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Kentucky at Georgia: Second Half Game Thread

This one's for Darius Miller's big first half. (via steffenz)

This one's for Darius Miller's big first half. (via steffenz)

Some deadly three-point shooting and adequate defense have pushed this game out to a nice lead for Kentucky. In the second half, they need to continue to do whatever it was they did in the last five minutes of the first.

Darius Miller was the daddy in the first half with 13 points, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had one of the filthiest dunks of the year.

Go, 'Cats!

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Go Big Blue

Lets clip some more hips and go on a rimrun. (Sorry A2)

I picked the one in the middle......lol
Heh.

I learned that over at Georgia’s site during one of the bowl games.

So it does mean get your asses there now. :-)
Like Miller's attitude tonight...
Darius proved the value of wing size

UK calls him a guard, but he’s a SF. Georgia has particularly small guards and a 6’4" guard playing SF. I love that he’s taking advantage.

Miller needs to keep this up for the rest of the year so he can get drafted
If he keeps this up, he'll go lottery
Shoot 'em out of the zone

then jam ’em till they beg for mercy.

Wilt and Miller can do that-
i gotta see an AD alley oop at least ONCE today!
I'd be shocked if that didn't happen.
I think it would be the first time this year
Yeah he even got one against UNC

Which, and I quote “You can do that against UNC, baby!”

Just saw the Tenn Vandy score. SEC BB is fun
Vandy smoked them...
rolled them up...no need to put them in the pipe!!
Tennessee played like Kentucky did back in 2008.

And so did Vandy

MJ not walking thru that door but Miller has!!
ready to go

Poured my 2nd half bourbon, bring on the dawgs!

Just did the same.
tennessee got rocked
Though I don't really like Florida St

I think Bernard James is one of the great stories in basketball.

good stuff. wasn't aware of his story
Wait

What exactly do you have against FSU?

They ain't Clemson ;-)
Ouch

Well we did lose to CU in both sports this year. But at least we didn’t lose by 1,402,432,201 points in our bowl game.

well yeah, that wasn't pretty

But I care less about so football, so whatever.

I truly think that CU game was a fluke in ACC play.

FSU has a legit chance to win the conf. dont think they win the tourney, but still.

oh yeah - that game was a complete, total, utter fluke

That was BY FAR the best Clemson has played offensively this year. Florida St is definitely a better squad this year and I thought that even before they massacred UNC. Would certainly love to see them win the conference over UNC/Duke.

that reads a bit harsher than it was intended

That bowl game was ugly, but it’s about what I’ve come to expect from football. I do think happier days are ahead.

No doubt.

Dabo REALLY REALLY REALLY needs to go, but Morris has you all in a good position. Picking up the OU guy for DC is big as well. 2013 is going to be BIG for you all

no, I think Dabo is fine

It was the defense that was the problem and they just got a new coordinator so it should get better.

Dabo is fine because he hired the right Coaches

Steele certainly wasnt helping. But I still think dabo is worth at least 1 loss a year.. IMO

I dunno.....we missed a lot of blocks......gave up way too many easy looks

missed defending the three on several occasions, and were slow getting back a couple times too

Hot shooting covers up A LOT of mistakes
Yep

Both TJ and Teague had some bonehead defensive (non-)plays earlier.

Miracle 3s by Djaksjdflkasdjf doesn't help
I think both looks were basically unguarded

random guys at the gym can hit unguarded threes…

Spelled the same twice? Awesome
You know, Djuresic

just like it sounds

Yeah, and we're up 12...
Oh please.... run a 3-2 zone.

The backdoors will be flying

I clicked on door # 1 and got booted lol
Will Cats cover the line tonight?
the line is 17 i believe
Would someone like to tell me why we should care?

Real question.

Because we only cover about 50% of the time

Vegas is picking our lines perfectly.

big hustle play by Davis to get it back to MKG
MKG don't need no stinking foul called!
That? Was awesome.
MKG bucket with 2 guys hanging on him...

