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Welcome to the most overhyped game of the season. Record: 15-12 (Pythagorean 16-11), 2nd seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: (108.3, 6th in league) Defensive Rating: (103.9, 10th in league) About the Heat : How good you think the Miami Heat is largely depends on your opinion going into the […]

Record: 9-14 (Pythagorean 8-15), 11th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 2-8 Offensive Rating: (101.1, 28th in league) Defensive Rating: (105.2, 12th in league) About the Magic: Orlando plays solid team defense, opponents shoot a pretty average 48.6% (eFG%) against them. And those teams only get one shot — the Magic grab the […]

I’m altering these game previews a little, adding some structure to them and hopefully making it easier to find key facts and other things that may interest you. Let us know what you think, what you’d like to see added or subtracted (we’re all about customer service here at FB&G). Record: 18-6 (Pythagorean 16-8), 4th […]

Post-Game Update: Losing to a team at the end of a road trip that is without one of its two stars stings, that was one the Lakers should have had. The Laker offense in the third quarter sputtered as they looked too much to find mismatches or to go at McGrady when he got his […]

For old times sake, I think it would be nice tonight to see one of our point guards blow past Chucky Atkins at the top of the key and score on a lay-up. Ahhh, the memories. The problem is the Wizards coaching staff has realized that Atkins is all hands, no feet on defense so […]

Reader Steve (the brother of gatinho) has ruined watching Memphis for me — he pointed out Pau Gasol now looks like Serpico online pharmacy zoloft for sale no prescription pharmacy . Now, every time I look at Gasol I think of a 1970s Al Pacino. I’ve added Serpico to my Netflix list. He’s ruined Gasol […]

Is it the chicken or the egg with the Laker offense? Read the local papers after the loss to Minnesota and the comments follow these lines: The Lakers stopped getting assists, stopped passing the ball, and so the offense struggled. The subtext: Kobe is too selfish. But here’s the thing — watch the game and […]

Is it just me, or does it seem like we play these guys every third game? And, as Joel Meyers pointed out on the LA broadcast, how do they luck out and get us in the second game of a back-to-back when they are rested four times this season, two times in two weeks? The […]

The old gang is getting back together tonight. Michael, Phil and some other old Bulls are coming back to honor Scottie Pippen and retire his number 33. I’m not going write an ode to Pippen, but if you want to read well done tributes to one of the top 50, Matt at Blog-a-Bull has done […]

If the Lakers are ever going to win the second game of a back-to-back, if they are going to get back to .500, this seems like the best chance they’ve got. The Lakers are coming off what, by all accounts, was one of their best games of the season. (What a game to be the […]