Parker of the Spurs drives on Heat’s Bosh
Sports Saturday
Although I have fallen in love with the basketball of Lebron James and am rooting for his team to win, I’ve also become enamored with the ball movement of San Antonio Spurs. Judging by the first game of the NBA championships, they appear a basketball version of Barcelona’s soccer team with their constant passing.
One word that came to mind as I watched that game was “liquefaction.” The word appears in a 17th century Robert Herrick poem describing a woman’s silks, but it works as well when applied to the Spurs, whose fluid game bested the Heat’s own fluid game 92-88. The contest was a joy to watch.
Here’s the poem:
Upon Julia’s Clothes
By Robert Herrick
WHENAS in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free ;
O how that glittering taketh me!