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  • Game to pay attention to: Magic vs. Celtics


    Orlando at Boston

    It could be a three-game night, or it might be a 10-game night. Doesn't matter. Actually, it is a 10-game night. Has no bearing on this. The Magic and Celtics are playing, and you need to watch.

    You don't have to do it in real time. It's a Friday night, and someone might want to shower your foyer with rose pedals before feeding you stroganoff. Doesn't matter, tape the darn thing. Watch it tomorrow. Understand that it might go a long way toward giving you an understanding of what goes on in May. These two could go seven next spring, and you're going to want to know why.

    You're also going to want to watch it because Orlando and Boston are two highly entertaining teams, squads that shoot well, play D, run the floor when appropriate, while slamming it home or working the baseline reverse scoop while inappropriate.

    What else are you going to do? Mess with the head of some wrong number that keeps texting you? Not that this is wrong or anything, but leave the kid alone. They're scared.

    10 games tonight. The Blazers are in Oakland to take on the Warriors, Houston and Atlanta will be a killer, Cleveland and Indiana will remind of glorious autumn evenings in the Midwest, Miami and Toronto makes no sense (weren't the Raptors just in Denver?), and Washington and the Oklahoma City Thunder feels like a spring training game between an American and National League team that would never meet in the World Series.

    Comment away, down below. Have a lovely weekend.

    Boston Celtics: 9-3, 90.9 possessions per game (25th-most in the NBA), 109.3 points scored per 100 possessions (fifth), 97.7 points allowed per 100 possessions (first).

    Orlando Magic: 9-3, 92.2 possessions per game (18th), 108.9 points scored per 100 possessions (eighth), 102.8 points allowed per 100 possessions (11th).

    All statistics courtesy basketball-reference.com.

  • The 10-man rotation, starring cool Heat

    A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.

    C: Hooped Up. As far as player video intros go, it just doesn't get any smoother than the Heat's.
    PF: D Magazine. An oral history of the big German who rescued professional basketball in Dallas.
    SF: With Malice. "Under the stewardship of David Stern, the NBA has done well. More than well."
    SG: Celtics Town. This season's Orlando Magic are certainly different, but are they better?
    PG: SRI. Don Nelson says he's trying to set the table in Golden State for the coach that follows him.
    6th: Clips Nation. A quick talk with Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy.
    7th: SellCohan.com. Speaking of Dunleavy, he's not the only one with a petition on his head.
    8th: NAS. New Nets' marketing ploys adapted from the names of classic television shows.
    9th: Dime. If you're not aware of Shannon Brown's(notes) complete body of work, check out this mixtape.
    10th: SI.com. No one in the NBA may have a greater influence on the league than Gregg Popovich.

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