Guy Berger

Thanks! So it's on Dark Magus. I will have to play that tonight. Also on Pangaea. Guy

One thing that bothers me a little about Karma is the combination of flute and French horn in the background. Guy

I would go as far as to say that with this lineup Lloyd has the makings of a truly great and well-balanced quartet. The only previous time I've seen him was back around 1992 (with McCoy and Elvin) and this was way better. Yes, hope they record soon. Lloyd with Moran? Sounds fantastic -- I really want to hear this group. Guy

I would LOVE to see during the playoffs series. Guy

No doubt. I just couldn't believe how many three-footers he was missing, especially that last one where he split Duncan and Parker, didn't get hit, and blew it. I wonder if pre-surgery Amare would have been able to put those in. What if... Guy ps Warriors trivia: The Warriors' three highest-paid players are Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, and Adonal Foyle. pps The Knicks' highest-paid players (in descending order) are Allan Houston, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis and Jalen Rose.

That was a very good game (though I only really started paying attention in the 4th quarter). I'm not a huge fan of the Spurs' style of play, but Phoenix brings out the best in them. A classic PG duel between Nash and Parker. It's hard to beat the Spurs when Duncan, Finley and Parker combine for 82 pts on 32-57 shooting. Parker had a fantastic game, but his two best plays were giving Nash that nose job and the flop when Barbaro was chasing him near the end (which gave the Spurs 2 FT and the ball). Did Nash break his nose? btw, today's box score is somewhat similar to game 1 of the 2005 conference finals. Hopefully Phoenix will manage to win more than one game this time around. Guy

Picking the "Allen Iverson Chucker of the Game" award is going to be tough when there are so many good contenders: Vince Carter 7-23 Jason Kidd 2-11 (AWFUL, but excused because he had the restraint to only take 11 shots) Lebron James 8-21 Larry Hughes 7-20 I think I am going to pick VC. I didn't watch this game, thank god. Guy

I'm an idiot. I meant rebounds. Agreed. 15 assists a game would be amazing. FWIW, Boozer's numbers in 4 games against GS this season: 17 pts/14 reb (blowout Warriors loss in Utah) 4 pts/10 reb (near-blowout Warriors win in Oakland, without Baron Davis) 25 pts/21 reb (Warriors blow 4th quarter lead in Utah) 17 pts/11 reb (blowout Warriors win in Oakland) Guy

Phoenix will lose at least one of the first two games to San Antonio. (I hope I'm wrong.) Carlos Boozer will average 35 ppg and 15 apg against the Warriors. I don't get it; THREE of ESPN.COM's experts picked the Warriors to beat the Jazz, and Tradesports has the Jazz as only a 55% favorite. How come everyone is more optimistic than me??? Guy

Houston totally self-destructed in those last 9 seconds. What were they thinking??? Guy

As long as there's no Warriors game, I might be up for Saturday as well. Guy

He definitely plays in NYC... pay attention to the Jazz Gallery page. I really regret not seeing him (or Steve Coleman) over the past few years. Speak of the devil: Anybody else interested in going? Guy

Have moved on to disc 3. Loving this music. One regret: I wish they'd played "Yesternow" more than once. I love hearing the group mine that slow, funky groove. Maybe they did on one of the four unreleased sets. Second regret: I wish they'd played "Bitches Brew" on this engagement, like they did at a few other concerts. Guy

Charles Lloyd, Canto

The Bulls will be a lot more competitive next game. But damn, they got whipped today. Unless TMac pulls a few rabbits out of his hat soon, he's going down in another 7 game 1st round series. (I assume he holds the record?) Guy

Pharoah Sanders, Summun Bukmun Umyun Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Inner Mounting Flame

'house of the lord' from summum is a personal favorite, but it's pretty much just blowing. Really beautiful, nonetheless. Luminous. Guy

Given a choice between an inexact measurement that shows "bias" and an exact measurement that shows no "bias", which do you think is a better designed study? This is a non-story. A flawed measure found bias. An unflawed measure found no bias. In short, there is no rational basis for the claim of bias. BTW -- ESPN quotes economist Larry Katz on the NBA "study": also:

I've never seen this show and can't actually vouch for its existence, but I've watched about a season's worth of ads on TNT over the past few years. Guy

Very little Dewey. The other three guys sleepwalking while he's not playing. Guy

Current odds from Tradesports: 1st round series Utah vs. Rockets - Rockets 68.0% 2nd round series Chicago vs. Detroit - Detroit 62.0% Phoenix vs. SA - Suns 58.8% Cleveland vs. NJ - Cleveland 68.5% champion Suns 31.0% Spurs 21.0% Pistons 14.7% Warriors 7.2% Bulls 7.0% Rockets 6.8% Cavaliers 6.5%

Pistons in 7

JRich sticks a fork in Dallas Something strange about Marv Albert saying 'facial'

In the liner notes to the Sam Rivers Mosaic, Michael Cuscuna writes: What do you think of this quote? Cuscuna is obviously presenting a very strong slant on history, but is there a grain of truth? Guy