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What Happened Friday night??? Here's what you need to know: 

• D. Wade had 42 points, 8 assists, and 6 boards. He has to get some serious recognition for MVP...He's single-handedly got the Heat in a position to get a top-4 seed in the playoffs. And, while its only been three games, he's averaging 40 this month. 
• Boston won the "Beast of the East" battle - without KG. The King was just 5-15 from the field, finishing with 21. The Celtics lead the season series 2-1.
• L.A. became the first team to 50 W's. 
• Utah won their 10th straight.
• Did anybody else peep that the Spurs signed Drew Gooden. It may not seem like much, but we'll definitely be hearing from him this postseason. Vets like him flourish in Pop's system.

Other League News...

Chuck Daly Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer...

Former Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The team says Friday that Daly "is being treated for the cancer and his family is requesting privacy."

The 78-year-old Daly coached the Pistons to NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. He also was the coach of the 1992 gold medal-winning US Olympic squad dubbed the "Dream Team." He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.

"My thoughts and prayers go out to Chuck and his family following today's tough news," Detroit president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said. "He holds a special place in our hearts and we'll be here to support him in any way we can."

Dumars played for Daly on both championship teams, winning the NBA finals MVP award in 1989.

The Pistons were scheduled to play the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

"I wish him the best. It's a tough cancer to get," Golden State coach Don Nelson said. "He beat my (butt) probably more than anybody."

Family spokesman Matt Dobek says in the release that as a coach Daly was "known as the Prince of Pessimism, right now Chuck Daly is the King of Optimism."

CB34 Begins 3-Day DUI Sentence...

Former NBA star Charles Barkley began serving a three-day jail sentence Saturday for a drunken- driving charge.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Barkley already had been acting like a "model inmate," even chatting with others at Tent City, where inmates are housed in tents rather than traditional jail cells.

Barkley has a private tent, but is close enough to other inmates to talk, Arpaio said.

Barkley, a TNT studio analyst, will spend all of Saturday in custody, but will be given work release from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. He will get work release at 8 a.m. Monday and will not have to return to the tents at 8 p.m.

That's a total of 36 hours in jail.

Full story here.

Via: ESPN