I ONCE CUT MY ARM,
AND THE NBA DRIBBLED OUT
WHORING MYSELF
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The good folks at Hardwood Paroxysm let me write a piece about Monta Ellis’ continued jacking of long jumpers inside the 3-point line. Ostensibly, it’s about how the Bucks should probably start J.J. Redick over Ellis. Check it out if you want to read 1700 plus words on Monta and the infinite universe of low efficiency shots. Not sure if Monta is a fan of Czeckoslovakian literature, or if he’s got a Google alert set up for himself, but if he does, I’m sorry mang.
Monta Ellis game-winner in Houston tonight. His desperation 3 as time expired toilet bowl rolled around the rim before falling through to give Milwaukee a 110-107 victory as the horn sounded.
Oh yeah, Stephen Curry is one 3 away from tying the NBA record, and he’s got 54 points tonight in the Garden with over a minute remaining. I’ll have more about his night later when it actually ends.
It’s been a great night for the NBA already.
It was a wild one in Denver as Samuel Dalembert’s career night for the Bucks, going 17-for-21 from the field for 35 points plus 12 rebounds, was wasted when the Nuggets stormed back in the fourth quarter to get the win, 112-104 over Milwaukee. Ellis and Jennings were primarily to blame, going a combined 11-for-36 from the field.
But with all the excitement, like Gallo’s circus shot in the closing moments (which meant the crowd got free tacos!), I could only think of this cute couple who got engaged during the game. The television audience didn’t witness the proposal, but according to the announcers, it was a little tense during the actual event. Which is sort of baffling? Did the lady almost reject him in front of all those screaming Nuggets fans? Totally would have harshed the mellow vibe as they were screaming for Monta’s head on a platter. Anyway, I hope the couple in question has a lovely ceremony and ensuing bliss as a married couple. I also hope Larry Sanders is OK, he fell pretty badly on a late Manimal drive that knocked him hard to floor.
Brief, often inadvertent, glimpses into the lives of NBA players are a joy which helmeted and hatted players will never provide. We, the NBA fan, are given these little vignetttes into a player’s emotions during their professional work day over the 48 minutes we watch on a semi-nightly basis. It’s always entertaining if you watch closely enough, or even after cursory inspection because overtime is never far.
One such play produced the montaellisface. The montaellisface is mutable. It begins in the imagination where Ellis’ eyebrows curl in concentration as he tersely follows the center mass of Dwyane Wade. Then, his facial gymnastics evoke in the viewer a premeditated, reptilian move toward dispute. This is quickly followed by surprise and relief at the negation of any such disagreement. Then—ever-so-rapidly—a void. This blank page, the tabula rasa of the highest athletic achievement, represents stasis, it (probably) resembles a lamb hanging, by a pulley the referee controls, from the edge of a cliff. The truth almost breaks over Ellis’ brow. But finally, the montaellisface returns to the earlier and omnipresent “game face.”
The Bucks would go on to lose in overtime, but for that brief moment, Monta Ellis transcended the petty troubles of this mortal coil.
And there go the Milwaukee Bucks’ playoff hopes. Have no fear—unless it’s deer— Milwaukee fans. A full year of Monta could be just the thing. You guys put up a valiant effort, and we all thought Philly (or New York) would fold down the stretch, but it didn’t happen. May 2013 be filled with more wins and maybe a few games in May.
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