Line Of The Night 10/09/2007 — Pre-season Edition
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Line Of The Night:
Kevin Garnett — 19 points, 16 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal
The C’s actually played Toronto, in Italy, a few nights ago, but we just caught the replay tonight. It was probably one of the better games of the pre-season, as the starters got a lot of burn, probably due to the overseas sell-out crowd. The Kid looked revitalized. He’s always had that energy, but it seemed more positive. He was dunking on folk, getting hype, even doing a full rim pull-up after one follow-dunk. And he might even be thinner! The Big 3 all played 30+ minutes, and only Jesus struggled, going 4-13 for just 10 points. Peezy led all scorers with 21. #1 League Pass status cemented though, for sure.
Worst Of The Night:
Cleveland Cavaliers — Only 62 points against the Wiz, despite Darius Rice’s strong bench presence (DNP-Coach’s Decision). Sure, it’s only the preseason, but somewhere the agents for Sasha Pavlovic and Sideshow Varejao were probably smiling. And punching new numbers into their calculators.
Fantasy Super Sleeper Of The Night:
Juan Carlos Navarro — 21 points, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 board
A rookie (vet Euro though) scoring point guard coming off the bench in a pre-season game for a team that has another NBA-tested vet (Damon “Foil It, Don’t Spoil It” Stoudamire) , a highly-touted rookie (Mike Conley, Jr.) and a still mysterious 1st round pick from the ‘06 draft (Kyle Lowry)… now that’s a Super Sleeper! He got 30 minutes tonight though, and that amount of minutes in the up tempo Memphis offense equals stats. And supposedly he’s the franchise player’s good friend… and definitely a fellow Spaniard.
Veteran Confusion Of The Night:
Kevin Martin — 27 points, 3 boards, 2 steals, 1 assist
Marcus Camby — 23 boards, 13 points, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal
These guys came out REA-DY!!! Settle down fellas! It’s still about 21 days till the season starts! And with Marcus, you never know when he’s going to scratch his left middle toe and miss 5 games so you’d think Karl would have him quarantined somewhere in Keystone.
Hot Jerseys Of The Night:
Both Boston and Toronto rocked special Italy-edition uniforms for their match up in Rome, incorporating the Italian flag in a number of different ways. The C’s joints were especially hot, with “Boston” emblazoned across the chest in three colors just like the flag: green BO, white ST, and red ON.
Wrath Of The Math Of The Night:
Sam Cassell + Dan Dickau + Brevin Knight = Clippers disaster.
NBA Graveyard Of The Night:
Names spotted in the Unicaja (We don’t know, so please don’t ask. And please say the Baby) boxscore: Marcus Haislip, B Popovic (possible lovechild of the Spurs’ coach?), Daniel Santiago and Jiri Welsch. Possible future teammates: Mustafa Shakur, Von Wafer, Yaroslav Korolev?
Thomas Gardner, YOUR new starting shooting guard for the Chicago Bulls?… Free Jackie Manuel… Every time we see Leon Powe on TV, it looks like he was shot using 70s/80s era video… Jamario Moon is ATHLETIC… Is the Clippers’ season simply going to be a glorified Maggette vs. Tim Thomas Three-point/Around The World/H.O.R.S.E. contest?
L.O.N.
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