Wild World of Sports

OK so Monday night wasn't exactly the most exciting night in sports but we still had some major highlights..! First and foremost I feel as though I need to give credit where credit is due, Glen (Big Baby) Davis hit a big time shot at a big time moment for the Boston Celtics on Sunday night and I neglected to mention him in my last post. Davis hit a 2 point shot off of a pick and roll he set for Paul Pierce as the last remaining seconds were winding down in game four, evening the series at 2 games a piece.

Moving on to Monday, we had some serious NHL playoff action. First of all I should mention that the series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks ended last night with the Blackhawks winning a thriller game 6, to the tune of 7 goals to 5. The Blackhawks were trailing throughout this entire game until the final minutes, but, thanks to Patrick Kane's hat trick and Jonathan Toews game winning overtime goal, Chicago advances and will now face either the Detroit Redwings or the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the Western Conference Finals. Patrick Kane joined elite company on Monday by becoming the third player in these 2009 NHL playoffs to achieve a hat trick, the other two players with hat tricks are Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.

We had some other intriguing action on Monday night including: Johan Santana getting shelled in his start against the Atlanta Braves, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers making a clean sweep of the Atlanta Hawks, and of coarse the Washington Capitols winning an overtime thriller and tying the series with the Pittsburgh Penguins at 3 games a piece forcing a game 7 in which you may see a top play in blog for tomorrow.

However, once again, the top moment and best game from Monday came for the Denver Nuggets vs. the Dallas Mavericks series in the NBA Western Conference Semifinals. This game was so spectacular because Dirk Nowitzki, who had a very bad game on Saturday, had a 44 point performance and aided in the prevention of a sweep for the Nuggets. My moment of the game was Dirk's high arching, go ahead shot, he made with less than a minute left to play in the fourth. Nowitzki had 19 of his 44 points in the 4th quarter, and needed every point to out due Carmelo Anthony who put in 41 points of his own on Monday night.

This game and this performance was huge not only for the Mavericks but also for Dirk himself. It was essential for Dirk to have such a huge performance because his team was down 3 games to 0 and were in danger of being swept AT HOME... He struggled from the field in game 3 and his team suffered because of it... I picked the Nuggets to win in 4 games but I now see that they will have to go back to Denver in order to close out the series. It shouldn't take more than 5 games, and I believe the Nuggets will win the next one and meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.