Kevin Durant's late 3 breaks tie, gives Thunder 3-1 lead over Lakers

SB Nation is a collection of over 300 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation led by fans who are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports. By empowering fans During Oklahoma City's final possession Saturday night, Kevin Durant went one-on-one against Metta World Peace, spotting up right over the Lakers' [...]

Behind the Box Score, where the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the fourth …

The Oklahoma City Thunder combo guard has a bushier-by-the-day beard that defies explanation and has spawned a legion of followers. Harden also has become one of the most popular young players in the league thanks to his attacking style and heady play The Oklahoma City Thunder combo guard has a bushier-by-the-day beard that defies explanation [...]

Behind the Box Score, where the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the fourth …

May 16 9:49p by Mike Prada. Read More: Oklahoma City Thunder ยท Oklahoma City Thunder fans continue to set the standard for white-outs, blue-outs and everything in between. This blue/white dual color thing is pretty nifty. Okc_1_medium By Berry Tramel | Published: May 19, 2012 Leave a comment LOS ANGELES โ€” Here's why the Lakers [...]

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Last night the internets buzzed about the veracity of a photo showing the lower third graphic from a TV newscast identifying Lakers ne'er-do-well Metta World Peace as "Lakers Idiot." Our pals over at Busted Coverage asked After wrestling for a loose ball with 4:14 to play in the second quarter, Russell Westbrook and Metta World [...]

OKC Thunder-Lakers quoteboard: Jeff Van Gundy thinks James Harden should be …

Harden, of course, had played the part without making a peep and earned this season's Sixth Man of the Year award for his efforts. More importantly, Harden's electric scoring off the bench has been instrumental to the Oklahoma City Thunder's sustained OKLAHOMA CITY โ€” For James Harden, the notion that he could impact a game [...]

Miami Heat: Dwyane Wade struggles, erupts at Erik Spoelstra (updated)

Dwyane Wade had the worst playoff game of his career in Game 3 against the Pacers, and the Heat stumbled to their second-straight playoff loss without Chris Bosh. But that's only part of where things Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade reportedly is dealing with leg and knee injuries that have caused him to miss games [...]

San Antonio Spurs Give Tony Parker 2-0 Series Lead as Birthday Gift

By AP Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, Tim Duncan had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the fading Los Angeles Clippers 105-88 on Thursday in San Antonio, pushing their winning streak to 16 and taking a 2-0 lead in their Western Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, [...]

Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade crumble on big stage, but why?

by Ethan J. Skolnick Dwyane Wade actually shot with the same accuracy from 16 to 23 feet (37 percent) this season as he did last and his 43.8 percent clip from 10 to 15 feet was his highest in the six seasons that HoopData.com tracks. Dwyane Wade did not enjoy watching them celebrate on his [...]

MLBFiercely intense Brett Lawrie hurts Jays with temper

Tuesday night, there was an incident between Brett Lawrie and home-plate umpire Bill Miller. There didn't need to be, but there was, on account of the humans. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young) Brett Lawrie slammed his batting helmet to the ground and it ricocheted into plate umpire Bill Miller as the ninth inning turned [...]

MLBFiercely intense Brett Lawrie hurts Jays with temper

The biggest story in baseball this morning is Brett Lawrie's emotional outburst and ejection from last night's Toronto Blue Jays/Tampa Bay Rays game and the suspension that will likely result. Interestingly enough, I was (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young) / by Chris Young, AP TORONTO (WTW) โ€” Brett Lawrie called it an "unlucky bounce." [...]