Rez Ball (2024) - 3 of 5 Free Throws
The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive.
Katie and I watched this the other day. It was enjoyable. I wouldn't call it a "must-see" but it was good and it was a positive portrayal and racism faced living on a reservation.
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The Detroit Pistons end their 28 game losing streak, snagging a win by two points over the Toronto Raptors
From the NBA game recap:
The Detroit Pistons ended their NBA record-tying losing streak at 28 games with a 129-127 victory over the short-handed Toronto Raptors on Saturday night, as Cade Cunningham had 30 points and 12 assists.
The Pistons, who hadn't won since Oct. 28, matched the Philadelphia 76ers’ record of 28, split over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. They finished one shy of the record for the four major American and Canadian leagues, set by the Chicago Cardinals during World War II.
As a note, I did not know the Arizona Cardinals were anywhere other than St. Louis in their history. TIL about the Chicago Cardinals.
Even if this win is an aberration, it has to be a relief to get out of that losing streak.
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NBA players talk about Larry Bird
I was only nine years old when Larry Bird retired, so I don't have any real big memories of him playing. But he was omnipresent in the NBA conversations and years to follow as I grew up. Sure, Michael Jordan took over the scene and his marketing was out of this world, but Bird also continued to coach, etc.
So, I started to write about my thoughts on Bird's coaching career being relatively mediocre given how cerebral he was about the game. But then I went to up his stats. He coached the Pacers for seven years and during that time he wracked up the FOURTH all-time win-rate. Behind Joe Mazzulla (Celtics from 2011 to present), some guy named Phil Jackson, and Billy Cunningham (who coached the 76ers '77-'85.)
If Bird had been given an all-star roster, it seems to me he'd be possibly in the conversation for greatest coach of all time. He then went on to be a team executive, etc.
Needless to say, Bird loves Basketball and lived it and thought (and probably still thinks) about it every hour of every day.
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"Sue Bird will retire as greatest athlete in Seattle’s history"
In regards to my Larry or Sue post yesterday, a good write up that makes the case for Sue Bird as Seattle's greatest athlete across any sport ever.
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