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Young Man Wants You To Realize The Grizzlies Beating The San Antonio Spurs Is A Really Big Deal
Your morning roundup for April 30, the day we deal with Ouzo hangovers from George Kalpaxis and Julie Herrmannsdoerfer's lovely wedding....

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
In tonight's games, the Orlando Magic, New Orleans Hornets and Portland Trailblazers have an opportunity to extend their opening-round series to a seventh, and decisive, game. Orlando visits Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. eastern. The Hornets host the Lakers a half-hour later. The Blazers welcome the Maveric...

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
The Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder can all advance to the next round of the playoffs with Game 5 victories this evening....

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
The ESPN homepage suggests this evening that we might have to "rewrite the script" for the 2011 playoffs, what with the Magic just one game from elimination, the Hornets even with the Lakers, and the Bulls barely escaping multiple games with the Pacers to lead the series, 3-1....

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
Today, the Heat can sweep the Sixers and the Celtics can do the same to the Knicks. Tonight, the Hawks and Lakers can take 3-1 leads over the Magic and Hornets respectively....

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
Starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern, the Chicago Bulls can commence their closing out of the Indiana Pacers. From there, Portland attempts to get even with the Mavericks (5:30 p.m.), the Spurs and Grizzlies fight for a 2-1 series lead (7:30 p.m.) and the Nuggets attempt to get their first win against th...

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
The Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks each won a pair of opening-round home games. Tonight, the Pacers, Sixers and Blazers try to cut their deficit in half. The games start at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern, respectively....

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread
The Nuggets, Spurs and Lakers try to avoid going down 2-0. The Thunder, Grizzlies and Hornets try to go up 2-0. They'll do so starting at 8, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. respectively. So exciting....

NBA Selects Man Who Relocated The Sonics And Lied About It To Head Relocation Committee
It gets worse for Sacramento. David Stern has appointed Clay Bennett, second-most hated man of Seattle and 2008 Oklahoman of the Year, to lead its Relocation Committee. The deadline for the Kings decision has also been extended to May 2....