An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Monday, March 30, 2015?
Celtics win a big one: Every game from now on is big for the four teams squabbling over the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. Two of those teams, the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets played last night and the Celtics won 116-104. With about eight games left, the Celtics, Hornets, Brooklyn Nets, and Indiana Pacers are all within 1.5 games of each other in the standings. This should make for an exciting end to the season. Line: Big win by the Celtics last night. Big win!
You don’t always win when you need (to): The Los Angeles Kings are in a similar position. They’re in ninth place in the NHL’s Western Conference and they are chasing two teams who are reasonably close in seventh and eight place. Losing 4-1 last night to the Chicago Blackhawks is not going to help their case. Line: Big loss for the Kings last night. Big loss!
Chalk reigns supreme: The women’s NCAA basketball tournament is running about a day behind the men’s tournament. Yesterday, the second two of four Elite Eight games were played, and pretty much like the men’s tournament, chalk (or the favorites) prevailed. The overwhelming favorite in the tournament, Connecticut, beat Dayton 91-70, and 1 seed Maryland beat 2 seed Tennessee 58-48 in a game that was closer than it seems from the score. With one minute to go, Maryland was only winning by three points. Line: Four number one seeds made it to the women’s Final Four. In some years, people would complain about that being indicative of a lack of depth in the women’s game. This year, with three number one seeds making it in the men’s tournament, I bet you’ll hear less of that.
