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. HARD IN THE PAINT: C’S PREVAIL, BIG BABY DOESN’T, LAKE SHOW RUNS OUT OF GAS IN ORLANDO Monday, February 14, 2011 Yesterday’s game between Eastern Conference hogs, the Celtics and Heat looked like it came down to a missed Mike Miller 3-pointer but what really went down on is much more telling. The Heat dropped their third game this season to the Celtics, who bullied and nagged the Heats nucleus taking them out of their game. ⇒ Read More . HARD IN THE PAINT: SLOAN BOWS OUT, RAY GETS HIS Friday, February 11, 2011 Jerry Sloan, the symbol for Utah Jazz basketball, driven, conservative and, tough, has stepped down as head coach, citing that he had simply, “run out of energy.”  We never expected that Sloan, the definition for old-school hard work ethic, would bail mid-season, but it seems to be the right thing for him.  I saw Coach Sloan in a restaurant ⇒ Read More AP HARD IN THE PAINT: DUKE HOLDS IT DOWN AFTER UNC STARTS FAST AT CAMERON Thursday, February 10, 2011 Last night’s UNC/Duke game at Cameron Indoor jumped off real fast for the Tar Heels who started out hot and headed into halftime with a 43 – 29 lead against a team that’s been straight beating them down as of late. That lead diminished super quick after the Blue Devils outscored UNC 50 – 30 ⇒ Read More . HARD IN THE PAINT: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF HAM, 26 GAMES IN A ROW Thursday, February 10, 2011 We’ll say it, it’s been a really sh&tty year for Cleveland, first Lebron leaves you holding the bag on national TV, then you have to sit through a Browns season. But nothing was worse than what was about to come, and that “what” just happened to be Cleveland’s beloved Cavaliers embarking on one of the ⇒ Read More NBA Finals Game 5:  Los Angeles Lakers v Orlando Magic HARD IN THE PAINT: HAM CHRONICLES VOLUME 23 & 24, WILL BYNUM AND DWIGHT HOWARD Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Last night’s NBA match-ups provided crazy highlights from all over, Lebron got loose on the Pacers with 41 points, and Kevin Love posted his 38th straight double-double. But “Ham Chronicles” was reserved for the gangsterisms provided by the Pistons Will Bynum, and the Magic’s Jameer Nelson and Dwight Howard. Read More . HARD IN THE PAINT: CARMELO TO SOMEWHERE NEW EVERY OTHER DAY Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Carmelo’s on the move again, reports have him heading to L.A. this time, just a day after the Knicks were working on another 3 team trade. Yep it’s wild out there in the land of unconfirmed rumors, and those shady ass unnamed sources people. But let’s say this is true, and Carmelo ends up in ⇒ Read More 46064_MVSU_Indiana_Basketball_large HARD IN THE PAINT: HAM CHRONICLES VOLUME 21, WHAT’S GOING ON IN BLOOMINGTON Tuesday, February 8, 2011 This entry in “Ham Chronicles” came from the past weekend, and it made the cut because it was super beastly the way Indiana’s WIll Sheehey went up over an Iowa defender/s. We’re perplexed, what’s really good in Bloomington, Sheehey’s entry into the Chronicles comes just days after his teammate Tom Pritchard caught wreck for the ⇒ Read More _DeAndre Jordan HARD IN THE PAINT: HAM CHRONICLES VOLUME 18, DEANDRE JORDAN Tuesday, February 1, 2011 DeAndre Jordan showed as little respect as possible for would be defenders last night in the Clippers 105-98 win over the Bucks. Which is why he makes his entrance in this volume of the “Chronicles”………… Read More . HARD IN THE PAINT: HAM CHRONICLES VOLUME 16-17, JIMMER FREDETTE AND KEVIN DURANT Thursday, January 27, 2011 It’s always a special day when you have to do a dual session of Ham Chronicles, because two cats were so real in the field that you can’t give an award to just one. In this case those two guys are Jimmer Fredette, who completely decimated an undefeated San Diego State team, and Kevin Durant ⇒ Read More . HARD IN THE PAINT: SPARTY VS. TAR HEELS ON THAT WATER-WATER(WORD TO PERCY MILLER) Wednesday, January 26, 2011 You heard that right. The plan is to play the basketball game on an aircraft carrier docked in San Diego during Veterans Day on November 11, 2011, that’s 11-11-11 for you number nerds. PR stunt? sure but its a damn good one and one that will be good for the programs involved and the sport. ⇒ Read More