On a day of furious deal-making, with players scattered across the continent, the most important name was the one that never passed through the transaction wire, or through the lips of Knicks officials.
They have lost in the first round in three of the last four years and in 2007 became just the third No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8. Despite three years of furious deal-making, the Mavericks are no closer to the title.
It has been a week of furious deal-making in Cannes, so spare a thought for film-maker Bruce Webb and his movie The Be All and End All, about a sick scouse teenager who desperately wants to have sex before he dies.
It seemingly slowed down slightly from some furious deal-making in 2015, when it invested $1 billion across more than 50 companies and a year later reported negative returns.
While the support of the Assembly was never in doubt, it took days of furious deal-making to secure two Republican votes needed for passage in the closely divided Senate.
But it seems that governments around the world would rather live in furious denial than deal with that fact.
The Ball Is Round also wears its heart on its sleeve: a furious section deals with the Chilean coup of 1973 and the shameful decision to allow Chile into the 1974 World Cup as a result of the Soviet Union's refusal to play a qualifier in the infamous national stadium where "the air of blood and brutality was tangible".
Russia and the west have accused each other of meddling in Ukraine's internal affairs, with the EU furious that the trade deal, years in the making, was scuppered after apparent pressure from Moscow.
"The next week will show us who the winner is". Russia and the west have accused each other of meddling in Ukraine's internal affairs, with the EU furious that the trade deal, years in the making, was scuppered after apparent pressure from Moscow.
A number of rival owners — most notably Cleveland's Dan Gilbert — were also furious with the deal.
French farmers are furious about that deal, and might just vote against Europe to demonstrate their fury.
