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Oklahoma City Thunder – Home Court Humiliation
The Oklahoma City Thunder do have the excuse of missing three starting players, including a resting Russell Westbrook, but it’s still hard to fathom just how bad they looked in a 109-86 loss at home to the Dallas Mavericks, pulling them even further away from the top spot in the Western conference.
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Conference Championships: Virginia in the ACC, Florida in the SEC, Michigan State in the Big Ten
Selection Sunday slightly puts the conference tournaments out of the spotlight, but tournament champions were declared in the ACC, where Virginia beat Duke; the SEC, in which Florida overcame Kentucky; an the Big Ten, with Michigan State beating Michigan.
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Miami Heat – Renewed Signs of Greatness
At the moment, the Miami Heat don’t look like a team good enough to win the NBA championship. However, their 113-104 win over the Houston Rockets brings back some sort of confidence not just in them as a group, but in Ray Allen as a capabale sidekick of the Big Three, outscoring the trio of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Flexing His Clasico Muscles
As important as it might for Lionel Messi to notch up another goalscoring achievement for Barcelona, his hat trick won’t be very memorable if we’ll see nothing from this performance a few days from now, as the team play their second Clasico of the season, this time without a shadow of the doubt putting the title on the line.
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Arsenal FC – Mesut Ozil Really Helpful When He Doesn’t Play
More than anything, Arsenal needed toughness and bravery in the North London derby. Arsene Wenger changed his tactics to fit a team out to bite on counter attacks and then sit back and defend. The plan worked well with Tomas Rosicky providing the goal and eventual winner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Santi Cazorla did a great job in the middle of the pitch and Mesut Ozil played his part by not being available, which actually helped his team.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney & Robin van Persie Stuck With David Moyes
It’s hard to put a finger on just one thing David Moyes did in a humiliating loss for Manchester United against their biggest rivals. From the defense with Phil Jones and Nemanja Vidic which looked scared and panicked, to the non existent midfield with Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick. The wings, with two players not built for this kind positioning or physicality in Juan Mata and Adnan Januzaj, while two forwards in Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney are made useless by wrong tactics and zero sense of confidence and drive.
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Liverpool FC – Steven Gerrard, More Than a Penalty King
Almost every goal Steven Gerrard has scored this season came from the penalty spot, but there’s more to him, and to the Liverpool team Brendan Rodgers needed about a season and a bit to mold, than just making the most of set pieces, as the striking duo of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge create havoc even when they don’t score, Jordan Henderson and Joe Allen do the work of three or four players in the middle of the pitch while the Raheem Sterling surprise might have hurt his individual performance, but worked out perfectly in the grand scheme of things.
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Match Highlights – Tottenham vs Arsenal
The North London derby is swept by Arsenal this season, giving a atypical defensive, combative and sluggish performance at White Hart Lane, claiming an ultra important 1-0 win over Tottenham thanks to a sublime Tomas Rosicky goal, putting back in direct contention of the Premier League title.
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Match Highlights – Manchester United vs Liverpool
One of the more interesting things about the 3-0 win for Liverpool at the Old Trafford over Manchester United was that they didn’t play all that well and were probably deserving of at least one more penalty kick, with Steven Gerrard converting two of them (and missing one), getting help from Luis Suarez to make it an official humiliating result.
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Denver Broncos or Kansas City Chiefs – Where did Emmanuel Sanders Sign?
Just as the news of Emmanuel Sanders signing with the Denver Broncos broke out, it seems that his agent, Steve Weinberg, has come to a verabl agreement with the Kansas City Chiefs. So where is the wide receiver, leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers no matter what, is going to sign?