The final night in the NBA's regular season is usually a quiet and odd night, as most playoff teams with their positions set rest their regulars and give their backups extended minutes. Wednesday night should actualy be better than year's past as have not only the majority of the playoff positions been set, but when you factor in that most of the losing teams are trying to lose, this year could be the year you double or triple-check someone's point totals in the box scores.

To give you an idea as to how wacky regular season finales can be, Mark Madsen once took 7 (AS IN THE NUMERICAL VALUE SEVEN) 3-pinters in one game (he missed them all which should register about a 0.002 on the Supriso-Meter and Greg Ostertag scored a career high 25 pts (which should get a snort/chuckle out of recalling your most memorable Greg Ostertag moment (which entails some sort of blown layup, missed dunk or perhaps a missed layup which 'Tag rebounded and followed with a missed dunk). I only use a basketball play because I think the speedo or denture episodes have permeantly been erased from our memories until I just mentioned it, followed by you thinking about your wife, girlfriend, pet gopher or really anything more attractive than Ostertag tossing his teeth cross-court to a trainer or dancing in a speedo.

Anyway, here are some guys who rarely play yet could post some monster numbers in their season finale, followed by fans getting excited about their young player finally arriving, followed by a following season of disappointment:

Detroit: Jason Maxiell - a monster around the basket, could dominate against teams not bringing much intensity

Atlanta: Anthony Johnson/Tyronn Lue - oh wait they play every night

Dallas: How well will 72 yr old Kevin Willis fill the Pavel "I'm the Big Goofy White Guy Who Use To Stand Behind The Mavs' Bench" Podkolzin Role. Seeing as how Willis is 3 times as old and 5 times as strong and was only signed last week, instead let's keep count of how many times his disproportionally short arms hinder his performance.

Houston: Jake Tsakalidas - the plodding Greek center reminds you more and more of a dinasour with every slow, plodding step he takes. Also watch to see if Rafael Araujo, the guy who's gotten thrown out of what seems like the only 2 games he's played in this year (including a summer league game) ends up with Jeff Van Gundy on his shoe.

San Antonio: James White - the guy Bruce Bowen says can dunk 2-handed from the FT line should get a chance to show us that athleticism. Oh, and I don't believe you Bruce.

Utah: Illini basketball fans should get the chance to watch Dee Brown motor while his current and former Illini teammate Deron Williams gets a rest

Portland: Last audition for FA center Jamaal Magloire who is the bigman recipient of the Steve "I Use to be an All-Star But Now I Can't Play a Lick" Francis Award.

Phoenix: Sean Marks probably won't score but if he gets to trade in his suit and chair behind the Suns bench for the orange or purple warm-up Phoenix wears, admission will be more than worth it.