10-Second NBA Week In Review
Contributed by Nolan Sinclair
Here’s a 10-second view of the best and worst of last week in Da League:
Bad Beat of the Week:
The Charlotte Bobcats were up 24 points with 3:51 left in the third quarter at home against a free-falling Sacramento squad, and they looked as if they could win by 50. The line was set at 6 and all of us that had loot on Charlotte were sitting back and relaxing at how much the Kings had fallen apart since Kevin Martin had returned. Looks like the Kings would have the last laugh as they went on a 31-9 run to cut the Bobcat lead to two. The kitties ended up winning the game, which just adds salt to the wound, but only won by two, 105-103. I knew I hated all teams coached by Larry Brown.
ATS Team of the Week:
The Portland Trailblazers went 3-1 ATS with all four games on the road. Even more impressive is the fact that myself, and three of my buddies were in the starting lineup as the normal starters are staring on this weeks edition of ER. The Blazers failed to cover their first game of the week versus the Washington Wizards but covered in Boston, in Detroit, and in Philadelphia. Portland bounced back strong after losing to Washington by covering games on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Again, more impressive is the fact that Brandon Roy played less than 19 minutes the entire week. Now if they could have just covered their first game this week in which they were up nine at home with three minutes to play in a game in which they were only favored by three. Thanks Juwan Howard. What the hell do we pay you for?
Player of the Week:
Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies averaged over 27 points, six rebounds, one steal, and one block over his three games this past week. Gay is leading an upstart Memphis team that is becoming more dangerous by the night. Rudy is averaging just over 20 points and six boards a game on the season. It was extremely difficult for me to choose Gay since he is a UCONN Husky but I have to give him his props. Congrats Rudy, but your college is still filled with scumbags.
