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Bulls vs Suns – Hustle & Effort Go a Long Way
The Chicago Bulls needed a win badly after two tough losses on their Western tour, and bringing their defensive best with a much better offense than usual did the job in a 101-92 win over the Phoenix Suns, who were riding a hot streak going into the game.
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Kansas Beats Baylor – Someone Different Each Time
Being super freshmen and all, Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins get a lot of attention every time Kansas play. However, there’s much more to this team than those two players, as Naadir Tharpe has shown time and time again, most recently in the impressive 69-52 win over Baylor.
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Duke Beats Wake Forest – Overcoming the Emotional Hangover
After their painful loss at the Carrier Dome, some feared that Duke were going to have a hard time adjusting to the inferior importance of their game against Wake Forest. However, a solid performance from Jabari Parker and a weak opponent paved the way to a 83-63 win.
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Denver Nuggets – Randy Foye Keeps Pulling Off Clutch Heroics
There are a lot of things that have stopped Randy Foye from being anything more than a fringe starting player in the NBA, but it’s hard to take away from him that special something he has when the game is on the line, showing it once again with a buzzer-beating game winning shot to lift the Denver Nuggets over the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Bulls vs Kings – Joakim Noah Should Think Before Opening His Mouth
The game between the Sacramento Kings and the Chicago Bulls will be remembered for two incidents – Derrick Williams messing up a dunk with only the backboard to get in his way and Joakim Noah going off on the officials after being ejected from the game.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Gets Back to Business
There’s nothing new about Kevin Durant going off for 31 points, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 86-77 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. However, considering the absence of Russell Westbrook and last year’s Western Conference semifinals, there’s an added significance to the victory.
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Washington Wizards – John Wall New to the Winning Business
It’s been a very long time since the Washington Wizards were holding a winning record, longer than any other NBA team. So long that John Wall is playing on a winning side for the first time in his short NBA career.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Stuck on Embarrassing Team
There’s nothing good that lasts for too long with the New York Knicks this season, so while Carmelo Anthony puts on quite the impressive offensive performance, the rest of his teammates thoroughly disappoint again and again, leading to a second consecutive loss, this time 101-98 to the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Takes Some Attention From LeBron James
We haven’t seen too much of a vintage Dwyane Wade this season, but on a night that LeBron James finds himself frustrated by missing out on the triple double things came together for the often injured guard, leading the Miami Heat to a 102-96 win over the Detroit Pistons.
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Best Players Not in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game
With every All-Star game, there are the players who didn’t make it in but probably deserved it more than some who did. This season, it seems that Anthony Davis, Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka have the most to gripe about when it comes to being left out.