Sunday, February 3, 2008

Super Bowl Sunday

No update for games from last night because there were a lot and today's games were early and already occurred. Sorry about that. Today, as many of you might have been aware already, there was an NFL game to determine the best team of this NFL season. For this reason, both NBA games (ABC aired) were in the morning and early afternoon.

The Pats were heavily favored coming into this game (12 point favorites I believe). The Giants shocked the undefeated (18-0) Pats in the 4th quarter by taking a 10-7 lead before eventually winning 17-14. The Pats were up 7-3 for most of the game after scoring their 1st TD early in the 2nd quarter (they were on the 1 yard line at the end of the 1st). The Giants played hard on defense, especially on the D-line, getting past the Pats and hitting Tom Brady over and over throughout the game. Brady simply couldn't get a rhythm and the Pats' D couldn't keep stopping Eli Manning (the SB XLII MVP, one season after Peyton Manning won it) as he led the Giants to the win with the winning TD pass to Plaxico Burress. Honestly, for me, I'm fine with the Pats losing after being 18-0. I was rooting for the 19-0 season that's never been seen before, but I also thought to myself, as this quest for perfection was falling apart, I don't feel bad. This was so for two main reasons. First was the fact that the Giants were huge underdogs and it was great to see a "David" slay a "Goliath". I also don't believe that garbage-talk that says the loss in the Super Bowl taint the Pats incredible run at perfection. The Pats had a great season and fell one game short of the title that would have capped it off, but they were truly great. I believe that memory won't be as great, but they will be remembered for various reasons. The next reason isn't as merry. I rooted against this team for much of the season because of their swagger. I hated the way Bill Belichick strutted around the sidelines and disrespected reporters in the press-rooms. I just believe that his demeanor makes him believe he's always been disrespected and hasn't gotten his. Well, he's got 3 SB wins and is put into the same breath as Bill Walsh and Chuck Noll, I honestly don't think anyone can say he's not one of the greatest of all time. He needs to embrace his position and show some emotion every once in a while so people (fans) can believe he's at least half-human. I understand the Pats use their coach's mental toughness to an advantage, I just think Belichick might take it a bit too far. Other than that, I give all the credit to the Giants and their suffocating pass-rush defense; they were completely ridiculous. The Giants played harder it seemed and they won the game behind their much-maligned quarterback, who is now a Super Bowl MVP.

Here are the NBA games:

- The Lakers visited the Nation's capitol in the 1st game and beat the Wiz even without newly acquired big man Pau Gasol, 103-91. Kobe was good again with 30pts on 10-15 shooting to lead the Lakers and Caron Butler returned from injury to start and play 39mins to score 15pts (5-15 shooting). Butler might not be 100% quite yet with this bad shooting game, but it also might have just been a bad game after injury. As long as he's playing, you gotta keep him in your lineups.

- The other game was a blowout in Detroit. Surprisingly, the other team was a good team as well in Dallas, who just didn't have "it" losing on the road, 67-90. Devin Harris was still out, as Jason Terry got the start at guard. Rasheed Wallace led the Pistons, who were great on D and solid on O, with 21pts, 9rebs and 4blks.

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