31.   And how many Hollywood movies lately have been able to weave into their stories sex scenes that play like the real thing, yet are often funny?

32.   And in the second half they were playing like it.

33.   And played like it, attacking the opposition as if it wants to make the playoffs.

34.   And played like it.

35.   And Pete is playing like a man possessed.

36.   And so, on this fourth day before Christmas, the Cowboys played it like so many Swans A-Sleeping.

37.   And the Stars are starting to play like the team they need to be to overtake the Sharks.

38.   And the Stars played like a team that has played in only five over that same period.

39.   And when other Knicks notice him playing like the Headless Horseman, is it any wonder that they lose concentration, too?

40.   And there are whole scenes, including an extended bathroom soap-on-a-rope joke, that play like a dead horse.