Bleacherreport.com - For a team that won 27 games in a row during the regular season, it's difficult to fathom how the Miami Heat have suddenly turned into one of the most wildly inconsistent outfits in recent memory. Yet here they are, having alternated wins and losses over their last 11 playoff games and locked in a 2-2 tie with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.There are any number of exhaustive statistical 3 days
Hoopsworld.com - Join HOOPSWORLD NBA Writer Derek Page as he hosts his weekly chat every Saturday at 5 PM ET. Shoot your questions in now. 3 days
Hoopsworld.com - Andre Iguodala will opt of his contract with the Denver Nuggets, so where will he end up signing next season?... Kobe Bryant has plans to play at least two more seasons, according to ESPN.com... 3 days
Espn.go.com - Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki doesn't see the point in attempting to rid the game of flopping -- at least the moves used to help sell a foul call "a little bit." 3 days
Bleacherreport.com - Flopping has been a point of emphasis in the NBA this season, with Miami Heat forward/center Chris Bosh the latest recipient (via Adi Joseph of USA Today) of a $5,000 pocket-change fine for his antics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. While the league steps up efforts to curb something it deems has no place in the game, one of the best power forwards in NBA history—Dallas 3 days
Bleacherreport.com - LeBron James won the regular season MVP award in nearly unanimous fashion, but his grasp on the same honor in the NBA Finals is a bit more tenuous.In order for James to add to his trophy case, a few things have to happen first. Most obviously, the Miami Heat actually have to go on to win the title. Bill Russell won the very first finals MVP award in 1969, despite being on the losing team. Since t 3 days
Bleacherreport.com - Twelve months ago, the answer to this question was incredibly simple and straightforward: Three games.After Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and company took Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals from the Miami Heat, it appeared as if the consistent ascension of the OKC franchise would continue to increase at the same rate.After the team's first season in Oklahoma City in 2008-09, the Thunder raised their 4 days
Espn.go.com - Erik Spoelstra and Gregg Popovich briefly shifted their focus Friday from making adjustments in the NBA Finals to taking aim at the rampant turnover in the league's coaching ranks in recent weeks. 4 days
