Paul Pierce is not buying the fairy-tale version of Luka Dončić’s return. His point was simple: coming back is one thing. Coming back against Oklahoma City is something else entirely. …
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Kendrick Perkins may still be waiting on breakfast with Oprah and Beyoncé, but after Game 1, his Lakers-Thunder prediction did not look quite as ridiculous. Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles …
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Brian Windhorst’s update did not leave much room for optimism. Luka Dončić is moving, shooting and progressing, but he is not close to playing playoff basketball. “He is not close,” …
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Oso Ighodaro did not describe the Thunder as simply athletic, young or deep. He described something more unsettling: a team that seemed to know what was coming before it arrived. …
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The Oklahoma City Thunder did not leave Phoenix any room for a miracle. In Game 4, the defending champions finished their first-round sweep with a 131-122 win over the Suns, …
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Jeff Teague has always been generous with James Harden’s place in basketball history, which is what makes his latest praise of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more interesting. Teague was not dismissing Harden’s …
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For a while, Game 2 looked like the kind of playoff night Phoenix needed. The Suns were more competitive, more composed, and far less overwhelmed than they had been in …
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The most revealing thing about a defending champion is often not how loudly it talks about the title it already owns, but how carefully it talks about the one it …
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Isaiah Hartenstein Sagt, Die Thunder Müssen Sich „Immer Wieder Aufs Neue Beweisen“
Das Aufschlussreichste an einem amtierenden Champion ist oft nicht, wie laut er über den Titel spricht, den er bereits gewonnen hat, sondern wie vorsichtig er über den spricht, den er …
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Dillon Brooks has never needed much encouragement to turn a playoff matchup personal, and his early read on the Oklahoma City Thunder was delivered in exactly that spirit. With Phoenix …
