Real Deal

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Merged the Lakers/Celtics topic in the General NBA forum with this one.

I'm going to move this to the Gameday forum, then merge it with the main topic for the game. You'll find that the most discussion will come from there, especially with our Raptors fans (and we need more Pacers fans, by the way).

I may watch a little of it, maybe part of the beginning and near the end. I've never really had any interest in the Pro Bowl, though. The NBA's All-Star game is on another level.

And do it naked, so he stays up.

I'll say it again: Carter is a major problem in Orlando. If I were a Magic fan, I'd cross my fingers, hoping he's not doing this stuff in the playoffs. Howard was a beast. When the Magic dump the ball inside and spread the floor, Howard goes to work. He's trying to develop some more post moves, also, which is scary if he refines his offensive game.

What's the word on Jamison's injury? Or is it not that serious?

They need Beasley. Haslem is too inconsistent to matter, and was garbage tonight. From what I watched of the game, all I saw Udonis do was shoot bricks and foul. Wade didn't do a bad job defending Jennings when he was on him, although that's not that big of a task, as Casper seems to be contesting his shots most of the time, with all the wide-open misses he has.

Memphis was up by 21 in the third quarter, but Collison just took over, really. He killed them in the pick-and-roll. Plus, that was a good rip and finish for Collison at the end of the game. The Grizzlies just didn't play the defense needed to win this game, not to mention they jacked up too many threes after going cold for so long throughout the game.

Dallas wasn't exactly playing bad defense on him, really...but he had a size advantage with Barea on him quite a bit, and he was hitting everything, didn't matter if it was contested or not.

Bruised left hip. He played about a half a quarter in the second half.

Surprise, surprise.

Wow man, how did Andre Miller score 52 points? I would've never guessed.

Thanks guys.

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Cutting off the bottom?

She's a friend from TLN. Thanks Yama.

Thanks.

Report is that Kobe is "questionable" for the game tomorrow, because of the ankle/knee injury suffered against the Sixers. I'm sure he'll play, though.

Because the others are strangers.

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Wow, I am SO HAPPY we won that game. Few games I consider mandatory wins, because the main thing is winning in March...but this is a mandatory win.

The rest of the staff will decide if you stay or not, because they are the ones that have to put up with you. Our post count increased after you left, and we had a few members register because you were gone...two things you said wouldn't happen. You went elsewhere and realized it was a mistake as well. If you [expletive] up this time around, you won't see this site ever again. This isn't a place where you post your immature racist jokes, taking stabs at those who believe in God, and nagging Lakers fans to no end. I don't care who all supports your return, don't care who thinks it was unfair to ban you, don't care about any of it. Five years, and I am still running this site the way I see fit, and nothing will change that.

Yeah, during games, he looks like he wants to punish you for doing something wrong. I don't see him dancing around and celebrating much, unless he drops that game-winner...and even then, there are times where he just lifts his arms up and walks off. I'd hate to defend him, not just because he's so good, but because he'd intimidate the hell out of me.

If you saw the highlights on NBATV (Gametime), you missed a few good ones. Not sure what they showed on SportsCenter, though.