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Congratulations to Dwight Howard on his third-team All-NBA selection! We knew he’d bring the hardware to Los Angeles!
*Stare Down* + {Shoulder Roll}
Can’t get enough of Shaq’s, “Birdman, Birdman. Birdman, Birdman.”
NBA Playoffs throwback: Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers, 2012, Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
Up against the ropes, LeBron James scores 40 points with 18 rebounds and 9 assists to lead the Bosh-less Heat to a game 4 win that tied the series at 2-2. Miami would go on to win the series in 6 games. This game was immediately Fed Ex’d to Springfield.
The rematch starts tonight (finally) at 8:30PM ET on TNT.
Eastern Conference Finals - Game One
Who wins tonight?
Can the Grizzlies turn it around?
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Owner Dan Gilbert and Nick Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers poses for a photo after winning the overall number one pick during the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on May 21, 2013 at the ABC News’ ‘Good Morning America’ Times Square Studio in New York City.
(Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Bow tie brigade.
Umm, Cleveland? We have a problem.
(pic via nba-4-life)
With no announcement about it, Kevin Durant quietly donates $1 million to the Red Cross to support the Oklahoma tornado relief effort.
NBA Playoffs throwback: Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs, 2011, Game 5 of the Western Conference 1st round.
Gary Neal drains a buzzer beater to send the game into overtime. The Spurs would win the battle but lose the war. Memphis would advance to play the Thunder in the conference semifinals.
The rematch has begun and game 2 is tonight at 9PM ET on ESPN.
Western Conference Finals Game Two
Who wins tonight?
Marc Gasol and the saddest t-shirt wearing of the playoffs.
Playoff. Basketball.
“I told Mike Woodson a thousand times that I don’t pick and roll on Shabbos! Saturday is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don’t work on defense, I don’t pass the ball, I don’t hedge on screens, I don’t rotate on shooters, I don’t turn on the oven, and I sure as shit don’t pick and roll!”
(Thankfully for the Knicks, tipoff will occur just after sunset tonight.)
Steph Curry’s outside shots were too much like his mouthpiece in Game 6: half-in, half-out.
