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Steph Curry lit up the scoreboard and the national fans' attention spans with dominant playoff performances, but he still has a to-do list to become even better next season.

The ball fell through the net and Paul George was the first to grab it. He bounced it hard with both hands as the noise blew up all around him at his expense.

Ask Gregg Popovich about Tim Duncan, and the San Antonio Spurs coach will espouse the merits of his beloved big man.

Well, not now now; in a few hours now. But tonight is the closest many of these teams will come to the playoffs for a long, long time.

While one person cannot win a championship by himself, a strong performance can put a team over the top in a number of games.

In a nod to Toronto's pro basketball roots, the Raptors donned Huskies uniforms for a game in 2009.

Sports fans in Indiana's capital city were relieved to see George Hill recovered from his concussion and back in the Pacers' starting lineup - and that included Indy 500 driver Ed Carpenter, who qualified for the pole position at the Brickyard, then raced downtown to watch Hill chaperone his team past the Knicks.

The Spurs' Tim Duncan launches a shot over the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph in overtime of Game 2 of the 2013 Western Conference Finals at the AT&T Center on Tuesday Kin Man Hui / San Antonio Express-News As well as the Spurs played in Game 1, a letdown was almost inevitable.

Vogel and Hollins are two coaches who preach defense, discipline, and hard work who have overcame the odds of coaching for smaller market franchises with lower payrolls and managed to scratch and claw their way to the Conference Finals.

Over at Grantland, Andrew Sharp has written an article lamenting the fact that the Spurs were able to get a player as good as Kawhi Leonard with the 15th pick.

Carmelo Anthony 's former coach at Syracuse, Jim Boeheim, came out firing to diagnose what the problem is with the Knicks , and it's not Melo.

Answering critics who felt that teams such as the Houston Rockets were purposely losing games in order to enhance their position in the draft, the NBA adopted a lottery system in 1985.

Nothing in sports is quite as fascinating to me an an old guy or an old team managing to find a way to win - or giving it a great try - long after they should've been lifting a frosty mug for their exercise.

Golden State Warriors last Thursday, the night after it learned it would be playing the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals.

One year ago the Pacers grabbed homecourt advantage and a 2-1 lead in their Eastern semifinal before LeBron James and Dwyane Wade exploded offensively, winning the next three games for Miami en route to the title.

A former Seattle high school basketball star and current NBA player could face domestic violence charges, Kent police said.

May 13, 2012; Memphis, TN, USA; Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul and Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins share a laugh during the second half of game seven in the Western Conference quarterfinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at FedEx Forum.

I wrote this for Blue Man Hoop, Fansided's warriors blog, but I'd like to hear spurs fans opinions of this analysis.

Tuesday is the next deadline to sign up for Indiana's Do Not Call registry. Since January, the state attorney general's office says it has received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing calls The Rev.

If you're accustomed to free parking in Speedway during the Indianapolis 500, you may have to rethink your plans.