On one hand: Not the best job, good-seat-having Miami Heat fans.

Near the end of a dominant performance that sparked a 99-90 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinfals, Dwyane Wade comes flying into your section after an errant pass. Your reaction? Part like the Red Sea and allow the the leader of your squad to come crashing down on the chairs in the second row behind the cameraman. Not the strongest show of support; once again, we must question the ways in which you "fan up."

(Except for you, Dude on the Left in Glasses. While you did olé the catch a little bit, you hung in there more than your fellow fans and made a solid effort to break Wade's fall. I see you, Dude on the Left in Glasses.)

On the other hand, let's walk a mile in these Heat fans' flip-flops. Dwyane Wade stands 6-foot-4, weighs 220 pounds and has come out of a dead sprint to launch himself in your direction. You are smaller than he is and, because you are seated, you possess very

Let's start here: The play you see above — Paul Pierce setting a screen on Dwyane Wade, then exchanging some heated words with him — is not enough to merit ejection from any basketball game, let alone Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Taken alone and on its own merits, the choice to run Pierce for a hard pick and some extracurricular conversation, no matter how salty, would be horrendous. That decision would be worthy of the scorn that was heaped on referee Ed Malloy in the moments after the controversial fourth-quarter play.

The thing is, you can't take this play alone and on its own merits, because Pierce didn't get chucked for it alone and on its own merits.

The double-technical called on both Pierce and Wade for their little tete-a-tete was the Boston Celtics captain's second T of the game, coming less than a minute after the first, which he earned for headrubbing/facenuzzling Miami Heat sharpshooter James Jones after a hard foul on a Pierce jumper. (Check out a video

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This is what it looked like, again and again. Zach Randolph, barely able to elevate off the court, but always, always 10 toes down exactly where he wanted and needed to be, rebounding the ball, moving the ball, demanding the ball and scoring the ball, again and again. His fingerprints were all over the ball; his fingerprints were all over this series.

Now, this series is over.

The Memphis Grizzlies beat the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night by a score of 99-91, closing out their best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series in six games, and doing so in stunning, epic and historic fashion before a raucous FedEx Forum crowd.

Here's the record-book history: The Grizzlies were the West's eighth seed, while the Spurs were the conference's top team, and this is only the fourth time in NBA history that No. 8 has beaten No. 1 in a playoff series. It's also only the second time that an eighth seed has been able to pull off the mammoth upset in a seven-game series; the Denver

Grabbing the rebound, crashing through bodies, from 50 feet away, to keep the San Antonio Spurs within two possessions in an elimination Game 6 in which they've struggled to hit even 40 percent of their field goals against some tough, tough Memphis Grizzlies defense. As Internet basketball omnipresence Matt Moore tweeted, "I mean, there's no reason for that to go in." No reason but history, and the favor of the gods, and the cosmic need for stories to have arcs, even if it means arcing 3-point prayers.

Despite Ginobili's second miraculous shot in as many games, the Grizzlies prevailed by a 99-91 score to become just the second eighth seed in NBA history to take down a top seed in a seven-game series.

Original video via Ben Golliver.

A 26-year-old undrafted rookie who's found a new chapter in a story that seemed all but over just one year ago. A role player called forth into the light in what looked like the final moments of a waning moon. A knockdown shooter who found just enough room to get his shot off.

Gary Neal, this is your life.

This 3-pointer tied Game 5 of the first-round Western Conference playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies at 97, sending it into overtime. San Antonio outscored Memphis 13-6 in the extra session, posting a 110-103 victory that puts a second notch in their win column and sends this series back to the FedEx Forum for Game 6 on Friday night.

The Grizzlies can still become the first eight-seed to win a first-round series and topple a top seed since the beautiful and cherished 2007 Golden State Warriors knocked off the Dallas Mavericks ... provided they can shake off the shell shock of watching that taciturn silver-and-black wraith rise up one more time. No

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Maybe the Chicago Bulls' starting two-guard has been playing a little too much "Michael Jackson: The Experience" of late. It's been helping him stay in tip-top shape, sure, but you have to wonder if it's going to hinder his preparation as the Bulls run deeper into the playoffs.

Then again, all those hours mimicking the moves did get Keith Bogans a coveted vote for Nintendo Wii Gamer of the Year. Thanks, Dr. Jack Ramsay.

Best caption wins a pretty great collection of hee-hees. Good luck.

In our last adventure: Monty Williams and Zach Zarba get ready for some improv by playing the mirror game.

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cac_mw_zz_smWinner, The VZA: Zarba: "Head & Shoulders? But you don't have dandruff ..."

Williams: "Exactly."

Runner-up, Master Seuss: Hair Club for Men is having a really hard time matching models for their "before and after" ads.

Second runner-up, Angelo: This is what happened when the older generation saw John Wall doing the Dougie.

Make a bunch of goofy faces, flail around your living room like a sugar-slammed 9-year-old, deploy fever-dream nonsense jump cuts and fireballs for no real purpose, try to nickname Jamaal Magloire "Ma-glory," pretend that "flipping hater burgers" is a thing that anyone has ever said, and grasp desperately for a quick laugh by saying "boobies" a few times while making a fart noise in the middle of a naked attempt at going viral that's about as appealing as a herpes-exploded lower lip.

You nailed it, Andres Gabriel Pita. Consider yourself fanned up. Congratulations.

Video via VLADTV, with a doff of the cap to With Leather.

The Orlando Magic were moments away from staying alive with style, putting the finishing touches on a Game 5 beatdown of the Atlanta Hawks to send their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series back to Philips Arena for Game 6 on Thursday. Stan Van Gundy's squad held a 23-point lead and possession of the ball with less than 10 seconds left in the game. It was all over but the shoutin', and since SVG doesn't much care for shoutin', he decided to get a head start and beat the traffic to the locker room.

Which would've been fine, except that reserve Atlanta big man Hilton Armstrong elected to foul Magic backup point guard Chris Duhon with 7.1 seconds left, unnecessarily extending a game that (if we're being frank) felt like it lasted a bit too long as it was. The game continued, but Orlando's coach just kept on keeping on down the tunnel. His exit was captured by the Orlando broadcast team, leaving a nation of onlookers — well, those that hadn't already flipped over to catch the