1) I'm going to be totally honest with you: I'm a little drunk after a few pops at Due South Brewery; Miami played fairly poorly and with little energy; the Sixers are atrocious; and this game was more boring than a slumber party at Derrick Rose's house. Still, it's 17 wins in a row. Let's get through this: let it fly.
2) KJ James was pretty good: 25, 10, and 5 on 10-17. Dwyane Wade scored 22 on 9-16. That was pretty much all Miami needed. Heat play-by-player Eric Reid reported that at the All-Star Game a couple weeks back, first time Sixer All-Star Jrue Jholiday jspent jalot jof jtime jasking jAll-Star jcoach Jerik Jspoelstra jabout Jdwyane Jwade's jgame jpreparation. "He has sex with Gabrielle Union," Spo told him, "how do you get ready to play?" "Umm, pre-game sauna and hot tub with Doug Collins."
3) Play of the game: in the second quarter, Ray Allen stole a ball on the defensive end, motored up court, and encountered one Sixer back half-heartedly guarding the rim. As the Sixer relaxed, expecting Allen to fan out and wait for help, or shoot a jumper, Ray suddenly accelerated, held the ball out in front of him in his right hand, bounced off the floor, and pounded a one-handed tomahawk dunk through the rim! Send it in, Walter Ray!...Yeah, that's all I got for you - this was not an exciting game. Let's move on to some other stuff.
4) What? Did wacky Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee call former NBA center, and now mind-numbingly piss-poor announcer, Shaquille O'Neal a coon on live national television on Thursday night? Yes. Yes, he did (Shaq has a tv segment titled "Shaqtin the Fool," in which he merciless makes fun of McGee's every mistake). My heavens, that's brutal, I don't condone that kind of black-on-black crime, that's not funny at all…Okay, it's a little funny:
5) Save the date: KJ James is getting married! He and his long-time fiancée, Savannah Brinson, will wed in San Diego the weekend of September 14th. Oh, no: that's Yom Kippur! I can’t go, my rabbi is a Knicks fan (obviously), he will never excuse me. Damn Jew York Knicks…annnddd, scene! See what I did there? Jew on Jew crime! Shaqtin' the Jew!!!
6) Downton Abbey makes South Fork from Dallas look like a crack house on 8 Mile in Detroit:
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San Antonio lost tonight: Miami has the best record in basketball. Just saying...Next game is Sunday against the last team to beat Miami, the Indiana Pacers (on February 1st, damnnn). They are cheap shot artists, and their coach is a proven liar. Besides that, they're a standup group of kids. If you need me before then, I'll be, ummm, yeah, I'll pretty much be at Due South, drinking more craft-brewed beers. Bottoms up!
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