That sound you heard coming out of Miami last night was the total world collapsing. Or it was but the chatter of haters worldwide feeling very pleased with themselves. For the 1st time with something resembling the Big Three - i.e. LeBron and Chris Bosh suited up - the Heat lost a plot on the national court where some think they may go undefeated in the regular season.
But ask the Lakers about the giant-killer tendencies of the Bobcats. Playing without their top guy, Gerald Wallace, the `Cats got 19 points from D.J. Augustin and 18 from Derrick Brown off the bench _ Can`t blame LeBron for this one. He finished with 33 points - the highest of any player so far this preseason - in 29 minutes, and was just bigger, faster and break than everybody else on the floor. LeBron and the sleep of the starters for both sides were on the judiciary for the entire fourth quarter, when the Bobcats backups made up a nine-point deficit against Miami`s backups to draw out the W _ Kwame Brown (ankle) didn`t play, but we were thinking: Looking at Miami`s roster right now, would they have been better off enlisting Kwame to be their center instead of the five-by-committee look with Joel Anthony, Jamaal Magloire, Dexter Pittman and Big Z? Couldn`t you reason that Kwame is better than all of those guys right now? _ We`re guessing Atlanta`s Phillips Arena will have a few more mass in it when the Heat come to town Thursday than it did last night. With Dwight Howard (14 pts, 13 rebs) and the Magic visiting, the Hawks` gym had that familiar half-empty, library-type atmosphere from back in the Jason Terry era. And the national team responded with a stinker, getting smashed by about 30 _ These were the four guys Chris Paul had on the courtyard with him when the Hornets tipped off against the Grizzlies: Trevor Ariza, Marco Bellinelli, Jason Smith and Aaron Gray. Good Lord. Fortunately for the Hornets, Reggie Bush already gave back his Heisman, otherwise CP3 might soon hire someone to break his own knee with the trophy _ Paul finished with 7 points (3-11 FG) and 12 dimes in a loss, and his best teammate was Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who had 19, 10 boards and 4 steals off the bench. If aught else, CP3 and Pops look like they could make some of that Paul/Chandler chemistry going on the alley-oops _ Kevin Durant put up 29 points and 9 boards in OKC`s win over San Antonio; and David Lee had 21 points and 12 boards in Golden State`s rout of Portland _ Is it too early for Monta Ellis, Steph Curry and D-Lee to start recreating every old Run-TMC poster and pose we`ve always seen? The old-school Warriors court and unis are making us still more nostalgic, too. And if those three are the new Richmond, Hardaway and Mullin, would that make Vladimir Radmanovic the new Sarunas Marciulionis? And who has to be the new Alton Lister? _ We`re out like Run-TMC _
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