Heyyyyy wooorrrrrlllddd!!! We bounced back from that Spurs loss with a pretty good win at home against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. It was really dead and quiet in the arena until my boy, Matt Barnes, livened things up in the third quarter.
Matt got into it with Hasheem Thabeet and I think that sort of woke our team up. We were sort of sluggish to start the second half and that little fight he had seemed to spark us in a big way.
That Barnes-Thabeet cage match went pretty well for us. Matt got kicked out of the cage and sent to the locker room, but at the end of the night we won the Royal Rumble.
The Big Show (me) didn’t get a T. Ric Flair (Vince Carter) got a T. And Hulk Hogan (Matt) got kicked out of the steel cage match. Matt apologized to us after the game, but we all understood where he was coming from because we don’t take too much of anything personally on this team. We actually enjoyed that little pushing match and it fired us up.
As for the game, I’ve got to admit to ya’ll that it was another frustrating night for me. I made the same moves that I always make, but got three walks called on me. I’ve got to back and study the films and see what I did wrong so I don’t get those travels called again.
I’m trying not to get frustrated and let it affect me out there on the court. But as of late, things on the court have been very frustrating out there for me. I’m kind of worried about how things are going for me before the playoffs, but I just have to keep playing and not let anything that happens dictate a response from me.
On a positive note, we have now beaten every team in the NBA this season and we’re the only team to do that. Our coach put that on the board before the game to try and fire us up and that’s certainly something to be proud of.
We’re just a game back of the Lakers in the standings, and hopefully we can pass them so that if we meet again in the Finals, we would have homecourt advantage here in Orlando. Of course, we’ve got a lot of basketball to play between now and then, but I really like how we’re coming together as a team.
‘Shard is shooting it great now, Vince is playing the best he’s been all season and guys like Brandon Bass, J.J. Redick and Ryan Anderson are doing well off the bench. I knew it would take some time for our team to come together, but we’re gelling good now. I really think we’re ready to go into the playoffs and do our thing.
Well, I’m gonna get up outta here. Five more games and then the playoffs start. They can’t get here quick enough.
—DWIGHT
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