5. ray allen and glen davis - last time the celtics played the bobcats, charlotte needed only to inbound the ball and hit the ensuing free throws to seal a victory. instead they passed to the celtics and ray allen hit a three at the buzzer. last night, when two teams played again, both ray allen and big baby sat out with injuries and the bobcats walked out of boston with a very surprising win. jason richardson contributed 34 points and other than his eight misses, he couldn't miss. anyways, hopefully this loss helps quell three common perceptions about the cetlics. one, that they could challenge the 97-98 bulls. two, that kevin garnett is the only reason for their dramatic improvement. and three, that glen davis played buford "bubba" blue from forrest gump.
4. the united states postal service - a game after their most impressive win of the year of the spurs, golden state's starters mailed it in against portland and lost 109-91. monta ellis was the only starter who played more than 17 minutes and also the only one who scored more than five points. all told, the five warrior starters combined for 23 points on 29 percent shooting and about $500 in postage in 85 total minutes. the blazers on the other hand, played another complete game. they opened on a 24-8 run fueled by steve blake playing like a man possessed. in just over eight minutes he had 11 points with three threes and a long two. he played so well that when nate mcmillan replaced him late in the first quarter, the portland crowd gave him a standing ovation. in the first quarter.
3. malik rose - last night the knicks played host to the rockets and after a win in chicago on tuesday, they were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since november. unfortunately, their bid for a winning streak ultimately fell short as they lost 101-92. speaking of falling short, malik rose is about a foot shorter than yao ming. this was proved at one point during the game when yao threw one down on malik rose as if malik rose was a garden gnome and yao was a person who was a foot taller than a garden gnome.2. shane battier - last night the knicks played host to the rockets and after a win in chicago on tuesday, they were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since november. unfortunately, their bid for a winning streak was ultimately rejected. speaking of rejection, shane battier tied a career high with five blocked shots last night. interestingly, three of these swats were eddy curry lay up attempts. it was like shane battier was a fly swatter and eddy curry was a fly that weighed almost 300 pounds.
1. isiah thomas - last night the knicks played host to the rockets and after a win in chicago on tuesday, they were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since november. unfortunately, their bid for a winning streak was ultimately thrown out. speaking of thrown out, isiah thomas was thrown out of last night's game after arguing with referee eric lewis. the ensuing technical gave the rockets a 78-74 lead that they never relenquished. on the bright side though, isiah thomas left the game with a +/- of -3, which was good enough for 4th best on the team. i don't even have an analogy for this.
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