Today I am going to talk about the huge upset that the Houston Rockets had against the Los Angeles Clippers. The reason is because they one of the first few or the first team to overcome the deficit of 3-1. You may think that it would not be that hard to overcome that kind of deficit, but it is because when you think about it there are only 7 games in a NBA playoff game, so that would mean that Houston could not let the Clippers won just one more game. If they did the series would be over and the Clippers would win, but sadly for the Clippers they did not win a game after going up in the series 1-3. I think that the Clippers biggest part in the Clippers lose in the playoffs was their bench. You may think well if you have good starters them you should be able to win lots of games, but really you need bench players that are good too because without them and one of your starters get tired or get injured their back up will not be able to help them out if they are not good at playing basketball. For Houston their run was amazing, but the only thing they need help with is less turnovers, keep their tempers down, and most importantly they need to make more of their free throws, because they are one of the worst teams in the NBA in free throw percentage and free throws win ball games for teams too.
Derrick Rose when out early this season when he tore his meniscus and came back just in time to help the Bulls beat the Milwaukee bucks. His stats for that series were, in game one he was 3 for 7 from long range and had 7 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, 3 fouls, 4 turnovers, and 23 points. In game 2 he had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, 3 fouls, and 3 turnovers. In game 3 he had 34 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 2 fouls, and 3 turnovers. In game 4 he had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, 1 foul, and 8 turnovers. In game 5 he had 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul, and 6 turnovers. In game 6 he had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul, and 2 turnovers. Over all in that first series for Derrick Rose I think that by the looks of it he came baack in a huge way, and he has also been really consistent with his stats for the first round. He has also been really good in the series against the Cavs in that series that is tied at 2 a piece right now, and I think that if Rose had not been on a team with Jimmy Butler he would not have the stats that he has without the help then his stats would be looking really bad right now.
Los Angeles Clippers bench has always been a struggle for them, but they have finally come up big for them in the first round of the NBA playoffs. They helped a tiny bit in the Clippers big win against the San Antonio Spurs, who had won the NBA finals last year, in game 7 to move on to the second round of the playoffs. There was no surprise that Chis Paul ended the game with 27 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 blocked shot, and 1 turnover. While their whole bench had 22 points, 4 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 blocked shots, and 5 turnovers. Over all the starters for the clippers and Jamal Crawford played an excellent game 7 for the Clippers. I think that the clippers will make it through the seconded round but will lose to the worriers because of the bench and play makers that the worriers have. They also will need to find a way to get better bench players, because without a bench there is no way that they will be able to ever make a push to getting into the NBA finals with just a good starting 5 and one bench player. If I were going to rate the Clippers on a 1 to 10 scale for how good they are I would give them a 6 because they are a good team they just do not have the depth in their roster to go any higher ranked for me right now.
The Big Question is did Kelly really try to dislocate Kevin's arm. According to Sports Illustrated, Kevin Love told the reporters. "I have no doubt in my mind that he did it on purpose. On the other hand, Kelly Olynyk said the he had no intent in hurting Kevin Love and is hoping the he best for him. In that game Kelly Olynyk was given a flagrant foul and has been suspended from the Celtics season opener next year (because their season is over there is not punishment that can be given). I think that Kelly Olynyk did try to dislocate Kevin Loves arm because when I saw the video of the play it looked think when they had no play at the ball Kelly was not giving up on clamping down and jerking viciously Kevin Love’s arm away from his body. Also because when the play was done and he was on the bench while they were discussing the type of foul it would be he was smiling about the play. When you see a player smiling about a play like that there is nothing that could make me change my mind about that play being an accident. And also, if I was Kelly Olynyk I would have said that I did not try to if I did try to hurt him, because I would already be in trouble for braking someone’s arm and he would be in lots more trouble if he had said that he tried to hurt Kevin Love.
Yes, I know that I was talking about the Minnesota Twins last week, but they have picked their game up and have just won a series against the Kansas City Royals. You may think well that is just another baseball team but it was a team that had made it to the world series last year and had started the season off 6 – 1, while the Twins had started the season off 1 – 6. The Twins dropped the first game allowing 12 runs off of 13 hits with two errors. While the Royals gave up 3 runs off of 7 hits with no errors. In the next game of the series the twins won. The stats from that game were the Twins gave up 1 run off of 9 hits with no errors, the Royals gave up 3 runs off of 5 hits will 1 error. In the last game of the series the Twins won and the stats were, the Twins gave up 5 runs off of 10 hits with 2 error and the Royals gave up 8 runs off of 14 hits and had 1 error. The Twins will be at home for their next 3 games against the Indians and then they will be off to Kansas City to play the Royals to end the 6 games at home, they will then play their next 6 away from home and then will be coming back to play the Tigers (who swept the series against the Twins in the Tigers home opener). Hopefully the Twins can keep winning games and not take last place in their division this season after they shocked the Royals when they won the series.
