Quote of the day
“Do I think they’re done? Of course I think they’re done.” Draymond Green, All-NBA Future Teller, Shit Talker and Forward.
About last night . . .
Steph back
Steve Kerr played his Steph Curry card last night, and it turns out that a couple weeks off has not made Curry bad at basketball. He had 40 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in 37 minutes off the bench, including an NBA record 17 points in overtime, leading the Warriors to a Game 4 win. Maybe it was all the “LeBron is the real MVP” talk? Whatever it was, Curry is back, and while he might be kind of sore today, the Warriors certainly don’t have to worry about bringing him slowly back into the fold when they play either the Spurs or the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.
Heat save season, produce perfect moment of poetry
Miami evened their series with Toronto with an OT win, but that’s not really the story here. Late in overtime with the Heat clutching to a four point lead, this happened.
(if you don’t want to watch, Wade tries a layup and the ball just gets stuck sitting on the back of the rim. Not wedged on the side . . . just gently sitting on top)
The reason this is important is because it is a perfect metaphor for the quality of basketball played in this series, especially relative to the basketball being played in the other series. It’s as if the basketball Gods had decided enough was enough and there should be no more Heat v Raptors. Twitter agreed.
Game 5 is probably tomorrow night. (it is)
Dallas scored 3 goals on their first 7 shots and then held on for dear life to send the series to a 7th game back in Dallas. This was the third of those three, as the Blues literally and metaphorically fell on their faces with the chance to advance to the West Finals . . .
The Blues carried the play, ending up with a 37-14 advantage in shots, but as every fan of the mid-2000s Red Wings can attest to, that doesn’t mean much in the playoffs. Game 7 is tomorrow night and we can’t wait.
So do the Predators
Nashville is refusing to be done with the postseason, too, as it came back from a 2-0 deficit in the first period to force its own Game 7 against the Sharks. A Viktor Arvidsson goal in overtime kept the Predators alive, and he was kind enough to score it 2:03 into the first OT. As you all know, playoff overtime is not good for your heart, and it’s especially bad for you when your team can be eliminated if the other team scores first. So the good people of Nashville thank you, Viktor, for letting them pursue heart disease on their own by eating massive amounts of delicious BBQ.
Things to read today
Did you know only Jim Valvano went to the White House after NC State’s national championship? The school wouldn’t pay for the players to go and a donor paying for it would have been an NCAA violation. That’s some ass-backwards crud.
Satellite camps back
Well, that didn’t take long. Satellite camps are back on and Michigan has announced 26 satellite camps in the month of June, which is a lot, because June only has 30 days. Making things more crazy, a recruiting dead period starts June 27th, meaning, yup, 26 camps in 26 days for Harbaugh and Co. That man must freebase Red Bull or something. I’m tired just typing about it.
The best of the rest
If you remember, Goran Dragic of the Miami Heat had his teeth go through his lip after an elbow to the chops a few games ago. That came after he had teeth knocked out multiple times in the regular season. Someone get this guy a protective mask.
Here’s some Miami bros being Miami bros
Wha? How?
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