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The ACC finally has a race worth watching
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Time was tight. Roads were still melting. But just after 5 p.m. ET Saturday, on Interstate 40 near Exit 285 between Durham and Raleigh, one task seemed more necessary than usual: scanning the XM stations, searching for the Boston College-Virginia and Wake Forest-Georgia Tech scores.
After watching Duke throttle Maryland, and en route to an NC State-North Carolina showdown, there was already plenty of notable hoops action to absorb. And during most ACC seasons of late, those "other games" probably would have been an afterthought, what with Duke and/or UNC mostly dominating the top of the standings for the past decade and a half.
But something feels different so far this season.
Upperclassman-heavy Miami -- still considered more of a "football" or "baseball" school -- is the only undefeated team in ACC play, at 5-0. Four teams, including top-ranked Duke and No. 18 NC State, already have two league losses. UNC has three.
Four upsets -- Miami and NC State over Duke, Maryland and Wake Forest over NC State -- have led to court-rushing celebrations. And it's only late January.
Even Georgia Tech and Boston College (both 1-5) had given conference foes fits.
Call it parity, call it mediocrity -- realistically, it's some combination of the two -- but there's finally a reason to pay early attention to what's going on throughout the ACC and to teams that don't play their home games near Tobacco Road.
"If you take somebody lightly in this league right now, you're going to lose,'' UNC coach Roy Williams said before his team blew out Maryland and Georgia Tech last week, only to be dominated by the Wolfpack. "I don't care who you are or who you're playing."
Williams said he thinks there's more balance in the league, from top to bottom, than any other time in his 10 seasons as the Tar Heels' coach.
A few of the wild swings:
• Virginia opened its ACC season by beating UNC, only to lose on the road versus Wake Forest and Clemson, only to then come home and win three straight by double figures. The Cavs are currently tied for third place in the league.
• Wake followed a two-point upset of 18th-ranked NC State with a 20-point loss at Georgia Tech (which had been the final winless team in the league, until Saturday). Predicted to finish near the bottom of the league, the Deacons are tied for fifth place, with four losses.
• Duke beat three top-five teams during a three-week stretch in nonconference play, only to go 2-2 in its past four games without starting forward Ryan Kelly. The Devils, like NC State, are trailing the No. 25 Hurricanes by two defeats.
There are multiple reasons for the trickle down of balance: New coaches (nine in the league since 2009-10) have finally had a chance to cultivate their teams and game plans, adding some new traction. Meanwhile, early (and earlier) entry into the NBA has left other squads, such as UNC, scrambling to fill holes they weren't expecting.
The traditional top teams -- especially now that Duke is rejiggering without Kelly -- aren't as good, and only three squads are ranked.
Meanwhile, Nos. 10, 11 and 12 in the ACC standings aren't quite as bad.
"The parity in the league -- it's early in the conference season, guys are still feeling guys out," Virginia Tech first-year coach James Johnson said earlier this week. "I think it's young. You put a lot of young players out there on the floor, the inconsistency with certain guys, you can see that."
Plus, the league is in the first year of a new 18-game schedule, meaning more contests and more opportunities for upsets -- and, the coaches hope, growth.
"I think North Carolina's pretty good," Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said last week. "They weren't that good earlier in the year, but they were [against the Terps last weekend]. Florida State's pretty darn good. They struggled early, they're athletic, gave us some problems. I think Virginia can potentially be better than they were last year.
"You can go through all the teams, see a lot more consistency. Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, we know are better. I do think it's a much deeper and better league than it was last year."
With the potential to be very different a month from now.
It will be curious to see, over the next few weeks, when separation in the standings starts to occur. Is Duke finally starting to mesh again, sans Kelly? Will clutch shooter Michael Snaer put Florida State on his back once again? Can Maryland and Virginia, who have the potential to be NCAA tournament teams, make a push? Which way will UNC go after losing to rival NC State for the first time since 2007?
From top to bottom, it's finally worth tuning in.
Five things I learned about the ACC on Saturday:
1. NC State has oodles of potential. Three guys recorded a double-double and two others scored in double figures to break the Pack's 13-game losing streak to rival UNC. If they can stretch Saturday's first 20 minutes of defense over entire games, as well -- wow.
2. Duke is still vulnerable. It was great to watch freshmen Rasheed Sulaimon (25 points) and Amile Jefferson (11 points, nine rebounds) stand out during a bounce-back win after Wednesday's debacle in Miami, but the team is still adapting while Kelly's right foot heals.
3. Virginia is a really, really good defensive team. So, duh, we already knew this. But considering only one ACC foe has scored more than 60 points (and one, FSU, managed only 36), it bears repeating.
4. UNC is confusing. What is this team good at, consistently? (Besides being inconsistent?)
5. Wake Forest is still Wake Forest. Following a two-point upset of the Wolfpack with a 20-point meltdown at Georgia Tech? Road games are always tough in this league, but that's not the way to bolster Jeff Bzdelik's job security.
Three things I still want to know about the ACC:
1. How long can the Hurricanes stay undefeated in the conference? They've got a home game against FSU today and road games at Virginia Tech and NC State this week. Predictions, anyone?
2. When does Erick Green get 40 this season? The Virginia Tech guard, who leads the nation in scoring, scored 35 in a loss to Virginia earlier this week, and it doesn't appear he'll be slowing down anytime soon. His season low is 12.
3. How many ACC teams ultimately make the NCAA tournament? ESPN's Joe Lunardi has fluctuated between four and five thus far in his Bracketology, including Duke, NC State, Miami, UNC and Maryland. But Virginia and FSU could still be factors.
Observations from Saturday's games
1. Kentucky does not look like a tournament team. Unless the tournament in question is the NIT.
I know, I know: A win is a win, and Kentucky held on for a 75-70 home victory over LSU on Saturday. And I know: There's still some time left for this young Kentucky team to figure it all out. But it's clear, at least right now, that the Wildcats have some pretty significant flaws, flaws that could put their already tenuous tournament position in even greater jeopardy the rest of the way.
