More accurate would be: You: Portland's First Three quarters against Dallas Her: Portland's last quarter against Dallas
Wook, it looks like that broom is missing a few bristles in the far SW corner. Man, I hate the Rockets.
If you are saying that Lopez was handed the reigns in New Orleans enough that he confidently felt the job was his, that contradicts what Lopez said on the Comcast site... ...one or two months ago, not before the season started. See, I can repeat and repeat and you guys just won't get it. What matters in the context of my original post is not whether Lopez 1) was the starter, or 2) was intended by the team to be the starter. What matters is whether he 3) felt confident about holding the starting job in the face of Anthony Davis' inevitable improvement. Lopez said, about a month ago, that this Blazer job is the first time he has felt that he truly owns the starting job. So I posted that this may be the cause of his improvement. But I've explained that several times in this thread, and you guys keep ignoring my point and inventing straw men to knock down, so you just go at it because you're having so much fun pretending to disprove my original point.
Re: So, About that Midwest Rhomboid Trip He was the starter in New Orleans, and no injury forced it. Davis was no threat to his starting job. He's not playing C even with Lopez gone. It is true that Lopez could not claim the starting job for any team he played. Phoenix started two other Cs over him, and New Orleans traded him away after one season. http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.ssf/2013/12/new_orleans_pelicans_anthony_d_7.html Before the injury, Davis had emerged as one of the NBA's top power forwards. Through the first 15 games, he had recorded eight double-doubles and was averaging 19.6 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.9 blocks. The broken hand is the latest in a growing list of ailments that have hit Davis, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 draft. Last season Davis missed 18 games due to a concussion and ankle, knee and shoulder injuries. Without Davis, the Pelicans have responded well, finishing off the Knicks on the road before beating the Bulls. Forward Ryan Anderson replaced Davis in the lineup and scored 31 points against the Knicks before scoring 36 points against the Bulls. But the absence of Davis, who was leading the NBA in blocked shots, leaves a void in the Pelicans' lineup. After Anderson, the Pelicans have little depth at the power forward position. Jason Smith, who was expected to be the third power forward on the team, has been the starting center throughout the season. Pelicans coach Monty Williams, as he did in the second half against the Knicks, could use small forward Al-Farouq Aminu at power forward for small stretches. (That is from his home town newspaper).
I'd have your child draw it so it would be more personal. I am confident they could pull of something as, if not more, spectacular. And I honestly would pay for it, but I would want to see what I paid for, and I'm not so sure a shirtless HCP is something I want burned into my permanent Rolodex.
Meh, 3-1 woulda been nice. I'll take 2-2 though. We need to get back home and get some home cookin'. That was our toughest stretch of the year and we fared pretty well.
We have beaten every team that we have played except for Minnesota and Miami. We can scratch Minnesota off the list on Saturday. It's really incredible what we've been doing.
