Tag: nba playoffs
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Watch: Every Beautiful Boris Diaw Pass from the 2014 NBA Finals
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Boris Diaw of the San Antonio Spurs is an inspiration to pickup basketball players everywhere. He's a testament to how much someone can affect an NBA Finals without being...
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NBA Finals: Miami Heat Rested and Dangerous
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. LeBron James got plenty of rest Wednesday night, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, though not the kind the Miami Heat would have liked. After quickly picking up...
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Matt Bonner slaughters, San Antonio Spurs take Game 5
Image courtesy of Michael Tipton/Flickr . Fun little fact: Gingers are actually useful… wait, what? San Antonio Spurs head coach (and Mr. Cuddly-McSmiley) Gregg Popovich decided to switch up his starting lineup by substituting the...
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Does Lance Stephenson Enjoy Throwing Money Away?
Image courtesy of Lance Stephenson/Instagram . Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and...
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Heat-Pacers Game 5: That was weird...
I'm not sure how to describe what happened in the second half between the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat other than chaos, a word that until Game 5 has had a negative connotation for the...
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Sir Lance-A-Lot: Pacers Got Back
Image courtesy of Matt Velazquez/Flickr . With LeBron James in foul trouble and limited to just 24 minutes of play, the Indiana Pacers managed to gut out a tough win over the Miami Heat, 93-90...
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Grumpy old men: San Antonio Spurs fall to the Oklahoma City Thunder
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . There came a point in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, after the Thunder had built a 76-53...
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Miami Heat roll over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Miami Heat came out firing on all cylinders in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, defeating the Indiana Pacers 102-90. Chris Bosh was the first Heat player...
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Barring setbacks, Serge Ibaka to play in Game 3
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Thunder forward Serge Ibaka participated in shootaround Sunday and said, barring any setbacks, he will play against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals....
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The San Antonio Spurs are the Team to Beat
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The San Antonio Spurs are not the team to beat the Miami Heat; they’re the team to beat, period. The truth is, the Spurs have been an elite team...
