Russell Westbrook had 26 points and 11 assists as the Thunder held off the Clippers 119-117 at home. Elsewhere Thursday, the Bulls went into Houston and beat the Rockets 103-100 in a battle of teams fighting for their playoff lives.
Fact: pancakes ruin basketball dreams
Good morning. Let’s basketball.
BALLIN: Ricky O’Donnell introduces you to Lonzo Ball, the SoCal kid as unique a prospect as we’ve seen in some time. He’s a 6’5 point guard heading to UCLA who rifles outlet passes and has embraced the Currian shooting style. Can’t wait to see him in the Pac-12.
Read Article >Stephens continues grudge against basketball rims
I don’t know what a basketball rim ever did to D.J. Stephens, but it must have been bad. First he smashed a monster alley-oop home. Then he nearly tore down another rim with another alley-oop.
Now he did this:
Read Article >Rockets lose despite Beasley’s incredible pass
Beasley saw that and threw what might have been the best pass of his entire career -- rising for a fake shot before flinging it all the way across the court right into Ariza’s hands. Because basketball is cruel, Ariza missed the shot, and the Rockets now fall a half game out of the playoffs, breaking their three-way tie for the No. 7 seed. It was a huge loss, but Beasley’s pass really was incredible.
Heat Of The Moment: Michael Beasley prevents teammate from throwing haymakers
Read Article >Not even LeBron could slam home this alley-oop
LeBron James and J.R. Smith have combined for a few spectacular alley-oop dunks recently. Suspiciously, none of the passes from Smith have been very good. That’s worked out well fans of great dunks as James has had to soar and contort to finish the dunks.
Like when Smith threw James an off target off-the-backboard oop.
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