Quote of the day
"This game we caught fire and it was pretty hard to put it out." -- Philly guard Jrue Holiday, after a 109-92 beat-down of the Bulls in Chicago Daily blurb
It looks like the Bulls could have used that fire extinguisher that Amare liberated in Miami the night before. Most of the pundits seemed to think that the Bulls could handle the Sixers even with Derrick Rose out of action. After all, Rose had missed a lot of games (27, in which the team was 18-9) during the regular season, and Philly had not been playing well down the stretch. But after last night, Philly has to at least have a good dose of confidence, with the series heading to Philadelphia tied 1-1.
The Angels got complete game shutout last night from Jerome Williams - whose salary is certainly costing them a lot less than Albert Pujols. Pujols went 0-4, but did manage to get his 5th RBI of the season. Even that RBI was a bit depressing, though, as he came to the plate with runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, and only managed to ground out to the third baseman.
GuruGolf tees off early tomorrow morning in Charlotte, North Carolina. After the latest NBA season, Charlotte sports fans should be conditioned to low scoring.