Sugar High
Ray Allen (photo. Jordan Brand)Forget that the Celtics just destroyed the Pacers five days ago. With an 11-game win streak on the line, if there was ever a sub.-500 team Boston wanted no parts of last night, it was Indiana. Having already beat the Celtics once at home, Indy was confident throughout this one, even when they fell into a double-digit hole in the first quarter and came back to grab the lead at halftime on Marquis Daniels‘ halfcourt shot. It was shot-for-shot, stop-for-stop for most of the second half and overtime, but in the end, the Pacers couldn’t make shots (multiple air-balls in the fourth) or get key rebounds when they had to, plus they couldn’t stop Ray Allen. Dropping 35 points on seven triples, Ray took over in crunch time, hitting whatever game-tying, go-ahead or dagger shots the Celtics needed. As Indiana play-by-play guy Chris Denari put it, “You feel like there’s a magnet in the net when Ray Allen is shooting.” … One of Boston’s best players throughout their now 12-game streak, Rajon Rondo had one of his worst games. Twice in the fourth quarter he sent passes sailing into the crowd: first when he and KG (17 pts, 20 rebs, 5 stls) misread each other on an alley-oop, and then with 0.8 seconds left, when Rondo threw a crucial inbounds to nobody wearing a uniform. And is there anyone in the League who passes up more shots right under the basket? … After his KG-inspired public meltdown, Big Baby Davis was a good soldier yesterday. He was taking charges, running around like Jimmy V in ’83 looking for somebody to screen, barely ever seeing the ball and liking it. Baby didn’t even get upset when he got the ball free throw line extended and Rasho Nesterovic intentionally played seven feet off him, daring him to shoot … Quinn Buckner on the Celtics’ green-and-black unis: “I’m not a fashion aficionado, but that stinks.” … It was predicable and easy to peg what happened during Lakers/Bucks. Because they took the Bucks lightly, the Lakers were sloppy; but because the Bucks stink anyway, the result was never in question. Add it up and you’ve got a boring game. Kobe scored 20 while L.A. cruised, and Milwaukee’s starters combined for 18 points while only one of them (Bogut) played more than 20 minutes …
Chris Bosh, Dime #33The Raptors are learning that perception is reality. Even if they don’t always play soft, as long as they put that image out there, it’ll stick. With everything that happened in their loss to the Blazers, no one’s gonna remember that Toronto came back from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter. They’ll remember the Raps getting dominated on the glass again (48-31), and Chris Bosh (19 pts, 5 rebs) playing below-average after Greg Oden split his head open with an elbow, and Steve Blake sticking the game-winner with eight seconds left over notoriously bad defender Jose Calderon … Wasn’t it last year when the Raps lost a heartbreaker in OT to the Blazers in Toronto? That was when Travis Outlaw hit a four-point play over Jamario Moon to force OT, then Brandon Roy took over in the extra frame. This time it was Roy and Bosh trading buckets in crunch-time before Blake’s dagger. It’s starting to become a trend. If Vince Carter ever ended up on the Blazers, what kind of hell would be unleashed whenever they traveled to Toronto? … And what is going on with the Pistons? Dime’s Andrew Katz was at MSG yesterday for Knicks/Pistons, and here’s what he saw: “It was remarkable how dysfunctional the Pistons offense looked. Their basic set — a simple motion offense that starts with downscreens — didn’t result in any easy looks at all. And Michael Curry didn’t really know how to get it going. He tried to take A.I. out for the majority of the 1st quarter and see what happened, but no dice. He tried to take ‘Sheed out for the second quarter. That helped a little bit, but not much. In the second half, it worked a little better, as Detroit closed a big gap (29-point Knick lead) to single digits in the 4th quarter when Stuckey and A.I. were in together.” … Keep in mind the loss came against an NY team that only had seven guys, and two of them were named Tim Thomas and Jared Jeffries. The Knicks had one real guard available, and zero guards on the bench. Chris Duhon played the whole 48 (with back spasms) and dropped 25 points, five boards and nine assists, while Q started at the two and scored 23. David Lee pulled down 19 boards … In Detroit’s locker room pre-game, Rip and Tayshaun were hanging with ‘Sheed and listening to him be ridiculous, while Iverson was watching “Martin” re-runs on DVD and laughing out loud … We’re out like Duhon getting a rest …
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December 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am
nola says:
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December 8th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Trevor Arreza says:
Ray-ray went NBA JAM on-fire vs the Pacers. 7 threes and with that smooth release. Money…
December 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
iain. says:
Chris Duhon for M.I.P. I know Granger and other guys have stepped up and been real good, but everybody knew Granger was a player and it was a matter of time. I personally thought Duhon was a Defensive specialist fit for 4 mpg off a poor teams bench. Well lets agree that hes proving me wrong, and im sure im not the only one..
