- The last time two Cavaliers had 30 points in the same game, Larry Hughes was one of them. Now you understand why LeBron James gave Mo Williams such a lingering hug post-game last night.
- Alonzo Mourning retires. Word is he's about to publish a blog post here.
- Rasheed Wallace, making himself the star of Jason Maxiell's post-game interview.
- A while ago, Russ Bengtson wrote some PG-13 game notes on his blog, Three for All. It included, repeatedly, a line that echoed in my head as I watched the Knicks last night: "AL HARRINGTON is so f------ shooting the first chance he gets." Still true.
- Wow, I'm not kidding, this is a nice little Dikembe Mutombo Foundation video. Mutombo held a fund-rasier in D.C. the night before the inauguration, and was an invited guest to the event itself, which he attended with his father.
- A major breakthrough for anyone who is really intent on seeing Detlef Schrempf's record collection.
- TrueHoop reader Jordan is wondering if there is a way to use statistics to find out if all that distracting the free throw shooter that fans do makes any difference. (A crude measure: Is free throw shooting lower on the road?) Anybody know how to track that? 'Cause if it makes a big difference, fans should be careful to keep it up all game. But if not ... then maybe that's a good time to chat with your neighbor.
- Is YouTube exposing more Europeans to killer dunks from America and elsewhere, and thus making crowds at a European dunk contest underwhelmed with what they're seeing in person? (Could this same effect mess with crowd expectations at the NBA's dunk contest?)
- If you want to get to know Rudy Fernandez as a dunker, here's your video resource guide.
- Channing Frye wants to play kickball with you, and there may or may not be beer, or a roller coaster at the party too.
- Having an out-of-shape guy on your team can hurt morale. (What about an injured guy, like Monta Ellis, who screams "let me play" and may or may not have been joking?)
- Steve Kerr talks to Phoenix fans, and there is change in the air. Amare Stoudemire says teams aren't scared of the Suns anymore.
- The Clippers lost to the Lakers any number of ways (lacking almost all of their stars to injury, for one, not knowing what to do with Andrew Bynum is another) but perhaps most of all, Kevin Arnovitz points out on ClipperBlog, here: "Ultimately, the Clippers lose the game on the glass. There are 35 rebounding opportunities beneath their basket. The Clippers grab 18 of them ... but the Lakers take 17. That's a 54% defensive rebound rate. Anything in the low 70% range is pretty awful."
- Andrew Bynum was the monster of the NBA last night, going for 42 and 15 and a bunch of other stuff too. He says the only real difference was getting the ball more, and talked about his new teammate "Kobe Nash."
- Hornets247's Niall Doherty on the banged up Hornets lineup: "Chris Paul was macrophenomenal. He left it all out there tonight. The third quarter was when he did the most damage. He had that fastbreak spinning layup around Vince Carter, a couple of those magical whipped passes out of traffic and into the hands of an open three-point shooter, that rebound he ripped away from Josh Boone, several dashes back on D to prevent an easy Nets bucket. He was just pouring his heart into every possession, offense and defense. He called a timeout at one point and promptly collapsed into a seat on the bench. And then a minute later he was right back out there going at it again. He got a nice rest to start the fourth and then dug deep to make sure we didn't blow the lead. His three-point play among the trees with a minute left pretty much sealed the win, and then his emphatic fastbreak jam after stealing an inbound from VC was the icing on the cake. 29 points, 11-18 FGs, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals. I'd rather be without West, Chandler and Armstrong for two games than be without CP for one."
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