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the series: When it mattered most, Iverson was feeling it all series. A huge
victim of his attacks was Vince Carter, who had couldn't answer the man they
call "The Answer" in the end.
76ERS WIN!!!The
Philadelphia 76ers finally completed the inevitable and finished off the Toronto
Raptors. A big week all around for Philly and especially Allen Iverson. Iverson
won the MVP and after the pregame presentation during game 5 was done, Iverson
gave thanks for the award by proving why he won in the first place dropping
54 points. The haters would still say that he doesn't pass and that Philly is
nothing without him. So on game 7, the Sixers erased all of those questions.
Allen Iverson didn't shoot well, but got some clutch baskets throughout the
game and had 21 points. The big stat was his career high 16 assists. From start
to finish, Iverson showed complete trust in his team to win the game and they
all responded with many players taking turns scoring big baskets. Aaron McKie
led all scorers with 23 points. The final score of game 7 was 88-87 Philly.
Toronto had a chance to win when inbounding the ball with 2 seconds left in
Philly's end. Vince Carter had a pretty good look, but his off-balance three
pointer went off the back of the iron and the rest is history. The big difference
was in how the respective stars approached the game. Iverson embraced the pressure
of game seven and said "I'm not ready for summer vacation". All but assuring
a win. Vince Carter meanwhile, ducked all questions asked of him and merely
said "I'm ready to play" with no regard of whether his answers had any relevance
to the question. I think Vince is a great player but his head is a little loose.
He needs to visit the Wiz and get some heart. It worked for the tin man.
REC NIGHT @ TY'S:
Monday I wen to play ping-pong at Tyler's house. Graham won four in a row and
took our series at Tyler's house, 4 games to 1. I was clearly outclassed, outplayed
and overmatched that night. I admit defeat and must take it like a man. My only
hope now is to redeem myself by winning the series at my house which is tied
1 game apiece. Graham also dropped both me and Tyler at NHL 2001. How this happened
is beyond me. However, Graham was definitely "King Of Recreation" for the night
and no one would take that crown from him. Especially since when Tyler broke
out Street Fighter on playstation, Graham wisely passed. I beat Tyler in every
match except one, where I used Dhalsim. I am the king of street fighter.
OTHER PING-PONG:
Saturday night, I played ping-pong with my dad. We had a best of three series
and I beat him 2 games to 1. I was very high on myself and started to sing "We
Are The Champions". Then my dad asked if I wanted to play for five bucks. Always
wanting more money, my eyes lit up. We played and in the end, I suffered a 2
games to 1 series loss. I was furious. I threw my paddle on the ground, whipped
a ball of the wall, tore my paper crown, threw pillows and pounded the couch.
I was very upset for being a ping-pong loser all week.
FUNBO ALBUM REVIEW:
This week, I'm reviewing "Warriorz", the 2000 release from New York rap group
M.O.P. This album is what New York needed. It gives people some gritty underground
hip-hop that is 100% grime, 0% shine. The only mention of jewels and other things
of the nature come in one of the album's highlights, "Ante Up (Robbing Hoodz
Theory)" where they tell people to give up the goods. Lyrically, M.O.P. continue
to give what their fans expect, street knowledge that breathes new life into
the eastcoast hardcore scene. Musically, it's all DJ Premier. When Primo is
involved in the project, it's a given that the beats will be on point. If you
are a fan of M.O.P. or gritty rap at all, pick up this album. The best songs
are "Ante Up", "Cold As Ice", "On The Front Line" and "Welcome To
Brownsville".
BASKETBALL JONES: Jeff and I played some basketball after golfing. I'm starting to like playing ball during the day before church ball. We played one on one and I won this one 11-6. Jeff tried to redeem himself in a game of 21. That is when the real fun began. I beat Jeff 21-20, but the score was deceiving. Multiple times, I had 20 points and shooting free throws, I chose to sink it and put myself back at one to keep shooting. I even did it when Jeff had 19 points. So the final score was really 81-20.
Church ball had another successful week. More people came out again this week and we had a couple of good full-court games and then we followed up with some half-court four on four games. Those went well for the most part but in the end, our team didn't play as good as we could. I feel that we play bad when some of us insist that everyone should bang inside and ignore the perimeter game. I know that if I'm on a team and they tell me to go inside all the time, they are killing my game. I'm better creating off the dribble on the outside and taking jumpers. Regardless, it was good fun because we were there for about three hours. Good times.
Saturday, Jeff and I played basketball and we played 21 for his soul. I needed to win because if I won his soul, he would need to eat Vince Carter's and the Raptors would lose. I did indeed win a thriller 21-20. A tear ran down my face because I knew that meant my beloved 76ers would win because of that. After, we played one on one and I won 11-7 (i think). It was a good workout on what would turn to be a great day outside.
