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Good morning. Everything is just peachy in Cleveland.
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“MO WILLIAMS IS STILL IN THE LEAGUE?” I confess to knowing that Mo Williams was still in the league before he dropped 52 for Minnesota on Tuesday. But yes, it’s still hilarious that he and Corey Brewer have the biggest single-game scoring numbers in Timberwolf history. Records meant for Rashad McCants, man.
LEBRON WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING BOUNCER: Here he is moving David Blatt around physically in an attempt to prevent a tech.
GUH: In a tie game with less than a minute left, a ref bought Tyson Chandler’s flop while he and DeMarcus Cousins were jockeying for position, giving Boogie his sixth foul. With Cousins -- who had 32-16-9 -- gone, the Mavericks won in overtime. BOO.
WAIT ... John Wall is an actual wizard? That seems unfair.
WIGGIN’ OUT: Andrew Wiggins hit a spinning layup with his own hand in his face. Huh.
IMPORTANT RESULTS: The Hawks won their ninth straight, though it was Philly. The Wizards bounced back from recent troubles to ace the Spurs. The Suns beat the Cavaliers as Kevin Love did not play one second in the fourth quarter. The Warriors won, of course. The Wolves snapped their 15-game losing streak by beating the Pacers. The Mavericks clawed past the Kings. And in the game of the century in Hell, the Heat beat the Lakers 78-75. Kobe went 3-19 from the field.
WANT MORE INFO? Our NBA Scores hub has recaps from each game.
WAY OFF COURSE: Brian Windhorst on how wrong things are in Cleveland right now.
MVP RANKINGS: Where does Damian Lillard fit among the MVP candidates?
HORFORD’S BACK! Zach Lowe on Al Horford’s impact on the floor.
PEACE OUT, PROK: It turns out winning an NBA title isn’t as easy as it looks. Mikhail Prokhorov is looking to unload the Nets, reports Scott Soshnick. For all the organizational issues Brooklyn has, it’s still a rather hip franchise in a gleaming new arena in New York Freaking City. Is $1.5 billion out of the question? I don’t think so. Considering Prok bought the club at a $275 million valuation, this will be a tidy profit for him in all likelihood, even after accounting for the Deron Williams Tax.
ANOTHER MINOR CAP MOVE: Nate Robinson to Boston for Jameer Nelson. The former will soon be a free agent; Nelson is going to back up Ty Lawson for the forseeable future.
Happy Wednesday. See you next time.
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