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Ben Golliver of SI.com : "Those two plays marked an unfortunate end to another strong performance from Jackson , who had 16 points, 10 rebounds and two assists, and found a way to provide the occasional spark by getting to the rim or finding space to shoot open jumpers in semi-transition. The future of Eric Bledsoe with the Clippers - where's more ... (more)

I was mostly done researching and thinking my way through the elements of a planned two-part preview of Saturday's game - one part meant to post Thursday morning, with a second part following Friday morning - and had begun the writing process Wednesday night when my laptop decided it had had enough.

The Grizzlies have repeatedly been asked who will take the game-winning shot since the Rudy Gay trade on Jan.

The cliche goes that stars are born in the postseason, but truth of the matter is that the playoffs are just when we finally start noticing.

In its five-year existence, the OKC franchise has now played exactly one game without All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook.

Here's the real question. It's tough to say what Oklahoma City will be like without Russell Westbrook because we've never seen this before.

By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Lakers secured a playoff spot even before taking the court, then needed overtime of their own game to learn where they were seeded.