Grasping Adulthood

thebayareasportsblog:

That is what a 4th quarter meltdown looks like.

Seriously…the Golden State Warriors broke the remaining pieces of my already broken heart. With less than 2 minutes left, I was sitting there at Oracle Arena with my hands on my head in utter disbelief. I’m a Warrior fan to the death, but that was just a very sorry ending. Where were the defensive rebounds? Why weren’t they taking better care of the ball? Monta and Curry accounted for half of the total team’s turnovers. HALF! The Memphis Grizzles outscored the Warriors 39-22 in the 4th quarter. We were up 68-52 to start the 4th!

I realize I am stating the obvious but I still can’t get over it. I am happy with David Lee’s efforts on the glass though, considering how Marc Gasol was having his way with the Warriors.

On another note—I was quite excited to see my 2 favorite European men on the court at the same time (or at least for the 16 minutes that Andris played). Gasol continues to be the silver lining in my fantasy leagues. Maybe if I wear my Biedrins jersey, he’ll play better. Yeah, I own a Biedrins jersey. I bandwagoned after the playoff run, what can I say.

I’d like to think that Biedrins read my letter from last week :)

Last Monday, against the Chicago Bulls, Andris Biedrins had close to a triple-double with 19 rebounds, 9 points, and 8 blocks.  Granted he also went 1-7 on the free throw line but we had to be happy with the fact that at least he finally made his first free throw of the whole season in that game.

Tim Kawakami posted on his blog that Coach Don Nelson was threatening to bring back Rick Barry as his free throw coach.  Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with throwing it under-handed as long as it actually goes in!