Thunder 4, Mavs 0: Top 10 CBS Contemplations
Give Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle some credit. He tried everything. But nothing worked. Because, let's admit it, Oklahoma City was the better team.
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Give Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle some credit. He tried everything. But nothing worked. Because, let's admit it, Oklahoma City was the better team.
The Dallas Mavericks didn't even get to enjoy their first NBA title for an entire year.
Oklahoma City rallied in the fourth quarter for a 103-97 victory Saturday night to sweep the defending NBA champion Mavericks during the first round of the playoffs.
Kevin Durant finally found his postseason shooting touch, and the Thunder never trailed on the way to a 95-79 victory over the Mavericks on Thursday night.
That young up-and-coming Oklahoma City team that made things so difficult on the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs last year may not even let the defending NBA champions get out of the first round this time.
That young up-and-coming Oklahoma City team is again making things difficult for the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs.
David Stern said that he would be in favor of an age restriction for NBA players who wish to participate in the Olympics, similar to soccer.
That thing about hope in the spring? Yeah, not so much. There was that hope surrounding the Mavs going into their first round series against the Thunder.
With crucial mistakes at costly times, the Mavericks simply aren't as good as the Thunder.
Four key plays created the complexion of Monday night's Game 2 loss to the OKC Thunder.
According to TMZ, Lamar Odom is pulling the plug on his reality show "Khloe & Lamar" so that he can focus on his struggling basketball career.
Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant added 26 in an off-shooting performance and the Oklahoma City Thunder clawed out a 102-99 victory over defending champion Dallas on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
With no timeouts, surely head coach Rick Carlisle drew up a play just in case OKC scored to take the lead? Sure didn't look like it.
Kevin Durant was determined to not let the Oklahoma City Thunder lose another playoff game at home to Dallas.
Oklahoma City's penalty for scuffling down the stretch and getting passed up for the top seed in the Western Conference is a first-round playoff showdown with an all-too-familiar foe toting championship credentials.
