Zags/Sonics Weekend

The Zags played GT on Saturday night. It was an impressive win. Morrison poured in 24 points and has quickly become the "go to guy" on the team. Raivio also had a strong game scoring 21 points. Raivio's on the ball strength is night and day compared to the Illinois game. The anchor of the Zags is of course Turiaf, although he is still slowed by an ankle sprain.

GT was the 3rd ranked team in the country. They are also an east coast team. The game was in Las Vegas and did not get over to midnight West Coast time. That means the Georgia Tech players body was telling them it was 3 AM. Those are tough conditions. Either way it is a great win for the Zags and should help their RPI this year.

The Zags have Oklahoma State coming up on Dec 28th and Mizzou on the 30th. Both are away games. A split would be excellent. Before these two however they play the EWU Eagles (part of the field of 65 last year).

Sonics only played one game this weekend. A Friday night show down with the Suns. The game didn't disappoint. It was entertaining, fast paced, and well played. The Suns came out on top by using and excellent DEFENSIVE run to start the 4th period. All and all we can only hope that this playoff year offers us a 7 game series between these two teams.

Flip does not fit with the Sonics offense. While it is nice to give Allen some rest during the game. His dribble, dribble, dribble, shoot offense really takes the Sonics out of offensive rhythm. I say it is time to explore trade options with Flip. Just Flip. Trade him for a conditional 1st rounder.