Before the last post, I believe it had been 3 weeks - or somewhere near it. Now there's something to talk about, as the World Basketball Championships are now 2 days deep in Japan.
While I haven't been able to catch more than a glimpse of a few games... the trusty internet has given me the ability for some fine stat-tracking.
But first... I want to give you all a Lonny Baxter update...
According to the Associated Press (thanks again, fellas), the uglier half of the "Banger Brothers" (and any other grouping that involves halves for that matter) will be kept locked up until Wednesday, at the earliest because:
Baxter's lawyers asked a D.C. Superior Court judge Friday to delay a bond hearing so they could challenge aspects of the city's new crime emergency legislation that presumes anyone charged with carrying a pistol without a license to be dangerous.
According to the article, his passenger (who was later confirmed to NOT be Robert Archibald) was released... but Baxter is being held in solitary confinement because of his "celebrity status."
Oh, to be a "star" in America. The maximum sentence Baxter could face is 7 years.
And by the way, remember how he was pulled over by the Secret Service? Apparently a witness to the shooting FLAGGED THEM DOWN.
I have to have a Jerry Seinfeld moment here (so put on the voice, please):
"What's the deal with the secret service? I mean, if people can tell who they are... they can't be too secretive..." (If that wasn't funny, then just think about "man hands." - wait... give it a sec... THERE IT IS!!)
OK, so... moving on.
Yesterday (Saturday) marked the beginning of the Fiba WBC's (fiba.com is great - when it's up).
Team USA was trailing early against Puerto Rico, but rebounded midday through the second-quarter to pull away for a 111-100 win. In terms of the Raptors' presence, Chris Bosh had 5 points, 2 boards, a helper and a steal in 13 minutes.
Spain, who I personally believe is the biggest road block in the States' path to redemption, stuck it to New Zealand, 86-70.
Jorge Garbajosa shared the team-lead with 16 points, contributing a team-high 7 boards, to go with 2 steals and an assist.
Jose Calderon had 5 points, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 rebounds.
Slovenia beat Senegal, 96-79, with modest contributions from a pair of Raptors...
Rasho Nesterovic: 4 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 block (16 minutes)
Uros Slokar: 1 point (0/2 from the field), 1 block, 1 steal, 1 assist, 6 rebounds.
(Senegal has 2 M.N'Daiye's... Mamadou was solid, though: 15 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 steal)
so that was day 1...
On to today... I woke up at 6:30 this morning for some reason - partly because I stayed home last night on lockdown (brief backstory: I was biking home from work yesterday at 1pm... My napsack evidentally opened up, and I dropped my lock and keys... When I went to replace the lock: insufficient funds. Used Visa. Called Bank. Account frozen till Monday. I gotta make this $5 last until Monday. Goddamn).
So yeah, 6:30... the start of the USA/China game... Didn't register in my brain which was more focused on the "day off" aspect of my life. Back to bed it was.
I woke up 3 minutes after the game ended.
How do you say "Boo" in Japanese??
Team USA absolutely punished China (with Yao this time), 121-90... At the break, China had more turnovers (12) than buckets (11).
Bosh, according to stats at least, had another mediocre game... In 11 minutes, Bosh had 3 points (0/2 fgs), 2 boards and 2 turnovers.
Spain throttled Panama, 101-57...
Garbajosa: 10 pts (4/11 fg's, 1/5 3pts), 5 rebs, 2 ast, 1 stl
Calderon: 5 pts, 5 rebs, 2 ast, 1 steal
Rasho Nesterovic was a beast, but Slovenia lost to Italy... 80-76
Nesterovic: team-high 17 pts (8/14 fg, 1/2 3's), team-high 8 rebs, 2 ast, 2 blks, 2 stls..
Slokar: 4 pts (2/2 fgs), 3 rebs, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl
That's all she wrote for now... thanks to everyone who was kicking my ass to write more... and thanks to everyone else just for reading this.
2 comments:
nice to see the blog on the move...
now as for your seinfeld joke.... picture any scene where elane of Larry... uhm i mean George makes a joke to Jerry, where the ppl around get a lil laugh out of it, only to have Jerry have to repeat the joke ending with a Cuz its "insert some part of punchline here"... yah thats not bad... and then the story moves along... well that what i tought of your joke..
"cuz they are the secret service, and you'd thnk they would be a lil more secretive than to be flagged down..." " ya, thats not bad...
after reading your comment about 5 times... I am led to believe that the Seinfeld joke left you with something to be desired...
thanks for clearing it up for everyone with your contribution.
hahaha.
"yeah, that's not bad."
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