SU caught much of the Cavs – Celtics game last night. As mentioned before, SU is firmly behind the Cavaliers in the playoffs given their New York Knicks’ lineage with Shumpert, JR Smith and Mosgov on the roster. Plus, they play a high octane offensive style and everyone on that team can shoot. Last night, I was surprised by how much LeBron James complains after every foul call. Now, I am not saying that he doesn’t have a legitimate beef with the call but when he is driving to the hoop and gets hit with no call, as play moves back down the other way, he is always left standing under his basket jawing with the refs and not getting back on defense. This happens a lot. Plus, it then becomes acceptable for other Cleveland players to do the same thing. Kevin Love does it too although at least he runs back down while flailing his arms.
LeBron initiates a lot of contact on his drives to the basket just like James Harden and certainly gets his share of calls. But he needs to get over it and hustle back down the court to play defense. He is a true superstar and this just looks bad. It also sets a bad example to younger players watching. Let the coach deal with the refs. By the way, last night the refs let the Celtics basically maul Mosgov and Love on every rebound. I don’t ever recall seeing that many jump balls on rebounds like that. In the playoffs, the NBA refs call the games totally differently depending on where it’s played. Been that way for years.
SU is ready for the Subway Series. This is the first time in years that both teams are competitive and it should be a fun weekend. SU predicts the Mets will take 2 out of 3 at a minimum and could actually sweep. However, when you have won that many games in a row, the baseball gods start to take note and some bloop hit or call doesn’t go your way to stop the streak. If Matt Harvey is in fact starting on Saturday, SU is calling for the no hitter. Let the games begin.
Sports Update Intergalactic 
SU:
Now, your Yankees are “competitive?” Last week they sucked. Did I miss a big trade last week or have they just been playing above their capabilities for a week while the Red Sox have been playing below themselves?
Steve
Steve, thanks for the request for clarification. By competitive, I mean that in the standings of the lousy AL East, they are leading the pack. But this may be their high water mark for the year and I am not thinking that they are any better than a .500 team. And, by the way, neither are your Red Sox. This is not your father’s high quality AL East from years past.
Can’t believe you’re so high on the Cavs after last night…I watched most of the last quarter, and the Cavs had 3 possessions in a row where they gave it to LeBron and he fired up a forced shot at the end of the shot clock. Looked like vintage Carmelo, which you hate! He then made a couple of great passes and K-Love it big threes, but it was not fun to watch
Mark, fair point. There were too many 4th quarter possessions where LeBron held the ball at the top of the key and just let the clock wind down before going 1 on 1. I don’t get that at all. However, I do believe as they progress to the next round vs. the Bulls which will be a great series with Rose back on the court, LeBron will not be able to get away with that style of play. Plus it minimizes what Irving can do. But talent wise, Cleveland is really good and when they play the right way, very fun to watch.
LeBron has always had this complaining nature – but he does seem to be taking it to a new level now. He doesn’t seem to be doing that “chase from behind” thing as much – where he would get blocks on opposing fast breaks.
I agree, Sasha. I think he feels he can take off some offensive possessions now that he has Kyrie Irving as a running mate. Irving is really good – some of his one on one spin moves are unreal. They would be smart to make sure that Kevin Love is feeling fully comfortable in the offense as they move forward. They will need him to be good in the next round to beat the Bulls.
The Mets have had an 11 game winning streak four times – 1969, 1972, 1986, and 1990. Two of the four times they got to the World
Series. Thus, it can be deduced that there is a 50% chance of the Mets getting to the World Series this year. LET’S GO METS!!!
I believe teams that go on winning streaks of this type end up either winning or going to the World Series quite a bit. Why not the Mets this year? The NL East other than the Nationals is pretty bad and there’s a chance to beef up the W/L record. The Mets should figure that anything less than winning 2 out of 3 this weekend is a failure. Time to raise the bar.
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