Penguins 5 Flyers 4: Sid the Kid does it again. Sid the Kid tallies four points again. Last night, Sidney Crosby had two goals. Last night, Sidney Crosby had two assists. Big deal? So what? I’ll tell you so what.
I’ll tell you that was Crosby’s league-high fifth four-point game this season. I’ll tell you teammate Evgeni Malkin is second with four games of four-plus points. I’ll tell you Crosby’s four-point day came at the expense of Flyers goaltender Martin Biron. I’ll tell you it was Crosby’s fourth two-goal game versus Biron, his highest total against any goaltender. I’ll tell you unless Sid the Kid gets a goaltender of his own, these Penguins are going to continue to flounder no matter how many points he and Malkin put up.
Heat 97 Sixers 91: It was a long time coming. Andre Miller scored a season-high thirty points yesterday. Believe it or not, that makes Miller the first player to score 30-or-more in a game for Philadelphia since Andre Iguodala did it in April of last year. You do the math. Don’t want to? Fine. Be that way. I’ll do it. That gives you a span of fifty-nine games without a 30-point scorer. That gives you the second-longest span in franchise history. The Syracuse Nationals, who moved to Philly for the 1963-64 season, went seventy-six games without a 30-point scorer from January 1952 to February 1953. Seventy-six? Spooky.
Jazz 102 Hornets 88: Shades of John Stockton. In the world of point guards, this has been the year of Chris Paul. Deservedly so. But this guy’s pretty good too. Deron Williams is pretty good too. Last night, Deron Williams scored twenty big points. Last night, Deron Williams handed out thirteen big assists. Big deal you say? Who cares you say? I say D-Will now has had at least eighteen points and ten dimes in each of his last five games. I say that ties a franchise record. I say that ties a franchise record set by John Stockton. I say any time you do anything John Stockton done did, you’re doing something special.
Peace out homies. Six two and Even!
