Soft? Dirk will give you soft -- right in the kisser.
After struggling for his 3rd game in a row last week, Dirk was asked what he thought might be the source of the problem. "I'm soft," he joked, referencing his great nemeses, the TNT commentators, and lightening the mood at a somber press conference.
Before you think to yourself, "maybe Dirk is still soft," you might want to ask the Bulls. Three minutes into the Mavs' 102-94 win in Chicago last night, Dirk drove the lane. Kirk Hinrich stuck his enormous mug in the way and took an elbow to the noggin. They didn't call the block, but there's no way Kirk would remember that. He crumpled like tissue paper, sustaining a concussion and heading to the hospital for CAT scans [negative, natch].
That wasn't all. Later, Dirk took the ball to the hoop, and after Luol Deng did his best impression of the patented Heinrich Facial Obstacle, he was left clutching his chin and searching for a front tooth. He finished the game with gauze balled up in his mouth.
Oh, and Dirk scored both times, too, on his way to a big night. After watching him spin, drive, post up, and take a couple motherf***ers out, it's safe to say the mini-slump is over.
His second consecutive big game was much needed, though, as the Bulls weren't the only team suffering injuries. After losing Howard to an ankle injury, Christie to retirement, and not having Stackhouse at all, Dallas saw Jason Terry go down with a hammy pull early in the first half.
How about that bench, huh?
Adrian Griffin was watching NBA League Pass on his couch two weeks ago, now he's posting elite fantasy numbers: 14 pts, 12 rebs, 3 ast, 2 stl, 50% FG. Devin Harris was slinging the ball all over the court, notching 10 assists. He also scored 13 and stole the ball from Ben Gordon 4 times (5 steals total). Darrell Armstrong even got into the act, skying for a fast break block on Piatkowski. Good thing, too -- the Mavs needed this big road win to keep pace with the Grizzlies. [Wow, sure feels weird to have to say that.]
More embarrassing for the Bulls than their glass jaws were their throwback unis:
Before you think to yourself, "maybe Dirk is still soft," you might want to ask the Bulls. Three minutes into the Mavs' 102-94 win in Chicago last night, Dirk drove the lane. Kirk Hinrich stuck his enormous mug in the way and took an elbow to the noggin. They didn't call the block, but there's no way Kirk would remember that. He crumpled like tissue paper, sustaining a concussion and heading to the hospital for CAT scans [negative, natch].
That wasn't all. Later, Dirk took the ball to the hoop, and after Luol Deng did his best impression of the patented Heinrich Facial Obstacle, he was left clutching his chin and searching for a front tooth. He finished the game with gauze balled up in his mouth.
Oh, and Dirk scored both times, too, on his way to a big night. After watching him spin, drive, post up, and take a couple motherf***ers out, it's safe to say the mini-slump is over.
His second consecutive big game was much needed, though, as the Bulls weren't the only team suffering injuries. After losing Howard to an ankle injury, Christie to retirement, and not having Stackhouse at all, Dallas saw Jason Terry go down with a hammy pull early in the first half.
How about that bench, huh?
Adrian Griffin was watching NBA League Pass on his couch two weeks ago, now he's posting elite fantasy numbers: 14 pts, 12 rebs, 3 ast, 2 stl, 50% FG. Devin Harris was slinging the ball all over the court, notching 10 assists. He also scored 13 and stole the ball from Ben Gordon 4 times (5 steals total). Darrell Armstrong even got into the act, skying for a fast break block on Piatkowski. Good thing, too -- the Mavs needed this big road win to keep pace with the Grizzlies. [Wow, sure feels weird to have to say that.]
More embarrassing for the Bulls than their glass jaws were their throwback unis:
Griffin: "Damn, that's ugly."
Nocioni: "For the love of God, who dressed me tonight?!"
If I was playing against some dudes in those outfits, I'd want to punch 'em in the kisser, too.
posted by Marc @ 9:57 AM
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