justus

Las Vegas - We'll dribble on to the NBA hardwood, and throw down on the Lakers -7.5 points over the Blazers tonight. L.A. finally did L.A. We had a big pile of chips on the LeBrons in game two, and it was NEVER in doubt. Speaking of LeBron, he had ONLY 10 points and the Lake Show still won by TWENTY THREE POINTS! What! Yea, Anthony Davis stepped up, BIG TIME, with 31 points and 11 boards. But the real key was the Pope, no, not the guy at the Vatican, although I hear he shoots WICKED GOOD from downtown, but Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. After throwing a bagel at the rim in game one, 0-5 from deep, 0-9 from everywhere, the Pope hit on 4 of 6 from the arc, 5 of 8 overall, and put up 16 points. Now if King James gets back to his normal production, 25+ points per game, which is his season average, expect the Purple & Gold to win by at least twenty points once again!

It's taken Justus Sheffield a while to figure things out, but he looks to be DIALED IN now. After two ugly starts to kick off the season, his last two have been gorgeous. Like 1 tiny earned run over 12 innings which works out to a SICK 0.75 ERA. Oh yea, you can throw in 11 Ks. Texas will send Jordan Lyles to the bump, and that's one big YUCH! Lyles has started four games, allowed 22 hits and 17 earned runs in ONLY 18 innings. Trust that Seattle will be KRAKEN the bats (see how I worked the new NHL team name in) and roll past the Rangers.

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