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Chris Paul did everything he could Thursday night, scoring 35 points & 9 assists while making circus shots like this. But it wasn’t enough, as his Hornets fell to the Spurs, 110-99, in Game 3 of their series.
But Paul was still a true winner that night, as the Hornets star paid tribute to a young fan who sadly didn’t live to see his hero in action.
• The LADIES… will be our special guests this weekend with live wall-to-wall bloggage of this NFL Draft. In the meantime, they share the story of a college wrestler looking to chokeslam cancer.
• HOME RUN DERBY would like to know what did Joba Chamberlain say to anger Erin Andrews.
• Speaking of the sideline siren, THE ANGRY T tries to decide who’s going to be the next sexy sports reporting sensation. We tend to agree with the anointing of Ines Sainz.
• YAHOO’s BALL DON’T LIE needs your help in figuring out what Celtics fans are shouting at the Hawks’ Mike Bibby.
The Skinny on the Hornets: They used to be in Charlotte, then they moved to New Orleans. New Orleans got decimated by that one storm, so then they had to hang out in Oklahoma City for a while (paving the way for the Sonics move). Somewhere along the line they got really good at basketball this year. No one is quite sure how that happened.
The Skinny on the Mavericks: For years, the Mavs were a laughing stock but Mark Cuban decided to become eccentric and purchase an NBA team. After that the Mavericks became really fun and really good. Then they hired Avery Johnson and became a great team but they’ve also became tedious and boring. After last year’s embarrassment at the hands of the Golden State Warriors, they’ve looked lost this year. But now, they’re ready to rock and roll. Metaphorically.
Now that you’re all caught up, let’s have some liveblog fun, eh? Read more…
SbB will once again be treating out fair readers to another lively live blog this weekend, this time hitting the hardwood for the NBA Playoffs.
We’ll be covering Saturday’s Game 1 between the New Orleans Hornets & Dallas Mavericks - much to Mark Cuban’s dismay. Tune in as we analyze the efforts of Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki and the rest of the hoopsters - and any strange commercials we come across. The fun starts around 7 p.m. Eastern.
We’ll also keep an eye on Ric Bucher trying to sneak into the arena.
• WALK OFF BALK isn’t sorry that YAHOO apologized to Mike Shanahan for accusing the Broncos coach of videotaping Chargers’ practices.
• From one QB to another: Donovan McNabb posts his thoughts on Brett Favre.
• DEUCE OF DAVENPORT bounces over highlights of the World Four Square Championships.
• Meanwhile, LARRY BROWN SPORTS hands over news that Rock Paper Scissors is also going global.
Steve Buckhantz is an excitable guy. The Washington Wizards play-by-play man made another thrilling call that’s sure to be shown on SportsCenter highlights for hours to come.
During Monday night’s Wizard-Hornets game, Hilton Armstrong had just tied the game for New Orleans with 7.3 seconds remaining. With no time outs left, DeShawn Stevenson raced down the length of the court and tossed up the game-winning 3:
Or as Buckhantz bellowed - “DAGGER!!!“
But it’s not the first time Steve had such a screaming fit at the final buzzer. Read more…
