By norman chad June 1, 2012 8:36PM OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MAY 16: Fans cheer on the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 16, 2012 at the Chesapeake Energy

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder say Lil Wayne is welcome to attend a playoff game in Oklahoma City, but needs to buy a ticket just like everyone else. The rapper created a stir Thursday night by posting on Twitter that he

Welcome to the June 2, 2012 edition of The Blitz Hardcore Podcast! We give analysis of game 4 between the Oklahoma City Thunder vs the San Antonio Spurs! We also preview game 4 between the Miami Heat vs Boston

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gregg Popovich implored his San Antonio Spurs to get nasty to take control of the Western Conference finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder may just have to get ugly if they hope to make it a series. The Thunder have struggled to corral a

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By Chuck Schilken Rajon Rondo had the game of a lifetime for Boston on Wednesday night, playing all 53 minutes of the Celtics' 115-111 overtime loss to the Miami Heat and finishing with 44 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds.

And Rajon Rondo has done a lot of his talking on the court already. But there is no question that the Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics are in a bit of trouble. The Spurs have not lost a game in the post season and are up 2-0 on the Thunder.

Rajon Rondo recorded his career high of 44 points while wearing the Black/Varsity Maize Nike Zoom Huarache 2K4.

Last night in Miami, Rajon Rondo delivered one of the most remarkable postseason performances in the history of the NBA. Unfortunately for the Boston Celtics, Rondo's 44 points (to go along with 10 assists and 8 boards in

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By Josh Robbins, Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Magic don't own a single pingpong ball in tonight's NBA draft lottery, but the results could shape the franchise for the next decade. If the Brooklyn Nets win the lottery, they could select 6-foot-10

They could have been in line for an impact player in the NBA Draft. May 30, 2012 – In the long and storied history of the Phoenix Suns four dates stand out. Don't worry, this plays right into today's dramatic NBA Draft Lottery and why the Suns are

Today at 5:00 P.M. PST, the NBA Draft Lottery will take place in Secaucus, New Jersey. Currently, the Sacramento Kings are slated 5th, with a 7.6% (theoretical) chance of winning the Anthony Davis sweepstakes. The Kings

With the NBA Draft Lottery just hours away, SB Nation's Tom Ziller asks "who deserves to win the NBA Draft's Anthony Davis sweepstakes?" Each NBA team's SBN counterpart was invited to defend their own team and explain

By Lateef MunginCNN (CNN) — This is the time of the year where NBA executives may get a little religious, praying that the ping pong balls in Wednesday's NBA draft lottery fall in their favor. Nobody may be praying harder than Michael Jordan whose

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In our series preview, one thing we noted is that the Spurs have victimized Russell Westbrook's overaggression guarding pick and roll by having Tony Parker dribble away from the ball screen to shoot open jumpers. So far, it's

Russell Westbrook Rolls Eyes About Foul Call On Tony Parker. May 29 9:53p by Mike Prada. The TNT announcers deemed this block by Russell Westbrook on Tony Parker a “good, hard playoff foul,” even though he got all ball. Given that, I

The degree to which Tony Parker is dominating for the San Antonio Spurs against the Oklahoma City Thunder is simply stunning. He has 17 points on 8-11 shooting to go along with five assists, and incredibly, that line isn't

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With that being said, there's a chance that Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen could be playing on the court for the last time during tomorrow night's Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers in the TD Garden. Despite the possibility, Allen says

By Mark Murphy / Celtics Notebook PHILADELPHIA — Ray Allen took and made one shot during Game 3 Wednesday night — a layup — and it was no more important than his four rebounds, or the other little things that contributed to the Celtics [team stats]'

Ray Allen is the NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers made, but in these playoffs, he is shooting just 26 percent from downtown. His ankle injury has been preventing him from being himself, and at this point, it's depressing to watch.

(Video) NBA: Ray Allen Practices Three-Pointers In The Dark. FILED UNDER: Sports. POSTED BY: Sabrina | May 28, 2012. Sabrina B. Check out Ray Allen`s pregame ritual as he works on his shot even after the lights go out in Boston!

