My Game Archive

  Bulls at Hornets - First competitive game I've seen in about a week -Josh Giddey is a mess. Sloppy and out of control. Still effective somehow.  - Miles Bridges and Zach Collins looked like the best out there. Colby White too. - Knueppel looks legit. I questioned him being drafted so highly. Guess I was wrong. - Miles Bridges is a bucket. - Love listening to these Homer announcers. Thought Knueppel should have gotten not just 3 free throws, but a 4th for a flagrant for landing under the shooter. Review determined no foul. Chicago ball. Hilarious.  Nets at Mavs - I like Michael Porter Jr. I think he's a good player. But if he's your best player...your team's in trouble. - Flagg cut off Davis' pass so well, the announcers thought it was on purpose. Davis and Flagg laughing about it. Flagg is becoming really fun to watch.  Halftime. Close game. I'm Happy. - These NBA fit walks are silly.  - Mavs mascot is trash  at backward half-court shots - Flagg is quite ...

  I turned this game on in the 3rd. Ugly game. The Knicks had a pretty solid lead when I turned it on but it is so sloppy. Passes are ugly, dribbling is ugly, no one can catch. There is no way a team in the East wins the Championship this year. Maybe if the Celtics get healthy, but they played like trash in last year's playoffs.  Collin Murray-Boyles was just murdered under the hoop and no foul call. If that was Luca there would have been seven flagrants and an ejection.  Holy crap! A travel was called!! Notorious B13 is nice. We love to see him on a contender. Such a boring game.  Knicks better hope Brunson doesn't get injured. Even with KAT, no Brunson = Lottery team. Brunson and Ingram are my MVPs for this game

  Thoughts: - I'll never understand how professional basketball players can be fat. - Clint Capela's tip off technique is odd -Udoka reminds me of a smaller Suge Knight - There is so much travelling it's ridiculous. Can you really catch the ball, take a step or two, then dribble? -Durant looks like he's wearing hiking boots - Capela really has no skills - I'm so happy Flagg is playing aggressively. So much more fun to watch. Wish Jabari Smith played with a little more fire. - Amen Thompson is a beast...and these entry passes to Anthony Davis are trash - Reed Sheppard is ill Had to turn the game off before half-time. Final awards MVP (in order based on what I watched) 1.  Anthony Davis 2. Cooper Flagg 3. Jabari Smith Jr. Buns players of the game: 1. D'Angelo Russell 2. Dwight  Powell 3. Clint Capella

   Unlike yesterday, lots of good games on the docket. Games of the night (in order) 1. Mavericks at Thunder. After a terrible start, Mavs are looking like a legit team again (and they're still not completely healthy). Cooper Flagg is also starting to play more aggressive and looking like the generational talent many think him to be. The Thunder are the Thunder. All time great team. Should be fun to watch. 2. Spurs at Cavs. Wemby is amazing. Any chance to watch him you should take advantage of. I always worry about bigs and their long term health so try to see as much of Wemby as you can while you can. Beyond Wemby, Spurs are loaded with exciting players and their fast play and tough defense is fun to watch. 3. Lakers at Celtics. I'm not going to watch this and this is really only here for the history. Always good to hear some "Beat LA" chants. Not game of the night 1. 76ers at Bucks. Two injured teams. Barlow, Edgecombe, and Maxey are fun to watch. So not too bad. 2....

I had a few minutes more than I thought and watched a bit of the Wizards/Celtics game (turned it on right before half-time. I must say, I really do like the Wizards roster. No huge superstars, but a lot of solid young guys and vets. Middleton and McCollum are great vets (both of whom can score) and Johnson, Saar. I like Bagley too (saw him block Maxey like 3 times in a row the other night). Again, I don't think they're going to do anything  special this year...maybe not even win 20 games...but they're a solid team that should make most games competitive at least. Thoughts on the game: - Wizards uniform. Nice throwback to the Arenas era. Hopefully without the locker room gun play.  - Why do the Celtics have so many bald players?  - Middleton needs to tuck in his shirt. Where's Chris Paul when you need him? - Good to see Sam "Xenomorph" Cassell coaching - Why is this guy on the Celtics?  - Did I say games would be close? Uhh. - 8 minutes left in the 4th. Turning...

Sadly, I most likely will not be able to watch any games tonight. But, nonetheless, here are my picks for games of the night (and not)! Games of the night (in order) 1. Turn the TV off. None of these games look great. 2. Celtics at Wizards. Celtics, even without Tatum, have a talented lineup and I really like watching some of the young Wizards players. Celtics should win easily, but don't be surprised if the Wizards win it. 3. This was hard to pick (because they all stink), but I'll go Lakers at Raptors. Luca is amazing but the Lakers are on TV so often it's nice to get a break sometimes. Also, for as great as Luca is, the whining over every foul call and the baby fouls that go his way are annoying to watch. Not game of the night 1. All of them. 2. Jazz at Nets. While it's the not game of the night, if I had time to watch basketball tonight, this would be the game. Jazz have some good young talent and I never get to see either of these teams play. Maybe I'd turn it ...