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" Ever since Tony Parker hit that shot, the NBA finals became almost instantly boring. There was the blowout on Sunday when a 33 to 5 run in favor of the Heat led to a 19-point blowout. Then there was last night, when the Spurs responded with a record-breaking shooting night \u2014 interesting and remarkable, sure, but in such a way that the game was out of reach even in the third quarter. A 36-point blowout. We thought we&amp;#039;d have a little fun between now and game four. So here is our collection of the best of the bad from these NBA playoffs \u2014 the stuff that made basketball fans wonder if they were actually watching a bunch of SkyDancers colliding, or a fifth-grade ballet class slap-boxing, or Italian soccer, or some fully grown basketball-pro millionaire seriously flail himself to the ground, whimper, and plead to a zebra for the ball. Yes, this is the playoffs edition of the Flop Awards. With gifs. Enjoy:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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