'I prefer it myself,' said Ray Allen. 'We get back to business. We have a day to rest and then we're back out there playing. At this point, everybody's going to be what they're going to be. You're going to be tired or you're going to

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The Miami Heat need four more victories to get to the NBA Finals for a second straight season, but standing in their way has been the team that has dominated the Heat throughout the regular season, the Boston Celtics.

Heat is on! The Miami Heat, that is. Although relatively new to the NBA, the Heat has already made a name. In just two decades, the team has three of the Eastern Conference finals played, and taken h.

The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will face each other in the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is Monday night in Miami. The.

But while the hard-nosed, closely-played Sixers-Celtics series has something of a throwback vibe to it, it has nothing on the tense, chippy, exceedingly heated series between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers. If this year's overachieving Sixers have

The Miami Heat took advantage of a fatigued Celtics ball club and home court to draw first blood in the Easter Conference finals. LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

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Last season, the basketball world looked on sadly as Tim Duncan seemed to finally be breaking down physically. And after a first round sweep at the hands of the upstart Memphis Grizzlies, former Spurs teammate Bruce

So, for goodness sakes, why is San Antonio once again the best team, and what is the matter with the Spurs' perennial star, Tim Duncan? Who? Tim Duncan is not only not known just as Tim, he is not even known as Duncan. In fact, he is always called "Tim

SPURS 102, CLIPPERS 99 Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and San Antonio rallied to beat Los Angeles, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference finals. The Spurs extended their winning streak to 18 games and

While the team's postseason run means it's too early to start thinking about the offseason yet, Tim Duncan suggests to Johnny Ludden of Yahoo! Sports that he has little interest in testing the free agent market this summer.

Tim Duncan plans to re-sign with San Antonio when he becomes a free agent this summer. (Evan Gole/Getty Images) Tim Duncan put to rest any questions about his pending free-agent status. Duncan will not be leaving the San Antonio Spurs when he becomes a

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AT&T CENTER–This game, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich told his team, was not supposed to be easy. Through three quarters of the opening salvo of the Western Conference Finals, it was anything but. The San Antonio Spurs coughed

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Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minutes to beat the Clippers 102-99 in Los Angeles on Sunday night, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference finals.

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Since the Spurs and the Thunder are two of the most non-controversial teams in the NBA, this is the sort of thing our fan-bases get treated to by the media at large during the series buildup. Take it away, Tony Parker:

By Mike Monroe Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has spent most of the 11 years Tony Parker has been with the team beseeching him to leverage his speed and aggression. The key for Parker in the Spurs' 101-98 victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference

Spurs point guard Tony Parker led San Antonio in scoring in games 2 and 3 and has held Clippers point guard Chris Paul to 9.3 points per game. San Antonio's Tony Parker looks for a shot against Clippers' DeAndre Jordan. He finished with 23 points and

By Matt Moore | Senior NBA Blogger Tony Parker has been matched up against guards who couldn't handle or attack him for two rounds. Devin Harris was outclassed, Chris Paul wasn't healthy in any way. Turns out Russell Westbrook's feeling pretty good,

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Down the stretch, it's been the veteran Stephen Jackson, and not rookie Kawhi Leonard, guarding Kevin Durant. Why? As gifted as Leonard is, he was allowing Durant to catch the ball too close to the basket. Jackson

The NBA announced their picks for All-NBA Teams on Thursday (May 24), revealing LeBron James and Kevin Durant among the top picks for the prestigious All-NBA First Team honors.

Video: Manu Ginobili fakes out Kevin Durant for a three-point play. Here is a video of a great ball fake by Manu Ginobili on Kevin Durant late in the fourth quarter of Game 1 between the Thunder and the Spurs. Durant wanted

Tony Parker has challenged Russell Westbrook directly, and Kevin Durant seems to think the media isn't giving his squad a fair shot at winning against San Antonio. From the Oklahoman: “Kevin Durant was just three minutes

Check out this awesome webisode from The Mars Reel recapping Kevin Durant's summer in 2011.

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