5. smush parker - i heat to keep talking about the hate... er... i hate to keep talking about heat but everytime i think it can't get worse for them, it looks like it won't and then it does. last night, miami played host to the defending champion san antonio spurs and played them tough before losing by one point. this was the fourth consecutive game where the heat were either tied or held a lead in the fourth quarter against their opponent. it was also the fifteenth consecutive game where the heat were losing after the game ended. the heat fall to 8-33 on the season and are looking for answers, something i can't provide them. unless they put stock into thier 3-10 record with smush parker as opposed to 5-23 without him. then my answer is to trade dwyane wade to the wizards before you ruin him completely.
4. wildcats out the wazzou - despite being the nation's sixth ranked team, washington state came into tucson thursday night as underdogs against an inconsistent arizona team. i've had it in for washington state since last year's march madness when i lost a bet involving one of their tournament games. and because of them, that's $10 i'll never see again. because of this, i was very pleased that arizona managed to pull off a 76-64 "upset". the wildcats were led by their star players chase budinger and jerryd bayless who scored 22 and 23 points each. after the game, budinger told reporters, "i think we can beat anyone in the country right now." upon hearing this, a bunch of reporters challenged arizona to a game. the reporters lost by 11. 3. marco belinelli - last night, the warriors edged the nets 121-119 in a game that featured golden state going on a 22-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters only to be rebuffed by an 18-4 nets run. the game went back and forth down the stretch until the warriors pulled away thanks in part to poor shot selection that doomed the nets. at game's end, baron davis had his eighth career triple double,monta ellis added a career best 39 points, and al harrington scored 19 points, 14 of which came in the first five minutes of the fourth. but all that paled in comparison to warriors' rookie marco belinelli's contribuions. late in the third, don nelson challenged his team to foul nets center josh boone, who came into the game shooting 34.3 percent from one, as much as possible. belinelli answered the call and in 73 seconds of play, he collected 4 fouls to go along with no other stats.
2. spiting john madden - yesterday it was announced that ethan albright, the redskins long snapper, was selected to his first pro bowl in 12 nfl seasons. this is quite an achievement considering that just last year, albright was the worst player in the league according to his 53 rating in madden '07. but one thing john madden's flawed statistical model failed to capture was ethan albright's perserverance rating of 93. because instead of walking away from football defeated with an awareness of 59, albright worked even harder. and thanks to that dedication, he joins fellow redskins chris samuels and chris cooley in hawaii where all three will pay tribute to sean taylor by wearing his number and then decking a punter.1. idiots - the nba all star starters were announced yesterday and the only surprise was allen iverson beating out tracy mcgrady for the final guard spot in the west. but that's not to say the voting results were entirely uninterestng. for example, zaza pachulia received 98,563 votes. this means there were 98,563 times when someone looked at an all star ballot and decided "hmm... dwight howard's been pretty good, but i think zaza pachulia's been a little better." zaza has played 19 games this season and averaged 4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 35.2 percent shooting. in his last six appearances, zaza has played 58 minutes, shot 2-of-19 from the field, scored eight points, and turned it over 12 times. as a fan, i'm all for giving us a chance to vote, but the mere fact that zaza has a non-zero number of votes means perhaps this is a privilege we shouldn't be granted. seriously, what could he possibly offer an all star game? cookie crumbs all over the locker room? basketballs wedged in between the rim and the backboard? zaza pachulia wedged in between the rim and the backboard? it's madness.
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