Ok I’ve been in the lovely Sin City Las Vegas for the last 3 days, and I concluded that they need a professional sports team.  Baseball, basketball, football.  Oh hell, even hockey.  Just give them something.  It will certainly draw more people out here.  Not like we need an excuse to go to Vegas, but this just adds another one to the column.

Speaking of Vegas, yes I bet on the NFL playoff games this week.  And yes, I won.  Ravens and Eagles!  Nice little payout.

The Warriors finally pick up a win today at home against the Pacers.  And if you saw that game, man it was too gut-wrenchingly close.  It was funny to see ex-Warrior, Mike Dunleavy bet boo’ed everytime he touched the ball. 

Crawford finished the game with 32 points, and hit the go-ahead 3 pointer with 11 seconds left.  The Warriors poor defense resulted in Danny Granger’s 42 points!  Honestly glad it was Granger with a big night rather than the ex-Warriors Mike Dunleavy or Troy Murphy.

I realized that this mighty, long-awaited win brought our record to a disappointing 11-28.  With only half of the season left, and the Conference only getting tougher, it might be time to build up our rooks for the next few years before the Warriors see any sort of playoff contention.

Did anyone catch that quick elbow from Belinelli to Granger in the first half?  haha those Italians.

Raise your hand if you want a UCS, Florida, Texas, Utah Playoff!

So far the home teams are 0-2 in the NFL divisional games. Tennessee and Carolina came out looking flat on offense, were plagued by injuries and turnovers, and looked overall rusty.

Normally teams look forward to having a week off to prepare for the coming playoff games. It is a time to heal injuries and scheme different packages on both sides of the ball for the faster paced games. “I’ve never had a bye week before and believe me when I say we need a week off — both the offense and the defense,” said quarterback Jake Delhomme after the end of the season.

Apparently he used the time to learn how to throw the ball to the other team as he completed just 45% of his passes and had 5 picks in the game with a lossed fumble in his own 20.

All-Pro Steve Smith didn’t have a catch at all in the first half and the might rushing game of the Panthers never got going. After rushing for 178 yards in the 33-31 win against the New Orleans Saints in the last game of the season, DeAngelo Williams ran for only 51 yards on 11 carries.

The Titans were sloppy throughout the game and didn’t look like the team with the best record in the NFL at all. In the end, the mighty Ravens defense hit, ran over and spanked the Titans for the win. Yes there was a blown call towards the end of the game but Tennessee had plenty of chances to score points.

It will be interesting to see how the Giants and Steelers perform in front of their home crowds on Sunday. Both the Chargers and Eagles are on hot streaks, basically playing must wins for the last 4 games of the year and winning in the first round of their playoff games.

There you have it.  The Celtics cannot win in Cleveland.  In last year’s Eastern Conference Finals, the Cav’s forced the Celtics to a 7th playoff game simply because the Celtics couldnt win away from Boston.  Lebron took over that playoff matchup when they were in Cleveland, but also couldnt lead his team to win in away from home.

Last night’s matchup between Boston and the Cavs was the first since the season opening game in October.  That victory win against Boston brought Lebron and the Cavs to an oustanding 19 home game wins. 

Lebron finished the game with 38 points while the Boston’s big 3 combined to 41 points.  The Cav’s retro jerseys are kinda funky.  I remember last year’s to be green.  I think they’re trying to copy the Warriors colors.