March 9, 2020
That was a spectacular weekend of basketball by the Lakers. Wins over the Bucks and Clippers should shut up the Laker haters in the media, who seem to think they can’t beat elite teams. Frank Vogel did an outstanding job going small to matchup with the Clips. Avery Bradley and KCP were huge, and it was nice to see Kuz contributing in other ways than scoring. AD dominated but I think I saw him lick his hand and low-five Bradley yesterday. I don’t think the CDC would approve on that one. In case you haven’t noticed, Lebron is still the best player in the world. He just dominated both Giannis and Kawhi this weekend, and he should also be the MVP, as I said last week. Nobody is more valuable to their team. Hope all the Laker fans enjoy getting to troll Marcellus Wiley and the 5 other Clipper fans on Twitter after that victory.
As for the Clippers, they are still loaded and in good shape with 19 games left. However, they have issues to workout to win these big games. They are oozing with talent, but all of that talent needs the ball to be effective. That was evident in the 4th quarter yesterday when Lou Williams was very quiet, and Paul George disappeared like Bernie Sanders lead in the polls. Also, nobody complains like Doc Rivers, this time about the 1230 pm start. I’ve got news for you Doc. You aren’t playing at 1230 pm because you are the third tenant in the building. You are playing at 1230 pm because you have a good team and are on National TV.
That was a tough loss for UCLA against USC on Saturday afternoon at the Galen Center. However, losing on a buzzer beater to a tournament team that is on a roll should not a be a punishment that puts the Bruins outside of the tournament. UCLA has been playing like one the top 15 teams in the country for weeks. If you think that they should be excluded from the field because they lost to some weak competition 5 months ago, you are about as spaced out as Joe Biden. This is a completely different team, not to mention one that would make the NCAA Tournament that much more fun to watch.
I don’t know if anybody has seen Dodger stadium lately, but they are working on some renovations and are way behind. Andrew Friedman’s computer must have failed him again, because I don’t see how the center field plaza they are building is going to be ready by March 26th. On a positive note though, the Dodger pitching staff is already looking really good early on in Spring Training. Now if only they could just not make us pull our hair out in October.
I’m don’t know about you guys, but I don’t like the Rams new logo. Did LA get a new arena team because that feels like where this logo is from? In fact, it almost looks like a Chargers/Rams logo merger. Anything that can be made in 5 minutes on Microsoft Paint is probably not something that needs to be made into an NFL logo. It literally looks like they just took two of the blandest letters and said, “Let’s add Donald Trump’s hair quaff to the ‘A’ and call it a day, shall we?”.
Another episode of The Walking Dead went down on AMC last night. Spoiler alert for those of you who have yet to see it so read no further if you plan on watching it later. Is this what the Corona Virus will look like in 10 years? Negan looked like he was questioning his life choices in that first scene walking among the dead with dead skin on his face. That episode had a slight Game of Thrones feel to it. Carol giving The King the pity sex has to frustrate everybody hoping for Daryl and Carol to get together. What the hell is wrong with you Eugene? You could have made out with Rosita and still gotten with your boo. This dude couldn’t get laid if Tinder existed in the apocalypse. Also not sure how Rosita is keeping her eyebrows on fleek like that in the apocalypse. Too bad Hiltop doesn’t have fire insurance after Alpha burned it to the ground last night. Guess we won’t be seeing Maggie go back there when she returns this season. It was a pretty good episode, and looking forward to seeing where things go next week.
Finally, The Bachelor went down on ABC last week with the Women Tell All, and it’s back tonight. I know you all did a little victory dance when you learned that Victoria was sent home by Peter. It’s about time that nonsense ended. Then again, I just don’t see how Madison and Peter are compatible given their values. Did nobody notice that Madison’s rose was actually falling apart when he handed it to her? Seems indicative of the relationship. I also like how Victoria claimed she had not broken up previous relationships, but we all know the internet has receipts. I’m beginning to think that cut Peter has on his forehead might have given him brain damage for keeping Victoria around this long. This was really one of the most uneventful Women Tell All’s I can remember. Peter played nice with all his ex-girlfriends, and even the spats between all the ladies were nothing too intense. I’m anticipating some major drama these next two nights to make up for it.
