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Utah is the only team in the NBA that thinks looking like cotton candy is a good idea.

Carlos Boozer has been visually offending us for the past two weeks or more, but Saturday’s game was just too much to bear. The sight of that man, wearing that hideous powder blue jersey, smacking his gum while yammering about a “helluva series” to TNT’s Craig Sager - who has his own wardrobe issues - makes us glad that this series is over, one way or another. He’s your problem now, Oakland. Feel free to lift our acne jokes. They killed.

McGrady was the model of class and dignity in his post-game interview, which included a brief moment when he had to leave the room after getting choked up while discussing the defeat. He didn’t describe anything as “helluva.”

This loss isn’t on McGrady. We know it looks bad that he’s never won a playoff series, but he played well even if he didn’t play hard for the entire 48 minutes. We’ve heard it before, but it still applies: he’ll be back.

It didn’t take long after the game for Peter Vecsey of the New York Post to publish an article about Jeff Van Gundy’s impending retirement plans. Van Gundy has denied the report, which was almost certainly fabricated, but his future with the team is still in doubt. McGrady has given Van Gundy his backing, but we don’t think Vassilis Spanoulis is on board.

Van Gundy’s possible departure could be a blow to the Red Rowdies fan section. Without JVG bankrolling their operation, those guys might actually have to spend money on tickets rather than Ronald Reagan masks.

Not afraid to kick Houston sports fans while they’re down, Roger Clemens bolted to New York to pitch for the struggling Yankees alongside life partner Andy Pettitte. Let the gay jokes begin. We don’t advocate hate crimes, but the Roger Clemens’ Rocket Sports Grill proposed for Memorial City Mall better get a nice fire insurance policy.