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Brooklyn Half Marathon The 33rd annual Brooklyn Half Marathon had a record number of participants this past Saturday. Beginning at the Brooklyn Museum the 20,000 runners blazed a path through Prospect Park, Ocean Parkway and down south until they reached the finish line in Coney Island. Only seven months since the unprecedented damage caused by Hurricane Sandy last October, runners were able to get an up-close view of the re-construction underway throughout Brooklyn, especially in Coney Island, which was severely ravaged by the violent storm. “You can see people rebuilding as we walked around. The whole entire race finished in the middle of a construction zone,” one runner said. Many of the runners, as well as onlookers, couldn’t help but to feel that the race was a positive statement about the way Brooklyn has come back after the storm. “The greatest thing of all was that no matter what time, no matter where we crossed, what mile it was, people were just hanging over bridges, coming out of their cars, coming out of the streets, giving us a high five. The cops, the workers, nurses were coming out of the hospital,” said Petrina Esposito, a participant in the run. “Brooklyn is Brooklyn and the heart of people will always be here.” The Brooklyn Half Marathon is the second largest such race in the country. This year security was heightened, organizers asking runners to place their property in clear, drawstring bags which were provided by them. When the race was over, for many the fun had just begun. People walked around Coney Island, enjoying the rides, eating, drinking and just plain celebrating the new beginning for Brooklyn. “Now what am I going to do? I’m going to eat this hot dog,” said John Bennion, a runner. “It’s good to see everyone come together and have fun and kind of just rebuilding, coming back to normal and try to be positive about it,” said Kathryn Bannister, also a participant in the race.

Well its hard to win when literally every other person on your team takes off the first 2 and a half quarters of a game. Throw in a horribly officiated game and its a recipe for disaster for a team on the road in the playoffs. Had Shumpert or Cope showed up a little earlier, who knows how this plays out. If Felton doesn’t have his worst game of the season, maybe things go differently. If Tyson Chandler wasn’t a frail shell of his former self, if JR Smith doesn’t go 4/15, if Jason Kidd wasn’t 200 years old, if Kenyon Martin wasn’t…Kenyon fucking Martin, maybe we’d go 7. Tonight was a perfect example of my point about Carmelo’s supporting cast from earlier this week. The dude did absolutely everything he could tonight to keep them in this game. A horrible 4th quarter ruined what could have been an MVP type performance, but for like 30 fucking minutes of play he was the only dude on the court playing at a 2 seed level. Carmelo took a rag tag squad of old and injured guys and a couple young bucks as far as he could. But only so much one man can do.

Knicks Lose in 6

If the Knicks survive this Wave; because right now they have an anchor tied to their balls in the mid atlantic, they will win game 7. — Metta World Peace (@MettaWorldPeace) May 18, 2013 Preach Ron Ron! Preach! I think? I think he’s being positive? Not really sure. The man is a stark raving lunatic. Having an anchor on your balls doesn’t sound that good but bottom line is if the Knicks win tonight they will win at the Garden in 7. George Hill is back in the lineup and the Knicks haven’t won yet in Indiana this season, so it won’t be easy. But lets be honest – if you let a team beat you 5 straight times on their home court and can’t muster up enough balls to win once on the road, you don’t deserve to advance anyway. God willing Mike Woodson sticks with the Game 5 game plan and they ride this little burst of momentum to a W tonight. Because Game 7 at home is a lock.

With the Knicks facing elimination tonight in Indy, which GIF will we post after the game: Happy Patrick Ewing or Facepalm Woody?

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