More WHEW! Actually not quite a whew! as I look at this more as a gift. I had assumed we would get this one, wasn't even going to bother being worried about it, and did not really develop much of a rooting interest until I suddenly realized we might legitimately lose as we fell behind by 10 with less than 6 minutes to go.
So, quick and easy theme in honor of the Wizards collection of, er, "talent" theme = Great Character Actors
Nocioni ( B- ) -- along with Kevin doing all our early scoring, but the defense was another matter, and he even pulled the Cisco and fouled Jamison on a 3pt shot to help the Wizards with their explosion -- fouled him hard too. Think we shut him down for the rest of the half afterwards, as Natt sent a strong message to the Wizards' bench about who the low dog on the totem poll really is. Went down inside effectively in the third and was physical on Jamison on the other end, although it shoudl be noted that Antawn was the only guy scoring for the Wiz that period. Repeatedly called for the ball at the three point line in the 4th but missed a number of open threes to help our lottery cause. As a strong 4/3 has the attributes to maybe contend with Jamison, but lost the battle again tonight, and his last tow opponents have combied to score 81.
Vincent Schiavelli -- born with a rare connective tissue disorder that explained his bizarrely elongated features, he rose to fame in One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest, had a major role in Ghost, and appeared in literally hundreds of movies and TV shows before passing away a couple of years ago from lung cancer at 57.
Thompson ( A- ) -- lit up by Blatche in the early going and you were thinking, oh boy, here we go again, but eventually turned into a strong performance. Settled in against smaller opposition to rack up the boards, but was unable to finish around the rim before half on anything other than being set up for dunks. Killed stubby groundbound Darius Songaila in the third, going over him again and again for boards and finishes and getting into several hustle battles down on the ground with him. Was also I think the only King to ever give the Kings a lead when he hit 2 FTs to make it 83-82 late in the third before we resumed our quest for the bottom. Some low blocks on sloppy Wizards guards, and on another night when our interior defense was putrid, Jason was at least trying in there. Had a couple of tough calls go against him, including what looked to be a terrible one to foul him out with 2 minutes to go. 14pts 14rebs and 4blks works just fine for a young big.
Brian Thompson -- with a huge predatory jawline and deep gravely voice, Brian has been the villain in dozens of movies and TV series. He's played psychopaths, aliens, vampires, klingons, you name it. Every once in a while he will mix in a tough guy special forces dude or something of that ilk. I remember distinctly his first major role, as a psycho serial-killer in Cobra across from Stallone. Had the perfect look and voice to really ham it up. Actually remmber his very first bit role ever as well, although I never knew it was him -- his debut was as the guy who gives Arnold his clothes at the very beginning of the Terminator.
Hawes ( B+ ) -- get this, Spencer in March has scored 20, 20, 19, 11, and now 20 pts. Get your 20ppg center right here folks? Just don't ask him to rebound or defend... Able to work freely over Songaila early, but Songaila was able to score back as we had no interior defense at all. No defense on Blatche either after switching onto him. Did break out a lot of offensive moves, both inside and of course all the way out to the 3pt line, and had a very effective first half...on one side of the ball at least. Slowed down and got finessy in the third, and the rebounding fell off even as our defense inside got tougher. Was blocked several times inside in the 4th, although the last one may have been a foul, and he picked up a technical for barking about it that would cost us at the end of the game when Cisco's toe on the line left us one point behind with 3 seconds to go when it could have still been tied wihtout giving up the free point. Didn't necessarily feel as good as a 20 and 9 game, but on the night our young center went for 20 and 9, and our young PF went for 14 and 14, and those are things to watch for down the stretch. If there is a way out of our mess, its through those kids. Now if they could only defend somebody. Anybody...
William Sanderson -- "hi, I am Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl" launched this prolific character actor on a long career of strange offbeat characters that has lasted over 20 years now.
Martin ( C ) -- scored our only early points as we were down 14-4 within 3 miniutes, and then settled back and worked his way to a completely average (for him) 12pt first half. Actually contained pretty well by Dominic McGwire in the third, but scored whenever left open off the double or help defense, or whenever he could get somebody on a switch. Used the up fake and jump into the guy move repeatedly to get to the line. Began to have a lot of turnvoer probelms with guys just picking him clean in the open court. Gets another pair of goat horns to add to what must look a hunting lodge at this point in his bedroom as he choked badly down the stretch. Again. And this was actually a good thing for us. Such a perverse season. In any case not only scored nothing in the 4th quarter, but after getting sent to the line on a touch foul at the 1:30 mark, choked not one, but both FTs, and when the game winning three at the buzzer was drawn up for him? Clank. Kings lin! Kings lin! What had started out pretty average, briefly turned pretty good, eventually turned fairly ugly as it was another 24 points on 14 shots!!!! night, except that it was on 5-14 shooting, with misses in the clutch, and 6 TOs.
