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The NBA Finals are finally upon us and, as many expected during this condensed season, youth has risen to the top. In a battle of elemental fundamentals, the much scrutinized Miami Heat will have their second shot at raising a banner in the East, while the ever-maturing and largely adored Oklahoma City Thunder will represent [...]
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The Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat have taken control of their respective Conference Finals series with victories on separate nights.
Both teams hold a 2-1 advantage in their respective series.
Saturday night the Mavericks were fueled by a great defensive effort to hold off the Oklahoma City Thunder 93-87 in Game 3 of the Western Conference [...]
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For 13 the better portion of his 13 NBA seasons Dirk Nowitzki has heard the comparisons to Larry Bird and others.
Last night in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals he placed his own accurately carved niche on display.
Nowitzki put on a performance for the ages as he scored 48 points on 12 of 15 [...]
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The Western Conference Finals features the Dallas Mavericks who have outlasted their two rivals in the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers in what looks like their best opportunity to finally bring a NBA Championship to Dallas.
In the Oklahoma City Thunder, you have a team full of great young talent beginning with Kevin [...]
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It seems like when the playoffs started, the Eastern Conference was considered to be a wide open race. The West on the other hand was supposed to be more chalk. However after a first round upset of the No. 1 seed San Antonio Spurs things opened up a little. Now after both of the higher [...]
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Former Sixers great Charles Barkley continues to believe that the 76ers would have a better chance of becoming a contender for a championship if they stunk up the place and lost a bunch of games in order to get a top pick in the draft.
Current Sixers head coach Doug Collins disagrees, he thinks [...]
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On Wednesday night, the Sixers had a chance to net an impressive victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a 3-point shot by Lou Williams put his team up 5 with 2 minutes to go, the game was their’s for the taking.
But no one on the Sixers stepped up and took it.
The Sixers 110-105 loss [...]
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When zone defense is brought up in reference to USA basketball, it usually has a
negative undertone. However, after watching Team USA’s 86-85 win over a scrappy
Spain team, maybe the zone defense benefits all.
In the closing seconds of the game, Team USA switched to a zone and completely
confused Spain. Kevin Durant was able to use his [...]
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So the Philadelphia 76ers drafted the guy, Evan Turner, whom everyone wanted them to take. Experts say they selected the best player available Rewhen they had the chance and that he is the most “NBA ready” players in the draft. Turner was basically the safe pick at the No. 2 spot. But how safe is [...]
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Last week congratulations were in order for the Los Angeles Lakers for winning back to back NBA titles via a classic game 7 victory over the Boston Celtics.  As the two most decorated basketball franchises gave the world bit of nostalgia, the Washington Wizards celebrated their future by drafted Kentucky guard John Wall No. 1 [...]
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