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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles A year after being sent home by the eventual-champion Dallas Mavericks, Kevin Durant and company steamrolled through Dallas, contained Kobe Bryant and beat the Lakers in five games, and handed the San Antonio their first three-game losing...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles The Oklahoma City Thunder, led by a high-scoring forward Kevin Durant, bounced back from two road losses to the Spurs to take three-straight victories, and are just one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals. "We never just thought that...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Some of the noisiest fans in the NBA could unleash their inner Nigel Tufnel, the guitarist from Spinal Tap, and crank up the decibels to another level for Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. "I can't imagine it being much louder than it has been,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
The U.S. men's basketball team, at one point overflowing with All-Stars, is now oozing something else injuries. Derrick Rose won't be available for the Olympics because of a knee injury...Dwight Howard won't be at Team USA's July 29 Olympic debut...
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AP Online
| 12 months ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder have gone from fighting for survival to the brink of the NBA finals.
Less than a week after facing an 0-2 hole that only 14 NBA teams have overcome, the Thunder head into Game 6 of the Western Conference finals...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles It's not the first time San Antonio has been against a wall in the era of Tim Duncan and company, trying to make their way to an NBA Finals win, and the veteran Spurs have taken home a championship banner before. But this year may turn out...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Liberty In the end, or what may well have been the prelude to it for the Spurs , a team so admired for its precision and purpose the perfect basketball unit, it has often seemed lacked the one player to singularly rise to the occasion...Coach Gregg...
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Japan Times
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant cannot possibly be, as commonly portrayed, as great a guy as he is a player, right? "He's actually better!" Matt Tumbleson countered when posed the impious question while the Thunder's director of communications and I watched Daddy Long...
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FanIQ
| 12 months ago
The San Antonio Spurs are on a new kind of streak after today; they have now lost three consecutive games in a row. Just a week ago, the Spurs won twenty straight games and looked seemingly invincible. One week later, they are now on the brink of...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 12 months ago
After Jonathan Quick put Los Angeles on the brink of its first NHL title with yet another shutout, the Kings' unbeatable goalie wore pretty much the same placid expression he sports after exhibition wins in September. Kevin Durant and the surging...
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ESPN
| 12 months ago
Long stretches when Kevin Durant inexplicably never sniffed the ball. Two double-digit leads blown, more crunch-time brain cramps than you could count
and the latest in a series of fashion crimes at the postgame podium from Russell Westbrook after...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 12 months ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of reaching the NBA finals after beating San Antonio 108-103 with 27 points from Kevin Durant in game five of their Western Conference series. Oklahoma City lost the first two games of the series but have...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha, left, of Switzerland, and San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, collide during the first half of Game 5 in the NBA basketball Western Conference finals, Monday, June 4,...
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India Abroad
| 12 months ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder moved one win away from the NBA championship finals after a 108-103 road victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday gave them a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Kevin Durant top scored for the Thunder with 27 points...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Liberty Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Thunder players reacting to a play by their teammate James Harden, right, who scored 20 points, including a decisive 3-pointer. Eric Gay/Associated Press Oklahoma City forward Nick Collison, right, dunked on the...
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KSBY
| 12 months ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder are growing up fast in the NBA playoffs. The Thunder moved within one game of the NBA Finals by upsetting San Antonio 108-103 to take a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference finals. Kevin Durant led the way with 27 and...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant scored 27 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on the brink of the NBA Finals, beating the San Antonio Spurs 108-103 in Game 5 on Monday night and moving within a victory of a series knockout. Russell Westbrook added 23 and the...
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Baltimore Sun
| 12 months ago
Not even the court where the Spurs had been undefeated in the playoffs could serve as a safe haven during a 108-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5...The Spurs had a chance to tie the score after Kawhi Leonard forced a turnover while...
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Inquirer.net
| 12 months ago
Texas The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of reaching the NBA finals after beating San Antonio 108-103 with 27 points from Kevin Durant in game five of their Western Conference series. Oklahoma City lost the first two games of the series but...
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AP Online
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant scored 27 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on the brink of the NBA Finals, beating the San Antonio Spurs 108-103 in Game 5 on Monday night and moving within a victory of a series knockout.
Russell Westbrook added 23...
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ESPN
| 12 months ago
Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is back in the starting lineup for Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Ginobili replaces Danny Green , who is shooting just 8 of 28 in the Western Conference finals. It's the first start for Ginobili...
