Good morning. Twas the night of the NBA comeback.
That and more in Wednesday’s NBA newsletter.
Good morning. Let’s basketball.
NIGHT OF THE COMEBACK: The brilliant, surging Raptors trailed by 11 heading into the fourth and won. The Mavericks trailed the Kings by as many as 24 and won. The Blazers were down by 23 and won. Comebacks!
MAN WHO SIGNED WITH AWFUL TEAM BRISTLES AT BEING ON AWFUL TEAM: Channing Frye knows he signed with the current Orlando Magic and not a time-traveling edition, right?
HISTORIC: Kobe Bryant now holds the NBA record for the most missed field goal attempts. Congratulations to the Black Mamba. Hope he got to keep the game ball to commemorate the achievement.
SPEAKING OF WHICH ... The Lakers lost a tough, close game in Memphis to fall to 1-6. Kobe’s reaction to a late team failure is about perfect.
MORE SCORES: Get recaps for all the other action, including the Spurs’ big win over the Warriors.
THE BLUEPRINT: Ed Maisonet says the Cavaliers should learn from the 2008 Celtics on how to win big in Year 1.
FASCINATING: In the sordid world of domain name squatting, the 69-year-old Santa Fe woman who is holding out on Nets.com for $5 million is wonderful fun.
YEP: Derrick Rose tried to explain why he sits out games so regularly by talking about his post-basketball life. But really, there’s no need for Rose to explain why he sits when he’s hurt, as Mike Prada writes.
HE’S NOT WRONG: Kendrick Perkins has a profane, profound statement about the identity of the Sacramento Kings.
FACEPALM: The Cavaliers explain that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were not celebrating with invisible joints, they were sharpening their imaginary mustaches. And I’m rolling my very real eyes.
’IN THE MOMENT’: A documentary on Dwight Howard called In the Moment will debut on EpixHD.com tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Woj gives it a rave review for its candor. Marc Stein has some representative quotes.
Happy Wednesday. See you next time.
