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The Spurs were in complete control of the series after dominating in G2 but they were not ready for the surge they would face with the return of Serge Ibaka to the Thunder lineup.
The Spurs were in complete control of the series after dominating in G2 but they were not ready for the surge they would face with the return of Serge Ibaka to the Thunder lineup.
San Antonio is looking like they are going to breeze back into NBA Finals after two games at home.
The Thunder were showing signs that the loss of Serge Ibaka is going to be a big one. Not only did they lose game one, the first loss to San Antonio all season long, they looked soft in the middle, something that is going to be hard to correct over the course of the series.
The Thunder won a spirited series against the Clippers. They are definitely one of the top teams in the West but this group has yet to reach the very top of the mountain.
The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder will do battle in the Western Conference Finals. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to see the top two seeds in the West squaring off in hopes of representing the conference in the NBA Finals.
The Clippers’ Blake Griffin posted his first double-double of the playoffs in Tuesday’s game five of the Western Conference Semifinals, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Thunder from taking a one game advantage heading into game six at the Staples Center on Friday.
The Los Angeles Clippers will look to make it two in a row after an amazing comeback in game four over the weekend, and try to take a one-game advantage in the series on Tuesday, in game five of the Western Conference semifinals.
The Oklahoma City Thunder roared back to even the series at one game apiece after shutting down the Clippers offense in game two on Tuesday, and will look to take at least one of two in Los Angeles when the two meet on Friday in game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
The Los Angeles Clippers set a franchise playoff record for 3-pointers in a single game in game one of the Western Conference semifinals on Monday, and will look to take home court advantage totally away from the Thunder, when they square off with them in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.
Los Angeles won’t get any time to relax when they travel to Oklahoma City to open the Western Conference semifinals against the Thunder on Monday night.
The 2014 NBA playoffs have been anything but a breeze for the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Now the two will face off in what could very well be the most entertaining series of the entire second round.
The media have been swirling like a pack of hungry sharks around the offensive discord of the Oklahoma City Thunder in this series. Is Russell Westbrook dissatisfied sharing the limelight with Kevin Durant? Is he too “me-first”? Has head coach Scott Brooks lost all conceptions of offensive game-planning?
The Grizzlies have the best record in the league since Marc Gasol’s return from injury, but in Round 1 the Grizz run up against one of the NBA’s elite teams, thanks to all-world superstar Kevin Durant.
The Thunder are coming off a big game against San Antonio the night before and are hitting the road which is never easy. They are walking wounded these days too so as nice it would be to finish strong they are looking to get healthy as much as anything else.
There is no team hotter in the league right now than the San Antonio Spurs. They have been beating the good and the not to good teams and put up one of the most unexpectedly lopsided performances of the season when they visited the Pacers and trounced them by 26 points.
The Thunder are playing their usual high quality brand of basketball and are looking really good having won their last three road games after dropping a couple in a row.