Shelburne: How Grizzlies finished Kevin Durant's Thunder

Making the Western Conference finals is entirely unfamiliar territory for the Memphis Grizzlies. The Griz are relishing it, Ramona Shelburne writes.

5-on-5: End of the line for Bulls, Thunder?

Our panel plays a little knockout heading into elimination games for the Bulls and Thunder.

Mike and Mike

ESPN NBA analyst Jon Barry dishes on Heat-Bulls, Dwyane Wade's health, Thunder-Grizzlies, Knicks-Pacers, Tyson Chandler's remarks regarding New York's offense and more.

LeBron on, Marc Gasol off All-Defensive team

LeBron James and Memphis guard Tony Allen headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team.

Durant says he can do more to help Thunder

Kevin Durant has done more of everything for the Oklahoma City Thunder since Russell Westbrook was lost for the rest of the season with a knee injury after Game 2 of the Thunder's first round series against the Houston Rockets.

Wallace: The Grizzlies just might now be the West favorites

By gaining an edge in their West semifinal series with No. 1 seed Oklahoma City, the Grizzlies just might be the West favorites now, Ramona Shelburne writes.

Thunder's Westbrook to have knee surgery

All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook will have surgery to repair cartilage in his right knee and be out indefinitely, dealing a harsh blow to the Oklahoma City Thunder's championship chances.

Thunder role players step up in clutch

The Thunder scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting in clutch time (last 5 minutes, score within 5 points), with scoring from 5 different Thunder players. During the regular season, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant combined to score 77.6 percent of Oklahoma City's points in clutch time. But on Wednesday, it was jumpers from Thabo Sefolosha and Serge Ibaka that put the game away.

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