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Invaders bench Vucevic who has 35 after 3 quarters in mistaken belief Thunder would blow Magic out in OKC and he would sit most of 2nd half.Hoped for same result for Durant and Ibaka but stuck w/Westbrook anyway...
E Team says:
Talk about scoreboard watching. I've got every match in front of me.
It looks like the Germans will finally get off der schneid, rolling it up on the Invaders. That's bad for Mark and his planned escape from the cellar; worse for the Nitecaps, who stay loyal to their one-legged Kobe and may not survive the match in first place.
Everything else is too tight to call.
Partial scores -Invaders indeed will lose to Germans currently it's P4 196+Holiday Invaders 74 w/JR/Blopez and Thaddeus still to go....It's Wingos 129+DWill Ticket 97 w/Monroe and Paul yet to play...Caps 124 awaiting his Sixer Turner B's 122 Tyreke and Griffin haven't gone yet...ETeam has 127 awaiting Pierce and JJ Swat 11 AJeff and Batum are still uncounted
Swat's score should read 111
Ticket may eliminate himself from the chase for fourth place with his DeRozan sub for the superior Josh Smith over E-Team loving Kobe this match. My job cutting card board and packing bubbled plastic in boxes for online mall ware has cost me my third title chance in the same fashion as my second one that slipped away. No access to web at work where phones are not allowed for last minute injury updates.
Smith (39 fp's Fri.) out prior game to match 38 like my Maggete going sub ten the game before his 40 in next match play against Big Panty for the title.
Anyway, Monroe gets me in the match with a do-able 30 and it D.Will vs Paul. Like Kobe believer E-Team, Ticket all of a sudden loves LA. Hypocrites, aren't we?
Invaders while looking through box scores at Suns game thought about how odd it is that the 2nd set of twins ever to play together in the NBA the Morris brothers played for the same pro team that the only other set did the Van Arsdales....And that Stanford sent not one but 2 sets of twins to the NBA the Lopez and Collins brothers-there are only 3 other sets of NBA twins can you name them?
Final ETeam defeats the Swat team 195-164 E(Howard-40...Monta-19...Pierce-31...Kemba-31...Hickson-37...Vasquez-37)Swat(Conley-22...Lawson-13...LBJ-46...AJeff-22...MGas-30...Batum-31)
Invaders can tell you ahead of time that Germans have defeated me w/a 241-that number is some comfort to me as even if I hadn't stupidly left Lamarcus and Vucevic out of my lineup I still would've lost this one.The other finals will be determined after the Nets/Clips and Kings go tomorrow.Right it appears Mr.B will beat the Caps who lead 142-122 but B's have Tyreke and Blake Griff left while the Caps have turned in another disappointing point total....Wingos-Ticket too close to call it's Paul vs.DWill tomorrow Currently Wingos 129 Ticket 126
E Team says:
The E Team has just returned home after margaritas and haute cuisine tacos at the impossibly hip Cruz Room on Alberta Street. Before that, the wife and I enjoyed the Blazers' tasty win over the pesky Pistons at the Rose Garden.
Could not help but think fondly of the now Brooklyn-based Ticket. Our long association, uneven at times but undying, helped make me the kind of guy who can comfortably wheel and deal with the illustrious crew outside the Garden and score some nice corner 200's at a healthy discount.
Good game. The Blazers' backcourt had no answer for Stuckey and Bynum - our Damian ROY is many things, but not a particularly energetic defender - and Tom's Monroe looked very nice: slick, strong, scores with both hands, good player.
LaMarcus was the difference, but my Hickson was nice. (Mark, please explain to me why it would have been a good idea to move him before the deadline instead of, say, signing him at the end of the year to a four-year deal for $15-$20 milion. Move him for what? Cap room to do what? There are double-double machines available in the draft? There are simple, lunch pail free agents like him around who just want to feel valued somewhere and will take medium-range money? Who? Do dorky NBA geeks and sportswriters think Hickson is damaged goods because he played in post-LBJ Cleveland and then couldn't find a home in that mess they call Sacramento? Fuck that. I say you keep this guy. Please tell me what I'm missing.)
But I digress.
The aspirations of Swat and Ticket hang by a thread. The once-future kings of the point guard position, Deron and CP3, go head to head with Tom's playoff chances on the line.
The Germans don't just snap a losing streak, but make a statement. Pardon the rest of us if we forgot that they might actually defend their title.
And the Nitecaps, the team of the new millenium as appointed by Ticket? Kobe? Yes, no? Melo? Yes, no? Will they be able to beat anybody a week from now? Even with two tries?
And the E Team and Mr. B team head for a showdown that may determine who gets to find out.
Very fine stuff.
Oh, and I came up with this tonight when the Blazers went with a lineup that included both Meyers Leonard and Joel Freeland: the Ivory Towers.
Hey, give it up. That's quality comedy.
