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Screen shot 2011-05-19 at 9.01.48 AM HARD IN THE PAINT: HEAT EVEN UP SERIES ON THE WAY BACK MIAMI Thursday, May 19, 2011 Udonis Haslem sparked the Heat last night in his return to the court from injury. Big plays on the offensive and defensive sides of the court gave the Heat enough to hold off the Bulls until Lebron James and D.Wade could close it out in the second half. James erased his game 1 performance with ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-05-18 at 7.44.10 AM HARD IN THE PAINT: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUME 58, DIRK NOWITZKI Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Dirk Nowitzki put foot to @ss of the Thunder’s game 1 dreams last night in Dallas. He only hit 12 shots(out of 15) from the floor, but managed to put up 48 points the most by any player this postseason. How is that you might ask? Because OKC spotted him 24 points, by repeatedly sending ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-05-15 at 10.57.28 PM HARD IN THE PAINT: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUME 57, TAJ GIBSON Monday, May 16, 2011 Taj Gibson’s not worried about your feelings, even if your a local Chi-town cat done good by the name of Dwyane Wade. Check the vid above, as Gibson goes above an beyond the term “posterize” and Wade plays the victim. Gibson wasn’t done though, a monster put back also ensued late in the game as ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-05-14 at 11.38.28 AM HARD IN THE PAINT: ZACH RANDOLPH, STILL SHINING Saturday, May 14, 2011 This years NBA playoffs aren’t exactly going as expected but one thing’s for certain, we’re all witnessing the making of a star in Zach Randolph. This is his 9th season in the league, but he’s never gotten his shine on like this. Last night he held down the Grizzlies as they mounted a comeback and ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-05-13 at 7.19.55 AM HARD IN THE PAINT: IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO H.A.M. IN A LOSING EFFORT? Friday, May 13, 2011 Is it possible to go H.A.M. in a losing effort? Of course it is, and as evidence we present this alley compliments of Joe Johnson and Joe Smith on the trigger. It’s monster, but it wasn’t enough to save the hawks from a Chicago violation (you know it’s gonna a bad night for the opponent ⇒ Read More lebronjames HARD IN THE PAINT: C’S REIGN AT THE TOP OF THE EAST IS OVER Thursday, May 12, 2011 The Heat exercised their demons in more ways than one last night by knocking the Celtics off of their perch at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Celtic triumvirate of Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce had been the proverbial thorn in the side of Dwyane Wade and Lebron James(as a Cav), from ⇒ Read More 114010555_crop_650x440 HARD IN THE PAINT: BULLS DIAL UP WIN WITH TEAM EFFORT Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Derrick Rose put in work for the Bulls offense in last night’s 95 – 83 win over the Hawks(Rose had 33 points), but he didn’t stroll in the party alone. An underrated Luol Deng put up 23, but the surprise was Taj Gibson coming off of the bench with a much needed 11 points, all ⇒ Read More 1294163059-kevin-durant-russell-westbrook HARD IN THE PAINT: OVERTIME MADNESS Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Last night’s Celtics/Heat and Thunder/Grizzlies are what’s real about the playoffs, big stars going hard and high ranking teams being pushed into OT by squads that wont let go. (photo above via AP) The Celtics and Heat went at it in Boston, the beat up and aging Celtics were just barley hanging on the last ⇒ Read More 113849528_crop_650x440 HARD IN THE PAINT: LAKE SHOW CALLS IT CURTAINS IN THE WORST WAY Monday, May 9, 2011 The Lakers loss last night was disgraceful not only because they went out with such a thud, losing to the Mavs by nearly 40 points and getting swept from the Playoffs in the second round. The real sting of the loss comes from the serious lack of character they showed at the end of the ⇒ Read More 61462937 HARD IN THE PAINT: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUMES 54 – 55, JASON TERRY & RAJON RONDO Monday, May 9, 2011 Jason Terry didn’t just contribute to the Mavs game 4 blasting of the Lakers, he ran sh&t. Terry was a problem for the Lakers all series, last night especially. He scored a game high 32 points and hit a ridiculous 9 of 10 shots from 3 point range pushing the Mavs way out in front ⇒ Read More