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The NBA was full of merriment during the holiday week. This matchup was not included in the Association's slate of Christmas Day games:
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OKC-Houston
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Golden State-Cleveland
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Spurs-Clippers
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Philly-Knicks
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Late in the week, this team benefited by reading the rulebook to find there's no goaltending on an out-of-bounds pass, which it executed to perfection at the buzzer to win:
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The Suns
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The Nuggets
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The Blazers
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The Jazz
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Meanwhile, this guard achieved Prime Disher status, handing out 25 assists in a game, a franchise record and the in an NBA game most since 1996:
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Kyrie Irving
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Rajon Rondo
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Chris Paul
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Bradley Beal
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And James Harden found out the hard way that throwing the opposing players onto the ground is hardly acceptable in the eyes of the refs, as the bearded one's last-second fouls spelled doom for the Rockets against the:
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Heat
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Cavs
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Sixers
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Celtics
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In exciting bowl action, this state school won a bowl game for the first time in 57 years at the Arizona Bowl:
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New Mexico State
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Arizona State
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Utah State
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Delaware State
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The winners of pre-New Years Day bowl games includes only one of the following:
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USC
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West Virginia
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Florida State
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Stanford
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In collegebasketballland, the annual Louisville-Kentucky tilt didn't exactly prove to be dramatic, with a blowout victory going to:
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Louisville at home
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Kentucky at home
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Louisville on the road
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Kentucky on the road
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And following the weekend, we'll be looking for a new #1, as Villanova ran into a 3-point shooting buzzsaw against:
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Xavier
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Creighton
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Providence
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Butler
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The NFL made a somewhat curious decision heading into Week 17. It was:
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To fire its head of officiating
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To run all broadcast games commercial-free
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To suspend use of spider-cam
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Not to flex a game to Sunday night
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Looking to lock up a postseason berth, all they had to do was to win on Sunday. They didn't win on Sunday:
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The Broncos
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The Jags
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The Ravens
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The Cowboys
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According to our watch, they were the first team to fire its coach on Sunday:
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The Raiders
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The Lions
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The Bucs
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The Colts
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And the two #1 seeds for the playoffs will be the champions of the:
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AFC West and NFC North
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AFC East and NFC East
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AFC East and NFC South
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AFC North and NFC South
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