NBA FINALS: IT'S WADE-TACULAR!
I’m not gonna lie to you. During the fourth quarter of tonight’s game three, I was flipping back and forth between the game and *GULP* National Treasure. Yep. A Nic Cage movie. With about eight minutes left in the game, I actually decided to check out IMDB.com to see where that blonde chick in the movie was from. (Troy, by the way.)
Having burnt out on National Treasure, I made the decision to watch the end of the Heat’s season. I was mostly interested in how much Pat Riley would whine. Down by 13 with a little over six minutes left, business began to pick up. Dwayne Wade proceeded to go absolutely insane for the next four minutes or so. I don’t have the specific stats, but I’m pretty sure he scored 37 points during that final stretch. (Actually, it was 15.)
Let’s just put Wade’s performance in perspective. He tied a career-high with 42 points. The last guy to score 40+ points in the NBA finals was Shaq in 2002 against Hitler’s favorite team, the New Jersey Nets. He also mixed in a career-high rebounding total with 13. It’s also significant that a large chunk of those points and a key rebound came in the fourth quarter while down huge.
At this point, I’m just rooting for a competitive series. I did pick the Mavs to win, and still think that Mavs hoist the trophy, but I’m much more interested in a fun bunch of games at this point. As an added bonus, I’m now going to watch the end of National Treasure.
4 Comments:
you love it!
To say that I'm loving it doesn't even begin to capture the range of emotions I went through last night. The biggest thing out of this is that I'm guaranteed AT LEAST two more games, which is absolutely huge on the combatting boredom front.
So you still think the mavs will take it? I've been saying "respect the daddy" all along. Either way the series gets interesting now.
Respect the Daddy? The Daddy has been a non-factor. Erica Dampier has been out-performed Shaq.
For the record, I still like the Mavs. But, of course, I'm probably wrong. I blame Dick Bavetta.
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