Tag: nba playoffs
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Silent Thunder: San Antonio Spurs humiliate Oklahoma City
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . There was a point late in the second quarter, as Oklahoma City Thunder stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook exchanged words on the court after Durant fatuously left San...
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Pacers-Heat and Spurs-Thunder: A Matter of NBA Inevitability
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . A seven-game series is a battle. Playing a single team up to seven times in a matter of two weeks lets each team know the intricate details about...
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Serge Ibaka out for remainder of playoffs
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . 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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Oklahoma City Thunder advance to Western Conference Finals
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Basketball isn’t a fourth-quarter sport. It comes down to the fourth quarter, but everything that happens until that final period is essential as well. The Oklahoma City Thunder end...
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NBA Knights: NBA meets Game of Thrones
All images courtesy of Alijah Villian . The lands on Westoros and the NBA are not all that dissimilar. Sometimes those that looks most powerful are really having their strings pulled from afar. And sometimes...
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San Antonio Spurs send Portland Trail Blazers packing
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Fans of the Portland Trail Blazers went home satisfied on Monday evening after watching their beloved team seize a crucial Game 4 from the veteran San Antonio Spurs. They...
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The Miami Heat advance to the Eastern Conference finals
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Brooklyn Nets fans across the country screamed “Pass the ball Joe!” as Joe Jesus fumbled away the final possession of 2014, to give the Miami Heat a 96-94 victory...
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Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Clippers: All calls are not created equal
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . All calls are not created equal. As much as people would like to believe that they are, that poor calls in the first half balance out egregious calls down...
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The Oklahoma City Thunder squeeze into a 3-2 series lead
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . There aren’t too many things that hurt as much as losing a ball game by a single point. The Oklahoma City Thunder won by a single dagger against the...
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LeBron James goes for 49 as Miami Heat top Brooklyn Nets
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . What exactly did Jay Z say to Solange in that elevator? He must have paraphrased Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Johnson. Something along the lines of, “Outside of Beyonce and...
