Hey I have an idea lets call the afternoon off and all head up to 'roit and cheer our asses off for the Cavs tonight at the Palace, there's still tickets available on Ticketmaster!!!!
Sounds like a good idea doesn't it?
To bad we are not allowed to buy tickets to the game because we don't live in Michigan. I've never heard of this before but I really haven't gone to that many games out of state. For tickets to tonight's game they have this policy:
"Additional Information: The Palace is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Sales to this event will be restricted to residents of Michigan. Residency will be based on credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside Michigan will be canceled without notice and refunds given."
I guess the Pistons don't want to lose their home court advantage to people from Ohio. I'm sure they don't have this for the Cleveland games, I could be wrong. I've been to many Browns games where it feels like your sitting in Pittsburgh watching the game. In a free county one would think you can go to any game you want, as long as you have a ticket no matter where you live.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Anyone want to go to the game tonight?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Some random game 4 thoughts...
Some are my own, and some are liberally borrowed...errr...stolen.
Gibson was the sh*t, driving to the hoop and making things happen. Now, I know that's not as easy when you're triple teamed constantly, but a certain 240-lb power forward should keep that in mind, particularly in "meaningless" mid-season games versus Charlotte. That alley-oop to Lebron--not too bad either.
Varajao leads the league in flops, I mean charges drawn, and by a huge margin. There have been a lot of articles decrying the constant flop--Bill Simmons suggests it has something to do with soccer fans from Europe and South America coming into the NBA. Is getting in the way of someone driving really good basketball? If that happened on Tuesday nights I would have to pull an AJ Peer-zin-ski on someone.
How great was the push away of Rip by Lebron on the trash-talking before his free throw attempt? Freedarko.com thinks the same thing.
Windhorst says there's some dissension in the ranks in the Motor City? Really? Why would that be?
Finally, just found this fine blog by a freelance basketball writer. Hadn't seen it before. "20 Second Timeout".
And did anyone time Kelly Shoppach on his 360 yard dash around the bases after his huge homerun over the Monster tonight? Munch suggested 20K+ at the Q and 40K+ at the Jake this Saturday to watch Detroit get stomped 500 yards away from each other, plus 20K+ more downtown drinking themselves silly watching the games. I will put the over under on fans at the Indians game Saturday at 18K...sorry, first place or not, I'm not watching the Cavs at a tv in Jacobs Field's concourse. The Batter's Eye Bar? Maybe.
Jersey to the Face
Can you imagine how sweaty that thing must be? I would RAGE!
Does anybody want to get together and watch the premier of Tyler Perry's House of Payne on June 6th? It looks hilarious. They have this big guy who dresses like an old lady and says "very funny".
Boobie Prize
Two off-seasons ago the Cavaliers offered a grossly inflated contract, both in years and dollar amount, to Larry Hughes. One can argue that they didn’t have a choice. The team had big money to spend and free agents Ray Allen and Michael Redd had already snubbed the Cavs to stay with their respective teams. The Cavs needed to make a splash with LeBron’s walk year fast approaching and the team’s fanbase already wringing their hands in speculative anguish over the King possibly leaving for a bigger market.
Hughes was signed by Danny Ferry as a lockdown defender with some scoring punch...even though Hughes was a career 41% shooter from the field upon inking the Cavs generous offer. With treacherous rat Carlos Boozer !!Stabbing a Blind Man in the Back!! and escaping to Mormon country, Hughes was tabbed by SVAC management as the Robin to LeBron’s Batman—a solid (if not spectacular) veteran who could vault the team to the next level.
The Cavs are at the next level, but Hughes hasn’t been the one to help them get there. He’s shown flashes of good play, but those flashes have been as brief and soundless as summer lightening. It’s true that Hughes is currently playing out of position, and I do admire his effort to start Game 4 against the Pistons on a bum foot, but unfortunately Hughes’s career-long penchant for fragility (one healthy season in nine years) and mediocre outside shooting (30-some percent in the 2007 playoffs) have come to fruition.
This sad circumstance would usually cause Cleveland fans to nod knowingly and blame the sports gods for smiting us once again. Not so fast, Potsie. As of this writing, the Cavaliers have tied the Eastern Conference Finals at two apiece and have the momentum going into Game 5. A large part of this surprising development can be attributed to the babyfaced (heh) second-round pick from Texas who for the last two games has put on the Robin spandex to become LeBron’s high-energy new sidekick--Daniel “Boobie” Gibson.
Gibson was brought in as the point guard of the future. But this guy’s a pure scorer who over the last couple of games has given the Cavs a burst of aggressive energy. Gibson had shown some shooting touch this year, but for whatever reason, his game has picked up several dimensions against Roit.
The rookie doesn’t just hang around the 3-point line. He’s sunk a few midrange jumpers (always a sketchy proposition for the Cavs) including a sweet turnaround J from above the free-throw line. Gibson seems fearless too, despite the enormous stage of the ECF...Tuesday he drove to the hoop against far bigger players. It gave me great joy to see him go right at Rasheed and draw a foul. Gibson’s hitting his free throws, too. When was the last time any Cav went 12 for 12 from the stripe? What about defense? Gibson’s availed himself quite nicely...another surprise. Sunday night he harassed the hell out of Billups and came up with a couple of big stops. Plus he drew a huge charging foul against Billups in Tuesday’s game.
Of course, you probably can’t count on Gibson to average 21 points for the rest of this series. The Cavs will need somebody, be it Z, Gooden, or Hughes to get hot in order to put the Pistons down. Just the same, Gibson and LeBron have obvious chemistry on the court. Maybe Boobie can truly be the Pippen to LeBron’s Jordan; the Batman to his Robin; the Jannetty to his Michaels.
GO CAVS
Hard Working Town Hard Working Team... OHHH CAVS
The Cavaliers can win this series. We are as good as Detroit, there's no doubt in my mind. My only concern (which I said right after the game)is that Game 1 may have cost us the series. That game was so obtainable. Game 2 was also, but the referees virtually made it impossible to steal.
We could easily be looking at a 3-1 series lead, or dare I say 4-0 sweep. . I know I know... if my grandmother had balls she'd be my grandfather.
We really need to figure out that 3rd quarter issue. But I'm beginning to wonder if it actually isn't turning out to our advantage when the 4th quarter rolls around and we're fresher than the older Pistons.