SAM’S IMMORTAL OF THE WEEK
Jamal Crawford is having the basketball court at Rainier Beach (Wash.) High School refurbished for $100,000. There will be a ceremony to rename it Crawford Court when he is in Seattle on Tuesday with the Knicks.
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SAM’S QUOTE OF THE WEEK
`I thought if I had been on that team, there wouldn’t have been a brawl. They were blowing them out and [Artest] would have been out of the game if I was there.’
–Former Pacer Al Harrington on the big fight in Detroit last season and how he could have made a difference for Indiana.
SAM’S GAME OF THE WEEK
Lakers at Bulls
7:30 p.m. Friday, WGN-Ch. 9 It’s not a statement game or a playoff preview, just good spectator stuff. Phil Jackson is back and Michael Jordan will be as well to help Scottie Pippen hoist his jersey to the United Center rafters. Kobe Bryant is coming along after hitting the Bulls with 43 points in Los Angeles last month.