Los Angeles shakes off distraction, takes Game 5
People wondered what the state of mind would be for Los Angeles as they played their game at home since the Donald Sterling scandal. Los Angeles took advantage winning Game 5 and taking advantage in the series with a 113-103 win. Clippers had a spirited crowd behind him, and a big game from DeAndre Jordan proved to be the difference in the game. Jordan's strong season went a bit under the radar with the play of Blake Griffin all season, but he made a strong case for Defensive Player of the Year. Jordan had 25 points with 18 rebounds and four blocks. He dominated the whole game long and looked completely engaged. If the Clippers get half of that from Jordan in the coming games/series, Los Angeles can win the NBA Finals.
As for Golden State, is it time to start wondering about Stephen Curry? I know we all love him but besides Game 4, he's been pretty average at best. Tonight, Curry only shot the ball 10 times with seven of them being from behind three. He also added eight turnovers. This hasn't been a great series for Curry and it could be dealing with a mean three-headed monster of Chris Paul, Jamal Crawford and Darren Collison yet it is worth paying attention to it.
Appropriate picture: Clippers banded together to say 'We Are One'
THIS SERIES. Four straight games with an overtime period, and the Grizzlies came out victorious with a 100-99 win taking the 3-2 advantage heading back to the Grindhouse for Game 6 Thursday night. The bizarre thing about this series is every game it is nearly the same. Memphis buries Oklahoma City early, Thunder make a comeback that includes a four-point play and force overtime where it is 'may the best man win.' Mike Miller rose from the dead to hit two huge threes in overtime and had 21 points for the game leading the Grizzlies in scoring. Miller has become a vital part to this Memphis team and helped them out when the rest of the team was not cooking on all cylinders. But let's be real, the talk is about Oklahoma City.
This was a Russell Westbrook game. We thought it would be one where we are talking about Russell for the next week because he played out of his mind with a triple-double having 30 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists plus a big steal to tie the game with four seconds left. Westbrook looked like himself more than ever before, but as you would believe it, people are starting to come around with Kevin Durant criticisms. He didn't touch the ball in the fourth quarter letting Westbrook work, but that wasn't good enough for people. Then he missed a key free throw with under 30 seconds keeping the lead at one. The debate will be Joey Crawford making an icing attempt at Durant by taking the ball and going to the scorers table, but that's a cop out for Durant (Crawford is such a mental midget, acted like someone had sex with his daughter in front of him). He needs to find a way to be better or else this team is done on Thursday.
Appropriate Video: Westbrook cookies steal.
Wiz Kids are nothing to F' with
Sure they only scored 75 points tonight in a close out win, but they also held Chicago to 69 points so I guess there is that as they sent Chicago packing. It is memorizing to see this Bulls team go from being a top four team to the East then falling to complete shambles in five games with Washington winning all three games in Chicago. They are legit. I don't think they could get to the NBA Finals, let's not get crazy, but at the same time, Washington can handle everything thrown at them in the next series whether it be Indiana or Atlanta. Here are the bright spots for Washington... John Wall has been inconsistent through the first five games, and him having 24 points with seven assists is really encouraging. Nene and Marcin Gortat continued to make Joakim Noah look like a small child. Nene had 20 points with seven rebounds while Gortat didn't do much on offense yet still grabbed 13 rebounds. The Wiz Kids are a bandwagon we can all get on, folks.
Approrirate Song: Bullets... er Wizards Fever!!!!!
Charlie.
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