Sports Saturday
For those who don’t follow basketball closely, one of the most delightful surprises of the NBA playoffs has been the play of Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. In the first game of the second round, he knocked down pretty much every shot he put up against the San Antonio Spurs, finishing with 44 points. I hope I don’t jinx him by posting the following e.e. cummings’ elegy about another great shooter, Buffalo Bill, but it’s the poem that came to mind:
Buffalo Bill ‘s
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
Curry isn’t blueeyed but he certain seems like a boy and his shots have a onetwothreefourfive quality to them. Just like that. The kid is a watersmooth-silver stallion.
Best-coach-in-basketball Gregg Popovich, along with his seasoned but aging Spurs, is hoping to play the role of cummings’ Mister Death and show the Golden State boys who’s boss. The oddsmakers think he will, even though the Warriors are 1-1 and could easily have been 2-0 before blowing a huge fourth quarter lead in the first game. Unfortunately Popovich has, like Mister Death, a history of crushing youthful upstarts. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Warriors are defunct in six.
But I plan to enjoy the show for as long as it lasts. Jesus, Stephen Curry plays a handsome game!