Weekend Wrap...

1. Swing the Axe...PYB believes that 13 of the last 14 Big 12 series lost.

2. NBA Playoff Recap
--Cleveland tried to blow its 22-point lead Saturday, but Chicago couldn't muster enough firepower. Regardless, we saw the Cavs' main weakness in its shitty half-court crunch-time offense, which consists of Lebron James dribbling at the top of the key and either shooting a 20-footer or driving.

--Atlanta was wildly inconsistent, looking great at times and awful at others. Blew a 20-plus-point lead of its own.

--Boston will be without KG due to his inexplicable last-minute tough guy act, which earned him a spot on the PYB NBA All-Studio Gangster team. The Celtics had their hands full with Garnett, and things get even dicier now.

--The Nuggets used a big fourth quarter to blow the game open, and then got the news that Mehmet Okur is out for the season. A huge blow to Utah's chances

--Los Angeles concentrated its defense on Kevin Durant and Jeff Green, exposing the fact that OKC can't score from the post and has to make all of its outside shots to have a chance.

--Dwight Howard is a HUGE liability in playoff games. So much so that the Bobcats employed a successful strategy of fouling him every time he got the ball deep for a layup. Five points is all Howard could muster, and the fact that he can't be on the court in a close game is a huge hindrance. And for bettors out there, Orlando twisted the dagger by blowing a 22-point second-half lead.

--Dallas played well, but had trouble putting SA away. This will be a tight series. Either way, the additions of Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood were huge. Without the former Wizards, the Mavs would be in trouble.

--This gets us to Phoenix, who came in riding a 14/16 game win streak. Too bad the Old Amare Stoudemire showed up. Gone was the mirage of a real player from the second half of the season, the one who put up enormous numbers and pretended to be a good teammate. The old "STAT" showed up, blowing team defensive assignments, getting beaten in one-on-one matchups on both ends of the floor, not rebounding and most importantly, being unreliable as a go-to option when the Suns needed a basket in the clutch. Stoudemire was constantly pushed 15 feet from the bucket by LaMarcus Aldridge, who had help from Marcus Camby in keeping him away from scoring inside. Aldridge even abused Stoudemire on the offensive end. All talk, no results. Has the trade deadline passed?

Portland looked more athletic and more eager than Phoenix. The Suns three 'non-Nash' All-Stars went 14/40 from the field and 2/8 from downtown. Nash was far from perfect, but at least showed some balls in scoring 25 points. Surprisingly, it was the Suns' bench that did a good job and kept them close. The starters flopped. Is this a one-game blip or has Kerr assembled just another regular-season dream/post-season nightmare? We'll find out soon. The way Phoenix let Jarryd Bayless drive past them, shove them, and talk shit to them..it doesn't look good.

Playoff Fashion Trend--Bad Hair. The worst offenders:

Louis Amundson--That ponytail is wack, even on Steven Seagal
Andre Miller--Is that sheep's fur or human hair. Shave that shit.
Ron Artest--Is that yellow or orange? Either way, it's terrible.
Steve Nash--The wannabe indy rocker I-don't-give-a-shit look sucks.
Gerald Wallace--Braids are out.
Mickael Pietrus--PYB can't even explain it, you gotta see for yourself.
Ersan Ilyasova--Dumb & Dumber wants its haircut back.

The Winner: Albeit facial hair, Marcus Camby's thin porn-like mustache is brutal. It looks like he stole it from Zorro or Johnny Depp while on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean, or some other Euro-set movie that Depp would be traipsing around Spain in....Just embarrassing, and almost as bad as Michael Jordan's wispy 'stache. (MJ is fatter than shit by the way).