Sunday night, Jeff and
I went to Willingdon Church to play some impromptu church ball. First we played
some one on one which was a great game. We played with a 2 point line to make
things interesting. Jeff got out to an early 3-1 lead, with my only basket on
a hustle rebound and put back. After a few minutes of no change in score, I
managed to rattle off my comeback scoring 10 unanswered points to win 11-3.
During the rally, I hit three 2-point baskets including a one handed heave from
about 25 feet out straightaway. To cool down we played some 21. Jeff was down
20-9 and employed a tactic to make it 20-18 before I managed to hit a short
short for the win. With the score 20-17, he had a hard shot that he couldn't
chuck to give me a bad one and he made it. Kudos for that. Before we left, we
played PIG and I won. It was good times. A note to all church ballers: the church's
alarms are programmed to go off if anyone is in the building after midnight.
GOLF: On wednesday, Jeff, Kevin and I went to golf together. I win an unprecendented 20 skins to Kevin's 13 and jeff's 1, despite scoring 7 strokes higher than Kevin. In the process, I won Jeff's soul and the right to name his firstborn child. After, Jeff ate a Crispy Crunch chocolate bar. It wasn't just any Crispy Crunch, though. It was a Vince Carter special edition and consuming it, he ate Carter's soul and doomed him to a bad game.
On thursday, Jeff and I
golf again and he wins back his soul and rights to the name of his firstborn.
Had he lost, I would've won one night with his future wife and some candy from
the corner store. The good news was that my chipping was on and I think I've
got it down for good now.
SALMON AWARD: After
sunday church ball and the answering of my prayers for Philly to beat the Raptors,
Jeff and I decided that God really is a fan of mine. So this week's salmon award
goes to God. God is so huge, he doesn't need a title other than "God". Congratulations
to God.
THE ONION.COM TOP ARTICLES:
Ahhh...good ole onion. I have some good ones from them for all of you this week
WORD ON THE STREET:
This week's wots is not updated yet. It will be ready in a couple of days. Sorry
for the inconvenience.
JESSICA ALBA GETTING
MARRIED: Men around the world lost some collective hope when they found
out Jessica Alba is marrying her co-star Michael Weatherly. No date set, but
the damage is done. I am crushed. Bad.
BABE BATTLE 18:
Last week, Jennifer Love Hewitt lost what some might say was a shocker (not
me) to Lujan Fernandez. This week, Veronica Varekova goes up against Kylie Bax.
CLICK HERE TO VOTE ON THE BABE BATTLE
BASEBALL POOL: A
severe brain cramp on my part caused my one time 7 point lead to disappear over
the week. I am now back in second place. However, I am a mere 3 points behind
Jory. I was more than 40 points back after friday, but I made up thanks in part
to my huge sunday where I almost single-handedly made back all the points and
regained the lead (sidenote: for one day, I hate Roberto Alomar). Here are the
stats after seven weeks:
| BIG BAMBINO BABE RUTH (Jory) | 2343 |
| Cool Mother Funkers (Bobby) | 2340 |
| Rocky Balboa (Warren) | 1974 |
| Friday Night (Jerred) | 1853 |
Chris' team continues to
go AWOL.
AFRO NEWS: The afro
is really just balling out of control now. It's gotten long to the point where
it won't stand on end. It just falls to the side. Even my braids at basketball
fall down now, they don't stand on end anymore. Anyways, I kept the braids in
my hair for thursday, too. I took them out friday morning and had an afro for
no longer than two minutes because I took a shower and washed out the cool mother
funkiness :-(
MESSAGE BOARDS:
The message boards are really dead. I just want to remind people that they don't
bite and you can feel free to post in them again like before in the good ole
days. Just scroll down the message board and you will find the FunBo Discussion
Board.
FUNBO MOVIE REVIEW:
On friday, I saw "A Knight's Tale". The movie was very good. I thought one thing
that was really good was the modernizations in some parts. They were a bit cheesy
but it was great to see them dance at a banquet and all of a sudden break into
a disco groove to David Bowie's "Golden Years". That was classic. Also, the
girl in the movie was gorgeous. Kudos to the casting director. But yeah, this
movie was really funny and has some great songs in it throughout. I totally
feel that it was worth the $7.50.
WARREN'S COOL THING
OF THE WEEK: Warren's cool thing this week is Gibsons. I'm guessing he likes
the town. Warren was in Gibsons for a day this past long weekend.
As an added
bonus, someone else asked to have a thing put in for cool thing of the week.
Jordan sent this pic:
Jeff, I misplaced the disk
and am too tired to look for it right now. It's probably in one of my many pants'
pockets. I'll put it in next week.
RANDOM NOTES: In
the third commercial of the Nike Basketball "freestyle rhythm" series,
Baron Davis does the C-Walk...things i don't like: people at work asking me
how the 76ers did after they lose, only to tell me "yeah, I was watching
the game last night". Why, good God, why...slurpees just ain't what they used
to be...please feel free to email me your support in my attempt to be the Muchmusic
Temp for summer 2001...I'm out like Vince Carter and the Raptors, haha...GO
SIXERS GO!!!
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