Last night:

Kings 86, Heat 107: Finally! A win in Miami! It’s been exactly a month, but D-Wade, Marion & Co. finally put something together that resembled an NBA team. Up next for the Kings is the Hawks, who are good at giving a win to a bad team coming off a bad loss.

Magic 102, Nets 92: Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis both had 25 points, and Dwight Howard did his normal double-double deal. Vince Carter led all Nets players with 26 points on 11/23 shooting.

Cavs 102, Bucks 105: Milwaukee continues to stay alive in the Eastern Conference, proof to everyone just how bad the Eastern Conference really is. All five Bucks starters scored double digits, led by Mo Williams 37 point effort. LeBron had 35 points for the Cavs in the losing effort.

Jazz 100, T-Wolves 111: It’s rare in the regular season that you really look back and say, “Damn, that loss hurt,” but it’s also rare that you lose to the T-Wolves. Carlos Boozer put in 34 points and Deron Williams put in 18, but it wasn’t enough to keep up with Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Randy Foye, and Rashad McCants, who all scored 20 or more.

Suns 127, Grizzlies 113: Remember a time — I think it was just a couple of years ago — when the Grizzlies were good, and were thought to have finally turned the corner. Well, 13 wins into this season, that corner isn’t so turned. Though all five starters had double-digit scoring nights for the Grizz, it wasn’t enough to keep up with the Suns 6 players in double digits, led by Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash’s 25.

Wizards 69, Rockets 94: One more win, and PTI will strike up the “Are the Rockets better off without Yao?” talk. I think this win had little to do with the fact that they didn’t have Yao, and a lot to do with the fact that Washington shot 30 percent from the field.

Supersonics 99, Warriors 105: Kevin Durant is shooting only 40 percent on the season, yet he continues to chuck it up like he’s back at Texas. I know he doesn’t have a lot to work with, but my God: Pass the ball.

Trail Blazers 83, Lakers 96: Four Portland Trail Blazers scored in double digits, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Kobe Show. Bryant led all Lakers with 30 points, and Jordan Farmar and Pau Gasol chipped in with 21 and 15, respectively.

It’s always hard for me to imagine professional athletes — athletes who make millions and millions of dollars over ten and fifteen year careers — go broke. Dead broke. I don’t feel bad for them, because, hey: What I make in a year they make in a day. If they’re the underpaid ones.

Add Latrell Sprewell to the list of athletes who have gone broke.

Former NBA star Latrell Sprewell’s home is up for foreclosure and his yacht sold at auction to help pay off the $1.3 million he owes on the boat, according to court filings.

RBS Citizens NA, or Citizens Bank, filed a foreclosure suit last week in Milwaukee County for the $405,000 home Sprewell bought in the Milwaukee suburb of River Hills in 1994.

In court documents, the bank said Sprewell owed $295,138 in outstanding payments plus interest.

Sprewell failed to make his mortgage payments of $2,593 per month from September 2007 to January 2008, the documents said.

It should be noted that back in 2005, Sprewell refused $21 million over three years because, and I quote, “I’ve got a family to feed.”

That quote makes his misfortunes that much more enjoyable.

I ran a betting series with the NFL, and actually did quite well (over the course of the season, betting the spread, I’m more than 20 games over .500), and I’ve decided to do a little dancing with the NBA. I won’t comment on each, just put some winners. I’m going to try and pick between 3-5 teams a day — they’ll usually be posted in the day time, but I was unable to get to it today, so night time will have to do. Hopefully I’ll help you out.

-Rockets @ Celtics (-11.5): Would you really pick against the C’s at home?
-Blazers (-4) @ T’Wolves: Would you really pick the T’Wolves?
-Warriors (+6) @ Mavericks: The quick thing to do is take the Mavs at home. It’ll probably be the popular pick. But ‘Nelly knows a thing or two about Dallas, and I’m still not sure the Mavs have taken enough Advil to rid last year’s playoff hangover.
-76′ers @ Jazz (-9.5): Go Kyle Korver!