40-28

but he initiated the contact by flying to Georgia
Ha! Say it ain't so... ;-)
Good play Teague, then good play Wiltjer
oops, Davis
Haha. Odd mixup there...
Aww our perfect FT rate :(
I figured Jones would blow that eventually. Heh.
Excellent play by Lamb and also Teague there
Dang you Jones

LOL!

Manichevitz messed up......lol
there's the oop!
What an amazing amazing shot by AD
WHy hello there Mr. Davis
sweet one hander
No dunk, but nice tip oop for Davis
Indeed.

Kid has great body control. Could have been a foul as well.

AD with the save!
Sweet one hand shot by Uni!
Mmm.

“Hard to guard.”

Understatement...
Having a player like Davis can

sure help your point guard’s assist rate :D

Wall might have broken the all time assist record in one season had he played with Davis
Cousins was a pretty nice target himself...
Rim run by Davis...
Rim Run?
Jimmy Dykes new fav saying
My new least fav
What does it mean?
it could be a lot worse.

like bill raftery… i’m pretty sure half the stuff he says aren’t even words.

Jimmy is much better than Rafferty
Stop!
Someone should edit the community guildelines

to prohibit excessive (as in one) Dykes quotes

Haha. Well, yeah
Looks like no superbowl win for Georgia this time
Let's not pencil in the W yet.

If we’re up this big at the next TV timeout, well… maybe … :-)

Did Smooth make this road trip?
It's raining for the first time in 8 years in Dallas.

A good rain. Lost DirectTV feed. Not sure when it will come back. Lightning. Thunder. Then….silence.

Well, glad you are getting rain finally, but sure hope the TV comes back on quickly!
Did AD blow a kiss?
I saw that

I think it was for Teague on the assist

Rim run x 3 there!
3 rim runs in two sentences!!

Dykes, please, for the love of my sanity!

I swear he can't help himself.
Apparently neither can some of us. :-)

Enough with the rim runs already

Really silly turnovers.
You can't mail it in

still 15 minutes left

Disregard, Miller in charge
DM 4x4 from trey land...

46-30

Miller!

Just keep feeding him the ball!

that deserved two posts.
a 1-2-2 zone?

Seriously, Cal?

The Cal-zone
seems too cheesy though :P
Ha! That took me a second.
Miller is just feeling it like crazy

that wasn’t even in rhythm and decently guarded

pretty soon he will be talking about the plane...

UK will be in first class…:)

UK is the cockpit!
I seriously can't stand it......
Bad possession there.
shot clock violation? please.
seriously?

shot clock winding down and you DON’T go to the guy who has hit 4 3’s?

And he was relatively open at the end.
yeah

You could see that he was all set up to catch and shoot.

silly mistake
The other part...

is Probability

MKG was more open if the pass had been a little better
but he's not the guy you want taking a long range shot

Even disregarding DM’s 4-4 night

Calipari trotting out a 1-2-2 half-court zone ...

… was one of the strangest things I have seen this year. :-)

keeping them guessing???
It just looks ... wrong!

But it worked!

I bet not many teams prepare for breaking the 1-2-2
He's scared of Djurivicis
Maybe making the opposing coaches plan for something he'll never really use??
Like I've said before

He likes to screw with the fanbase ;-)

I will agree
We're back to just kinda standing around

Cmon guys lets not let the Dawgs back into this. I want a stress free 2nd half!

I know. I need to get up early tomorrow.
me too - 4:30 comes quick after these 9pm games
4:20 for me... Feel your pain!
Yeah-

I think Stallings made us play the late game tonight…

I don't recall the last time we had a shotclock violation .. lethargy much?
AD is no Schintzius!
No Schintz!
Is that a beer?
No, that's Shitz...
different kind of rim run
And this, as they say, is most awesome!! :-)
We have went to the crapper now?
You play pretty well Sis, nicely done! :-)
awesome
Sometimes a Great Notion :"Because that's all there is!"
i think it's a small german dog
come on, continuation much?
NBA continuation on that call
AD in a mullett?
You cannot seriously coutn that....

