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Atlanta is playing so well mainly because of Crawford's scoring off the bench, in my opinion. If they keep this up, he'll be Sixth Man of the Year, hands down, running away with the award. Phoenix should've gotten the ball to someone other than Amare, by the way.

With Martin, there's just no ball movement, hardly any plays ran. Sacramento needs to deal him, and give this team to Evans right now.

Yeah man, I actually was hoping Terry would make the second. That would've given the Thunder time to get someone open, instead of throwing the ball directly at the opposition's hands. Solid clutch defense by Howard. Almost five seconds...that would've been more than enough to rush up the court and get off a 15-foot jumper.

The Spurs just came out and laid an egg. I guess everyone was scared to death of Boris Diaw, by the looks of the lack of defense played on him.

Memphis isn't looking so bad. Gay and Mayo are doing well, and Zach Randolph is giving them that offensive boost, not to mention Gasol's defense is nice to have up front. Playoff run?

Matt, stop replying to him. People are starting to think it's a bit obsessive, and you'll start losing respect over it quickly, no matter who it is. And Darren, you don't need to talk about the ignore feature. We know. If I have to step in again, I'll just hand out suspensions and won't look back. Don't PM me about it, don't discuss it any further. We're here to post, not pull each others' hair.

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Kaman does make a big difference, though. The Lakers would still take it, but I doubt Bynum would have as many points. Chris doesn't play much defense, but Bynum would have trouble getting a deep post on him.

Wow, weren't they up 24? Bargs looks to be having a good game, just by the numbers. I haven't watched but two minutes of this one, haha.

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Jen, you better enter.

LOL, that was when Shaw was suspended against the Blazers. Shaq and Fish were just pissed off and showing it. Basically, Shaw came off the bench when Pippen and Fox were about to go at it, but there was a timeout called right before he got up. So, technically, he was fine in what he did...but the league didn't see it that way, and since it was an important playoff game, Phil was pissed, and so were the players. The Lakers ended up winning that game, though. Harper played well in his place.

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MAN, I just watched the game (had to DVR it tonight). That was AWESOME. YATA for three! That has to be one of the most exciting game-winners I've ever seen.

You spelled retarded wrong.

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Either that, or be good at almost everything else (like Steve Nash). Arenas is a scorer, finds his teammates good...and that's about it. Someone like Nash scores and shoots very good, throws amazing passes, works the team game better than most, runs the offense perfectly, and gets to the rim much better than Arenas. Very few cases where an elite player doesn't play defense, though. I'd consider Nash one case, the prime Shaq another.

Felonies are grounds for contract termination, I believe.

By the way, since my local news comes out of Tulsa, Oklahoma...I got to hear a few news anchors POUNDING the Knicks into the ground, and there were even a couple of channels that interviewed others on the streets of OKC, who just laughed at what the Knicks claimed.

Yes, Dee would know. Same here. That's just some made-up crap that has been going around forever now (about the haunting and why it takes place). If anyone actually knew the story, they'd also know that there was never anyone that worked there under the name of the girl that supposedly haunts it (and was killed there). People stay in it all the time, also. I think Curry just wanted to sleep with Nate.

I hate when Phil plays Fisher in the starting five, and I can't stand when he puts Kobe in the game with some of the worst lineups possible, despite his mangled hand.

I don't see why Cleveland just doesn't pound the ball inside early, have LeBron lay off for a while and help defend Deron's penetrations (because he's more likely able to destroy Cleveland better than anyone else), then take over in the second and fourth quarters, when Shaq is most likely sitting in foul trouble.

All-Star, yes. Elite as in a superstar, such as Kobe, Wade and LeBron? Never.

Teams tank every year. Look at what Robinson and the Spurs did to get Tim Duncan.

They are saying 40-50,000 on Fox and MSNBC.