I mentioned before that my Roku box could not work with the streaming of NBA League Pass package. So I’ve been working on getting a new way to stream and am probably going to fix the problem before Christmas at the latest. My computer can seriously not handle the streaming. It’s terrible. Which is why I’ve just not been able to watch any games. So my plan is to find a way to stream and backtrack a whole lot (I don’t doubt myself on catching up I watched all of Breaking Bad in the 3 days before the premier of the 2nd half of the last season) and write about where the teams are to that point. But tonight Saturday, I had a chance to try to watch some games, and though the streaming was bad. Rule 76: No excuses, play like a champion
Bulls vs. Pacers
I tweeted (or at least tried to tweet) at about halftime “I do believe D-Rose has found his range” (@Kevin_Seamus, follow me, PLEASE! PLEASE!) because boy did he! In the early quarters as the Bulls just annihilated the much vaunted Pacers defense right in the center of it all was Derrick Rose. deadly accurate 3 point shooter. The bombs were coming from all over too. The first in the corner, the next from the left elbow, then from the top of the key. It couldn’t have come at a better time either. The 2nd quarter was the time that the Pacers had almost made a surge back, but every time a run started (after the three point play by Paul George who previously had been and ICE cold 1-9 for instance) Rose came back with a long three.
I started watching in the beginning of the 2nd quarter when the Bulls had already built a commanding lead, and just missed out on Mike Dunleavy’s first three, and by the time he came back in during the garbage time 30 point lead, I had turned my attention to OKC-Milwaukee, and ended up missing Dunleavy’s pretty decent game. That’s a couple in a row from my favorite player in the NBA (Yes, I drafted him in fantasy because that’s how I roll).
I was actually kind of surprised to see how much gas Thibodeau used in the third quarter as the lead stayed around 25-30 for much of the quarter. He continued with Rose, Deng, and Noah even with that large of a lead.
Also surprised by the minutes of Kirk Hinrich, this is only the 3rd Bulls game I’ve really watched intently, and Hinrich has been getting a lot of the big minutes situation wise as the nominal shooting guard. Is it because they don’t trust Jimmy Butler yet? Is it because Hinrich has veteran leadership? I don’t know, but it’s worth watching.
Not much of this game was worth watching though, it was a blowout the entire time. I have to blame myself, though the 2nd night of a back to back against the Bulls probably didn’t help, today I named my fantasy team in honor or Roy Hibbert. My team was originally named “fuck yo couch”, but it just wasn’t the name I wanted, I came up with it on the spur of the moment. After last night’s 8 block barrage by Roy Hibbert (who I drafter happily) I re-dubbed my team “Entertainment 7wenty”. Nothing better than to reference the most positive amazing show on television, but also the center who has shown up several time on Parks and Recreation to either shoot around with Detlef Schrempf or grab shrimp for people. Plus Entertainment 7wenty is where dreams come, they come true! So yeah of course Indiana would lose it’s first game un-entertainingly so, the day I tribute their Big Man. My bad Basketball Jesus, and viewers at home.
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