Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tuesday Night GameNotes, Part 2
Just flipped to the score of Game 3 of the NBA Finals and see that the Spurs have decided to play the role of the Cavs in this game; they have 28 points with about five minutes left in the 1st half. Of course, the Cavs are playing the role of the Cavs as well and have 32 points.
Think about that for just a nano-second and then we'll return to a sport that hasn't killed itself like a game of Chinese Water Torture over the past 10 years. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals the two teams have combined for 60 points in the later stages of the 1st half. Even searching for the most purist, defensive-oriented basketball bone in my body, I can't defend this. This, quite simply, is unwatchable basketball.
Matsui's on 1st with no outs; Cano's up.
Speaking of the team I'm zeroing in on: Cleveland lost again tonight, this time to the Marlins 3-0. They had three hits and no walks against a trio of Florida pitchers, led by starter Scott Olsen who pitched 7 innings.
Talk about an odd play. With the infield in, Melky Cabrera hits a ground ball which is stabbed on a great play by second baseman Orlando Hudson, who then turns it into an unusual 4-3-6 double play. Cano was going on contact; Matsui wasn't. Matsui scored, but Cano got hung-up going back to second base. That's two DPs for Melky tonight.
Into the 8th. 4-1 New York.
Just flipped to the score of Game 3 of the NBA Finals and see that the Spurs have decided to play the role of the Cavs in this game; they have 28 points with about five minutes left in the 1st half. Of course, the Cavs are playing the role of the Cavs as well and have 32 points.
Think about that for just a nano-second and then we'll return to a sport that hasn't killed itself like a game of Chinese Water Torture over the past 10 years. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals the two teams have combined for 60 points in the later stages of the 1st half. Even searching for the most purist, defensive-oriented basketball bone in my body, I can't defend this. This, quite simply, is unwatchable basketball.
Matsui's on 1st with no outs; Cano's up.
Speaking of the team I'm zeroing in on: Cleveland lost again tonight, this time to the Marlins 3-0. They had three hits and no walks against a trio of Florida pitchers, led by starter Scott Olsen who pitched 7 innings.
Talk about an odd play. With the infield in, Melky Cabrera hits a ground ball which is stabbed on a great play by second baseman Orlando Hudson, who then turns it into an unusual 4-3-6 double play. Cano was going on contact; Matsui wasn't. Matsui scored, but Cano got hung-up going back to second base. That's two DPs for Melky tonight.
Into the 8th. 4-1 New York.
