SocraticGadfly: NBA Finals thoughts, Game 1

June 08, 2006

NBA Finals thoughts, Game 1

1. Can the halftime announcers pronounce Nowitzi correctly? Dudes, the “w” in German has a “v” sound; and it’s not like he hasn’t been First Team All-NBA the last two years.

2. Josh Howard needs to handle the ball better in future games. Outside of Dirk’s shooting struggle, or maybe even not outside of that, this was the biggest threat to the Mavs’ winning Game 1.

3. Shaq’s a thug. Don’t give me that “He’s 7-1 and 325 pounds” crap for the brutalness of either the elbow to Dirk’s jaw or the shove of Jason Terry late in the game.

4. That is actually Dallas playing defense, not just Miami shooting badly. The Heat scored less than 50 points total after the first quarter.

5. Is Pat Riley’s facelift about to crack? I heard one columnist saying he’s looking more like Grandpa Munster every day.

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