Wednesday, January 19, 2011

5-minute Major [20 January 2011]






OK, OK, Ohio State is quite legit; in the battle of "eyes" the newly No. 1 Bucks roasted the unranked (and winless in the Big Ten) Hawks, 70-48; the question now becomes how to beat them; and one presumes the answer lies in limiting David Lighty (18 points).....The Cavs lost their 14th in a row to the Suns; the silver lining is that the Heat haven't won a game since LeBron James's "karma" comment.....Minnesota was finally able to sign Carl Pavano to a 2-year, $16.5 million contract, settling most of their off-season business; perhaps the bigger story is that GM Bill Smith has somehow managed to open the historically tight wallet of owner Jim Pohlad to the tune of about $113 million this Opening Day.....The formerly undefeated (wasn't every team at one point undefeated?) Bearcats suffered their third loss in four games to the Irish, 66-58.....It took a JaJuan Johnson jumper with 3 seconds remaining to give the Boilermakers a 63-62 win over the Nittany Lions at Purdue.....In the battle of young guys who grab lots of rebounds, Blake Griffin scored more points, and his Clippers topped Kevin Love's T-Wolves, 126-111.....Welcome back, Niklas Backstrom!  After missing nine games with a sore hip, the Wild's best netminder was a perfect 37 of 37 in shutting out the Flames, 6-0.....At ease.

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