The NBA league pass is awesome, but nothing beats a good TNT double-header.
Tonight, we get a great TNT double-header.
The night starts off with Cleveland at Miami. I’ve written this before, but LeBron vs. Wade is the best head-to-head matchup to watch in the NBA right now. These guys always bring out the best in each other.
In 19 career games against each other, LeBron is averaging 28.6 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.2 steals. Wade is averaging 27.2 points per game, 5.4 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and 2.4 steals.
In seven of the last nine meetings, at least one of the two has dropped for at least 30. Twice in that span has each player scored 40 in the same game.
With Miami having only one loss so far this season, and Cleveland coming off a big win against the Magic, I would expect nothing less than a shootout tonight. I expect both superstars put their respective teams of their back and play out what, hopefully, is a very entertaining game to watch.
In the late game, the Suns make their way to the Staples Center to play the Lakers. It’s a battle for first place, and hopefully it reignites what was not too long ago a pretty intense little rivalry.
I couldn’t be happier that the Suns are 8-1 and have the best record in the league. Make no mistake, I hate the Suns. With a capitol “H”.
I hate Steve Nash; I hate the :07 seconds or less offense; I hate their owner; I hate their uniforms: I hate their mascot.
But I love the fact that after this hot start I keep reading things like, “The Suns are back!!”
Back to where?? What sort of success have the Suns ever had with this style?
They made back-to-back Conference Finals in ’05 and ’06 then got beat by superior teams. In ’06, they had to struggle the even get there by going seven games with a terrible Lakers team during the “Kobe Show” era, then went seven games with the Clippers.
So what if this team can put up 130 points against bad teams in the regular season? You cannot win a playoff series against even a decent team playing like this. They’ve proved it time and again.
So, yeah, I’m glad the Suns are 8-1. I want them to win 65 games this season. It doesn’t matter. They will be exposed, again, as gimmicky when the real season starts in April.
In the meanwhile, I’ll just sit back and wait patiently for their inevitable collapse and laugh quietly to myself as another group of bandwagon jumpers tries to make the case that the Suns are legit NBA title contenders.
Maybe the Suns can take down the undermanned Lakers tonight (though I doubt it), but it’s all just a desert mirage. Just wait.
