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Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: Prepare for the correction: The Spurs left the AT&T Center after Game 1 uniform in their belief that they were unlikely to make 14 3-pointers again this series. "I'm a math guy," Matt Bonner said. "I...

Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: Zach Randolph called it his "win-win dance," and the choreography was not cutting edge. He hopped, and he smiled, and he acted like someone who would never miss another shot. This was two years ago. Agains...

Marcus Thompson II of The Oakland Tribune: Warriors guard Jarrett Jack was on the verge of tears as he stood at his locker. He couldn't find the words to truly express what he was feeling, so he let his attire do the talking for him. "Usually before ...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: Two years ago, Zach Randolph nearly carried the Grizzlies to the Western Conference finals but came up a little short. The Grizzlies' power forward wasn't strong enough to contribute to a long postseason run l...

Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: Let's be honest: The befuddled, frustrated Knicks are out of answers. New York coach Mike Woodson blinked first, rolled out a big lineup for Game 4, much as the Atlanta Hawks did in Game 3. That meant inserting K...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder found out just why the Grizzlies have three NBA All-Defensive players and a stinginess that earns them the right to be called the most oppressive team in the league. ...

Jeff Faraudo of The Oakland Tribune: In a game where neither team shot even 40 percent, Warriors coach Mark Jackson pointed to a player who scored just five points as "a game-changer." Center Andrew Bogut, limited by first-half foul trouble, delivere...

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: Coach Frank Vogel said George was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate. Hibbert bluntly said before Game 2 against the Knicks that he feels like he's the best defensive center in the league. The voters thought...

Monte Poole of The Oakland Tribune: For two full days there was a look of self-disgust and acute determination in Klay Thompson's eyes, tugging at the corners of his mouth and, really, masking his entire face. It drifted away Wednesday night, clearin...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: Mike Conley bounced back in a big way. His teammates did the little things late. And now the Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder are even. Conley nearly had triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine a...

Greg Cote of The Miami Herald: OK, the playoffs just got interesting fast for the Heat - fast as a punch to the gut that you don't expect. They sure weren't interesting in the first round. They weren't supposed to be entering this second round. They ...

Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: Kevin Durant is showing us how special he is. It was one thing to average 35, nine and six and shoot 51 percent in four games without Russell Westbrookagainst a who-cares-about-defense team like the Houston Rockets....

Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle: David Lee provided the inspiration, and Stephen Curry provided the much-needed separation. The sixth-seeded Warriors followed the two players who have led them all season and turned Oracle Arena into a pl...

Jeff Schultz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The new tough-minded, cool and resilient, ain't-no-call-in-the-world-gonna-cause-us-to-trigger-another-nuclear-meltdown Hawks returned to action Wednesday night. And they stuck around - for about a qu...

Mark Kiszla of The Denver Post: One cheap shot can change everything. The mojo in this NBA playoff series turned decidedly back in the favor of the Nuggets when Golden State center Andrew Bogut turned into a coward and went for the throat of Kenneth ...

Mark Bradley of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The notion struck midway through another second quarter in which the Atlanta Hawks were extracting, without Novocain and with great force, the "d" from Indiana. "The Pacers can't guard the Hawks," dec...