Brackson13's Streak

Nah not me I'm Unstoppable! I'm going for it all Brotha and If I don't make it I'm good with the $26K. Think about this. You gotta borrow the money, fly to Vegas because you can't do that online. Limits are too low and it would take too long to get paid at least with Bovada. All the last minute arrangements to fly to Vegas or if you're in on the East Coast that dump you guys call Atlantic City. Too much stress and BS for me not to mention the whole Tax issue on that losing Hedge bet trying to subtract that from your winnings with the IRS. Good luck with that. That will open up a Pandora's box of BS you never wish you would have opened. No sir not for me. I'm going "All-In" straight no chaser and no hedging. No complications logistically and down the road with the IRS. I'm just an OG man and that's how I roll. Respect! 

No Force, nothing to do with you. peace

Good.  Better not be.  

for brooklyn, they're without d williams and teletovic, and joe johnson revealed that he's been playing hurt for some time now, and his play has been very pedestrian this entire month. also, there are multiple recent examples of this team being mentally weak. first example, they lost a home game to the celtics a couple weeks ago, which is a team they should beat at home. teams in the right place mentally would have come out in the next game and blown the doors off philly, but they came out and lost another home game to the worst team in the league. next example is the last two games. they laid an egg two games ago against the clippers in LA, losing by 39. teams in the right place mentally come out pissed off with tons of energy after an embarrassing performance like that, but they followed it up two days later with a 35-point loss to a much weaker utah team. add to that the fact that they've been traveling after games continually since january 14th, and they will be doing so again after this one. just not sure they are talented enough right now with the injuries, and i'm also not sure they are in the right psychological frame of mind to be competitive in this game.

on the other side, i think the fact that aldridge was going to miss the rest of the season and then he's suddenly back and better than ever is like a shot in the arm for the blazers. i think that has galvanized the team and should get them back to playing the consistent basketball that we got so used to seeing them play earlier in the season. this is a look-ahead possibility for portland with games against cleveland and atlanta to follow, but i think they will get the right message from the coaching staff after the look-ahead loss to boston just a few nights past. 

can't believe the streak has gotten to this point, or that i've been fortunate enough to be in this situation. win or lose, this has been the experience of a lifetime, and i thank everyone in the covers community that's offered support, well wishes, encouragement, etc. throughout. have a wonderful evening, and here's to hoping we can make it one more day.

PS probably going to listen to this song about 400 times tomorrow. one of my favorite artists. dedicating it to the basketball gods. may they smile upon me for just one more day.