Chief among them? Defense. The Wildcats had allowed .97 points per possession in SEC play prior to Saturday, seventh-best in a league that most certainly does not house seven good teams. (Maybe three.) It ranked last in the league in forced-turnover rate, and it had allowed SEC opponents to grab 32.1 percent of available offensive rebounds, 10th-best in the conference. These same flaws were apparent Saturday, too. Kentucky scored efficiently throughout the game; it shot 52 percent from the field and a tidy 61 percent from inside the arc (it shot 11 3-pointers and made just two). And still the Wildcats allowed the Tigers -- a 10-7 team with a 1-5 SEC record and the 209th-ranked offense in the country, per KenPom.com -- to put up 70 points at Rupp Arena, to push for a game-tying play until the final possession, to make Ashley Judd a nervous wreck on live television.
Kentucky began the week with a No. 10 seed in Joe Lunardi's latest bracket, and that sounds about right, but that was before Tuesday's loss at Alabama. If I had to bet on UK making it to the tournament or not this season, I'd take the former option. But if it can't get at least some separation from the worst teams in its own down league at home, John Calipari's team will find itself at serious risk of missing the tournament just 11 months after winning it all. Heck, that risk is already here.
2. Minnesota's losses are starting to pile up. Lose at Indiana? No big deal -- you're supposed to lose at Indiana. Lose at home to Michigan? Not preferable, but hey, Michigan's really good. Lose a low-scoring game at Wisconsin? Welcome to the last decade of Big Ten play, right?
Taken separately, none of those three losses -- the latest of which came today, 45-44 in Madison -- is cause for overwhelming concern. But taken alongside Minnesota's 55-48 loss at Northwestern on Wednesday, it's no wonder why Gophers fans are starting to freak out. Saturday's result makes for four consecutive losses in Big Ten play.
That would be bad enough, but the methods by which these losses have come have been a product of both bad defense (Indiana and Michigan scored a combined 1.24 points per possession) and bad offense (the Gophers were held to just .84 points per trip against Northwestern and Wisconsin) -- a veritable sampler pack of ways to lose Big Ten games.
Even worse? Forward Trevor Mbakwe reinjured his wrist on the final play Saturday, which forced forward Rodney Williams to take the game-deciding free throws, the last of which he clanged. If that injury causes Mbakwe to miss games, the Gophers, who rely so much on offensive rebounds, could lose their best rebounder and interior scorer. You never want to encourage panic in January, not for a team this good anyway. But if Minnesota fans start freaking out ... well, you can understand where they're coming from, at least.
3. Duke had a "program win" over Maryland. That's what guard Quinn Cook called Duke's 84-64 win over the Terps on Saturday afternoon, and whether you're willing to go that far or not, the fact of the matter is that Duke rebounded from its unsightly 90-63 thrashing at Miami -- during which the Hurricanes slapped the floor defensively, openly (and comedically) taunting Duke in the second half of a blowout -- with gusto.
The freshmen led the way, particularly shooting guard Rasheed Sulaimon and Amile Jefferson, and that is excellent news for a team that needs other contributors to step up as Ryan Kelly recovers from the foot injury that has kept him out of Duke's lineup for much of January. More than anything, though, Saturday's bounce-back victory showed that the Blue Devils' horrific Wednesday night wasn't necessarily the sign of a larger decline. If anything, it was a sign of just how good Miami really is.
4. Iowa State got a huge win over Kansas State. Late January is not too early for a fan base to be concerned with its bubble team's prospective position, and right now it seems like it's the only thing many basketball fans in Iowa -- both fans of Iowa and Iowa State -- can talk about. The Cyclones will have other opportunities to get big résumé wins in Big 12 play, but they took advantage of a major one when they toppled No. 11-ranked Kansas State 73-67.
Led by Will Clyburn's 24 points and 10 boards, the Cyclones shot 64 percent in the second half, hoisting up 47 points on a good K-State defense. In Bubble Land, these are the kind of games -- against good but beatable teams at home -- you have to take advantage of. For Iowa State, which suffered a horrible loss at Texas Tech on Wednesday night, it was just what the doctor ordered.
5. It's time to pay attention to Arizona State. This is not the first time we've said as much about Jahii Carson and the Sun Devils* this season, but it is the first time Herb Sendek's team has backed it up with a quality win.
Just last week, as Arizona State prepared to play rival Arizona in its own building, we all perked up, forced to pay attention to a team with a 14-3 record -- coming off a three-point loss at Oregon -- hosting its hated in-state rival at home. Naturally, Arizona proceeded to stomp Carson & Co., and it was just as easy to discard Arizona State once more. After all, who had the Sun Devils actually beaten? Arkansas? Colorado at home? Meh. Meh.
Not anymore. Arizona State's 78-60 win over UCLA on Saturday eliminates wipes away that dismissive disclaimer. It's a good win in its own right, but it's made doubly impressive by the fact that UCLA is coming off its own uber-impressive victory Thursday night at Arizona. Maybe the Bruins were tired. They certainly looked it.
But it would be folly to take any credit away from ASU, which was led by a 40-minute performance from Carson (who has more 20-point games than any other ASU freshman in school history, save James Harden and Ike Diogu), a 22-point, 15-rebound performance (on 10-of-12 shooting, no less) from center Jordan Bachynski and a defensive performance that held hot-shooting UCLA to just 25-of-72 from the field (and just 5-of-24 from 3).
The win moves Arizona State to 16-4 and 5-2 in the Pac-12, a stunning turnaround from the depths the program sank into in 2011-12. Sendek has turned things around quickly, and it would be a mistake to dismiss Carson and friends anymore.
