Kleiza playing with broken thumb
by Nate Timmons on May 10, 2009 8:10 PM MDT
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Linas Kleiza played 14 minutes yesterday with a broken thumb in his right shooting hand.
Perhaps this is why his shooting touch has been a bit off?
From the Nuggets Briefs section of today's Denver Post (paper version):
The Nuggets forward declined to say how he hurt it. It is not an on-court injury.He did not practice Friday because of it. According to Nuggets athletic trainer Jim Gillen, the fracture is at the tip of the thumb and Kleiza is considered day-to-day.
I'd like to see LK healthy going forward as he may have to step out on the floor like he did in Game 3 and play some extended minutes in crucial minutes.
More on the non-call heard round the world:
Watching TNT's pregame show tonight (before Game 4 of the Celtics/Magic game), Charles Barkley pointed out an interesting tidbit along with rolling replay of Melo's final shot.
Barkley had viewers focus on Mark Wunderlich and pointed out how Wunderlich was watching Melo's feet as Melo got close to the three point line to make sure he was behind the three-point line. Sure enough, Wunderlich's head was tilted down and he indeed appeared to be focused on Melo's feet.
All the more reason you'd hope Wright would have bear hugged Melo on that final play and not left the foul call up to chance, which as we've all seen in the NBA countless times will have mixed results.
This viewing that Barkley pointed out gave all the more reason to how Wunderlich didn't see Wright's hack. I believe that Wright's throwing up of his arms and the fact that he was behind Melo with other officials not in the best line of view all played a part to the perfect storm of that foul not getting called.
Houston evens things up 2-2 with the Lakers winning Game 4, 99-87
I was attending the Rockies vs. Marlins game with my family today for Mother's Day. Again, Happy Mother's day mom! We enjoyed brunch at Coors Field before the game and I enjoyed some tasty prime rib and other wonderful food.
Anyhow, I had two of my buddies sending me texts throughout and couldn't believe Houston was up by as many as 29 in the game without Yao. I wish I would have seen that one. These highlights should do.
Talk about resilient. Check out The Dream Shake for more on the Rockets win. Or what went wrong for L.A. on Silver Screen and Roll.
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I heard
That Kleiza broke his thumb “slamming it in a car door”, which is all too laughably believable for everyone’s favorite bumbling Lithuanian.
Nice post
Thanks for highlighting that interesting bit on TNT today about the overblown non-call of the non-foul.
by KC Gunner on May 10, 2009 9:53 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
You knwo what's really retarded?
That even with a broken thumb, Karl chose to play him over Balkman.
What the fuck.
by Colin Neilson on May 10, 2009 11:29 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
f0 reel.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
by A.J. Haefele on May 11, 2009 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
The broken thumb may explain this
But what is the explanation for Kleiza’s putrid play the rest of the season? The only single solitary thing I have been upset with this postseason is seeing Kleiza get any minutes at all with Balkman on the bench. Kleiza provides absolutely nothing of substance if his shot isn’t falling, and his shot hasn’t been falling for quite some time now.
by Business Socks on May 10, 2009 11:59 PM MDT reply actions
Yes, I was sort of being sarcastic ...
I’ve given up trying to figure out what is keeping LK back. I’d have to point to lack of development.
The guy just hasn’t worked on his game hard enough in my eyes. He has no reliable jump shot, can only drive to his right, and still is only a spot up three-ball guy. That and the fact that he is not showing improvement on the defensive end.
Been a sad year for LK.
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by Nate Timmons on May 11, 2009 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
That story makes a little more sense..
than Radmanovic’s when he said he fell on a patch of ice while walking.
But just a little.
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"There were arms coming from everywhere, and I knew they weren’t going for the ball," Miller said. "I was just trying to get [the shot] up before they called some crap like ‘on the ground.’ "
"What do you want me to do?" Wright asked. "Do you want me to Derek Fisher him?"
I heard he hurt his finger
when he smashed it between two R-O-C-K-S!
Kleiza rocks?
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by Nate Timmons on May 11, 2009 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Watching the three point line?
Hate to beat a dead topic into the ground, but I wonder if this play will change the technique refs use to make the 3-point determination. It seems like this is a situation in which the league has not yet fully caught up with its own technology because they have been using video review to check 3-point shots for a while now. It would seem the Wunderlich (and all refs) should now be taught to bascially ignore (or not focus on as much) watching the three line (which they can simply review – and actually did on Sunday), especially at points in the game when the contact is really the primary thing you want to focus on.
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