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16 points on 5-19 shooting, 15 rebounds, 13 assists, and 4 fouls in just under forty minutes of action. Springfield won 116-112. Box Score Update: T-D for T-Will in his second D-League game as well.

Considering the hype for this game, I expect Miami to at least show alertness and be more careful with play execution. We may see the Heat their fans have been yearning to see. Then again, they seem to be working their way around having to put James at the center of the workload.

In the spirit of tonight's Heat-Cavs matchup, share the infamous player returns that you find most memorable, both NBA and non-NBA. I must say that VC vs. Toronto was extra special, being that the Air Canada Center is very loud, and those fans never left Carter alone. It became interesting when the Nets and Raptors met in the first round of the 06-07 playoffs. In an ocean of games where Carter struggled, he did have some epic performances. He scored 24 of his 42 points in a regular season game in Toronto including a buzzer-beater. And more recently, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXjo2TdjRE

I'm all for creativity on the Clevelanders' parts, but going to a personal level (Delonte, Bron's dad) with the opposition is taking it too far, without a doubt.

Reminds me of 2004 Semis Game 5 between us and Detroit. Billups hit a halfcourt 3 at the buzzer to send the game to OT. It eventually went to 3OT but the Nets came away with a 127-120 victory.

Ammo! Thunder are 2-0, Nets 1-0 in OT this season. We have won three straight games at home.

Every team has a set of word clouds organized by the minutes each of the players on their all-time roster logged for the club. Link

Fifteen minutes into the game, the only active player that hasn't stepped onto the court is Ross.

Humphries with seven boards in the first quarter. No turnovers, only one offensive board allowed, and a 16-4 run to cap off the quarter.

Harris and Durant both have sprained left knees. Devin is scheduled to miss Friday's game as well.

Cousins hasn't exactly made the Nets regret passing on him. Too early to tell, of course, but just pointing out that since he made those comments about Jersey, he's gotten into trouble twice and didn't exactly go at our necks in either of the two Nets-Kings meetings.

People refuse to call this a rivalry, considering both teams' recent histories. But with the youth that both squads have been showcasing and with each club's aims down the road, this matchup might bring a feeling we haven't felt in maybe five or six years. Not to mention, both teams have fired more shots at each other than usual.

Troy played almost ten minutes today and hit both of his shot attempts. I assume Avery will increase his minutes game by game and keep an eye on his progress.

Vazquez is back in the NL East, Marlins have Johnson, Nolasco, and Javi as their top three, and if it ends up not working out, it's only a one-year contract.

Biedrins is 2 points short of a 30-20 game, 13-15 from the field. Incredible offensive game. 5 players with 20+ points.

Well at least he has room to develop on the court, so his time in the D-League can turn out beneficial in terms of his game at the same time. Reportedly, T-Will's suspension was a result of him being late to practices, shootarounds, and a team plane. Hoping everything goes smoothly. It's a shame how the last D-League designation due to trouble-making turned out.

The two teams were a combined 49-53 from the stripe tonight.

The BC has gone vertical. http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/492348/_AVP2638.jpg

Only 34 points in the second half for Detroit. 21 and 14 for Randolph, 17 and 6 for Gay, 10 and 6 for Gasol.

Overall, the first half went our way. We scored 12 unanswered points from the first quarter into the second. Allen and Pierce were silent along with most of the Boston squad. Robinson hit foul trouble, and West was playing well before the injury. We went into halftime up eight. In the third quarter, Boston's shooters were still cold at first. That gave us a huge break. We had nine turnovers in the third and were playing unacceptable basketball. We started to bend but had not broken. The crowd began to get into the action in the fourth quarter. We eventually broke. Shaq was muscling out Lopez down low for boards, and for some time, the fouling of Shaq didn't translate to missed FT's. Pierce got his shot back and later connected with a wide open Allen for three (Morrow hardly had his attention on him, it seemed). Boston took a nine-point lead with just over two minutes left. Harris hit a three and a two to bring it close before Nate hit a three. We almost whispered back in the final seconds, but that was the game. The one thing you have to like about this is that Avery doesn't let his players go away quietly.

He closed out the first half on a high note in this Maui Invitational game. Back-to-back threes and a sweet assist as apart of a 13-0 UConn run in the final minutes of the half. Seems like a fiery, competitive player.

Rough third quarter for the second straight day, except this time, it was unacceptable how many times we turned the ball over. Way too many deflections and passes picked off.

Broken right wrist for West. Nate with four fouls.

Delonte West was in clear agony before he exited the court. Celtics were without a true PG for the remainder of the half since Nate had 3 fouls. Props to a number of guys on our squad. Petro made all three jumpers he attempted from the same spot as apart of a 12-0 run from the first quarter into the second. Morrow hasn't missed yet from the field.