*Come to think of it, that would make a pretty good name for a band.
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Teams of the week:
Villanova and La Salle
The Wildcats beat top-five teams Louisville and Syracuse at home. When this schedule popped up, it was be hard to imagine the Wildcats sweeping the homestand. This is the same team that got run by Columbia, not exactly a dominant team in the Ivy.
Yet, Villanova coach Jay Wright has done an outstanding job of managing this young team. The Wildcats were the aggressor throughout the game. Wright said late Saturday night, "This week was a week of unity and confidence-building for this new group. They weren't a part of any of our past successes. This week, it is theirs to own.''
Own it they did. Villanova has put itself into the conversation going forward. There is still a lot of work to do because of losses to Columbia and Providence. The Cats have 11 games left, six on the road, and can't afford to lose to teams below them in the standings. Villanova needs to start to establish itself as an upper-half Big East team away from home and create some separation so the two top-five wins have the shelf life they deserve.
The Explorers knocked off ranked teams -- Butler at home and VCU on the road -- in consecutive games for the first time since the 1952 NIT. La Salle has a big-time talent who gets little pub in Ramon Galloway. All he did was score 31 points on the Rams, giving VCU only its third loss in 26 home games.
La Salle now has to be taken seriously in the A-10. The wins over Butler and VCU were not a fluke. John Giannini has been building toward this season for years. The patience will be rewarded with a team that is suddenly in the hunt for an NCAA berth or at the very least a real threat to win the conference tournament.
Five others worthy of mention
Miami: The Hurricanes established themselves as the team to beat in the ACC with a 27-point pounding of Duke in Coral Gables. Miami starts four of five seniors and has the depth to win the league. Getting Reggie Johnson back will only enhance this team's strength.
Georgetown: The Hoyas are suddenly a threat to be a Big East title contender again. Georgetown's defense held Notre Dame to 47 points in South Bend and then kept Louisville to 51 points. Now the Hoyas have to continue to find ways to score without Greg Whittington, who is out because of academics.
Arizona State: The Sun Devils swept the L.A. schools behind a balanced attack from Jahii Carson and Carrick Felix. ASU is emerging as a consistent top-four team in the Pac-12. Don't be surprised if ASU is in the thick of the race deep into February and early March for a top-three finish. The problem for ASU, like Arizona and UCLA, is the Sun Devils don't play Oregon anymore.
Ole Miss: The Rebels made the week even more interesting by dancing late into games with Tennessee and Auburn. But Ole Miss won both games to set itself up to chase Florida for the SEC title. Ole Miss' Marshall Henderson continues to make plays but probably needs to dial it back just a tad. He had the Auburn fans revved up and then showed them his shirt after the late-possession win, prompting some crude comebacks from the Tiger fans. Still, Henderson is a baller who will be in contention for SEC player of the year.
Lehigh: The Mountain Hawks had one of the best conference road wins of the season when the C.J. McCollum-less Hawks won at league favorite Bucknell. Lehigh remained atop the Patriot League standings heading into Sunday. If Lehigh can win the regular season, then Dr. Brett Reed should be considered a national-coach-of-the-year candidate.
-- Andy Katz
Editor's note: This edition is for games played from Sunday, Jan. 20, to Saturday, Jan. 26.
Three observations
1. I'm really disappointed in VCU. I've been touting the Rams as a potential Final Four team all season, but their back-to-back losses to Richmond and LaSalle have me second-guessing myself. VCU led Richmond by seven points with 30 seconds left in regulation before allowing the Spiders to come back and force overtime, where they eventually prevailed. LaSalle is a solid squad -- as evidenced by its victory over Butler -- but there's no way the Rams should lose to that team at home. That's exactly what happened in Saturday's 69-61 setback. Maybe VCU isn't that great after all.
2. It's time to take Arizona State seriously. Entering the weekend, the Sun Devils had a gaudy record but were short on quality wins. But embarrassing UCLA 78-60 just two days after the Bruins spanked Arizona was impressive no matter how you slice it. Arizona State coach Herb Sendek has done a phenomenal job with this bunch after supposedly entering the 2012-13 season on the hot seat. He won't win it, but point guard Jahii Carson should at least be in the conversation for national freshman of the year.
3. I realize the thought isn't all that original, but I'm still shocked Kentucky isn't any better by now. The Wildcats almost lost to one of the SEC's worst teams (LSU) on Saturday -- at Rupp Arena. That probably shouldn't come as a surprise, considering they dropped a home game to Texas A&M earlier this month. The Aggies recently lost to LSU. I honestly think Kentucky was a better team in November than it is right now. If that's true, it says more about this team's mental makeup than it does its talent. At this point I don't see how anyone could think this is an NCAA tournament team. Yes, there are some opportunities for quality wins against Florida, Ole Miss and Missouri. But what has UK shown to make anyone believe it could beat any of those teams?
-- Jason King
Three things I learned
1. It's just one of those seasons in Chapel Hill. North Carolina is young, so it was not unreasonable to view their three-game winning streak in ACC play as a sign that a young but clearly talented team was finally coming together. After Saturday night's defensive disaster at NC State (and yes, UNC rallied late, but come on), I'm leaning more toward the belief that this season is just one of those years. They happen from time to time under Roy Williams: In 2009-10, after the leaders of that dominant 2009 national title team graduated and/or went to the NBA, the Tar Heels were just as young and just as talented but struggled through a 20-17 NIT year. This offseason, when Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, Tyler Zeller and John Henson all left for the NBA, UNC saw a similar level of turnover. The 2012-13 Tar Heels aren't as bad as that 2009-10 team -- they still have a chance to make the NCAA tournament, even if those prospects dwindle with each "marquee" loss -- but it is now safe to call this team what it is: talented, not terrible, with massive flaws that aren't likely to be overcome in the next two months. It's just one of those seasons.