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ESPN
| 12 months ago
What to make of the thrilling back-and-forth battle between the Thunder and Spurs so far?...Fact or Fiction: The Spurs are not living up to your expectations...It's not so much that they lost both games in Oklahoma City, it's the way they lost...
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Baltimore Sun
| 12 months ago
Inside linebacker Jameel McClain is pulling for the Heat because of his admiration for forward LeBron James...As a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and their 16 NBA titles, the tight end doesn't want to see the Boston Celtics add an 18th championship to...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 12 months ago
A team that seems invincible one week can appear vulnerable the next. That's why we watch the NBA playoffs, for the surprising plot twists and soap opera drama, and we also watch because of the rare brilliance produced by players such as Kevin Durant.
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Their offense was averaging 104 points, their defense was sublime and they looked deeper than any playoff team in recent memory. Then the Oklahoma City Thunder finally arrived two games into the Western Conference finals and the Spurs were left to...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Liberty Few outside the Oklahoma City locker room understood the scoring threat posed by Ibaka, a 6-foot-10 power forward with uncanny fluidity. The San Antonio Spurs certainly were unconcerned Saturday night and figured Ibaka was best left...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Story And now the Western Conference finals are suddenly up for grabs. What once seemed like the continuation of one of the most dominant runs in NBA history has turned into a genuine toss-up of a series after the Thunder stopped San Antonio's...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 12 months ago
In the span of three days, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs as many times as they had in the last three years. They've also put a spot in the NBA Finals suddenly up for grabs. Oklahoma City has evened up the Western Conference...
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Arizona Republic
| 12 months ago
The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder are locked in a rousing series with some of the biggest stars in the sport, some of the most raucous crowds in the league and television ratings that are nearing record highs. The only thing small about...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 12 months ago
Victoria Azarenka did damage to her racket but had no such success against her opponent. The Los Angeles Kings are headed back to Hollywood, and the Stanley Cup is so close they don't even want to think about it. When Lil Wayne turned down Kevin...
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ESPN
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant reminded all of us why he's considered the preeminent scorer in the game, scoring 16 straight points in the fourth quarter to bury San Antonio. Durant finished with 36 points (18 in the fourth quarter), eight assists and six rebounds to...
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France24
| 12 months ago
Oklahoma City Thunder's Serge Ibaka (R) goes up for a shot during the game against the San Antonio Spurs on June 2. Thunder beat Spurs 109-103 to tie the NBA Western Conference Finals at two games apiece. Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant shoots...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles The only way, San Antonio was able to keep Game 4 competitive was from firing a flurry of three-pointers. Kawhi Leonard and Boris Diaw led the charge as the Spurs shot 23 treys and connected on 11 of them (compared to the Thunder's 5-of-11...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant was happily the sidekick, watching as seldom-used big men Serge Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins stole the first three quarters...Time for the Oklahoma City Thunder to show it wasn't too young, too reckless too anything to have a chance in the...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Liberty Durant, the unquestioned star of the Oklahoma City Thunder, delivered beyond the lofty expectations he has built. With the San Antonio Spurs focused and refusing to let go, Durant scored 18 points in the fourth quarter to carry the Thunder to...
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Miami Herald
| 12 months ago
Kevin Durant scored 18 of his 36 points in a scintillating final 7 minutes, Serge Ibaka added a career-high 26 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder evened the Western Conference finals at two games apiece by beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-103...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles The loss was San Antonio's first in almost two months, and it exposed some chinks in San Antonio's previously unbreakable armor...Here are some keys to their Game Four matchup: OKC Defense In beating the Spurs, Oklahoma City held the league'...
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Adelaide Now
| 12 months ago
NBA superstars Tim Duncan or Tony Parker, but Australia's men's basketball team will have a distinct San Antonio Spurs flavour at the London Olympics. Boomers coach Brett Brown has been an assistant with the Spurs for almost 10 years and, with star...
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AP Online
| 12 months ago
Lil Wayne says that after a recent NBA playoffs ticket snafu he felt unwelcome and "unwanted" at the Oklahoma City arena and isn't planning to return.
The rapper tells the Associated Press that two Thunder players — Kevin Durant and...
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Sacramento Bee
| 12 months ago
Now imagine what would happen if Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie went retro this offseason and assembled a squad that was entertaining, distantly familiar, and destined for something beyond another lottery? Such a dramatic shift in...
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Arab News
| 12 months ago
Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant scored 53 points between them as the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half and beat Los Angeles 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday, eliminating the Lakers from the NBA playoffs. Westbrook scored 28 points,...
