NBA Day 3, NHL Day 4

It's HOT HOT HOT!!!

Like always, let's start with the NBA!!

My second favorite team, The LA Clippers, played tonight and I watched the entire game. So let's start at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

LA CLIPPERS vs DENVER NUGGETS

All that mountain air must have damaged the Nuggets' heads because they just can't take it in LA. The first game was fun, nail biting, and close as hell. The second game was fun but hardly nail biting and definitely not close. The Clippers took control right from the start and they never let go. Carmello played horribly. He missed his first 12 shots and had to sit down early in the game because of two quick penalties. He played far better in the second half, but not nearly well enough. He wasn't the only Nugget missing shots though, the entire Denver team played horrible, due in large part to some great Clipper defense.

LA CLIPPERS WIN 98-87 (LAC LEAD THE SERIES 2-0)


MIAMI HEAT vs CHICAGO BULLS

This game was oddly reminicent of game one between these two teams. Miami took control from the start, Chicago partly stayed with them. Near the end, Chicago made a great run and closed in on Miami, but couldn't complete the job. The thing that pissed me off in this game was at the end, there were 40 seconds to go, Chicago has dropped to 8 points behind, yet they were still fouling and taking time outs like they thought they could win. At that point you just have to give it up and move on to the next game.

MIAMI WINS 115-108 (MIA LEADS THE SERIES 2-0)


Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Over to the NHL we go!

DALLAS STARS vs COLORADO AVALANCHE

So this game started out pretty shitty for me, seeing as I picked the Stars to win it all. The Avs had a 3 point lead going into the 2nd period. The Stars, however, weren't going to take that crap lying down though. They scored FOUR goals in the 2nd period and kept that one point lead going into the 3rd. The Avs, however, scored one to send it into overtime. Then, in overtime, the game ended as shitty as it started when Joe Sakic (damn you Sakic!!) scored to put that Avs up 2-0 in the series. It's hard for any team to come back from a 2-0 defecit, so it's not looking so great for my pick.

COLORADO AVALANCE WIN 5-4 (COL LEADS THE SERIES 2-0)


NEW JERSEY DEVILS vs NEW YORK RANGERS

In brighter news, my pick in this matchup, the Devils, beat out the Rangers yet again. I'm not sure if picking the Devils to win was a no brainer, or if I'm just a genius. John Madden scored a hat trick (2 on a power play), to help the Devils win. There's not much to say here, The Rangers are the Devil's bitch, they have no chance.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS WIN 4-1 (NJD LEAD THE SERIES 2-0)


PHILADELPHIA FLYERS vs BUFFALO SABRES

I think I may have made a very bad error here when I picked the Flyers to win this series. I'm not ready to throw in the towel just because the Sabres have already won twice, but they really just slapped the Flyers around today. The Flyers may just have well have left their goalie on the bench. How emabarrasing.

BUFFALO SABRES WIN 8-2 (BUF LEADS THE SERIES 2-0)


MOTREAL CANADIENS vs CAROLINA HURRICANES

When I picked Carolina to win this series, I never gave a second thought to the idea that Montreal could actually be competition for them. It's ridiculous to think that a team as great as Carolina has lost again to the Canadiens. I'm sure Montreal is a fine team, but Carolina is usually such a powerhouse. It was a close game (it went into double overtime), but, as the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

MONTREAL CANADIENS WIN 6-5 2OT (MTL LEADS THE SERIES 2-0)


Okay, so today every team that played took their series up 2-0. Let's take a look at my record for today though:

NBA: 2-0
NHL: 1-3

Clearly I'm better at picking the NBA bracket than I am at the NHL bracket. Oh well, these are best of 7 series, they're far from over.