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Nate Robinson Gets Flattened By Gerald Wallace, Still Wins The Weekend

April 29, 2013  ·  10:30AM

ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – With 7:30 to play in regulation during Game 4 of the Bulls/Nets series, Brooklyn was sitting on a 93-86 lead. The Bulls were having trouble scoring, and the Nets seemed to have the game in hand.

Then, after an inbound pass, Bulls point guard Nate Robinson decided to defend Nets point guard C.J. Watson full-court. Nets forward  Gerald Wallace saw this happening and decided to set a pick for Watson, so Watson could get a little breathing room. And then this happened:
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Ouch! But after getting de-cleated, Nate hopped back up and went off: He scored 25 points in the rest of regulation and overtime, and basically carried the Bulls to the amazing win in triple-overtime.
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As Nate said after the game, “I tease coach a lot. It seems every shot I take, he is mad. But I always feel like I’m on fire.”

Maybe that’s because he always is.

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Big Baby Gets Kind In Brooklyn

January 28, 2013  ·  11:32PM

by Zettler Clay IV

NBA games can yield some chin-scratching moments. Gerald Wallace, ever the one to attract contact, is driving toward the hoop for an open layup. Then Glen Davis comes. What happens next is pure benevolence:



Though I’m sure he could have done a better job of avoiding contact, catching your opponent in mid-air during a basketball game shows a certain kind of humanity. In a fit of irony, Big Baby took a page out of Keith Bogans‘ book. Earlier this season in Brooklyn, Bogans gave Leandro Barbosa a million-dollar sleeper hold to prevent him from crashing onto the court:
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Hardwood karma?

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