Hello naysayers, jump on the bandwagon!

No surprise that after last night's destruction of the Mavericks in Dallas - where they'd previously lost just 3 of 28 games, the apologies are starting to come from the national media who cast the Rockets aside throughout the season as a mere afterthought in the west, especially when Yao was shelved for the season.
1st in line for repentance is SI's Jack McCallum. Read him here.
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Ever since the Mavs made the move for Jason Kidd and because the Mavs have dropped all 5 of their games against playoff competition -- Mavs fans are in full meltdown mode. Want some evidence. FireAvery.com
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How the West will be won. Here's a look at the 9 playoff contenders, how they've fared against each other to date and their remaining schedule against each other.
San Antonio....10-10....Hm (4-Den, Hou, GS, Phx, Utah), Rd(5-Den, Phx, NO, Dal, Utah, LAL)
LA Lakers.......13-8......Hm (4-GS, Dal, NO, SA), Rd(5-NO, Hou, Dal, Utah, GS)
New Orleans...13-9......Hm (5-SA, LAL, Hou, GS, Utah), Rd(3-Hou, LAL, Dal)
Utah...............12-8......Hm (5-Den, LAL, SA, Den, Hou), Rd(4-Phx, NO, Dal, SA)
Houston..........10-11....Hm (3-NO, LAL, Phx), Rd(6-NO, GS, Phx, SA, Den, Utah)
Phoenix..........6-14......Hm (7-Utah, SA, GS, Hou, Den, Dal, GS), Rd(3-Den, SA, Hou)
Dallas.............11-10....Hm (5-LAL, SA, GS, Uta, NO), Rd(4-Den, GS, LAL, Phx)
Golden State...9-9........Hm (3-Hou, Dal, Den), Rd(7-Phx, LAL, Den, SA, Dal, NO, Phx)
Denver............7-12.......Hm(5-SA, Dal, GS, Phx, Hou), Rd(5-Utah, SA, Phx, GS, Uta)
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Got this link from e-mailer Jeff. We all know that athletes have been known to be rather superstitious. Here are 10 of the most bizarre superstitions.
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The Hawks and Heat will get the chance tomorrow night to win two games as they'll replay the final 51.9 seconds of their overtime contest from December. The game was ordered to be replayed once the league realized an egregious error at the scorer's table had sent Shaq to the bench will his 6th foul - when it was only his 5th. The Hawks went on to win by 6.
The league had to rule on who was eligible for this one since Shaq is in Phoenix and Mike Bibby, Shawn Marion & Marcus Banks are all key players that have been acquired since then.
They'll replay it before their regularly scheduled game in Atlanta this Saturday night with a huge 15-minute rest period in-between. Hawks rookie shows off his tremendous reading skills in this impassioned plea to fans to arrive early.

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