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NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Figure it Out, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Exhausted
Sometimes the solution is simple, but takes a while to find. Using Matt Bonner in the lineup and giving Boris Diaw an extended time on the floor opened up so many things on offense for the San Antonio Spurs, getting to run all over the Oklahoma City Thunder with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili leading the way to a 117-89 win, taking a 3-2 lead in the series.
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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 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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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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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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San Antonio Spurs – Too Easy Means Boring
Things shouldn’t go so smoothly for anyone in the conference semifinals, but the San Antonio Spurs are made from a different mold. There’s been nothing the Portland Trail Blazers have been able to do to slow them down, specifically having problems with Tony Parker who is having an excellent series which might be the result of all that rest he got during the last month of the regular season, leading his team to a 118-103 win and a 3-0 lead in the series.
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San Antonio Spurs – Not Going Easy on Rivals
Life is very different as you move up the playoff ladder. The San Antonio Spurs are used to the rise in difficulty, while the Portland Trail Blazers have a lot of catching up to do, especially after getting torched by Tony Parker in a game 1 116-92 humiliation.
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San Antonio Spurs – Quality Overcomes Ingenuity
All of the adjustments and “tricks” the Dallas Mavericks managed to pull off during a wonderful series didn’t matter in game 7, as the superior San Antonio Spurs showed their true worth with a 119-96 win thanks to a huge night from Tony Parker, advancing to the conference semifinals.
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San Antonio Spurs – Finally Finding Their Offense
Maybe the best and most fun offense to watch in the NBA belongs to the San Antonio Spurs, but it has taken them five games to finally make it work again, beating the Dallas Mavericks 109-103 to take the lead in their playoff series behind a big night from Tony Parker and the reliable double double performances of Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter.