Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Hawks 81 Heat 79

6 Thoughts

1) Meaningless game as both teams have their playoffs positions already secured - against each other! Atlanta only played their starters about 10 minutes each, and Miami only played one starter at all: Emcee Chalmers. Last game of the regular season tomorrow night against Detroit - likely to be another exhibition game. Let's blitz through these thoughts and then get some sleep.

2) Take it easy, Mike Beasley. Played 24 minutes, had 23 points and 13 rebounds. That's four games in a row over 20 for the kid. He is feeling it right now, you can see his confidence growing. Part of that is getting acclimated, but part of it is winning, too. It isn't a bad job being DWade's sidekick - Mike is starting to figure that out. I wanted Spo to let him go tonight, though - he had 35 in him, minimum...

3) Well, it's a new record for Dos Minutos - that's 78 games we've watched this season, breaking our previous high of 77 in 2006-07. I want to thank my mom, M.Minutos, and Tivo.

4) Both Mark Blount and Dorell Wright were spotted tonight - in the game. Wow. We took out a joke here about Republicans because one of our most loyal readers warned us that the karmic gods are going to get us if we keep at it. If there is anything this blog is all about, it's an absolute passion for being fair, and a commitment to provide equal time to all points of view - I mean, it's a blog about the Miami Heat, we have to be held to a higher standard. We'll replace our original joke with this one: Seeing Mark Blount and Dorell Wright in a game reminds me of the time Joe Biden and Keith Olberman washed Obama's car because it was too hot outside for a picnic. Damn - not as funny as I thought it would be...Coming tomorrow - true life heroic stories of NBA refs...

5) On this night of celebration, you know who I really missed? Shawn Marion. I didn't enjoy watching him play - at all - but I kind of missed him.

6) Okay, Thor hooked us all up with a cool new band: The Virgins. If you think it would sound cool to squash up The Stones' Some Girls album with Elvis Costello and The Artic Monkeys, download it, pronto. If you are under 26, disregard this message - I am sure you already have it. Coming to Fort Lauderdale this summer - sounds like another night of bad-decision making for our staff here at Dos. Buenos Noches!

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