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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The Rockets have won five of six to right the team’s record to 20-18, but
only one of those victories (an eight-point win in Washington) could be termed "impressive;" or even, "what we should expect from this team, even
without Tracy McGrady."
The Sixers, meanwhile, have lost seven straight. And yet, they were close to
toppling the Spurs in […]

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One of the first sports blogs of any note, THE WIZZNUTZZ made life pretty
happenin’ in the pre-Deadspin landscape; an era when where most sportswriting
that made it to the front of a dot com page had to be wrung through the edited
wringer a hundred times before even seeing the light of day. Every one of their
updates […]

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Usually when I put together BtB,
I like to point out just how efficient a player is or isn’t when it comes to
putting shots up, and accruing points. It nearly goes without saying that,
while it’s important to score plenty of points, you should at least be
relatively efficient on your way toward getting there.
The
great NBA statistical […]

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Remember
when I told you last week that New York Knicks GM Isiah Thomas, as bad as
he was at his job, wouldn’t be sending Zach Randolph to the Bucks for lesser
players who combine to make even more money? I think it went something like
this:
"Isiah Thomas, as nutty as he is,
won’t be making this trade. Doesn’t matter […]

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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: Chicago
Sun-Times. Joakim Noah’s college coach, Billy Donovan: "Jo’s biggest problem is that he just wants to win, and when […]

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According to his website, Nuggets forward Nene had
a tumor removed surgically in a Denver-area hospital on Monday. The website
declined to tell us where the tumor was, or if it was cancerous. Actually, to
be more specific, Nene’s
website didn’t tell us much of anything: if any of our Portuguese-speaking
readers can help us with the translation, it would […]

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We’ve come around on Alonzo Mourning, though it wasn’t easy at first.
Yes, the future Hall of Famer (throw those college stats in the mix, and he
has to get in, right?) annoyed the hell out of everyone for throwing fist-pumps
and primal screaming his way around the court after every made lay-up during
the 2004-05 season, but […]

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Sacramento
122, Dallas 120
One of the best games of the year.
*Dallas was
able to hang in there against an inspired team at home, in spite of limiting
the minutes of their starters, and seeing Josh Howard (who made some
bone-headed plays, sadly) have to dodge foul trouble.
*Jason Terry is BACK, cats and kittens. He had one of those […]

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Last night’s Sacramento Kings/Dallas Mavericks matchup was
an unmitigated classic, one of several close games on the docket, and we’ll get
into all of them as the morning drags on.
Until then, let’s take a look at some improved Kings
defense, courtesy of The X’s
and O’s of Basketball.

From
the (great) site:
"Though you wouldn’t
think it from their record (15-21) […]

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