NBA rules now???

Davis' first foul.
Darius with another brain fart
Haha. HFSJDFHDL fouled during the free throw.
Coop thinks there are 2 a's in it. :-)
Guard your yard!
It was a bull crap foul call
That Jurassic park guy is giving me hives
Lamb having an off night
Should not have cut his hair-
Heh.

Like Sampson. :-)

Like lookin in my rearview mirror and seein a police car
Dang Smooth, never seen you miss two in a row??
That, my friends, was a moving screen
Teague got sandwiched. It that a foul?
Now that was a crappy call.

Play on.

see, MKG would have slammed that
He's a much quicker jumper than Jones.
jones always catches, gathers, jumps. he gets blocked down low more than he should
He does.

He’s not as bouncy as MKG. Few are.

nickname for MKG?

Tigger?

That's pretty good, I will say...

We tried “Real” early in the year, but “MKG” is just too easy to type…

I like that
The more I think on it, the more I like it... :-)
Smooth?

That’s Bradley

And Big Smooth is Mr Bill.
I with you. Bradley was Smooth. I don't like recycling nicknames.
Yeah, but he game himself that name... We gave Doron Smooth, makes a difference...
Too much like my brother Darrell and my other brother Darrell.

Just something wrong with that. :-)

Uhhhh... My given name is Darrell...

give it back. ;-)

It's mine and you can't have it!! LOL
You know what I mean!!!!

Sorry ’bout my choice of an example.

Just teasin' ya...

When I was in England there was a Darrell, Darrell and Larry in the same unit. We earned a lot of free beer with that… :-)

Hahaha I bet you did.
We'd show our ID's and people would just shake their head and go get our beers...

Fun times!

I will not call Doron that. With you all.
We've called him that-

Ever since he got here…

Oh it's fine for you all, I don't prefer it is all.
Quit putzing around here Cats and put these guys away!
Just a matter of time

this one is in the bag

you are right...
time

it is time to make a run

agreed...
if it stays within 12, I may need another Knob Creek
Excuses excuses. :)
go on and pour it now.
Teague 7 quiet assists so far
and I haven't seen a TO
correct and 3 RB's
Got to finish that TJ
That's way to play TJ
team has 11 assist on 17 made baskets
a quiet teague isn't necessarily a bad teague...
a teague of their own
Atlanta has a Teague of their own
Thanks for the advice Jimmy Dykes

you have to finish

Jones started really well. . .then. . .not so much.
FREE THROWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
missed 3 of his 4

not so good

Will be running suicides tomorrow.
Treadmill: "Miss me?"
UK absolutely dominating the boards 29-14
Georgia needs more help than we can give them........
Wow, no WAY is that GA ball
the refs hate MKG. he makes them work too hard.
he gets screwed by the refs on offense

Miller gets it on defense

Need a productive run to finish this off
Face time for Miler!
Everyone should be looking for Miller, he's hot.

But he still having to call for the ball. Feed the beer man, guys!

This is an absolutely dominating performance by my wildcats on road

GO CATS

MKG is the best at that post strip.
I'll give Dykes props for the nice call on AD drawing the D away for Miller

Thats good stuff that just doesn’t show in the stats.

karate kick by georgia!
Is there anything better than hearing GO BIG BLUE on the road?
we have been stuck on 12 too long
How was Miller not fouled there?
Time to bring in Jarrod Polson

for another assist.

Just the spark we need.

Hahaha, finally we get a break on a broken play!
Teague kept his pivot. No walk.
Nevermind. That was a walk. Heh.
Didn't look like it in real time...

(cough. cough.)

Turn your Hat and...
That was a foul on the drive
big hustly play by Jones there

Good for him!