2. Arizona State is to be taken seriously. Despite an impressive record, the Sun Devils were easy to dismiss in recent weeks. We all perked up to pay attention last Saturday when Arizona came to town; when Herb Sendek's team was blown out at home, those antennae went down just as quickly. But Arizona State's blowout win over UCLA on Saturday should renew, and even expand on, that interest. The Sun Devils still have a long way to go to get to the NCAA tournament, but Jahii Carson and company look totally capable of at least that much. (And by the way: How weird does DePaul's 78-61 win at ASU on Dec. 12 look now?)
3. The Mountain West is wide open. I don't think we should have expected anything else, but for a minute there -- after New Mexico raced out to a 4-0 start and San Diego State suffered back-to-back losses -- it looked like UNM might be able to sustain a commanding position in the league standings. On Saturday, the Lobos scored just 34 points (just nine more than everyone's favorite Saturday performance, Northern Illinois' 25 points) in a loss at SDSU, their first of the MWC season. As it stands, UNM, San Diego State, Colorado State, UNLV and Boise State will all have something to say about the conference title chase, and Wyoming is going to be just as tough to beat at home as ever. Enjoy (the rest of) the ride.
-- Eamonn Brennan
This week's starting five
Travis Bader (Oakland): On Thursday night, the Oakland guard scored a Division I season-high 47 points during an 89-71 win over IUPUI. On Saturday night, he scored 26 points in the Grizzlies' 67-60 victory over Western Illinois. He's shot 16-for-30 from the 3-point line in his past two games.
Lorenzo Brown (NC State): The point guard helped the Wolfpack recover from a midweek loss at Wake Forest, as he collected 20 points, 11 assists, two steals and a block (five turnovers) in a 91-83 home win over rival North Carolina on Saturday. Brown's standout performance (13 points, 10 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals) on Tuesday wasn't enough to help NC State avoid an 86-84 loss at Wake Forest.
Darrun Hilliard (Villanova): Hilliard helped Villanova complete an amazing week when he scored 25 points (seven rebounds, six assists and a steal, too) in the Wildcats' 75-71 overtime win against No. 3 Syracuse on Saturday. He finished with 11 points, four rebounds and three steals in Tuesday's 73-64 win over No. 5 Louisville.
Ramon Galloway (LaSalle): The Explorers participated in their own impressive stretch for a Big 5 school. Galloway, a senior, scored 31 points in LaSalle's 69-61 win at No. 19 VCU on Saturday. He was 4-for-8 from the 3-point line. He recorded two steals in Wednesday's 54-53 win over No. 9 Butler.
Kenny Kadji (Miami): The senior recorded 22 points (9-for-18) in his program's 90-63 win over No. 1 Duke on Wednesday. It was Miami's first win over a No. 1 team. The Hurricanes had lost six previous matchups against No. 1 squads. Kadji also finished with six rebounds, two blocks and a steal.
The Bench
Will Cherry (Montana): 28 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals in 76-74 win over Weber State on Saturday.
Siyani Chambers (Harvard): 21 points, seven assists and two steals in 82-77 overtime win against Dartmouth on Saturday.
Marshall Henderson (Ole Miss): 15 points in a 63-61 victory at Auburn on Saturday; 28 points in 62-56 win over Tennessee on Thursday.
Jarnell Stokes (Tennessee): 15 points (7-for-11), 18 rebounds and two steals in Vols' 54-53 win over Alabama on Saturday.
Jordan Bachynski (Arizona State): 22 points (10-for-12), 15 rebounds, six blocks and a steal in a 78-60 home win over UCLA on Saturday.
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The seven greatest real-life robberies of all time
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Here are the most sensational real-life heists ever.
Hatton Garden jewellery robbery
In March 2016 seven men with a combined age of 443 years were sentenced at the Old Bailey for breaking into a Hatton Garden security deposit vault in one of the most audacious heists in living memory.
Masterminded by Brian Reader, 76, with other career thieves who had previously been implicated in decades of London heists, the robbers used an elevator shaft to get close to the underground strong room, then drilled through half a metre of concrete into the vault.
The value of the stolen stones has been estimated at as much as £200 million, and although the "Old Blaggers" were caught and imprisoned, almost none of their haul has ever been recovered.
Boston Museum heist
Apparently responding to a disturbance call, two men disguised as policemen were admitted to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
Quickly overcoming the guards, they spent an hour ransacking the museum before making off with 13 works of art with an estimated value of half a billion dollars – the most valuable theft of private property ever. Among the pieces were a Rembrandt, several Degas drawings and one of the 34 known Vermeers in the world.
Nobody was ever arrested, and not one of the pieces has ever been recovered. The frames of the stolen artworks still hang empty in the museum.
Crown Jewels robbery
In 1671, Anglo-Irish adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood ingratiated himself with the Master of the Jewel House in the Tower of London, disguised as a parson, with a prostitute posing as his wife.
After several visits, Blood convinced the Master to let him and three accomplices into the jewel vault, then clubbed and bound him, sawed the royal sceptre in half and flattened St Edward's Crown with a mallet, while one of them hid the Royal Orb in his breeches.
In a somewhat chaotic escape, the sceptre was dropped, one guard was shot and Colonel Blood was apprehended, the crown falling from his cloak. Brought before Charles II in chains, the King, rather surprisingly, pardoned the old rogue – and even awarded him some land in Ireland.
Russian hackers
Between 2014-2016, a ring of Russian computer hackers stole an estimated £650 million from banks all over the world.
Using malware and phishing to hack banks' systems, they studied the operations and routines of the banks, even watching through webcams and CCTV systems, then transferred money through fake accounts. They even programmed ATMs to dispense cash at specific times.
Never taking more than £80 million from a single target, the gang robbed as many as 100 banks in 30 countries and remain at large to this day.
