Custom Search
----------------------------------------------- Blogger Template Style Name: Minima Black Designer: Douglas Bowman URL: www.stopdesign.com Date: 26 Feb 2004 Updated by: Blogger Team ----------------------------------------------- */ /* Variable definitions ==================== */ /* Use this with templates/template-twocol.html */ body { background:#000000; margin:0; color:#cccccc; font: x-small "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, Sans-serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center; } a:link { color:#99aadd; text-decoration:none; } a:visited { color:#aa77aa; text-decoration:none; } a:hover { color:#aadd99; text-decoration:underline; } a img { border-width:0; } /* Header ----------------------------------------------- */ #header-wrapper { width:660px; margin:0 auto 10px; border:1px solid #333333; } #header-inner { background-position: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } #header { margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #333333; text-align: center; color:#cccccc; } #header h1 { margin:5px 5px 0; padding:15px 20px .25em; line-height:1.2em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.2em; font: normal bold 200% 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-serif; } #header a { color:#cccccc; text-decoration:none; } #header a:hover { color:#cccccc; } #header .description { margin:0 5px 5px; padding:0 20px 15px; max-width:700px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.2em; line-height: 1.4em; font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, Sans-serif; color: #777777; } #header img { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } /* Outer-Wrapper ----------------------------------------------- */ #outer-wrapper { width: 660px; margin:0 auto; padding:10px; text-align:left; font: normal normal 100% 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-serif; } #main-wrapper { width: 410px; float: left; word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */ overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */ } #sidebar-wrapper { width: 220px; float: right; word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */ overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */ } /* Headings ----------------------------------------------- */ h2 { margin:1.5em 0 .75em; font:normal bold 78% 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.2em; color:#777777; } /* Posts ----------------------------------------------- */ h2.date-header { margin:1.5em 0 .5em; } .post { margin:.5em 0 1.5em; border-bottom:1px dotted #333333; padding-bottom:1.5em; } .post h3 { margin:.25em 0 0; padding:0 0 4px; font-size:140%; font-weight:normal; line-height:1.4em; color:#aadd99; } .post h3 a, .post h3 a:visited, .post h3 strong { display:block; text-decoration:none; color:#aadd99; font-weight:bold; } .post h3 strong, .post h3 a:hover { color:#cccccc; } .post-body { margin:0 0 .75em; line-height:1.6em; } .post-body blockquote { line-height:1.3em; } .post-footer { margin: .75em 0; color:#777777; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.1em; font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; } .comment-link { margin-left:.6em; } .post img { padding:4px; border:1px solid #333333; } .post blockquote { margin:1em 20px; } .post blockquote p { margin:.75em 0; } /* Comments ----------------------------------------------- */ #comments h4 { margin:1em 0; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.2em; color: #777777; } #comments-block { margin:1em 0 1.5em; line-height:1.6em; } #comments-block .comment-author { margin:.5em 0; } #comments-block .comment-body { margin:.25em 0 0; } #comments-block .comment-footer { margin:-.25em 0 2em; line-height: 1.4em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.1em; } #comments-block .comment-body p { margin:0 0 .75em; } .deleted-comment { font-style:italic; color:gray; } .feed-links { clear: both; line-height: 2.5em; } #blog-pager-newer-link { float: left; } #blog-pager-older-link { float: right; } #blog-pager { text-align: center; } /* Sidebar Content ----------------------------------------------- */ .sidebar { color: #999999; line-height: 1.5em; } .sidebar ul { list-style:none; margin:0 0 0; padding:0 0 0; } .sidebar li { margin:0; padding-top:0; padding-right:0; padding-bottom:.25em; padding-left:15px; text-indent:-15px; line-height:1.5em; } .sidebar .widget, .main .widget { border-bottom:1px dotted #333333; margin:0 0 1.5em; padding:0 0 1.5em; } .main .Blog { border-bottom-width: 0; } /* Profile ----------------------------------------------- */ .profile-img { float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #333333; } .profile-data { margin:0; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.1em; font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif; color: #777777; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6em; } .profile-datablock { margin:.5em 0 .5em; } .profile-textblock { margin: 0.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em; } .profile-link { font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .1em; } /* Footer ----------------------------------------------- */ #footer { width:660px; clear:both; margin:0 auto; padding-top:15px; line-height: 1.6em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.1em; text-align: center; } -->

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

NBA Week 21 – SirmacTV.com

In the West, it looks like Phoenix is going to be on the outside looking in as the Suns have lost 3 in a row and sit 3 games back of 8th place Dallas. For a solid 4-5 years, the Suns reigned as one of the top teams in the West but those days are long gone. Over the last couple of years, GM Steve Kerr revamped the roster by trading for Shaq, shipping out Boris Diaw and Raja Bell, and with Amare up for free agency this summer and Nash not getting any younger, I think Phoenix’s days as a powerhouse sit far back in the rearview.

