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  • Capsule preview of the NBAs conference finals

    A capsule look at the NBA's conference finals:EASTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 MIAMI HEAT (66-16, 8-1) vs. No. 3 INDIANA PACERS (49-32, 8-4)Season series: Indiana, 2-1. The home team won all three games, and every game was decided by double figures. The Pacers shot only 36 percent and still beat the Heat 87-77 on Jan. 8, then topped them again 102-89 on Feb. 1 -- the game that immediately preceded ...

  • Hibbert Battier guilty of an intentional low blow

    Shane Battier (center) delivered a knee to Roy Hibbert during Game 1. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images) Pacers center Roy Hibbert said Thursday that he believes Heat forward Shane Battier intentionally delivered a low blow during Miami’s 103-102 Game 1 victory. ';[You] can knee or kick me every time [you] drive [to] the rim,'; Hibbert wrote ...

  • Report Cavaliers considering Otto Porter Jr. with pick

    Otto Porter Jr. could be selected with the first overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. (Photo by Nate Shron/Getty Images) The Cleveland Cavaliers are considering selecting Georgetown’s Otto Porter Jr. with the first overall pick, ...

  • The Cavaliers and other NBA lottery teams chances at leaping to the playoffs

    winning the No. 1 overall pick for the second time in three years ,Nick Gilbert, son of owner Dan Gilbert, had already turned his attention to the Cavaliers’ next goal. "Whoever we pick can make our final push into the playoffs," Nick declared. Dad agreed: ';This is huge for us. It's our third year in a row in the lottery. Hopefully it's our last for a long, long ...

  • How did LeBron get into the paint to beat the Pacers in Game 1

    Rob Mahoney Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Heat and Pacers concluded with a sequence befitting its 53 minutes of give-and-take basketball, through which the most electric talents on both teams made dramatic, game-altering plays. After a loose-ball scramble with just seconds remaining in overtime, Indiana’s Paul George fired a potential go-ahead three-pointer, only to ...


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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Birdman an unlikely difference-maker for Miami in more ways than one

    Greg Nelson/SI MIAMI -- The Mohawk had been lacquered and spiked while Chris "Birdman'' Andersen was making his large yet minimalist impact on Game 1 of the Eastern finals Wednesday night. On Thursday after practice he and his hair were more relaxed. The hair lay tousled along the top of his head like a strip of highway median. His tattooed skin was like cheerful pop-art ...

  • Pacers Hill cleared to play Game 6 vs. Knicks

    New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.Hill missed Game 5 on Thursday night in New York because of a concussion.The Pacers released a statement about 1½ hours before the scheduled tipoff saying Hill passed the NBA's return protocol as part of the league's concussion policy.The Pacers said Hill remained symptom-free after each step, including ...

  • Miami Heat Burns Indiana Pacers

    Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel told his players on Tuesday that they would win Game 1. He was wrong on that front, and many will say he also was wrong to remove his shot blocker and defensive enforcer, Roy Hibbert, on two late defensive sequences in which LeBron James drove undeterred for layups, including a basket just before time expired. Vogel said a strong case could have been made ...

  • Grizzlies coach focused on Spurs not his contract

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lionel Hollins has been more successful than any Grizzlies coach and will be a free agent after June 30.He has the Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals for the first time and has won more games with this team than any other coach.He probably wouldn't have a problem getting another job, but says he's very happy with the one he has.New owners took over in November ...

  • Heat Pacers say Game 2 should be even better

    Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) is congratulated by Dwyane Wade (3) after defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Miami. The Heat won 103-102 in overtime. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

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