Brad Dourif -- another famous character actor launched by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dourif has both the distinctive looks and distinctive voice of a true character actor, and has been playing characters with a dark side (or just plain dark, twisted, and often insane ones) for 30 years now.
So, quick and easy theme in honor of the Wizards collection of, er, "talent" theme = Great Character Actors
Nocioni ( B- ) -- along with Kevin doing all our early scoring, but the defense was another matter, and he even pulled the Cisco and fouled Jamison on a 3pt shot to help the Wizards with their explosion -- fouled him hard too. Think we shut him down for the rest of the half afterwards, as Natt sent a strong message to the Wizards' bench about who the low dog on the totem poll really is. Went down inside effectively in the third and was physical on Jamison on the other end, although it shoudl be noted that Antawn was the only guy scoring for the Wiz that period. Repeatedly called for the ball at the three point line in the 4th but missed a number of open threes to help our lottery cause. As a strong 4/3 has the attributes to maybe contend with Jamison, but lost the battle again tonight, and his last tow opponents have combied to score 81.
Vincent Schiavelli -- born with a rare connective tissue disorder that explained his bizarrely elongated features, he rose to fame in One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest, had a major role in Ghost, and appeared in literally hundreds of movies and TV shows before passing away a couple of years ago from lung cancer at 57.
Thompson ( A- ) -- lit up by Blatche in the early going and you were thinking, oh boy, here we go again, but eventually turned into a strong performance. Settled in against smaller opposition to rack up the boards, but was unable to finish around the rim before half on anything other than being set up for dunks. Killed stubby groundbound Darius Songaila in the third, going over him again and again for boards and finishes and getting into several hustle battles down on the ground with him. Was also I think the only King to ever give the Kings a lead when he hit 2 FTs to make it 83-82 late in the third before we resumed our quest for the bottom. Some low blocks on sloppy Wizards guards, and on another night when our interior defense was putrid, Jason was at least trying in there. Had a couple of tough calls go against him, including what looked to be a terrible one to foul him out with 2 minutes to go. 14pts 14rebs and 4blks works just fine for a young big.
Brian Thompson -- with a huge predatory jawline and deep gravely voice, Brian has been the villain in dozens of movies and TV series. He's played psychopaths, aliens, vampires, klingons, you name it. Every once in a while he will mix in a tough guy special forces dude or something of that ilk. I remember distinctly his first major role, as a psycho serial-killer in Cobra across from Stallone. Had the perfect look and voice to really ham it up. Actually remmber his very first bit role ever as well, although I never knew it was him -- his debut was as the guy who gives Arnold his clothes at the very beginning of the Terminator.
Hawes ( B+ ) -- get this, Spencer in March has scored 20, 20, 19, 11, and now 20 pts. Get your 20ppg center right here folks? Just don't ask him to rebound or defend... Able to work freely over Songaila early, but Songaila was able to score back as we had no interior defense at all. No defense on Blatche either after switching onto him. Did break out a lot of offensive moves, both inside and of course all the way out to the 3pt line, and had a very effective first half...on one side of the ball at least. Slowed down and got finessy in the third, and the rebounding fell off even as our defense inside got tougher. Was blocked several times inside in the 4th, although the last one may have been a foul, and he picked up a technical for barking about it that would cost us at the end of the game when Cisco's toe on the line left us one point behind with 3 seconds to go when it could have still been tied wihtout giving up the free point. Didn't necessarily feel as good as a 20 and 9 game, but on the night our young center went for 20 and 9, and our young PF went for 14 and 14, and those are things to watch for down the stretch. If there is a way out of our mess, its through those kids. Now if they could only defend somebody. Anybody...
William Sanderson -- "hi, I am Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl" launched this prolific character actor on a long career of strange offbeat characters that has lasted over 20 years now.
Martin ( C ) -- scored our only early points as we were down 14-4 within 3 miniutes, and then settled back and worked his way to a completely average (for him) 12pt first half. Actually contained pretty well by Dominic McGwire in the third, but scored whenever left open off the double or help defense, or whenever he could get somebody on a switch. Used the up fake and jump into the guy move repeatedly to get to the line. Began to have a lot of turnvoer probelms with guys just picking him clean in the open court. Gets another pair of goat horns to add to what must look a hunting lodge at this point in his bedroom as he choked badly down the stretch. Again. And this was actually a good thing for us. Such a perverse season. In any case not only scored nothing in the 4th quarter, but after getting sent to the line on a touch foul at the 1:30 mark, choked not one, but both FTs, and when the game winning three at the buzzer was drawn up for him? Clank. Kings lin! Kings lin! What had started out pretty average, briefly turned pretty good, eventually turned fairly ugly as it was another 24 points on 14 shots!!!! night, except that it was on 5-14 shooting, with misses in the clutch, and 6 TOs.
Brad Dourif -- another famous character actor launched by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dourif has both the distinctive looks and distinctive voice of a true character actor, and has been playing characters with a dark side (or just plain dark, twisted, and often insane ones) for 30 years now.
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