We’ve been hearing about KG going to the Suns, Lakers, Hornets, Hawks, Cavs, Spurs, and twenty others that were at one time mentioned (the ESPN Insider thing was quite funny; there was a list of about ten teams that he may go to, and they actually wanted you to pay for their speculation of which of the teams it would be — that subscription really narrows it down for you). Well, the Celtics were once in the mix and, based on what ESPN’s saying now, it seems they’ve all but locked up a deal to land KG in Bean Town.

The deal would send Al Jefferson and Theo Ratliff’s expiring contracts to the T’Wolves, freeing up some cap room, and also would add a young nucleus to an already young team: Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair and Ryan Gomes go to Minnesota, as well as a future first round draft choice.

If you look at it, it makes sense for both teams — Boston’s been lousy for a long time, and need to get good soon if Danny Ainge wants to keep his job, and Minnesota needs to just quit and start over again. Randy Foye was a good last year, and adding him with the three mentioned above, plus a first round draft choice, could have Minnesota contending again sometime soon.

I don’t get my hopes up too much that this actually takes place; again, it was a “done deal” that he was going to Boston back before the trade deadline, and it was also a done deal that he was going to Phoenix just before the draft.

I’ll believe it when I see it. And if this actually takes place, Boston may very well be the team to beat in the East next year.

Pistons 100, Pacers 85: Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy combined for 23 points for a team that’s had trouble scoring. I’m wondering if the Pacers front office still thinks trading away Al Harrington and Stephen Jaskson was the smartest thing in the world, especially considering what they got in return.

Wizards 102, Bobcats 122: It was encouraging to see Washington win after that heart breaking loss to the Raptors. The same can’t really be said after losing to the Bobcats by 20.

Raptors 89, Heat 92: Shaq led the team with 16 points, but the Heat are really getting scoring from everywhere. If Antoine Walker can ever get going, this team is going to be a tough win in the playoffs, especially considering how they’re playing at home.

Spurs 110, Supersonics 91: Chris Wilcox, who really hasn’t done much since his days as a Terrapin, led the Supersonics with 20 points. Five Spurs scored in double-digits, led by Bruce Bowen’s 18 points. It’s going to be fun in a month or so watching that Suns/Spurs matchup to see who moves on to play the Mavs.

Suns 116, Grizzlies 111: A five point win is never considered a “set back,” unless that five-point win comes against a team in Memphis.

Cavs 101, T’Wolves 88: You have to wonder if maybe Minnesota will surround KG with some talent next year. He’s one of the best players in the game, but he’s not going to win much more in his career if the best player around him is a rookie.

Heat 88, Pistons 94: The Pistons are the clear one-seed in the East, and the Heat are that team that’s somewhere in between that you don’t want to play in the first round. D’Wade is scheduled to practice today; seeing what a healthy Shaq and D’Wade can do, I hardly call the Pistons the clear-cut favorite to make it to the Finals.

Bulls 105, Hawks 97: It’s probably been the quietest 11-game win streak ever. Luol Deng led the Bulls with 30 points, who seem to be getting hot at the right time of the year.

Grizzlies 117, Warriors 122: Both teams shot over 48% from the field, and both shot over 40% from the three-point line. In other news, neither played defense.

Wizards 121, Bucks 107: The Wizards had eight players in double digits, and an eighth player who had nine points. The Wizards shot 54% from the field, and were never really threatened in this one.

Mavericks 104, Suns 126: I’m not saying the last two games are any indication — or at least Dallas better hope not — but the Suns sure do seem to be the superior head-to-head team. It was a close game until the 4th, where the Suns outscored the Mavericks 37-22.

Cavs 96, Celtics 98: Some might be upset by my comments about the Pistons being the sure number one seed from the East. For those of you arguing for the Cavs, look no further than this loss. . . to the Celtics.

Jazz 86, Rockets 83: When two of the best defensive teams in the league meet, this is about what you get. Yao had 35 and 16, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Jazz, who came back after being down 77-70 with 3:10 left in the game.

T’Wolves 105, Magic 104: Oye. You might be seeing a new head coach in Orlando next year. It’s my guess, anyway.

