April 19, 2011

Random News Shit: NBA Playoff News Edition

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 31:  Lamar Odom #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts after his third consecutive three pointer with Steve Blake #5 during a 110-82 win over the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center on March 31, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
1) Lamar Odom Wins 6th Man Award
Mr. Kardashian averaged 14.4 points and 8.7 rebounds a game on his way to this award that's been his since he didn't make the All-Star team. It's a good thing Andrew Bynum managed to play more than half of the season because if Lamar would've started 5 more games he wouldn't have been eligible to win.

Anyway, 2 NBA awards have been given out and I still haven't finished writing my awards column. Oh well, my picks were probably gonna be all the generic picks anyway so maybe it was for the best.

2) Chauncey Billups Out For Game 2
Why is everyone acting like it's the end of the world that Billups isn't playing in this game? In Game 1 he had just 10 points on 3-11 shooting and only 4 assists in 35 minutes of play and they were a few bad calls away from a win. He left the game early and still played more minutes that Carmelo. Knicks fans should be more worried about that then whether Chauncey Billups is playing being the drop off to Toney Douglas isn't that significant.

3) Danny Crawford To Ref Blazers-Mavs; Mavs 2-17 In Games He Refs
Welp Nate McMillan, you got your wish, the refereeing just swung wildly into the Blazers' favor. When it came out that the Mavs are just 2-17 in playoff games Danny Crawford has refereed should've been enough to get him pulled from the assignment, but I guess not.

4) Steve Blake Over Chicken Pox, Back With Lakers
Not that this will make that much of a difference if Chris Paul is going to continue to play like he did Sunday, but it's a positive I guess.