Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Los Angeles Lakers 100 (Thunder lead series, 3-1)

You get the feeling that every quarter the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder play is worth a column of its own. … Read the rest

The Okahoma City Thunder are a young team, and many fans and observers believe they still need to prove their mettle in close, tense playoff games. Saturday night’s Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers … Read the rest

Los Angeles Lakers 99, Oklahoma City Thunder 96 (Thunder lead series 2-1)

Game 1 was the blowout, the startling realization that the Oklahoma City Thunder remained a championship-level force to be reckoned with, even after … Read the rest

In most seasons, the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award is a minor NBA honor given out by Professional Basketball Writers Association in a pretty low-key ceremony. That changed last season, when Ron Artest (the artist … Read the rest

On Thursday, we noted that Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown called on fashionable NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein to ask a question during his Game 3 postgame press conference. Goldstein declined, of course, because it’s … Read the rest

It’s become apparent that former No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden is going all-out, in his attempts to recover from the litany of knee injuries that limited him to just 82 total games in five … Read the rest

The Oklahoma City Thunder had the best record in the tough Western Conference for most of the season, and they’ve yet to lose in six postseason games. The Los Angeles Lakers, meanwhile, struggled through an … Read the rest

”Couldn’t you just move him to the back of the class?” Pretty smart, sage advice from a guy who was about to come off the bench of a playoff game, working for a team that … Read the rest

You’re on the Basketball Internet today, so you know that NBA referee Tony Brothers is not wrong here. Dwyane Wade’s awful Game 3, and his sideline showdown with Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, are dominating discussion on … Read the rest

You’re on the Basketball Internet today, so you know that NBA referee Tony Brothers is not wrong here. Dwyane Wade’s awful Game 3, and his sideline showdown with Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, are dominating discussion on … Read the rest