Behind the Boxscore: OKC in First Grade
The Celtics drop a jaw without Kyrie Irving, Eric Bledsoe moves things around
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Knicks earn another night in Indianapolis
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
Minnesota moves on, again
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
Minnesota's seen worse
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,
Indiana takes two, not yet No. 1
Indiana realized rather early in Game 2 that the Pacers weren't expected to beat the Knicks twice on Friday. Only had to beat New York once, in Game 2, to earn that 2-0 lead. Did not require lifting the enormity of the scope of a 2-0 series advantage