Congratulations to the Sonics, who achieved their second winning streak of the season by following Wednesday’s defeat of the Clippers with a 104-98 triumph over the Milwaukee Bucks. Stars of the game:

-Kevin Durant: He played his best game of the year, matching his 35-point career high and adding eight rebounds and five blocks. His long arms are uncannily disruptive, leading this observer to think of Scottie Pippen, and then of Jay-Z’s “Never Change”, wherein the artist humbly declares, “we can get paid for longer than Pippen’s arms.” On that same album (The Blueprint), Jay-Z namechecks Jordan, Magic, and Bird. Question is, how long will it be before Jay-Z (or even some lesser rapper) casually references Durant in a lyric? Is Mr. Hova above that stuff now that he’s a “grown ass man” and no longer wears throwbacks?

-Flopping, whining, petty slapping: Known for his neverending search for a competitve advantage, famous flopper and whiner Manu Ginobili requested a tape of the performances by Wally Szczerbiak, Royal Ivey, and Mo Williams. An insider source provided us with that tape.

-Earl Watson: Perhaps inspired by his visit Thursday to North Beach Elementary School (more on that in the next few days), Watson brought a little playground to the game, the highlight being a fastbreak in which he performed a wraparound dribble and then, as he approached the dotted line, threw a no-look, one-handed bounce pass between his legs to Chris Wilcox (trailing directly behind him), who threw down the right-handed tomahawk dunk. Also, Mo Williams may have flopped on the play.

-Michael Redd: Despite being his team’s only consistent scoring threat, The Son of the Preacher Man managed to toss in a cool 41. Meanwhile, in San Antonio, Manu Ginobili hit 37 for the second straight game. Which leads to this question–with Duncan out and Manu once again proving his ability to get buckets, who is the league’s most dangerous left-handed, bald-spotted, midsize scorer?

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