Five Fast Facts from NBA Games: 2.26.13

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Tuesday night sits on the calendar as the middle child of the week. It’s better than Monday, but not close enough to Friday to start getting excited for the weekend. On the final Tuesday in the month of February 2013, eight games made up the NBA schedule.

The Heat extended their win streak in double O.T., the Pacers continued their recent dominance with another double-digit victory, the Cavaliers snapped a long losing streak against the Bulls and Dirk Nowitzki entertained NBA fans with his version of 20/20.

As the week turns to Wednesday morning you will be the talk of the office and classroom spouting off references from our latest edition of Five Fast Facts.

Fantasy Spin: Nuggets Outrun Lakers; Pierce Leads Celtics to OT Win

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Sometimes the Nuggets remind you of a 4×100 relay team at a track meet. They sprinted to 35 points in the first quarter and the Lakers had no answer. Denver finished with 33 points on the fast break, the Lakers three; L.A. was also outscored 78-50 in the paint because they allowed a lot of dunks and layups.

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SH Blog: Bynum not close to making debut, Pau Gasol could miss most of regular season

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When it comes to the Slam Dunk Contest, LeBron James is full of it.

“I am more of an in-game dunker”, he says. “I am too old to be in the dunk contest”, he says. “Why don’t you take a poll and see if you think I have more to lose than gain?”, he asks.

And then ever-so-casually during pregame warm ups, he goes and does this:

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Fantasy Spin: Kobe (38) Lifts Lakers; Melo (29) Leads Knicks

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In case you missed it, the Week 18 Planner was part of yesterday’s Spin, looking at the upcoming schedule, and our Depth Chart has been updated.

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Five Fast Facts from NBA Games: 2.24.13

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While most of the world was watching “Argo” win best picture  at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, nine games were on the NBA schedule.

The Knicks and Warriors gave their fans a break from their “Les Miserables” recent struggles with wins, the Heat completed another fourth quarter comeback from their “Silver Linings Playbook” to defeat the Cavaliers again and the Thunder continued their “Life of Pi” with a dynamic defensive performance against the Bulls.

In honor of Tony Mendez, we present Sunday’s edition of Five Fast Facts.