Bryan Terry/Oklahoman
The experience is an essential one, perhaps even a rite of passage for all seeking to be the last team standing.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, their 4-1 series loss to Miami in last year's NBA Finals was a heartbreaking setback but one that now could spur them to a special season.
When the Thunder walks into American Airlines Arena for its Christmas Day showdown, it will be its first return to where last season hit a dead end. Naturally, this first of two regular-season rematches evokes memories of what went right, what went wrong and what's left to be done. “You know when you get to the Finals you have to do a lot of things well as a team. And we did that,” said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. “In order to win...
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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