The Perfect Remedy

There are not many things that can cure a case of bad test taking, let alone a case of bad finals. However, I think I may have found the perfect remedy. His name is the Goran Dragic, the Slovenian Dragon. I spent most of today getting ready for some finals. They didn’t turn out too well. As a matter of fact, I think bombed might be an appropriate word. But you know what? I don’t really care right now. The Suns just took a 3-0 lead on the “Evil Empire” San Antonio Spurs. Can life get any better? I submit that it cannot.

Remember, how I wrote a little while ago that I didn’t want to play the Spurs. Well, I didn’t at the time, but I had no idea Greg Popovich was going start coaching with his eyes closed. I think Bill Simmons summed it up nicely with this tweet, “Mike Dunleavy is wearing a Gregg Popovich mask and running the Spurs into the ground right now. There's no other explanation.” I don’t see any other reason why he made no adjustments on the pick and roll. He switched every time down the stretch and let San Antonio’s bigs try and guard the Suns’ guards. Goran Dragic disemboweled them to the tune of 23 points in the fourth quarter. Dragic definitely deserves most of the credit for that win, but with a nod to Alvin Gentry for keeping him in the game for as long as he did. It can’t be easy to keep your two-time MVP on the bench in the most important game of the season so far, while a second-year, second round draft pick runs the team, regardless of how he is playing. Kudos to Gentry. Kudos to Dragic. Kudos to Steve Kerr. Kudos to this entire Suns team. Even if they aren’t scoring 120 a night, these guys are just as fun to watch because of their team chemistry and big-hearted bench.

If anything is fair and right in this world, the Lakers wouldn’t stand a chance of eliminating this team. Not with a psychotic Ron Artest, a cocky-as-can-be coach and a star guard who just had one of the creepiest photo shoots I’ve ever seen. (Really, if you haven’t seen Kobe’s fashion shoot pictures, google them, but do so at your own risk. There is something eerily Johnny Depp-Tim Burton-ish about them.) It’s cliché and everyone uses it, but I might just have to drop the D-word…but not yet. We will just have to wait and see how the Suns finish out this series and start the next. Then we can start to discuss this team’s des…Ha, not yet.