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Jrue Holiday Dunking Over LeBron James
When you’re not going to make the postseason and not going to beat the hottest (and best) team in the NBA, all you have is celebrating small victories, like impressive individual plays – Jrue Holiday breaking away for a huge dunk over LeBron James.
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Milwaukee Bucks – Brandon Jennings & Ersan Ilyasova Taking Over
It looks like closing out games in the fourth quarters is turning into the Brandon Jennings job, while Monta Ellis takes a side seat to the younger and better guard in the duo, while Ersan Ilyasova is suddenly making up for all of his bad games earlier this season for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Nothing to do With Basketball (Celtics vs 76ers)
For the Philadelphia 76ers to win this series, to win any game against better teams, they need to forget about playing basketball. They needed to play ugly and simply mess up the game, hoping to come out on top in the scuffle. Allen Iverson set the spark the lighted the fans that pushed them to a 82-75 game 6 win, giving us a final, seventh game in Boston.
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Allen Iverson is Still the King in Philadelphia
The big story before Game 6 in Philadelphia was Kevin Garnett calling out the Sixers fans. Maybe he was thinking ahead, of game 7, and boosting is own fan base. If Garnett’s words weren’t enough of a rallying cry for Philly fans, the arrival of Allen Iverson to present the game ball finished the job.
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Rajon Rondo Responsible For Making Celtics Look This Good
Sounds easy enough – Don’t let Rajon Rondo drive into the paint. Just focus all your defensive energy on that, and you’ll be fine right? The Philadelphia 76ers were good as long as they had the hot hand going for them in the first half. Afterwards? Rondo and Brandon Bass just tore their defense to shreds, giving the Celtics a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Semi Finals.
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Philadelphia 76ers, More Than Meets the Eye
The Boston Celtics can’t put on two great games in a row, no matter how much Rajon Rondo penetrates and dishes out; No matter how much respect Kevin Garnett gets for what he does just before his 36th birthday. The Sixers may not have the experience and swag these Celtics do, but they have enough basketball and toughness to win this series.
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Andre Iguodala Finding Out He is a Clutch Player
Andre Iguodala embraced the scoring load, something that didn’t work too well for him and the 76ers in the years after the Allen Iverson era. He’s not supposed to be a leading scorer and an automatic go to guy, despite the athleticism and the highlight moves that may hide his offensive problems from less inquisitive eyes.
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Bulls Keeping the Hope Alive Through Defense
Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer had to step up at some point. Playing without Joakim Noah in Game 5, facing elimination, they finally did, leading the Chicago Bulls to a 79-69 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, keeping the faith and hope alive, heading into Philly down 2-3 in a series that was supposed to go in a very different direction.
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Dwyane Wade Back to Old Self, LeBron James and the Heat Too Good for Sixers
After a rough start to the series, Dwyane Wade exploded on the Philadelphia 76ers with 32 points, leading the Miami Heat to a 100-94 win and a 3-0 lead in the first round series that seems like it’ll end very soon.
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Dikembe Mutombo Retires
After going down in the Rockets Blazers game two nights ago and discovering the severity of his knee injury, Dikembe Mutombo announced his retirement from the NBA and the game of basketball, who said goodbye to one of the nicest and most generous players to play in National Basketball Association.