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Los Angeles Lakers – Injury Situation Beyond Believable
The 119-108 win for the Los Angeles Lakers over the Cleveland Cavaliers might teach us that there are teams in worse situations despite not having the same amount of injuries, but the healthy list is getting shorter and shorter for a team that went into the game with only 8 healthy players and finished with only 4 being eligible as Robert Sacre played after fouling out.
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Lakers vs Raptors – Nick Young Learns to be Efficient
One night without basketball might have changed something for Nick Young, who returned as Mr. Efficiency for the Los Angeles Lakers, leading them to a surprising 112-106 road win over the Toronto Raptors.
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Lakers vs Celtics – Rajon Rondo is the Only Thing Worth Mentioning
Missing the first 40 games of the season isn’t the only reason the Boston Celtics are terrible, but Rajon Rondo coming back didn’t really change much, as he wasn’t enough in the 107-104 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, finally finding a team that defends more poorly than they do under the basket.
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Duke Blue Devils – Enjoying Humiliating Their Biggest Rivals
If the first win over North Carolina earlier this season wasn’t enough to show just how far the 2013 Duke version is from their eternal biggest rivals, a second, much more dominant performance at Chapel Hill, led by Seth Curry and Mason Plumlee, made everyone see the clear distance between the two teams.
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Duke Blue Devils – Easy Road to Perfect Season at Home
It wasn’t as easy as some would expect to get the final win at Cameron for Duke, finishing their home stand in the regular season with a perfect record. They won’t be winning the ACC title, going to a surprising team, but probably don’t have to worry about getting that #1 seed for the NCAA tournament.
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Duke Blue Devils – Ryan Kelly Brings Them Back on Top
After two losses coming in less than two weeks, the Duke road to the number one spot in the nation seemed closed. It still probably is, at least for another week, but getting Ryan Kelly back with a career-like performance, while beating Miami, the best team in the ACC so far this season, is probably good enough to feel happy about what they’ve done.
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Duke Blue Devils – Mason Plumlee’s Turn to Shine
This is going to be the argument this week – Have Duke done enough to take over the number one spot in the nation, at least with the voters, at the expense of Indiana? A very big night from Mason Plumlee and yet another win over a top 5 opponent suggests that the Blue Devils deserve that spot.