The People’s Playoff Book It: Sport Tsar – Day 4.5
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar has taken the lead at 3. Following a push last night, here it goes for a streak of 4:
CLEVELAND [-4.5] over Washington (home team in CAPS)
Both of the games tonight somewhat irk me. Won’t be any better as the playoffs carry on and there’s fewer and fewer games each day. It’s my Day 4.5 so I’ll go with the 4.5 point spread. Anyways - Cavs have the momentum going in their favor. Agent Zero is banged up. Let’s close the lid on this one.
[Sports Tsar’s Streak: 3 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Itchy | Food: Redballs Rock & Roll Pizza]
Comments (2)Ep. 302: The Moon’s Out
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On today’s show, Skeets and I discuss the end of the Suns: Is the window closed? Should coach D’Antoni get canned? What happened to Steve Nash? We also hear from Amare Stoudamire, compare this year’s playoffs to last, and much, much more. Tell your friends.
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Comments (21)The People’s Playoff Book It: Sport Tsar – Day 4
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar has taken the lead at 3. For a streak of 4:
Phoenix [+5] over SAN ANTONIO (home team in CAPS)
Aside from Game 3, Phoenix has kept it fairly close, even at San Antonio. Prior to this series, the Suns have proven they could beat the Spurs, winning their final two meetings in the Shaq era, including a 17-point blowout in San Antonio. They will stave off elimination and prolong their season at least another game.
[Sports Tsar’s Streak: 3 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Sexual | Food: Chocolate Wafers]
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Comments (2)Ep. 301: Ka-Kaw, Ka-Pow
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On today’s show, Tas and I discuss The Armadillo Cowboy and his wild-eyed Hawks, the Raptors lack of identity, pathetic Nuggets fans, menacing gang-sign fines, and much, much more. Do enjoy.
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Comments (9)The People’s Playoff Book It: Sports Tsar – Day 3
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. The top dog was all alone at 2, but Sports Tsar has tied him up. For the lead:
LA Lakers [-4.5] over DENVER (home team in CAPS)
Screw it - let’s go for the sweep. The Nuggets have lost the will to live/play basketball.
[Sports Tsar’s Streak: 2 | Longest Streak: 2 (Tie) | Mood: Headache | Food: Booze Platter]
Comments (5)Ep. 300: Smooth Moves Exlax
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On today’s show, Skeets and I look at the current situations many were expecting when Shaq and J-Kidd were traded. We also evaluate the Nuggs, use some 20/20 hindsight, and smell fish while J-Ho smokes the ‘dro. All that, and much, much more. Enjoy!
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Comments (26)The People’s Playoff Book It: Sports Tsar – Day 2
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. The top dog stands at 2. Sports Tsar is at 1:
Detroit [-5] over PHILADELPHIA (home team in CAPS)
I just don’t see the Detroit Pistons going down 3-1. Chauncey and ‘Sheed will turn it around and the series will return to Detroit tied 2-2.
[Sports Tsar’s Streak: 1 | Longest Streak: 2 (Forzani Lemon) | Mood: Sweaty | Food: Camel Lights]
Comments (1)The People’s Playoff Book It: Sports Tsar – Day 1
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. The top dog stands at 2. Sports Tsar on the mic:
LA Lakers [+1.5] over DENVER (home team in CAPS)
The Lakers have been killing the Nuggets all year. They won all their regular season matchups, including the one in Denver - and that was without Pau Gasol. Look for the dominance to continue in Game 3.
[Sports Tsar’s Streak: 0 | Longest Streak: 2 (Forzani Lemon) | Mood: Greek | Food: Baklava]
Comments (6)Ep. 299: Supermen
The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 299 (.mp3)
On today’s show, Tas and I thank the Wiz for droppin’ the Hack-a-Bron nonsense, mock the media for sayin’ T-Mac “took over” in the fourth, and applaud the Raps’ starting line-up switch. We also discuss whether momentum has truly changed in any of these series, share some thoughts from our ACC experience, and much, much more. Enjoy!
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Comments (8)The People’s Playoff Book It: TCO – Day 2
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. The top dog stands at 2. TCO has got 1:
Cleveland [+5] over WASHINGTON (home team in CAPS)
“LeBron James is overrated.” “Soulja Boy is overrated.” The Washington Wizards are more and more becoming like Soulja boy. Played out. Washington has always been an entertaining team, and had an excellent stretch, but now they simply seem lacking. This pick pains me as I love the characters on the Wizards and am neither a LeBron nor a Cavaliers fan, but alas, ’tis must be picked. The best question is, what next for Washington? Do they resign ‘Twan and Agent 0? Do they entertain offers or Gil? Does Gil end up a Clipper? Also, I would have picked Orlando, but I must not tempt the curse of picking against the Raps on a site run by two Raps fans.
[TCO’s Streak: 1 | Longest Streak: 2 (Forzani Lemon) | Mood: Balanced | Food: Double Double, Animal Style Fries & Milk Shake]
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