If the Giants weren’t out winning Super Bowls this weekend, the biggest sports news in New York likely would have centered around the hardwood. Basketball had several exciting stories, some career performances, that shouldn’t go unnoticed, but because of Eli Manning’s magic, they probably will.
So, in case you missed it, let’s go over what happened — and I’m not talking about what Mr. Harvard Jeremy Lin did for the Knicks against the Nets (though what Lin did was nothing short of remarkable). Instead, what the Nets’ Anthony Morrow did this weekend was just short of super stardom.
Morrow turned in a lights out performance in the Nets’ 3-point loss to the Timberwolves last Friday night. New Jersey’s starting shooting guard poured in a magnificent 42 points on a blistering 8-for-11 shooting job from behind the 3-point arc. In total, Morrow was 13 of 20 from the floor and a perfect 8 for 8 from the charity stripe.
He was limited to just 2 of 5 shooting from behind the arc and 11 points ...
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