Every morning, we'll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day.
1: Isn't this an interesting change of events?
A week ago, we were taking ring measurements and starting to figure out where this Spurs team sat in NBA history. They were on a "1-loss-per-month" stretch, they'd won 20 games in a row, and they just flat out seemed to have too much for the Thunder.
And then....
The Thunder, after their Game 5 winlast night, have now won 3 straight. Sometimes going small worked for them... sometimes going big worked for them... and sometimes being young and talented worked for them. In the fourth quarter last night, it was just a matter of OKC being young, fast, and really, really good. James Harden's 3 with :28 left was a terrible shot. Just awful. No ball movement, no nothing, great defense by Kawhi Leonard... and splash. That's just talent overcoming great defense.
The Spurs were great when Tony Parker was great....
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Crossover Chronicles:
PLAYERS:
James Harden,
Kawhi Leonard,
Tony Parker,
Chauncey Billups,
Blake Griffin,
Chris Paul,
Kevin Durant,
Manu Ginobili,
Danny Green,
Tim Duncan,
Gregg Popovich,
Vinny Del Negro
TEAMS: Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers
TEAMS: Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers
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