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Real Madrid – Gareth Bale Diving Like Cristiano Ronaldo
Maybe Gareth Bale silenced some critics by scoring two goals and playing his first 90 minutes for Real Madrid, but he also showed he’s aligned with Cristiano Ronaldo in more than just putting the ball in the net, bringing his diving repertoire to the La Liga in embarrassing fashion.
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Gadji Tallo – Faking an Injury and Getting Mad About It
You can’t have your cake and eat it too was made for situations like the one we witnessed in the match between Ajaccio and Guingamp, as Gadji Tallo faked an injury to be taken off the pitch with a stretcher, and then throw a fit and look completely healthy when he realized his manager, Fabrizio Ravanelli, pulled him off with a substitution.
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NBA – Lakers vs Warriors Predictions
After a surprising win on opening night against their next door neighbors, the Los Angeles Lakers travel to their first road game of the season to play against the Golden State Warriors, making their first appearance with an upgraded squad and much higher expectations.
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NBA – Grizzlies vs Spurs Predictions
In a repeat of last year’s Western conference finals, the Memphis Grizzlies, wanting to prove they still haven’t peaked, meet the San Antonio Spurs, trying to show that the veteran core of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan has at least one more title run left in them.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Defense is Still a Huge Problem
All the talk of being one of the favorites in the Western Conference went to the heads of some Los Angeles Clippers players, who looked a lot less special and impressive, especially on defense, which was the team’s Achilles heel last season as well.
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Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Needs Patience & Time
Being so good, maybe too good, in the preseason, raised the expectations bar from the Chicago Bulls and especially Derrick Rose heading into opening night. But facing an elite defense while Joakim Noah, Jimmy Butler and Luol Deng struggle with injury issues isn’t the best recipe for an easy start to the 2013-2014 NBA Season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Xavier Henry and the ‘Bench Mob’?
Very few people gave the Los Angeles Lakers the benefit of the doubt when it came to their chances of winning on opening night and succeeding in making the playoffs this season, but maybe there’s still hope as the performance by Xavier Henry and the rest of the bench unit shows that there might be more to this team than meets the eye.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Gives His Bench the Credit
The Miami Heat needed some time to get into championship shooting form on their opening night of the 2013-2014 NBA season, but even without an outstanding performance from either LeBron James or Dwyane Wade, they had enough outside shooting and ball movement, courtesy of Ray Allen and Shane Battier, to make it out of the opening game with plenty of reasons to smile about.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Becoming a Sixth Man
Unless Kevin McHale has a change of heart at the last minute, it looks like Jeremy Lin is going to come off the bench in the early games of the 2013-2014 NBA season, which means Patrick Beverley is being preferred to play next to Dwight Howard and James Harden for the Houston Rockets in the starting lineup.
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NBA – Day 1 Scores & Standings
The NBA season started with three games on opening night, with the Chicago Bulls losing to the Miami Heat as Derrick Rose made his return to the league stealing most of the attention, while the Los Angeles Lakers stunning the Los Angeles Clippers made for a surprising finish to the evening. The Indiana Pacers also […]