Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant fuel Thunder to Game 2 win 1:36 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information print The Oklahoma City Thunder went to their stars to get a win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 on Monday night. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook produced 57 of the Thunder’s points and 14 of the team’s 16 assists. The dynamic duo Durant and Westbrook scored or assisted on 81 … [Read more...]

Ref: Missed call late in Thunder win vs. Spurs 2:57 AM ET Michael C. WrightESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M print SAN ANTONIO -- Officials said after the Oklahoma City Thunder's 98-97 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night that they should have called an offensive foul during a … [Read more...]

Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: OKC wins Game 2 on road After the Thunder were humiliated by the Spurs in Game 1 they bounced back and got a tough win on the road in Game 2 on Monday, while the Hawks put a scare into the Cavaliers as they kicked off their series in Cleveland. Follow me on Twitter by clicking here! Cavaliers 104, Hawks 93   I think everyone expected the Cavaliers to win Game 1 in … [Read more...]

OKC survives big mistakes in wild ending, takes Game 2 over Spurs Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder was a huge shock for the extent to which the hosts dominated in a series most expected to be extremely close. Game 2 hewed closer to what most analysts thought would transpire, but it ended up just as surprising for the wild … [Read more...]

Hawks push Cavaliers late, but LeBron pushes back to take Game 1 LeBron James capped his postgame interview with TNT's Lewis Johnson with seven simple words: "All right, I'm going to lay down." He'd earned the rest, but that he'd needed to expend so much energy late despite his team holding an 18-point third-quarter lead suggests that these Atlanta Hawks aren't interested in a second … [Read more...]

Pacers president Bird unsure of Vogel's future 8:21 PM ET ESPN.com news services print Indiana coach Frank Vogel's future with the team is uncertain after the Pacers' playoff exit Sunday. "I don't know what's going to happen," Pacers president Larry Bird told The Indianapolis Star on Monday. Bird said his priority is more offense, particularly in the playoffs. "Frank's a great … [Read more...]

Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan are totally friends again It feels like it's been roughly 100 million years since the biggest, weirdest and most ridiculous story of the NBA's 2015 offseason — the Dallas Mavericks' courtship and ensnaring of prized free-agent center DeAndre Jordan, followed by the change of heart that led Jordan back to the Los Ageles Clippers — exploded in a panoply of … [Read more...]

BDL's 2015-16 NBA Playoff Previews: Toronto Raptors vs. Miami Heat How They Got Here • Toronto: By not making it easy. As if they wanted to beat us to the bad punchline, Toronto dropped a home matinee Game 1 for the third postseason in a row. The team had just peeled off a franchise-record 56 wins, and no NBA team plays more home weekend matinees than these same Raptors, but none of this … [Read more...]

'Space Jam 2,' starring LeBron James, might really be on the way Turn on your nostalgia faucets and get set to drink deep, Children Of The 1990s: The long-rumored sequel to "Space Jam" might finally be taking off. Like, for real, this time. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] After years of speculation, suggestions and false starts, the movement toward … [Read more...]

Steph Curry: 'Pretty good' chance of return for Game 3 vs. Blazers The Golden State Warriors sure seem to be doing just fine without Stephen Curry these days, but the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player remains eager to return to the court from his right knee sprain as soon as possible. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] After tests confirmed that Curry … [Read more...]