Thursday, January 13, 2005

As Predicted

Curry, Bulls show no signs of slowing down

I flipped on the Bulls game last night after The West Wing and watched them demolish the 76ers. As the Daily Herald notes this morning, "This is not a misprint: If the NBA playoffs started today, the Bulls would be in."

And the Timberwolves would not. The world has turned upside down, and everything I said the other day needed to happen for this scary scenario to come true did: A Chicago win, a Minnesota loss, a Houston win, a Boston loss. I've enjoyed being right more often than wrong these last few weeks, at least regarding the outcome of sporting events, but this is hard to relish.

Maybe I'll be wrong this weekend, at least. Steelers, Colts, Rams, Eagles, in order of my confidence in the pick. You heard it here first.

2 comments:

Paul V. Allen said...

Interestingly, you could probably trace the tailspin of the Timberwolves and the rise of the Bulls to the game they played against each other on December 11. Chicago won. Witness:

The Wolves were 13 - 7 at the time and have since gone 4 - 10.

The Bulls were 4 - 14 at the time and have since gone 11 - 4.

It's sad to watch the Wolves. Bill Simmons believes that KG is due for a meltdown, and I wouldn't blame him. He's doing his part.

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