1. Real Madrid, who is currently 13 points behind FC Barcelona in La Liga defeated their closes rival 2-1 thanks to a Sergio Ramos goal in the 82nd minute to break the tie. This comes just a few days after beating Barcelona in the second leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal. Madrid used a different starting lineup with stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil both sitting on the bench. Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's sole goal to become the number one scorer in "clasico" history along with Alfredo Di Stéfano of Real Madrid. Real Madrid will look forward to playing Manchester United in Manchester in three days as part of the Champions League's round of 16.
2. Mike Trout, who placed in second for the AL MVP last year had his contract extended by the LA Angels yesterday. Since he has only been in the majors for a little over a year the team had the right to renew his contract without his approval. His contract was renewed for only $510,000 which is only $20,000 above the league minimum. Trout has not spoken out about the issue but his agent, Craig Landis, said that they were both disappointed by the contract and the fact that Peter Bourjos will be playing centerfield while Trout will be stationed in left. The Angels will not have to go to arbitration with Trout until after the 2014 season ant have no risk of him leaving through Free Agency until after the 2017 season.
NBA Recap
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Joakim Noah led the Bulls in the three major categories last night going 21/10/5 in their 96-85 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Brook Lopez scored 27 for Brooklyn.
The Raptors overcame an eight point deficit entering the fourth quarter to force overtime against the Bucks. Milwaukee however won in overtime 122-114 with Ersan Ilyasova scoring 29 points and Brandon Jennings dishing out 19 assists.
Damian Lillard scored a game-high 24 points as the Trail Blazers took care of the Timberwolves 109-94. J.J. Hickson had 18 points and 16 rebounds for the TrailBlazers while Derrick Williams scored 23 for the Wolves. Ricky Rubio surprisingly led Minnesota with 9 rebounds and not so surprisingly led them with 9 assists.
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| G | Evan Tuner- PHI | Shot 10-15 from the Field for 22 points. Also had 10 rebounds and 9 assists. |
| G | Brandon Jennings- MIL | Only scored 11 points on 3-12 shooting but dished out an incredible 19 assists. |
| F | Ersan Ilyasova- MIL | Scored 29 points and went 5-5 from the line. Also had 11 rebounds. |
| F | Joakim Noah- CHI | Unable to produce an amazing performance again, but still pretty good scoring 21 points while grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking 4 shots. |
| F | David Lee- GS | Only scored 13 points but grabbed 16 rebounds and had 7 assists. |
NHL Recap
The Flyers got up on the Senators 2-0 in the first 12 minutes of the second period with goals by Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds. Marc Methot answered with a goal of his own but the Senators were never able to tie the game up. Ben Bishop played a great game in goal only allowing two goals on 41 shots and Ilya Bryzgalov played well for Philly stopping all but one of the 34 shots he faced in the 2-1 win. There were 58 Penalty Minutes throughout the game including 1 fight, two majors, two game misconducts, and 7 minors, including a too-many men on the ice call.
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Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn got the Lightning off to a 2-0 start in the first period but from then on out things went down hill from there. This game saw a ridiculous 50 PIM (not quite PHI-OTT, but still) with their being 24 in the first period alone. The Bruins tied things up in the second with goals from Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley. With a tie entering the third, both teams were pushing for the net and nothing was produced until Brendan Mikkelson's double minor put the Bruins on a man advantage for 4 minutes. After the first minor expired, Brad Marchand scored on an assist by Patrice Bergeron to grab a 3-2 win. Johan Hedberg suffered his fourth loss of the year with the Devils' 4-3 loss in the shootout. The Devils outshot the Sabres 31-23 but were just unable to score more. Jason Pominville scored twice for the Sabres and also converted for the Sabres on their first shootout attempt. Tyler Ennis scored on their second attempt to secure the win.
A very high scoring game in Montreal where neither goalie had a SV% above .850%. Matt Cooke scored twice for the Penguins while his teammate Sidney Crosby scored once and assisted on two others. Brian Gionta scored 30 seconds after Crosby put the Penguins up to even the game out at 6-6 and send it to overtime. In overtime, Brandon Sutter scored his 6th goal of the year to get the 7-6 win. Jussi Jokinen scored twice in the first to get the Hurricanes off to a hot start against the Panthers. After leading the first period 3-1 the Canes added another two in the second with Filip Kuba scoring for the Panthers to make it 5-2. Eric Staal then scored his second goal of the game in the third to make it 6-2, where it finished. In the route, Alexander Semin had three assists and Riley Nash had two assists and scored his first goal of the year.
Dan Hamhuis got the Canucks off to a hot start with a goal three minutes into the game. The Canucks then won the second 3-2 to enter the third up 4-2. With 23 seconds left Chris Higgins scored on an empty net to clinch the 5-2 victory. Dan Boyle scored in the first and Joe Pavelski scored in the first and second respectively to give the Sharks a 2-0 lead. Nashville's Gabriel Bourque scored while they were down a man in the third but they were not able to muster another opportunity as the Sharks won 2-1.
Friday, February 22, 2013Flyers Get crushedNBA Recap The Heat defeated the Bulls in Chicago 86-67. The Heat were able to dominate when endurance and depth meant most, the last quarter of each half. In those quarters the Heat had an aggregate advantage of 44-26. Lebron James led the Heat in points (26), rebounds (12), and assists (7). This loss puts the Bulls two games behind Indiana in the central division. In a battle of two first place teams the Spurs handed the Clippers a whooping. Tony Parker was the games leading scorer with 31 points (his second in a row with 30+) and he also had 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan only played 16 minutes but was the Spurs' leading rebounder in the 116-90 win. All NBA Guard- Tony Parker- San Antonio Had the best shooting performance in the league last night with a 12-16 mark from the field while going 7-7 from the line. His 31 points were complemented well by his 7 assists; made even better by the fact that he did not commit one turnover.
