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Oh well two-straight losses (although AFAIK the Mavs never had more than two-straight losses ever since last season lol)

Makes me wish the playoffs (Jim Mora: You kidding me? PLAYOFFS?) would be the best 16 teams of the league and not the 8 best teams of each conference.

I think I might be getting sexually aroused by watching the Bulls play well. Even Brooklyn is oohing and aahing when Rose does well. Here's hoping they can all stay healthy, though even when they're one down, they still dominate a lot of these teams.
Of course, they'd stay healthier if Thibs managed minutes well. I'm worried for Butler's longevity.

Detroit, on the other hand... I'm just saddened. If it weren't for Philly, they'd be worst in the East/league. I'm actually kind of happy that I haven't been able to see either of those two teams play.

Second worst? Excuse me? The Knicks have a bone to pick with you.

Mavs just wont a 5v8 versus the Bulls. Clutch Monta Ellis with 38 pts and Dirk Nowitzki with 10 assists. lol

Dude, don't bullshit, the game was called fairly.

Mavs beat the Bulls in a 2-OT game, both teams played with great passion.

Check the records.

edited 2nd Dec '14 9:21:26 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Yeah the records say one thing, but if we were to play the Pistons today would I be confident in the win? Hell no.

But to be fair, I haven't watched a lot of your games. I just know our defense is absolutely atrocious right now, and so we could potentially lose to anyone.

edited 2nd Dec '14 10:26:46 PM by ElementX

The Bulls have already been doing all quarter long what Hinrich did in the dying seconds of the 4th (if you ignore the time, let's say put the context as still having 8mins of game time...that's what the Bulls were doing). Fortunately (or unfortunately if you're for the home team) they FINALLY called it a foul, so Ellis got 3 F Ts.

edited 2nd Dec '14 11:17:12 PM by entropy13

At worst minor bumps for a quarter?

Of all the NBA cities I've lived (Chi, Det, Dal, Wsh), Dallas fans complain the most when something doesn't go their way, and even when it does.

Philly finally won against Minnesota, after they restarted the game 16 seconds in because both teams started shooting at the wrong basket.

Yes, I was serious that it happened, but my bad on the amount of time.

edited 3rd Dec '14 8:10:55 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Are you serious? Woah, has that ever happened before?

Edit: It was actually only 16 seconds which isn't nearly as bad, but still hilarious.

edited 3rd Dec '14 8:03:53 PM by ElementX

I'm guessing we shouldn't complain about this at all, right wanderlustwarrior?

WHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!!!??

So Philly won a game. I was hoping they'd set a new record.

Welcome to the Mavericks, Rajon Rondo.

Doesn't make me dislike him any less.

dammit Dallas why'd you get rid of Brandan Wright

Do all you dudes live in Dallas?

Nope.

Entropy does, and by strange happenstance I used to. However, I'm not a Dallas fan, and Rondo's my most disliked player in the league so that trade didn't help that.

but that whole "Chandler Parsons trying out cowboy fashion" made me chuckle.

LOL I'm in the location of Nitramy.

• DAL lost to playoff contender ATL = "Mavericks are struggling against playoff caliber teams"
• MEM lost to draft "contender" UTA = "VINSANITY TURNING BACK THE CLOCK"

See, this is what I was saying about Dallas fans.

In more positive news, the Rose-Butler-Brooks combination is proving to be too overpowering for the Raptors. Bulls were at full strength, except for Mcdermott.

Also, the Raptors unveiled their new logo. It's kinda bland, especially compared to the last one.

Not really a big fan of Rondo.

But it sucked when Wade basically broke his arm and got away with it with a goddamn slap on the wrist. But karma royally bit him in the ass when his knees started giving out in the 2014 Finals and LBJ bailed on the Heat after the ass-whooping they got, so I guess that's put paid on his account.

BTW, wander, where do you think Josh Smith will end up on?