There's poetry in such direct conflict, but if the Western Conference finals are indeed a battle of point guards, that battle is actually waged largely on a series of indirect fronts, managed in switches and traps, and guided by strategic alternative.
In 2000, the institute also spent $117,500 for a 5.21 acre parcel that includes the site where Washington and Gen. Anthony Wayne planned the Battle of Stony Point, known as Washington's Lookout, and donated it to the Town of Stony Point with the stipulation that it be administered as a nature and historical preserve.
Omar Cook, who was outscored by Jason Williams, 26-6, in the battle of the point guards, tried to say he and his teammates had merely played a bad game, but their coach, Mike Jarvis, did not encourage that line of negative thinking.
The game was billed as the battle of the point guards, but Washington and Telfair rarely guarded each other, as the 6-foot-1 Washington played mostly shooting guard.
In 1898, the state began acquiring land associated with the Battle of Stony Point, including the oldest lighthouse built along the Hudson River, which dates to 1826 and belonged to the federal government.
The Battle of Elephant Point was an airborne operation conducted by a composite Gurkha airborne battalion that took place on 1 May 1945.
This has lead a battle of finger pointing, with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond saying on Tuesday that "apologists" for terrorists shared some of the blame for their acts.
Eyewitness accounts at the Battle of Osan point to the first death as a machine gunner in the 21st Infantry Regiment, who had been killed at around 08 30, eight hours before Shadrick's death.
No Super Bowl, no sudden Final Four pairing, no Olympic battle-of-the-decimal points, no heavyweight championship fight, no World Series, no Stanley Cup, no golf tournament has had this much attention for a full six months.
Depending on the scoring conditions Monday, this could shake out as a tight and very entertaining battle for points and cash, of which $8 million is on offer, $1.44 million to the winner.
