So it's been a while since I posted. I've been busy with school and stuff. I'll take my last final tomorrow and then I'm free! For a couple of days until spring semester starts.... I need to get caught up on the world of sports, though. There has been a lot of exciting stuff going on, including and especially the NHL playoffs. Who knew, right? It might be kind of unexpected coming from me because I've never been much of a hockey fan, but it has very quickly risen to my top three favorite sports to watch. It goes 1) basketball, 2) soccer, 3) hockey, and then I don't really care as much. Football is probably number 4. Hockey is so smooth and fast-paced, and you can never go wrong with random fights thrown in here and there. This year's playoffs have been full of fighting and big hits. You can tell that these guys really care about the games. There are so many different teams who feel that they can win the whole thing, and it makes for great television. Here's to hoping that the NBA playoffs are just as intense and exciting this year.
Speaking of the NBA playoffs, is anyone else a little bit worried about the top few teams in each conference? Am I just a paranoid Bulls fan? I don't like all of these injuries. Sure, the team is still winning even without Rose and, sometimes, Deng and/or Rip, but we've seen what happens when Rose comes back and is rusty after missing multiple games. He did okay against New York, but the team as a whole didn't play that well. Then there was the game against Miami. Rose scored 2 points on I believe 1-11 shooting from the field. That was not a typo. It was his lowest point total in a game since he entered the NBA. Yeah, he was rusty, so we need to get him back on the floor for a few games before the playoffs start! Ughhh. The cool thing, though, about that Miami game was that Chicago basically beat the Heat with their bench. The starters weren't that good. Only when Taj, Omer (aka The Lurking Turk), Brewer, and the others came in did the Bulls make runs. They locked down Miami defensively.
Let's talk about Miami a little bit. I watched the footage of the huge party they had when Lebron and Bosh signed with them for the first time today. What a joke. It was telling when the announcer declared, "Here are your Miamiiiiiiiii Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaattttttt!!!!!" There were only three guys standing on the stage..................Here's a news flash for you, Miami: basketball is played with five players on the floor at a time. You might wanna look into that. And that's exactly what the Heat are: they're a two man show (sometimes three). You can't win a championship like that. Here's an idea, Lebron. If you wanna win "not one, not two, not three, not four," and so on championships, you better play with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five players. And you and Dwyane better decide what your roles are instead of doing this "Devil went down to Georgia" fiddle duel you've got going. If you don't, you're gonna lose to the Celtics in the playoffs before you even get the chance to meet up with Chicago.
Soccer time! The Champions League semi-finals are in full swing and both of the Spanish powerhouses went down in the first leg. Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid 2-1 and mighty Barcelona fell 1-0 to Chelsea. The Barca/Chelsea game was an anomaly. Barca had 24 total shots to Chelsea's measly 4. Barca won the possession battle 79% to 21%. Holy crap! And they lost!? I didn't watch the game, but I assume that most of the Barcelona shots and possession came in the second half. Chelsea scored right before halftime, and so they would have just packed it in and gone into defensive mode, hoping that they could hold on to the lead. And they did. Props to them. As for the other game. It looks to have been legit. Bayern just outplayed Real and came out on top.
So Pele says that Neymar is better than Messi. Come on, Pele. Really? After I heard this, I decided to go to the source of all wisdom and find out for myself. I looked up some videos of Neymar on YouTube. He reminds me more of Cristiano Ronaldo. He's more flashy. He'll dance around and complain about calls. Messi, on the other hand, just flat out delivers. If I'm a coach and I need a goal, I'm looking to Messi. He is the best player in the world right now, and there is no doubt in my mind that, barring an extreme turn of events, by the end of his career he will be absolutely in the discussion for the greatest player of all time. He just beat the all time scoring record for Barcelona.......and he's 24. He's 24 years old!!!! Is everyone else not flabbergasted by that? I am. I'm flabbergasted.
That's enough for now.
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