"A lot of emotions flying around out there, and I'm not poetic enough to come near capturing them. I'll just say that we felt the love of Sacramento. I was very proud of our team ... very proud of the progress we've made this year. I'm really sorry the season is over."

That's how Sacramento Kings head coach Paul Westphal opened his postgame press conference following the Kings' season-ending 116-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. I hope you'll forgive me for sharing the sentiment, especially after watching the emotional finale to Wednesday night's telecast from Kings TV announcers Grant Napear and Jerry Reynolds:

I don't have the words to express what Wednesday night, and what this whole Anaheim relocation saga, has been like for Kings fans in Sacramento. I'm a native New Yorker and I've never watched one of my favorite teams play a game with the knowledge that it could be the last time I ever get to see them as mine. I don't know what that feels like; it would be disingenuous to

Listen, it was a fun revisiting/romp and everything, but it's pretty weird of you to start singing your favorite Seaweed and Link parts from the movie version of the "Hairspray" musical in the middle of a game, Kyle Korver(notes) and Courtney Kirkland. Plus, Kyle, you're supposed to be Ashton Kutcher; everyone already knows that. Now you're singing Zac Efron's numbers? Everyone's going to get confused.

Aw, what the heck? It's the last game of the season, and Courtney Kirkland's clearly pretty into this whole shebang. Who am I to stop it? Plus, as I understand it, it's pretty hard to stop the beat anyway. (WHAT Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT JOKES ABOUT JOHN WATERS MUSICALS ON SPORTS BLOGS?)

Best caption wins literally all the '10-11 Kyle Korver highlights you could ever want. Good luck.

In our last adventure: LeBron James(notes) shows you how he would hurt a fly.

Winner, Marco S: Playing the world's smallest violin was harder than LeBron had anticipated.

Runner-up, Andrew: "That's how close Eddy

Thirty-one points on 13-for-21 shooting, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, a steal, a block and a thunderous alley-oop in 40 minutes of work. That'll do, Blake Griffin. That'll do.

Griffin's second career triple-double — the first came last month in a win over the Washington Wizards — helped his Los Angeles Clippers earn a 110-103 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Sure, there's an asterisk on the Clips' season-ending 32nd triumph, as the playoff-bound Grizz rested Zach Randolph, Mike Conley and Tony Allen ahead of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs. But Griffin's performance at least gave the Staples Center crowd one more thrilling experience, sending them into the offseason with a victory and a smile, two quantities that have long been in short supply in Clipperland.

Blake's year-end line: 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 38 minutes per game, 50.6 percent shooting from the field, a Player Efficiency Rating of 21.9, fifth in the league

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Let this be a lesson to you: Never rudely dismiss a Stevie Nicks-looking lady at the Third Street Promenade who wants a moment of your time. Let her read your palm, or pay her five bucks to tell you a story about past lives, or whatever.

But don't just go, "Pffffffffffffffft," and keep cruisin' for the outdoor patio at Bar Pintxo. That's what'll get you cursed, and that's what'll get your starting center, backup point guard and (other) wild-card swingman hobbled with just one game remaining before you launch your bid for a three-peat.

The Los Angeles Lakers snapped a five-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a 102-93 win over the Western Conference-leading San Antonio Spurs, but they may have paid a pretty penny to do so, as defensive centerpiece Andrew Bynum suffered a hyperextended right knee during the second quarter of the contest. If you missed the play, you can see how it happened in the clip below (which is sort of haunting, owing to the spare soundtrack):

As you can see,

During Tuesday night's game between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks, I wrote that while I'd prefer a Knicks victory as a fan, I'd be interested to see Derrick Rose join the other NBA luminaries who have used the World's Most Famous Arena as a grand stage for offensive performances ranking at or near the best of their careers, if only to see how people would react to it.

To be sure, Rose's growth this year into an unquestioned superstar, the league's presumptive NBA Most Valuable Player and the All-Everything engine behind the East's best team has included some watershed moments. Recall the pre-All-Star 42-8-5 he put up against the San Antonio Spurs, with whom Rose's Bulls are now tied for the league's best record after Chicago's 103-90 victory over the Knicks and the Spurs' 102-93 defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers, or this past Sunday's 39-point outburst in a showcase game against the (admittedly Dwight Howard-less) Orlando Magic. He certainly hasn't lacked for

Seriously, Von Wafer(notes), it was that close. LeBron James(notes) was watching the whole time, and you really weren't far off at all.

So if you get in a game again any time in the near future — like, say, during a second-round series between your Boston Celtics and James' Miami Heat — he thinks you should definitely do it again. Like, as soon as possible. Got to redeem yourself, Von!

Best caption wins the kind of inspiration that can only come from Maxwell Smart. Good luck.

In our last adventure: You can hate Hamed Haddadi(notes) now. But he won't stop now.

Winner, My Name is Jason: "Is someone doing a Create-a-Caption contest about me? Because my ears are burning."

Runner-up, AlexS: Hamed Haddadi shows Dwight Howard(notes) a different way to react to a bad call.

Second runner-up, Taylor: "Just like Dylan, I will one day spit hot fire, too."

Fisheye lens? Check. Central figure shot from slightly below to seem heroic? Yup. Arresting visual element in motion behind stationary protagonist? Uh-huh.

Hands where my eyes could see? ...

You were almost there, Hamed Haddadi(notes). One out of two. So close.

Best caption wins the last MTV Video Vanguard Award ever. Good luck.

In our last adventure: Neither the time nor the place, Gerald Wallace(notes). Save your living statue routine for the Saturday Market, buddy.

Winner, KMH: Gerald Wallace: "Wait, let me get my mouthguard from my back pocket. It wouldn't be a true Gerald Wallace moment without my mouthguard hanging out."

Runner-up, Matt: Wallace: "'Tommy Boy,' 'Waterboy,' 'Dumb & Dumber,' 'Black Sheep' and 'Million Dollar Baby.' Top five comedies of all time."

Ref: "'Million Dollar Baby was not a comedy."

Nate McMillan: "Whatever, man. You just don't get it."

Second runner-up, Sam Orme: Having put his right hand in, Gerald Wallace prepares to show Nate McMillan exactly what the

Continuing a lifelong love of evoking laughter that has elicited smiles from the likes of Yao Ming(notes) and Craig Sager, Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest(notes) announced via Twitter on Friday afternoon that he will be hosting a comedy tour this summer. This is great, because it gives us all something to look forward to over the next couple of months, when nothing of real consequence is scheduled to happen or command our attention. (Oh. Right.)

The cleverly named "Ron Artest: The Ultimate Comedy Tour" has only two stops scheduled at the moment — a pair of two-night, four-show July stands at Caroline's on Broadway in Artest's hometown of New York and the Brea Improv in Brea, Calif., about 40 minutes outside Los Angeles. Tickets for the New York shows, scheduled for July 15-16, will run you $41 apiece, while the end-of-the-month Brea gigs are going for $30 each.

No performers have yet been named, but since the description on the Caroline's site says the shows will feature "the