Forward- Danny Green- San Antonio Shot 3-6 from behind the arc on his way to 15 points. He also dished out 7 assists and also played good defense blocking 2 shots and getting 2 steals. Forward- Lebron James- Miami *Player of the Night* Shot almost as well as Parker from the field going 11-15 for 26 points but made up for it when he did not have the ball. He grabbed 12 rebounds and also helped his teammates out with 7 assists. Center- Joakim Noah- Chicago The bigman played the usual "Noah" basketball scoring under 15 points but getting rebounds. He only had 8 last night and probably wouldn't be on this list if their would have been more than 2 games. He scored 11 points on the night and dished out 8 assists. He also had 3 steals and 2 blocks. NHL Recap Despite the Flyers getting killed by the Panthers last night 5-2, the game left me feeling pretty good. I said yesterday that the Flyers should give someone other than Bryzgalov or Boucher a chance. While that didn't happen, neither of them really performed that well. Bryzgalov started the game and it was ugly. I'll give him some credit that Jonathan Huberdeau's goal in the first was on a penalty shot but the first two were within 30 seconds of this. Boucher came in just about halfway through the game and was able to stop 10 of 11 shots for a good/mediocre performance. Maybe if he was tested a little more he could have done worse or better... who knows? So the Panthers had a 3-0 lead after the first period and then Huberdeau scored again in the second to make it 4-0, that was the point where Ilya was pulled. Luke Schenn then scored with 7 minutes left to make the game 4-1 but about a minute later Peter Mueller ended all chances of a comeback with a goal of his own. Jakub Voracek then scored his 7th goal of the year about a minute later, too bad it was worth nothing for the Flyers. The really troubling part about this game is that the Flyers held the advantage in a lot of areas. They won the faceoff battle (by 1, but still) and they also produced 8 more shots and even had more takeaways. In addition to those numbers, they were a more physical team hitting 32 Panthers compared to being hit only 24 times. The number that didn't go their way however, giveaways. This has been a problem for the Flyers all year (especially Schenn (who had one last night), and Coburn (none). Grossmann has been kind of rough all year and he had two last night and even Voracek had one. The thing is that Voracek losing a puck in the offensive zone is a lot less worse than Gorssmann, Timonen, and Gervais giving it up in front of the net. The Flyers may have had more shots, but when you give the puck away (especially when your defense does it), you are going to give up high percentage shots, and that's what is killing the Flyers. To give two Panthers credit, Mike Weaver and Drew Shore each had two assist on the night. It has also been confirmed that Matt Read will be out for 6 weeks.
The Devils entered the third period down 2-1 but Andrei Loktionov broke the tied it up 9 minutes into the period and then Ilya Kovalchuk scored on the powerplay two minutes later to give the Devils' a 3-2 lead. Martin Brodeur only had to make 17 saves in the win while Braden Holtby made 34. A whole bunch of close games last night as the Jets beat the Hurricanes 4-3 despite being outshot 30-23. The game was tied going into the third and after each team scored twice, it was Blake Wheeler's second goal of the game with 5 minutes left that put the Jets into the lead and they held on for a 4-3 victory. The Islanders defeated the Canadiens 4-3 in overtime thanks to Thomas Hickey's goal with just under two minutes left in sudden death. Frans Nielsen scored with 10 minutes left in the third to tie the game up. Matt Moulson of the Islanders and Max Pacioretty of the Canadiens both scored twice. Craig Anderson was injured 40 minutes into the Senators-Rangers game last night (which fucks my fantasy team so hard) but Ben Bishop came in and got the job done (really ugly though). The Senators had been up 1-0 until Anderson decided to get hurt and then the Rangers cored two goals within a minute of each other to give themselves a 2-1 lead. But Mika Zibanejad (what the hell is that name) decided he was not gonna let Bishop go down in infamy and netted a goal with 7 minutes left. Bishop then only let up one goal in the shootout while Lundqvist let in dos, so the Senators won 3-2 shootout style. Nathan Horton scored tow goals in a 4-2 victory over the Lightning. Tuukka Rask made 24 saves in the win. The Blue Jackets scored twice in the third to overcome a 2-1 deficit entering the period. Derek Dorsett scored to tie and then Vinny Prospal scored with 25 seconds left to give them the win. Prospal was not the only former flyer to score as R.J. Umberger netted one himself. This game wasn't an easy one to follow either as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Oilers 3-1 thanks to third period goals by Devin Setoguchi and Matt Cullen. Cullen also scored in the first period. There was also this douche bag hit. All NHL Forward- Steve Ott- Buffalo Here for pretty much one reason, he had 9 hits on the night, which pretty much means that he is a gladiator. Forward- Jonthan Huberdeau- Florida So he kicked the shit out of the Flyers last night with 2 goals and 2 assists for a +3 rating. Also blocked a shot. Defense- Ryan McDonagh- NY Rangers Scored a powerplay goal and also had 4 hits and forced a giveaway. Defense- Mike Weaver- Florida Had two assists on the night while blocking 4 shots. Goalie- Evgeni Nabokov- NY Islanders Stopped 30 of 33 shots in the win while also contributing an assist. I might have NBA Power Rankings up later. So will pictures.
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