A Tough Tuesday Night for Bay Area Sports Fans

It all started with the Golden State Warriors. The best team in the NBA with 63 wins and  home court advantage secured throughout the playoffs faced the New Orleans Pelicans, desperate to grab the number eight spot from Oklahoma City. Lead by Anthony Davis, the home team enjoyed some favorable calls to squeak out a 103 to 100 win. MVP top candidate Stephen Curry had a chance to tie the game as the clock wound down, but after what looked like some obvious contact without a whistle, the ball rimmed in and out.

"I was sort of confused to what happened," said the league's winningest rookie Coach Steve Kerr. "He  jumped up and just dropped the ball and picked it up again and they let him shoot it. He almost made it. Because that's what Steph does. There was a lot to be confused out there to be honest."

Curry described the play this way: "I thought I drew a foul on the pump fake because he kind of came  to me and I got contact. Then the ball dropped. There was obviously no whistle and I got it right backhand I had a pretty clean look after that, that I thought was going in."
After the game Davis who finished as the top scorer with 29 points remarked on its importance, not just for the playoffs but to send a message to the Warriors.
"It means a lot," said Davis. " They came out and said this is going to be a scrimmage game. We kind of took that personally."
If the playoffs started tomorrow, The Dubs would face the Pels who they had beaten 10 straight times until tonight.
"They hit a bunch of threes that we should have taken away," explained Curry. "It would be a competitive battle. There are no easy outs in the West. Whoever we play we'll be ready. We won't play like we did tonight."
In Arizona a night that started with a blast ended with the season's first loss for the World Champion Giants. Buster Posey kicked things off with a two run homer in the first. But starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong in for injured Jake Peavy gave up a three run bomb to David Peralta in the third and another one to Jake Lamb in the fifth. Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford recorded his first home run in the sixth, one of ten hits for the visitors, but it wouldn't be enough.
Despite the 7-6 loss, Manager Bruch Bochy was encouraged by his team's effort as they are now 1-1.
"They came back fighting,"said Bochy. "We did a good job putting some runs on the board. We just couldn't quite finish it all."
What Bochy couldn't put a rosy spin on was his growing injury list. First baseman Brandon Belt had to leave the game with a strained right groin. He joins Peavy and starter Matt Cain along with
right fielder Hunter Pence who are already on the disabled list.
26 year old Chris Heston has been called up to replace Cain and will make his second career start for the Giants Wednesday.
As for the A's, they followed their exciting 8-0 home opener Monday with a 3-1 loss to the Texas Rangers. No almost no-hitter Tuesday. Jesse Hahn pitched six innings giving up three earned runs. Manager Bob Melvin liked what he saw from Hahn.
"I thought He pitched well, threw strikes," said Melvin."We just didn't score him enough runs."
And so it goes, the pendulum of sports; celebrations one day, humility and disappointment the next, good thing there is always tomorrow.