It Can Happen

Looking ahead, there is the Mavericks to play San Antonio on Friday. The Rangers start a four game series against the Detroit Tigers tomorrow. I get to see the game on Sunday which will have Pudge and the Gambler for Detroit as the battery. The Spurs and Rangers both trail as of right now. Rangers have a shot; the Spurs don’t as I type this. Rangers are down 2-1 in the top of the 8th. Spurs trail 95-79 to Sacramento with 2:41 remaining in the fourth. The thing that I am thinking is that should the Spurs loose to the Mavs on Friday, the two would be tied in standing (Spurs have the tie-breaker) but it would make things look very interesting for the final stretch of the season. Could the Mavs overtake the Spurs for the number one seed in the Conference? It’s possible. Aliens could land on my roof tonight too. It’s possible. I mean, the Rangers once let a steroid user pitch an inning, blowing out his arm and essentially ruining his career. And it’s the same steroid user who let a fly ball bounce off his head for a home-run. Stranger things have happened in this world. Hey, if Michael Jordan retires to play minor league baseball, the Mavs can upset San Antonio to hand them a two game loosing streak at their house and start shaking things up. It’s still in the top of the 8th for the Rangers (2-1). Its 97-84 for the Spurs game, Spurs loosing, of course, with only 25 seconds remaining. I want to remind us all that we do have a healthy Josh Howard, a strong Dirk (and I’m a Dirky Dude), and a bench that is always full of surprises. Jason Terry puts up a strong game, then it’s a simple mistake from San Antonio after and the Mavs win the Division and the Conference. But, should the Mavs loose on Friday as San Antonio just did to Sacramento (97-87 the final), then the Mavs will simply have to be content with a #4 seed and a second round Road-Court advantage playing to San Antonio. Rangers are now in the top of the ninth and the score is still the same. It’s now a final. More predictions will come tomorrow as I size things up. Johnny Out.