TJ with the dive for the ball!
Teague is a really bad shooter. Ug.
Yeah.

If we have a weakness, it is his perimeter shot.

And honestly, he hasn't finished at the rim well lately either...
That's it, I making a "rim" jar!
I did that just for you
Cha-ching... In goes my 50 cents....
+1

I just he knows that and does not attempt one on big nights..tonight I’m fine.

Form like John Wall

He can’t shoot a lick

Wow Davis. Just wow.
THAT was a block!

Davis is beastly

davis is just amazing. dude thought he had an easy stuff!
I did too, once he outmaneuvered his man...
Jones redeemed himself in that sequence.

Lots of good stuff there.

he is playing incredibly hard, but still out of sync.....cannot figure it
Teague got to dish

He just doesn’t have the 3 point shot

absolutely agree...
He has to take it, though.

Cal will beat his brains out if he turns it down too much.

I understand-

It is just that he rarely makes one…

He's taken one bad one tonight

and I don’t mind the two others when he was open

Whoa. The guy from Scrubs is doing State Farm commercials?
Where's Vargas?

Has he done something to get in the doghouse? Hurt?

Good question

he’s gotten zero run in like 6 games now

Can't make the violent cuts

Or the rim runs

Go ahead and throw your money in the jar...
Guard your yard!
with socks on the box
Does he clip hips though?

or ride 1st class?

50 cents in the jar please. :-)
maybe he's not hitting the nail hard enough?
or did he step on a nail?
This whole tread has been ruined
Ahh, it ain't so bad, considering...
I;m actually sitting here laughing
Good crowd here, no doubt...
For that service $5?
Hmm, I didn't see him pick up the pivot foot, but OK
Looked like a reach in foul to me.
Awww that woulda been the oop dunk by AD
another foul on the jurassic park guy
Georgia refusing to go quietly.

Good for them.

Have we really only scored 12 points in this half?!?!?!
Georgia has scored 10
missed all our FTs

shot clock violation, bad offense this half

Miller disagrees on the FT!
man

didn’t realize that

weird pace on this game......as I said earlier don't understand the lack of movement

in the score

TJ

Nice hussle there, he is playing hard

Was Cal just making faces on national tv?
Way to go Teague!

7 assists and no turnovers so far

Dykes says AD will be like a Kevin Garnett

any takers on that comparison?

best comp I have heard
Not unless he gets real mean and develops a jump shot
Yeah, I'm in the not unless camp too

that would be amazingly optimistic IMO

AD will be unlike any other.

No comparisons needed.

I'd take that
he needs to get stronger and work on that shot

but i can see him developing into a similar player.

I like David Robinson

I see a lot of similarities there. Both late growers, both end up just shy of 7 ft and both are graceful and athletic. The Admiral ended up on the NBA’s 50 greatest. This kid might get there eventually.

I can see that one.
I was pretty sure Robinson was a 7-footer
and so much more bulk
More bulk in his NBA days, not in his Navy days

And you’re right he was 7 ft.+

I don't think Davis can take on the kind of bulk Robinson did

even if he could, i don’t think it would help his game

Robinson was super jacked tho...
BR

I prefer the comparison to Bill Russell, talk about a compliment

My only comparison to Russell would be MJ
Who is not walking through that door.
Olajuwon?

on the skinny side and a block machine

olajuwon had a really strong lower body

i think AD will play the way KG does but more athletic. i just hope he can put on 20 pounds of bulk in the next couple years.

When Miller is this aggressive ...

… it’s almost impossible to beat us.

AD that was a dumb foul
MKG has a hitch in his shot... They need to work on that.
The pros will.

Too latte to fix right now.

Not if he wants to stay another year. :)
Latte? Yes, please.
What extras?? :-)
Actually only coffee, if I may.

with a stiff shot of Bailey’s

At this hour? Only if it's a preemptive hit for tomorrow :-)
I was thinking about it for tomorrow.
If the hitch goes, he would be alot like Dirk N, inside-out type of player...
Man, I just don't see that comparison at all
Both can/could shoot from outside and still get to the rim...
They have gotten several open looks ...

