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Schedule for the weekend Saturday: Wizards at Cavs 3:00 PM ET ABC Kings at Spurs 6:30 PM ET ESPN Bulls at Heat 8:00 PM ET ESPN Nuggets at Clippers 10:30 ET ESPN Sunday: Pacers at Nets 1:00 PM ET TNT Lakers at Suns 3:30 PM ET ABC Bucks at Pistons 7:00 PM ET TNT Grizzlies at Mavs 9:30 PM ET TNT

Here are all the possible scenarios for the East If Washington, Indiana and Chicago all win: • 5. Washington (42-40) • 6. Indiana (41-41, 6-10 in div.) • 7. Chicago (41-41, 4-12 in div. • 8. Milwaukee (40-42) If Washington and Indiana win; Chicago loses: • 5. Washington (42-40) • 6. Indiana (41-41) • 7. Milwaukee (40-42, 6-10 in div.) • 8. Chicago (40-42, 4-12 in div.) If Washington and Chicago win, Indiana loses: • 5. Washington (42-40) • 6. Chicago (41-41) • 7. Milwaukee (40-42, 29-23 in conf.) • 8. Indiana (40-42, 23-29 in conf.) If Washington wins, Indiana and Chicago lose: • 5. Washington (42-40) • 6. Milwaukee (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 6-10 in div., 29-23 in conf.) • 7. Indiana (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 6-10 in div., 23-29 in conf.) • 8. Chicago (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 4-12 in div.) If Washington, Indiana and Chicago all lose: • 5. Washington (41-41) • 6. Milwaukee (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 6-10 in div., 29-23 in conf.) • 7. Indiana (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 6-10 in div., 23-29 in conf.) • 8. Chicago (40-42, 4-4 head-to-head, 4-12 in div.) If Indiana wins, Washington and Chicago lose: • 5. Washington (41-41, 29-23 in conf.) • 6. Indiana (41-41, 23-29 in conf.) • 7. Milwaukee (40-42, 6-10 in div.) • 8. Chicago (40-42, 4-12 in div.) If Chicago wins, Washington and Indiana lose: • 5. Chicago (41-41, 3-1 head-to-head) • 6. Washington (41-41, 1-3 head-to-head) • 7. Milwaukee (40-42, 29-23 in conf.) • 8. Indiana (40-42, 23-29 in conf.) If Indiana and Chicago win, Washington loses: • 5. Chicago (41-41, 5-3 head-to-head) • 6. Washington (41-41, 29-23 in conf.) • 7. Indiana (41-41, 23-29 in conf.) • 8. Milwaukee (40-42) In the West lakers win they're 7th, they lose they are 8th

