With the NBA playoffs in its second round, just thought it was time to drop in and give a few varying takes on some of the series going on in the current NBA playoff season.
With that effort today by LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, how long is it going to take the two of them to claim they can still win eight championships or more in Miami? Never mind that they are still having trouble with Indiana, they're going to need at least seven games to get out of this series. What's going to happen when they run into Oklahoma City or San Antonio...that is, assuming they get by Indiana AND Boston?
Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder are stone cold killers. Say what you want about the San Antonio Spurs 17 game winning streak, and it is impressive, but the fact that OKC might well be getting ready to go 8-1 against both the defending champion Dallas and then the Lakers is awfully impressive in itself.
And Kevin Durant...my goodness, word of warning to everyone else: Do NOT let the game be close late. There are certain guys who take the last shot, three, two one and you think that ball isn't going in. With Kevin Durant, it's becoming commonplace to think...that ball is going in. That's something we used to say about guys like Michael Jordan.
And what's going on with the Celtics? This team is so off and on it's unreal...dominate game 3 in Philadelphia, then they take a big lead in game 4 only to let their foot off the gas and lose.
Sad day for baseball on Friday with Kerry Wood retiring. I remember him all the way back to 1998 when he was a talented young pitcher and struck out 20 Houston Astros in a game...if only Dusty Baker hadn't come along and ruined his arm.
Justin Verlander didn't come up with a no-hitter on Friday against Pittsburgh, but in coming two outs short he gave Detroit fans their money's worth, especially for a game against Pittsburgh.
One final note as far as college football goes...I think it's safe to say that the landscape of college football has drastically changed in the wake of last week's announcement. In case you have been living under a rock or don't follow college football, the Southeastern and Big 12 conferences agreed to a matchup where, assuming one of their champions doesn't end up in an impending college football playoff, they would play each other in a champions' bowl game.
Because of this announcement, there is a clear divide between the haves and have-nots in the current landscape of NCAA major college football. The Big 10 (12), Big 12 (10, plus maybe more), Southeastern and Pac-12 conferences appear to be the haves while the Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences appear to be on the outside looking in. Are we about to see the formation of superconferences as we know them?
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