Sunday, March 16

things that make me happy:
(only in basketball can you get this kind of entertainment)

Ricky Davis wanted to give himself a triple-double by shooting at the wrong basket, leaving Jerry Sloan fuming.

Davis had 28 points, a career-high 12 assists and missed his first career triple-double by one rebound as the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 122-95 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday.

After Utah's Scott Padgett scored with six seconds left, Davis took an inbounds pass and was ready to attempt a shot at the wrong basket to get his 10th rebound. DeShawn Stevenson wrapped his arms around Davis before the attempt and was whistled for a foul. Davis made two free throws to complete the scoring.

``He was trying to embarrass us, and that's not how the game should be played,'' Sloan said.

``This is not schoolyard basketball,'' the Utah coach said. ``Let him try to get it when the game means something. I was proud of DeShawn and I would have knocked him down harder. They can put me in jail for saying that, but that's the way it is.''


what's funnier, that ricky shot at his own basket, just to get a triple double (it's actually kind of pathetic, that he would need to try this sort of thing b/c he can't get it the normal way), or that the jazz STOPPED him from shooting at the wrong basket, even though it might have HELPED the jazz.

hilarious.



yakob at 11:55 PM

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