Found this fun article http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...ties/index.html By Lang Whitaker As we did last season, it's time for our second annual look at the wild, wacky and bizarre in the NBA -- the stories you might have missed but that should have spawned dozens of blog posts. Let's get right to it. Carmelo Anthony founded a personal charity foundation with the acronym "HOOD." We learned that Michael Jordan's Gatorade outtakes might be even better than the commercials. After signing a $90 million contract, Michael Redd bought his father a church. Jarron "The Lesser" Collins missed the start of training camp in Utah while suffering from "severe sunburn." Bobcats center Melvin Ely was robbed for his jewelry late one night after leaving a strip club. Days later, while Ely was visiting a pawn shop to look for said jewelry, the assailant came walking in, saw Ely, then turned and ran. The night before training camp began, Julius Hodge slept on the floor of the Nuggets' practice gym. Cuttino Mobley rode a bike back and forth between the Clippers' practice facility and hotel during training camp. During his NBA debut, Johan Petro accidentally removed his jersey along with his warmups while checking in. According to the Toronto Star, former Raptors center Keon Clark fired up "a generous helping of his favorite recreational vehicle playing in a charity golf tournament in the same foursome as Glen Grunwald, then the Raptors' general manager." Before the Kings' home opener against Detroit, a video was shown of Detroit that featured abandoned buildings and burned-out cars. The Pistons won 102-88. Damon "Basketball" Jones refused to speak to the Cleveland press for several weeks, announcing he was on a "revolt" against the media. Hornets players Rasual Butler and J.R. Smith appeared as potential suitors in a music video for hardcore female rapper Trina. Darius Miles was whistled for a defensive three-seconds violation after stopping to tie his shorts while standing underneath the basket. Larry Bird announced his association with a line of wines called "Legends." Ron Artest had the name of his record label, "Tru Warier," shaved into his hair. He reported that he received a "homey discount" on the haircut. Lakers rookie Andrew Bynum spoke to the media but forgot to remove his mouthguard. Vince Carter paid to have a life-sized bronze statue of himself erected at his former high school. When asked what it was going to take to get the Heat to play like he envisioned they would, Pat Riley said, "It's 525,600 minutes." Damon "Basketball" Jones became the first U.S. player to endorse Li Ning shoes, one of the biggest brands in China. Then-Sonics forward Reggie Evans missed the start of the second half of a game because he was detained after being unable to provide a urine sample for a halftime drug test. Following an overtime win against the Raptors, Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas admitted he was tired because he was up late the night before playing video games. Lakers coach Phil Jackson said that starting power forward Kwame Brown is "a pussy." After playing poorly in a win over Washington, Pacers center David Harrison broke a picture of himself hanging in a hallway of Conseco Field House. Dallas owner Mark Cuban invested in a toilet seat that utilizes "retractable wands." After getting involved in an altercation in a Utah bar, Jazz point guard Deron Williams told police his name was "Torrey Ellis." Shaquille O'Neal admitted that two of his aliases when checking into hotels on the road are "Donovan Perot" and "Vladimire Mandingo." In an NBA.com celebrity fantasy basketball league, TNT analyst Kenny Smith finished 1-21 for the season, eight games behind Pamela Anderson in the loss column. Tracy McGrady named his second son Laymen Lamar McGrady. The New York Daily News reported that Jerome James was suspended indefinitely because he was in no shape to practice with the Knicks on the morning of Jan. 1 after spending the night celebrating. Sonics coach Bob Hill banned players from talking to each other during practice. After a close loss to the Denver Nuggets, Bulls GM John Paxson chased the referees into their locker room. Former Cavs lottery pick Dajuan Wagner had his colon removed. Pistons guard Carlos Delfino announced that he'll wear American pants, but he prefers European shirts. Jason Williams cut his finger putting a weight on a weight rack. Cavs guard Ira Newble spent eight days in the hospital with an ingrown hair in his nose. To help lighten the mood in the Miami Heat locker room, Pat Riley performed a 15-minute dance routine to the Doobie Brothers' Listen to the Music. Darko Milicic showed up for his first practice with the Orlando Magic with a sunburn, explaining that he had fallen asleep on the beach. The Philadelphia 76ers announced a program to allow fans to swap guns for tickets. Hawks forward Al Harrington mentioned that he once sang a duet of Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better with Rosie O'Donnell on her eponymous television show. Reserve Spurs forward Fabricio Oberto, who just moved to America from Argentina, won the team's NCAA pool after picking teams randomly with no knowledge of any of the teams. Rasheed Wallace almost missed the start of a recent game after forgetting to set his clock forward one hour for Daylight Savings Time.

The big new release for July JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #0 Written by Brad Meltzer Art by Ed Benes, George Perez, Jim Lee, J.H. Williams, Gene Ha, Dick Giordano, Eric Wright, Tony Harris, Kevin Maguire, Dan Jurgens, Howard Porter, Luke McDonnell, Rags Morales, Ethan Van Sciver and Phil Jimenez Cover by Michael Turner Variant cover by J. Scott Campbell The most anticipated book of the year is finally here! Best-selling author Brad Meltzer broke the JLA down in the top-selling, critically acclaimed Identity Crisis - and now he puts all the pieces back together again! Superman. Batman. Wonder Woman. The core heroes of the DCU are back - but after Infinite Crisis, where do they stand with each other? Here's the definitive answer, brought to you with the brilliant art of Ed Benes, George Perez, Jim Lee, J.H. Williams, Gene Ha, Dick Giordano, Eric Wright, Tony Harris, Kevin Maguire, Dan Jurgens, Howard Porter, Luke McDonnell, Rags Morales, Ethan Van Sciver, Phil Jimenez and others. Join us for this historic and unforgettable new beginning of the Justice League of America as we look at the past, present and future of the World's Greatest Super Heroes! On sale July 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Edited by Eddie Berganza

Maggette is going to play in the playoffs, he actually wants to play the last game of the season to warm up but the coaches seem to be against that idea. Hopefully for the Clippers, Boykins will be out for the Nuggets because he has been the biggest pain in the ass for the Clippers when playing Denver.

Wow, SBP punching the timestream caused waves that retconned things in our universe! Impressive, DC. Impressive. I think its is a smart move because it might entice people who weren't going to pick up 52 to try it since it will be in the shelves with IC #7 Also Civil War #1 comes out May 3rd which might have had alot to do with the decision Nah, all it means is that the artist(s) are behind schedule, nothing more. Possible since in the Geoff John's comments i posted he made it sound like only Phil and George are doing the book However that has to be the last delay since anything else would cause 52 to be pushed back, which would be a disaster

True but most of the time that hasn't been the case EDIT: I also have to say that it fuckin pisses me off how every "expert" says the Suns are vulnerable because you can't play their style of basketball in the playoffs. Did anyone watch the Suns run over Memphis and Dallas last season? and the Spurs really didn't stop the Suns they outscored them.

Eddie House is a f'n X-factor for the Suns, if that guy comes in and hits his shots the Suns can run a team right off the building. Seriously he is the most impactful Sun in terms of going on a scoring spree.

I saw the movie on Showtime as well and while I enjoyed it, when it was over I honestly couldn't figure out the message of the movie which left me with an empty feeling.

