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In light of the Jazz losing Mehmet Okur for the playoffs, Denver's Chauncey Billups wisely cautioned before Game 2 that the Nuggets shouldn't get overconfident.

"A wounded animal is a dangerous animal," he said.

"They still have some players who can beat you," he continued. "They have some players who really weren't getting an opportunity to play and now they will get that opportunity, and they're going to be hungry."

This just in: Game 3 of the series is moving from ESPN2 to Animal Planet, to be aired right after the piece on lion feeding in Angola.

Net sum

BYU basketball has announced a Dec. 8 game at the Glens Falls (N.Y.) Civic Center, to showcase hometown hero Jimmer Fredette.

At the same time, Fredette has declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft.

If it were Rock On's choice, he'd stay in college. The Civic Center seats 4,806, which is still more than would see him if he played for the Nets.

Danger zone

USA Today says a group in Mexico is attempting to revive several ancient Mayan and Aztec games that were discontinued centuries ago because they were dangerous.

One of the games is played at night with a flaming ball, the other involves leather gloves with metal knuckles.

But really, is that more dangerous than playing basketball against Kenyon Martin?

Forever names

An askmen.com story lists its top 10 "Cool Athlete Nicknames" and ranks Karl "Mailman" Malone fifth.

The article is, well, in the ballpark when it calls "Shoeless" Joe Jackson the best sports nickname ever.

But Rock On can't take any list seriously that doesn't include Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Shawn "The Flying Tomato" White and Bryant "Big Country" Reeves.

But his nomination for best nickname ever: Former Jazz player "Dinner Bell" Mel Turpin.

Ghost town

Jazz shooter Kyle Korver on Game 2: "I was kind of open a lot in the fourth quarter. Never wide open, but kind of open."

You mean like downtown Salt Lake?

Tube treatment

Andrei Kirilenko is treating his calf strain with something called "platelet rich plasma therapy."

Why does that make Rock On think that includes watching television in high definition?

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