Sarah Phipps/Oklahoman
Six months later, the Oklahoma City Thunder still might not have found a solution to the riddle that so effectively stumped it last season and stopped its run to the NBA championship.
The problem: LeBron James. The objective: defending him. “I think people are still trying to figure that one out,” confessed Kevin Durant. The Thunder on Tuesday will get another shot at cracking the code that is James. The Christmas Day showcase will be the first time the Thunder has faced James since he bulldozed through OKC and powered his Miami Heat to a 4-1 victory in last year's NBA Finals.
The same old pint-sized pest plagued the Thunder once again. J.J. Barea, a chronic thorn in the Thunder's collective side since the Western Conference Finals two years ago, virtually snapped Oklahoma City's 12-game winning... more »
One hundred and twenty-four days. That's how long you have to wait until the NBA Playoffs, Thunder fans. And in case you were wondering, it's going to feel like a long wait. That much was clear Monday night at The Peake. The... more »
Ray Allen was right. Simple sentence. Simple fact. In life sometimes you need to know when to get out of Dodge (or in Ray Allen’s case, get out of Wellesley, which admittedly isn’t quite the same... more »
As anomalies go, Tuesday night’s game against the Timberwolves was a rare bird. The Heat won by 11 points but was outrebounded by 28. The Heat defeated the Timberwolves 103-92 despite getting hammered on the glass by... more »
Hate to be Debbie Downer in regard to the Warriors' 5-0 road trip, but if you read the fine print in the Mayan calendar, you'll see they called this shot: "Warriors beat Heat, world explodes." Too bad, it would have been... more »
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