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Hollinger's Gems: April 16, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 16, 2009

1. Had to be a bummer to be a Rockets fan Wednesday night and have your fate as a division champion in the hands of the Hornets, who only needed to foul in the final seconds to seal an upset of San Antonio ... and didn't ... and allowed Michael Finley to hit a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. Both Finley and Roger Mason took dribbles on that fateful play, and each time a Hornets defender was close enough to foul them he didn't. The Hornets aren't the only t ...

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