Methodical Machine

Please?

The facial and that alley-oop that he somehow made while getting fouled.

The dude is relentless and constantly attacks the  ball. That said, another great victory for our Warriors. Their play at the beginning of the 2nd half was a little off, but then they settled down and let their D take over. Good job bruins!

Has to be the top play on Sportscenter tonight, without a doubt. Great flush.

Very impressed with Love again this game. He gets the ball in such great position (must give credits to the wing players for getting him the rock) and has excellent pump fakes. He's just such a sophisticated player for a freshman.

Got to meet Russell before the game. Nice kid. Big (I'm 5'11; he's easily 6'3"). I was right behind the hoop when Russell dunked. Astonishing. His athleticism at the hoop is remarkable. Unreal. 2nd half he skyed and blocked Hardin's shot. Sent it backward on a 2-handed slam attempt. Refs called a foul because you just couldn't believe it. (Maybe he got him with the body? I couldn't see that.) Astonishing. What a player.

Also, seeing Love work the low block, he owned Hardin. Couldn't be stopped. My first time seeing him in person, and his skill level shines through even more up close.

Those 2 are the difference between winning and losing on the first Monday in April.  Color me impressed.

but this was truly a team win. Overcame lots of foul trouble, and someone always stepped up, even when the shooting went cold. Super start to Pac 10 play.  Fun to watch MJD also!

that call was BS

Didn't catch the WSU game, would have liked to see those two teams before they came to LA next week.

that I think a lot of you guys (in the open-game blog) get way too down on Josh Shipp. It'd be one thing if he were jacking them up over good defense, and it'd be another thing if he were forcing looks at the wrong times, but after being at the game today and rewatching tape of it, it seemed to me that his shots were a) in rhythm and b) open.  If he hadn't hit a 3 in four games, I'd understand complaining that he still took 8 3's today, but he just came off of a 5-8 game.  Only today, 2 of those went in, but that's still shooting a better % than anyone else on the floor minus Love (and who's gonna beg Love to shoot 8 3's a game).  That "in the flow of the game" stuff seems to be, for the most part, a way to explain the amazing phenomenon that not every shot goes down.  To bag on Shipp taking those 3's is throwing him under the bus, which he has endured a lot over the last year and a half from many fans and so-called fans.  If Howland believed those shots weren't going to start going down, he'd tell Shipp to quit, but you never point the finger at Howland.  I'm not saying Howland deserves finger pointing at all, I believe Shipp was perfectly justified in taking all but maybe 1 or 2 of those three today because Howland believed they could go in, and if we've learned anything, it's that Howland is usually right.  Stop throwing Shipp under the bus just because he doesn't make every shot Howland gives him.