November 29th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
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ESPY Nominee: Thunder-Grizzlies Western Conference Semifinals Game Four
Durant Matched His Number In Points; Westbrook Hit 40 The Western Conference Seminals’ triple-overtime Game 4 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies is up for an ESPY Award. The game produced a pair of thrilling three-point shots by Mike Conley and Greivis Vasquez to extend the contest into the first and second overtimes. [...]
Reason For Thunder’s Game Two Bounce Back: Players Only Meeting?
“Perk” Has Been There Done That Leave it up to the Big Hoss. “Perk did it,” Kevin Durant told Yahoo Sports, when responding to who engineered the players-only meeting. “He wanted us to do it, and everybody listens to Perk. The intimidation factor must make a difference. The experience counts, too. A shiny championship ring [...]
Home Teams Protect House In Game 2 With Superb Offensive Efforts
Durant’s A Bad, Bad Man Western Conference Memphis Grizzlies (8) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (4) 5/1: Game One–Grizzlies 114, THUNDER 101 (1-0, Memphis) 5/3: Game Two–THUNDER 111, Grizzlies 102 (1-1, Tie) There were a bunch of interesting stats from this game, but here’s the only important one: the Thunder shot 52.8% from the floor. No [...]
Game 1 Breakdown: Inside Analysis On Sunday’s Semis
D-Wade, Heat Protected Their House In Game 1 As the calendar flips to May, the NBA Playoffs roll on into the second round, as only eight teams are left in the hunt. The first round saw two upsets: the #5 Hawks avenged last year’s sweep at the hands of the #4 Magic in the Eastern [...]
Can Any Team Halt The Lakers Playoff Run?
Right when it seemed the Lakers third straight run at the NBA Championship was done, Los Angeles exploded back onto center stage in the Western Conference. Since the All-Star break, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers have been nothing short of unstoppable, and are making a strong case for another Championship appearance. The Lakers are now [...]
Thunder Overcomes Poor Shooting, Cools Off Heat 96-85
American Airlines Arena on Wednesday was the venue of record for the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat. On paper, you could easily assume that this game was one of the better matchups on the National Basketball Association schedule for Wednesday. But then again, that would depend on your definition of the [...]
Who Has The Upper Hand When Fresh Faces And Grizzled Vets Collide In Playoffs?
Experience Trumped Youth In 2010 Who has won the “youth vs. experience” battle in recent NBA Playoffs history? The table below tries to answer the question. This table shows the playoff series with the top ten age differences between the two teams. (Since 2006) A cursory glance at the table says experience won 7 out of 10 times, [...]