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Good morning. Today, Good Morning It’s Basketball turns one year old. Cheers. Let’s basketball.

KA-KAW! The Hawks beat the Pistons, and have won 13 straight. The next six games are at home, and the only two real tests come on the next two Fridays: the Thunder this week, and Portland next week. If Atlanta can sweep those and everything in between, they’ll be at 19.

ALSO: A collection of local choirs introduced the Hawks’ starters on Monday, and it was awesome.

ALSO ALSO: Atlanta leads Drew Garrison’s NBA Power Rankings.

DAME: Tie game with less than a minute to go, Damian Lillard dives through the Kings for an insulting dunk. Godlike. The Blazers won, and X-rays on LaMarcus Aldridge’s hand came back negative.

YOUR LATEST IN WTF GIANNIS: A halfcourt bounce pass.

THE NICK AND KOBE SHOW: Nick Young tied his career high with three assists, claimed inspiration from Kobe’s career-high 17 tallied last week.

THERE ARE TWO GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS KNICKS SEASON: The Squares streak (which lives!) and ... well, okay, that’s it.

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE BULLS? Passing the ball to David Blatt, losing handily to the Cavaliers, dropping six in eight games. Derrick Rose sounds frustrated.

SPEAKING OF CAVS-BULLS ... LeBron is baaack.

SAD TROMBONE: The Pelicans have lost to the Sixers and Knicks within the past few days.

SIGNATURE WIN: The Mavericks edged the Grizzlies in a terrific game, perhaps Dallas’ most impressive since the Rondo trade. Tyson Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki took control on their respective ends late. Speaking of which ...

BENO! Good piece on Beno Udrih’s journey to Memphis, where he’s a key cog for a team with designs on a title.

WELL: Detroit Bad Boys produces plans to build a f--king wall out of Josh Smith’s bricks.

HERE COME THE SPURS: David Aldridge’s Morning Tip leads with the terrifying specter of a healthy San Antonio.

SOLID MIKE: Really good Ian Thomsen piece on Mike Conley.

YIKESVILLE: Aaron Gordon in VICE on perhaps the worst sports start-up ever.

ON REGGIE JACKSON: He talked to Sam Amick candidly about his desires to run a team, something he won’t get in Oklahoma City. Kelly Dwyer also provided some great context for some of Jackson’s quotes. Interesting situation there.

FINALLY: Shea Serrano on the Nick Young-Swaggy P Continuum.

Happy Tuesday. See you next time.

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