PopcornMachine's GameFlow - NJN @ CHI

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Preview: Hawks at Nets
Published 3/19/2008 by Bret LaGree at Hoopinion
New Jersey lost 112-96 at Chicago last night to fall a full game behind the Hawks in the crawl race for 8th playoff spot. Devin Harris sprained his ankle late in the first half and did not return. David Waldstein of The Star-Ledger reports this morning that "unless [Harris] makes a remarkable recovery overnight, he probably won't play tonight against Atlanta." Avoiding the extremely likely prospect of Devin Harris beating Mike Bibby off the dribble whenever he wished to tonight is a significant boon for Atlanta's playoff chances. In his recap of last ...

Behind the boxscore, where we'll never forget 22 in a row
Published 3/19/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
Boston 94, Houston 74 Most of you saw the final pangs: Boston wrung out another decisive defensive effort after a shaky (by their standards, mind you) start, Houston struggled to score as it was with Yao Ming and Carl Landry on board, so you can imagine how tough it was to just get a good look against Boston's impossible D - and turning the ball over on 19.8 percent of its possessions didn't help the Rockets. But let's hear it for these guys. This was a group that could have folded its tent and blamed Rick Adelman way back in January, or could have called it a season a few weeks ago when Yao went down, and instead ...