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A Playoff Night with LeBron, Kawhi & Durant
The first round is over, finally. The Conference semifinals can begin, although some have already begun. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks kick things off in the East, which means more LeBron James after a long rest. In the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to brush off the embarrassment of their first loss, which means more Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant.
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NBA Rumors – Spurs, Thunder, Aldridge & Kawhi Dominance, Durant & Westbrook Helplessness
At halftime, Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge had more points than the entire Oklahoma City Thunder. The San Antonio Spurs enjoyed a blowout victory to open the conference semifinals in the Western conference. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had the same faces we’ve gotten used to seeing from them at the end of each playoff run, at a different stage each time.
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18 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Crushing the Oklahoma City Thunder
The memes describing how badly the San Antonio Spurs were whoppin’ the Oklahoma City Thunder were coming out before the game was over. Yes, it was that terrible for the Thunder.
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Thunder @ Mavs, Game 4: Kevin Durant is Dirty, Russell Westbrook Doesn’t Care
Two things to take from the Oklahoma City Thunder beating the Dallas Mavericks 119-108 to take a 3-1 lead in the series: One is Kevin Durant is a dirty player and it’s good he finally gets caught in the act. The other is Russell Westbrook and Enes Kanter slicing the Mavs defense to pieces.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant Hoping Russell Westbrook Doesn’t Choke Up in Crunch Time
The Oklahoma City Thunder rely on a lot of factors, like every other NBA team, but the performance of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook determines almost everything for them, especially in close games, which have been a problem this season.
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NBA Rumors – Thunder Can’t be Champions, Even With Durant & Westbrook
The loss to the San Antonio Spurs was a classic Oklahoma City Thunder moment of realizing that no matter how good Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are as players, the team built around them just isn’t going to win an NBA championship.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Haven’t Changed at All
The Oklahoma City Thunder want to be champions, badly. They’ve believed for so long that the combination of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, surrounded by the right pieces, will finally get them there. They changed head coaches, flipping Scott Brooks into Billy Donovan. They’re trying to play a different style of basketball. And it’s working out, but in the same way it has in the past, which means they’re setting themselves up for disappointment.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors & Oklahoma City Thunder Might be the Best Matchup The League Has to Offer
The Golden State Warriors felt there was something special about their win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. While they might have been beaten before (only four times), facing a team that can run and gun with them right up to the end mean that this might be the matchup they need to focus on in the playoffs.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Warming Up For Finals Revenge
As a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James has never lost to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their December 2015 meeting in the Sixth City kept the tradition intact.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook Calmer When Kevin Durant is Around
It’s stating the obvious saying that the Oklahoma City Thunder are better off with Kevin Durant than without him. That’s not the point. The issue is how having Durant back in action takes the team out of the irresponsible hands of Russell Westbrook, and balances things out for a bit.