what a week!

I just got done watching the Blazers edge the Knicks at the buzzer on a (steve man crush) Brandon Roy layup as time expired.

This, after watching two incredible games over at the brother's this afternoon -- the Celtics melting down in the final minute, allowing the Spurs to score 7 points in 1.4 seconds to see a 3 point lead with :44 to go turn into a 6 point loss, and the Lakers complete an incredible three game road swing at NY / at Bos / at Cle by dominating the last 16 minutes to hand the Cavs their first loss at home.

Three epic, awesome games in an 8 hour span. That alone qualifies this as a great week of basketball. And yet, these three weren't even the best games of the last week!

You also had Friday night's awesome Celtics / Knicks game that saw the Celtics overcome a huge deficit, drop 38 on the Knicks in the 4th, and win in the Gahden. This, less than 24 hours after the Lakers and Celtics needed an extra 5 minutes to decide their latest jaw-droppingly sweet classic.

And that classic less than 24 hours after LeBron went for 50 on the Knicks. Which came less than 48 hours after Kobe had the Gahden faithful (or the 231 of them that remain from the glory days) chanting "MVP!" "MVP!" as he dropped 61 on the Knicks.

And of course, the underrated, under the radar epic from last night. As the BuKCs sadly blew a 45 point outing from Ramon Sessions to lose, in overtime, to the Pistons by 5.

Yeah, its been a brutal month for BuKCs fans. First, Michael Redd blew out both his MCL and ACL diving for a loose ball, meaning we won't see Redd on the court in meaningful action until at least November. Then, after a month of "misdiagnosis" by the BuKCs medical staff, it was revealed that Andrew Bogut was done for the season with a broken back. And as if losing 40% of the starting lineup (and your two best players) wasn't bad enough ... strike three fell in practice on Thursday, as starting point guard Luke Ridnour broke his thumb. He's out a month.

Throw in Tuesday's frustrating defeat in New Jersey (the Nets were handing that game to us, we just didn't take advantage) and last night's heartbreaker, and its a pretty crappy time to be a BuKCs fan right now.

But, I choose to remain optimistic. Just look around the League! Even if the BuKCs are all but finished, what a final 8 week sprint to the playoffs this is gonna be! (And what a postseason this is going to be ...)

Anyways, here's the week ahead for BuKCs fans:

Current Standings:

Team Rec GB Hollinger Schedule
7. 76ers 25-24 ---- 89.0% in Mon vs Phx, Wed vs Mem
8. Nets 24-28 ---- 30.7% in Tue vs SA
9. BuKCs 24-29 0.5 29.7% in Mon vs Hou, Wed vs Ind
10. Bulls 22-29 1.5 48.4% in Tue vs Det, Thu vs Mia
11. Knicks 21-29 2.0 17.7% in Tue at GS, Wed at LAC