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He was 80% sure he was gonna do it, and damn it, Amare Stoudemire played last night, putting up 20 points and 9 boards in 19 minutes of post-microfracture knee surgery glory.

PHX scored 76 first half points in their rout of the Blazers, who got a monster game of 4 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 fouls from their own microfracture wonderboy Zach Randolph. After the game, Stoudemire said words that came out of his mouth.

“When I first started, I just wanted to get myself going,” Stoudemire said. “I was real hyped right before the game started. Once the adrenaline got to pumping and I got that first shot down, everything was cool from there.”

Stoudemire’s second basket came on a trademark put-back; he drew a foul on Khryapa and hit the free throw.

We had no idea Amare Stoudemire had trademarked the put-back. Just goes to show you what you can do with 6 months of free time and rehab.

Word on the avenue is that Steve Nash is trying to get a patent on the chest pass, LeBron on the dunk, Stephen A. Smith is trademarking “screaming”, and Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury are trying to wrangle the rights to the strangle-hold from Latrell Sprewell.

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