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LOS ANGELES — The conversation between Thunder coach Scott Brooks and star pupil Kevin Durant that led to the lanky, “6-foot-9” forward checking the 6-6 Kobe Bryant down the stretch was a short one. Mostly

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The Spurs clamped down on Chris Paul again, limiting him to 5-for-17 shooting in another Clippers loss.

LOS ANGELES — The dais here in the bowels of Staples Center has

… Read the restThe San Antonio Spurs extended their win streak to 17 games (dating to the regular season) in historic fashion.

In Game 3, San Antonio trailed by 22 points after the first quarter, 33-11. That deficit

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LOS ANGELES — It’s almost as if the basketball universe is baiting us. Begging us, daring us to bring it up one more time.

Who should get the ball in the clutch?

For the Oklahoma

… Read the restLOS ANGELES — Laker Sentimentalists weren’t happy about it. Shipping Derek Fisher and a draft pick to Houston for Jordan Hill seemed like an unceremonious send-off for the man who enshrined ”0.4″ into the storied

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People, economists tell us, misunderstand no phenomenon as badly as chance. Faced with random events, sheer naked happenstance, we concoct elaborate and unnecessary post-hoc explanations for what’s happened, what we’ve seen

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A 12-year-old kid was suspended from school for having Matt Bonner’s likeness shaved into his head. Bonner responded by giving him and his folks free tickets to Game 2 of the Spurs-Clippers series at the

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A 12-year-old kid was suspended from school for having Matt Bonner’s likeness shaved into his head. Bonner responded by giving him and his folks free tickets to Game 2 of the Spurs-Clippers series at the

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Dwyane Wade was uncharacteristically hesitant in Game 3.
There’s been lots of speculation as to why Dwyane Wade was so painfully ineffective in Game 3 — including reports that he may

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