HARI:
Did you catch the Spurs-Lakers game last night? Wow. This may cost me my Phil Jackson soul patch, but Gregg Popovich has my belated vote for Coach of the Year. I've never seen an entire team make Shaq look about as defensively effective as a donut, and it's all due to Popovich's coaching. When Ginobili, Parker and Speedy Claxton get their way on the penetration, it's gotta be the game plan. Even Kevin Willis got a dunk. Kevin Willis! 
The highlight of the night, of course, was Tim Duncan. I can't tell you how nice it feels to finally see a center take Shaq down a notch. (Yes, I know Duncan's listed as a power forward, but c'mon, seriously, he's a center.) All you had to do was look at O'Neal's face every time Duncan got the ball in the low post. Seeing his expression reminded me of how I felt when I heard about the Michael Jackson-Lisa Marie Pressley wedding: You're sitting there, and you know it's about to get ugly, yet you're powerless to stop it.