Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Observation from Celtics-Pacers Game


Here is my observation from tonight's Celtics game, which the Pacers dominated for a half and then got dominated. Dahntay Jones and Tyler Hansbrough don't like each other. They are teammates on a bad NBA team and they don't like each other. In the second quarter Tyler took his first shot of the night, a jumper from just above the free throw line, that missed. Dahntay was on the bench and stood up and shouted something along the lines of "That's a bad shot!" This was false, although I guess it was a little early in the possession, but Dahntay seemed to be concerned his team would let their 15+ point lead slip away, something everyone in the world knew would happen. I thought for a second why Dahntay would say such a thing, was he trying to be a leader or wanted to use clock or what and couldn't really figure it out. I let it slide because one instance of Dahntay getting pissed at Tyler doesn't mean anything. I mean everyone gets pissed at Tyler Hansbrough, no one of course actually likes him. Maybe I can respect that he is playing decent in the NBA because no one else really tries very hard for three quarters and he tries hard so he scores baskets. Additionally, he and Josh McRoberts are much better at dunking than you would think two white guys are. I watched them in warm ups. Also, Tyler Hansbrough made this commercial.

NEWAYZ, in the fourth quarter, Dahntay got called for a somewhat bogus offensive foul for posting up too hard. I guess he hooked his arm around Paul Pierce, but whatever. As Dahntay complained and then came down the court, he and Tyler had a quick interaction. I think Tyler tried to feed him the ball before the foul, but Dahntay barked something at Tyler and then Tyler seemed to make fun of him for getting the foul called on him. I don't know what they said, but Dahntay was pissed and Tyler was kind of confused and responded. Big picture, they don't like each other, and the logical explanation has to be either Dahntay is pissed that Tyler dunked on Kenny George in college or that because Dahntay went to Duke he doesn't like Tyler who went to North Carolina. I feel bad for Tyler who has THREE Duke teammates: Dahntay, Josh, and Mike Dunleavey. That sucks bro. Basically what you get from reading this is my earth-shattering news that Dahntay Jones and Tyler Hansbrough don't like each other. I hope you don't stop reading because I thought I was cool for figuring this out.

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