Off To A Promising Start

Well, I guess ya’ll already know what’s on my mind…..yep you guess it…..basketball baby. Everything is going as I hoped it would so far. Lakers won 113-100 over the Jazz. Trevor Ariza shone like a star and as you know Kobe did his thing. Cavaliers whopped the Pistons no surprises there as Lebron showed his stuff. Dallas (a little surprising) beat the Spurs….yeah they whopped their Ginobili-less butt. Dirk and Josh Howard were superb. Houston beat the Trailblazers who had no answer whatsoever for Yao Ming. Let’s see oh Orlando gave up a 20 points lead at the half and was severely beaten by the Sixers. Wade was only limited to 19 points as the Hawks overpowered the Heat. Denver have obtained home court advantage for the first time in 21 years.....yeah that’s right 21 years. Chauncey Billups lived up to his name Mr. Bigshot, he had a career high 8 3-pointers in the game as they bulldozed the Hornets 113-84. However my most surprising highlight for the weekend was Derrick Rose’s performance against the guess who…..yeah that’s right, the Defending Champions the Boston Celtics. They said that Rose is a Rookie but he didn’t play like one. He did something Michael Jordan did not do and that was beat the Celtics in the Playoffs oh and he tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record with 36 points in his playoff debut, while dishing out 11 assist in an overtime victory over the Celtics who might have do without the Big Ticket Kevin Garnett throughout the Playoffs .

Now all the teams that I expected to win, Lakers and Cavs, won and all the teams that I hoped to win, won except the Heat and Magic. It’s not over until the fat lady sings. This was just Game 1 of the first round, who knows what will happens. But you know I will be watching keenly. This looks like it’s shaping up to be one of the most memorable Playoffs…..wait a sec they are memorable….oh well it’s gonna be amazing.