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5 things to watch for in Game 6 of NBA Finals
LeBron’s legacy is on the line and San Antonio are on the brink of an historic fifth title.
# basketball - Sunday 16 June, 2013
Sports Film Of The Week: Doin’ It In The Park
This one looks a winner.
# basketball - Friday 14 June, 2013
Wade and James dominate as Heat bounce back in Game 4
There’s nothing between them with the series tied at 2-2.
# basketball - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
# basketball - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Wade gearing up for ‘must-win’ game against Spurs
Reigning champions, Miami, are a game down to San Antonio.
# basketball - Friday 7 June, 2013
Sergio Ramos and Spain teammates soak up Game 1 of the NBA Finals
The Spaniard is hoping for a Miami Heat victory. Trap, as we all know, is a massive San Antonio Spurs fan.
# basketball - Thursday 6 June, 2013
5 things to look out for in the NBA Finals
As Will Smith said: Welcome to Miami. Also… boom, shake, shake, shake the room.
# basketball - Sunday 2 June, 2013
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# basketball - Thursday 30 May, 2013
This is the dive that got LeBron James fined $5,000 by the NBA
This flop against the Pacers means it’s one less bottle of Cristal for the King.
# basketball - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
LeBron James jumped 2 feet above the rim for this epic block
But the Heat still lost.
# basketball - Thursday 23 May, 2013
LeBron James nails buzzer-beating lay-up to clinch OT win
King James capped off this triple-double performance with the game-winning point in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
# basketball - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
NBA superstar Kevin Durant finished his massive back tattoo this week
And one basketball fan’s already spotted a mistake.
# basketball - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Kevin Durant gives $1million to the Oklahoma Tornado Relief fund
Generous move from the OKC talisman.
# basketball - Saturday 18 May, 2013
9 of the best games you ever played as a city kid
We recall a simpler time when you used a rope tied to trees as a tennis net and games of curbs went on for hours.
# basketball - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Kobe Bryant tweeted this disgusting photo of his ankle surgery
Maybe don’t click through if you’re squeamish/eating.
# basketball - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
The NBA is fining players for doing something called the ‘big balls dance’
Bunch of killjoys.
# basketball - Monday 6 May, 2013
120 of 121 voters decide LeBron James is the NBA MVP
The Miami Heat star thinks the missing vote must have been ‘a writer out of New York.’
# basketball - Thursday 2 May, 2013
The Knicks and Celtics got into a post-game dust-up, after an apparent ‘your wife’ comment
Someone said something about Melo’s wife LaLa again. Allegedly.
# basketball - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
You have to see this SICK soccer-style basketball alley-oop in a local dunk contest
10 out of 10, chaps.
# basketball - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Roy Hibbert throws down one of the most vicious dunks of the NBA playoffs
The 7’2″ Indiana Pacers centre went straight through his 6’8″ opponent on the way to the basket.
# basketball - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
A Warriors player threw down a sick reverse dunk — and his bench went nuts
So that’s a reverse dunk!
# basketball - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Improve your Tuesday by watching the 10 best dunks of the NBA season
Now go outside and try your best.
Chris Paul makes game-winning buzzer beaters look waaaay too easy
The Clippers took a 2-0 series lead against the Grizzlies last night.
# basketball - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Kobe Bryant set to miss the rest of the season through injury
The 34-year-old called it the most disappointing injury of his career “by far.”
# basketball - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Kobe Bryant on abusive Rutgers coach: ‘I would’ve smacked the hell out of him’
The LA Lakers star had some stern words of advice for Mike Rice.
Oh nothing, it’s just LeBron playing the ball off the backboard to set himself up for a dunk
He’s decent, isn’t he?
‘I’m too sexy for my cat’ — Metta World Peace gave this bizarre interview after his comeback
‘That was the Black Swan, the Black Mamba, call me whatever.’
# basketball - Friday 5 April, 2013
Doug Anderson is very good at dunking a basketball
And that’s why he was crowned the college basketball slam Dunk champion on Thursday.
# basketball - Thursday 4 April, 2013
# basketball - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
WATCH: College basketball coach fined, sacked after abusive methods exposed
Mike Rice has already been suspended for three games after Rutgers viewed the footage.
Jack Nicholson honoured Shaq as the Lakers retired the 34 jersey last night
The former centre was celebrated at the Staples Center.
# basketball - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Game changers: 7 athletes who played multiple sports during their careers
Why be good at one sport when you can play two or more?
Stick to the day job: Barack Obama left red-faced after missing 17 consecutive shots
The US president isn’t much of a basketball player going on this evidence.
# basketball - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Here are our top 25 favourite sporting ads that went viral
Multinational corporations aren’t always the antithesis of cool.
# basketball - Friday 29 March, 2013
# basketball - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Basketball Ireland to repay €124k for ‘serious error’ in use of grant money
Over €1.2 million in capital funding was instead spent on development programmes by the association.
The cover of Phil Jackson’s book wants to remind you just how successful he has been
If you had 11 NBA championship rings, you’d put them on the cover of your book too.
VIDEO: Heat’s streak goes cold as Bulls run wild
A four point win counts as a rampaging triumph when the team you beat just won 27 straight games.
# basketball - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Girl gets free ice cream for a year… after greedy boyfriend denies her
He never learned to share.
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