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Raymond Felton's near-miss energizes Bobcats


was woofing after the game, but not about his own play. His Tar Heels were playing Duke on the big screen in the locker room, and if anyone is true-to-your-school, it's Felton. But about that triple-double … “It's not easy!” he said of his third near-miss. “I guess it'll happen sometime. But I'm more glad we won.” (Charlotte Observer)

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