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San Antonio Spurs up 3-0, Portland Trail Blazers peering over the edge
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Occam’s Razor is a scientific principle that, all things being equal, the simplest answer is usually the correct one. And in the world of the NBA, where frozen factoids...
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Won’t slow down: San Antonio Spurs rip Game 2 from Portland Trail Blazers
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Huge news out of San Antonio on Thursday evening – after discovering a snake in their locker room while getting ready for Game 2 against the hometown San Antonio...
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Portland Trail Blazers no-show, San Antonio Spurs take Game 1
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . TNT did an odd thing Tuesday evening: apparently, instead of airing Game 1 of the second round of the NBA playoffs featuring the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland...
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Balanced effort helps Houston Rockets stave off elimination
Image courtesy of thepanamerican/Flickr . The Houston Rockets decided that they weren't quite ready to head into the offseason. Behind Jeremy Lin's strongest game of the series, the Rockets protected their home court for the...
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Rockets running short on time after OT loss to Trail Blazers
Image courtesy of Amy Meredith/Flickr . Another game down, and another soul-draining loss for the Houston Rockets. Despite boasting a 10-point lead in the third quarter (a tradition for the Rockets in this series it...
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LaMarcus Aldridge Blazes Trail to Victory Over Houston Rockets
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Wikimedia . Another day, another monster game for LaMarcus Aldridge. After putting up 46 in the Portland Trail Blazers' Game 1 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday, LaMarcus Balldridge decided...
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Portland Trail Blazers edge the Houston Rockets in Game 1
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Wikimedia . Before the playoffs began, it was quietly understood that this Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets series was perhaps the most even match-up, and I’ll be damned if both...
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Orlando Magic control game, beat Portland Trail Blazers at home
Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . Tobias Harris scored 25 points to lead the Orlando Magic to victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. As the old saying goes, “even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.”...
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Dallas Mavericks stave off Portland Trail Blazers' 30-point comeback
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Dirk Nowitzki powered the Dallas Mavericks to a win over Portland Trail Blazers with 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals. Statistics show that teams are 0-83...
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Week 18 NBA Power Rankings from the Bassline
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Miami Heat are back to their old win-streak ways and the Oklahoma City Thunder seeme to have re-adjusted to having Russell Westbrook back in the lineup. The rest...
