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Kobe leads Lakers past Thunder in 99-96 thriller (Yahoo! Sports)
LOS ANGELES (AP) After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game – or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line. That’s what the Lakers did to near perfection in Game 3 on Friday night, and that’s why they’re still standing in a series with an opponent who can run circles around them.
Kobe leads Lakers past Thunder in 99-96 thriller
By GREG BEACHAM | Associated Press – LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game — or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line
Kobe leads Lakers past Thunder in 99-96 thriller
By GREG BEACHAM | Associated Press – LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game — or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line. That’s what the Lakers did to near perfection in Game 3 on Friday night, and that’s why they’re still standing in a series with an opponent who can run circles around them
With jitters gone, Durant comes through in clutch (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The opportunity to attempt a shot and win a game used to make Kevin Durant so jittery he couldn’t sit still. With the game on the line, he’d find himself literally shaking as he sat on the bench in late-game timeouts with the ball about to come his way. Then he found a way to take the edge off: He had to stop caring quite so much
Alabama’s Hightower sees draft stock climb (Yahoo! Sports)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Dont’a Hightower insists he’s right where he expected to be all along: A projected first-round NFL draft pick
Hayward’s hot hand helping Jazz during stretch run (Yahoo! Sports)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) He was booed on draft day, still gets teased about his Justin Bieber hair and recently endured the strangest, most expensive ”Wet Willy” ever. Utah Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward , however, has managed to rise above it all, finally living up to the expectations Jazz brass had when they made him a lottery pick in 2010
AP source: Colts picking Andrew Luck at No. 1 (Yahoo! Sports)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The secret is out. Andrew Luck will be the Indianapolis Colts ‘ new quarterback. A person with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday that the Colts have notified Luck that they plan to take the Stanford quarterback with the No.
AP source: Colts picking Andrew Luck at No. 1
By MICHAEL MAROT | Associated Press – INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The secret is out.
Spurs sink Jazz 114-104 to extend win streak to 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
SAN ANTONIO (AP)—The San Antonio Spurs pushed their winning streak to 11 on a night when coach Gregg Popovich committed to playing just 10 men.
Grizzlies take big early lead, hold off Mavericks (Yahoo! Sports)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—The Memphis Grizzlies landed a solid first-quarter shot on the Dallas Mavericks and dropped the defending NBA champs further down the Western Conference playoff ladder.