Sports 4 Dorks

“Coach…it hurts when I suck.”Cleveland Cavaliers: The Cavs hit a missing rung in their climb back to semi-respectability, losing 90-81 to the Atlanta Hawks. Lebron James scored more points in the fourth quarter (14) than any of his teammates did in the entire game. Seriously, the Cavs (James excepted) shot the ball like they were […]

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Detroit
at San Antonio, TNT, 8ish.
Memphis
at Sacramento, local outlets, 10ish.
Phoenix
at Utah, TNT, 10:30ish.
We’re going to try and liveblog this, we don’t know how many people will be
around, but it won’t stop us from throwing out the wry comments and making
frequent updates. I’m not sure how it’s going to go down, but I don’t mind
finding out in […]

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A look around the league and the web that covers it. It’s also important
to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order
of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Forum
Blue and Gold. Loving life as a Laker fan, a tremendous read.PF: Celtics
Blog. Dealing with life after your favorite […]

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Part I.
Part II. 
4. Kobe Bryant with the Christmas Day spinner

3. Richard Jefferson gets Shelden Williams

2. Trevor Ariza gets Grant Hill

1. Rudy Gay does horrible things to Luis Scola

My personal favorite can be found here, but for some reason YouTube won’t let me embed it, so you’ll have to click on this link

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Part I. 
9. Sean Williams jumps high

8. Sean Williams jumps higher

7. Manu Ginobili gets Yao Ming

6. Josh Smith, with Sean Williams not jumping high enough

5. Travis Outlaw extends

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The list itself is pretty self-explanatory, and by no means official. There are
likely a half-dozen other flushes that we’ve either forgotten about or missed
entirely, so you’re more than welcome to give those a mention in the comments
section.
You’re also welcome to take issue with the rankings, but then you’d be
arguing over which dunk is slightly […]

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We
admitted to not actually watching the Dallas/Detroit pairing from last
night, in spite of imploring anyone
within shouting distance to do just that, but it was a long night and we’ll
get around to it this weekend. In the meantime, JE Skeets of
the venerable Basketball Jones sent along this link, culled
from Awful Announcing, showcasing what was likely the […]

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I held off on talking about the Rockets win over the Knicks in
BtB mainly because I wanted to point out how absolutely miserable New York’s front court
defense is. Yao Ming had his way in the
paint all night (36 points on 21 shots, 11 rebounds), and when he swung the
ball out or took a blow, Luis […]

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It hurt to say it back in 2002, when the Charlotte Hornets
became the New Orleans Hornets.
It hurt to say it in 2004-05, when a rebuilding 18-64
Hornets team could be seen playing in front of crowds that looked no more than
4,000-strong (in spite of the listed average attendance of over 14,000 per game).
It really hurt to […]

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Charlotte
95, Boston 83
This wasn’t really the shocker that initial instinct would
have you believe, the Boston
Celtics
were without Ray Allen and without their games, really.

The team went 4-20
from behind the arc, which is a pretty hard mark to overcome (12 points on 20
possessions? A bit of a disadvantage), and the backup point guard play was
atrocious. Eddie […]

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