Power Poll: Pink slips fly for NBA coaches (SportingNews.com)

December 16, 2008

Some coaches deserved to get the boot, but others are getting unfair pink slips in unwinnable situations.

BDL NBA Power Rankings: And then there were five, six, seven … (Yahoo! Sports)

December 16, 2008

The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts Red Bull with one part flippant observation to create the most...

More breaking news: Celtics fire coach Chris Ford, again (Yahoo! Sports)

December 15, 2008

The Boston Celtics became the seventh NBA team to make a coaching change before Christmas this season, deciding...

Parker, Duncan leads Spurs past Thunder (AP)

December 15, 2008

San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, of France, Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, and Tim Duncan return to the court during the second half of the NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 109-104.

Tony Parker knows a 26-point first-half lead is no sure thing -- even against the team with the worst record in the NBA. Parker scored 22 points, and Tim Duncan had 20 points and 12 rebounds to help San Antonio win its sixth straight game, 109-104 over Oklahoma City on Sunday night. The Spurs led by 26 points in the first half before the Thunder cut it to two points in the final minute.


Nowitzki’s season-high 46 lead Mavs over Thunder (AP)

December 14, 2008

Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry, front left, attempts to get around Oklahoma City Thunder guard Damien Wilkins, right, in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. The Mavericks won 103-99.

Dirk Nowitzki had one of the best scoring nights of his career, Jason Terry put up another 20-point game and the Dallas Mavericks shot better than 50 percent from the floor. Despite those performances, the Mavericks still needed a late rally to fend off the struggling Oklahoma City Thunder. Nowitzki scored a season-high 46 points, Terry added 28 and Dallas won for the 11th time in 13 games, beating...


Thunder still drawing well with NBA’s worst record (AP)

December 12, 2008

No matter how many ways the Oklahoma City Thunder find to lose, they certainly don't seem to have any trouble finding people to watch it happen. Despite having an NBA-worst 2-21 record heading into the weekend, the Thunder are one of the bigger draws in the league. Only this week did Oklahoma City fall out of the top 10 in attendance, and that came after the two smallest crowds of the season came...

Thunder’s Wilcox hurts finger, could miss 2 weeks (AP)

December 11, 2008

Oklahoma City forward Chris Wilcox is expected to miss 10 to 14 days after dislocating his left ring finger. Wilcox, who had started the last six games for the Thunder, was hurt midway through the first quarter of Oklahoma City's 108-102 loss to Memphis on Wednesday night. Team spokesman Michael Ravina said on Thursday that physicians at McBride hospital re-set Wilcox's finger.

Photo: Good grief, Kevin Durant (Yahoo! Sports)

December 11, 2008

Despite Kevin Durant's team-high 28 points, the Oklahoma City Thunder dropped to 2-21 last night and are now on...

Grizzlies beat Thunder for first back-to-back wins (AP)

December 11, 2008

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Joe Smith reacts to a call by an official in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. Memphis won the game 108-102.

With high-scoring rookie O.J. Mayo in the mix, backup Mike Conley rarely gets a chance to shine for the Memphis Grizzlies. When he got one, he made the most of it. Rudy Gay had 22 points, and Conley scored 14 of his season-high 16 points in fourth quarter to help the Grizzlies beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-102 on Wednesday night for their first winning streak of the season.


BDL NBA Power Rankings: Every day we shufflin’ … (Yahoo! Sports)

December 9, 2008

The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts iced tea with one part flippant observation to create the most...

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