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Bargnani - well, guess it wasn’t the mask, huh? Rather than paying to keep the mask, maybe Mitchell should pay the Heat to play against Bargs every night. A complete and utter waste of space on the floor, hitting on none of his shots and playing defence like a wet pasta noodle.

Bosh - would love to hear how he feels tomorrow after 37min of burn. 24 points and 3 steals (!) from a guy just trying to get his legs back is welcome, but those shots of him in the fourth as he was walking back to the bench made me wonder how those knees are going to hold up.

Calderon - we might be able to safely say he is back. Didn’t fill up the stat sheet, but he did fill up the starting unit. Played very well and made it show why he should be on the floor to start the game and end it.

Delfino - What the hell is wrong with this guy? 10 minutes, no points, 1 board, 1 assist, one foul. He took NO SHOTS. I repeat NO SHOTS. I’d like to blame the rookie wall, but last time I checked, he wasn’t a rookie. Pretty soon he will be a full liability in that people will cheat off him to double up someone else. Useless.

Ford - far from useless, another game played under a cooler head. I admit, I became on-edge when he had his shot blocked, looking to see if Chucky was coming back to life, but no. I can only hope this streak continues. Still bothersome that we do so poorly on the defensive end against other guards, though.

Humphries - bad game. simply bad. He was a turtle under the basket and looked very disinterested. He wasn’t outworked by the Cavs bigs, he just didn’t even try on either end of the floor.

Kapono - bless his heart, he continues to try. He is no spot-up shooter, he is a driver!! How long until he takes it to the hole more often than Moon? Missed all of his 3pt attempts, but one of them was a jerky one at the end of a quarter. His game wasn’t pretty tonight, but the effort was.

Moon - 10 boards against the front line of the Cavs is something to be proud of. The jump shots aren’t. By far a better game than he played against Miami just because of the competition. Some drives to the hoop amongst the trees would have impressed me more.

Nesterovic - Big Dog Daddy was back in the corral…You ready for this stat line? 16pts, 7 boards. Sure, 4 fouls, but since Bargs decided to book the night off, BDD played 33min off the bench and took on Ilgauskas and Wallace, with a dash of Joe Smith. Dude just keeps on keeping on.

Parker - Cut & Paste did an admirable job on LeBron and hit 2 big three pointers that went for nothing. Think about who this guy has had to defend in the past few weeks and the minutes he has put in and you simply have to sit in awe.

Driving the Bus: Chris Bosh

Under the Bus: Carlos Delfino

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