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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker Brings Out His MVP Basketball
There have been many reasons to the success of the San Antonio Spurs over the last 15 years, first and foremost Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich. But it’s time for someone else to lead this team to an NBA championship, and Tony Parker came out with a perfect performance to put his team in the NBA finals for the first time in six years.
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San Antonio Spurs Will Finish the Series Against the Memphis Grizzlies in a Sweep
The San Antonio Spurs are heading into game 4 with their opponents, the Memphis Grizzlies, already on the ropes. With the way Tim Duncan and Tony Parker have been playing, it seems more than likely that it will also be the game in which the knockout is delivered.
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Indiana Pacers – The Roy Hibbert Plan Stopped Working
Despite putting up impressive numbers like 20 points and 17 rebounds, Roy Hibbert was far from his usual effectiveness on both ends of the floor. The Indiana Pacers couldn’t get stops on defense because they didn’t have a plan and reaction course in case their center wasn’t as effective anymore. Paul George went through a nightmarish night, and all the hard work of the first two games evaporated in an instant.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Takes Paul George to School
LeBron James didn’t have the best game of his career, but he made the biggest impact during his time on the court, not just leading the Miami Heat to an impressive win in game 3 through exceptional offensive basketball that Udonis Haslem look like the top marksman in the league, while making sure Paul George remembered who the real Alpha-Male in this series is.
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Indiana Pacers Need to Show They’re More Than a One Trick Pony
Paul George was excellent in the first two games of the series, while George Hill remembered to make himself noticed in the second. Yet most of the attention has been about the presence of Roy Hibbert when he was on and off the court, and that seems to have been the difference between a win in game 2 and the loss in game 1.
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Miami Heat, LeBron James Have Been Here Before
Losing home court advantage? Check. Looking slightly outmatched on the court for a big chunks of the series so far? Happened as well. The Miami Heat have been the most scrutinized franchise in the NBA over the last three seasons, with LeBron James usually in the center of that storm. Most of the time, they find the solutions to find the right path to get themselves out of trouble.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Zach Randolph Can’t Be the Only Offensive Option
The bag of tricks Lionel Hollins has for his Memphis Grizzlies offense is empty. Mike Conley isn’t good enough to win games simply through scoring, while the more traditional and successful (until the conference finals) of offensive solutions; giving the ball to Marc Gasol as the pivot and Zach Randolph at the post up have simply stopped working.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan & The Rejuvenating Powers of Overtime
Another rough first quarter start, another overtime game, and yet once more Tim Duncan shines in the most important of moments, neglecting the fact that he is the oldest player in the series and going through personal troubles off the court, being the main reason the San Antonio Spurs are 3-0 ahead in the Western Conference Finals.
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Tim Duncan is the Key to Everything in the Spurs – Grizzlies Series
How does one play with the notion of divorce hanging over his head? It’s hard to tell, but the Memphis Grizzlies need to hope it does somewhat shake Tim Duncan and sway him towards the negative if they’re hoping to have the smallest of chances and beating the San Antonio Spurs in a series.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George & Roy Hibbert Need to Keep This Up
While Paul George and Roy Hibbert continued their excellent series against the Miami Heat in game 2, George Hill might have been the real difference with a much improved performance from the series opener, leading to a 97-93 win and a 1-1 tie in the Eastern conference finals.