LeBron James and Nzar Mohammed go at it in the 2nd quarter of last night’s 104-94 Heat victory in Chicago. More violence from the NBA Playoffs installment of Friday Night Smackdown after the jump, including Noah vs Birdman and Nate Rob swatting LeBron.

Seriously: you missed an insane night of basketball.

Too focused on “The Walking Dead” or Showtime’s Sunday television lineup? That’s fine, we get it. The NBA All-Star game was its usual dunkfest with specks of effort, so here’s what you missed.

No, he doesn’t feel bad about the Big Mac part. Everybody loves Big Macs. That special sauce is just so damn SPECIAL. What Noah regrets is chucking up a last-second three in an already clinched victory, rubbing defeat in the face of his opponent.

Let’s see if we can break this down in an orderly fashion: Nic Wise, who used to be a point guard for the University of Arizona, posted an Instagram photo on Twitter of a text conversation he was having with a certain young lady…or who he thought was a certain young lady.

Poor Thaddeus Young. He got fooled by the one man they tell you will never fool another on the basketball court. He got shook by the dude whose greatest move is the “chest pass jump shot” plus the “ridiculous finger guns every single time he scores.” He got his ankles broken by the guy who, well, doesn’t break ankles. We’re talking about you, Joakim Noah, and damn if we aren’t impressed.

Nothing like a perfectly executed pick n’ roll. Oh, and the dunk afterwards –where Noah throws it down and Davis falls off him like so much Big Baby — is pretty good too.

On January 25th, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. After beating one of the league’s best teams on their home court, the Pacers players were visibly excited, high-fiving and jumping up and down to the dismay of Derrick Rose and the Bulls. Rose and his teammates wouldn’t forget this indignity, and last night, during garbage time of their 92-72 win over Indiana, they saw their opportunity to return the favor.

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After the Heat pulled off their amazing comeback against the Bulls last night, Joakim Noah called the victors “Hollywood as hell.” During one play in particular last night, LeBron James seemed to prove Noah right.