The Pink Panthers
Responsible for a string of the most audacious heists ever, the Pink Panthers gang surpassed themselves when four men dressed as women stormed Harry Winston's exclusive jewellery store in Paris. After herding customers and staff into a corner, they smashed display cases and escaped with an estimated £85 million in diamonds.
Four years later, in 2013, a sole robber in a baseball cap, with a scarf over his face, walked into an exhibition of the Leviev diamond house in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes and made off with possibly the greatest single jewellery theft of all time, estimated at £110 million. The Pink Panthers were again suspected as being behind the robbery.
Wilcox Train Robbery
The robbery of the Union Pacific train by Butch Cassidy's "Hole in the Wall Gang" was probably the most iconic heist of the Old West. Two "signalmen" stopped the train in the middle of Wyoming, the gang then dynamited the railcar holding the strong box, dynamited the tracks to stop any pursuit, then dynamited the strong box itself.
The gang escaped on horseback with about $50,000 (£40,000), equivalent to $7 million (£5.6 million) today, using fresh horses along their escape route to outrun any pursuit.Banknotes with the distinctive mark of one burnt-off corner would turn up for years afterwards as far afield as New York and New Mexico.
Saddam Hussein
The largest single bank heist of all time was committed the day before the Coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, when Saddam Hussein sent his son, Qusay, to the Central Bank of Iraq with a handwritten note to withdraw all the cash in the bank. Qusay then removed about $1 billion (£810 million) in $100 dollar notes in strongboxes, requiring three lorries to carry it all.
Approximately $650 million (£525 million) was found later by US troops hidden in the walls of one of Saddam's palaces. Although both of Saddam's sons were killed, and Saddam was captured and executed, more than one third of the money was never recovered. AGENCIES
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"D.J. #1: Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.
D.J. #2: It's coooold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?
D.J. #1: Not hardly. And you know, you can expect hazardous travel later today with that, you know, that, uh, that blizzard thing.
D.J. #2: [mockingly] That blizzard - thing. That blizzard - thing. Oh, well, here's the report! The National Weather Service is calling for a "big blizzard thing!"
D.J. #1: Yessss, they are. But you know, there's another reason why today is especially exciting.
D.J. #2: Especially cold!
D.J. #1: Especially cold, okay, but the big question on everybody's lips...
D.J. #2: On their chapped lips...
D.J. #1: On their chapped lips, right: Do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow?
D.J. #2: Punxsutawney Phil!
D.J. #1: That's right, woodchuck-chuckers - it's...
D.J. #1, D.J. #2: [in unison] GROUNDHOG DAY!"
Phil: Do you know what today is?
Rita: No, what?
Phil: Today is tomorrow. It happened.
Ned: Phil?
Phil: Ned?
[Punches Ned in the face]
February 2 at 14:58 EST .
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Tell me this isn't Ground Hog Day, too obvious, right?
February 2 at 23:45 EST .
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Yeah, Mei. But this was not meant as a quiz. Just a tribute to the Day and the movie.
February 3 at 09:03 EST .
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My apology, may the 6 weeks more of winter bother me, not thee.
February 3 at 09:25 EST .
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Flora Robson and Ingrid Bergman in "Saratoga Trunk"
January 25 at 16:46 EST .
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This is a delightful film, which was also one of my mother's favorites. It has limited availability now, perhaps because of a PC snafu, and I have not seen it for over 40 years. Can you name the movie and the cast members shown in this picture? Bonus if you can guess the PC snafu to which I referred.
January 25 at 10:53 EST .
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Gary Cooper?
January 25 at 11:02 EST .
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definitely Gary Cooper. I can't identify the lady yet, however. Could she be Pat Neal and the film "The Fountainhead"? They had an affair off set.
January 25 at 11:13 EST .
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Gary Cooper is correct. Not Pat Neal, not "The Fountainhead."
One additional clue: Best train wreck scene in the movies.
January 25 at 11:54 EST .
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Would her fur coat [back of chair - guessing fur] be the PC no-no?
January 25 at 12:14 EST .
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Paulette Goddard? Perhaps "Unconquered"? Whatever the answer, it's a good quiz, Calvin.
January 25 at 15:36 EST .
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OK. One more hint: Cooper and this co-star also starred in a prior movie about two year's earlier that was based on an Ernest Hemingway novel.
January 25 at 16:10 EST .
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Well, that isn't Helen Hayes ("A Farewell to Arms" ), so she is Ingrid Bergman and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". I don't know about the controversy, however.
January 25 at 16:25 EST .
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Yes. It is Ingrid Bergman. The earlier movie was "For Whom the Bell Tolls" This later movie reunited these stars. The later movie (and the above picture ) is "Saratoga Trunk" based on an Edna Ferber novel. "Trunk" refers to a railroad line. The PC snafu that I referred to was that one of the characters plays a Haitian maid. However, she was played by a British actress, whose skin was made to look dark for the part, which some may see as akin to blackface. Flora Robson was the actress in that role, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for that role. I will post another picture showing this character. Great movie in my view.
January 25 at 16:44 EST .
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I read that book many years ago. My whole family abandoned Edna Ferber, however, when she wrote "Giant" ridiculing Texans without ever visiting the state. We persuaded my rancher grandmother to come to Fort Worth to see the movie, hoping we Texans would come out looking a little better in the film. Alas, my grandmother harrumphed through the first 2/3 of the film and then stormed out of the theater.
January 25 at 17:32 EST .
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Just had to juxtapose these two articles from Philadelphia Inquirer (i.e., philly.com ):
1. Philly's entire congressional delegation is skipping the inauguration — and we're the only big city to do so
AND (most rats/mice in the U.S.!! )
2. Nearly 1 in 5 Philly-area households has mice or rats
The entire congressional delegation (Dems ) to skip the inauguration, but note that Philly also has the most rats/mice of any city in the U.S. - kind of all fits together!!!
