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The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 7:07 PM
Kevin Durant

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — They're small markets with once-in-a-generation forwards, All-Star point guards, left-handed sparkplugs off the bench and closely linked front offices. In the entire NBA, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are about as similar as it gets.

The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 6:02 PM
Erik Spoelstra

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA fined Miami coach Erik Spoelstra $25,000 on Friday for "critical public comments" about officiating in the Eastern Conference series with Indiana.

Spoelstra made the comments before Miami's shootaround Thursday in Indianapolis,

The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 7:43 AM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With another season on the brink, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James took their two-man game to new heights.

Just like that, the Miami Heat and a Big Three-Minus-One are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals.

Wade scored

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 6:58 PM
LeBron James

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James was the leading vote-getter for the All-NBA team, while Kobe Bryant earned his 10th first-team selection, tied for second on the career list.

Bryant, a first-team pick for the seventh straight season, joined Kareem Abdul

The Associated Press
May 22, 2012 -- 12:53 PM
Kobe Bryant

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol spent the final minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers' final game arguing in Oklahoma City, disagreeing on the best way to run a pick-and-roll play.

It might have been the tandem's last few minutes together

The Associated Press
May 22, 2012 -- 10:55 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are ready to announce what many have long suspected: The franchise wants to move back to San Francisco.

The NBA team, Commissioner David Stern and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee scheduled a news conference

The Associated Press
May 21, 2012 -- 8:51 PM
LeBron James

Spectacular as it seemed, it was nothing we haven't seen from LeBron James before.

Maybe that's the funny thing about all the hoopla over James' performance in Game 4 of the Pacers-Heat series. Because for once, it wasn't just his talent that

The Associated Press
May 19, 2012 -- 7:02 PM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson apologized for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James.

The NBA's MVP wasn't so forgiving.

In fact, he didn't even know he had been mocked.

James said Saturday that he was

The Associated Press
May 19, 2012 -- 4:31 AM
Kobe Bryant

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With their Game 2 collapse still fresh in their minds, the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a sequel with the only game plan they're confident will work against the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder.

They got slow. They got into the

The Associated Press
May 18, 2012 -- 10:49 PM
Steve Blake, Paul Millsap, Enes Kanter

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats after he missed a big shot late in Game 2 of Los Angeles' second-round playoff series with Oklahoma City.

Blake has contacted the Lakers' security team

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