Double A

M-C-O?

Not quite, but that does rhyme with An-to-ni-o. Sort of.

Good to see Antonio Anderson have a big scoring output. Really hadn't seen this kind of game from him since Jan. 3 at LA. Technically, since it was a career-high-tying night (28 points for the third time this season), it was longer ago since he only had 26 at LA, but you get the idea.

Mike Harris has done an incredible job of taking on the bulk of the scoring load, but one man does not a winner make, and while the Vipers have had plenty of contributions, it would be huge if they could get the Rookie of the Year candidate back on track. If Anderson can be more consistent with his scoring (same goes for Garrett Temple, by the way), it would take some of the load off Harris. Not that it appears to be negatively affecting him anyway... But it's always good to have multiple options in case someone, say Dakota (see Tuesday) manages to quiet Harris.

Of course, you could argue it's to be expected that guys like Anderson and Temple would go through inconsistency. They're rookies playing longer seasons than ever before. Of course, if that's the reason, then it's going to be interesting to see what happens when the Vipers start a stretch of seven games in ten days on Thursday. I'm going to do a little research tomorrow to see if the Vipers have ever had a more intense stretch of games before. I don't think they have.

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Food for thought from Farmers (well, from me, actually, but that Farmers Insurance commercial is on my mind, as is the Farmers Insurance Halftime Report) – tonight the Vipers held Erie to 0-for-5 from behind the arc. They had NEVER held an opponent without a trey before.

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I almost felt guilty getting called the Doctor Professor over the last two days. My parents are in town, so they were sitting in the studio with me. My dad is piled high and deep (read: he has a PhD). So he's the Doctor Professor. I just play one on the radio.