An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Thursday, November 20, 2014?
On any given Thursday: Well, it happened again. The most seemingly lopsided game of the week, the game I featured on my Do Not Watch This Game column because it was going to be so unfortunately one sided, turned out to be a close, exciting game where the underdog won. I gotta stop writing that column or at least I need to base it on something other than my prediction of which game is most predictable. The until last night winless Oakland Raiders beat the Kansas City Chiefs 24-20 on a rainy night in Oakland. Line: Bad though they may be, the Raiders are professionals and their pride shone through last night.
Better in Toronto: Crisis averted in Toronto, where two straight horrible losses for the city’s hockey team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, may have created a true city crisis. Instead, they’re celebrating a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. And just like that, they’re fine. Their record is ten wins, eight losses, and two overtime losses. That’s fine, everybody chill out! Line: Hey, the Maple Leafs are fine. Everything is fine in Toronto. Really.
A new day in California Basketball: Everything is topsy-turvy in the NBA in California this year. The Clippers are way better than the Lakers, as they showed last night by beating the Miami Heat comfortably 110-93, and the Sacramento Kings are consistently good. The Kings beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 103 to 88 last night. Line: Up is down, down is up, and the Kings and Clippers are good!?
Another early season upset in college basketball: The Syracuse Orange dropped their first game of the year 73-59 against the California Golden Bears. This game was part of an early season tournament called the 2K classic being played at Madison Square Garden. Cal now moves on to the finals to play Texas. Line: We’re used to seeing Syracuse play heroically in the Garden but I guess things have changed. What’s Next: California plays Texas tonight in the finals of the 2k classic, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
