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Jose Calderon has all of the court vision
The Knicks trashed the Bulls for the second consecutive night, which I’m pretty sure means the Bulls get relegated to the D-League. Tough break, Bulls fans. Chicago had a tough time containing the legendary Jose Calderon-Derrick Williams connection, as the two combined on a pair of insane long distance alley-oops. The first came from about 70 feet from the rim (via @TheCauldron):
The second was a more tame, half court lob (via @World_Wide_Wob):
Myles Turner celebrated his birthday in style
The Pacers beat something resembling the Pelicans 92-84 Thursday night, highlighted by a career night from birthday boy Myles Turner. The rook went nuts for 24 points, 16 boards and three blocks in 33 minutes of action. Two of his 24 came via this thunderous one-handed hammer through traffic (via @NBATV):
Wise move to stay out of the way, Alexis Ajinça.
LeBron James is having his own personal dunk contest
Just one night removed from throwing down this filthy reverse flush against the Bucks, LeBron James tried to outdo himself tonight in Brooklyn. Watch as he knifes his way through the Nets’ paper-soft defense before yamming another reverse (via @DanFavale):
The Cavs still lost, though, so brace for the #subtweets.
Derrick Rose with the vintage reverse
Sure, Chicago lost to New York again, but you can’t really blame Derrick Rose. The 2010 MVP had himself a night at the Garden, scoring 30 points in 39 minutes of action. He just had no help. He turned back the clock a bit on this play, blowing right past Jose Calderon before finishing the tough, up-and-under layup (via @ChicagoBulls):
D.J. Stephens gets UP
Yeah, this was in the D-League, but it’s too good to ignore. Here we have D.J. Stephens of the Iowa Energy rising high for the insane alley-oop jam (via @NBADLeague):