Animal Crakers, by request. Recently, we have noticed airlines are handing them out as a snack. It seems someone near us always gets gassy from them.

New York 105, Chicago 100 – If you awoke from a coma around 10:15 last night, and the TV in your room went to the Knicks-Bulls game, and all you saw was the fourth quarter, then your first reaction would be, ‘great to see the Knicks among the league’s best again!’ because New York outscored Chicago 27-12 on the road, and Jamal Crawford and Stephon Marbury were incredible (seriously!) in the final 12 minutes as NY snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Los Angeles Lakers 117, Memphis 101: Bummer about how exciting rookie Juan Carlos Navarro has been reduced to a 10-minute man now that Mike Conley (11 points, six assists) is back, but here’s the real surprise: Kobe has only topped 40 points once this season (in the opener), but at this point last season, he had done so six times.

Houston 92, Washington 84: Yao scored 21 points, and the Rockets defensive must have been stifling, because when Luther Head and Rafer Alston carry the scoring load (39 points combined!) with T-Mac on the shelf, consider it a lucky win.

Cleveland 95, Seattle 79: Anderson Varejao came off the bench to score 14 points as the Cavs won their fourth in a row and improved to 9-5 with Sideshow Bob in the lineup.

Sacramento 104, Orlando 100: The Magic have lost three in a row, but this one was especially humbling because the best road team in the NBA had to stage an incredible rally just to make this one close, and the Kings were without their top two scorers.