Miami Heat loses Game 2 to Indiana Pacers, series tied 1-1
MiamiHerald.
The magic number in Miami's Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers, however, was simply four. As in, playing James at power forward. James played the four-spot for 20 minutes, mostly in the second half, Sunday afternoon, and in that time the HEAT AP | Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:03 pm | (0) Comments [...]
Read MoreNBA: San Antonio Spurs hold off Los Angeles Clippers in Game 1
San Jose Mer
By Kevin Arnovitz How the San Antonio Spurs got tagged as boring never made much sense to me. Yes, the Spurs were the proctors who broke up the spring flings thrown by the Seven Seconds of Less Phoenix Suns. For those who like their superstars to Posted on. Series Preview: Western Semifinals, SAS vs LAC. [...]
Read MoreMVP James gets 32, Heat top Pacers 95-86 in Game 1
MiamiHerald.
“It's a legitimate concern,” Stern told ESPN's Lisa Salters during the broadcast of Pacers-Heat Game 1 on Sunday. “Some years ago, I told the competition committee that we were going to start fining people for flopping and then suspend them—and I LeBron James got his trophy, and then he and Dwyane Wade made sure the [...]
Read MoreColumn: Bryant, Lakers need to get swagger back
Boston.com
LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol was consumed by determination, holding off Kenneth Faried with one arm and relentlessly tipping the ball at the hoop with the other in the fourth quarter of Game 7. One, two, three, four – five! The Lakers used to swagger through the playoffs with an attitude, mostly because Bryant would [...]
Read MoreDenver Nuggets take solace in taking the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink
Washington P
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets are one-and-done in the NBA playoffs again. Only this ouster has a much different feel. The young team grew up in a hurry in taking the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers to the brink before losing a thrilling Game 7 at the Birdman will not be watching the game tonight from [...]
Read MoreCeltics Brush Past Early Stuggles with 76ers in Game 1: A Fan's Outlook
Yahoo! Sport
The Sixers lost game 1 to the Celtics, despite controlling the game for most of the time. Bobby got — did not laid out pretty well and that was part of the problem John discusses his key factors for the Celtics in their series with the 76ers and gives his opinion on Josh Beckett and [...]
Read MoreLakers hold off Nuggets' rally to win Game 7 in LA
Denver Post
LOS ANGELES — Metta World Peace has no interest in making a bury-the-hatchet peace gesture with Oklahoma City's James Harden at the onset of the Los Angeles Lakers' Western Conference semifinals series against the Thunder. He's rapped about loving her, he's rapped about marrying her, and now Kanye West is making sure the world knows [...]
Read MoreLakers survive, but they must play better against Thunder
Boston Heral
By Jeff Miller / The Orange County Register LOS ANGELES – The Lakers didn't beat Denver in the first round of these NBA playoffs as much as they survived the Nuggets. A series that they led 2-0 and 3-1 and felt so much like six games instead went the She's no longer married to an [...]
Read MoreGasol, Lakers outlast Nuggets in thrilling Game 7
USA TODAY
By BILL PLASCHKE — Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Lakers pulled a city off a ledge and themselves back into the NBA championship contention Saturday with an energizing, exasperating 96-87 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of a first round The writing seemed to be on the wall after the Los Angeles [...]
Read MoreCeltics edge Sixers, 92-91, in Game 1
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John discusses his key factors for the Celtics in their series with the 76ers and gives his opinion on Josh Beckett and the struggling Red Sox starting rotation. Paul joins Pete and Kirk to preview the Celtics/76ers series and give us his keys to the By AP Kevin Garnett scored 29 points — his most [...]
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