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NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Depend More on Russell Westbrook Than on Kevin Durant
Pure scorers don’t win championships. Guy who can do more than just one thing are usually more important to contenders. Kevin Durant might be the biggest name and best player on the Oklahoma City Thunder. He has the MVP to show for it. But the most important player in whatever remains of their playoffs and title hopes is Russell Westbrook.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Without Answers, Oklahoma City Thunder Oozing Confidence
It’s no longer just Serge Ibaka that’s scaring the San Antonio Spurs. The entire Oklahoma City Thunder team played like it knows it is the best of the two in the Western Conference Finals, winning game 4 at home 105-92, making it a 2-2 series, as Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant couldn’t be stopped, while no one on the Spurs, from Tony Parker to Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard, put in an even respectable game.
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NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Giving up on Thabo Sefolosha, Raising Reggie Jackson
It seems Scott Brooks is finally making adjustments, something he’s always been criticized for not doing and relying on the talent of his players to make up for tactical ability from their head coach. Not that he’s not still putting the ball in the hands of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, but he has made changes to his lineup that weren’t doomed to fail from the beginning, as the return of Serge Ibaka enabled him to give up on Thabo Sefolosha and insert Reggie Jackson into the starting lineup.
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NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder a New Team, San Antonio Spurs Need to Adjust
Don’t believe what people tell you. Serge Ibaka out for the playoffs? He looked fine and more than that, providing offensive and defensive help to the Oklahoma City Thunder with their backs to the wall, winning their first game in the 2014 Western conference finals thanks to an overall improvement and a lot of officiating help, beating the San Antonio Spurs 106-97 who still hold a 2-1 lead in the series, but have a lot of adjusting to do.
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16 Best Memes of the Oklahoma City Thunder Humiliated by the San Antonio Spurs
While watching the San Antonio Spurs take a 2-0 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals isn’t that surprising, having seen it done with such incredible disparity, including 35 points between the teams in game 2, resulted in jokes and memes at the expense of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and a lot of ‘Real MVP’ references.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Look Deadly, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Scared
There’s something very familiar about the San Antonio Spurs taking a 2-0 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. However, winning 112-77 and looking so dominant through the first two games with big nights from Tony Parker and Danny Green while making Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook look ordinary gives this series a different kind of vibe.
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10 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Destroying the Oklahoma City Thunder
Things were going to be hard for the Oklahoma City Thunder without Serge Ibaka, but the San Antonio Spurs didn’t go easy on them, and the referees didn’t stretch out a helping hand, resulting in a 17-point loss to open the Western conference finals, and obviously a lot of memes and jokes at the Thunder’s expense.
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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs in Control, Oklahoma City Thunder in Trouble
This was the kind of offensive display the San Antonio Spurs were hoping to get against a weakened Oklahoma City Thunder defense, helping Tim Duncan early on and Manu Ginobili later in game 1 to dominate and find points with ease in a dominating 122-105 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals over a team that has only one lineup that works defensively and a Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook duo that need plenty of help.
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Thunder vs Spurs – An Unfortunate Turn of Events
After sweeping the San Antonio Spurs in the regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder might not be as confident as they should be, packing heat in the form of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook going into the Western conference final, because of the injury to Serge Ibaka, which will be out for the rest of the playoffs.
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NBA Playoffs – Game of Thrones Interpretation
Two things people can’t stop talking about? Game of Thrones, with a popularity that’s rising faster than the cold winds, and the NBA playoffs, reaching its Final Four stage of the season. Bleacher Report decided to combine the two in a perfectly done animated short, which is already scorching the internet.