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Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ...
• You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful, And You're Mine. Rarely does your account of attending an NBA game include the phrase "and then Jason Terry kissed me." Unless you're this one certain woman, who was the recipient of an unsolicited smooch at the Mavericks game, or as David Stern calls it, "NBA-fan makeup sex." The facts as we know them: Dirk Nowitzki had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead Dallas over New Jersey (that hurts at the bottom of the playoff standings) 102-89. It was the Mavericks' 16th straight win, and clinched them a playoff berth (whew!). In all the confusion, Terry (24 points) dove into an elderly woman by mistake, apologized, and then kissed her. The new, gentler NBA. (Next season they'll be charging for that).
• Seven Feet Of Wondrous Accuracy. Mark Blount's three consecutive 3-pointers allowed the Wolves to force overtime, and overshadowed Kobe Bryant's 40 points as ... wait, wait ... sorry. Let's start over. No way that stuff we just said actually happened. Let's just read the story again, and ... oh come on. Well, apparently it's true. The words "Mark Blount" and "green light from 3-point range" were used in the same AP sentence. So it's Minnesota 117, Los Angeles Lakers 107, and we're going to take a nap.
• Hey, It Happens. OK, that's NOT the way you're supposed to wear those new Nike uniforms (although it's close). It was the Knicks trailing by two with 0.9 seconds left and Stephon Marbury at the line for two shots. First one ... good. Second shot ... oh, what a shame. SuperSonics win, 100-99. Marbury had 40 points, but all that mattered to him as he disappeared into his jersey was No. 41. He should hardly shoulder all the blame, however, as New York was 24-of-38 (63 percent) from the line. Ray Allen had 29 points for Seattle.
• Baby, I'm Back. Carmelo Anthony, anxious to make it to the hospital where his wife was delivering his first child, scored 21 points Denver's 106-91 win over the New Orleans Hornets. Then at the buzzer, he was out the door and into a cab. And after a quick stop at the Jack-In-The-Box drive-thru ... (not really) ...
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Yeah that was Steph's only missed FT on the night. THE ONE THAT MATTERED MOST!
Apologizing to old ladies and then kissing them is the new "making it rain."
"and then Jason Terry kissed me."
Big deal. I fondled Mateen Cleaves after he set the Big10 single-game assists record.
wow... a Lita Ford reference on Deadspin
[shudders]
Lita Ford? Wow. Awesome.
@lieutenant winslow:
Please, Winslow - you know you love her. A crazy rocker, coke-whore? Right up your alley!
This is Runaways day on Deadspin. Will be will be dropping quotes from Joan Jett's discography after lunch.
Winslow went two minutes into the future to scoop me. Bastard!
Carmelo Anthony, anxious to make it to the hospital where his wife was delivering his first child
A young NBA player has a wife giving birth? Where have you gone Shawn Kemp, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
Yassin Idbihi's clutchness > Marbury's clutchness
What did I miss on the Peyton Manning post on Deadspin Late Night (2 nights ago)? I heard some people got into it.
Lita Ford first thing in the morning?
Good luck getting that out of your head for the next 48 hours.
"Had a few beers.. getting high... sitting watching the time go by... it ain't no big thing."
Apropos of Lita Ford (or those she dated): The Motley Crue autobiography "The Dirt" is the best rock book ever written.
This is the NBA. Obviously, this behavior is going to escalate until someone just pulls a woman's pants down and goes to town right on the court.
@Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!:
Better than 'Hammer of the Gods'?
@racistmascot_inc:
Or right in a 6th-grade classroom, according to last night's thread.
Jason Terry: "Game, Blouses!"
@Mr. Soul:
I'm sure Shawn was there - right down the hall.
Doesn't he have his own wing in each NBA port-o-call?
Gilbert went 5/5 from downtown. his explanation...ever since they popped my shoulder back in my shot's been falling
I went to a party last Saturday night. I didn't get laid. I got in a fight.
Uh huh.
It ain't no big thang.
Shoot the J. Shoot it!
73-9, here we come.
@BigTenObsession: It was nothing. Besides, it's ancient history.
@badbabu:
Mark Cuban is obviously cheating somehow. I don't trust that bastard for a second.
@JebusHChrist:
No biggie. I just wanted to know that we're all still friends here. I didn't have the time/ability to read the damn thread.
Dude stole my pickup line.
I went to a NBA game and a Boston Market broke out.
It started out with a couple hundred posts about Peyton, then there were some inappropriate incorrect stereotypical terrorist jokes, then there were about 500 comments of personal vitriolic attacks. Too negative and not worth reading.
Then yesterday everything was back to normal.
ok fine, lets just get this over with now...
Hi, my name is Lt. Winslow, and I am a recovering hairspray metal addict.
Hi, Lt. Winslow.
Lt. Winslow: Tell me you're wearing leather pants right now.
Re: Deadspin Up All Night with Peyton Manning... too much a/s/l drama for this mama.
@JebusHChrist:
Pretty much just like when someone dies on a ride at Disney. One day of police tape, hose it down, then it's back to being the happiest place on Earth.
@JebusHChrist:
Wait, Marco Materrazzi is on Deadspin?
@BigTenObsession: There were no mothers involved. Come on, this is Deadspin, we're too classy for that.
BTO - Yes, even better than "Hammer of the Gods,", because, instead of just one fish-spanking story, there's stories about killing Hanoi Rocks drummers, coke parties with Ozzy, Nikki Sixx dying for a few minutes, more hooker stories than you can shake a hepatitis-infested stick at.
Winslow - I too am a recovering hair metal addict. In fact, if you have Sirius, they have an entire channel (Hair Nation, channel 23) that plays nothing but hair metal. You know the Holocaust? It's pretty much the exact opposite.
80's Metal day on Deadspin ??
"Kiss Me Deadly"
Hell, I thought it was a Richard Widmark reference. What do I know.
@Lunatic Fringe: The first song I wanted to learn on the guitar was "Everyone's A Star" from TNT.
I thought most of the people here were 4 to 8 years old in the 80's ?
No more drama on Deadspin night-time posts or I'll execute every last one of you.
@Rob Iracane: You sound like Frank Costello before he went soft.
@Rob Iracane:
Yes, hunny-bunny.
@lieutenant winslow:
I am pretty sure we all would have done Lita Ford back in the day, Andie included.
Here's what sucks if you play for the Spurs: Your team has a winning percentage of .705, and you're still EIGHT AND A HALF FREAKIN' GAMES out of first in your own division.
@HeavyPettingZoo: I'd do Lita Ford today.
Best hair metal guitar solo: "Little Fighter" by White Lion.
Also, Warrant is running around the country currently, supposedly with L.A. Guns, if anyone cares.
@Rob Iracane: that wasn't drama so much as it was a "very special episode"
I was so excited, so excited...so....scared
@HeavyPettingZoo: AND Joan Jett for good measure.
"Bad Reputation", indeed.
@JebusHChrist: If I closed my eyes forever... I could still see that ugly-assed prostitute from the previous story.
(Next season they'll be charging for that).
First one's always free.
@Moonshine Mike
...or the gals from Vixen.
If Nikki Sixx would hit it, so would I.
wait..
@Moonshine Mike: I'm holding out for Candy Slice. I'm *her* biggest fucked-up fan.
"Hello daddy, hello mom, I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb!"
Youngapostles03 was 15 years old and wanted to screw each one of them very, very badly.
Of course, I wanted to do Chrissie Hynde, too!
"I like the way you cross the street, 'cause you're precious"...
For what it's worth (nothing), there actually aren't any Jack-in-the-Boxes/Jacks-in-the-Box in Colorado.