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First Hero of 09-10 Is ... Damien Wilkins?
First Hero of 09-10 Is ... Damien Wilkins?
by Matt Moore The NBA isn't just made at Staples on Sunday afternoons under the lights, or in a Friday night showdown at the Garden. It's every night, players stepping up and making plays. It's guys that will eventually be answers to trivia questions making huge shots that endear them and ...
Buzzer Beater (video)
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Game 1 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
Game 1 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
netsarescorching.com — It is finally here. Opening day. I am so excited for this game, I can barely control myself today, I just keep looking at my clock, waiting for it to be 8:00. This will be your open thread. I am kind of merging open threads and the previews I used to do last year , so don’t ... (more) Game 1 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
T-Wolves 95, Nets 93: Wilkins putback completes comeback
T-Wolves 95, Nets 93: Wilkins putback completes comeback
twolvesblog.com — Damien Wilkins got a putback basket to drop at the buzzer after a Jonny Flynn miss, giving the Timberwolves the two-point, buzzer-beating Opening Night victory. The bucket completed a Minnesota comeback from a 14-point deficit with 6:39 to go in the game, after the Wolves had trailed by as ... (more) T-Wolves 95, Nets 93: Wilkins putback completes comeback
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We Now Live in a Post-Damien Wilkins World
Hardwood Paroxysm — I do not come to scare you. Rather, I come out a of a sense of duty, honor and justice to deliver this stark, necessary and very real message. Today, just two night’s into the full NBA season, our wold has been irrevocably changed and not for the better. We must stay vigilant, recognize our altered atmosphere and remain more committed than ever to win this war in which we have been forced to engage. I am talking about a Post-Damien Wilkins world. I speak out only because I love this league, its fans, its promise, its hope. But today, ...

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