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San Antonio Spurs – Tiago Splitter Outshines Superstars
With Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili nothing more than pedestrian, and on the other side for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook weren’t great in handling the physicality of the San Antonio Spurs and their defense, Tiago Splitter was all people was the player who made the biggest impression.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Defense Makes Up for Durant & Westbrook Weakness
How badly do the Oklahoma City Thunder need big games from Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook? Not that much, as it turns out. Sometimes defense is enough while their two stars are having an off shooting night, putting a bit more of the spotlight on guys like Kendrick Perkins and Thabo Sefolosha.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Shines Without Duel Rival
The first visit for the Oklahoma City Thunder in New York since 2010 wasn’t about the duel between Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony because of an injury keeping the Knicks’ star out of the game, and possibly giving the visiting team a hard-earned road win.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Shows his Unstoppable Mode
Before the game, Kobe Bryant talked about smacking Serge Ibaka. It turned out that talking about Ibaka and focusing on Kevin Durant wasn’t really in the focus of things. The Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t handle the Oklahoma City Thunder because Russell Westbrook was the next player to make a laughing stock of their perimeter and transition defense.
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Lakers vs Thunder Predictions
It’s not like the Los Angeles Lakers needed a lot of reasons to get motivated before their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it seems Kobe Bryant has provided the spark for both sides by weighing in on the punch Serge Ibaka sent to the private areas of Blake Griffin.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Leading a Dirty Bunch
The rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the last three seasons has turned them into media darlings, but if you just scratch the surface, this team isn’t as nice like some make them out to be. Not villains, but Kevin Durant is leading a very tough group towards another NBA final, because you don’t win NBA championships by being nice.
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Serge Ibaka Punches Blake Griffin in the Groin
It’s only cheating if you get caught – you know the drill. In a very physical game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers, Serge Ibaka got away with one for now, as he punched Blake Griffin in the nuts while he and Kendrick Perkins were fighting with the player for position and avoided getting ejected from the game.
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Thunder vs Clippers Predictions
After a huge loss at home to the best team in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Clippers need to bring back their confidence to the level it was earlier this season, and beating the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first time in 2012-2013 might do the trick.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant So Good It’s Too Easy Sometimes
As if to show how far he’s come in his NBA career, turning into a more complete player, Kevin Durant keeps pulling off more and more impressive triple doubles, getting his third of the season (and of his career) in an easy win for the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Hornets.
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James Harden – The Timeline of the Most Awesome NBA Beard
After winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the year award last season, James Harden, on his first season with the Houston Rockets, is looking like the favorite to win the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award, turning into one of the best players in the league, and bringing a lot of truth to the tagline “fear the beard.”