- The Orlando Magic beat the Miami Heat 99-96 last night... simple, eh?... well, consider that they were down by 24 points in the second half and finished the game on a 40-9 (!) run... Dwight led the way with 14 points and 18 boards, and Jason Richardson finished with 24 big points for the Magic... a really, really impressive comeback from them, especially on the road... the usual characters had nice games for Miami... LBJ finished with 29/6/4 and Wade went for 28/5/4, but Bosh went 5 for 15 and Mario Chalmers was an abysmal 2 for 11... however, the story you'll be reading across the board today revolves around Miami's inability to win close games, and their issue with who "the closer" is... I've already read 2 accounts screaming for Wade to get all the touches late... this issue isn't going away....
- In the only other NBA game, Denver snuck out of Utah with a 103-101 win... they went small with Ty Lawson, Ray Felton, and Arron Afflalo all playing together late, and that was a productive unit... Lawson led the team with 23 points, and (as customary now) Afflalo hit the biggest shot of the night with a triple to put the game away in the final minute... Denver continues to impress with balance after the Melo deal, and that's a team with guys I enjoy.. for Utah? I don't know how you shoot 52% FG and 10-12 FT at home and lose...?... and I watched the game...
- The NFL isn't locked out... yet... the 2 sides agreed to a 1-day extension to hammer out the details of... another extension?... Wake me up when it's over...
- The Oregon Ducks football program is being investigated for dealings with a recruiting service... fuzzy details here, but the big takeaway is there are actually recruiting scandals outside of the SEC... at least once in a while...
- Bob Sanders signs with the Chargers... this would be a huge story if he could EVER stay on the field... but it's worth the flier I guess...
- College Hoops - Jordan Taylor exploded for Wisconsin last night... 39 points on 11-19 shooting for Taylor with 7 triples as the Badgers beat Indiana by 10.. he's the Big 10 POY for me with all apologies to Jared Sullinger/JaJuan Johnson/Etwaun Moore... St. John's got blitzed at Seton Hall 84-70... at some point, their string had to be snapped, but that wasn't the place we all thought... Lavin got ejected too... and Arizona clinched a share of the Pac-10 title with their win over Oregon State and Washington's win over UCLA... I still think the Pac-10 is dangerous and better than it has been the last couple of years...
What to watch for on Friday...
- Raptors @ Nets - NBATV 3:00 - Why is there an NBA game in the middle of the day on Friday? Because they're live in London!... Bargnani! Maybe Deron Williams (who's injured)! Calderon! It's the NBA!...
- Thunder @ Hawks - SportSouth 7:30 - Kevin Durant is questionable/doubtful for this one... of course he is in their only visit to Atlanta... anyway, interested to see how the Hawks respond after that big win on Wednesday... Westbrook provides yet another test for the defense at the point of attack...
- Bulls @ Magic - ESPN 7:00 - Great game here... Derrick Rose may be angry after Wednesday too...
- Heat @ Spurs - ESPN 9:30 - Another fantastic one here that won't get the same pub because the Spurs are involved, but they've been in the best team in the league all season long... Miami coming off a back-to-back with the 2nd leg on the road is worrisome but this should be very intriguing...
Enjoy...
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