DId they set a regular season record for wins? No.
Did everyone love them? No.
DId they sell a crazy amount of tickets and make it to the NBA Finals? Oh yeah! Mission accomplished.
The Heat are four wins away from being crowned the NBA champions. LeBron took a lot of “heat” for how he handled his move to Miami… rightfully so! But if the Heat win it all (I think they will) and begin a streak of titles (I think they will), then it more than worked out and eventually how it went down will be forgotten.
Brandon Roy – Roy had an Easter weekend performance to remember with his amazing 18 fourth-quarter points to lead the Blazers to a comeback win over the Mavs. It was the best Blazer performance I can remember seeing in a longtime and it had such a redemptive feel to it. I’m so happy for Roy and stoked that the series is now tied at 2-2.
• Video of the comeback.
• John Canzano’s take on B-Roy’s performance!
Wesley Matthews – Hit four big threes en route to a team-high 25 points in leading the Blazers to a must-win home game that put Portland on the board 1-2 in the first-round series with Dallas.
Jermaine O’Neal – Shocked everyone with his performance in game one of the Boston versus New York series. O’Neal was a perfect six of six from the field and had four huge blocked shots to lift the Celtics over the Knicks.
Zach Randolph – Z-Bo’s three-pointer with under a minute to play in game 3 lifted the Memphis Grizzlies to a 2-1 advantage over the San Antonio Spurs and it’s being called the biggest shot in Grizzlies’ history.
“Crunch time belongs to Randolph” – ESPN
How awesome is the 59.0 points/rebounds/assists combined average that Dwight Howard has in two playoff games this season? Howard was third in the league with a pts/rebs/ass average of 38.3. LeBron James led the league with a 41.2 and rookie Blake Griffin was second with 38.4.
In 11 postseason games last year, James had the top average of 46.0 and now teammate Dwyane Wade was second with 45.6. James was also the regular season leader in 2009-2010 with a 45.6. Kevin Durant was second with 40.6.
Howard’s 59.0 is after just two games, but I can’t imagine that Atlanta can stop him and that serious could go seven games. So look for Superman to keep those numbers up!
Patrick Chung, former Ducks star is killing it right now for the Pats!
• Article link HERE.
The list of 50 John R. Wodden Award candidates includes Duke’s Kyle Singler, a graduate of Oregon’s South Medford high school.
What do you think the Miami Heat should use as their starting lineup?
Possible lineups:
BEST
G - Dwyane Wade 6-4
G - Mike Miller 6-8
F - LeBron James 6-8
F - Chris Bosh 6-10
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 7-3
BIG
G - Dwyane Wade 6-4
G - LeBron James 6-8
F - Udonis Haslem 6-8
F - Chris Bosh 6-10
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 7-3
FAST
G - Mario Chalmers 6-1
G - Dwyane Wade 6-4
F - LeBron James 6-8
F - Jarvis Varnado 6-9
C - Chris Bosh 6-10
NBA.com roster.
I’m kind of an NBA draft nerd. I just wrote an article titled “Best NBA draft ever.” Here are a few other good NBA draft articles.
• Top 10 Loaded Draft Classes By One School
• NBA Draft’s Top 10 Classes Ever
I love the NBA draft. It is my favorite not sports, sporting event… if that makes any sense. 
Check back here for more NBA draft article links.
Who is the best at every sport? Right now, as we speak… I mean write. Here are my picks:
NBA – Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
NFL – Chris Henry, Tennessee Titans
MLB – Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds
NHL – Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tennis – Rafael Nadal, Spain
Golf – ?
College football – Denard Robinson, Michigan Wolverines
College basketball – ?
Soccer - Wayne Rooney, England
Snowboarding - Shaun White
What do you think?