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Santa Claus pull string pin. I was given a number of these as a small boy. The firehouse near my grandparents' house had Christmas parties for children and these were given away as a present for attending. Santa's nose, of course, lit up when you pulled the string.
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Amish vs. An Elevator
A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, "What is this Father?"
The father (never having seen an elevator ) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially.
They continued to watch until it reached the last number… and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blond stepped out.
The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son . . .
"Go get your Mother."
December 22 at 11:55 EST .
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Happy 100th to Kirk Douglas!
December 9 at 12:53 EST .
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The New York Post has been featuring an article on "swordsman" Douglas's wide swath through Hollywood femaledom.
December 10 at 05:54 EST .
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Thanks, Storm. I was struck by the report in the story that he had sex at 14 with a teacher. Seems an epidemic today.
December 10 at 23:01 EST .
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Building on MeiDei's "The Music Man" quiz below, answer me this: Harold Hill was such a fraud that Harold (perhaps even Hill ) was not his real name! What, from the movie/show, was Harold's real first name?
December 2 at 11:57 EST .
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Marcellus Washburn (played by Buddy Hackett in the movie ) knew Harold well before he came to River City. But, he knew Harold as "Greg" and "Gregory."
December 3 at 07:13 EST .
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Good add-on, never would have guessed the answer.
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Some random thoughts for this Thanksgiving:
We hear a lot of noise these days regarding "privilege" or "white privilege." It is used to keep a lot of people silent about their beliefs and values.
The concept, in my view, is misguided and wrong. I don't know about this so-called "privilege" with which "they" want to keep me silent.
I do know that what I have, even what I may have earned, is nothing without God. God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a means to make a living and a multitude of friends, both believers and non-believers. God's grace has indeed been shed on me. My response is not to denigrate my privilege, but to thank God profusely for all his blessings, with humility, praise and utmost respect. Without God's grace, I would have nothing.
November 23 at 09:42 EST .
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You speak for me too.
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TV Dinners. I recall as a young child having my mom try Swanson TV Dinners as an experiment. You see, my mom was/is an excellent cook, so this was just that - an experiment. Well, she heated them up in the oven (conventional, of course ), and we sat in front of the TV while we ate them (something we were then otherwise not allowed to do ) - they were "TV" dinners, after all. The experiment was not a complete failure or a big success. I remember that the food was rather unexceptional, but being a picky eater, I liked how the foods (veggies, meat and potatoes ) each had their on separate compartment. Anyway, TV Dinners became very rare in my house, as my mom made much better, tastier food.
November 14 at 12:07 EST .
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Our experience was similar. The tv dinners were advertised as being quick and efficient and tasty. I seem to recall there were only two Swanson versions: one of sliced roast beef and one of fried chicken. My mother loved to experiment, so we tried them out and decided they were ok in a pinch, but probably weren't going to become very popular. Fortunately for the tv dinner industry, we were bad market predictors.
November 17 at 05:19 EST .
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We tried them once - OK, but if your mother was a good cook you always had left-overs to look forward to - not so w/single serving meals. Today Swanson has a few good frozen dinners that are handy for one of "those" days; Café Steamers have a few good ones too - for a quick lunch.
November 19 at 22:19 EST .
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Rereading Calvin's post brought back a childhood memory. When I was preschool age my mom brought me to my paternal grandmother's; mom got her recipes from her that my father most liked. In my late teens, a newly married aunt was given recipes that her husband liked my his mother. My MIL hated cooking, her son had no favorites - good thing too!
I'm going to put together a little book of recipes for anyone tasked with cooking for my son, just seems like something that should be done.
And Cal, as a kid all our veggies/salads were served separately, I'm wondering if that was influenced by dad's years of service in the hotel industry; still do today to some extent.
November 19 at 22:54 EST .
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My own sweet mother-in-law was just an ordinary cook, but her biscuits were wonderful. I spent many years trying to duplicate her biscuits, but never felt I succeeded. I made biscuits for almost every meal (3 per day ) for most of my marriage and I make excellent biscuits. But, hers were better.
November 22 at 06:30 EST .
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When my father saw that mother had purchased TV dinners for us he blew his stack!! We had a family restaurant and I guess he figured that would keep others from frequenting our business if the rage caught on. It's not like WE ate in the restaurant all the time, maybe once a year and we had better behave! So TV dinners were outlawed at our house.
December 11 at 08:02 EST .
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I was wrong w/Swanson - should have typed Stouffers.
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Hi Barry, Professor Surette has been doing the research work under a grant (I hope this is correct) by AISI and together with the LGSEA and NAHB-Research Center. He was instumental in his work which ultimately became the provisions in the '97 UBC. I suggest you contact Larry Williams at Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (lgsea(--nospam--at)aol.com) for more information or to become a member. I support this organizations since I too do steel stud design. Their newsletters and information (for members ) on their website (www.lgsea.com) is very good. Larry Williams is the Executive Director of LGSEA and can guide you well. Dennis In a message dated 7/23/99 8:39:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wellive(--nospam--at)ibm.net writes: << Use of metal stud framing with plywood sheathing for shear wall construction in the 1997 UBC comes with parameters for stud thickness and dimensions. I'd like to learn more about the development of this system and ask for your help in the education of Barry. We had a presenter (a Mr. Serrat?) at our Structural Engineers Association meeting (Utah) some time back, and I understand some of the foundations of research in this area. I guess I'm looking to find that "commentary" information I agree is so necessary to understanding code provisions. Barry H. Welliver Draper, UT >>
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The first problem any security project has is to get executive support. The second problem is to find a way to make use of and direct that executive support.
Developers should be prepared to defend against a Manager in the Middle attack.
— Alun Jones (@ftp_alun) November 9, 2015
So, that was the original tweet that seems to have been a little popular (not fantastically popular, but then I only have a handful of followers).
