April 29, 2008; Tough luck!

My basketball game yesterday was so close and intense! Although we lost by 2 points, 50-48, it was a good game! Through the final 10 seconds, we had the ball. After the inbounds play, my teammate got the ball, stopped and popped from the three-point area, got hacked, but, the referee didn't call it a foul. So there! He then admit that he forgot to call it because of how great the game was! The court was packed with lots of people cheering! Our record is now 1-2. There's still a second round of eimination games to determine the two teams who will battle it out on the best-of-three finals series. Now, we shoud win all of our remaining games for us to have a chance for the finals! So there!

The NBA awarded two players for their exemplary work this season. First, Grant Hill of the Phoenix Suns was awarded the 2007-08 Joes Dumars' Sportsmanship Award. Hill, a 12-year veteran, is the first player to receive this award more than once. He also won this award during the 2004-05 season.

The next awardee was Hedo Turkoglu of the Orlando Magic, who was awarded the 2007-08 NBA Most Improved Player award. He received a total of 380 points. A part of which was 61 first-place votes, from a panel of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters fropm the United States and Canada.

Later this afternoon, I will post the results of the playoff games for today! The Wizard was here...