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A quick look back at Wednesday night in The Association ...

He Ages Backwards, You Know. The Spurs Manu Ginobili scored 24 consecutive San Antonio points during a first half 10-minute span in a 103-96 win over the Hawks. Ginobili finished with a season-high 40 points, which was enough to even excite himself: "I've had some good stretches in my career. Today was kind of impressive. In those three or four minutes, or however many they were, maybe, yeah, it was some of the best." Ha-ha. I love how he slyly drops a "10-minute span" to four, three -- oh, gee, I don't know -- I think it was like, 30 seconds.

Oh, Just Buck Off. Michael Redd remained returned for Milwaukee and scored 38 points, but it wasn't enough to prevent Indiana from winning in double overtime, 136-129. It was another tough loss for the Bucks, seeing they twice fought back from five and four-point deficits to extend the game. Jermaine O'Neal led the Pacers with 29 points and 15 rebounds.

Whom Do You Love? Cavaliers' wild man Anderson Varejao had 16 points, 15 rebounds and a sick game-winning put-back slam over Chris Bosh to steal an 86-85 victory from the Raptors Wednesday night. Varejao was all over the place, finishing 8-for-9 from the field. And oh, Raps guard T.J. Ford blew two late possessions by dribbling out the clock like an idiot. Actually, scratch that. A fast idiot.

Paging Eddie Jones. As MJD pointed out early this morning, Dwyane Wade dislocated his left shoulder -- and Miami's championship dreams -- in a 112-102 loss to the Rockets last night. Rumor has it he could be out as long as six weeks. Miami is 1-6 without Wade this season.

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