Bobcats 94, Raptors 107: If I had to pick a sleeper in the East, Toronto would probably be it. They’re young, they’re talented, and they can score. Oh, and they also have that guy from Georgia Tech.

Spurs 99, Pacers 100: If you thought you had the NBA all figured out. . .

Nuggets 114, Supersonics 103: Denver’s holding onto that seventh playoff spot, as AI and Melo combined for 58 points. It was only Denver’s first win in their last four games, but it should take a small miracle to knock them out of the playoffs (and when I say small miracle, I mean Charlotte putting together some sort of streak to take that spot).

Kings 103, Lakers 126: Maurice Evans led the Lakers with 21 points. Any time Kobe isn’t the leader in scoring, it’s pretty big news.

Cavs 105, Pacers 94: The Cavs clinched a playoff spot with this win, led by LeBron James’ 26 points. The Pacers, meanwhile, are on a landslide of all landslides — they’ve now dropped 15 of their last 17 games, and the playoffs, though only one game back, almost seem out of sight right now (they would probably be the easiest eight seed in the history of the NBA to have to play).

Mavs 105, Hornets 89: I remember when PTI was actually having a discussion about the well-being of the Mavs because they lost two straight games (which I found totally ridiculous, until I realized one of those games was indeed against the Warriors). Now they’ve rattled off seven straight, and getting 70 isn’t completely unrealistic. In fact, they could technically win 71.

Supersonics 114, T’Wolves 106: Seattle scored 35 points in the 4th quarter, and the T’Wolves managed 12. Put two and two together, and you’ve got your final result.

Grizzlies 88, Kobe Bryants 86: Number 24 only scored 23 points, shooting 7-26 from the field. He’s had a hell of a run the last week, but losing to the Grizzlies, and losing to the Grizzlies at home, is pretty inexcusable.

Mavericks 104, Hawks 97: Six straight wins now for the Mavs. If they can finish their last 13 games with a 12-1 record, they’ll win 70 on the season. The Hawks at least tried, which is all we can really ask of. . . well, the Hawks.

Bulls 92, Pacers 90: They seemed like a lock for the playoffs, because at one time the Pacers were the 4 seed, but they’re slipping further and further down the ladder. The good news is that they’re only a half game back from Orlando, who has had a similar slide since their hot start at the beginning of the season.

Pistons 121, Bucks 95: Without Villanueva and Bogut, all the Bucks can really do is show up and play their best. They have a couple of easy games left on their schedule (Boston at home twice, and the Hawks at home), so there’s at least hope for a few more wins this year, though wins at this point in the year for a bad team generally hurt more than they help.

Trail Blazers 93, T’Wolves 94: Kevin Garnett scored the buzzer beater to get the win. I haven’t checked — I really haven’t, so this isn’t a rhetorical question — but how have the T’Wolves faired since they fired their coach a couple of months ago?

Suns 100, Kings 107: Mike Bibby had 37 points, and 27 of those points came from three-point land. He hit nine of ‘em (if you’re like me, you don’t like to do the math), leading the Kings to just their second win in ten games.

Nuggets 105, Cavs 93: They’ve won six of their last eight now, and the Nuggets are starting to look like a legitimate playoff team (one that can actually do something once they get there). If they’re able to beat the Pistons tomorrow, they’ll finish 2-2 on the tough road trip they’ve been on. And beating the Pistons in Detroit this year has been easier than beating the Pistons on the road.

Spurs 120, Supersonics 79: Uh, okay. Spurs win pretty bad. Not many stats for this.

Warriors 113, Lakers 115: Kobe only had 43 points. He really, really sucks.

Nuggets 94, Nets 90: Maybe the ‘Melo/AI thing is working out after all. It took a while — a long while — but Denver’s now won five straight, including a win against the Suns. Carmelo had 30 points and AI helped out with 20. You can’t complain about it too much because they won, but here’s an interesting stat, one that probably won’t bode well for the team come playoff time: Iverson and Anthony combined for 43 shots; the rest of the team had 37.

