RENO BIGHORNS @ IDAHO STAMPEDE - 3/29/2014 - SATURDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), YOUTUBE

[Darkwebs]

Just let Crabbe launch 3's

 

[riverman]

Stampede need Adam Morrison

 

[riverman]

Crabbes shot has looked horrible other than a couple of layups in the last game. Not even on line for the most part but he's not hustling, not running at all. All in all a disappointment because I expected more from the Pac 12 player of the year.

 

[riverman]

One thing for sure, he's not going to take a charge anytime soon

 

[jlprk]

Crabbe rebounds. Ross the Colorman calls the team's shooting "arctic." 32% for the game. Crabbe made 1 3 pointer, the only one on the team. 95-73 2 minutes left.

 

[Darkwebs]

There just wasn't enough offensive firepower and size tonight for the Stampede after all their injuries and ejection.

 

[jlprk]

I think Peck's high school coaching background has a lot to do with the playground style and frenzied shooting. This is just a workout for Crabbe, not a learning experience.

 

[riverman]

Coach Peck seems to have forgotten you can take timeouts in basketball

 

[riverman]

There just wasn't enough offensive firepower and size tonight for the Stampede after all their injuries and ejection.

That's very polite of you Darkwebs. My view tonight is a bit more caustic.

 

[Darkwebs]

Here is tonight's sad boxscore:

 

[riverman]

I think Peck's high school coaching background has a lot to do with the playground style and frenzied shooting. This is just a workout for Crabbe, not a learning experience.

I thought you were supposed to sweat during a workout?

 

[jlprk]

98-79 final. The Horns make the playoffs and we don't. Get this. Instead of the usual boisterous music, they're playing what is this, Christmas music or a funeral dirge. It's a combo and they're not being funny. It's quiet music and the few who didn't leave early are quiet. I feel like either crying or going to the closet and pulling out the rum. Which will it be. Which will it be.

 

[Darkwebs]

I have to assume Crabbe is coming back to Portland. Stampede is now officially eliminated from playoff contention.

 

[riverman]

So much for a playoff berth, the Stampede are toast now..well it was faster than Sominex, I'll give it that

 

[riverman]

98-79 final. The Horns make the playoffs and we don't. Get this. Instead of the usual boisterous music, they're playing what is this, Christmas music or a funeral dirge. It's a combo and they're not being funy. It's quiet music and the few who didn't leave earlh are quiet. I feel like either crying or going to the closet and pulling out the rum. Which will it be. Which will it be.

The head cheerleader retired and Ellis played his last game...guess that might be part of it

 

[jlprk]

I must be soulless. I can't get myself to cry. I'll try harder. I'm an effort player. I know how to be happy. I'll catch up on this thread reading the innumerable posts from my many friends.

 

[Darkwebs]

The head cheerleader retired and Ellis played his last game...guess that might be part of it

And Peck's last game in Idaho, as well.

 

[riverman]

Somewhere there are 495 silent fans with mouths agape and tears drying on their collective cheeks burning their Stampede jerseys in effigy

 

[riverman]

Adam Morrison should apply for a coaching job there

 

[jlprk]

Wow. Ross' wife's name is Sheila. The last game of the season. They're praising each other and naming all the HCP-like minnows of the production. Mark Snider does play by play.

I found some peach juice. A good mixer to drown my sorrows and hide the bitter taste of my, uh, tears. That's what I'll be mixing into it. Right.

 

[riverman]

Or Coby Karl or Luke Jackson

 

[riverman]

Mark Snider started out fully charged and like a dying battery, chugged to a dead stop at the end

 

[riverman]

Well the night is early, maybe I can find a team I hate and watch them lose ...thanks for being the iron King Crabbe dude!

 

[jlprk]

This tastes good. Okay, now I'll catch up on the thread, using my expertise to answer queries from my oodles of fans.

 

[jlprk]

Here's the boxscore.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20140329/RNOIDA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore

If you can't get enough of the D-League, here's the official news on Twitter. Tonight a new historical league scoring record was set.

https://twitter.com/nbadleague

 

[jlprk]

cheerleaders always wear long pants in the D league?

Last game, they had super-short shorts, but cellulite legs. Kind of wrinkly skin near the crotch.

Will Barton must kick his ass in practice

That made me laugh.

 

[jlprk]

not crashing the boards, hangin out in the 3-t area with his hands in his jersey

Reputation for quick hands?

Stampede need Adam Morrison

Last year we forced Coby Karl onto the Stampede with a Blazer tryout contract.

I have to assume Crabbe is coming back to Portland. Stampede is now officially eliminated from playoff contention.

Maybe they'll just leave him there.

 

[riverman]

That kind of wrinkly skin near the crotch....that is the crotch

 

[jlprk]

Somewhere there are 495 silent fans with mouths agape and tears drying on their collective cheeks burning their Stampede jerseys in effigy

Here I sit in my Stampede uniform, yellow cheerleader tassles on my shoelaces, waiting for that ref with the blonde pigtails to call my number. I'll show her what a foul is.

 

[jlprk]

I've done some research and here's my take on the game:

After Friday night's loss to the Reno Bighorns, the Idaho Stampede's playoff hope is quickly diminishing.

The Bakersfield Jam also lost on Friday, so the Jam are now officially and mathematically eliminated from the playoff race, which leaves the Stampede as the only remaining team who's not currently in the top 8 to have a chance at making the playoffs.

There's only 4 games left to play in the regular season and the Stampede better win out to have a shot at the playoffs. But they only have one home game left and this is it. The 3 games afterwards will be on the road and 2 of those 3 will be against the 3rd and 4th best teams in the league.

This is a MUST WIN or the season's over basically.

I'm guessing this will be Crabbe's last game? We'll see.

Yes, I thought they had 4 games left including this one. But at the end of the show they were thanking each other for a good season, saying Peck won't return, mentioning names of little guys (the HCPs of the show), on and on. I'm pretty sure he said this is the last game. So maybe it's like in baseball when they skip the last half of the last inning if it's meaningless?

Or did he mean home games. Doesn't he do play by play for road games? I bet that's it. Home broadcasters only do games.