Notes

Apparently the Cavs are serious about Brown for President. Normally teams would hire a President first, then a GM, then a head coach, as opposed to Cleveland which is doing this in exact reverse order...Are NBA refs EVER going to call traveling in the paint? Manu Ginobili of the Spurs and Richard Hamilton of the Pistons seem to have perfected the art of carrying the ball, taking five steps and careening out of control towards the basket, while hoping for a whistle - one which is almost NEVER against them. And Hamilton is developing a great knack for flopping - just ask Shaq, who has barely touched Rip this series. Hamilton reacts likes he's been shot whenever Shaq is in his vicinity...I'm telling you, the Heat-Pistons series would be over if the Heat would just let Christian Laettner loose. You can't stop him, you can only try to contain him.