streak end (at 19 games), but we knew it had to come to a stop at some point; either the end of the season, or whenever another team felt like out-rebounding/out-assisting the hell out of ’em, all while having Anthony Davis. It was the latter that came first, surprisingly–the reign is over.
And in this weeks MMA news Jon “Bones” Jones fractured Rajon Rondo’s orbital and nose–oh, wait, that was Richard Jefferson, and everyone hates him for it. It was obviously an accident, but it was still a textbook flying knee. (See below.)
Maybe a career change in the twilight of Jefferson’s NBA career? He’d have the reach…
It’s bird, it’s a Hawk, it’s Mike Scott?
Okay, that’s an irrelevant video, except for the fact that every time I here “Mike Scott” during a Hawks game, I can’t help but think of the Dunder Mifflin Man Himself–Michael Gary Scott. And I’d like to think that during this recent clash vs Golden State, Mike Scott transitioned into “Date Mike”. (Seriously–watch the clip above.)
So, the two best teams, with the two best records, met up in Atlanta, where–apparently–the best organ player in the world resides. And as you’d expect, Curry got his, Klay got his; and the Hawks four got theirs, mostly (Teague, Millsap, Korver and Horford). But the surprise difference maker, as you can guess from the above paragraph, was Mike “Gary” Scott. (Go watch every episode of The Office real quick.) Scott was perfect from the line (4-4) and beyond the arc (3-3); he threw together 17 points in less than 17 minutes. A forward that comes off the bench and has the upside (I’m using “upside” liberally) to out score your starters… sounds exactly like the type of guy that you want on your team in the playoffs. If you remember, Scott also put up numbers similar to this last year, when they faced the Pacers, in the playoffs (first round). Anyway, Mike Scott is on my Top 10: Names That Get My Attention When They Are Mention On A Broadcast For Not 100% Basketball Reasons list; along with–Dion Waiters (mentioned in a Meek Mill verse [explicit] I like), Brandon Bass (his mid-range jumper in 2K is too wet–I don’t have evidence, except for my strained vocal cords, which came from yelling), Rondo (dang he looks like franklin, the turtle) and a few others. Disclaimer–all I did was type in ‘franklin the turtle’ to get the Rondo comparison picture. I swear on my league pass. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the Hawks beat the Warriors (124-116; now, that’s how you hit the over!). I knew I was forgetting something.
Oh, and if that wasn’t enough excitement for Friday night, Anthony Davis traveled to OKC for the performance of his life (41-10-3-game winning shot). And Russell Westbrook (48 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds) would’ve just about matched him if not for the Brow’s game-winning, buzzer beater, double-clutch trey. Poor Russ, almost stole the show. Sounds like a lot of action, huh? Oh, wait, I’m forgetting someone–oops, I guess Tyreke Evans slipped a triple-double in there, too… (22-16AST-10); he almost even tried to spoil his crazy line by missing two free-throws down the stretch. And that’s the story of how The Brodie broke his career-high (45 and 48 points) two games in a row, and The Brow saved the game and Tyreke Evans from spoiling his triple-double. Just to let you know, the reigning MVP, Kevin Durant, played in this game, too. Holy shit. Just watch the highlights linked…
Since this game, Anthony Davis has been diagnosed with a shoulder contusion after falling off the rim during an ally–oop (Chicago Bulls @ New Orleans). Get well soon, Brow. Once AD left the game–up two points, 32 to 30–the Pelicans fell apart and, eventually, lost by thirty. If that’s not enough evidence that AD is an MVP candidate, I don’t know what is; his team was competitive with him and incompetent without him. Fact.
Staying with the talented big men with injuries topic, Blake Griffin was diagnosed with a staph infection, and after surgery, he should miss 4-6 weeks. As if the Clippers road trip from hell wasn’t already bad enough, it just got worse; which was on display this Sunday, when the Clips got smacked in OKC by KD and Company (Lost 131 to 108). The loss was highlighted by Chris Paul staring down the Thunder bench after a made mid-range jump shot, of which Durant responded with: “You’re down 20, bro”. Well put. You can’t be talkin’ slick, while down 20+.
With the comment made about the female ref still hanging the air (CP3 has since been fined 25K for his comment), Paul needs to put a word limit on himself–maybe he should only talk in tweets… never mind, that’d be horrible. Adding insult to injury, Durant was quoted saying, “They cry too (bleeping) much.” I mean, at this point, he ain’t lying; and KD is NOT NICE. (I’m not sure if people are still saying that.)
And one last thing: BOOOOOOGIE!!! A DeMarcus Cousins game-winner; you couldn’t write a better ending to a week of NBA.
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