Soul

Get ready for the coronation ceremony.

In no way is that a flagrant. Jesus. I think it's over. Still time but it's just not happening for the Thunder. Random thought: I've always hated the 2-3-2 format. I've never agreed with giving the lower seed such an advantage for winning one of the first 2 games, and my opinion remains as strong as ever. Not that the Thunder should win this thing -- they've played too badly to justify it.

Alright. Mount a comeback in the 3rd and the game completely changes. Come on.

Yeah there were actually 2 concerts in 2 days, Roger Waters on Friday, Brad Paisley on Saturday, and then the Cubs played at Wrigley on Tuesday. It was bound to be terrible but I was still surprised at how bad it was. Yes, I was @ Wrigley June 14th. I can't remember who, but somehow it was reported there were two concerts, not just Roger Waters. I'm glad they are doing something about it. The dead grass all the way across the outfield was particularly visible. I was in the upper deck that day.

I know it's only the 2nd quarter but I think many channel changers are going to be used if the Thunder don't figure something out soon.

They needed to do something about that Roger Waters damage (I'm guessing that's what the repairs are about). Looking at some photos of the concert, I would have loved to go to it.

Guy can't even have a regular checkup without people losing it.

If Lebron wins tonight I expect he'll go from thick-rimmed style to full-on Elton John.

Somewhat misleading... It's that close because OKC won by 11 in the first game. Miami in their 3 wins have outscored OKC by 16 points. It's true what you said, but it's not like Miami are winning by 1 or 2 points games in this series. The teams are pretty even and OKC needs just anyone on their team to step up with Westbrook and Durant. That's the difference between the 2 teams. Heat are getting it and OKC are not, but when you look at OKC, who is going to do that for them if Harden can't do it? Maybe Ibaka or Thabo can surprise some people and score 15 in a game, but is that enough though? Ibaka hit double digits in 8 out of 19 playoff games, but only 2 were more than 14 pts and 4 were right at 10 pts. Thabo hit double digits once and it was 19 pts. Maybe Fisher could get hot from 3 pt land. Really... Harden HAS to be that guy and he has LITERALLY disappeared in this finals. Harden was avg 17.6 pts a game in the playoffs before the finals. Only 10.8 in the finals and that's with a 21 pt game. If all 3 of the Heats big guns play well, I don't see how OKC can counter often enough. It cascades down to the other Heat role players too. Plus, it grieves me that the Heat have Battier. Some league rule should have kept them from being able to have Lebron, Wade, Bosh, and then him too. I still think OKC can win again, which would mean they take tonight's game. It makes sense to me that they won't go quietly, but after watching 4 games' worth of basketball between these two teams the Heat look like the better team to me. If Lebron's injury is serious enough it could change things...

Thank you. I'll just let you explain it.

I'll be @ Wrigley June 30th!! Happy!

Seems like any time I look at 6 Cub games, it comes out to 2-4. We are a 2-4 kind of club.

Seems very clear to me.

Short series' prove nothing, but it's pretty ridiculous to say that the team which has had bonkers, once-in-a-lifetime performances from Shane Battier in Game 2 and Mario Chalmers in Game 4 is better. Miami has had nothing to do with Harden missing layups or not knowing if he should shoot. That's ridiculous. Miami is beating OKC on the court. 3 games in a row. Miami has had everything to do with winning those games. Nothing is being handed to them.

3 stars vs. 2. Not really. Horrible defense, no offensive execution and it's basically 2 vs 5 because nobody outside Durant and Westbrook can hit a shot. Okc has killed themselves If by killing themselves you mean that the Heat are clearly the better basketball team, then yes I agree.

Wouldn't be the case if Marmol could figure how to pitch like he did tonight on a consistent basis.

They like to work 'em.

3 stars vs. 2.

I think this series is over.

That was a great finish. I wonder if he was about to gesture towards Prandelli after when Bonetti basically clamped him Wow, what a shot. Incredible. Love the replay -- shows he had it all the way. It wasn't a lucky strike - he had it.

In 7 months, Clemens, Bonds,and Sosa all will appear on the HOF ballot. And then, we'll see much about the lay of the land over the steroid era. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/voters-face-difficult-decision-roger-clemens-hall-fame-article-1.1098175 This might be known as the great HOF steroid vote. By the way, I think Timmy nailed what will eventually become the stock description of the era:

Heh.

Whaaa?

Interesting when a 1st place team's crappy game lines up with a last place team's good game.

Yeah, and only one AB after Stone declared "he pulls everything these days." Maybe he was listening.