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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade know what to expect from the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the NBA Finals...Smarting from a Game 2 home loss in 2011, the Miami Heat went into Dallas last season and were inspired _ they used the word desperate as...
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ESPN
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant has owned the fourth quarters in these Finals so far, but LeBron James has owned the better part of the first two games. While each has carried his team to a win, only one man can top our rankings. LeBron has earned a slight edge in this...
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Seattle Times
| 1 year ago
Originally published Friday, June 15, 2012 at 10:06 PM LeBron James faces Kevin Durant in Battle of Superstars NBA Their statistics were nearly identical, mirror images of dueling superstars in search of the slightest of edges. But as LeBron James of...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Thunder rumbled over Miami on Friday, but it was just the meteorological variety the city is accustomed to and not the young Oklahoma City Thunder , who have come to town to vie with the Miami Heat for the NBA title. A severe storm hit Miami with...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade signaled they were not yet ready to pass the torch to the next generation by leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Two of the NBA Finals on Thursday. James scored 32 points and...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
Miami Heat's star forward LeBron James (right) tries to get past Oklahoma City Thunder's power forward Serge Ibaka in game two of the NBA finals on Thursday...And three-time MVP LeBron James (32 points) led from the front to ensure his team stole the...
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Sun Sentinel
| 1 year ago
The Thunder are just as in the dark as outsiders to why they are having so many problems starting games of late. The slow starts are a concern with the series heading back to Miami tied at 1...We've done a great job all postseason of having very good...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Game 2 Heat 100, Thunder 96 (series tied 1-1) LeBron James had 32 points and was perfect at the foul line, and the Heat rode a ferocious first quarter to take Game 2 and snatch home-court advantage. In My Opinion Americas Team is already taken, so...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Liberty James, analytical and confident, understood the Heat nearly blew Game 2 after being in command with double-digit leads most of the night. Regardless of how the Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 100-96 , he is not interested in attaching...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Thursday night wasn't about LeBron James executing in the fourth quarter, it was about the Miami Heat executing the entire game, then barely holding on when the Thunder responded with a furious late rally. The Heat played perhaps their most complete...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Whether it's ill-advised shots, poor defense or just bad luck, the Oklahoma City Thunder will need to avoid their early-game meltdowns if they're going to win the NBA championship. In the series opener of the best-of-seven NBA Finals against the...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
LeBron James scored 32 points and Chris Bosh had 16 points on his return to the starting lineup as the Miami Heat beat Oklahoma City 100-96 to level the NBA finals at one game apiece. Forward Bosh, who started his first game since the middle of May,...
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Sun Sentinel
| 1 year ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder aren't going away, too young and too impetuous to know better, frighteningly resilient...The Miami Heat are a different team when all three of the Big Three take the court for the opening tip. With Chris Bosh back in the...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Dwyane Wade tallied 22 points, Shane Battier had 17 while Chris Bosh finished with 16 and 15 rebounds for Miami, which never trailed and led by as many as 17 but withstood some anxious moments in the final seconds. Foul-plagued Kevin Durant netted 26...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
LeBron James hit two free throws with 7 seconds left Thursday, enabling Miami to hold off Oklahoma City 100-96 and deadlock the NBA championship series. James scored 32 points and helped the Heat rush to an 18-2 lead, but the Thunder came close to...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 1 year ago
LeBron James scored 32 points and hit the clinching free throws with 7 seconds left, Dwyane Wade added 24 points and the Miami Heat claimed home-court advantage in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 in Game 2 on Thursday night.
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The Hartford Courant
| 1 year ago
Miami Heat to a 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Two of the NBA Finals on Thursday. James scored 32 points and Wade added 24 as the veteran-laden Heat rebounded from Tuesday night's lacklustre 105-94 setback to even the best-of-...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
The Miami Heat held three-time scoring champion Kevin Durant to just six points and led the Oklahoma City Thunder 55-43 at halftime in Game Two of the NBA Finals on Thursday. Miami raced to an 18-2 lead during the game's opening seven minutes, taking...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder blamed nerves for a slow start in Game 1 of the NBA Finals ...The Thunder missed a boatload of shots as the Miami Heat breezed to a 55-43 halftime lead Thursday in Game 2 of the Finals. Oklahoma City is going for its 10th...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Miami, of course, held an early double-digit advantage in Game 1 but was eventually undone by Oklahoma City's athleticism and offensive prowess. Facing a 1-0 deficit after that 105-94 loss, the Heat exhibited a sense of urgency on Thursday and opened...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
The Miami Heat's LeBron James did his part in Game 1, posting 30 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals, but that ever-elusive first NBA championship was still four victories away for him. The Thunder took Game 1, 105-94, holding Dwyane...
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PRWeb
| 1 year ago
Comparison between Kevin Durant and Lebron James heated up after game one of the NBA finals. June 14, 2012 NBA finals kicked off with game one on Tuesday night. And with Kevin Durant's fourth-quarter high scoring, Oklahoma City Thunder beat Miami...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Though Jerry Colangelo will be on an overseas trip during part of the NBA Finals, he plans to keep a close eye on the series. After all, few people have as many connections to both the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder as US A Basketball's...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 1 year ago
58 p.m., June 13, 2012 Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade smiles during a news conference Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Oklahoma City. Game 2 of NBA finals between the Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder is Thursday. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) AP Oklahoma City Thunder's...
