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SH Blog: Guillermo’s notable coverage of the NBA Finals on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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Every year, Jimmy Kimmel on ABC provides entertaining segments on his show (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) with coverage of the NBA Finals, and this year has been no different. Check out Guillermo hysterically butcher the name of every player, call Derek Fisher a 65-year-old and most importantly, his notable interview with LeBron James. For Metta World Peace calling out James Harden, click here. For Jeremy Lin and Roy Hibbert on Jimmy Kimmel, click here. For all blog items, click here. Follow @NBATupark //

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SH Blog: Metta World Peace says James Harden is no brain, all beard

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(via NBAClipz) James Harden had a rough time in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, scoring just 9 points on two-of-10 shooting – his second single-digit scoring performance in the last three games. Check out Moke Hamilton’s thoughts here. His worst moment came in the final 30 seconds of the game with the Thunder trailing by three points. The Heat had possession and Scott Brooks had clearly elected not to foul, hoping to get a stop and the last shot to tie the

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Bauman: Hustle and heart, not just skill, have helped LeBron James

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MIAMI — LeBron James stares down at the stat sheet before the media brigade begins firing questions toward the podium. He’s glancing quickly, attempting to assess the game through the box score so that he can answer the public’s never-ending questions. Once Game 3 ended and the Heat took a crucial 2-1 lead in this best of seven NBA Finals series, LeBron James was already planning for the next one, trying to figure out how his team can further impose its

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Bauman: Thunder say zone defense is not a viable option

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MIAMI — With Shane Battier draining nine 3-pointers through two games, it seems like an odd time to bring it up. But it is worth discussing: Zone defense. As the NBA Finals shift to Miami, I can’t help but remember last season: The Dallas Mavericks utilized all their parts and all of their schemes in an attempt to slow down the fast and powerful offense of the Miami Heat. If even for a string of possessions at a time, the Mavs made

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The Best NBA Finals Game 3 showdowns of the David Stern Era

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When we decided to flush out the five best NBA Finals games of the David Stern Era, we didn’t think we would have so much trouble with Game 3. Since Stern became commissioner in 1984, no Finals game number has had more duds than Game 3. While other games had seven and eight candidates for our top five list, we had issues coming up with five truly great Game 3 showdowns. Three of the games making our list took place in the

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Perkins: Five Observations after Games 1 and 2 of NBA Finals

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MIAMI — The NBA Finals remain in their infancy, relatively speaking, but here are five things we know for sure, right now, at this moment, after the participants practiced and spoke to the media Saturday on the eve of Game 3 of the best-of-seven series.

James Harden and his never-say-die mentality is a primary reason the Thunder are so relentless.

1. OKLAHOMA CITY KEEPS COMING The Thunder are like Joe Frazier. They’re like Terminators. They’re relentless. You can’t fight

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In first NBA Finals, Battier doing all he can to help Heat win

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The Miami Heat’s lead was down to 4, the shot clock was at 5 and Shane Battier was about to set a screen for Dwyane Wade at the top of the key. But he slip-screened, backed up, got his hands ready, set his feet and let the ball fly. “I was just trying to get it on the rim, to be honest with you,” explained the do-it-all forward. “The shot clock was low, (Kevin) Durant was in my

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LeBron’s sixth foul wasn’t called, which was a good thing

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// OKLAHOMA CITY — “No question that’s a foul.” Those were ABC broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy’s final words on Thursday night’s broadcast, and the foul/non-foul will be shown over and over and over again until this series resumes Sunday night in Miami. The play in question was a seven-foot baseline jumper that Durant attempted after his arms got locked with James’ arms, a good half-second before Durant faded away and got off a clean release that bounced harmlessly off the rim. It

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