playoffs Page 155 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

With A Little Luck And A Gigantic Glove Save, The Kings Carry On
Hockeywood is halfway to putting out a sequel, and the script looks a lot like last year's: timely goals from unlikely sources, defense that doesn't take a breather, and a Conn Smythe-caliber campaign from Jonathan Quick in net....

Everything Went Wrong For The Heat, And The Pacers Won By Only Seven
The Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat tonight, 99-92. But before everyone pulls out the André Extra Dry and talks about how Indiana is going to do it and how the Heat might have finally met their match and how much of a clinic in hustle stats and team cohesion and bench spirit the Spurs-Pacers seri...

LeBron James Blocks The Absolute Shit Out Of George Hill's Layup
That's not fair, man. ...

Lance Stephenson Is Pulling A Miami Heat On The Miami Heat
The Indiana Pacers are up at halftime over the Miami Heat, 48-47, in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is your open thread. Knock yourselves out....

Gregg Popovich Is A Man Of Two Words
Well, he's a man of one word said twice, anyway. ...

The Pacers' Paul George Has Gradually Exploded All At Once
After two games in Miami, it's no longer assured that the Heat — reigning champs, winners of 27 straight in the regular season, top seed in the Eastern Conference, proud owners of fans like these — are going to dispatch the Indiana Pacers quickly, or for that matter, at all. The series is tied at a ...

The Rangers Steal One Freaking Game, And Here Comes The Comeback Talk
After the Bruins played one of their worst games of the postseason, and the Rangers came up with one of their best (luckiest?), there's no reason to panic in Boston about a 3-0 series lead being cut to 3-1. Right? Right?...

Here's The Overtime Goal That Kept The NY Rangers' Season Alive
The New York Rangers, down to the Boston Bruins 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals and facing a sweep, scored twice in the third period to tie the game 3-3 and send it into overtime. ...

Linesman To John Tortorella: "Fuck You"
Wait...is that even legal?...

Roy Hibbert Says Shane Battier Kneed Him In The Dick On Purpose
Roy Hibbert has had an eventful 24 hours on Twitter. He spent last night responding directly to fans' criticisms and questions about his team's Game 1 loss to the Heat, and now he's moved on to calling out Shane Battier for being a dirty player....

A Pirates Player Came To Work Today Dressed Like Mario Lemieux
When they travel for their upcoming road trip to Milwaukee and Detroit, the Pirates intend to show their support for the Penguins' playoff run by wearing Pens sweaters. But utility infielder Brandon Inge went further....


Paul George Is The Star Who'll Save The Pacers From Paul George
Last night's Eastern Conference final opener between the Heat and Pacers was a story of two buzzer-beaters, and all the fun of the game lay in the difference between the two. First came Paul George's cockeyed overtime-forcing three-pointer, which was shot from a range that would make even J.R. Smith...

Norris Cole Gave David West A Mighty Forearm Shiver To The Balls
Last night's loss to the Heat hurt for a Pacers team that hit two late shots to tie in regulation and take what looked like a winner at the charity stripe in overtime, but it was especially painful for David West—mostly because of Norris Cole's blast to the 'nads....

The Pacers Did Everything Wrong On LeBron's Buzzer-Beater
Look at that photo. That's not how iconic playoff game-winners are supposed to look. LeBron James adds a conference finals buzzer-beater to his resumé, as the Heat take a 1-0 series lead over Indiana, but it'll always come with a caveat: conference finals buzzer-beaters probably shouldn't come on un...

LeBron's Layup As Seen From The Indiana Bench
Seems nice, but there's some big tall guy blocking the view....

Pacers Make A Mess Of Final Seconds, Still Force OT, Lose Anyway
The Pacers tried their damnedest to screw up the end of a closely-fought Game 1, but thanks to some uncharacteristic help from Ray Allen and an off-balance semi-prayer from Paul George, we went to overtime....

It Has Been One Week Since The Miami Heat Played Basketball
The Miami Heat have not played a game in however many hours are in a week (Rovell is not returning calls). What did people even do back in those primitive days of one week ago? Did they even have smartphones? To help give you a basic understanding of what it was like back when the Miami Heat actuall...

