Last night, there were a half dozen games. Of those half dozen games, half were entertaining. Let’s do those first. The Bulls lost to the Nuggets despite a possibly buzzer-beating jumper by Brad Smith at the end of the game when they were down one. There were 0.3 seconds on the clock and that’s theoretically enough time for a catch-and-shoot. Miller held the ball for the minimum amount of time. Therefore, you would think the shot was good but there was a screenshot of the ball on his fingertips with the red light on. My suspicion is at the clock started a bit early. Of course, by NBA rules, that’s not reviewable, so the refs can only look at ball-hand-light pictures instead of checking the start time. Even worse, it was a Bulls home game. The refs took 10 minutes, but eventually made the call. Notice how nobody is complaining about the game taking longer in order to get the right call? Tell that to baseball, who didn’t expand replay today. The Thunder lost to the Kings. Durant wasn’t too good from the field (including a miss on a tying three at the end), but in any case, nobody should lose to the Kings anymore. Kevin Martin is injured and not on the floor. In the other interesting game, the Mavs blasted the Rockets with the help of Stud of the Day Erick Dampier. He had 14 points, but went ahead of Stud Dwyane Wade (whose Heat beat my Wiz). How? Why don’t you check after the jump for the lists and highlights.

Note: Travis Outlaw is the only Dud on the list despite his one shot appearing at #1 in Top 10 Plays.

Studs

1. Erick Dampier – 6/6 FG, 2/2 FT, 20 REB, 3 BLK, 14 PTS
2. Dwyane Wade – 14/29 GF, 1/3 3PT, 12/13 FT, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL, 41 PTS

Duds

1. Travis Outlaw – 1/9 FG, 0/2 3PT, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 1 PF, 4 PTS, 22 MIN

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