LAMARCUS’ BLOOD VIRUS
Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge wrote in his Blazers.com blog late on Friday that he was recently hospitalized with a “deadly blood virus.”
Aldridge, 26, has been writing the blog, “L.A.’s Rehab Central,” as he recovers from a minor hip surgery he underwent in May, according to CBS Sports. He is expected to need two to four months to recover from surgery, which eliminated him from Olympic consideration.
“On (May 26) I came down with a blood virus,” he wrote. “I quickly became sick and had to be rushed to the hospital. I thought it was a case of bad food or a bad cold, but I was wrong. It turned out to be a very serious virus that if not treated quickly could actually be deadly! One thing I know for sure is that I’ve never felt worse in my life and there were times I wasn’t really sure where I was going. Thankfully I had a lot of family support and great medical care that helped me fight through it and now I’ve turned the corner and I’m feeling much better.”
Aldridge has also missed time during his career for a heart condition that has required him to undergo an electrical treatment several times.
Aldridge, who became an All Star for the first time this season, averaged 21.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
(Source: Yahoo!)
OKC TIES IT UP!
When Lil Wayne turned down Kevin Durant’s invitation to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, he missed quite a show by the three-time scoring champion.
Durant scored 18 of his 36 points in a scintillating final 7 minutes, Serge Ibaka added a career-high 26 points and the Thunder evened the series at two games apiece by beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-103 Saturday night.
(Source: Yahoo!)
![JORDAN’S MID-AIR HAND SWITCH [VIDEO]
“At first I saw a clear lane to the basket and I was going to dunk the ball, but I saw long-armed Sam Perkins in the way.” – Michael Jordan on classic move.
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JORDAN’S MID-AIR HAND SWITCH [VIDEO]
“At first I saw a clear lane to the basket and I was going to dunk the ball, but I saw long-armed Sam Perkins in the way.” – Michael Jordan on classic move.
RONDO’S BALL FAKE
The real Rondo appeared in a Game 3 win. He had flights of whimsy, like his behind-the-back ball fake. He had preternaturally natural instincts, as exhibited in his incredible steal from LeBron James. The whole way through, he was creating angles out of his opponents’ anticipated assumptions.
While his line of 21, 10 and six was comparatively pedestrian to the Game 2 scoring explosion, the performance that came with it was familiar in the least boring way possible.
