Travis Shaw only has an OPS+ of 49 ... but at least he’s playing phenomenal defense! Oh wait. 

Came being upset Wisconsin did this,  leaving being relieved it's the fake UW.

I’m not sure I agree with Kansas being entirely in the midwest. I think the midwest stops at the Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri western border, and even then I think it’s not all of Missouri (the southern part is the south). The other states are more Plains states to me. Basically, I’m saying midwest rednecks are…

It’s humorous that this is the first time any contact with Lowry in the entire playoffs actually DIDN’T draw a foul!

I’ll start first - he traveled.

I get what you’re saying, but the math still doesn’t add up. If you take away the garbage time foul and just assign all the remaining FT advantage to Toronto, it doesn’t come close to equaling the 2 point shot scoring disparity.

So I’m admittedly not really an NBA fan (I prefer college basketball), but I’ve tuned in more this playoffs with the Bucks doing well.

The worst thing about Drake is that he made me appreciate something Reggie Miller said in game 2 (note: 99.9% of the time Reggie annoys me). He called out Drake for only showing up to home games. I’d like to see Drake’s antics at a Bucks’ home game.

UVA’s offense is better than their defense: https://kenpom.com . "This one time" they happened to beat up a historically dominant defense (the best in the country).

The NCAA took one of the refs from the Duke-Wisconsin championship game (Stephens) - a game not known for its awesome officiating in the second half.

Oh Jesus, I thought he was just making a joke about how bad the team doctors were until I read your reply! (P.S. I’m a biased Packers fan though)

I can’t see “Cletorious Aretha” without thinking that one of the parents had their heart set on “Clitoris Urethra” and the other parent made them compromise to “Cletorious Aretha.”

I live in Albany now (from WI originally), and I use “steamed ham” with people all the time. 98% of the time I’m disappointed when I get a “what the fuck are you talking about” response. 

Some of these names are more fucked up the more you think about them.

(2) How is that possible?! Maybe there’s a play-in game I’m not seeing ...

This is one of the best comments I've ever seen on deadspin. Kudos.

First, I’d recognize that angry waddle anywhere - it’s definitely McCarthy.

I mean, it's not fair to play defense until you let the opposing player catch the ball! 

They also got that turnover on downs that one time!

The first was clearly a TD. I’d call the Gordon play a fumble if only because there was a moment when he wasn’t making contact with the ball when he was falling, so I don’t think that could be possession. It sorta worked out, but maybe not for the right reasons.