Fun with Sports 

Fun with Sports

I rarely find the time to watch an entire game of anything on TV, but I spent some time watching Vikings vs. Green Bay yesterday with my son. He was born in Minnesota, and I became a bit of a fan during six years there.

We were both watching during Randy Moss's second touchdown. I don't know: was he faking as he hobbled around the field for the few plays before the big one? He certainly made the commentators look like idiots: "he obviously can't play up to his usual standard; he can't run his routes; Green Bay doesn't have to double-cover him, and that frees up a safety; this makes it tough for Culpepper to find a receiver."

Suddenly, Moss is open, he signals to Culpepper (it's possible the play wasn't even called in the huddle), touchdown. And then the famous stunt in the end zone, which I must admit makes me laugh. (Incredibly, there's a plausible explanation for Moss's stunt).

I think over the years I've followed them (not very thoroughly) the Vikes have tended to have this big play/goofball mentality. It can be a lot of fun.

Meanwhile, how about those Raptors? I haven't actually seen a game on TV for a while, but I gather from summaries that Chris Bosh is coming more into his own, with lots of "double double" games--points and rebounds. If he is more aggressive under the basket, that should give him and his teammates more opportunity to score.

Yesterday, lots of players scored. The team shot about 80% in the third quarter. Bosh led in both points and rebounds, 21 and 17 respectively. Peterson tied Bosh with 21, but had only 4 rebounds. Alston had 15 and no rebounds. Araujo got 14 points at Center, along with 6 rebounds. Jalen Rose, no longer a starter, had 5 points and 3 rebounds in 21 minutes. Bonner and Murray scored 15 and 10. A decisive victory over Golden State, 109-87.

They lost to the Bucks on Friday by 2, but won last Wednesday and Monday.

The paper says the play-offs aren't in sight yet, but there are some promising signs. They are at .371, inches ahead of the Nets, and 5-5 over their last 10 games. I'm not seeing any more jokes to the effect that the best thing for coach Sam Mitchell to do is suit up and play.

If they are out of the draft lottery, does that mean they have played just well enough to deprive themselves of a new star player?

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