Archive for May, 2004

What A Weekend!

May 16th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

This was a great weekend in the NBA. Friday night the Nets & Pistons put on a long but exciting triple OT game. While Minnesota took a 3-2 lead over the Kings. Saturday, Jeff Foster had the game of his career against the Heat, only to be topped by a nightcap of the Lakers eliminating [...]

RIP 2004 Spurs

May 16th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

Last night the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers. There are a few important ramifications of this. First is that the defending champs won’t repeat this year. Second is that the #1 defensive team has been eliminated. At least one more of the top 4 defensive teams will [...]

Basketball Flavored Nyquil?

May 14th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

This comes from an ESPN baseball chat: Brian (New York): Hey Jerry! What did you think of Derek Fisher’s game winning shot last night?! Jerry Crasnick: Brian, I think the NBA is a great cure for sleeplessness. There was more action in the final second of that game than in the other 47 minutes, 59 [...]

2AM EST

May 11th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

Last night, one of the announcers said something to the effect of “It’s a shame that no one on the East Coast will see this game, since it’s almost 2am over there.” Well, I hate to prove announcers wrong, but I was watching from my NYC appartment. I’m certainly part of the minority, since I’m [...]

Spurs/Lakers

May 6th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

Last night the NBA had one whole playoff game going on, but it was the marquee matchup of the second round. The Lakers and Spurs went at it again. In case you were out busy celebrating, you can find out easily who won the game, by looking at the score. But how they won is [...]

Sorry Bulls Blog

May 6th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

Special apologies to Matt from bullsblog, because I totally forgot to update his stats in the KnickerBlogger bracket tournament. I have no excuse for this oversight. It’s not like Matt has given me some extra hits for mentioning my blog not once, or twice, but three times in a row. And it certainly isn’t because [...]

Round 1: 2004 NBA Bloggers Bracket

May 5th, 2004 by Mike Kurylo

Thanks to the stubborn Hornets, Round 1 is finally over. Here are the updated standings for the KnickerBlogger 2004 Bloggers Bracket: Blog IND NJ DET MIA MIN LAL SAS SAC PTSMe 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8Jon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7Ron 1 1 1 0 1 1 [...]