These NBA halftime-show dogs should be stars. STARS I SAY.
You'll never guess. It's just not possible.
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Justin Sellers got a little bored in the dugout.
Kids these days.
One for each series.
We're through two days of NBA Playoffs action, with more games to come tonight, and now we know a little bit more about what these teams are really made of. (Regular season, schmegular season, as nobody has ever said.) Here are the eight things — one from each series — that most stand out after one game.
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The Celtics scored eight points in the fourth quarter against the Knicks in Game 1. EIGHT. That's so few points that I have to write it out as a word, not use the corresponding number. Even style guides are biased against how badly the Celtics sucked on offense in the second half of that game. And, although that sort of disastrous performance implicates everyone involved, one of the main culprits has to be Jason Terry, who would've been more effective if he'd tied both his hands behind his back and tried to bounce the ball into the hoop with his nose. Terry played 20 minutes and scored 0 points on 0-5 shooting, including four three-pointers, most of which were rushed and sloppy heaves that appeared to have no chance of ending up in the hoop. All told, the Celtics' bench produced an appalling four points total, all from Courtney Lee, and a little more scoring out of Lee would be nice — nobody expects anything out of Jordan Crawford — but if the Celtics are to keep up with the Knicks scoring-wise, they can't depend on Jeff Green to carry them, like he did in the first half. Terry has to show some evidence that the dynamo who helped beat the Miami Heat in the 2011 Finals still exists, however faded he might be.
Just another day in the life of CP3.
Jamal Crawford lost out to J.R. Smith yesterday in the Sixth Man of the Year award voting. His response? EVOLVE.
And he might be right.
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Holy crap.
The Padres lost 7-1.
Poor Stephen Gionta. All the other guys keep being dicks.
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Super creepy, Subway.
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And probably make you want to donate to a great cause. Get your wallets ready.
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"On July 22, 2008, he was rushed to the emergency room with a serious bacterial infection," Harris writes. "His condition quickly worsened – septic shock, a coma, and oxygen deprivation to his four limbs, resulting in quadriplegic amputation."
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The answer may shock you.
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Get excited, Jaguars fan!
Rod Higgins knows how to make sure the bread stays buttered.
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Golf.
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Jordan and Higgins are, famously, ping-pong buddies from each's early days in the NBA. They are old cronies. Next to the dictionary entry for "cronyism" there is an empty space because Michael Jordan hired Rod Higgins as a dictionary illustrator and Higgins missed all his deadlines. Higgins worked as the assistant general manager of the Wizards when Jordan was involved with that team. He's been with the Bobcats since 2007, starting as the team's general manager and becoming president in 2010.
The Bobcats are terrible. They've been consistently terrible forever. They made the playoffs once, and were swept terribly. Jordan and Higgins are terrible. They make terrible decisions. Since Higgins has been with the team its winning percentage is .361. Since he was promoted to president its winning percentage is .189.
Just J.R. Smith doing more J.R. Smith things.
Miami center Chris Andersen has many imitators. Do not be fooled.
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This is not a tale of triumph. It is a tale of laziness, and most of us are well-acquainted with it.
Your mission to get fit starts with the excitement of picturing yourself looking amazing on the beach.
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It seems really simple: you're going to start working out and stop eating junk food. By Memorial Day you'll look and feel like this:
So you head to the gym for the first time in months.
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The ideal stadium experience: an affordable ticket, cheap brews, and a win for the home team. We analyzed beer prices, projected win percentages, and ticket costs to find out which club gives you the best basebang for your ballbuck.
Above: the projected winning percentage of Major League Baseball teams this season, per Baseball Prospectus, compared to the price of beer at their stadiums courtesy of the Brookston Beer Bulletin. Below, winning percentage compared to average ticket price as measured by the Fan Cost Experience site.
As told by goofy basketball players on the bench.
