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Bob Gambert, Jeff Garcia and Paul Garcia participate in a roundtable discussion on the Western Conference Finals presented by Project Spurs.

Veteran Spurs forward Stephen Jackson says he has a different attitude with the Spurs this season than earlier in his career.

Both Kevin Durant and James Harden need a big series to get past the undefeated Spurs who swept both their first two rounds and haven't lost in over a month.

Sweeping the Jazz is one thing, but playing the Clippers who have big guys that are more athletic and a point guard who is arguably the best in the league is a different story altogether.

After swimming quite soundly through the Lakers series, the Thunder have advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the second year in a row.

During their first-round series with the Mavericks, a reporter asked the Thunder's Russell Westbrook whether he thought James Harden was a "max player". Russell refused to answer--he said, instead, "no more questions for that guy". The Thunder and Spurs WCF matchup is likely to be one of the best WCFs in a long time.

J.A. Adande of ESPN.com: "Then the television ratings will come out and reveal how little America really cares about the Spurs.

Spurs guard Danny Green expects to be among several Spurs defenders who will be matched against Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook.

What's surprising about the Western Conference Finals isn't so much that the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are the two teams left standing, but, rather, the effortlessness with which they got here.

By David Blum NBA Writer Western Conference Finals San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Key Matchups: Kawhi Leonard vs.

In preparation for the series to come this Sunday, I took the initiative of re-watching all three matchups against the Spurs from the regular season.

The San Antonio Spurs are the best offensive team in basketball. But, really, their offense isn't that simple.

The Thunder's Kevin Durant drives on the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Metta World Peace.

In March of 2011, he helped the San Diego State men's basketball team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, the furthest the program has ever gone.

1 seed. None of the games was particularly close, with Oklahoma City leading by 22 after three quarters in its Jan.

Kawhi Leonard entered the 2011 NBA Draft with relatively little fanfare. A majority of the attention was directed towards Kyrie Irving, who went first overall to the Cavaliers, while Derrick Williams, Kemba Walker, Jimmer Fredette and the Morris twins were nice secondary stories.

The Spurs entered their first two series with their brooms firmly in hand, pushing their winning streak to nineteen straight as they swept the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers eight games to zero.

Spurs captain Tim Duncan was the only player on his team to receive any votes in the NBA All-Defensive team.

Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day - and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs will provide plenty of star power in the Western Conference Finals, but it's the role players who will decide the winner of the series.