Banks' Saturday Morning Sports Corner - February 21st
2nd edition of the Saturday Sports Corner here. I’m up and at em in the cube, while most of you are struggling to put together the pieces of your Friday night. I can’t help you find your phone or the moneys from your wallet, but I can help you catch up on what you missed while you were out. Scores, highlights, and all the funny shit from the Friday night you never had. I tried to cut down on the GIF’s and replace them with more video this time around. Let’s fire it up!
NBA
Lot of action in the Association last night. If you were locked in to ESPN like I was, you watched my Wizards get absolutely bundled by the Cavs before the Steph Curry show started.
The Wiz losing by 38 at home makes a lot more sense when you realize the Cavs brought the fucking DUNK SHOW to Washington
And the Cavs just flat out-hustled the opposition and played heads-up basketball
So yeah, losing by 38 at home makes tons of sense. I don’t really know what the Wizards were supposed to do. Sometimes the opposition’s just en fuego.
Steph Curry continued to be Steph Curry against the Spurs, just buckets on buckets on buckets
Even tossed in a BTB dime for a splash
There were 12 other games too, here are all your scores:
Cavaliers 127, Wizards 89
Pelicans 84, Magic 95,
Pacers 106, 76ers 95
Raptors 105, Hawks 80
Bulls 91, Pistons 100
Heat 111, Knicks 87
Suns 109, T-Wolves 111
Nuggets 81, Mavericks 89
Blazers 76, Jazz 92
Spurs 99, Warriors 110
Boogie Cousins was the performer of the night pouring in 31 with 15 boards, including this coast-to-coast rim rocker
Wiggins is back with the poster of the night
Adrien Payne’s rejection turned into a circus bucket on the other end
NHL
Plenty of hockey action to go around with 7 games last night. Scores:
Maple Leafs 1, Hurricanes 2
Canucks 2, Devils 4
Rangers 3, Sabres 1
Bruins 1, Blues 5
Avalanche 4, Blackhawks 1
Wild 4, Oilers 0
Ducks 6, Flames 3
Justin Fontaine scored himself a G with a pretty little deflection
He thought he was going to have seconds, but Ben Scrivens had other ideas
Scrivens also has no patience for fair weather fans, and neither does this guy.
Oilers jersey thrown on ice tonight. Scrivens threw it back. Guy who threw it reportedly got beer dumped on his face pic.twitter.com/jC2ezq2vsE
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 21, 2015
Malcom Subban bombed in his debut for the B’s and was pulled after allowing 3 goals on 6 shot attempts. Tuukka was none too pleased that his night off got ruined
I have zero clue how Kris Versteeg chipped his tooth here but the refs somehow weren’t buying what he was selling either
MY FUCKING TOOTH IS GONE
And Corey Crawford was the goat of the night with this gaffe
PGA
This week takes us to the Los Angeles area for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. The difference between Riviera and Pebble Beach last week has been night and day. Birdies have been much fewer and far between. Last week Brandt Snedeker won (as I predicted, nbd) with an absurd 22-under 265. Not to mention the cut came in at a healthy -6 (albeit after 3 rounds). This week’s scores have been much higher, and the cut was made at +3. Old man Retief Goosen leads the way at -6, but there’s a good crowd right on his heels. 21-year old rookie Justin Thomas is a name you should get to know sooner rather than later, and I wouldn’t be shocked if he pulls this thing out. Hard to pick against defending champion Bubba Watson, though. He crushed the weekend last year with a pair of 64’s, and I think he can do it again. Bubba’s my pick.
Goosen sank this 30 footer to card a 70 and take the lead into Saturday.
Highlight of the week was Scott Piercy spending most of his Thursday on the beach as Trent so eloquently blogged.
Shark Tank Recap (spoilers, so if you haven’t watched it yet, skip to T &A at the end)
First off I just want to say Shark Tank is the cream of the crop of Friday night television and it’s not even close. I’d go as far as to say it’s the best reality show on TV too. It’s appointment television. There’s something to be said about a show where Mark Cuban isn’t even the one who steals it on a weekly basis. That honor goes to Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O’Leary. Dude kills it week in and week out by just being the stingiest, savviest, most manipulative motherfucker in the Tank.
Last night’s episode was an all-timer. It was basically a bunch of college assholes who thought their ideas were going to save the world. We had some sort of flashlight bag powered by solar energy, which Cuban snatched up with last-second offer. We had backpacks made with fabrics from 3rd world countries, which got shot down fairly quickly. I’m confident that one only made the show because the chick was a decent 7.
And we had some sort of ventilation system that garnered some heavy bidding and Robert scooped up for $750k for 14%. Quality stuff with all 3 pitches at that point, as is typical. But the showstopper was this cat who built a 99 cent app with a database of unclaimed scholarships.
First off, great idea and a solid pitch. He says he’s personally received $1.3 million in scholarships (which is just silly) and mentioned that $100 million in scholarships go unclaimed every year. Right from the get go, Cuban was ready to jump out of his chair. But this moron’s asking price was only $40k for 15% of the company. So Lori immediately offered that deal, Daymond jumped in with her, and they pressured the kid into taking it before the others could even get a question in. Kid had no poise, no composure whatsoever. The sharks were eating right out of his hand. Probably could’ve gotten $100k for 15% if he wanted to. He was oblivious walking in with that asking price and even more oblivious when he walked out pleased with himself. Gave that same “oh I’m so happy to team up with a shark” bullshit that they all give. Helllloooooooooo??? Anyone home Mcfly?!? Cuban’s the internet guy. He’s the app developer. He was the one dying to hear more about how the company would work moving forward. Maaaaybe you take that shitty deal with him, but not Lori and Daymond. Come on guy.
The other sharks were fucking furious with Lori and Daymond. I swear Cuban’s head was going to explode into a million pieces right there on the set. Robert was kind of being a pussy with his “woe is me, I never wanted handouts” attitude, but he’s absolutely right that they swindled the kid. But it’s nobody’s fault but the kid’s. It was clear as day the other sharks wanted in, and they could’ve offered that same deal and they didn’t. So even though Lori was a real bitch and was full of shit with her high-horsed charity nonsense, she was 100% right that it was just sour grapes from the others. Full pitch and the aftermath here.
Alright here’s your T&A for the week. Take us home Nina!
