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Harry How/NBAE/Getty Images Blake Griffin on Tim Duncan: "The way he plays is so methodical, but at the same time he doesn't overthink the game." Over the past quarter-century, the NBA has seen the Black Mamba, Larry Legend, His Airness, The Answer...

The Spurs came back from 24-point deficit with pick-and-roll precision.

LOS ANGELES -- Laker Sentimentalists weren't happy about it. Shipping Derek Fisher and a draft pick to Houston for Jordan Hill seemed like an unceremonious send-off for the man who enshrined "0.4" into the storied history of the franchise. Hard-bi...

A 12-year-old kid was suspended from school for having Matt Bonner's likeness shaved into his head. Bonner responded by giving him and his folks free tickets to Game 2 of the Spurs-Clippers series at the AT&T Center on Thursday night. There's a...

How the San Antonio Spurs got tagged as boring never made much sense to me. Yes, the Spurs were the proctors who broke up the spring flings thrown by the Seven Seconds of Less Phoenix Suns. For those who like their superstars to dazzle, Tim Duncan...

The Clippers' unheralded bench was the difference in the fourth quarter of their Game 7 win

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images The Grizzlies established control of the series when they reacquainted themselves with the paint. MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- What was once indifference between the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies has descende...

Chris Paul finished the deal, but Blake Griffin set the stage with his breakout playoff game

Neil Olshey didn't follow a traditional path to the top, but made smart career moves along the way

Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images Marc Gasol was back where he belonged on Wednesday night: In the middle of the Grizzlies' offense. MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Marc Gasol never quite understood how and why the Memphis offense got away from him. He expressed thos...

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin sprained his left knee, while guard Chris Paul suffered a strained right hip flexor and jammed the middle finger on his right hand in the Clippers' 92-80 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Will injuries to Chris Paul and Blake Griffin hurt the Clippers' chances of closing out the Grizzlies?

This report from Kevin Arnovitz has some interesting thoughts from Clippers and Grizzlies players on the rampant flopping in their first-round series. While Chris Paul dismissed the notion entirely (he plays the head game at another level), Reggie...

Memphis coach Lionel Hollins backed off a comment he made on Monday night, when he told a TNT sideline reporter that "Chris [Paul] does a good job of flopping."

Can the Clippers close out the Grizzlies?

Chris Paul finished the deal, but Blake Griffin set the stage with his breakout playoff game