After catching up on rest Monday and Tuesday night after work, I was ready for basketball to start.
Wednesday night after work I went out to Newark, NJ to see the Nets play their first game at their new temporary home, the Prudential Center. It was the 56th NBA arena that I've seen a game in.
As for the game, the Detroit Pistons were playing the Nets on Opening Night.
This was a closely contested game throughout. In the end, Anthony Morrow hit the winning shot as the Nets came from behind to get into the win column first with a 101-98 win.
Last season the Nets didn't win their first game for a few months.
Brook Lopez led all scorers with 25 points and Devin Harris added 22. For the Pistons, Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey and Charlie Villanueva each had 14 points in the loss.
After another night off Thursday, I returned to the Prudential Center Friday night after work.
The Sacramento Kings were in town to play the Nets. This game was similar to Wednesday night.
The Net hung tough and came back to win again. This time they won 106-100.
Brook Lopez had 29 points and Devin Harris poured in 21 to lead the way. For the Kings, Francisco Garcia and Tyreke Evans added 18 points each in the losing effort.
Stop the season, the Nets are 2-0!
Saturday I drove up to New Haven, Connecticut to see the Columbia Lions play the Yale Bulldogs at the Yale Bowl with the King.
It was a perfect opportunity for us to see the Yale Bowl for the first time.
We've previously seen games in the Ivy League at Princeton and Penn.
Speaking of Princeton, when we arrived in the seating area we heard a few people get our attention. We weren't alone.
We saw a few members of our crew in the house, they were Steve Tepperman aka "Princeton Steve" and Pat Gorman.
They were sitting near midfield so we went up and joined them.
As for the game, Yale raced out to a 31-7 lead at halftime. In the second half, Columbia came roaring back to cut the lead to 3, 31-28. Unfortunately for them, that's the way it remained as the Bulldogs hung on for the narrow victory.
Saturday night we drove back to NYC to see the new look New York Knicks play the Portland Trailblazers in their home opener at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks with a revamped roster which included newcomers Amaure Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov and Landry Fields still weren't able to hold an eight point lead with 5 minutes to go.
They wound up losing the opener 100-95 in front of a sellout crowd.
The fan base seemed to be back at least on this night.
Brandon Roy lead the way for the Trailblazers with 29 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 20 points and Andre Miller chipped with 19 to blaze the trail to victory.
For the Knicks, Wilson Chandler scored 22 points off the bench. Amaure Stoudemire had 18 points in his home debut.
Sunday I went to the New Meadowlands Stadium looking a treat on Halloween. I would had been better off staying home. I could have knocked on some doors and looked for candy instead.
The Jets thought it was Easter as they laid an egg. After having an off week, the Jets should have came out ready to play but they didn't.
The weather conditions were brutal. The wind was gusting and whipping up throughout the game. The Jets game plan left a lot to be desired in this one. They should have been running the ball more especially against the Packers defense who's not good against stopping the run.
The Jets wound up throwing the ball a lot more than expected. Mark Sanchez didn't have a good game. The Jet defense played well but the offense got shut out by the Packers who won the game, 9-0!
Thank you for reading.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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