Denver’s 105-79 victory over Los Angeles Friday night exposed the unproductive Lakers’ bench (again) and gave the Nuggs a little (very little) bit of payback for being eliminated from the playoffs last season. The Nuggets’ 58-56 halftime lead blew up to 87-64 by the end of third quarter. J.R. Smith scored 20 to go with Carmelo Anthony’s 25 but the play of the night went to rookie point guard Ty Lawson for his dunk over a couple of Lakers. Read the full story

We all make bad decisions but they’re usually not broadcast on national television. After Jermaine O’Neal blocked LeBron James’ dunk attempt Anderson Varejao thought he’d try to block Dwyane Wade’s shot. He ended up regretting his decision one second after making it when Dwyane Wade threw down in his face, sending Varejao sliding into the basket support. Read the full story

Miles Austin has Dallas Cowboys fans saying Terrell Owens, Roy Williams, and Patrick Crayton who? Austin saved the Cowboys’ asses with a two touchdown effort in Kansas City. One area Miles needs to work on to get to TO’s level is touchdown celebrations. Terrell can still dunk over the crossbar. Miles Austin has to settle for a layup. Read the full story

The Dallas Mavericks stomped the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80 at Staples Center Friday night in a game where the final score didn’t reflect what truly happpened. Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion, and Jason Kidd helped the Mavs turn a seven point halftime lead into a 22-point blowout in the second half. LA got the deficit below 20 but they never challenged Dallas.

It wasn’t all bad for the Lakers. Trailing 78-64 with 9:43 left in the fourth Kobe Bryant faded away behind the 3-point line with two defenders in his face. The shot bounced off the rim to the opposite side, giving Shannon Brown the chance to dunk on Josh Powell. Read the full story

When Nike confiscated the tapes of Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James they made themselves and the man they were trying to protect look weak and overly sensitive. This joke of a scandal has extended beyond the sports world, and now Conan O’Brien is taking shots at the King on The Tonight Show. Read the full story

Jordan Crawford became an instant legend by doing something few people witnessed: Dunking on LeBron James. Crawford spoke to reporters about the dunk that Nike blocked, and said he’ll be bragging about it when he gets back to Xavier. Read the full story

By now you’ve all heard the news. Nike, the sneaker snazis, have confiscated all videos of LeBron James being dunked on by college student Jordan Crawford. The slam took place at the LeBron James Skills Academy where I can only assume Xavier’s Crawford scored high marks for dunking.

Gary Parrish broke the story on CBS Sports, and he joined Hartman and Myers on Fox Sports Radio to talk about the incident. Parrish told the show LeBron was willing to talk about the dunk last night, but Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt came over and said LeBron will be answering no questions. Why the cover up? Read the full story