Sunday, May 20, 2012

Thunder Lakers

  • LOS ANGELES - Its a weekend to remember at Los Angeles Staples Center, with six playoff games in four days, and Saturday, with the four best teams in the NBAs Western Conference on display, was looking very much like a day for the aged.
  • (USA Today)
  • LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer.
  • (ESPN)
  • Los Angeles, CA – The Thunder stole another game from the Lakers on Saturday, getting a go-ahead three-pointer from Kevin Durant with 13.7 seconds left en route to a 103-100 comeback win in the Western Conference semifinals.
  • (FOX News)
  • For the second time in the series, the Lakers had a game in their hands, and for the second time let it get away. In the process, theyve allowed any realistic chance of advancing to get away, too. This will be one the locals talk about for a while.
  • (Thunder 103, Lakers 100 - ESPN)
  • * Kerr: "Can you imagine if youre a lifelong Sonics fan to sit here and watch this club, which has an unlimited future? They left you, broke your heart.
  • (Daily Oklahoman)
  • The winning recipe, and most contentious part of the court, should be extremely obvious to both Los Angeles and Oklahoma City. The Lakers need to get into the lane for easy buckets or free throws.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley was right in his pregame analysis. He said if the Thunder scored 100 points, it would win Game 4. TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley was right in his pregame analysis.
  • (Daily Oklahoman)
  • Cool, calm and collected _ those are not just the properties of the old. The Oklahoma City Thunder, under the Lakers thumb most of the night, erupted in the fourth quarter and won, 103-100, to lead this Western Conference semifinal, 3-1.
  • (Syracuse Post-Standard)
  • From that point, however, Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook drove his team to an improbable comeback, a 103-100 victory over the Lakers and a 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series.
  • (Tulsa World)

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