I gotta wonder how many times the purple paupers will flirt with 500 this season, without ever getting ahead of one game above the magic mark!

@Chris: I've already acepted the fact that the Kings are good enough to beat crappy teams, but bad enough to lose to good teams.

The Bulls apparently want to let the Nyets score 110 points tonight...

Nocioni needs to be shipped back to Chicago! Damn you Noc!

Worst of the Night: Kings free throw shooting. They went 9-for-19 from the line and Nocioni missed a free throw and then committed a lane violation on the 2nd free throw that could have won the game for the Kings.

49er16 -- The Bulls have their own problems. They just lost to the Nyets.

And the Nuggets lost to the Bobcats and were outscored 20-8 in the final six minutes. So I guess things good be a whole lot worse for the Kings.

Ack, just got home, it's a nail-biter in Dallas...

49er16: Of course, at two games below now, we're pretty much the Clippers of the North.

But at least "the team who is who they thought they were" is improving so the floor of feebleness isn't so bad!

...because the Nyets and clotheslined puppies are both way underground.

...well, maybe not tonight for the representatives of such cultural beacons as Rahway, Fort Lee, and Paramus.

Man, with the Bulls losing to New Jersey after everything else that's gone on with that team, you have to think that Vinnie Del Negro very well could be the next coach to get the axe. I mean, he was really on the hot seat before tonight as it was (I meant to say something about that in this entry, btw, sorry), but now he's gotta be sitting on molten lava over there in Chicago.

How bout Shaq's poor pick and roll defense literally costing the Crabs the game in Memphis tonight? Mike Brown may need to think about pulling Shaq defensively at the end of close games if that's all he can do. It was so bad that Memphis drew up their last play specifically to target Shaq's poor defense against the pick and roll, and Mike Conley got a wide open layup out of it.

I didn't get to see it, but from checking the play by play it looks like Steve Nash almost was a huge hero for the Suns in Dallas, getting 8 points in the last 45 seconds to almost sneak the win away from the Mavs.

49er16 is partially right about the Kings FT shooting being the culprit for the loss tonight. Then again the Hornets only went 14-23 from the line, making both teams a combined 23-42 from the line tonight. Not good in a game that was ultimately decided by only two points. BTW, that Donte Green v. Devin Brown matchup looks like it was as exciting as I predicted.

CAVS LOSE:

In other news, LeBron does not jump around and dance like an asshat at the freethrow line, to the surprise of everyone.

WV: munka

Discuss among yourselves

RJ wasn't taking a break from defending. That'd be like me retiring from the NFL. It's impossible to stop doing something if you were never doing it in the first place.

If we are going to mention sean elliot for being biased than should we have a running staple that is the Tommy Heinsohn quote of the night?

My favorite from tonights game was tony allen charging over illasova of the bucks. Tommy exclaimes "Terrible call! Awful!" As he gets ready to scream more as the replay goes, it shows blatant charge and Tommy doesn't speak for the next 5 possesions. Classic.

That's what you get when you taunt. An embarrasing loss to a very inferior team. That'll teach those a$$holes.

And a WOTN nomination to Rick Carslile for his persistence to play JJ Barea in crunch time. Seriously, the guy can't stop anybody. The Suns hit 3 threes on him in the last minute, almost costing the Mavs the game.
What the hell is Carslile on?

Ok. I can forgive Shaq for letting Conley drive past him in the game winning layup, the guy made it into the NBA half based on his speed. There are, you know... good centers that wouldn't have stopped him either. But what is inexcusable and almost jaw dropping is allowing Zach Randolph to block a shot. 3rd quarter. Shaq's layup attempt swatted by Randolph. I didn't even think he COULD block shots. Doesn't hurt that Big Z had a +6 +/- in 22 minutes too Shaqs -10 in 30. I mean, he does not fit. He can not guard Dwight Howard. How does he make this team better again?

-Brickcar-

urk. that suns-mavs game was frustrating to watch. nash shot well for the game (9-15) but at least three of those misses were him trying to score on dirk after a switch on a screen. now, i'm all for nash shooting the ball whenever he wants to, because he's damn good at it, but there had to be better shots available for a teammate if he didn't go all schoolyard on his bff.

though, with the way some of his teammates were chunking shots, maybe it wouldn't have mattered.

Dallas's rookie Rodrigue Beaubois just racked up his second SUPER MARIO in a row with 4 seconds of nothingness. Carlisle rules!

anonymous- You think it's embarrassing allowing Z-Bo to get a block? How about 4 steals?!!