NY in 500 II

What a weekend in Big Apple sports! Crazy plays, key injuries and good wins highlight another fun weekend being a New York Sports fan. The Knicks and Nets both won over the weekend with games that might show that the tides are turning for both of the teams. The Knicks first, Melo lead the 7-6 Knicks into Houston to face a very confusing Houston team. James Harden did his thing and had twenty four points. Kristaps Prozingis showed up with a double double. Prozingis also had twenty four points, but also collected fourteen rebounds to help the Knicks get a much needed five point win.
On Sunday in Brooklyn the Nets had a very impressive win against the C’s. Brook Lopez has a big part of that with a double double that consisted of twenty four points and ten boards. Jared Jack also had his best game of the year with twenty two points, four assists, and four rebounds. Joe Johnson, and rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson chipped in with seventeen points, and nine points respectively. Thaddeus Young also had a double double in the ten point win with eleven points and grabbed twelve rebounds.
In the football world a ton happened. The Giants had a bye week, but the Jets had an important game. Not so that it was a most win, but it could have made up some ground in the division. After a bad game against the Buffalo Bills the previous week, the Jets had another flop game in Houston. Late in the game against Buffalo, the Jets left points on the board and went for it on fourth down. In Houston they didn’t leave points on the board, but instead better field position. In both games the defense was playing unbelievable and stopped the opposing offense with some big plays the drive before. The Jets on about the forty yard line decided to go for it instead of pinning a young Quarterback back deep late in a close game. Instead the Jets did not convert and Ryan Fitzpatrick threw an interception looking to force a pass to Devin Smith. The Jets defense stopped the Texans on the next drive, and got the ball back with 2:29 left in the game. Two plays later Fitzpatrick throws his second interception and loses the game for the Jets. Todd Bowles in his post-game press conference said that they may have not gotten the ball back in time to have a chance, yes that may be true, but you have to punt in that situation. The Jets let another one go and that is very important if they want to make the playoffs.

The Yankees were in the news late Sunday night with possibilities of a trade for former second baseman Robinson Cano. Brain Cashman has yet to say anything about the trade but the Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto said that Cano hasn’t mentioned anything about being unhappy happy or returning to New York, later saying that “Everything is just peachy”.
Sources:(nfl.com, nba.com, mlb.com)

Don't forget to follow, like, comment, and share on your way out!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The 2023 Offseason is Brian Cashman's Biggest Test Yet

Image
   Now that the World Series is over five days from now the offseason begins. With that in mind, this is the biggest offseason that Brian Cashman will have in his 25-year tenure as Yankee General Manager. For the first time since 2016 the Bronx Bombers watched the postseason from their couches, and they earned that right. Amazingly, this team finished over .500, although not that far above that mark. This iteration of the Bronx Bombers finish with the same record as that 2016 team—but the feeling with this squad feels different. Following the 2016 season, there was hope of the two power bats that would usher in the “Baby Bombers,” and in that offseason, the farm system was rated in the Top 10 in all of baseball. There was almost certainty that Brian Cashman would put a championship team around Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, and Luis Severino that would be a title contender for years to come. There was hope. And that hope almost turned into reality. Almost. But, that was then
Read more

The Question going into the Trade Deadline for the New York Yankees

  There is a crossroads in the Bronx in between River and 161 st Street right now. As New York Yankee Manager Aaron Boone likes to put it “[the season] is right in front of them.” The second half of the season is for the taking. As we move into the dog days of summer the Bronx Bombers are nine games out of the division and now a game and a half out of the AL Wild Card race following a disappointing first series in Colorado. With that, the historic starting Tampa Bay Rays have cooled off, going 3-7 before the break while showing signs of being mortal. Baltimore, who has been keeping pace with Tampa, didn’t look like a Superpower when they split against the Yankees two series before the break. The AL East is still a Spartan Training Facility with every team above .500, the Orioles holding the first Wild Card spot, and the “struggling” Boston Red Sox tied the Yankees in the Wild Card race. And unlike Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire, help is not on the way. Aaron Judge’s toe is still a m
Read more

The Answer for the Mets

  As Yogi Berra would say “it’s déjà vu all over again.” Buck Showalter is an all too familiar place. The 67-year-old manager has taken a time machine back to 2012. No, he is not managing in Baltimore anymore, however that’s what it feels like the end of Showalter’s Oriole tenure in Queens right now. The Mets simply can’t get out of their own way. With Pete Alonso likely headed to the Injured List, the Mets scored 10 runs last night in Atlanta. 10 runs on the heels of back-to-back gut-wrenching losses at the hands of the team that has foiled the Mets for the better part of almost three decades, the Atlanta Braves. 10 runs with their hired ace, Justin Verlander, who was looking to put together good starts consecutively for the first time all season. The Mets looked like they were about to exercise some demons in Atlanta last night, and then, the other shoe dropped. It wasn’t good enough. Again. Last night, I wrote that the Mets season was on the line with Verlander toeing the slab. Well
Read more