The Minnesota Twins had started off their season going 1 – 5 which puts them in last place in the AL Central Division. The Twins have scored a total of 13 runs in all six of their games combined. I think that the twins could use some more help of offense and they need some better pitchers. I also think that it is sad that they have been losing too much for one of the worst records in the whole Major League Baseball Program. Also I think that The Twins need more left handed pitchers because they only have one and he is their closer. They will need a left handed pitcher if they will want to win some more games. I also think that they will need to get some more experienced players that are younger and are still in their prime years. They will also need better defense because their defense gave up 22 runs in their first 3 games. You may think that it is a very big number. But it is not it is a huge number times 500 because you are playing only nine innings and you should have pitchers that can go a inning only a lowing a maximum of 5 hits in a bad inning. Finally I think that the Twins should find more power house hitters that will hit the ball more than once a game too, because The people that have for power house hitters can hitter good but they all have really low batting averages.
Many people may say that Wisconsin got lucky and bet Kentucky, but they just got out played by a good team. I think that Kentucky could have if they had a better chance of winning but they did not feed their big man and get to the free throw line more than Wisconsin. Sadly they did not do that they lost that battle badly. They also allow Frank the tank get the ball when they should not have, because he was the NCAA player of the year. Also they should have not let down when they had the lead because Wisconsin was a really good team for coming back from behind. Finally I think that Kentucky will be back and ready to go for March Madness next year, because they did not lose any of their starter that had made up their undefeated team until the final four game last Saturday. Also they have a very good coach and he just got put in to the collage hall of fame this year. When Wisconsin and Duke was playing in the finals Kentucky was probably sad because they could have ran Duke out of the stadium. If you don’t think that would happen, well Kentucky has a way better defense than Wisconsin does. Also they have away better bench and all of their players can play any position that they need to on offense and on defense. So now that I have told you this I think that I have convinced you that Kentucky is still a very good team.
Have you ever played a sport in cold weather? Well on Saturday had to have practice outside with no protection from trees. I had on a sweatshirt, long sleeve shirt, t-shirt and baseball pants on and I was still freezing my butt off out there. The worst part was that we had to be out there for two and a half hours, no one and a half but two and a half hours. When we got there we had to run a lap so we could get warm, but when we got back I was starting to get cold. Thankfully us infielders were taking grounders first so that helped us stay warm but then he had to switch with the outfielders and pitch to each other and that helped us get really cold. You may also think that it is not that bad to be outside for that long when it is cold but it actually is because you are just standing in one place for a long time. So there for cold practices are not very fun to have for any sport or just to do anything outside, know that I say this I don’t think that I will go outside when it is cold out.
I think that NDSU played every good against the number two seat in March madness. If they would have won that game I think that they would have probably made it all the way to the elite eight because they would have to play Duke in that game and Duke it a good team this year. The reason I think they will go is because Gonzaga beat Iowa by about 20 in yesterday’s game, and NDSU lost to Gonzaga by 10. So there for I think that if NDSU would have won they would have been one of the most feared team in their side of the bracket besides Duke. NDSU also would have had lots of momentum going in to their next game if they had pulled off the huge upset against Gonzaga. What would have helped NDSU even more in their game would be if they had a big, big guy because that is what made the game vs Gonzaga even worse because they have a 6”5 guy on a 7 foot guy. I also think that NDSU will have to find another great player to take Alexander’s place. If they do find someone for him they will probably find themselves back in March madness for the third year in arrow. Also if NDSU would have won the game they would have had the biggest upset in March madness this year. Also they would have come off a year were they had lost their whole team but one player.
The book I read was the Cold Case by Julia Leonard and my favorite scene was when Oz finds the dead body in their family restaurant. The reason I that was my favorite was because it set the tone for the book and helped me learn about why Oz’s father died. Also because made you think that Oz’s brother, Dave, had killed the journalist in the restaurant and when the cops questioned Oz and Dave, Dave would not answer any of the question but the one when they asked where he was and he kept on saying that he had been out driving around town. So when I read that I was certain that Dave had killed the journalist.
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March 2015
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