THE TIMES, APRIL 18, 2019 PAGE 8
By JOHN DUCEK
Times Columnist
series with the Celtics. I
still think Boston advanc-
es though.
Finally, the other
series that I'll definitely
be keeping an eye on is the
Philadelphia 76ers, and
the Brooklyn Nets. The
Nets have seemingly come
out of the basement of the
league over the past cou-
ple of seasons. They were
Finally, after hundreds upon hundreds of regu- a laughingstock forever,
lar season NBA basketball games, the real season just
started.
Times Sports
Columnist
John Dudek
is find some how, some
way to win. Even though
the Nuggets are a really
good team this year, you
will never catch me pick-
ing against the Spurs. In
my opinion, their coach,
Greg Popovich, might just
be the best NBA coach of
all time.
Over in the Eastern
conference, the Indiana
Pacers and the Boston
Celtics might be the best
matchup. The Celtics
are coming off of another
strong showing in the
regular season, and look
poised to make a deep
run in the postseason.
Star free agent acquisi-
tion from a couple of years
ago, Gordon Heyward,
looks like he is finally
healthy, after missing all
of last year after break-
ing his ankle. The addi-
tion of Heyward might be
enough to push them over
the edge, and get them all
the way to the conference
finals. While the Pacers
lack the star power that
Boston has, they make up
for it with teamwork. Indi-
ana has a balanced roster,
with enough playmakers
to make it an interesting
Surprisingly, just two
games into it, and the
Golden State Warriors
have lost a game. They
might have also lost their
secret weapon this season.
Golden State's mercurial,
yet uber talented center,
Demarcus "Boogie" Cous-
ins looks like he may have
suffered a season ending
injury, again. You might
recall that Cousins, a for-
mer member of the New
Orleans Pelicans, ended
his season last year, in a
very similar fashion. If
Cousins injury is as seri-
ous as feared, he could be
looking at having to call it
quits for his career. Mean-
while, his current team,
the Warriors, suddenly
look beatable. After the in-
jury, the Los Angeles Clip-
pers just completed the
biggest comeback in play-
off history. At one point,
Golden State was up by
a whopping thirty one
points. While the series is
tied at one game a piece,
the Clippers have now sto-
len the home court advan-
tage. This series resumes
this Thursday night.
Another series in the
Western conference that
I have my eyes on, is the
San Antonio Spurs, and
the Denver Nuggets. The
Nuggets are actually the
number two seed, and the
. purs are the underdog. I
lon't think that has ever
Been the case in my life-
time. The Nuggets are
i erennial also-rans, while
.the Spurs have been cham-
pionship contenders for as
long as I can remember. In
the first game of this se-
ries, San Antonio did what
.they always do, and that
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but after adding enough
talent, the Nets are appar-
ently a real NBA playoff
team. While their roster
is littered with a mix of
young guys, journeymen,
and reclamation projects,
they are fun to watch.
They were actually in a
close game with Philadel-
phia the other night, be-
fore the Sixers came out in
the third quarter, and ty-
ing an NBA playoff record
for most points in a single
stanza, dropping 51 points.
That 145-123 boxscore let
everyone know that these
teams can both flat out
score. There might not be
a whole lot of defense, but
the scoreboard operator
will definitely be busy. Ul-
timately, I definitely think
that Philadelphia will win
the series, and should be
considered a real threat to
make it all of the way to
the finals.
Lions a
By JOEL RAY
Times Sports Editor
The Tulane Green Wave
defeated the Southeastern
Lions 15-14 in midweek
baseball action then swept
a three game weekend se-
ries against the Universi-
ty of South Florida (USF)
Bulls.
Tulane's record is 25-
11 overall and 7-2 in the
American Athletic Confer-
ence. SLU is 18-18 overall
and 10-5 in the Southland
Conference.
Tulane and Southeast-
ern played what ended up
being a high scoring game,
The Lions took an early
1-0 lead in the first in-
ning. The Green Wave re-
sponded by scoring seven
runs in the second inning
to take a 7-1 lead. In later
innings Tulane extended
its lead. Going into the
bottom of the 9th inning
Tulane had a six-run 15-9
lead over Southeastern.
But the Lions came roar-
ing back to score five runs
in the bottom of the 9th
to make the final score a
close one-run victory for
the Green Wave.
The Lions and Green
Wave will play again on
Tuesday, April 23 at 6:30
p.m. in Turchin Stadium
on the Tulane campus in
New Orleans.
The Green Wave de-
feated the USF Bulls 9-2
on Friday, April 12 in
game one of a three game
American Athletic Confer-
ence series.
In game two of the
series on Saturday the
Green Wave defeated the
Bulls 20-11 in a high scor-
ing shootout.
Sweeping a team by de-
feating them three times
in a row is not easy, but
Tulane did just that by
defeating USF 6-4 in the
final game of the se,ries.
The Green Wave s next
game will be the first of
another three game Amer-
ican Athletic Conference
series against the Univer-
sity of Memphis Tigers in
Memphis. Game one of
that series starts today,
April 18, at 6 p.m. and can
be heard on WRBH radio
88.3 FM.
Game two of the series
against the Memphis Ti-
gers is scheduled for 6
p.m. this Friday; April 19.
The final game of the se-
ries will start at 1 p.m. on
Saturday.
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