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Who Said Deron Williams Isn’t Motivated Playing for the Nets?
Deron Williams isn’t exactly in the situation he wished to be. Playing for a team with no playoff prospects and an owner who’s more busy with Russian politics. Williams is still putting up impressive numbers, but nothing came close to his explosion against the Charlotte Bobcats, scoring a franchise record 57 points as the New Jersey Nets won 104-101.
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Rajon Rondo Proves His Uniqueness Against Knicks
Rajon Rondo became only the third player in the last 25 years to record a 15-15-15, finishing with another triple double (18 points, 17 rebounds, 20 assists), despite the trade rumors and the Jeremy Lin hype, leading the Boston Celtics to a 115-111 win over the New York Knicks in overtime.
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Kobe Bryant Mask Only Helps in First Win Over New Heat
Kobe Bryant said he wasn’t looking for revenge, and the Dwyane Wade “incident” was behind. And then he went out and scored 33 points, to lead the Los Angeles Lakers in their first win over the Big Three Era Miami Heat, a 95-85 win as LeBron James felt too alone in a game he couldn’t win on his own.
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Kentucky SEC Perfection Not Changed By Florida
The Kentucky Wildcats became just the third SEC team since Alabama in 1956 to go unbeaten in the conference. All three times it was a Kentucky team, including the 1996 championship Rick Pitino team. In his third season with the Wildcats, John Calipari has taken his team into the tournament as the number one seed, with Florida as the latest victim in a 74-59 dominating win.
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Carlos Vela and Another Example of Why we Need Goal Line Technology
Carlos Vela scored a goal, but Gorka Iraizoz was quick enough to pull it out of the goal and Real Sociedad were left with 0, as Athletic Bilbao won the Basque derby, with a little bit of help from the referee and his assistant who proved once again how badly football needs goal line technology and replays to assist us.
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Is Floyd Mayweather Afraid of Manny Pacquiao?
Floyd Mayweather has said recently, more than once, that the main reason his fight with Manny Pacquiao hasn’t happened is money. Simple as that. But in a recent interview on NBC with Bob Costas, Mayweather spoke about health and life after boxing, maybe showing a different side to the never ending saga.
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Roman Abramovich And the Chelsea Managers He’s Fired Over the Years
Roman Abramovich likes to keep it interesting on the Chelsea sidelines and the dressing room, going through managers like dirty socks. Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlo Ancelotti and last (and least) Andre Villas-Boas have all gotten the firing treatment. Who’s next?
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Ashley Young Out of Nowhere (Tottenham vs Manchester United)
Ashley Young scored only two goals this season, both in the same match, in what would become the historic 8-2 win over Arsenal. Months later, and another London opponent brought the best out of him, as Young scored twice in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Tottenham, keeping them two points behind the league leaders.
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Tommy Bowe Show Not Enough (France vs Ireland)
Ireland don’t normally find success when playing in Paris against France in the Six Nations, but Tommy Bowe and his two brilliant tries in the first half gave them hope of winning their first match there since 2000, but the French had an impressive and powerful first twenty minutes in the first half, pulling through to a 17-17 draw.
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Josh Smith in a Rare Showing of His Full Potential Takes Down Thunder
Josh Smith and the Atlanta Hawks have already beaten the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat this season, so it was only natural they’d have at least one win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Josh Smith was huge with 30 points and 12 rebounds, while performing one memorable dunk Serge Ibaka will not forget for a long time.