In order to realize how important this win was to me personally, you have to know 3 things:
1.) My parents, for Christmas, gave me and my girl Anita great seats to this game . I can't think of a better gift than that.
2.) My birthday is on Thursday. I will be a luscious 28 years old. (I'm one of those people that takes their birthday very seriously. It's my favorite day of the year.) So this was not only a Christmas gift, but a birthday treat, and a gift from the Grizzlies to their #1 fan.
3.) I have a hopeless, insane crush on Bonzi Wells ever since he got traded to the Grizzlies over 2 years ago. When he was traded to Scaramento for Bobby Jackson in the off-season, I was devastated (but at the same time, I realize that Jerry knows best, so I accepted it.)
So, all in all, it was a great game for me. The Grizzlies won in a decisive victory, and, while Bonzi didn't play tonight due to injury, I did get to see him on the bench in his little suit looking fine with his egg-shaped head and adorable smile that I love so much.
This game started out bad, really bad. By the end of the first quarter, we were down 30-18. But in a dominant 2nd quarter performance, the Grizz pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and managed to take the lead at the end of the first half. From then on, it was smooth sailing.
Mike Miller had his first career triple double. He was all over the place, playing the point at times, taking threes, grabbing rebounds. He did it all tonight.
Pau also had a great game with 20 first half points and 27 overall.
It was a great game. And to my boys, if yall can hear me: thanks for such a beautiful birthday present! I loved every minute of it!
Congrats on the game, and happy birthday! What do you know, we're exactly the same age. At least for a few more months.
Trash talk is hard to come by, with the Grizzlies playing so well. Hopefully, there will be a Grizz-Jazz playoff match-up. Then I'll let it fly.
During lunch, I was watching Fratello brag about the progress of Pau.
Mike Miller w/ a triple double? Has the world gone insane?
I was going to wish you a happy birthday in Spanish, but pup beat me to it. Hope all your birthday wishes come true. I look forward to when our teams square up again, though it is still a ways away.
StaMar: I don't know about having a "raving crush" on Bonzi Wells. Sadly enough, watching Bonzi play will never be the same again. I think I'll refrain altogether.
The irony is that you live in Memphis, and are a Spanish teacher...while I live about 40 minutes from the border...and have a mental block on learning any Spanish. I can barely get my order straight at Taco Cabana.
"A.I. lights it up for 46...in a loss"
The Jazz just can't get any credit. They beat the Pistons, beat Iverson...what do they have to do?
If it wasn't for that loss to the Grizz...they would have quite a little streak going.
Sloan reported that certain fans of the Grizz purposely distracted Jazz players during that game. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you StaMar?
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Shooter: Gosh I hope I didn't ruin Kings basketball for you! And I know how you feel about not getting any credit. This is the first year the Grizz have gotten any love at all, and its still just that we are "underrated". Plus, isn't that what the fans are there for? To distrct the opposing team? To heckle them? To call them pansies?
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. If anyone wants to get me a gift, Grizz tickets are always appropriate! (ha!)
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Well, you didn't really ruin Kings basketball for me. I didn't plan on watching anyway. I'd rather sit thru a Daisy does America marathon(yuck).
And perhaps Sloan didn't really blame the loss on distraction. I think he said "our team was dressed good, but played ugly".
I teach Spanish in Memphis, so you know I gotta love Pau and the Grizz. My family is in California, Oregon, Washington, so I also have dirty little feelings for the Warriors, Kings, Blazers, and Sonics. But no matter how much I love another team, if they ever play my Grizzlies, watch out, I'm making voodoo dolls out of 'em.
