Devon Booker's injury was a jarring, mood-changing, shock last night. The dude scored 31 points in the first half!
And then he was gone.
I did not see him limping too badly, though, so he may be able to come back. I sure hope so. According to the interwebs, a Grade I hamstring injury is a muscle strain that should recover in a few days. Grade II, however, is a partial muscle tear that would sideline Booker for an extended period. That would put a real damper on the Sun's championship hopes.
Meanwhile, the Warriors are looking like the team that opened the season winning 21 of its first 25 games. That's somewhat of a surprise. To be sure, the Warriors are favorites against a depleted Denver Nuggets, but they have absolutely dominated in the first two games.
But it's still early... there's lots of fun ahead!
I’m pulling for the Timberwolves.
Yeah, I know they have no chance but I grew up in Minnesota. Pull for the Vikings and Twins too. I’m a sucker for losers.
One heck of an entertaining game. One of the best of the playoffs so far. The intensity of the Pelicans is off the chart. If Ingram can keep it up, they could win this round. Hopefully Devon Booker can come back, will make it even more entertaining.
Meh…not feeling it. I’m with Turkey dance. When my son was around we were doing NBA (mens) all the time. In fact, his betting picks paid for some of my vegas trips (+) as he was hitting 80% correct. But he grew up, moved out and now is has a disk golf business and is even more fanatic about that stuff: and the importance of the NBA in our lives drifted away to near nothingness with every bold Lebron statement of fact. (BTW, Lebron has some great positive quotes as well, the guys amazing)
I watch the highlights in the gym with admiration at the amazing athleticism, but I’m out of this discourse.
Perhaps KD deserves better, but there is a silver lining: The two guys who "could not" play in the regular season won't be burdened with any more demands to play in the playoffs.
Miami Heat are looking good. What's the deal with injuries to Butler and Lowry? ESPN reports both are day-to-day.
Meanwhile the Warriors clinched their series against the Denver Nuggets with strong defense tonight, outscoring Denver 32 to 20 in the fourth quarter. Curry and Gary Payton II made timely shots late in the game.
Although they still have a long way to go, the Warriors appear to be gelling at the right time. Prior to game 1 of the playoffs, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green had played together for a grand total of only 11 minutes this season!
How about that Draymond Green ejection in yesterday's game between the Warriors and the Grizzlies?!!
Lot of controversy, to say the least.
Many NBA players tweeted that the penalty was too harsh. In term of actual damage done, a flagrant foul 1 would have been the right call. As there was no real harm caused to Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke, Green should have been allowed to continue playing.
Although all that might be true, I'm not sure Draymond has much to complain about. When you are jerking people down by their jerseys, you're not playing basketball anyway. And if you don't want to play basketball, well, maybe you should just head back to the locker room.
More to the point, if it's close at all, Green should not be placing his fate in the hands of the refs.
I thought that Green’s ejection was consistent with the way the game was ref’ed. Terribly one-sided, almost as if a fix was in. A jump ball at the end of the game when it was clearly off of a Grizzly player? At least the NBA admitted it in their L2M report.
I’m not entirely sure that Green was pulling him down. One can argue, and I will, that he grabbed the jersey to keep Clarke from falling.
I saw two tugs. The first was pulling down, with an intent to disrupt Clarke's shot. The second was pulling up, in order to soften the blow when Clarke hit the court.
That first one could have been dangerous.
The jump ball was messed up! I'd like to see a rule change that would require the refs to go to video replay in that circumstance.