Ticket commiserates with Invaders bench blues:
Noah 33> my Monroe 29
A Johnson 40> my A Davis 33
Peace 31> my sub 20 DeRozanadana
Nelson 37> Paul vs NY, the Ty-less & -less subway billboard, & worst division leader lineup since Pat Riley benched the Showtime Lakers at Portland on the last day of the regular season.
Ticket remembers five Jones drafted pro bros Major,Rich,Caldwell,Colin & ? Any of them twins?
Besides my being the trifling type who envies his friends like Eric for keeping his 2 car-2-kid American dream house together, I wish I was around for the California rock and sports scene in the sixties like Mark: Koufax and Mays, Heidi Bowl, Elgin Baylor-the third best scorer at the time of his retirement paired with the leader Wilt the Stilt, and check out this new post about the second under 4 minute prep school mile runner after Jim Ryan in today's NY Times.
Eric-Invaders suggest that both Aldridge and Hickson are the kind of players you sign and keep but with the new CBA(collective bargaining agreement) all owners have become tight fisted including the richest one Paul Allen-it's sort of a vindictive collusion by the owners to humble the players for the next go round by avoiding max and close to max player contracts-LaMarcus has earned his top dollar deal but JJ had some off court baggage and coach run ins about his defense that kept him from getting the same treatment-I love both of them and and personally was very upset when the Warriors didn't sign Hickson.The theory is trade one of them and sign the other purely a bottom line calculation of avoiding big contracts regardless of the talent involved.
Eric-weren't Jack Sikma and Tom Chambers when w/the Sonics in the early 80's dubbed the Ivory Towers?I submit when the Timberwolves played without the outstanding Love and Rubio and were winning early it was a fluke of outside shots dropping.When their talent level resulted in the regression of their winning pct.I anointed them the "Flaccid Five".Kind of leads one to the old joke what's 10 inches long and white? answer "nothing"
Tom-none of the Jones brothers were twins Caldwell did the most/Wilbert was the best offensively/Charles played the longest and the baby Major who was supposed to have the most talent did the least.The answer to the twin question beside the 4 previously mentioned starts with the best pair ever Horace and Harvey Grant(Horace came out of school a year ahead because Harvey was injury red shirted)Stephen and Joey Graham who played until last season and most obscure Charlie and Carl Thomas who both had very short careers in the 90's
Tom when I was growing up Mays/Wilt and Jim Brown were the most dominant and important people in my sports focused universe-you could add Muhammad Ali to that group-Anyone who doubts Wilt's greatness when compared to Russell's rings should remember that before the Bulls w/Jordan broke the 70 win barrier for the best regular season W/L record the two best prior records 68-13 by the '68 Sixers and 69-13 by the '72 Lakers featured Wilt at center.I hated Koufax and Baylor(and West) because they were from the closest thing to hell on earth LA.When I lived and hustled in Reno for the bookies we had an old joke Reno is so close to hell you can see Sparks!(I assume you all know Reno is next to a city called Sparks).The luck of my father getting a job at UC Berkeley as a professor rather than some other college town was a fortunate circumstance for me to say the least allowing me the opportunity to grow up in the 60's culture of the bay area...
E Team says:
Bench blues?
I sat Duncan, who'd gone for 50 in his previous game, against the crappy Cavs. He goes for 51.
And my Hawes? He blows up Hibbert for 49.
Speaking of which, why don't the Seattle-bound SonicKings trade Cousins straight up for Hawes, the Emerald City native. His LameBeer-style game would open things up for Sacramento's slew of offensive-minded guards, half of whom are also Seattle products.
Meanwhile, Cousins could team with Andrew Bynum to produce a kind of half-brained monster, like Rosie Greer and Ray Milland in that horror film. Maybe you could bring back the Philly native Sheed to mentor them. You know, teach them how to behave like professionals, that kind of thing.
Invaders like the "Incredible 2 headed transplant" reference-I have earlier made a survey of Seattle area players most likely to end up with the Sonics.I have 16 candidates 12 of whom are active in the NBA.Isiah Thomas is the only one currently on the King roster and will stay because he's cheap at a team option for next season of only 884k-Several can be eliminated due to age contract status or injuries including Jason Terry/Brandon Roy/Avery Bradley/and Rodney Stuckey-I believe Tyreke will go in a trade before Cousins will-the most logical regional trade I can see would involve Jimmer Fredette being shipped to Utah in a deal involving Bremerton product Marvin Williams..Hawes has 1 year and 6.5 million left on his deal Tyreke is from Philly/Jersey area so there might be a match there.The lock to come is former Blazer Martell Webster having the best season of his career and a free agent.Nate Robinson is also a free agent but that would mean to barely 5-9 point guard w/him and Thomas
E Team says:
Mark, doesn't Quincy Pondexter play for the Kings?