… and just missed them.

So, looks like UGA will have the lowest FG% in the BCS after tonight...
Thanks for the reminder ESPN. Need to get the hell out of downtown tomorrow before the UL game.

The combo of the bridge closing and UL mid-week games make for nightmare traffic.

I heard somebody say earlier-

They can’t believe Louisville is still ranked #25, when they are 10th in the Big East…

Hey bu they beat Pitt
Everybody has beat Pitt...lol
that was sarcasm..me thinks
Tenn begs to differ!

But yes /sarcasm

Duh... they're in the big east - that's why
Good night kind folks

4:30 coming up real quick and I think we can hold for 3 minutes. Go Big Blue!

Goodnight. I gotta go at the buzzer.
See ya! Be safe...
goodnight &

Go Cats’

With 6:45 left in the 1st half, it was 23-22 Cats

Since then, we’ve allowed GA to score 16! points

They are killing our numbers! :-)
Does anyone else know the movie reference to the "rephrase the question" ad?
is it a movie reference?

I always thought it was just incompetence by ad execs.

Only saps like me who like romantic comedies will get it
I refuse to admit that I know what you're talking about
Do the initials KH come close?
Don't bring Kingdom Hearts into this

That’s a great game!

Not important, but the answer is...

Knotting Hill

That's "Notting Hill"
You are right

Losing my RomCom cred

Have you noticed it's an epidemic lately?

Or a plague?

Clank

FTs have been very bad today

must be something wrong with the rim at that end of the floor

When Lamb and Miller are both missing FTs then something is awry.

swatty swat swat
Bourbon

Looks like I can save the Knob Creek for the next game :)

MKG broke the seal.
MKG just strong as a bull...

57-38

MKG has had another quietly really good night
MKG ...

… has that crab dribble down.

If he's got space, it's his power move... Just needs to back out of the lane when the double-team comes...
56 years of 20 win seasons-

Nice…

We are playing at Ole Miss on Thursday..
My bad.. looked at the wrong one
Darius has 19 pts and 0 rebounds

That’s an odd line

Really Jimmy?

Long Beach State Final Four potential?

Now we'll see if they run a play

anything close to Cal’s diagram.

must have been talking D positioning.

OT: about the Wildcat Wednessday radio show...

Just wondering are they like a replay of the show?

Caldwell-Pope finally hits a shot

he’s been silenced tonight

Kidd-Gilchrist definitely wins the all-hyphen battle
Miller too unselfish.
I wonder why Lamb was cutting to the rim...
Here's the jar...
That's not a Dykes-ism!!
I made a "r!m" jar ^ there. ;-)
need a bigger jar
You missed one up post... ;-)
Darn it! I allmost had enough for a piece of bubblegum.
There's your sign :)
How does Davis only have 2 FGA?

didn’t realize that.

Yeah.

I’d say that’s not what we need.

History repeat itself?

Cats and the Orangeman for the championship?

we see enough zone, we would be set
Nice Win

GOOD EFFORT BYTHE #1 TEAM

a win.....just not an impressive one
Good game

kinda ugly on offense, but good game

As always, great hangin
with you folks, I'm out...
Ugly second half, but I'll take the win
Not a pretty win, at least not the 2nd half

But it was convincing.

nondescript. but a win nonetheless.
Good night Big Blue Nation-

12 hour Bridgestone day tomorrow…

Nite folks!

Go Big Blue!

Good game.

So-so 2nd half. Loss of offensive intensity but it’s nice when you can just sit back on your smothering defense.

Doron Lamb needs to grow some hair.
have to think a win is a good win but an outofsorts game.

Good night and see you Saturday

Night and GO BIG BLUE
UGA got 1 pt and 1 reb from their bench tonight

We got 25 points and……1 reb from our bench tonight

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