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• Spurs top Thunder, lead series 2-0

  SAN ANTONIO San Antonio is halfway to turning the Western Conference finals into a runaway. Tony Parker scored 34 points, Manu Ginobili added 20 and the Spurs stayed perfect in the playoffs with a 120-111 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 on T   Read more »

• North Babylon's Danny Green brings Spurs' lunch pail

  Danny Green is living out his dream with the San Antonio Spurs , not long after self-doubt had him questioning whether he would make it in the NBA .The North Babylon native has bounced around since graduating from North Carolina in 2009, but he enjoyed a   Read more »

• Kings edge Coyotes 4-3 in overtime to win West

  (AP) -- Skating between the circles, Dustin Penner saw the puck bouncing his way. A scrum of players thrashing in front of him, he fired a shot through the crowd and between Phoenix goalie Mike Smith 's pads.Fortunate? Maybe a little, but it was all the   Read more »

• Predators advance, ousting Red Wings 4-1 in series

  (AP) -- The Nashville Predators need measure themselves against the Detroit Red Wings no more.David Legwand scored 13 seconds into the third period, and the Predators advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 2-1 victory over the Red Wings on   Read more »

• Durant scores 23 to lead Thunder past Raptors

  (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Oklahoma City had a 24-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters en route to a 91-75 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night, snapping the Thunder's season-high three-game losing streak. James Harden   Read more »

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• Lil Wayne Says He Feels 'Unwanted' at Okla. Arena

  Thunder players — Kevin Durant and James Harden — had reached out to offer him tickets to Saturday's fourth game of the Western Conference Finals. But he says that while "the players want me there, I don't want to feel — I'm going to still feel unwanted." 3:45 AM from ABC News Read more »

• Spurs look to regroup after rare loss in Western Conference finals

  since mid-April, it was time for the San Antonio Spurs to face an entirely different set of questions Friday with their Western Conference finals lead over Oklahoma City cut to 2-1. No longer was the talk about whether the Spurs — riding a 20-game winning 2:51 AM from Denver Post Read more »

• Win streak over, Spurs regroup

  time since mid-April, it was time for the San Antonio Spurs to face an entirely different set of questions Friday with their Western Conference finals lead over Oklahoma City cut to two games to one. No longer was the talk about whether the Spurs - riding 6/1/12 from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »

• Steve Kerr : I’m A (Motivational) Tool

  City throttled San Antonio in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals last night, end a 20 game Spurs winning streak, as well as putting members of TNT’s broadcast crew on notice. The Oklahoman’s Mel Bracht writes that despite being nowhere near a television 6/1/12 from Can't Stop The Bleeding Read more »

• How nimble executives from Los Angeles to Raleigh put their clubs on solid ice

  (Top) and fans celebrate teammate Anze Kopitar's 2nd period goal against the Phoenix Coyotes during Game 3 of the NHL Western Conference final hockey playoffs in Los Angeles, California, May 17, 2012. No comments yet for this story "World first" scientific 6/1/12 from Albequerque Express Read more »