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The Arlington Advocate
| 1 year ago
Game 1 of the NBA Finals was last night, and the matchup between two of the game's most heralded players turned out to be one-sided: Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant came up huge in the crucial fourth quarter, scoring 17 points (he had 36...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook took over in the second half, and carried Oklahoma City for the victory. The tandem outscored the entire Heat team in the last two quarters, scoring 41 points to Miami's 40. The loss puts Miami in a 1-0...
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EW - PopWatch
| 1 year ago
Erin Strecker Kevin Durant may have helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a Game 1 NBA Finals win over the Miami Heat last night, but Mike Tyson knew just the thing to help rally Heat and LeBron James fans an inspiring song. Last night on Jimmy...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
If anyone wants to learn how to play the game of basketball, they should take a lesson from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Trailing by 13 in the second quarter, the Thunder sparked an incredible run to overthrow the Miami Heat 105-94 to take the first...
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SF Gate
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant showed LeBron James how to play the fourth quarter in the NBA Finals. Durant scored 17 of his 36 points in another nightmarish final period for James and his team as host Oklahoma City overwhelmed Miami in the second half for a 105-94...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins (5) dunks against Miami Heat at Game 1 of the NBA finals basketball series, June 12, 2012, in Oklahoma City. VOA News June 13, 2012 The Oklahoma City Thunder downed the visiting Miami Heat 105-94 Tuesday...
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The Star
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant won the opening round of his highly anticipated duel with LeBron James, scoring 36 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-94 victory over the Miami Heat in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Tuesday. The NBA scoring...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Content Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant Oklahoma City struck first in the NBA finals, giving Thunder star Kevin Durant early bragging rights over three-time league MVP LeBron James . "For this whole playoffs, I'm just trying to play my game, be...
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ESPN
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant (36 points) carried the Thunder through the first half, and then dominated the fourth quarter with 17 points on a remarkable flurry of jumpers and breathtaking drives. Durant is building a legacy with this postseason, and Tuesday night...
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Examiner
| 1 year ago
The kids were all right, it just took awhile to get their footing. But with Russell Westbrook shaking off a rough start and Kevin Durant stepping up to his scoring-leader legacy, the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame an early 13-point deficit to...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 1 year ago
When Kevin Durant went to the free-throw line in the fourth quarter the crowd started chanting "M-V-P, M-V-P," a verbal jab at the reigning most valuable player, LeBron James...Durant scored 36 points, including 17 in the final quarter, to lead the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Finally, after some urging from the blue-shirted sea of fans, the fun, young collection of players that advanced to the NBA Finals played like it belonged. Whatever that was in the first half certainly wasn't the Oklahoma City Thunder , the general...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
AFP Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 41 points in the second half as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to beat Miami 105-94 in game one of the NBA finals. Durant scored 23 of his game-high 36 points in the second half and Westbrook had...
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ESPN
| 1 year ago
B+ Besides Battier, James was the only Heat player to show up on Tuesday. James stored some extra energy by not having to chase Durant all over the court, instead guarding everyone from Russell Westbrook to James Harden to Kendrick Perkins. And it...
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Baltimore Sun
| 1 year ago
The relentless youth of the Oklahoma City Thunder that wasn't going to allow an early 13- point deficit to get them down. The fool's gold of early outside Heat success while the Thunder were building inside dominance...The inability of Dwyane Wade to...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 1 year ago
AP Sports Writer 9 p.m., June 12, 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook (0) shoots as Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh defends during the second half at Game 1 of the NBA finals basketball series, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in...
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The Hartford Courant
| 1 year ago
Oklahoma Thunder to a 105-94 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday in the opening game of the NBA Finals . Durant, the NBA 's scoring champion, hit 12 of 20 shots and added eight rebounds to help the Thunder overcome a seven-point halftime deficit.
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Associated Press
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant showed LeBron James how to play the fourth quarter in the NBA Finals. Durant scored 17 of his 36 points in another nightmarish final period for James and his team, leading a Thunder storm that overwhelmed the Heat and gave Oklahoma City...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
If Miami wasn't aware of the jagged terrain ahead, it was understandable. The Oklahoma City Thunder played like the fatigued team, not the Heat , fumbling through the first half and playing anything like the fun, young collection that advanced to the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
The Heat's outside shooting did the damage early, with the visitors leading by as much as 13 points in the first half on the back of 60 per cent three-point shooting. But roared on by a partisan home crowd, the Thunder found its way back in to the...
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Sun Sentinel
| 1 year ago
And, just like that, there was a 105-94 loss Tuesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena and a 1-0 deficit in these best-of-seven NBA Finals . Forward Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 36 points, offsetting a career-Finals-high 30 points from Heat...
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ESPN
| 1 year ago
Kevin Durant scored 17 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, Russell Westbrook added 27 points and 11 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 105-94 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
LeBron James scored 14 points and defensive specialist Shane Battier added 13 as the Miami Heat held a 54-47 lead after the first half of the opening game of the NBA Finals on Tuesday. Kevin Durant scored 13 points on five of seven shooting for the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Just days after closing out a grueling seven-game series against Boston, the Miami Heat took a 54-47 halftime lead over Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the NBA Finals . The Heat looked spry from the start, racing to a 29-22 first-quarter lead over the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Many basketball savants before the season were predicting a LeBron James vs...Both stars are in their 20s, and with other key players on the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder also being young, this could evolve into a Magic Johnson vs...Both teams...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Rick Holter Think of tonight's NBA Finals tipoff as an atmospheric game of Rock, Paper, Scissors...For the basketball-averse who don't tune in until they hear the word "championship," this is the first game of a best-of-seven series that pits the...
