Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Morning Wrap-Up

Cavs/Magic -- If Todd from SNL's Superfans was a Magic fan, his heart attack count would be at 14 after LBJ missed a 35-footer to give Orlando a commanding 3-1 series lead. LeBron has scored 40+ in each of Cleveland's three loses, so the man is frustrated. He committed eight turnovers, something he did just once during the regular season, with the majority coming in the fourth quarter and overtime. Translation? LeBron's frustration with his teammates is drawing parallels to Kareem's in "Airplane!" He's the best player on the planet and he's on the verge of bowing out before the NBA Finals with a better team than when he made the finals in 2007.

Greinke -- Juan Marichal can't be too happy right now. Kansas City star Zack Greinke is the first pitcher to sport a sub-1.00 ERA after 10 starts since Marichal did it for the San Francisco Giants in 1966. Greinke is now 8-1 with an .84 ERA. He threw his fifth complete game of the season last night in the Royals' 6-1 win over the Tigers.

Watch that foot -- Nuggets guard Dahntay Jones was given a flagrant foul1 by league officials after his intentional trip of Kobe Bryant in Game 4 on Monday night. But the story here is that the flagrant fives Jones three flagrant-foul points, and if a player exceeds three flagrant-foul points, he receives an automatic one-game ban. Jones has played just 65 minutes in the series, but his energy and aggressiveness has helped feed the Nuggets' success. Although Denver hasn't won games because of Jones, he's not someone the Nuggets want to lose.

Quote of the Night -- LeBron James: "The ball is in my hand a lot and I may have a few turnovers, but I have to figure out how to not have eight. Eight is unacceptable for me. Fatigue has nothing to do with it."

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