‘And Now for Something Completely Different’ Awards: Conference Finals Edition

May 23rd, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »

We're only a few short weeks from handing out the big one, but until one of the four teams left standing hoists the Larry O'Brien Trophy, we've got some other honors to dispense.

These are the less-heralded (and also completely fictitious) awards, celebrating some of the biggest achievements and mistakes of the conference finals.

 

The "It's Learning!" Award

Winner: Enes Kanter

Want to know the most incredible aspect of the Oklahoma City Thunder's 133-105 dismantling of the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday?

It wasn't Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combining for 63 points.

It wasn't Oklahoma City running up a postseason team-high 22 fast-break points in the first half.

It wasn't Serge Ibaka showing up for the first time, drilling a corner three and then hammering home a vicious right-handed spike on Festus Ezeli's head.



It was this seemingly innocuous sequence late in the proceedings—pulled directly from the official NBA.com play-by-play so as to avoid suspicions of forgery: "6:31 [O ...

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