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Rockets’ Playoff Return A First Step
HOUSTON — Maybe it was fitting that James Harden’s shot kicked off the rim, took a bounce and received an unintentional assist from Jermaine O’Neal that carried the Rockets into the playoffs. It was...
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Playoffs Snapshot — April 12
Here’s a look at some of the more important playoff implications in Friday night’s games: LAKERS (vs. Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET, League Pass): With the battle for the eighth and final spot in the...
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Are Warriors Just Happy To Be There?
. HANG TIME, Texas – Coincidentally, it was Feb. 2 when the Warriors hit the high mark of their season — 13 games over .500 — and were making surprising noise as legitimate contenders in the Western...
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Kobe Could Add to Career-Ending List
Basketball is a game of split-second decisions and lightning fast moves, giant leaps and great falls. As Kobe Bryant himself said in a post on Facebook, it was a move he has made “millions of times.”...
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Sloppy Rockets Open Door To Danger
h HANG TIME, Texas — Well, the Hornets are changing their name to the Pelicans next season. Maybe the Rockets just wanted to get in on the excitement and fun of their own identity switch. The Houston...
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Spurs Make A Reach on McGrady
a HANG TIME, Texas — Apparently George Gervin had a golf date. So the Spurs picked up Tracy McGrady for their playoff run. While T-Mac is only 33 years old, it’s been a long time since he gave coach...
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Can Dwight Make Lakers House A Home?
. SAN ANTONIO — Long before they ever squared off down in the paint, exchanged pushes and shoves, elbows and hips and knees in the frenzy of a playoff game, Dwight Howard knew all about the Spurs’ No....
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Westbrook Tough Break, Not A Dirty One
a a HOUSTON — Patrick Beverley plays hard and he plays fast and he plays much, much bigger than his listed height of 6-foot-1. Beverley does not play dirty. At least he did not on the play that might...
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Rockets Down To A One-Game Season
HOUSTON – The temptation is to change without Russell Westbrook in the Thunder lineup. The temptation is to try to exploit that gaping hole in the backcourt. But going back to that infamous apple...
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Just A Start To The Thunder’s Challenge
a HOUSTON – It was 44 years ago when Don Nelson’s foul-line jumper kicked improbably high off the back of the rim, fell right down through the net and kept all of those celebration balloons trapped up...
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Durant Will Wear Extra Minutes Well
a a HOUSTON — Scott Brooks says there’s a reason he sometimes wears glasses to TV interviews. “I’m trying to look smarter than I am,” joked the Thunder coach. That said, after playing Kevin Durant for...
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OKC’s Martin Needs To Fill The Void
. HOUSTON – From general manager Sam Presti to coach Scott Brooks down to the equipment manager, the Thunder have made it abundantly clear that no single player on the roster can replace Russell...
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Rockets Answer Is Growin’ In the Win
. HOUSTON – Somewhere down the line, they might look back at it like a pencil mark drawn on the garage wall. Perhaps one day they’ll pull it out of the back of the closet and shake their heads and...
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Ball In Durant’s Hands, Fate In Others
Twelve seconds left in the game and the only way for Francisco Garcia to have gotten any closer to Kevin Durant’s jersey would have been to wear it with him. This is life now, as far as it goes...
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Beverley Ready To Block Out Loud City
HANG TIME, Texas — Patrick Beverley knows a thing or two about rough crowds. There were those throaty and angry Euro League road games earlier this season when he played in St. Petersburg, Russia....
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McHale To Parsons And A Big Bounce
x HOUSTON – This is why Chandler Parsons plays basketball. It’s really why they all play the game. To have fun. And there are few things more fun on the court than playing without pressure, without a...
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Game 6: What’s On The Line Tonight
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – For those who truly love the reality TV drama of the NBA playoffs, this is what we pay and hope for every year. Elimination time, 48 minutes with everything on the line plus...
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Lin Will Come Off Rockets Bench Tonight
. HOUSTON -- As the Rockets try to continue their march toward history Friday night, the troops will be bolstered by the return of Jeremy Lin. The point guard, who suffered a bruised chest and hasn’t...
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Thunder Happy To Keep Goin’ Fishin’
j HOUSTON — It’s not just the words, but the way you say them. It’s not just the results that find you on top of the mountain, but all the steps it took to get you there. That Derek Fisher is still...
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Red Carpet Rolled Out For the Spurs
a SAN ANTONIO — Ever since they dusted off a young LeBron James and his overmatched Cavaliers with a backhanded sweep in 2007, the Spurs have been searching for a path back to The Finals. Now,...
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