Showing posts with label Jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jazz. Show all posts

Friday, May 9, 2008

Alexander The Great

by Mystery Cow

interestingly enough, there’s a dictionary listing for “brouhaha” but not one for “sasha”. the closest thing is “sashay” which is fitting since Mr. Vujacic seems to “sashay” back up court while fixing his luscious locks. with Denver it was Luke, now it’s Deus Ex Machina hurting them in Mormon-Land.



Hater-ade

it’s easy enough to crow about the last two wins, but i sense a disturbance in the force. bad jujus are upon us, something wicked this way cometh. here’s a neat stat: Utah has lost a total of only FOUR times at home. while the Lakes were one of the FOUR, without Le Bestia i might add, the math still looks scary. even scarier in print. ekk. both games were won by double digits, BUT (and it’s a big “but”) those pesky Jazz flat out refused to go away into the cold, dark night. they stayed competitive till the very end with nary a nill of give up. that’s something that mayhaps bite the Lakes in the city near a Salt Lake where a rowdy crowd might just be enough to inch these Jazz over the hump. scary times indeed. you know what else was scary? sports talk radio today was all aflutter with thoughts of parade. IT IS WAY TOO SOON to even think about parades! that last time i was hearing this type of nonsense over the putrid airwaves was back when the Southland was abuzz with notions of a Clips vs. Lakes second round square off. arg! and we of the faithful know how that sordid story unwrapped in front of our very eyes, oh the horror!



tangent quips time, now to wander over to my feelings over Mamba getting his first MVP award. pure ambivalence. sure i would have been mad as hell if he didn’t get it, but now that he did get it…eh. like with everything in Mamba’s journey, it’s just another quirk that’ll be second guessed ad nauseam. Shaq got one too. now if he ever surpasses The Cap or Magic in hardware…now THAT’s something to get excited about.



back to why the Jazz might win some games. have you seen our defense? no really, have you seen it? the loud cries of “we want Tacos” haven’t been heard late in games at Staples since early April. some guy name Millsap was eating us up inside the box. while the Lakes aren’t noted as clog the lane defenders, but Jesus Maria! Millsap?!?!? this concerns me, here’s another thing that’ll only exponentially become a positive factor in formerly said rowdy crowd in the city near the Salt Lake. also, did you see how Deron absolutely had his way with Jordi Farms in the third quarter? he still hasn’t called the morning after to thank him for such a nice evening out. it’s customary for a guy to call up a girl after a great date. yeah, i know it’s a bad joke when you have to explain it. that’s how bad Jordi’s d-fense was. the you have to explain it after bad type. bad times are brewing. of all this, the scariest omen might be the latest weather report. there be snow up on them Utah mountains. do we remember the last time Vlad Rad was in Utah and there was snow up on them Utah mountains?



if Sloan, AK47, Deron, and Mr. Stabs-a-blind-man-in-the-back win one at home it’s not time to panic just yet. i HOPE they win one. while i want them to win game 3 platonically; i kinda hope deep, way back in the rear, next to the shallowest and darkest part of my mind that they get a loss out of the way. preferably game 4 with the series going back to LaLa. why for this wish? so no added pressure to this already combustible group of guys. seriously, i haven’t seen a group of guys complain about being fouled so much ever since a guy named Shaq used to play for us and complained about being hacked on each play. which he did, you know, get hacked.



but this guy, this gritty kid from the streets of Harlem, this guy is MONEY under pressure.



Monster

Saturday, April 19, 2008

2008 NBA Playoffs - Predictions

All of the Basketball Blog contributors sent me their playoff brackets. That is, except The Mystery Cow. He only sent me a message, which I will paste at the bottom.