I'm sure a lot of people thought it was just an amusing pun, but it's actually a realisation on my part that there's a real thing that needs naming here.
By and large, the companies I've worked for and/or with in the last few years have experienced a glacial but certain shift in perspective.
Where once the security team seemed to be perceived as a necessary nuisance to the executive layers, it seems clear now that there have been sufficient occurrences of bad news (and CEOs being forced to resign) that executives come TO the security team for reassurance that they won't become the next … well, the next whatever the last big incident was.
Obviously, those executives still have purse strings to manage, and most security professionals like to get paid, because that's largely what distinguishes them from security amateurs. So security can't get ALL the dollars, but it's generally easier to get the money and the firepower for security than it ever was in the past.
So executives support security. Some of them even ask what more they can do – and they seem sincere.
Well, some of them do, but that's a topic for another post.
There are sufficient numbers of developers who care about quality and security these days, that there's less of a need to be pushing the security message to developers quite how we used to.
We've mostly reached those developers who are already on our side.
And those developers can mentor other developers who aren't so keen on security.
The security-motivated developers want to learn more from us, they're aware that security is an issue, and for the most part, they're capable of finding and even distinguishing good security solutions to use.
If the guys at the top, and the guys at the bottom (sorry devs, but the way the org structure goes, you don't manage anyone, so ipso facto you are at the bottom, along with the cleaners, the lawyers, and the guy who makes sure the building doesn't get stolen in the middle of the night) care about security, why are we still seeing sites get attacked successfully? Why are apps still being successfully exploited?
Why is it that I can exploit a web site with SQL injection, an attack that has been around for as long as many of the developers at your company have been aware of computers?
Someone is getting in the way.
Ask anyone in your organisation if they think security is important, and you'll get varying answers, most of which are acknowledging that without security in the software being developed, so it's clear that you can't actually poll people that way for the right answer.
Often it's the security team – because it's really hard to fill out a security team, and to stretch out around the organisation.
But that's not the whole answer.
Ask the security-conscious developers what's preventing them from becoming a security expert to their team, and they'll make it clear – they're rewarded and/or punished at their annual review times by the code they produce that delivers features.
And because managers are driving behaviour through performance reviews, it actually doesn't matter what the manager tells their underlings, even if they give their devs a weekly spiel about how important security is. Even if you have an executive show up at their meetings and tell them security is "Job #1". Even if he means it.
Those developers will return to their desks, and they'll look at the goals against which they'll be reviewed come performance review time.
If managers don't specifically reward good security behaviour, most developers will not produce secure code.
This is the Manager in the Middle Attack. Note that it applies in the event that no manager is present (thanks, Dan Kaminsky!)
@ftp_alun @TimelessP also, a No Manager In The Middle attack
— Dan Kaminsky(@dakami) November 10, 2015
Because I never like to point out a problem without proposing a solution:
Managers have to actively manage their developers into changing their behaviours. Some performance goals will help, along with the support (financial and moral) to make them achievable.
Here are a few sample goals:
That's quite a bunch of security-related goals for developers, which managers can implement. All of them can be measured, and I'm not so crass as to suggest that I know which numbers will be appropriate to your appetite for risk, or the size of hole out of which you have to dig yourself.


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There Are Many Ways of Speaking Truth to Power
January 26, 2017
Linda Sarsour and Imam Mohamed Magid (right).
As leaders in the American Muslim community, Linda Sarsour and Imam Mohamed Magid both understand the critical importance of engaging with policymakers and opinion shapers. However, both have been publicly attacked in the media for being outspoken figures for our community.
American Muslim Leaders in the National Spotlight
Donald Trump became President of the United States on January 20th. On that same day, Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Director of the ADAMS Center, was asked to deliver the call to prayer at the interfaith inaugural prayer service. Instead, he requested to recite two verses from the Qur'an (30:22 and 49:13).
These verses celebrate diversity of race, language and thought — especially at a time of such tremendous division. His appearance at the interfaith service at the National Cathedral was the subject of severe scrutiny; some disagreed with his decision to participate.
The next day, Linda Sarsour, co-chair of the Women's March in Washington, D.C., got on stage in front of over 500,000 people and declared that she is "unapologetically Muslim American." She was smeared by the alt-right, white supremacists, and other Islamophobes.
Difficult Dialogue Requires Principled Engagement
Both Imam Magid and Linda spoke truth to power, albeit in different ways. Imam Magid as a religious leader and Linda as an activist are prime examples of American Muslim civic engagement and the valuable contributions they bring to American society. At this time, we cannot afford to be absent from any gathering of civic or religious leaders considering the speed and ferocity at which the Trump Administration is operating. We American Muslims must enhance our presence in all spheres of American society.
There are different approaches to civic engagement, and we are fortunate to have leaders in our community who approach this work in different ways. These different approaches are all meant to accomplish the same thing: advocating for the interests of American Muslims to benefit American society overall.
During these next four years, we should have difficult conversations regarding the efficacy of approaches and tactics with the Trump Administration. Difficult dialogue requires principled engagement — engagement based on our Islamic and American values of working for equality, mercy, and justice.
There is a false perception that one way of creating social change supersedes another. We need multiple approaches. We need people who will push for the boycotts and lead the resistance. We also need those who will work with our government institutions, and not cede more ground to the anti-Muslim extremists.
Promoting Civic Engagement By Empowering Others
Imam Magid's decision to participate in the interfaith inaugural prayer service led to an interview with CNN's Don Lemon where he discussed Islam in America and explained the message of diversity he was sending President Trump and his administration.
Linda's service as co-chair of the Women's March has inspired millions to mobilize with their sisters and brothers. Now, attendees of the march are looking to take their political advocacy to the next level under the leadership of an American Muslim woman.