And plus his White/Orange Hyperdunks he had on were DOPE. CGF if you know where i can pick these up hollllla!
December 8th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Toan says:
detroit should trade iverson…if it’s possible for billups.that would definetely help them but i don’t know if denver is interested
December 8th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Markito says:
Lakers games are getting ho-hum… it’s been like several games when they cruised. They need some competition. Celtics need to bang them up on Xmas day. That’s a great match-up.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Andrew says:
I think the raptors won that overtime thriller last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70uIlwCYBuI
December 8th, 2008 at 6:14 am
YOUNGFED..."I don't make it rain I make it hurricane" says:
Detroit was chillin’ like that because they know whats up. They could care less about one single loss. “No one in the league got swagger like us.”
December 8th, 2008 at 6:17 am
dagwaller says:
This is what happens when you replace two good coaches (Larry Brown, Flip Saunders) with an inexperienced one (Michael Curry). It’s not going to be pretty early on, if ever.
Also see Phoenix (Mike D’Antoni, Terry Porter).
December 8th, 2008 at 6:19 am
dLee says:
Jesus has been killing lately, and knocking on the 50/40/90 club. It’s not just the stats; Ray actually looks comfortable playing with the C’s this year.
Rajon Rondo for ALL STAR 2009!
December 8th, 2008 at 6:27 am
iain. says:
@Andrew,
Yeh im sure the Rap’s did win that game too, wasn’t that the end of Portlands win streak they went on? That T.Outlad 4 point play was ice. As was Brandon in O.T, but I think Bosh took over and had like 40? and Rap’s won? (Can’t view the link, Youtubes blocked at work).
December 8th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Johnny says:
Detroit finally got going when Hermann was put on the floor in the 4th…
December 8th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Steve Nasty says:
Yes the NBA is all about hype…but Rondo is no Allstar…please
December 8th, 2008 at 7:14 am
YOUNGFED says:
DEEETROOOIIITT BAAASKETBAAAALL.
we will be back.
y’all keep hyping these soft lakers, but we kicked their asses. we got a team playing better against elite teams.
ya gonna see come playoff time.
December 8th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Rob says:
Raps won that double OT at home last year, c’mon dime crew, I expect more from you.
Peas
December 8th, 2008 at 7:29 am
YOUNGFED..."I don't make it rain I make it hurricane" says:
@post#13
Wooooowwwwwww, I really glad to see you wanna be me that bad fella. I guess I really am famous. But your still a fake azz poser/loser.
However what you said is true.
December 8th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Lee says:
@ 13 + 15
There are only abou 4 elite teams in the league .. beat all of them and you have a 20 win season … and no playoffs. Your guys need to sort it out quick.
Detroit as a team is playing like Vince Carter .. no aggresion !!
December 8th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Smitty313 says:
Detroit is done Fed. They look lost without Billups. The only reason they beat the Lakers is cause Sheed was on fire that game. Mike Curry is not ready to be a head coach, he has no clue what he’s doing.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:00 am
YOUNGFED..."I don't make it rain I make it hurricane" says:
Detroit does this every year. They play when they want to, this is nothing new and has nothing to do with Billups. So everybody chill out.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Kevin says:
YEP, RAPS WON THAT GAME. CORRECTION DIME???
December 8th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Hi, Jurg from Denmark says:
Hi hi form Jurg.
