San Antonio beats Oklahoma City in opener of West finals | NBA playoffs
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Manu Ginobili scored 26 points to lead the host San Antonio Spurs to a 101-98 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference final series. Including regular-season play, the Spurs have won 19 games in a row. Tim Duncan by SpursCupcake on May 27, 2012 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions [...]
Read More76ers-Celtics Preview
USA TODAY
By IRA WINDERMAN — Sun Sentinel There was a point during the latter stages of the regular season when some speculated that the Miami Heat were positioning themselves to avoid the Boston Celtics in the opening rounds of the postseason. Does this team feel like those Celtic teams? (Kendrick) Perkins: “Yes. Same kind of competitiveness. [...]
Read More76ers-Celtics Preview
USA TODAY
Will tonight's Game 7 mark the end of an era? The Celtics may be forced to make big changes this summer if their aging core can't beat Philly. Only the Celtics can give us a compelling Eastern Conference Finals against the Heat. Sorry, Sixers. By Ira Winderman / Sun Sentinel (MCT) MIAMI — There was [...]
Read MoreMiami Heat Eliminate the Pacers in Game 6: Fan Reaction
Yahoo! Sport
It almost was a game of anything you can do I can do better between the Miami Heat's best two players, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, during the closeout game of the Eastern Conference semifinals. By Nancy Kercheval on May 25, 2012 Dwyane Wade scored 41 points and the Miami Heat topped the Indiana Pacers [...]
Read MoreDwyane Wade leads Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers to advance to Eastern …
MiamiHerald.
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra drew attention Thursday to the number of shots to the head he says his players have taken from the Indiana Pacers this season, reports the South Florida Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman. Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra drew attention Thursday to the number of shots to the head he says his [...]
Read MoreCeltics, Sixers prepare for another seventh game
Yahoo! Sport
The Sixers and Celtics will play in game seven on Saturday. The big preach I heard from from bar and McCourt and Valentine and the and the really barred starting Tim Legler joins Mut and Merloni to talk about the Celtics loss to the Sixers and what he expects will happen in Game 7. at [...]
Read More76ers Top Celtics to Force Game 7 in East Semis
ABC News
The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 82-75 to force a decisive seventh game in their National Basketball Association playoff series. The teams will reconvene in Boston on May 26 to determine who will play the Miami Heat or Indiana Pacers The Celtics won one big game in Philly and played a great half in [...]
Read More76ers Top Celtics to Force Game 7 in East Semis
ABC News
Back to Boston where we could see the Celtics will either finally finish off the Sixers. Or we could see the end of the Big 3 era. AP PHILADELPHIA — Jrue Holiday scored 20 points, and Elton Brand had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the tough-and-determined Philadelphia 76ers past the Celtics, 82-75 on [...]
Read MoreMiami Heat defeats Indiana Pacers, takes 3-2 lead in series
MiamiHerald.
The Miami Heat owes Miami Dade County between $3 million and $4 million, according to the county's Inspector General, whose yearlong investigation found the Heat repeatedly violated its agreement with the county over Eight-time NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade had an uncharacteristically pitiful game Thursday night as the Miami Heat fell into a 2-1 hole in [...]
Read MoreOKC Thunder T-shirt thanks Seattle for Sonics, Seattle flips out
Seattle Post
As he sat up on a lectern in Oklahoma City on Monday night, eight wins from coaching Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the league's most enthralling young team to a title, I had one thought: Many of us say we would do anything to play in the NBA for OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City [...]
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