On the other side of the coin, we have Denver, who unlike Phoenix, is turning it up at the right time. The Nuggs are currently 8-2 in their last 10 and everybody appears to be healthy. A big part of Denver’s success can be credited to Birdman Andersen who is almost averaging a double-double over his last 5. For those of you not familiar with “The Birdman”, the dude has quite the story to tell. After dropping out of the University of Houston and then going undrafted in ’99, he took off across the pond and started his career in China. His energy and shot-blocking ability eventually landed him a shot with the New Orleans Hornets but he was expelled from the League in 2006 after violating the League’s anti-drug policy. The particular substance was only identified as a “drug of abuse” which means it wasn’t a performance enhancing drug or weed. After a 2-year hiatus, Andersen was re-instated and subsequently signed by Denver at the start of the season. Now he sits among the league leaders in blocked shots, second only to Dwight.

So as I watching Lebron almost get his 8th triple-double of the season vs. Dallas, I wondered if anyone will ever be able to touch Oscar Robertson’s record of 181 (41 in one season). As I was perusing, I also found a few more records that I found particularily intriguing…
Most 50-point games in a season: 45, Wilt in 1961 (this is just ridiculous)
Most minutes in a game – 69, Dale Ellis in 5OT marathon in 1989
Most assists in a game – 30, Scott Skiles in 1990 (“I got more dimes than that sprint lady” – Big L)
Most consecutive foul-outs – 6, Don Boven in 1951
Most consecutive seasons leading the league in rebounding – 7, Dennis Rodman (The Worm!)
Most pts in a half (playoffs) – 39, Eric Floyd in 1987

With the regular season winding down, the race to the MVP seems to be a 3-horse race between ‘Bron, Flash and Kobe. Pretty much all the coverage that I’ve seen only covers those 3 dudes but what about Dwight or Tony Parker? Personally, my vote goes to ‘Bron, but Dwight has been killing it all season and currently has the Magic riding a 6 game win-streak even with their starting point-guard sitting beside the Gatorade man. From a stats perspective, he’s putting up 21 and 14 which is just beastly and has the Magic sitting ahead of the defending champs. In the West, TP has the Spurs sitting in the #2 spot and has put up some of the most ridiculous stat-lines in the L this year. Last week alone he went for 30 and 10 against G-State and then followed it up with a monsterous 42 and 10 on the road in Atlanta the next night…and don’t forget his 55 and 10 back in November or his 37 and 12 vs. Dallas in February. As I mentioned before, ‘Bron gets my vote because of his extraordinarily dominant numbers and the fact he has the Cavs sitting as the best team in the league, but there’s no denying that both Dwight and Tony deserve some recognition here.

The East playoff race is slowly grinding to a halt with another team falling off the radar each week. The Raps, Knicks and Pacers are pretty much done and Jersey slipped this past week which begs the question: Where do they go from here? The Nets have some young guys to build a solid foundation around (Harris, Brook Lopez, Yi) but other than Harris, the other guys are still unproven. They also have a bunch of average spot minute guys like Trenton Hassel, Jarvis Hayes, Eduardo Najera, Keyon Dooling and Josh Boone, and quite frankly, too many roster fillers. Another thing that hurts them is the fact that 12 guys on their current roster are signed for next year, including Vince who is bringing in huge money until 2011/2012 (he’s good, but not $16+ mill good). Also, doesn’t it seem like the Nets’ fans are always louder for opposing squads?

Exhibit A: Kobe Bryant…




Anyways, that’s all from this end, but here’s a couple highlights to send you guys off with…

K-Mart on…Rob Kurz??? Welcome to the L bud…



Rudy Fernandez…Kevin Harlan with the orgasm, errr, I mean call…




I’m out like Shaq’s chance at another ring…

-Gliz

No comments: