Bloggin' on basketball.
Yea, Buddy!
Oklahoma's 6-8 Blake Griffin is almost everything in person that he seems on TV. Explosive to the nth degree, and physical as all get out.
By the 10-minute mark of the first half he laready had qauze jammed up his nose to stop the bleeding, and a sleeve on his arm to stop more bleeding at the elbow. He was limping. And when Michigan took a brief 28-25 lead he was screaming at the bench, "I'm not getting no help!"
The halftime stats seemed to support him as he had 13 points and nine boards to support a slim 30-29 halftime lead. His most explosive segment came midway between the elbow bleeding and the nose bleeding when he rammed hom three straight dunks on powe plays inside.
Since LeBron shys away from the low block like a wallflower at the prom, I won't compare the ferocity of Griffin's dunks to those from His Majesty. But from point-blank range, it wouldn't surprise me if the rim whimpers.
As for the game, if Michigan coach John Beilein isn't the perfect example of winning with style of play over talent, then who is? The Wolverines can very easily win this game, particularly if Griffin bleeds his way out of it.
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