Lakers and Cavs: Numbers for the NBA Finals
April 17, 2009Yankees hit 5 home runs in another frustrating loss for the Tribe
April 18, 2009While We’re Waiting aims to be the round-up of the recent WFNY-esque information for your morning viewing. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar.
LeBron joins KG as the only player in history to win the Player of the Month Award four times in one season: “During April, James ranked first in free throws made (57), third in points (29.9), tied for third in field goals made (68), fourth in free throws attempted (65), tied for fifth in field goals attempted (128), sixth in three-pointers attempted (39), seventh in assists (6.6), tied for eighth in three-pointers made (39) and ninth in field goal percentage (53.1) among Eastern Conference players.” [Cavs.com]
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Ray Small has an attitude adjustment…for now: “I couldn’t leave as the bad guy,” Small, a Glenville High grad, said Friday. “I wanted to show the world I can do it. I didn’t want to go out on that note.” [Doug Lesmerises/The Plain Dealer]
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Is Jhonny Peralta’s elbow injury more serious than originally thought: “Depending on how the elbow responds to treatment, Peralta might be asked to undergo an X-ray or MRI scan. Peralta said he twisted his elbow when he ran into Posada’s shin guard, as the catcher tried to block the plate.” [Sheldon Ocker/Akron Beacon Journal]
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The curious case of Benjamin Wallace: “Unlike the Celtics, who have pretty much ruled Garnett out for the postseason, the Cavaliers are still expressing some hope that Wallace will be back soon. But also unlike the Celtics, they are not willing to set a date on it…the Cavs never set a timetable for him and have simply left him as “doubtful” on their injury report, which was unchanged when he couldn’t take part in most of practice either Thursday or Friday. ” [Brian Windhorst/The Plain Dealer]
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Bill Lubinger wrote an article this morning on the Miracle of Richfield. This is the remarkable video of the final seconds of Game 7 in the “Miracle.” The quest for an NBA title begins today and most likely this team will create some of its own remarkable video for the archives. For good and bad, Clevelanders always embrace their sports history and this is certainly a video to get you fired up as the playoff march begins today. What would have to happen in order for the fans to rush the floor and tear down the baskets at the Q as they do at the end of this game? It is really a different era.
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I hope Wallace is able to come back, but as of right now it seems like there is no point to rushing him back for the first two rounds. We are a good enough ball club to take care of Detroit or Atlanta/Miami without him, but we better have him before Boston/Detroit or LA. He makes our defense so much better and there is no doubt that we are a more complete team with him in the lineup.
Thanks for the link to that Cavs victory in 1977. Synder made the final basket and, in the final four seconds, managed to knock the ball away from the Bullets… twice! Would love… check that… would kill to see Clevelanders get up and tear down the baskets like that against the Lakers. What passion those fans had!
I loved Richfield Coliseum. I saw the Cleveland Force there as well as the Cavs. There was a strangely comforting and classy quality to Richfield Coliseum. It wasn’t as noisy and crass as many sports stadiums and arenas are today, and the views were just delicious.
It was an imposing thing to approach, even more so perhaps since I was quite small at the time. It was a massive tower-like structure in the middle of nowhere. It was like you were driving into a scene from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (to make an illusion in keeping with the era).
That Peralta news could be big. I thought it was just a minor tweak, but if he needs an MRI, the team must be concerned.
Man, I hate the Yankees…
self-obsessed correction: that was supposed to be “an allusion in keeping with the era,” not “an illusion,” although I suppose both words could fit the context!