Western Conference



First Round



(1) LA Lakers

(8) Denver Nuggets


Eddy Zucko - Lakers in 4

ShavedAsian- Lakers in 5

Young Randall - Lakers in 5

GG - Lakers in 4



(4) Utah Jazz

(5) Houston Rockets


Eddy Zucko - Utah in 7

ShavedAsian - Utah in 6

Young Randall - Utah in 7

GG - Utah in 6



(3) San Antonio Spurs

(6) Phoenix Suns


Eddy Zucko - Suns in 7

ShavedAsian - Suns in 7

Young Randall - Suns in 7

GG - Suns in 7



(2) New Orleans Hornets

(7) Dallas Mavericks


Eddy Zucko - Mavs in 6

ShavedAsian - Mavs in 6

Young Randall - Hornets in 6

GG - Hornets in 6



Color - We all agreed on each of the 4 West match-ups, except the last one. Young Randall and I went with Chris Paul and the Hornets, while ShavedAsian and Eddy Zucko are picking the upset. It’s crazy that we all picked the Suns. Aren’t the Spurs the defending champs? Haven’t they won the most titles in recent memory?



Western Conference Semi-finals



 

Eddy Zucko


Lakers over Jazz in 6

Suns over Mavericks in 7



ShavedAsian


Lakers over Jazz in 6

Suns over Mavericks in 6



Young Randall


Lakers over Jazz in 6

Suns over Hornets in 5



GG


Lakers over Jazz in 6

Suns over Hornets in 6



Color - I think we’re all simply hoping to see Kobe and Shaq all over again. But truly, is that a bad thing to hope for? That would be one of the greatest spectacles in modern sports history and an exciting conference finals.



Western Conference Finals



Eddy Zucko


Lakers over Suns in 7



ShavedAsian


Lakers over Suns in 6



Young Randall


Lakers over Suns in 6



GG


Lakers over Suns in 7



Color - No dark horses here, we’re all taking the Lakers.



Eastern Conference



First Round



(1) Boston Celtics

(8) Atlanta Hawks


Eddy Zucko - Celtics in 4

ShavedAsian- Celtics in 5

Young Randall - Celtics in 4

GG - Celtics in 4



(4) Cleveland Cavaliers

(5) Washington Wizards


Eddy Zucko - Cavaliers in 7

ShavedAsian - Cavliers in 6

Young Randall - Wizards in 6

GG - Wizards in 7



(3) Orlando Magic

(6) Toronto Raptors


Eddy Zucko - Magic in 6

ShavedAsian - Magic in 5

Young Randall - Magic in 5

GG - Magic in 6



(2) Detroit Pistons

(7)Philadelphia 76ers


Eddy Zucko - Pistons in 5

ShavedAsian - Pistons in 4

Young Randall - Pistons in 5

GG - Pistons in 6



Color - The only series any of us disagree on is the Cavs vs. the Wiz. Eddy Zucko and ShavedAsian believe that Lebron and 4 other guys are going to beat the Wizards, who learned how to play without Gilbert Arenas during the year. I think the match-up result is either that Lebron takes his game to another level (and that’s scary) and wills his team to victory, or that the Wizards have too many weapons for Cleveland.



Eastern Conference Semi-finals



 

Eddy Zucko


Celtics over Cavaliers in 6

Pistons over Magic in 5



ShavedAsian


Celtics over Cavaliers in 5

Pistons over Magic in 6



Young Randall


Celtics over Wizards in 5

Pistons over Magic in 6



GG


Celtics over Wizards in 6

Pistons over Magic in 5



Color - No surprises here. We all think the top two seeds seeds are going to meet in the conference finals.



Eastern Conference Finals



Eddy Zucko


Celtics over Pistons in 7



ShavedAsian


Pistons over Celtics in 6



Young Randall


Celtics over Pistons in 7



GG


Celtics over Pistons in 6



Color - ShavedAsian believes that the Pistons will represent the Eastern Conference in the finals, but everyone else thinks the Celtics are the team.



NBA Finals



 

Eddy Zucko


Lakers over Celtics in 6



ShavedAsian


Lakers over Pistons in 6



Young Randall


Celtics over Lakers in 6



GG


Celtics over Lakers in 7



Color - We’re split right down the middle. Two of us believe the Lakers will win the title and the other two, the Celtics.



As for the Mystery Cow? Well, here was his quote.



Fo’, Fo’, Fo’.



Don’t matter who we play in the Finals, we’ll beat them in Fo’ too.



What he means for those who don’t follow is that he thinks the Lakers are going to sweep every team in the playoffs.