Eyeopener - Dirk Nowitzki Is Good

-Dirk Nowitzki went straight HAM on Oklahoma City last night in a 121-112 Dallas win in game one of the Western Conference Finals.  Dirk's line?  48 Points, six rebounds, four assists, and four blocks which included an NBA playoff record of 24 free throw attempts without one miss.  This wasn't a case of the Thunder not playing defense either.  Serge Ibaka was draped all over the big German but it mattered little.  What will be lost in this Dirk hype is Kevin Durant's impressive night.  Just another night in the office for KD as he scored 40 points, grabbed eight boards, dropped five dimes, had one swipe, and rejected two shots.  Ho-hum.

-The NHL was back in action last night.  The Boston Bruins knotted their series with Tampa Bay with a 6-5 win in game two.  Rookie Tyler Seguin had two goals and two helpers in a high scoring affair.

-Two sweeps of note in baseball,  First, the Cardinals swept their two game series against the Phightins last night with a 2-1 victory in St. Louis.  The other series saw the Rockies appear to slowly be righting the ship after two late rallies yesterday and Monday helped them take both games of a two game series against the rival Giants.  The two wins put Colorado back on top of the NL West.  Both teams square off tomorrow night in Philly for the first of two games.

-The Yankees ended their six game skid with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.  A-Rod homered twice, his first remotely clutch homers since 2009.

-Speaking of clutch, Brian McCann was the man on the spot yesterday.  After a two out, pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 1-1, he proceeded to pound a two run homers in the 11th to give the Braves a 3-1 win over Houston.