Browsing Tag Oklahoma City Thunder
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23 June 2012 at 07 : 17 AM
OKC Thunder should ‘keep their heads high’
The Oklahoma City Thunder team should turn off their television sets for the next few weeks. The players and coaching staff should take vacations and sulk with their families, friends and other loved ones. For right now, every analyst and sports news outlet will surgically over analyze and 'tear apart' the things they did wrong in losing to the Miami Heat ...
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20 June 2012 at 10 : 34 AM
6 Keys to Miami Taking it All
The great Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games but team work and intelligence wins championships.” The NBA finals is all about winning and having bragging rights all through the summer and until next year when/if someone else takes the crown. The Miami Heat are now 2-1 against the vigorous Thunder team, and even though there’s only 2 more ...
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20 June 2012 at 10 : 20 AM
No one should feel sorry for Seattle
The sports news media is wrong in being sorry for Seattle basketball fans due to the Oklahoma City advancing to the NBA Finals. They should focus on how a struggling franchise in Seattle has been reinvigorated by a great fan base in a small market city like Oklahoma City. The NBA had a chance to see it when the Hornets had to play games in Oklahoma City ...
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31 May 2012 at 14 : 53 PM
Conference Finals showing frenetic pace
Both conference final series have one team up 2-0 and neither lead looks safe. Oklahoma City on Tuesday, after being over matched by San Antonio in the first half, fought back only to see San Antonio keep making score after score to win. Boston pushed Miami tonight to overtime with a 'monster' game from Rajon Rondo, but the Heat made clutch baskets to ...
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25 April 2012 at 06 : 47 AM
World Peace/Artest shows road to salvation isn’t easy
It was an intentional elbow, make no mistake. There was absolutely NO WAY that Ron Artest/Metta World Peace couldn't have felt James Harden's presence. Harden was brushing into Artest slowly after Artest's bucket and resulting foul during the Lakers-Thunder game on Sunday. There is though no mistake also, that Artest may have thrown the elbow in a fit of ...
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25 April 2012 at 06 : 23 AM
OKC and San Antonio sprint for top-seed in West
The Oklahoma City Thunder have painted themselves into a hole with less than a week to go in the regular season. In April they have given up the top seed in the Western Conference to the San Antonio Spurs trailing now by 1 1/2 games. The Thunder have home games versus Sacramento and playoff bound Denver remaining. The Spurs have a home game versus Portland ...
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25 May 2011 at 15 : 33 PM
Western Conference Finals Game 4: Mavs vs Thunder
After grabbing a victory in Oklahoma City Arena in Game 3, the Mavs entered their opposing team's arena again looking for another win to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Dallas did just that after making a historic comeback, overcoming a 15-point deficit in the final minutes of the fourth to send it into OT and eventually win it, 112-105. Much like the ...
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23 May 2011 at 23 : 30 PM
Western Conference Finals Game 3: Mavs vs Thunder
The Dallas Mavericks, one of the leagues' best road teams, stepped foot in the Oklahoma City Arena to try and regain the lead of the series and reclaim home-court advantage. After a 20+ Dallas lead and a nail-biting Thunder comeback, the Mavericks went home with the 93-87 victory to go up in the series, 2-1. Dallas had a great start to the first quarter ...
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21 May 2011 at 22 : 56 PM
Western Conference Finals Game 2: Mavs vs Thunder
With a franchise record 7-game postseason winning streak and 6-0 mark at home, the Mavs went into Game 2 vs the Thunder hoping to maintain the momentum and prevent what the Bulls experienced the night before. But the hungry Thunder were too much for the Mavs, getting the 106-100 victory and tying up the series at 1 a piece. Scores by Marion and a couple ...
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19 May 2011 at 01 : 19 AM
Western Conference Finals Game 1: Mavs vs Thunder
After resting for 8 full days after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers, the Mavericks finally returned to the AAC to battle the Oklahoma City Thunder in what would be a historic night for Dirk Nowitzki in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Both teams opened the first quarter constantly passing the ball to their best players as Nowitzki and Durant went ...
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