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The Widening Geier

Last week was busy, so i fell down on the job a bit.

Seattle/San Antonio, Indiana/Detroit, and Dallas/Phoenix are all even at 2 games a piece. All 3 down teams did what they needed to do to avoid the 3-1 deficit, and almost sure elimination. Rasheed Wallace and the Pistons backed up their guarantee, with a drubbing of the Pacers. Dallas let Steve Nash run wild and drop 48 points, but beat the Suns by 10. Seattle played their game, and rode the home crowd to a series tie. I think all of these series have 7-game potential, but that the Spurs are the most likely to close it out early.

In beatdown news, Miami easily disposed of the over-matched Wiz, even without the aid of Shaq for 2 games. Heat got inspired play from Dwyane Wade, and look like a real contender. However, I want to go on record here.


"Dwyane Wade is no better than Penny Hardaway was at the same time and place. Don't annoint this kid the savior yet. Yes he is awesome, yes he can dominate both ways, and yes i would love to have him on the Knicks. However, don't forget that many people look amazing for a few years, and this "who's next" sports culture throws them up on a pedestal which they promptly begin to chop down at the first sign of weakness. I think Wade has been great, but the punditry even suggesting that he is the most valuable player on his own team is ridiculous. Please all remember that Shaq is the most dominant force basketball has ever seen, Chamberlain included, and can carry nearly any East team to the conference Finals at least. Think about it; Marbury, Crawford, Kurt Thomas, Tim Thomas, and Shaq? Kidd, Carter, Jefferson, Cliff Robinson, and Shaq? Every team gets a whole lot better with Shaq, and though I do think Wade is a great player, I have seen the one-man-gang act before. Lets win a title first.


8-in-a-row for the Yankees, and now a trip to Seattle. .500 for the first time since early April. Sad that it took a streak like this to pull even, but will I take an 8-spot? You bet I will. Bit of a log-jam with Bernie and Sierra getting healed, as Tino and Cano show no signs of warranting removal from the line-up. You would be hard pressed to name two Yankees playing better right now.