The first thing that popped to mind when Oklahoma City took its early lead in Game 4 was what the Thunder weren't. OKC is not the 2010-11 Miami Heat. Those Heat took until Game 6 in 2012 to find a routine with itself, the space to create, the
First off, I get it. Drugs, recording studio, beds. Name three nicer things. OK. Free drugs, good recording studios, large and comfortable beds. If I could slip through one to another while using all three? It would be the life. That's how the children of boomers learn about
This isn't a sly way to present takes, rather genuine things we've picked up on while driving to and covering three NBA Finals contests so far. Things like, WHO WEARS A MARK JACKSON JERSEY Who wears that. Seriously, who would wear that. Reggie Miller would. We
Oklahoma City 123, Indiana 107 NBA Finals tied, 1-1 If there was any doubt in the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team that beats its opponents by an average of 13 points per game, the Thunder fans shook it out. Clapped it out, stomped out, probably sweated it out. The Thunder
Human nature is where it is at for this weekend at least, we're probably going to have to wait a few millennia before we change significantly. We might lose our toes, hunch down a bit due to all that screen time. Maybe we'll destroy ourselves completely,
Yes, true as Tyronn Lue, this Finals screams of the 2001 NBA Finals, and that summer. Allen Iverson and the Sixers step over the Lakers in Game 1, skinny ties come back, Conan hosts SNL, you are the weakest link, all that shit. Massive underdog from the East waltzes into
We've heard nervous crowds, right? Chatting among themselves, one-in-four attending know-it-alls telling their four-person group all about the ways in which the visitors could win the game, break the hearts, ruin the night. Every group has that guy, Oklahoma City's Game 1 crowd would seem to
Are the two most-entertaining NBA teams meeting in the league's Finals? Appears as if this is the case. A real rip an' roll series, flying up and down the field, reminds me of the time the 1994 Chargers took on Steve Young and his Niners in the
There are three great Pacer teams in Indiana's NBA history, they are all late risers, they do not go down easily. The mid-1990s teams were very good, not great. The 1998 Pacers ran Chicago to seven games in 1998, they were great, the near-champions who lost the 2000
The only people the Pacers let down on Thursday night were those who already wrote their column. The one sending Indiana to its first NBA Finals in a quarter-century with a win in New York, over the franchise which hasn't hit a Finals since the last century. The
The only good image to come out of Minnesota's Game 5 loss in Oklahoma City was the end, Anthony Edwards emerging from his bench after sitting the final 6:35 of the contest, congratulating his victors cheerily. Heartily, pleasantly and authentically, tongue outside cheek. It wasn't
Wolves fans went down 0-2 last week and thought they spotted a low point. Low point? Timberwolves fans, trying to tell us about low points? A mini-comeback falls short on the road against the best team in basketball, low point? Minnesota returns home for two games with an 0-2 deficit,