This MUST be photoshopped…right?
Other than responsibility and lineups at the bank, there’s nothing I’m better at avoiding than the details of a PVR’d game. No radio, no text messages or GMail chats, and most important, stay away from the TV. Unfortunately, after I got home from dinner last night I caught an ESPN headline: “Dunleavy rips crippled Raps”. I immediately wrote Arsenalist and we had this brief exchange:
Me: Hey man, I PVR’d the game, should I watch it?
Arsenalist: Oh no, absolutely not.
Me: Are you sure? I mean, how bad wa–
Arsenalist: Absolutely not.
And that was that. Dee-leet. I’m going to save myself the stress; the week has been trying enough, I don’t need to punctuate it by throwing a wine glass against the wall as Kareem Rush burns our house down.
Even though I erased any evidence of a loss to the O’Neal, Tinsley, and Granger-less Pacers (just saying it makes my stomach turn), I can, like anyone who’s been following this team over the last 57 games, almost picture it in my head. At least I don’t have to listen to Chuck making excuses for us saying anything at all.
The box score shows the Pacers hitting 12 three’s and getting to the line an amazing 31 times (and hitting 26 for 83%). As was coined by reader JonW, Michael “Jordan” Dunleavy was gosh-darn peeved after the loss in Indy and took it out on our porous, unintelligent perimeter defence. It also shows Stephen Graham scoring 16 points in 21 minutes, which I assume HAS to be a misprint.
It’s like a bad, bad dream.
The dream, getting worse.
I think I’m better off for not watching this game, I really do. Smarter, saner, healthier.
