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Players never want to admit it, but the Mavericks’ 20-piecing of the Warriors last night meant something to Dallas. Now they’re 2-0 against the team that took their Jell-O pudding cup at lunchtime last spring, and the Mavs reminded everyone that they’re gonna be around when the games start to really matter … […]

Yeah, we’d rather deal with Drejer
Apparently Christian Drejer is a bit easier to deal with than Kevin Garnett. One day after watching KG dunk all over them, the Raptors beat Lottomatica Roma of the Italian pro league and their star, Drejer (23 pts), the ex-Florida Gator. (Who was the only college player we’d ever heard […]

Following that Game 3 disaster, the Bulls actually held onto a lead yesterday, keeping the Pistons away and avoiding the sweep. When Chicago was up by 9 with about four minutes left, did you think they were safe? We didn’t. We were waiting for a couple ‘Sheed threes or Chauncey jumpers, and next thing you […]

Watching Derek Fisher emerge as maybe the MVP of Game 2, and in only about 10 minutes of burn no less, it occurred to us that the Lakers (among a bunch of other teams) could really have used D-Fish this year. He can run the point, make clutch defensive plays, knock down timely threes, and […]