Eric he plays for Memphis as does Tony Wroten another Seattle guy-the only other team w/2 Seattle natives is the Celtics Avery Bradley and newly signed Terrence Williams
Eric -Quincy is actually from the central valley around Fresno but he indeed is a U DUB guy-what odds would you give me that the Sonics resurrect the ridiculous NBA career of UW grad Jon Brockman to add "local color" to the new team?that's the fall back option for a few "white minutes" if the Hawes deal fails to materialize...
Ticket says
I'm glued to the radio & internet with Knicks and Nets on a brisk Sunday not far from Frank Torre place in Sunset Park. (Blazing orange sunset Friday there.) Clips up 16 with Hollins,Barnes,Odom,Crawford & Billups finishing the blow out. Along with Crawford, Felton, Camby & Kurt Thomas remind me of last year's forgettable Blazers.
Paul has 30 after 3 periods so Deron only needs an average outing to push me to the brink of elimination.
The halftime guest Jerry D'Agostino covered the Knicks in the 50's when they won the east three straight times and wrote my favorite book The Year The Mets Lost Last Place about the '69 Mets. He has a book coming out that pays tribute to the best sportswriters. He should have read this blog for a more informed selection.
E Team says:
Funny, I was thinking about Brockman. Good call.
Tom- Invaders forgot to mention since I was out here NBC didn't switch to "Heidi" like they did after 7pm back east so I saw special teamer and 3rd string fullback Preston Ridlehuber return the onside kick for a TD-He also played for the 49ers...
Ticket says
Heat goes 12 more wins in a row to top the Laker record? Heat beater Knicks, according to November NY pundits, will drop into a tie for first place when Nets win tonite.
A loss to Jazz makes Knicks 0-5 on western swing.
More important: CP3 back in! Hits 2 free throws, Kenyon Martin rejects Paul's layup, CP3 back to the line with 90%. Makes 1 of 2. Wingo's Deron needs 31 to win.
Thanks for the action guys.
Ticket says
33 years later I learn about Ridlehuber! Thanks Mark. You read post about the San Diego sub 4 minute miler? I loved the quote by Marty Liquori: "In the sixties if you married you were done (as an Olympic runner). Liquori another idol of mine then.
Ridlehuber scored on his own team's onside kick Invaders shouldn't of used the word return
Wow-Invaders read that story about Danielson very sad life w/such a promising beginning...I have an online subscription to the Times I get free because they still think I'm receiving papers at my old apartment-I left in the fall of 2007 shouldn't they have caught that by now??I think they leave old subscribers on their list purposely to inflate circulation for better ad rates!
E Team says:
I too saw the ending of the Heidi game after a strange but momentary interruption.
And it wasn't an onside kick. Ridlehuber simply recovered a fumble in the end zone.
Ticket says
You guys argue about a play that happened 33 years ago? Am I watching Eddie Murphy and another elder arguing "Rocky Marciano, Rocky Marciano (He kicked Joe Louis' ass.) Trading Places the movie?
Eric-Invaders know Ridlehuber scored a td I may be wrong after all it was more than 33 years ago.I believe the Raiders trailed by at least a td when NBC cut away in the final minute.Then they scored a td then recovered the ensuing kick which is when Ridlehuber scored as a special team player. Ridlehuber seldom played on offense but I'd forgotten if it was onside or a length of the field kick-there was a Raider game around then when a special teams guy recovered his own onside kick and went for a td but I guess it wasn't Ridlehuber
E Team says:
The Raiders had already taken the lead - Lamonica to Warren Wells, perhaps? They Jets may have had time to run another play, but they fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Ridlehuber recovered in the end zone. (Gee, there must've been some real hang time on that kickoff, now that I think about it. How did the returner not even get out of the end zone?! I'm gonna go look it up.)
E Team says:
Ah, it was Lamonica to Charlie Smith. And the Jets got the kickoff out to about the ten before the returner collided with a teammate and the ball was sent back toward the end zone.
Yes, yes.
E Team says:
Hey, if I'm not mistaken, the Wingos' Deron Williams has just left the Hawks-Nets game with seven minutes to play and the Wingos and Ticket tied at 159.
That means Ticket win not get the win he needed to stay within range of the E Team, and the E Team has officially clinched a spot in the Big Dance.
Erin go bragh, indeed. I'm going off to drink a cup of green coffee.
Final heartbreaking loss for the Ticket 161-159 to Wingos HW(Rubio-31...Klay-12...Danilo-23...Horford-32...DWill-32...Dirk-31)T(Monroe-29...Derozan-18...ADavis-23...Curry-12...Oaul-33...Wall-44)
Final-B's beat the Caps 181-142 B(Tyreke-29...Wade-39...Gay-35...Griff-30...Lee-27...DWest-21)Caps(Jennings-33...Kobe-3...Turner-18...Zbo-38...Sanders-19...Dragic-31)
Invaders destroyed by the Germans 241-149 P4(Holiday-45...Harden-52...Duramt-41...Bosh-38...Ibaka-30...George-35)Invaders(BLopez-24...Thad-26...Parsons-21...Westbrook-35...JR-25...Lowry-18)Germans 241 take high match money
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