Wow, SBP punching the timestream caused waves that retconned things in our universe! Impressive, DC. Impressive. I think its is a smart move because it might entice people who weren't going to pick up 52 to try it since it will be in the shelves with IC #7 Also Civil War #1 comes out May 3rd which might have had alot to do with the decision

Clippers did the smart thing by losing to Seattle because that way they can play Memphis straight up on Tuesday if they feel like it. If they beat Memphis they just have to lose to Dallas the next game to get the 6th seed. Also the Suns are going to mop the floor with the Lakers. The Lakers are 0-7 against the Suns with Nash playing and if Kobe is going to fall into a trap of trying to do it all by himself the Suns are the perfect team for that.

I guess Philadelphia has a tie-breaker over Washington in case of a three or four team tie

Infinite Crisis #7 has been pushed back a week to May 10th This means IC #7 and 52 #1 will be out the same week.

Bulls have tie-breaker #3, they have six more conference wins than the Sixers The Magic can only make the playoffs if there is a three way tie between them, the sixers and the Bulls. They would have a better record in head to head games. The Magic must go 2-0, Bulls 0-3, Phildelphia 1-1 for that to happen, any other result and the Magic are out. Bulls would have tie-breaker #3 over the Magic, if there was a two team tie between them

Nuggets getting killed by Sacramento This means that Clippers don't have to win again because that would guarantee the 6th seed and homecourt. Can't wait to see how they approach this.

A historic day for myself I just bought my first ticket for a NBA game, a ticket for the Clippers first playoff home game.

Today JLU returns with the Legion of Superheroes Next week Cartoon Network is going to show the "Ultimate Avengers" movie and then the weeks that follow they would show the last three JLU episodes

I personally laugh at the idea of Billups even being a TOP MVP candidate. should he get votes? yes but he shouldn't be higher than 6-7 IMO Steve Nash is the MVP with everyone else a distant second, although Lebron did make me reconsider a week ago. Nash makes his teammates better and makes his coach's system work. Remember Mike's record before Nash was fuckin horrible. I give Phil Jackson more credit for the Lakers turnaround than Kobe. Kobe wouldn't be playing for a playoff team if Phil wasn't there.

52, month 3 solicitations 52: WEEKS 9-12 Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison,Greg Rucka and Mark Waid Breakdowns by Keith Giffen Art by various Backup features by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund and Mark Waid and Adam Hughes Covers by J.G. Jones The story of the year continues in four more action-packed chapters of comics’ only weekly superhero adventure! This month, get ready for the debut of three new characters that will create a powerful impact in the DCU...and change the face of 52 completely. 52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman …but not a year without heroes. Week 9 on sale July 6 • Week 10 on sale July 12 • Week 11 on sale July 19 • Week 12 on sale July 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US In WEEK 9, with art by Shawn Moll & Tom Nguyen, learn who dies before Devilance. Plus, witness the debut of the new JLA! WEEK 10, illustrated by Chris Batista (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES) & Jimmy Palmiotti, features the debut of Supernova, the new guardian of Metropolis! WEEK 11, featuring art by Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson and Todd Nauck & Marlo Alquiza, sheds light on the mysterious woman protecting Gotham City…wearing a very familiar uniform! Black Adam finds love in the arms of mythology in WEEK 12, with art by Eddy Barrows & Rob Stull. Isis is here! Plus the debut of the new SECRET ORIGINS backup featuring the origin of Wonder Woman by Mark Waid and Adam Hughes!

Clippers win their 46th game, a new record for them since coming to California Tomorrow we'll find out if the Clippers and Grizzlies are going to lock themselves in a "tank" war. They have the same record but the Grizzlies have the tie-breaker so it will be fun to see what the Grizz do against the T-Mac and Yao-less Houston Rockets tomorrow. Also it would be nice if the Kings can beat the Nuggets tomorrow since it would guarantee the Clips homecourt if they end up number 6

Bill Simmons discusses the MVP race and makes his choice http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=simmons/060414

Denver loses and Clippers win Best case scenario for the Clippers would be beating Seattle on Friday and the Kings beating the Nuggets on Saturday. That will guarantee the Clippers the 6th seed and homecourt. Thus allowing them to "tank" the last three games if they feel like it.

Some of us Clipper fans are having fun with this "tanking" situation. We are losing games, Maggette has "back spasms" that don't even allow him to drive to the arena, Cassell now has "flu like symptoms", and Radmanovic has "an injured groin". However I'm sure those are all true especially considering that we still haven't locked up the 6th seed and might fall to 7th or 8th if some crazy stuff happens and they want to have homecourt against the Nuggets who are 1/2 game back.

News to me. Got details? Newsarama article with Dan Jurgens about "The History of the DCU" http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=64563

Yes it is considering that the Raw before WM did a 4.1 rating. This means that WM was watched mainly by current WWE viewers or/and did little to attract casual viewers.