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With a gut-check overtime win, Warriors even series with Spurs
May 12, 2013, 8:46 PM EDT
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If you listen to head coach Mark Jackson talk about his Warriors one thing becomes abundantly clear about the identity he wants his team to have. Jackson wants his team to play defense first and let the offense take care of itself via the virtues of his high potent outside shooting attack. Today, Jackson got…
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J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin both missed the Knicks’ practice on Sunday, a day after the team’s Game 3 loss to the Pacers. Smith was still recovering from the illness that caused him to miss shootaround on Saturday, and Martin was now under the weather, as well. “Kenyon’s kind of coming down with [illness], too,”…
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Nazr Mohammed won’t be fined or suspended for his Game 3 shove of LeBron James
May 12, 2013, 5:13 PM EDT
Nazr Mohammed was ejected in the second quarter of the Heat’s Game 3 win over the Bulls after delivering a two-handed shove to LeBron James which sent the MVP to the floor. The play occurred after Mohammed committed a hard foul on James before wrapping him up just past half court, and after James drew…
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Kevin Durant says Serge Ibaka’s shooting problems are ‘all in his mind’
May 12, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT
The Thunder are going to need to get Kevin Durant some help on the offensive end of the floor if they’re going to have any chance to win three of the next four games against the Grizzlies to advance to the Conference finals. Serge Ibaka isn’t traditionally known as one of OKC’s main options offensively,…
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Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau fined $35K for comments made after Game 3 loss to Heat
May 12, 2013, 2:17 PM EDT
Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau has been fined $35,000 for comments he made about the officiating following his team’s Game 3 loss to the Heat, the lague announced on Sunday via official release. And really, this wasn’t a question of “if,” but more a question of “when” and “how much.” Thibodeau ripped the officiating…
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Preview: With Stephen Curry and Tony Parker banged up, other Warriors and Spurs will have to step up in Game 4
May 12, 2013, 12:42 PM EDT
When the Spurs and Warriors face off today, they’ll do so with both their floor generals not 100% physically. And while Parker is sure he’ll play with his bruised calf, Curry is only “optimistic” he’ll be able to see the floor and sounds far from certain he’ll be near his best if he does play.…
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It’s been fun to speculate about whether Phil Jackson would take over as the head guy in the Toronto front office. Jackson has ties to the new man overseeing the Raptors organization (and the Maple Leafs), Tim Leiweke, who was a force in Los Angeles sports before. Leiweke said he wants to have a conversation…
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Carmelo Anthony has played 105 of his 108 minutes against Paul George and/or Roy Hibbert
May 12, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
During the regular season, Paul George manned the perimeter and Roy Hibbert patrolled the interior to help the Pacers finish first in defensive rating. Only the Grizzlies, with Marc Gasol and Tony Allen, had two players place higher in Defensive Player of the Year voting than Indiana did with George (eighth) and Roy Hibbert (tenth).…
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Tony Parker, dealing with bruised calf injury, says he’ll ‘definitely’ play in Game 4
May 12, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
Stephen Curry wasn’t the only one who suffered an injury late in the Spurs’ Game 3 win over the Warriors. Tony Parker, who was spectacular for San Antonio on Friday with 25 first half points on the way to a game high 32, suffered a bruised calf at some point during the fourth quarter. He…
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Maloofs come up with “backup plan” to help Seattle group that also will get rejected
May 12, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Give credit to Chris Hansen and his Seattle group — as well as the Maloof family who want to sell the Kings to them — because they have not given up. After the NBA’s relocation committee voted unanimously to reject the idea of moving the Sacramento Kings to Seattle — essentially killing the sale of…
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Tyson Chandler slowed to let a potential defensive rebound bounce in front of him. Seeing an opportunity, Tyler Hansbrough surged from behind and knocked the ball off Stoudemire as Hansbrough fell out of bounds. The ball bounced off Chandler and over the baseline, and though it next hit the knee of Hansbrough, who was then…
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Stephen Curry ‘optimistic’ he’ll be ready to play in Game 4 despite ankle injury
May 11, 2013, 10:31 PM EDT
Stephen Curry suffered a sprained left ankle late in the fourth quarter of his team’s Game 3 loss to the Spurs. It wasn’t severe enough to immediately force him out of the game, but he was noticeably limping, both on the court and in the tunnels of the arena afterward. Curry didn’t speak to reporters…
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It was by no means a beautiful effort from the Grizzlies in Game 3 against the Thunder, but they’ll take the effectiveness of it over the aesthetics. Memphis held Oklahoma City to 36.4 percent shooting, and survived a late run thanks to some key missteps by the Thunder down the stretch. As a result, the…
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Preview: Knicks, Pacers, Amar’e Stoudemire return after lengthy layoffs
May 11, 2013, 7:29 PM EDT
The Knicks and Pacers will finally return to the court tonight after last playing Tuesday. The Pacers are 4-1, including a 125-91 win over the Knicks in February, after at least three days rest. The Knicks are 3-3 and have been outscored by seven points in such games. Meaningful? Maybe not. That’s a fairly small…
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Thunder’s Reggie Jackson converts acrobatic fast break layup in Game 3 against Grizzlies (VIDEO)
May 11, 2013, 7:10 PM EDT
Besides a couple of drives to the basket from Kevin Durant that resulted in uncontested dunks, or seeing him drain clean looks from three-point distance, there weren’t a lot of offensive highlights from the Thunder in Game 3 against the Grizzlies. OKC’s starting point guard, Reggie Jackson, changed that trend with this fast break drive…
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Nate Robinson is listed at just 5’9″, but he’s been a big problem for opponents of the Bulls in these playoffs. We also know that height isn’t everything in his case, considering that Robinson is a three-time winner of the NBA’s slam dunk contest. LeBron James is listed at 6’8″, and is as athletic as…
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How Nazr Mohammed’s ejection for shoving LeBron sunk the Bulls
May 11, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
LeBron James saw his altercation with Nazr Mohammed the same way many of us did. LeBron, via Tim Bontemps of the New York Post: “If I get kicked out and Nazr Mohammed gets kicked out at the same time, who wins?” LeBron is obviously right. If both players had been ejected, that would have played…
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Preview: Thunder need Kevin Durant to continue to put up big numbers in Game 3 against the Grizzlies
May 11, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
As the series between the Thunder and the Grizzlies shifts to Memphis for Game 3, each team has signs it can point to over the first two games to instill confidence moving forward. We broke it all down here previously, and discussed it on the podcast, as well. But essentially, while each team had less-than-desirable…
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J.R. Smith to play in Game 3 after missing shootaround, Amar’e Stoudemire set to return
May 11, 2013, 1:02 PM EDT
UPDATE 7.44 p.m. ET: J.R. Smith is now expected to play in Game 3, according to multiple reports, including this one from the New York Post. 1:02 p.m. ET: New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith missed shootaround on Saturday and is questionable for Game 3 against the Pacers, according to the team’s official public relations…
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Tony Parker hits crazy circus shot in win over Warriors (VIDEO)
May 11, 2013, 12:30 PM EDT
I’m not even sure what to call this. Is it a flip shot? A push shot? A shovel shot? Whatever it you want to call it, it was amazing. Tony Parker was the offensive catalyst for the Spurs’ game 3 win over the Warriors and hitting shots like this one was one of the reasons…
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