6 Thoughts
1) The undefeated dream is over for Miami. Blah loss. Dwyane Wade filled the stat sheet (23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists), but was mediocre and ineffectual. Suns point guard Steve Nash was brilliant with 30 points on 11-15 shooting, and 8 assists. That was much of it right there.
2) Miami's best player tonight: Quentin Richardson. Q-Rich for President! 4 triples on his way to 18 points and 10 rebounds. The formerly rotund Richardson is fitting in well as a jack-of-all-trades complementary player for the Heat. Announcer Eric Reid cited how his new body frame has really helped his game. Realistically, though, he probably has the same body frame, just less body fat. Either way, if he runs in 2012, I'm voting for him for President. Let's get a real black guy in there.
3) M.Minutos pointed out an ever increasing tendency of Heat color commentator Tony Fiorentino to let partner Eric Reid describe a situation, or tell a story, and then comment by essentially restating what Reid just said. Reid told a story about Suns forward Amare Stoudamire's recovery from surgery to re-attach his retina this offseason: "He couldn't do much of anything - for ten days he had to lie absolutely still, face-down on a table." Tony: "Eric, he really couldn't do anything after the surgery - he had to take it easy and stay motionless much of the time." Do you see what we are saying? He takes Reid's words, and then just re-decribes them in a different way. It's like he hears something, and then changes it slightly, saying essentially the same thing. He makes roughly the same point Eric made, just using different words. He regurgitates Reid's thoughts, but using some of his own words. I think you know what we are saying.
4) Tony also trash talked Suns center Channing Frye tonight when Frye objected to a second quarter foul call. The replay clearly showed Frye had committed a foul - "I don't know why he is acting so perplexed, Eric," crowed Tony. A quick live shot showed Frye still frowning on the bench - "He's still perplexed, Eric!"
5) Dos Minutos' fave Dirk writes in with a question: "Is M.Minutos okay with you sleeping with the undead?" Great question - thanks for asking. I think she is cool with it, and can relate, because she has been sleeping with my lifeless body for 15 years. Thank you, I'll be here all week!
6) The Captain also wrote in with a question, which is odd in itself since he spends approximately 25-40 hours a week sitting twelve feet away from me: "When you were in the throes of not giving a fuck, was the knit ski cap you were wearing the same Miami Heat knit ski cap you were wearing while hanging out with Mike Beasley in the infamous photo?" Another excellent question. The answer is yes, but I folded the bottom of the cap down to hide the Heat logo. Hard to be gansta-not-giving-a-fuck with a blazing basketball going through a hoop on your hat. And, yes, that is something I thought about consciously at the time.
Tomorrow night: road game against the Washington Wizards, and a Thought #6 story titled "Why I am a Great American," or, alternately, "Why the Po-lice are Always Assholes." See you then...
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