Sometimes It's What is NOT Said

One thing I learned in my many years of Lit classes on the way to my Creative Writing Doctorate (a prerequisite for all Pierre Page contributors) was that sometimes in literature what is most important are those thoughts and words left out of the explicit words on the page. The same thing can be said for quality sports play by play. Last night, that was never more apparent than during the Cavaliers versus Magic Game 2, which had an ending that left David Stern's drawers creamier than a jar of Skippy. For those living under a rock or in Goree, Senegal, it went down like this:





Okay fair enough, Marv Albert's quintessential "YES!" is to basketball, what Cantor's "GOOAAALLL!" is to soccer, or Mora's "PLAYOFFS!" is to coaching rants. You don't even need the video to tell you what the hell is going on, because frankly, those words illustrate sufficiently what exactly the hell is going on.

However, imagine if you will, if Pierre Page favorite, Kevin Harlan had been on the mic at the end of that game. While Marv Albert's vernacular and delivery is nothing to sneeze, wheeze or cough at, Kevin Harlan's gruff approach made even the Isaiah "J.R." Rider era Twolves exciting to watch. If a man who could (and should) do play-by-play at the funeral for Pierre Page himself, is for some reason, relegated to NBA Conference Semi-Final/NFL Divisional Playoff status, then consider this, NBA announcer sheduling powers-that-be, exhibit A as to why he should be rockin' the mic next year in the "big" games:



That call, during the NBA Playoffs last year, was the muse for the Pierre Page to only imagine what Kevin Harlan would have said after LeBron James' fateful shot last night. "LeBron James making shadows on the wall like Fat Man on Nagasaki! Or "LeBron James picking people off systematically from atop the clock tower!" Or "LeBron James making like a Planned Parenthood in Panama City!"

Ultimately, like any great author or announcer, the Pierre Page will keep its pie hole shut from here on out and provide you, the reader, with the ability to fill in the blanks.

Because after all, sometimes, it's what's not said.