Tough loss for the Bockers last night although I appreciated their comeback from 14 down in the fourth quarter. The most painful part was watching Eddy Curry continually gain position, get a good pass, get hacked and then miss the free throw. 6-13 from the line is no way to go through life, son. Stephon Marbury's play continued his recent goodness, he beat anyone and everyone on New Jersey off the dribble although the Nets did a good job denying him on the last Knick possession. Cliff Robinson's putback was as much a result of a pushoff as it was his veteran knowhow but, like Caron Butler's three second violation on Wednesday night, you're not getting those calls on the last play of a game. I did like Isiah's take on the last play,
“That is a rebound that we got to secure. One day down the road, we’ll understand the significance — I mean, we understand the significance, but we’ll know how to get it. And right now, at the end of the game we play a little too fair.
The veteran guys know how to grab, push, hold, push you out of the way, and they know when the official is going to blow the whistle, when he’s not going to blow the whistle. And at the end of the game, that situation, you probably get away with a little bit more...That guy who tapped it in, I played against him in the N.B.A. finals.”
The other thing I noticed last night is that the Nets have to be the ugliest team in the NBA. I don't mean their play which is much improved of late - John Hollinger's right, maybe Jason Kidd should get divorced more often - but the players themselves.
Jason Kidd looked uncomfortably like Powder last night after he shaved off the scruff. Kidd isn't really rocking the look of a man back on the market and, let's be honest, wasn't exactly the looker in that relationship to begin with. The bright red uniforms don't do him any favors either. He's better looking than Josh Boone though. That picture doesn't really do justice to the weird sideburn shit he's got going on these days, although it captures the essential creepiness of Boone's pallid skin and stringy dreads. Mile Ilic and Bostjan Nachbar both look like Slavic kids kidnapped into service for the death squad of Arkan. Jason Collins isn't so ugly superficially I suppose but his free throw shooting makes Eddy Curry look like Rick Barry which doesn't do him any favors. Mikki Moore scares little girls, I could go on and on. At the end of the day I think what I'm saying is that it's not a bad thing that Beyonce spends a fair amount of time around the team.
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