My buddy in the Midwestern quadrant of Blogsville occasionally writes posts in haiku form.
I’m not sure where this comes from. He’s not Asian although, by the looks of it, he may have been born a giant panda bear in a previous life. He bears a striking resemblance.
Driving home from work after an exhausting shift, and an even more exhausting Saturday of basketball peeking, I could have easily analyzed the collection of Games Three in long form but decided instead to 5-7-5 it for brevity’s sake.
You can seek more drawn-out breakdowns elsewhere but that’s unnecessary if you did your own deep dive into this glorious collection of games.
It’s only the first round and there’s already a lot going on: eight’s upsetting ones, fisticuffs after trash talk, a new breed of player and the old farts still going strong. There have been forty-point bench performances and devastating season-ending injuries, all in the same damn game. So, let’s get poetic, shall we?
Orlando Magic
Magic are my faves
Early trade talk ‘bout Paolo
Grossly premature
Detroit Pistons
One seed gets your far
Unless Cade’s your only threat
Who’s the one seed now?
Oklahoma City Thunder
Seen this all before
Repeat champs will beat you down
Shai just can’t be stopped
Phoenix Suns
Devin’s rosy cheeks
Are no match for SGA
This a playoff team?
New York Knicks
Panic in Times Square
Hawks looked like the better team
Until KAT went off
Atlanta Hawks
Took the Knicks to Six
Solid young core to build on
Brunson is their bane
Denver Nuggets
Joker starting fights
Pissed about what Wolves have said
Guess they must be right
Minnesota Timberwolves
Ant Man broken leg
Donte V is also done
Fun while it lasted
Cleveland Cavaliers
Harden playing well
Could he be just what they need?
Only time will tell
Toronto Raptors
Weakest team left in
Shocked they stole one from Spider
‘Joy it while it lasts
San Antonio Spurs
Wemby hit the floor
How long until he returns
That’s a long fall down
Portland Trailblazers
Biggest upset yet
Or at least it would have been
Had they won Game Three
Boston Celtics
Tatum’s sweet return
Could be East’s most complete team
‘Til they face the Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Maxey’s fun to watch
Joel Embiid has to agree
Best seat in the house
Los Angeles Lakers
Bron is fucking old
41 he dunks on you
Carrying this team
Houston Rockets
Shitshow in H-Town
Never replaced Fred Vanvleet
Where the fuck’s KD?
Continue your poem about how every time that the Miami Marlins are mentioned, the response is that they’ve won two World Series. Even though it was only because nobody on planet Earth was prepared to play against Josh Beckett. Everybody focuses on the positive times for the Marlins and Orlando Magic, whereas everyone wants to focus on the negative times for Tampa Bay Lightning and Buccaneers. (Don’t even start about how every day I open up facebook.com, there’s mention of Buccaneers NFC Championship game against St. Louis Rams). Every day is an exhausting shift, with crossing paths with Americans who don’t know when to place the positive aspects on the positive athletic teams.