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Daily Dime: Pistons stuck in eighth

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...LBJ » 1 Bulls Send Pistons Into No-Man's-Land With two nights of regular-season basketball to go, much remains up in the air. But an actual playoff pairing was locked in Monday...

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Daily Dime: Too many shots for Wade

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

(Rocky Widner/Getty Images/NBAE/Getty Images ) Dwight Howard was on the defensive when Dwyane Wade (42 points) went on the attack. (Vict...

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Daily Dime: Who's going to sink in the West?

Tim Legler, ESPN

AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson) After missing 44 games, Carlos Boozer returned with two points in Utah's win over Atlanta. Nathaniel S. Butler/NB...

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Daily Dime: Rockets hit 19th straight win in stride

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

Photo by Bill Baptist /Getty Images Cousins Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady talked before Houston rolled to its 19th straight win. 1 D...

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Daily Dime: Your West champ is ...

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...The Spurs have too much discipline for the Warriors. San Antonio, as usual, is playing its best basketball as the playoffs approach and Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili have not played heavy minutes...

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Sunday Dime: Bulls/Cavs, Mavs/Lakers

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...With Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum (when he returns), the Lakers have the best front line in basketball. Combine that with the consistent play from their two-headed point guard (Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar...

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Wade and Marion the new MJ-Pippen?

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...have been an unhappy, moody, malcontent the past year or so, but this guy loves to play basketball. Wade became a star in front of our eyes during the 2006 NBA Finals when he single...

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Sunday Dime: Successful Failures

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...ET) 1 Success Stories? Not Yet The window of opportunity to achieve true greatness in the National Basketball Association closes quickly and, quite often, with very little notice. It is this competitive cruelty that makes...

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Daily Dime: Examining the All-Star starters

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images Hornets guard Chris Paul turned heads with his play, but was not voted to be an All-Star starter. ...

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Daily Dime: Grading the East

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...the Hawks have arrived. Yes, they can be great on given nights and have played their best basketball against the NBA's elite teams. But this team has far too much talent to be so...

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Daily Dime: West's five best guards worthy of All-Star game

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...Lakers are playing better, Kobe's the runner-up for MVP. He has played his most controlled basketball, been trusting of his teammates, and helped Andrew Bynum's development. This year, the way he starts...

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Daily Dime: How West seeds will turn out

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...in a seven-game series. Not to mention the fact that Tony Parker is playing the best basketball of his career. And, by the way, they still have a guy named Tim Duncan, whose recent...

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Daily Dime: Chris Paul and Deron Williams compared

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...2005 NBA draft. Both teams they run are off to 6-2 starts. Both are playing great basketball. Williams entered Monday's game averaging 21 points and 10.4 assists per game, then posted six...

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Eight who'll vie for West's best

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

...been in past and they're a little older, but they are starting to play their best basketball at the same time they do every season. You can tell the Spurs are hitting their stride...

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As losses mount, so does hope

Tim Legler, ESPN.com

It's entirely possible that many Boston Celtics fans were not very interested in watching their team take its record 15th straight loss Tuesday, court...

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