Whoops, got a little excited there...
6 Thoughts
1) Just what the Heat needed, a bad team at home. Now 39-34, 9 games left, a game up on Philly for the 5th spot. The Heat are probably in the playoffs - that is amazing - now just trying to stay up in 5th. But whether they do or not, this season has been a very pleasant surprise.
2) Udonis Haslem has regained the shooting stroke over the past week and a half, 8-9 tonight for 16 points, 12 boards. He is shooting 68% over his past 5. The back is probably feeling better. Udonis is a warrior - this is his time of year. Never scared to take a big spot up jumper.
3) Daequan Cook has gone to the time-honored symbolic gesture indicative of trying to find oneself (and one's lost shooting touch): the beard. To be honest, it is more of a white guy thing, where the list of those who have utilized this tactic is long and distinguished. White guys who have used this technique, with varying degrees of success: Luke Skywalker; all the 90210 guys, post-90210; Al Gore; Eddie, from Eddie and the Cruisers, after he faked his own death; Jack on Lost; Bill Murray; Ben Affleck; and Ryan Gosling in The Notebook ("It wasn't over when you left, you know..." "It's still not over!" F-yeah, Ryan Gosling!!!). Also, Joaquim Phoenix. Also, one guy who should try it, just to change up the karma: Tony Romo. Daequan's is bushy, but shaved low to the jawline, Amish style - sweet. Made 2-4 threes in 14 minutes, so it may be working. We'll follow this closely.
4) Second year Bucks point guard Ramon Sessions claims his name is "Ramon," rhyming with "Come on." Yeah, right. Where I come from, that's "Ramone," like "a bone." Also, denies his middle name is "Crapo."
5) Former Heat point guard Damon Jones is finishing up his career at the end of the Bucks bench. Appears somewhere between 10 and 40 pounds overweight. Checked in near the end of the game in garbage time and immediately launched an airball three pointer that missed the basket by approximately 7 feet. "Damon looks out of shape to me," Eric Reid told Tony Fiorentino with concern.
6) Finally, from The Captain, the obligatory:
I am very familiar with Mike Crapo, Congressman from from Idaho. I worked on his campaign and fell in love with his secretary, Anita Bidet.
See you on Monday, everybody, home against Orlando, for Alonzo Mourning Jersey Retirement Night; or, as it known in Plumber's house, "9-11."
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