Linda and Imam Magid are important American Muslim voices adding to the national conversation on the future of our nation. At the end of the day, it is our presence in any and all activities involving one another that will help secure our civil rights. Our community must continue to be civically and politically engaged to ensure our work creates significant social change for our nation.
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I have supported independence most of my adult life. The reason is mundane - it's because I am Scottish. Now there are people who think that supporting self-determination is small-minded. And it is only natural for people who feel British, rather than Scottish, to think so. That's hardly surprising; but wanting your country to run its own affairs, and being outward-minded, do not have to be mutually exclusive. There are uncertainties about finances of course, with claim and counter-claim. But taking a step back and looking at the fundamentals shows that (provided we avoid electing numpties which is a whole other issue) there's no reason an independent Scotland cannot thrive.
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There is and always has been one key pre-requisite for Scottish success, whether inside or outside the UK, and that is good relations with England. The days of cross-border peace before the 14th century Wars of Independence were prosperous, as was the age of the British Empire when we were inside the tent, pissing out. But between the 1300s and the first Jacobite rising, life in Scotland was often a struggle for survival in the face of hostile English attention. The tone of England's relations with its neighbours is key to their security and prosperity.
Membership of the EU and NATO altered that. One guarantees trade, the other physical security. Small European countries flourish in a way that was impossible in the 19th century, when they were gobbled up by empires. And while the consensus now seems to be that Brexit will trigger Scottish independence, I am not so sure. England and Wales being out of the EU is a problem for Scotland. While everyone else rushes to the Indyref 2 banner, I'd rather see how things pan out first.
Perhaps there is now no way of avoiding a period of awkward relations with the rest of the UK. If so that would be a shame. And it would be an ironically Scottish outcome - similar to the failure of the 18th century Scottish elites to rebrand England as 'south Britain' - to gain independence not through a self-empowered choice, but by England declaring it first...
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Syrian military forces have been using new tool in their long-running war against rebels and other Islamist forces who want to oust President Bashar Al-Assad from power.
They are known as barrel bombs — makeshift, shrapnel-packed explosive devices that Syrian forces have been dropping on rebel-held neighborhoods from helicopters. Residents have another name for them: "barrels of death."
"Essentially, they're just an old oil barrel packed with explosives, shrapnel and maybe some kind of incendiary device," said Aryn Baker, Middle East bureau chief with Time. "They are literally pushed out of the helicopter and when they land — they detonate on impact and explode. [They] take down whatever is in their path."
Baker said Syrian forces started using the weapons in 2012. But it has really been since 2014 or so that has brought a significant uptick in reports of their use.
The term is bit of a misnomer, but it arose when these weapons were first used in mid-2012, and it has stuck. They are containers old oil drums, barrels, storage tanks, welded metal cylinders that have been packed with hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of explosives, fuel and scrap metal, such as ball bearings, nails, saw blades or bits of rebar.
The Syrian government has not publicly addressed its reliance on barrel bombs. Some observers have suggested that their increasing use indicates Assad's air force is running low on traditional ordnance. But the Syrian military can still count on a steady supply of standard munitions from its allies, Russia and Iran, which would undercut that theory.
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Chili's is my favorite mid-range chain eatery. The drinks are always great. The Presidente Margarita is one of the best you can get anywhere. This location holds true to the high standard Chilis sets around the US.
Food was great came out a LITTLE slow but worth the wait. Server was awesome, dessert was great we had a skillet cookie AND A Salted caramel Molten. OMGoodness.
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I spent a lot of time signing up for their rewards program. It logged me in, wouldn't recognize me......never got credit for the visit......this is like the 3rd time.....don't waste yours.....food and drink were good, but really slow.....not good enough to come back soon......it's just a necesary evil when at the mall sometimes.....never come here unless you have to
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Stopped in for a late lunch. .Our waitress was great, she was helpful on our orders, kept our drinks full. Food was served promptly and very good.
This was the best experience we have had in a long time at any restaurant. Our server was super friendly and attentive. He had us both laughing. Food was great. The restaurant wasn't super clean but looked good enough to okay. Everyone was busy doing their job so no worries there.
I loved the food, just like every other Chili's that I've been to. I do feel like the waitress could have checked up on us a bit more, we only were checked up on 2 times in a 1 hour visit, and we had to ask for another drink twice before it was brought out to us. Despite the troubles... More
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The Miami Heat are living the longest winning streak in franchise history, and YouWager experts consider that their upcoming NBA schedule will help them extend it further.
Tonight LeBron James will try to extend his dominance away from home against the last-place Minnesota Timberwolves as Miami goes for a team-record 15th straight victory.
The Heat (43-14) will try to pull away atop the Eastern Conference, holding sizable advantages on fellow division leaders Indiana Pacers and New York Nicks.
Miami is trying to send a message to the entire NBA during their surge, averaging 107.7 points and shooting 51.6 percent while reeling off 14 victories in a row to match the club mark set from Dec. 6, 2004-Jan. 1, 2005.
The run includes victories over the Pacific Division-leading Los Angeles Clippers and reigning West champion Oklahoma City Thunders. The Heat managed to overcome a 16-point deficit to beat New York 99-93 on Sunday after losing the previous two basketball games, each by 20 points.
Oddsmakers are quite sure that the next couple of games won't be a challenge for Miami. After visiting the Timberwolves (20-36), the Heat host the Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers before facing Indiana next Sunday.
Miami has averaged 108.6 points while winning five straight over Minnesota, including three visits to Minneapolis. They beat the Wolves 103-92 at home on Dec. 18.
James likes to play at the Target Center, averaging 32.6 points on 54.8 percent shooting while winning his last seven games there — two with the Heat. Overall, he has led his NBA teams to 13 wins in a row over the Timberwolves.
Among the NBA leaders with 27.1 points per game, James scored 29 with 11 rebounds, seven assists and three steals while shaking off a knee injury to rally the Heat versus New York for a sixth straight road victory.


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