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Dwyane Wade's Closing Argument?

Apr 13, 2009 – 8:35 AM
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Tom Ziller

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Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the "lig." Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.

Dang, Dwyane Wade. Isn't a little late in the season to be dropping off 55-point games? The (soon-to-be) scoring champion can't hit the three ... except when he drops six of 12 from distance on his way to a marvelous 55-point effort in the waning days of the regular season.

Of course, something was in fact at stake: Miami clinched the No. 5 seed in the East with the victory. That means Atlanta instead of Orlando in the first round. But Wade also made his final plea for MVP consideration with the effort. After a Brett Pollakoff-led assault on LeBron's predestined status, Kobe Bryant has likely supplanted Wade as the No. 2 choice. That won't do, men. That won't do.

Michael Beasley is turning up carnations, with his best pro game. Twenty-eight points, 16 rebounds for the walking bottlerocket.

Parker Watch, Elevated: Tim Duncan sat out the front end of a Spurs back-to-back. Tony Parker handled it, with 25 points, nine assists and five rebounds. To say he obliterated old buddy Beno Udrih would be unfair to other objects of obliteration. Not for lack of effort, Beno got incinerated. Speed kills.

Blockgnani: Six blocks for Andrea Bargnani in the crushing triumph over the streaking (bad) 76ers. Seventeen points and (well, um) two rebounds, too.
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