Pronk-itude: It's Contageous!

PRONK-ITUDE: to the tune of a Grand Slam! Couple that with Westbrook pitching a complete game, 6-hit shutout, and the Tribe cruised to a 5-0 victory. Finally, some signs of life. Speaking of signs of life:




Holy mother of all that's holy! The Cavaliers, in the face of my (and many others') constant nay-saying, have put themselves in the driver's seat in their series with the Pistons by going into Detroit and winning. Simply unbelievable. Cavs up 3-2 in the series, Game 6 on Friday in Cleveland.

Their defense has been intense and has set the tone for the last 3+ games, and LeBron, while not dazzling last night (had 8 more turnovers and only shot 13 of 30), still managed 32 points. Donyell Marshall was strong off the bench with 14 and 13, not to mention a HUGE blocked shot in the final 20 seconds, and Rasheed Wallace was again a non-factor in the second half and most importantly down the stretch (having been benched after his bitchy technical foul):

When Chauncey Billups fouled out with over 2 minutes to go, I had a feeling the Cavs would win it. I just didn't believe they won it until it was over.

I remember saying that any games that the Cavs won in this series were going to be gravy for me; they'd already accomplished what I'd wanted to see in the playoffs. That's still true: even if they lose the next two games and get eliminated, I saw what I needed to see. They played hard; they didn't roll over. They hung with the best team in the conference and/or league, and gave them everything they could handle.

And, with Friday's game 6 at home, who knows?

(TV SPOILERS AHEAD)

Well, Lost took an interesting turn. We found out what many suspected: Michael's working for The Others (though, who could blame him after seeing Walt again?) and the Others want a large chunk of our Lost-aways for whatever reason. Considering all other lists we've seen have involved people who are "good," I don't quite know why they'd want Kate and Sawyer. Since Sayid (and now Jack) seem to understand that Michael is desperate and probably has been comprimised, it will be interesting to see how they approach the trip to the Others' camp... that is, if the writers even let us see that much next week and don't draw it out until next season. With Lost, there's always a chance that even the writers don't know where the show is going.

The new sailboat rolling into the beach presents an interesting new piece leading into the season finale next week. I get the feeling that either no one is on that boat, or whomever is on the boat is dead.

As for Alias, you knew the Sloan knew it was Sydney from the first moment he saw her. Who knows what this magical amulet really will unleash, but I suspect there will be lots of carnage and dead main characters in next Monday's 2-hour finale. Thankfully, Prison Break has already broken for the season so there isn't a conflict of interest on Monday.

That said, all of my attention is on the Cavs. They have a good shot to end it in 6 at home on Friday, but I'm afraid that if they don't, they probably won't win a game 7 on the road in Detroit. As I told a friend this morning:

This series is reminding me of two past playoff series:

2001 MLB playoffs: Tribe goes up 2-1 on Seattle (they of the 116-win regular season) with game 4 at home and Bartolo Colon pitching (following his game 1 CG shutout). I thought for sure that series was over and the Tribe was going to eliminate the Mariners. One bad managerial decision later (pitching to Ichiro in the 7th inning with a base open), the M's forced game 5 in Seattle and won it handily.

2004 NBA playoffs: The Pistons go up big on the Lakers in the finals, and everyone keeps saying, "Oh, OK... that's cool. You know the Lakers are going to turn it on in the next game and just smoke the Pistons and win the series." Well, we all know how that turned out.

The question is: which result will happen here? As a Cleveland fan, I'm predisposed to thinking it will mimic the 2001 baseball playoffs.

Good God, I hope not.

At any rate, I scanned the papers and Internet services, and didn't see a single word attributed to Rasheed Wallace. I think maybe he got the hint.

Pronk-itude and LeBron-itude... together at last.