During the pause in play for the Sweet 16….I watched two very good NBA regular season games. Those being the Lakers stunning double overtime win at Milwaukee, then last night’s thriller in OKC as the scorching hot Houston Rockets took down the OKC Thunder in overtime on the road.
Two incredible performance by two young players on the road in the West by Austin Reaves and Jalen Green.
Austin triple doubled and Jalen almost did the same as he very much esposed what the Thunder look like at the rim defensively without AT&T’s own Chet Holmgren. Looked like the Chet I saw versus Arkansas in the Sweet 16 several seasons ago. As in foul truble and invisible when his team seriously needed him with Shai shut down for the night.
So much fun to watch both of these young guys play keys roles in very important seeding games as the Rockets have climbed to within a game of the Warriors for the 10th seed in the West and the last spot in the play-in tournament.
Meanwhile…out East the Warriors won back to back games versus Miami and Orlando to cling to the 10th spot even with Draymond Green once again acting like a punk of sorts instead of a guy with four rings and supposed veteran smarts and hubris.
Chritsmas Elves…please take Draymond and place him on somebody else’s porch.
This has gotten to the point where the Warriors should work a deal with Draymond and get rid of him. Draymond evidently has no concept of legal good faith perfomance as to his contract. Enough of this bullshit once and for all. Be done with it.
I’m off to watch the Sweet 16 games tonight.
MJ