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Holy Clips! LA pulls off shocker, overcomes 24 point deficit to stun Grizzlies

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48 minutes.
Not 40. Not 42. Not 46.
In the NBA if you don’t play every minute of playoff basketball with untempered enthusiasm and smarts, you could be prone to the pitfalls of history. And not the good kind.

It was 95-71 with 8 minutes remaining, the Grizzlies had the lead. And then Rudy Gay got into [...]

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Rose’s ACL injury a devastating blow to Bulls: another reminder that health is guaranteed to no one

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The Bulls have overcome adversity before. With their 2011 MVP Derrick Rose shelved for nearly 27 games in this lockout shortened season due to various injuries, Chicago banded together, showing an impressive resilience and team resolve that helped them finish off the best record in the NBA for the second consecutive season.
They beat some [...]

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Collapse? Comeback? Both! Mavs stun Miami in game 2 epic

Is this history’s way of getting it’s revenge?  Or just another roadblock for Miami to overcome?
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Nothing has come easy for Miami this whole season:  From the offseason scrutiny to the late game collapses to the losing against perceived good teams.
So why should an NBA championship?
Dwyane Wade buried a 3 with 7:15 left in the [...]

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Heat disproving all the doubters — three wins away from title

Despite the heat, Miami is closing in on another NBA championship
JOSH MASER
Well, the Heat not only made it, but they won game 1 of the NBA Finals. Deal with it. As most of the world already knows, the Miami Heat are 3 wins away from an NBA title after beating the Mavs in game 1 [...]

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Heat breaking all the rules as they move closer to a title

With just four wins separating the Heat from another ring, Miami is attempting to win it all in a way that no NBA team ever has

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You know the world is all kinds of backwards when the Dallas Mavericks (aka: Mark Cuban’s team) becomes America’s new favorite underdog as we enter the final series of [...]

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Rematch! Heat set up another Finals date with Dallas after epic comeback

Not even Hollywood could have written this finish
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Miami celebrated like they won the championship when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh decided to link their chains together for the next six years.  Starting next week, they’ll be four wins away from getting to celebrate the real thing.
James, Wade, and Bosh joined forces so [...]

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There’s no “I” in Heat: Miami finally winning with total team effort

After a gutsy overtime win the Heat are one win away from the NBA Finals, and they’re doing it as a team
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You are watching the makings of a machine.
Earlier in the year if Dwyane Wade or LeBron James had an off night, Miami lost.  It was simple as that.  The Heat were a two [...]

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Dallas proves old men can still win

After their thrilling game 4 comeback, Dirk and friends are one step closer to that elusive NBA Title
JORDAN WAGNER
That’s why I think the Mavs might have an actual chance to bring Jason Kidd his much deserved NBA championship. Oklahoma City looked electric Monday night (no pun intended) before Dallas made their 4th [...]

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