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The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards, 97-82, in their first playoff game this year to make the series 1-0. Larry Hughes had a breakout performance scoring 27 points, grabbing seven rebounds with one assist. Lebron James scored 23 points, with nine rebounds and seven assists. Although James proved his toughness today playing with a sprained left ankle.
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Devils Advance To East Semifinals
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Championship, NHL, Playoffs,
On Sunday, the New Jersey Devils advanced to the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. New Jersey Devil Brian Gionta scored two goals, and teammate Brian Rafalski scored one goal. The Devils wound up winning the series four games to two.
Dropping Dimes One-On-One Tourney: Round 1, Games 1 and 2
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features, Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers,
The fantasy basketball season has wrapped up and the real playoffs have started. That is enough to satisfy any NBA hoophead, but playoff pool action is not nearly as prevalent as regular season play. Furthermore, although the all-star game offers fifteen minutes of spotlight every year to the three-point shooting contest, and while the dunk contest has offered some drama over the years, the festivities always fall short of the hype. After all, the skills challenge gets props for being the only event that can attract the biggest stars (Lebron, Kobe, Nash and Chris Paul this year), but it hardly satisfies our appetites for seeing the best go against the best.
NBA players would never agree to a one-on-one tournament; the risk of injury and loss of pride would be too great. That does not prevent us from talking about it though. It would be the coolest event ever. If only we could rewind the clock and have the likes of Magic and Michael settle things on the court for real. This brings us to our latest Dropping Dimes feature, designed to bridge the gap between the end of this season and the end of the dogs of summer!
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Stat Geek Smackdown: 2007 Playoffs
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, NBA Finals, NBA Playoffs, Props, Site Announcements,
If you’re a fan of this web site, you’re likely a stat geek like the rest of us. While the fantasy season is over for the majority of us, we owe a debt of gratitude to Henry Abbott over at TrueHoop (recently acquired by ESPN) who has put together six of the biggest Stat Heads out there (seven, if you count his mother).
David Berry (U Cal), John Hollinger (ESPN),Jeff Ma (ProTrade), and Justin Kubatko (Basketball-Reference) are only a few of them.
Click here for all of the information, including bios of all the players involved.
I know I’ll be heading there for each round as these guys are amazing. Plus, they all pick the Cavaliers in either four or five games! What!? I’m biased, so what!
Enjoy, fellas…
Brooklyn Native Telfair Arrested on Gun Charge
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Editorial, NBA, News,
Current Boston Celtic and Brooklyn native Sebastion Telfair was arrested Friday for illegal possession of a loaded gun. Telfair, 21, was pulled over driving his SUV for speeding on a Yonkers road, going 77 miles per hour in a 45 mile an hour zone. The police officer found a loaded handgun underneath his seat.
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In a game vs. the Boston Red Sox, Alex Rodriguez continued his unprecedented 2007 homerun trend. In just 15 games he has now hit 12 home runs, including two shots against Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling on Friday night. His second shot sent Red Sox centerfielder Coco Crisp over the right-center field wall in Crisp’s effort to rob A-Rod of a home run.
But Rodriguez would not be denied.
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Stat’s All Folks: The Season Finale
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, NBA Draft, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Talent, Waiver Pick Ups,
It’s over. Go ahead and breathe that sigh of relief if you won on the final week of the season - THE championship or the consolation title - a win is a win. For those of you that lost, scream but know that the constant waves of anxiety are now over. Fortunately, I came out on the winning end of the PFS Experts League, beating SI.com Fantasy Sports Editor, James Quintong. Sorry, JQ, but someone had to win and I certainly don’t mind it being myself. I also won the DroppingDimes.com Roto Experts League, barely beating PFS and SI.com’s Matt Satten… by half a point! That’s 0.5!!! But enough about me.
Let’s get to the stats and those players that excelled in them (Blue Chippers), gave more production in the various categories relative to where they were drafted (Value Players), and those players that disappointed (Duds) this past season. I’ll review the big three categories a little more heavily since they’re the main categories for a reason. Afterwards, I’ll do a quick hit type of deal with treys, steals, and blocks, looking mostly at the positive to end on a happy note.
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Results Are In
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Site Announcements, Talent,
And that’s all she wrote, folks.
A special shout-out to Mikki Moore and Bostjan Nachbar for going a combined 13-19 from the floor to keep my FG% afloat. Oh, and beating the Bulls so my Cavaliers got the 2-seed was an added bonus. Well done, gentlemen. A great season all-around - unless you owned Dwyane Wade or Gilbert Areans, of course. Check you all soon…
Real World - Harlem: It’s Finals Time, And Money Is On The Line!
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Talent, Waiver Pick Ups,
Alright…Here’s the scoop. 10-teams, standard categories, and a decent amount of smack talk. After taking home the title in our fantasy football league this year (two titles in three years), I had a lot of people gunning for me in the hoops league. The draft went a bit awry when a ton of point guards flew off of the board early. My first picks were Elton Brand and Chris Bosh at 10 and 11, respectively. But I digress…
After experiencing the utter brutality of injuries to several of my top selections – Bosh, Michael Redd, Rashard Lewis – I managed to sneak into the post-season as a 5-seed. If I could just make it past the first round, I think I may have a chance to pull off the upsets needed. Oh, and let me preface this whole thing by saying that in my money league, which is in its third year, we count “Ejections” as a category. Yes…you may argue that it’s simply luck (or misfortune) that can win that category, but I will come right back at you with the fact that it’s Head-to-Head fantasy basketball and at this point, it’s all luck anyways.
On to the results…
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The defending world champion St. Louis. Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, with a score of 6-1. Tom Gorzelanny stole the show pitching 8.1 innings, giving up just four hits, striking out two, giving up one run and walking three. Pirates relief pitcher Matt Capps threw the last 2/3 of an inning to finish the game, he struck out both batters he faced.
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