Wednesday, December 31, 2003
SUPERSONICS 105, GRIZZLIES 99
Get ready for your lame day-late Sonics recap, aided by the Sportsline recap, the boxscore, SportsCenter, and what I heard of the game from Kevin Calabro and Billy McKinney...
Instead of showing actual worthy (and sequential) highlights like they usually do, SportsCenter decided to take away any sense of flow that viewers usually look forward to during the game -- they merely pointed out the fact that all 12 of the Sonics on the roster played and scored, then went about showing every Sonic player hitting a basket. If SportsCenter used the same rationale on Sunday for the Vikings/Cardinals game, you would have seen the final touchdown catch followed by some McCown scrambles from earlier in the game.
The Sonics won this game by six points, though the Griz were without the recovering-from-concussion Bonzi Wells.
Sonic color commentator Billy McKinney pointed out that Ray Allen was having an off night. Even so, Allen scored 22 pts and had 6 boards and 4 assists.
With Allen having an off night, Rashard Lewis went nuts, lighting up Shane Battier and the Griz for 33 points and 6 boards.
Brent Barry had a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists.
The other Sonic in double figures: Richie Frahm.
The Sonics followed up their 3pt brickfest from the Houston game with a more sparkling 11-of-23 night from downtown.
Instead of showing actual worthy (and sequential) highlights like they usually do, SportsCenter decided to take away any sense of flow that viewers usually look forward to during the game -- they merely pointed out the fact that all 12 of the Sonics on the roster played and scored, then went about showing every Sonic player hitting a basket. If SportsCenter used the same rationale on Sunday for the Vikings/Cardinals game, you would have seen the final touchdown catch followed by some McCown scrambles from earlier in the game.
The Sonics won this game by six points, though the Griz were without the recovering-from-concussion Bonzi Wells.
Sonic color commentator Billy McKinney pointed out that Ray Allen was having an off night. Even so, Allen scored 22 pts and had 6 boards and 4 assists.
With Allen having an off night, Rashard Lewis went nuts, lighting up Shane Battier and the Griz for 33 points and 6 boards.
Brent Barry had a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists.
The other Sonic in double figures: Richie Frahm.
The Sonics followed up their 3pt brickfest from the Houston game with a more sparkling 11-of-23 night from downtown.
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