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Nothing Scares Jamal Murray—Not Even LeBron James

With the shot clock winding down and Nikola Jokic in a rare struggle to find a teammate, Jamal Murray scurried toward him, then away, then back to the Serbian to free himself from Paul George. All that just for Kawhi Leonard to switch onto him as he finally received the ball. But the daunting task of taking down the reigning Finals MVP and former Defensive Player of the Year did little in the way of fazing himMurray calmly rose up and hoisted a shot going to his right and almost fading into Doc Rivers and a referee on the sidelines. It was the type of shot that fit only one description:

“Kobe!”

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FINALS BOUND! Lebron And The Cavs Sweep The Hawks

LeBron James scored 23 points, Kyrie Irving returned after missing two games and the Cleveland Cavaliers reserved a spot in the NBA Finals with a 118-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night to win the Eastern Conference title.

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Kevin Love’s Injury Could be Costly As Cavaliers Sweep out Celtics

The best and worst shots of the NBA playoffs, at least so far:

1. We’re only nine days in, but already the worst shot had to be what Kevin Love absorbed at the hands of the Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk, as Cleveland finished its sweep of outmanned Boston on Sunday.

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