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"Basketball Jones": A Playlist For The NBA Playing Ball

I woke up this morning early to get ready to take my son to play in the third round of a tennis tournament, thinking that would be the big sports story of the day for us. Here's a playlist for everybody out there with a "Basketball Jones."
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I woke up this morning early to get ready to take my son to play in the third round of a tennis tournament, thinking that would be the big sports story of the day for us. Here's a playlist for everybody out there with a "Baketball Jones." As always, please take your shots below.

BASKETBALL JONES - Cheech & Chong
PLAY THE GAME - Queen
IT'S NO GAME (PART ONE) - David Bowie
SHOOTING HOOPS - G. Love & Special Sauce
BASKEBALL - Kurtis Blow
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - The Spinners
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Joe South
HE GOT GAME - Public Enemy
TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - Denice Williams and Johnny Mathis
TOO LATE - Shoes
LEARNING THE GAME - Buddy Holly
HEAD GAMES - Foreigner
BLAME GAME - Kanye West featuring John Legend
GAME STAYS THE SAME - Richard X. Heyman
THE GAME OF LOVE - Santana featuring Michelle Branch
BLUES RUN THE GAME - Simon & Garfunkel
STILL IN THE GAME - Stevie Winwood
PLAY THIS GAME - Utopia
IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - Van Morrison

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