Cavs 100, Bobcats 108: Gerald Wallace led the Bobcats with 27 points and 11 rebounds, contributing to the nice little year that he continues to have. He’s averaging 17 points and 7 rebounds on the year for a team that hasn’t had many bright spots.

76′ers 75, Pistons 96: They won seven in a row, and are since 1-4. I’d hate to see Maurice Cheeks fired, but I get the feeling that Larry Brown’s coming in next year. If that is the case, he could win 14 in a row and it won’t really matter.

Mavericks 92, Knicks 77: Dallas had five players score in double digits. The Knicks had 2. You can do the math and fill in the blanks.

Hornets 114, Grizzlies 103: Say hello to the number one pick, Memphis.

Clippers 103, Bulls 89: The Bulls were 42% from the field and 16% from the three point line. The Clippers, on a rare night where I’m wondering if a full moon occured, actually managed 50% from the field. LA will take any win it can right now to justify spending all the money they spent this off-season.

Warriors 100, Jazz 104: Jazz ended a slump. Warriors still suck. Boozer had 25 points and grabbed 21 rebounds. That’s really all you need to know.

Pacers 76, Rockets 86: I tried to watch this game, but when the score was 23-20 (in favor of the Rockets) half way through the second quarter, I decided sleep was a better idea.

T’Wolves 90, Suns 108: See? The Suns are fine, after all. It was a couple of games they dropped, which means there’s pretty much no way of them catching the Mavs, but I don’t think it was anything to panic about (except, of course, the twenty point thrashing the Nuggets gave them).

Wizards 98, Trail Blazers 100: I hate to say it, but next time Gilbert needs to just guarantee a win, and shut up about the fifty. He was 4-16 from the field and 1-7 from beyond the arch, finishing with 19 points.

Clippers 84, Spurs 93: Even with Dallas rolling out the wins, it still feels to me that the West belongs to the Spurs. It almost feels like the first half of the season they just didn’t even care about. I’m not giving them the championship because they beat the Clippers, but 13 straight is impressive for a team that — half the time, anyway — doesn’t really seem to try until June.

76′ers 92, Hawks 104: Since the Hawks lost Joe Johnson, they’ve since won four straight. This loss ended the 76′ers seven game winning streak; it’s a long shot, but only 4 1/2 games out, I guess Philadelphia technically has a playoff shot. That said, I guess the Hawks do, too.

Kings 100, Cavs 124: The Cavs had to play without LeBron James, but didn’t have much of a problem. His backup, Ira Newble, was 3-3 from beyond the arch and finished with 12 points. The Cavs are now 9-2 without LeBron, and 3-0 this season.

Jazz 86, Heat 88: The Heat won their 13th straight at home and 7th in a row. Five players scored double figures for the Heat, led by Jason Williams with 15. The Diesel, if you’re wondering, had 13 points and 9 boards in 27 minutes.

Nets 112, Hornets 108: The Nets are still in the playoff race, and so are their beloved and neighborly Knicks. If Isiah blows his eight seed, and the Nets squeak in, that multi-year extension might look a bit early. Richard Jefferson had 25 points for the Nets, who won for only the second time in seven games.

Pacers 81, T’Wolves 86: I asked the question two nights ago: What would happen first, the Pacers winning a game, or the Mavericks losing one. The Mavs answered that question last night, but the lingering question of when the Pacers actually manage something other than a loss is still up in the air.

Celtics 87, Bulls 95: In their last ten games, the Celtics have scored under 100 points seven times. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 24 points, but eventually he’s going to have to get some help to win a game. Next season, that help will probably come in the form of a 7′1″ Buckeye or a 6′10″ freak from Texas.

Trail Blazers 99, Nuggets 107: Allen Iverson had 31 points and 10 boards, and the Nuggets are finally showing vital signs since their acquisition of AI. Oh, and Carmelo Anthony kinda contributed, knocking in 29 points.

Pistons 101, Supersonics 97: Is it just me, or does it seem like a really long time ago that the Supersonics were leading the West going into the All Star break, and all the Seattle fans were talking about how it wasn’t a fluke, and this was the team to beat in the West? It was only two years ago, but it seems like eons the way this team’s been playing.