Friday, June 27, 2008

2008 NBA Draft

Summary: Knicks were the Knicks and DeAndre Jordan fell hard.


1. CHI -- Derrick Rose
2. MIA -- Michael Beasley
3. MIN -- O.J. Mayo
4. SEA -- Russell Westbrook
5. MEM -- Kevin Love
6. NYK -- Danilo Gallinari
7. LAC -- Eric Gordon
8. MIL -- Joe Alexander
9. CHA -- D.J. Augustin
10. NJN -- Brook Lopez
11. IND -- Jerryd Bayless
12. SAC -- Jason Thompson
13. POR -- Brandon Rush
14. GSW -- Anthony Randolph
15. PHX -- Robin Lopez

Link. I don't usually like using this for news but Yahoo and the NBA's own coverage is poor and I don't feel like finding a better source.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Celtics smash Lakers, bring home 17th NBA championship

Celtics 131, Lakers 92
With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them.

Dominant in every way.

On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners hung in the rafters two decades back, the Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one -- at last -- for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen -- their Big Three for a new generation.

After 22 long years, the NBA has gone green.

Lifted by ear-splitting chants of "Beat L.A." early and cries of "Seven-teen" in the closing seconds by their adoring crowd, the Celtics concluded a shocking rebound of a season with a stunning 131-92 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 on Tuesday night.