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And then there were four. After the Indiana Pacers ousted the New York Knicks the Eastern and Western Conference Finals to the 2013 NBA Playoffs have been set.

Presti said the team hasn't considered using the salary-cap exception, and went on to praise his beleaguered center.

Zach Randolph's Grizzlies could face Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.

Those familiar with the NBA's Western Conference elite know that "Grit and Grind" is the motto of the Memphis Grizzlies.

Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol , has helped his team gain NBA respect as they prepare for the Western Conference finals against the four-time champion San Antonio Spurs.

The Gulag playbook is never hard to decipher. It often reads like a comic book. The latest chapter went something like this: Knicks get drilled by Indiana Tuesday night to go down 3-1 in the series.

I've been to a lot of basketball games, but none were more cataclysmic than what I happened to witness last night.

LeBron James of the Miami Heat celebrates a three-point shot against the Chicago Bulls during the third quarter in Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins gestures during the second half of Game 5 of their Western Conference Semifinals NBA basketball playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

All that's left to prove is whether they can finish off a playoff series that's been nip and tuck throughout and move on to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history.

May 13, 2013 - Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph congratulates Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen after Tony grabbed an inbounds steal from the Thunder late in overtime at the FedExForum Monday evening.

Grizzlies fever continues to grow in the Bluff City - that's a given - but now other parts of the country are catching on.

The Vermont House voted Monday evening to make the state the first in the country to legislate allowing physicians to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.

For a half, Kevin Durant was back to making three-pointers and Serge Ibaka was back to playing offense and the Oklahoma City Thunder were back to looking like the No.

This season's NBA playoffs have been a decidedly testy affair, with elbows getting tossed left and right, shoving matches becoming the norm and referees being forced to take over games every now and then because of the overly physical play.

Danny Johnston/Associated Press Mike Conley vividly recalls the Grizzlies' triple-overtime loss to Oklahoma City two years ago: "It was one of the greatest games I've ever been a part of." And so it is with the Grizzlies when going down memory lane about Game 4 of their 2011 Western Conference semifinal series against Oklahoma City, a 133-123 ... (more)

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Coming off a passive opening half and with his frontcourt running mate Zach Randolph struggling, Marc Gasol put his foot down over the final 24 minutes.

The Memphis Grizzlies have had three days off in their series with Oklahoma City for their longest break since the All-Star weekend, more than enough time to become a popular pick to win Western Conference this postseason.

A July 1995 letter from then-Tulsa County Commissioner Bob Dick to then-Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage appears to support Savage's claim that the city would not have to pay to house municipal inmates in the Tulsa Jail if voters approved a sales tax to construct and maintain a new jail - at least not for three years after the Sept.