5. miami heat - the jazz beat the dreadful miami heat last night 110-101 in spectacular fashion by recording assists on 38 of 42 field goals. the only jazz baskets that weren't assisted were a deron williams layup, a deron williams dunk, a mehmet okur dunk, and a carlos boozer 14-foot jumper. miami's teamwork paled in comparison as they recorded not a single assist nor a single point. upon further review, they scored 101 points. regardless, it wasn't enough and the heat fell to 4-13 on the season. but with that said, it appears that miami has finally turned the corner as in this game pat riley kept chris quinn on the bench after insanely starting him twice last week. twice!
4. the man - after a disappointing 6-6 season that led to a bid to the las vegas bowl, ucla predictably fired karl dorrell. generally, any circumstance involving going to las vegas is a victory for me, but they apparently have higher standards in los angeles than i do. but other than having a legitimate excuse for going to vegas, one of the more important consequences of this dismissal is that the already low number of black head coaches in college football is lowered by one. and now out of 119 college football programs only five black head coaches remain, sylvester croom of mississippi state, ty willingham of washington, randy shannon of miami, ron prince of kansas state, and turner gill of buffalo. next up on the man's agenda: changing eye black to eye white and making sure adam morrison averages 39 points a game next year.3. bart scott - jabar gaffney caught the go-ahead touchdown with 44 seconds left in the game as the patriots escaped baltimore with a 27-24 win. this meant of course that both new england's undefeated season and the '72 dolphins sobriety continued for another week. however, the real story was not the patriots tempting fate and somehow avoiding three separate fourth down non-conversions in their final drive. it was instead bart scott's incredible meltdown after the patriots took the lead for good. after this score, scott was flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. either bart scott was still angry about having given up the lead or he thought he could rid any evidence of this penalty, because he immediately picked up the flag and threw it into the stands. he was subsequently flagged for another penalty, though it's unclear whether the refs actually risked another penalty flag in the process.
2. travis outlaw - it's not often that another player overshadows rudy gay especially in a game where rudy goes off for 30 points on 12 of 16 shooting. but travis outlaw managed to do just that as he banked in a runner at the buzzer to beat the grizzlies 106-105. outlaw scored portland's last seven points which included a short jumper over gasol that bounced high off the rim before rattling in with 56 seconds left and then a corner three with 15 seconds left that gave them a short-lived lead. his final two points reclaimed the lead after rudy gay tipped in an errant shot with 2.8 seconds left. when reached for comment, travis outlaw told reporters, "can someone please ask yahoo! sports to stop showing my stats next to pictures of bo outlaw? he's not even in the league."
1. dwight howard - in the most exciting game of the night, the magic beat the warriors 123-117 in overtime to improve their record to 16-4 and 11-2 on the road. this game featured jj redick getting abused in the post and then getting benched, 111 field goal attempts by golden state, seven players on each team in double figures, 65 three point attempts by both teams, and a sequence where orlando made a basket only to see the warriors inbound the ball, shoot a three while the shot clock still read 22, and drain it in front of the loud oakland crowd. other than that, the star of the game was dwight howard even though it took him nearly three quarters to get get into a rhythm, a credit to andris biedrins and the warriors swarming defense. that considered, he still finished with 18 points, 23 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots. he also had 9 turnovers, which was nearly as many field goals he attempted. either dwight howard needs better shot selection or dwight howard needs to learn how to pass out of double teams. of course my favorite part of dwight's night was when he picked up a technical after getting fouled on a put back dunk and then slapped the basketball support because he was mad at himself for missing the dunk. it was the stupidest technical i've ever seen assessed. next time dwight gets a tech, i hope bart scott is around to throw the ref's whistle into the stands.
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