Monday night I came home after work to catch up on lost sleep and I geared up for the week ahead.
Tuesday I went to Madison Square Garden after work to see the NBA's best team, the San Antonio Spurs take on the Knicks. The Spurs came in with a 30-4 record.
The new and improved Knicks made them look rather ordinary on this night. They used their fast pace style to perfection as they ran the Spurs off the court. They beat them, 128-115. It was an exciting game to watch for a change.
The Knicks were lead by Wilson Chandler who had 31 points. Amar'e Stoudemire and Raymond Felton added 28 points each.
As for the Spurs, Tony Parker scored 26 points in the losing effort.
Wednesday night I went out to Newark, NJ to see the Nets host the Chicago Bulls.
The Nets held off the Bulls in this one and they won 96-94. Sasha Vujacic hit the game winning shot with 5.3 seconds to go to give the Nets the victory.
This game was close in the first half. In the third quarter, the Nets opened up a big lead. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls stormed back to tie it but the Nets were fortunate to make the last shot to come out with the win.
Kris Humphries had 20 points and 11 rebounds while Devin Harris finished with 18 points and he dished out 11 assists to pace the Nets.
Derrick Rose was the high scorer for the Bulls with 21 points.
Late in the game I got a text message from my new found traveling friend, Eddie. He said he was at Rutgers and he asked me if I wanted a lift home. I wrote him back and I told him that would be fabulous.
The Net game looked like it may go overtime which would have helped since I wound up waiting a short time for him to come at Newark Penn Station.
Despite that, thanks to Eddie's kindness and thoughfulness I got home 35-40 minutes earlier than I would have if I took public transportation.
Needless to say, I was very grateful to receive that text message.
Thursday night I was back in Newark for the Devils and Flyers.
The Devils have had a dreadful season thus far. On this night their nightmare continued as the Eastern Conference Champion Flyers beat the Devils, 4-2!
Daniel Briere and Scott Hartnell each scored two goals to lead the way for the Flyers.
After a night off on Friday night, I went back to Newark Saturday night. I would have loved to have been in Indianapolis for the Jets but unfortunately I can't afford to go everywhere.
Instead of staying home and watching the Jet game on TV, I decided to get the best of both worlds.
I got to see the Nets and Bucks at the Prudential Center live and I followed the Jet game on my phone so I was well aware of what was happening.
As for the Net game, they got blown out by the Bucks, 115-92!
Former Net, Chris Douglas-Roberts aka CDR scored a game high 24 points. Ersan Ilyasova poured in 22 points and grabbed 13 boards and Corey Maggette added 20 points for the victorious Bucks.
As for the Nets, Kris Humphries had 22 points and Jordan Farmar finished with 20 points and 10 assists in the defeat.
Sunday the King and I and our friend Rich Wolber aka Staten Island Rich went down to Philadelphia to see the Eagles play the Packers in the Wild Card game.
It should be noted that Rich was making his first visit to the "Linc" aka Lincoln Financial Field and Royalty made sure he got there finally.
In addition, we met up with our good friend Frankie Centola who lives in Philadelphia at the game.
By going to the Eagle game I was able to extend my playoff game attending streak. I've now seen at least one playoff game every year since 1997.
As for the game, the Eagles fell short 21-16! Michael Vick threw an interception in the end zone on the Eagles last drive that sealed their fate and ended their season.
The Eagles were fortunate to get a number of breaks throughout the game but they tried to force the issue and they came up short in the end.
Thank you for reading and following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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