An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Wednesday, December 17, 2014?
Liverpool shows their class: The game between Liverpool, currently 11th in the top British soccer league, the Premier League and AFC Bournemouth, currently the best team in the second league, could easily be seen as a referendum on the difference between the two leagues. The result was a 3-1 Liverpool win, a clear result that showed Liverpool’s players to be bigger, faster, and more in control despite Bournemouth having some good chances to score. Line: Liverpool’s class showed through.
Bruins breakthrough: After a longish dry streak for Boston, the Bruins finally broke through and beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in overtime. It was particularly a relief for Bruins fans to see Loui Eriksson score the winning goal because one of the frustrating things during this slump has been tracking the success of Tyler Seguin, who the Bruins traded away primarily for Eriksson. Seguin has 23 goals so far this season, Eriksson now has six. Line: The Bruins may be ailing but I think they’ve got the power to climb up the standings again in the next couple months.
Epic triple overtime game in San Antonio: The Memphis Grizzlies finally won, 117-116 at the end of the third overtime period in their game against the San Antonio Spurs. The game was pushed into overtime when Marc Gasol, a seven footer who is much more comfortable scoring from within a few feet of the basket, hit a leaning three point shot in the last seconds of regulation. To me, the funniest thing to think about is how angry Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich must have been every time the game went to another overtime. He’s famous for being at the forefront of the movement to rest his players during the regular season, something that’s difficult to do when the game goes an extra fifteen minutes! Line: Three overtimes! Pop must have been pissed he had to play his guys so much longer.
