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Good morning. Let's basketball.
CONFIDENT: The great Bethlehem Shoals wrote about Steph Curry's essential confidence for SB Nation NBA. Later on Wednesday, Steph pulled up from 40 feet to bury a shot. That's about right. (For those wondering, Shoals will be writing a couple of pieces a month on SBNation.com.)
THIS IS WHAT STEPH DOES TO HUMANS WHO DARE ROOT FOR TEAMS OPPOSING STEPH. Been there, bro.
DOUGIE MCDUNKS! Doug McDermott shocks the heck out of almost everyone with a wild baseline dunk. Doug!
SCORES GALORE ...
CHA 103, CLE 114
NYK 105, IND 108
PHI 91, DET 111
GSW 118, MIA 112
MIN 105, TOR 114
WAS 104, CHI 109
LAL 119, MEM 128
OKC 116, DAL 103
DEN 87, LAC 81
SAS 108, SAC 92
STANDINGS UPDATE: Boston's back in the No. 3 spot in the East. Detroit's now just one game out of No. 8. Your Portland Trail Blazers have sole possession of the No. 6 seed in the West.
RELATED: Tim Cato on how the Jazz and Blazers are shaking up the West playoff race.
AWESOME: Melo, CP3 and LeBron are sending water and organic food to the victims of Flint.
SO, SO LANCE: This Lance Stephenson possession might perfectly explain the Lance Stephenson Experience in the year of our Lord 2016.
PATRICK BEVERLY IS A SUPER-EFFECTIVE PEST.
BASELINE SEATS ARE DANGEROUS: Tony Snell takes out a cameraman and a beer.
HEY MAN: This is one way to deal with Steph -- lay him the heck out on a screen. Didn't stop Steph from raining threes late, but ...
WHOA: Check out Willie Cauley-Stein hitting David West with the Euro step in transition.
HOW TO BUILD A CHAMPION: Friend of GMIB Alex Wong with a smart piece on the various ways to build a title contender as experienced by current title contenders.
BURN IT TO THE GROUND: Advice on what GM Sean Marks should do in Brooklyn.
NEW ANSWER? Is Cat Barber (fantastic name) the new Allen Iverson?
EXCELLENT: A new cardiac study may help protect basketball players with heart issues.
WAIT, WHAT? Knicks boss James "Jimmy" "J.D." Dolan actually expected his team to be good this season?
AMARE STOUDEMIRE, ART COLLECTOR. Via REDEF.
STARTED FROM THE TOP, NOW WE HERE: A nine-minute documentary from VICE on Jimmer Fredette's descent from BYU superstar and lotto pick to D-League hero.
ON THE AIR TONIGHT: The TNT doubleheader starts with Thunder-Pelicans (8 p.m. ET) and finishes with a vital Rockets-Blazers match (10:30). Simultaneously the Spurs will face the Jazz in a potential first-round preview.
Happy Thursday. See you next time.
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Unstoppable: If Kawhi Leonard can't slow Stephen Curry, maybe nobody can