The D.A.Y. of the return of the new old ball
It’s back. No more whining.
Sternbot caved and gave the players a New Years present made of leather. The first games on the schedule with the old ball back in effect were two matchups between four teams that most likely will not make the playoffs.
MINNESOTA 102 CHARLOTTE 96
The T-wolves were down by 20 at one point, and down by 12 in the fourth. A 12-0 run helps get rid of those problems. KG hit the winner from 14 feet with 16 seconds on the clock as the capper to his 32 and 14 performance, including 12 points in the fourth. Ricky Davis added 25 and Mark Blount threw in 21. The Bobcats were missing Gerald Wallace and Brevin Knight with assorted injuries, but Matt Carroll stepped in and scored 23, hitting 5 of 8 threes. All the talk afterwards was about the return of the old ball. Both teams shot the lights out from three, so exhibit A for leatherface is 14 of 26 on threes. Isn’t the new ball supposed to be the scoreboard Lighterupper?
BOSTON 89 PORTLAND 81
Oh. These guys are not very good at scoring the basketball. Perhaps they need a synthetic child’s toy ball. Young C’s Ryan Gomes and Al Jefferson both had double-doubles while Z-Bo did not. Tony Allen led Boston with 22 points, and Bassy’s return to Portland was uneventful. Brandon Roy led the Blazers with 18, but they could not hit a shot in the fourth and the Celtics pulled away for the win.
Welcome back ball. Let us never speak of your papercut giving replacement ever again.
7 Responses to “The D.A.Y. of the return of the new old ball”
Jan.2 at 10:00 am
Darksaber says:
Matter of fact Sam, those millionaire whiners are now yapping on about the new, old ball. Case in point, Doc Rivers whining about not having time to get used to it (whatttt??!!) and KG saying his shooting slump lately is due to his dislike of the syntho ball, hellooo?? Shut.up.already. And KG, better have only 32&15 games from now on hombre. Excuses are used up. And please don’t let Voskuhl punk your ass like he did last night, jesus.
Jan.2 at 11:06 am
AP says:
what have I beens saying about Matt Carroll…man has been on a tear recently…23 last night;18 against indy;27 against LA…..all coming off the bench..if he keeps this up he should get some sixth man of the year looks…
Jan.2 at 11:45 am
Nadav Mor says:
ballback mountain
Jan.2 at 12:04 pm
H to the izzo says:
Shouldn’t the nba reduce the price of the ball now that its not used anymore.They won’t but they should I want to know what all the fuss is about and I’m not paying $100
Jan.2 at 1:04 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
The new ball should have never been $100 in the first place. $100 for a synthetic ball? STUPID. Greedy bastards, they got what they deserved. I hope they have to send thousands of them into space to get rid of them.
Jan.2 at 1:24 pm
Mr.100 says:
The non leather balls should be given to the army to use as target practice,I would put a cutout of stern on it!
Jan.2 at 4:02 pm
Darksaber says:
Yess, balls in space: what a catchy name for your first broadway production Russ. Now Darth Stern, about them sweatband restrictions and overeager refs… we need to talk…