My friends and I just finished up playing a coupe hours of pickup ball this afternoon. Not surprisingly, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals was a major topic of discussion. Over the course of our time we worked out some over/unders for tonight's game in Orlando. Feel free to throw in your own and/or chime in on these in the comments.
Free Throws Attempted by LeBron: 25 (Over)
Offensive Fouls by Dwight Howard: 2 (I'd like to push here but I'll take the over)
Offensive fouls on LeBron: 1 (There's no way I can take the over here...push)
Bad/rushed shots by Mo Williams: 6 (Over)
Bad/rushed shots by Rafer Alston: 6 (Over)
Number of times LeBron flops after minimal contact whilst on offense: 5 (OVER)
Number of times Dwight Howard flops after minimal contact whilst on offense: 3 (Under)
Flops by Anderson Varejao: We couldn't find a high enough number
Camera shots of a sweaty and exasperated Stan Van Gundy: Again, we couldn't come up with a high enough number
Number of times I scream at the TV: 10 (Under...I hope)
Number of beers I consume: 12 (OVER)
That's it. Enjoy the game. I think I speak for all of us here at Gheorghe (and if I don't then anyone I'm not speaking for has no soul and is a complete and total starfucker) when I say, let's go Magic!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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16 comments:
Yeah...I'm not really excited about tonight's game either.
i'll take the under on bronbron's free throws. and i want to see a game 7.
102-101, several superb performances (one out of nowhere), one terrible call that could alter outcome, and after all that...a Game 7.
THERE WILL BE NO GAME SEVEN!!!!
greg, emphatically. i like it.
magician fans, make the case for me that orlando can beat the lakers. i want to believe, i really do.
i like delonte west's game.
that's why you follow your shot, gentlemen.
the cavs are getting completely outworked and outhustled. they should be embarrassed.
kobe vs. dwight's gonna require a rewrite of a whole lotta commercials.
OK, I'm intrigued. Magic/Lakers...not sure many saw this coming (except Mark and Greg of course).
The Hedo puppet will be a fun addition to that Nike ad.
The Cavs should be embarassed...that was pathetic
I'll have some more coherent thoughts tomorrow but here's a basic idea of the thoughts running through my head right now:
- I love seeing LeBron settle for jumpers as an opponent. He's not a great shooter and him shooting a long 2 (which he does a ton) is pretty much a best case scenario when he has the ball.
- Dwight Howard announced himself as one of the NBA's elite tonight. This was the equivalent of LeBron's 48 against Detroit.
- I never, ever thought Mickael Pietrus woudl be this kind of impact player for Orlando. He's the the biggest x-factor in these playoffs...by a wide margin.
- LeBron's been billed as a great defensive player in the past year or so. I'm not buying it. Sure, he's great in the weakside defender/free safety role. However, he misses a ton of assignments in man coverage and, in my opinion, just takes some possessions off on D.
- I'd like to say I saw this coming but that's just a lie. I was ready to quit on the season when Jameer went down. Even after the Rafer trade (and the subsequent success) I had serious doubts. Quite a moment for a franchise that has endured some seriously lean times over the last 10+ years.
Also...I am not a proficient gambler...clearly.
The 23rd inning? Really?
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