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Game 25 Recap: Spurs 109, Thunder 105. Also with a dash of Game 24!
Blue Blitz —
So, we almost beat the Spurs.
The bigger question is, what's the big deal?
We almost beat the Spurs is like saying that when I played NCAA Football 08 today, my scoing 13 points in the last 2 minutes of a game that I was 31 points down in was a significant event. The Spurs have been contenders for over a decade now, and this team knows how to win games. They go into Cruise Control for a good part of the season. Sure, they might lose one or two games to bad opponents (even the Warriors beat them back in 2005), but it really means nothing to them in the bigger picture. Their season, I'm sorry to say, starts in April. It's too bad that our season ended in the middle of ...
Blogger Power Rankings Week 8
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog —
Bust a Bucket was recently invited to join the "Blogger Power Rankings," so with classes complete and plenty of Sunday spare time, we were all in on that friendly request. This week's power rankings were hosted by 3 Shades of Blue, a Memphis Grizzlies website from ...
The Quarter Season Blogger MVP and ROY Rankings
The Dream Shake —
... Basketbawful, F You! I need this jersey, Mom, can't you hear me from the basement??
Phx Stan from Bright Side of the Sun One of our fellow SBNation sites, and the Suns just have such pretty colors. They bring to you The Dramastache
David from The Dream Shake That's us, just FYI, though as lazy as he was in putting the list together, I should have had Tom do it. Lessons learned...
Joshua Coleman from 3 Shades of Blue The Blogger Rankings round 8 are out, 3 Shades of Blue was gracious enough to ...
MVP/ROY/Power Rankings
Brew Hoop —
First, The Dream Shake hosts the Quarter-Season Blogger MVP/ROY Rankings along with a poll so that readers can voice their MVP choice. And here are where the Bucks rank in some of the latest power rankings, though some were released before last night's win:
John Hollinger: 15th
Ball Don't Lie: 19th
SI.com: 20th
Marc Stein: 20th
Bloggers: 21st
FoxSports: 21st
NBA.com: 24th
12.20.08 Pre-game Power Rankings
True Blue Jazz —
... cover. I don't know what to expect from Brewer and CJ, but I wouldn't be totally surprised to see one of them go for 16+. Also, if you haven't been reading lately, I will be in attendance, so I will be sure to post pictures.
(the rankings are a little old and don't include the last 2 wins)
ESPN: 11 (+3)
NBA.com: 12 (+2)
FOX Sports: 10 (no change)
SI: 11 (+1)
USA Today: 10 (no change)
BLOGGERS: 10 (-2)
High: 10 Low: 12 Average: 10.6
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Buzzer Beaters
Hoops Addict —
... looking forward to drawing in some new readers who are checking out those posts. What I’m most excited about is the fact I’m talking with Fantasy Sports Players about adding the Video Player they have on Hoopsworld. I’m heading out this week to purchase an HD Camcorder and the plan is to start adding video clips I record pre-game and post game at Raptors games.
* Speaking of the Blogger Power Rankings, the latest ones are up on 3 Shades of Blue.
* I haven’t jumped on the Twitter ...
