New Jersey may not have asked to get in the middle in the tug-of-war between Philadelphia and New York these past few weeks, but hey, no one invited them to the Interstate. Tonight, an ailing sports city casts their eyes to the city's pro basketball team--well, some of them might, anyway--to help lift their spirits after the Phillies' unfortunate vanquishing at the hands of the Bronx Bombers. The Nets seem like a good team to regroup against, especially with the team's lone All-Star, Devin Harris, the team's lone bright spot, Chris Douglas-Roberts, or even the team's lone seven-footer, Yi Jianlian. The Nets are a paltry 0-5 for the season thusfar, and they only managed 68 points in a brutal "Whichever Team Makes Two Baskets in a Row Wins" slugfest against the Bobcats earlier this week.
That said, the Nets were something of a kryptonite for the Sixers last season, not only sweeping the season series, but winning two games in unbelievably soul-crushing fashion--the worse of which being the Devin Harris half-court buzzer beater, pictured above (albeit in fairly low resolution as to not cause me complete cardiac arrest). This seems like as sure a win as there'll be for the Sixers this NBA season, but really, there's no such thing for a team as young and fledgling as ours, and if the boys take the game lightly, I guarantee they'll end up paying for it with their lives. Or a loss. Whichever.
Tonight would especially be a good chance to look to get Elton Brand involved and feeling good again in the offense. Without Yi in the lineup, Elton'll be battling against a frontline combination of Brook Lopez, Josh Boone, Sean Williams and Eduardo Najera. Against those stiffs, at the very least, he shouldn't have to expend too much of his energy on the defensive end. Can we get 20 points tonight, Elton? One finish in traffic, at least? Please?
I'd like to say something like "If they can't even win THIS game convincingly, then season = over." And maybe that's what it is. But there'll be at least 77 games to come after it, and I don't want to say anything I might have to spend all 77 trying to weasel out of. Let's just say that winning would be a good thing to try to do tonight and leave it at that.
7:00 tip from the Wach. Let's all get back in that Ill State of Mind.
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