WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal didn't have a plan. What he had was a good move.
Oklahoma City’s biggest stars displayed a unique version of balanced scoring against Atlanta: Russell Westbrook led the Thunder in the first half and Kevin Durant dominated the Hawks over the final two quarters.
Russell Westbrook shrugged off a sore shoulder to score 19 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised past the Toronto Raptors 108-88 on Tuesday night.
James Harden plans to sign a long-term extension with the Houston Rockets before the regular season begins.
Unable to work out an extension with James Harden, the Oklahoma City Thunder traded the Sixth Man of the Year to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night, breaking up the young core of the Western Conference champions.
Royce Young is a lifelong Oklahoman and a Sooners football fan, so when he speaks these words he knows their weight.
This is the NBA team non-NBA fans can love.
First-round draft pick Perry Jones III doesn’t feel any pressure to prove he’s one of the missing links to turn the Oklahoma City Thunder into NBA champions.
MIAMI The decision is final: LeBron James made the right call coming to Miami.
LeBron James has never been here before.
LeBron James better get well fast. He's about to play for a championship.
For the next two days, the Oklahoma City Thunder will lament plenty of things.
At this point a year ago, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were using words like urgency and desperation.
The NBA’s advertising campaign this season was built around one word: BIG. Oversized heads on the league’s star players filled some of the commercials. Other promotional ads had giant words superimposed on highlights of game action.
Kevin Durant showed LeBron James how to play the fourth quarter in the NBA Finals.
Mario Chalmers had just completed yet another strong performance this postseason.
San Antonio is halfway to turning the Western Conference finals into a runaway.
Maybe they’ll finally get a challenge this time.
When Clay Bennett was seeking a leader for his team that would one day become the Oklahoma City Thunder, he picked a rising star from a San Antonio franchise on the verge of winning its fourth NBA championship in a decade.
It’s the main event of the Western Conference finals: Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook, All-Star point guards having their best seasons yet. One going for a fourth NBA championship, the other chasing his first.
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