Thank you to writer who say Jurg getting better at typing english. My lessons with Jelena are going good.
and i notice sweet england write no more becuase i shut his ass down like he is under lock and key. and now he knows.
bye from jurg. hi hi.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:14 am
justice(knicks fan) says:
Pacers are the new blazers..
December 8th, 2008 at 9:21 am
QQ says:
And the Blazers are the New Orleans.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:21 am
QQ says:
NEW New Orleans. I mean.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:23 am
QQ says:
And Fed…
Detroit is DONE. Deal wit that shit, brother,
December 8th, 2008 at 9:28 am
YOUNGFED..."guess who's back and i'm stuntin' on the haters....Say Welcom Back!!!" says:
@Jurg
Check out post #7 in yesterdays smack it something i think you’ll like. let me know.
YOUNGFED’S BANGER OF THE DAY: Les Nubians
http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/11/just_come_by_with_les_nubians.php
December 8th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Big Freeze says:
Why do the Knicks only have seven players every fucking game?
December 8th, 2008 at 9:38 am
dagwaller says:
Haha, Big Freeze, I guess that D’Antoni brought more than just his offense from Phoenix.
Either that, or the Knicks only have 7 players good enough to play in an NBA game. But as noted in the Hit List, those 7 players and D’Antoni’s offense are doing pretty well.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Sweet English says:
Jurg a.k.a Borat a.k.a Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo you fuckwit why would i be slammin’ on your raggedy ass I don’t fucking know you and you are a waste of finger energy. Noone gives a shit about your enligsh lessons dude or your god damn top 10 list. Drop it you bitch.
But anyway.
The award for dillusional fan of the year goes too!!……. Nah FED i’m kiddin man it’s nice to see that lvoe in a sport where loyaltys shift quickly and seem to follow championships. (awful lot of new Lakers fans this year, don’t you think??…..)
YOUNG is the Lebron James of Dime mag these days. You can love him or hate him, and even if there is important issues to talk about on here, it somehow ends up everyone talking about something FED has said, ha ha. Dude Charles Barkely would be hatin’ on you hard.
I’m out like Cultural Learnings for the Great Nation of Denmark.
Yerkshmesh.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:19 am
fallinup says:
I’m not counting out the Pistons just yet. I think bringing Dice back will make a difference. So they get a little more slack….just a little more though.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:52 am
wtf says:
Big English: (sluuuuuuuuurp)
December 8th, 2008 at 11:11 am
JCARR says:
The knicks need to learn how to maintain a lead. The pistons wont reach the conference finals this year.
And what’s up with marbury these days???
December 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Skeeter McGee says:
I just read something that said either LeBron or KG might lose a starting spot in the All-Star game since Yi Jianlian will probably get a shit ton of votes from China to be a starter. I think the NBA needs to reconsider their voting for this because obviously the only All-Star game Yi could be in right now would be a fried-dog eating contest… But for real though, this dude wouldn’t even get voted in by the coaches and he might START? Reichmaster Stern, ATTENTION!!!!!
December 8th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Sweet English says:
@ wtf i ain’t suckin on nothin son.
I’m saying that no matter what the post is about, the comments always end up being a debate over something FED has said, whether its hating or not. It reminded me of this whole Lebron thing where no matter where he was playing or how good/bad a game was, the media was always and only focussed on something James had said pre/post game.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:32 am
JCARR says:
Comparing Fed to Bron?!?!?!??… that some early morning stupidity. Well English your entitled to your opinion, but seriously ease up on Fed. HAHA LBJ to fed. (WOW.that really just happen?)
December 8th, 2008 at 11:54 am
YOUNGFED says:
@Skeeter
Yeah that’s true it’s those damn china-men again. If Yi starts it will only be for about 2 minutes so it doesn’t really matter. However the sad part is he shouldn’t even be there at all.
@JCARR
I am actually the Kobe of this here. The best that ever done did it. I am DIME. lol
“DONE DUN IT ALL, DONE DUN IT ALL, DONE DUN IT ALL” – Shawty Lo
This chick here is not only the best female rapper EVER she might be the best ever…next to Jay that is. I don’t know how i’m from detroit and she is too and i’ve never heard of her. DIME Fam meet Invicible and her name describes her perfectly.
http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/10/bounceworthy_invincible.php
Play the song title sledgehammer
December 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
JCARR says:
@Fed
Wow. Kobe.. really? what’s next MJ? How much you pay Sweet English to say that about you? Anyway… you can think what you want.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
YOUNGFED says:
All I saying is Game recognizes game. Appearantly DIME and SweetE recognizes what it really, Sweet just happen to say it and DIME made it known when they gave me me article and I trumped all the others.
