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5 Fast Facts from Last Night’s Games — Miami Heat Take Game 2 to Even NBA FInals at 1-1

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Let’s call it how it was: the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals were relatively underwhelming. Fortunately, the 2014 NBA Finals have righted all past wrongs with some outstanding competition. Game 2 of the 2014 NBA Finals took place on Sunday, June 8. Fresh off of the infamous cramp-and-air-conditioning incident, LeBron James erupted with a monster performance as the Miami Heat looked to avoid a 2-0 hole against the home team San Antonio Spurs. Here’s everything that transpired. [Read more…]

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Game 2: Led by LeBron, ball movement down the stretch key for Heat

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SAN ANTONIO — Ball movement. Two words. It’s that simple. When the ball moves, good things happen. When the ball stops moving, bad things happen. “You move it or you die,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. If you want to break down Game 2 into the one big thing that separated the two teams, you don’t have to bring up LeBron James’ 35 points. They were needed, of course, but the three biggest plays that James made came in the final 1:43 —

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Sprung: 5 keys to Miami Heat success in Game 2 of the Finals

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Game 1 of the NBA Finals was Miami’s for the taking. That’s not indicative if you look at Thursday’s 110-95 final score, which looks like an easy romp of a win for the Spurs. But the Heat led going into the 4th quarter and forced 23 San Antonio turnovers in the sweltering, air conditioning-malfunctioning heat at the AT&T Center. How can Miami rebound and continue its streak of 12 consecutive wins after a playoff loss? Here are five easy keys for

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Sheridan’s Top 25 Free Agents for Summer of 2014 — UPDATE

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We are now three weeks away from free agency, and we now have some insight into who will look to be a heavy hitter on July 1. The news that the Houston Rockets will not pick up the tam option on Chandler Parsons is a signal flare that Daryl Morey is going to try his best to add a third superstar. It won’t be easy for him — especially if he wants a max salary superstar. But if he is setting

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The Three-Man Weave: Looking at Game 2 Adjustments

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As the NBA Finals move on to Game 2, we are back with another Three-Man Weave. This time, we take a look at the cramp quotient for LeBron James and which adjustments each team needs to make. 1. Now that the air conditioning at the AT&T Center is supposedly fixed, are LeBron James’ cramping issues a thing of the past? [Read more…]

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Tweet of the Night: Rasual Butler roots for California Chrome in the Belmont Stakes

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With NBA action on hold until Game 2 of the Finals on Sunday evening, it leaves a gap for fans and players to enjoy other sports. This includes taking an interest in the world of horse racing, especially this year due to the achievements of California Chrome. Having already won the Kentucky Derby and The Preakness earlier this year, California Chrome was the favored horse to win the Belmont Stakes this year. Had the horse achieved this task  it would have become

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SH Blog: Cavs plan to offer Irving Wall-like deal; Suns interested in Love

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As someone who wrote these here blog things during the Dwightmare, I have mixed feelings on the incredibly protracted trade dramas that the NBA is so often subjected to. On the one hand, they take forever, they’re basically one big headache, they’re never resolved in a satisfying manner, and after about a week more people are talking about how they’re sick of hearing about the trade possibilities than are actually talking about said trade possibilities. On the other hand, they make

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Hubbard: In 1984 in Boston Garden, the heat was also on

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In a very loose way, history repeated itself Thursday and it will be fascinating to see if the end result is failure – or perhaps another classic. A friend covering the NBA Finals called after Game 1 between the Heat and Spurs and asked for memories of the infamous Lakers-Celtics game in the 97-degree heat of Boston Garden. Other than a slight mix up on the year of the game (initially I thought it was 1985; it was ’84) and the

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