Lakers' World Peace suspended 7 games NBA Star Hit With 7Game Ban for Elbow to Head Metta Cites ‘Passion ’ Not Anger in Elbowing Barred Games Thunder 103 Mavericks 97 Sweep Win at Dallas N.B.A. Roundup Ejected as Lakers Beat 2012 London Olympics Blog Harden and Davis Are Added U.S. Basketball Roster Leading Off Even the Fists wins Sixth Man of Year eliminate defending champs Artest I was just way too emotional Thunder's cleared but sits against Nuggets elbow Chris Mannix blew chance send message Peace's suspension Sevengame ban L.A. Laker elbowing James Lee Jenkins After regaining his edge loses control worst time seven

James Harden indifferent about Metta World Peace (Web links) -- The Oklahoman's John Rohde talks to Oklahoma City guard James Harden, who says he's "not worried about" Metta World Peace "or what he has to say" after he delivered Harden a vicious elbow three weeks ago that gave him a concussion. Rohde also highlights Kendrick Perkins' progression with his hip as he's nearing a return for Game 1 as well as the bond Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher still share. Derek Fisher, James Harden have Lakers memories to confront A former L.A. mainstay and his Oklahoma City Thunder teammate — who suffered a concussion when he was elbowed by Metta World Peace — meet the Lakers again in the NBA Western Conference semifinals. Derek Fisher has a career's worth of Lakers moments to remember. Metta won't shake 'substitute' Harden's hand Metta World Peace has no interest in making a bury-the-hatchet peace gesture with Oklahoma City's James Harden at the onset of the Los Angeles Lakers' Western Conference semifinals series against the Thunder. Net Cords: James Harden's Play Eclipsed Only By His Beard Cult Following Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden burst on to the national stage last season when folks got to see him in the playoffs. This season, he's only improved and was the hands-down winner of the NBA Sixth Man Of The Year Award. Harden can shoot, drive and late in the game is the best play-maker on a team that features two All-NBA players. He's a great competitor and a fantastic fit on the ... James Harden's the Sixth Man of the Year, because voters have eyes Oklahoma City Thunder game-changer James Harden is going to be named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year, and that's entirely reasonable, because of all the players in the league who come off the bench, he was by far the best this season. Sometimes these awards actually work out. Talk began to fly early Thursday that the Thunder had scheduled a Thursday afternoon news conference to make an ... James Harden Remains the Best Closer in the NBA: A Fan's Take In the 2010-11 NBA playoff series, James Harden played so well that analyst Charles Barkley almost demanded that Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks insert Harden into the starting lineup. Thankfully, Brooks did not pay any attention to so-called experts and kept Harden as the sixth man, coming off the bench to help the Thunder win game after game. James Harden Leads Oklahoma City Thunder to Sweep of Dallas Mavericks: A Fan's Take James Harden helped the Oklahoma City Thunder sweep the Dallas Mavericks and it is a bittersweet moment. When I first started following the NBA many years ago, my team was the Dallas Mavericks. There was no team in Oklahoma, so I chose the closest team to follow and that was the Mavs. Harden wins NBA's sixth-man award OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For James Harden, the notion that he could impact a game just as much off the bench as he would from the starting lineup didn't really click until he was forced to test it out. Metta World Peace Won't Shake James Harden's Hand Don't expect any sort of peace accord between Metta, James Harden and his teammates when the highly-anticipated Lakers/Thunder Second Round series tips off tonight in OKC. Hostility on the other hand? World Peace disses Harden Metta World Peace is back from his seven-game suspension following an elbow to the head of Oklahoma City's James Harden. The Lakers and Thunder will meet in the second round.
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