Was that really Mamba? (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Who was that guy wearing #24 for the Lakers last night, and what did he do with Kobe Bryant? Going from one extreme to the next, Bizarro Mamba posted a super-efficient 26 points on just 10 field-goal attempts (he was 13-for-17 at the stripe) to give L.A. the series […]

Deron Williams (photo. Monte Isom)
Of all the Chris Paul vs. Deron Williams head-to-heads we have seen and will see over the years, last night’s won’t exactly go down in history. The Jazz got the win — which has kind of been the norm in the series so far — clinching the Northwest Division and proving […]

Can’t win ‘em all (Photo. Gary Land)
The ‘72 Dolphins have to keep the champagne on ice for another week, but some team somewhere (maybe the ‘76 Indiana Hoosiers?) was poppin’ bottles last night after the Celtics lost in Orlando … Props to Dwight Howard for enduring the Hack-a-Beast tactics (10-for-20 at the stripe) to finish […]

Gil needed Caron in N.C.
“If Caron Butler is done, the Wizards are done.” That’s what we said about Washington in our latest NBA Hit List, but we didn’t think the sans-Butler squad would look as terrible as they did last night, getting 20-pieced by the Bobcats. Gerald Wallace — who would have been Caron’s defensive […]