Witness the “GAWD FED-HOVA”. lmao
December 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
YOUNGFED says:
All I’m saying is Game recognizes game. Appearantly DIME and SweetE recognizes what it really is, Sweet just happen to say it and DIME made it known when they gave me me article and I trumped all the others.
Witness the “GAWD FED-HOVA”. lmao
December 8th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
JCARR says:
If you say so… but Dime probably thinks that was a mistake by now. Because of instead of making the most of the opportunity you were given you are ridiculing yourself and Dime. Don’t brag about it, just do your thing, and let others recognize your so called “game”.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
garbageman33 says:
Did you run your article through some sort of Youngfed-to-English translator? If not, I’m not sure how anyone could read it. “when they gave me me article”. Who are you, Popeye?
December 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
garbageman33 says:
By the way, Youngfed, football teams sometimes let a retarded kid run out on the field to pick up the tee after a kickoff. Doesn’t make them part of the team.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Why so you can bash on them like you’re doing to SweetE. GTFOH. And exactly how am I ridiculing Dime and myself. WTF are you talking about.
@post40
It’s called microsoft word most people who graduated the 6th grade know the program. However your name fits you very very well. Now proof read this lame.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
garbageman33 says:
“Now proof read this lame”. Wow, no wonder Dime was so desperate to have you do an article for them. Your writing skills make Ernest Hemingway look like Jurg from Denmark.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
JCARR says:
Sweet E compared you to LBJ and that is clearly stupid in his part. And you are ridiculing yourself by thinking that you are better than others (you think you are like an f’ing ESPN analyst…) and comparing yourself to Kobe. You are too high on yourself right now… maybe thats a problem with a lot of people in Detroit. Who knows? Dime made a mistake by giving you the chance to post an article. You def. need to mature.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
YOUNGFED says:
It’s juuuuustttt coooommmmedddyyy JCARR. BTW you can never be too high on yourself and regarding that maturity ish, come on dude it sounds like your the bitter one. Worry about yourself son and you’ll be much more happy pimpin.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
JCARR says:
Worry about myself? You’re the one worried about what i have to say, garbageman and what Sweet E has to say. You just choose what ever satisfies you the best.
And you definetly CAN be too high on yourself and younfed is a perfect example.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Ok bitter ass JCARR i’m done. I wouldn’t like myself if I was you either. Sounds like your mad cause nobodies talking about JCARR you only proving sweetE correct with every word you type. Figure that out I’m out.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
JCARR says:
LOL… i like myself than what you could ever like yourself. I dont care if others talk about me i rather keep it that way. I wouldn’t groupies like sweet E on my dick. Just stay in school (if you are in school). Its evident you dont like what i write because you dont like to read the TRUTH… figure that out.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
YOUNGFED..."guess who's back and i'm stuntin' on the haters....Say Welcom Back!!!" says:
Bitter with a capital B. lol(x)
How about we just don’t ever talk again cause your looking kinda psycho right now. But I say what I told you before it’s not a matter of caring about what others say, but it’s funny watching broadz like you get mad.
BTW I’ve been done with school son but you already know that as much as you follow my words.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
JCARR says:
Damn if your out of school and your still talking that way… i dont know what to say. I thought you were a kid in the 9th grade or something. That’s why you need to mature. So if you’re a grown man… good luck to you.
Its not getting mad, its getting annoyed by your twaddle. you like to follow my words too huh?
December 8th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
baron von faulk says:
hatehatehatehate
now if you’ll excuse me i gotta go put some water in bucknasty’s mama’s dish
December 8th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
baron von faulk says:
also, rosie o’donnell wears underwear with peeholes in ‘em.
Jurg, way to chop up the english today and misspell a bit more, back to your usual self i see