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NBA: Barry Was Fouled

Adding insult to injury, in my opinion.
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NBA Playoff Prediction: Spurs vs. Lakers

It’s usually the pivot, but not in this case. A late collapse almost put the Lakers in a bind, but an even later no-call left LA on top as time expired, putting them up 3-1 and giving them three chances to ice this series. Will they need all three tries? I doubt it, but Game 5 is the first chance they get, and possibly the last game of the season for the defending champs.
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Spurs Unable to Bring in Young Brazilian Tweener With Good Skills, Great Hair

If this well-formed elegy is right, and this series is the Spurs starting to unravel, it might be a good (or, for some people, bad) time to bring up Luis Scola and Tiago Splitter. Scola, as you may know, was traded to the Houston Rockets and ...
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TNT's Coverage of Game 4 of Western Conference Finals Yields Highest Rated Basketball Game of the Year on Cable

TNT delivered a slam dunk with its exclusive coverage of Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals, the most watched and highest rated NBA game on cable this year and the second most watched telecast of the year -- trailing only ABC’s telecast of Game 7 of the Cleveland Cavaliers/Boston Celtics second round series on May 18. The game featuring the Los Angeles Lakers @ San Antonio Spurs ...
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NBA to impose fines for flopping.

Groans from San Antonio and Cleveland, cheers from just about everywhere else.
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