clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

‘Book of Basketball 2.0’: Spurs-OKC 2012 and KD’s Almost-Dynasty (BoB Rewatchables With Joe House)

Revisiting the 2012 Western Conference finals

By Bill Simmons and Joe House
San Antonio Spurs v Oklahoma City Thunder - Game Six Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Chapter 4b: Up 2-0 in the Western Finals and riding a 20-game winning streak, the seemingly invincible Spurs are demolished by Kevin Durant and a Thunder team that peaked at the perfect time. How did the series flip? Was this the best-played and most-loaded series of the decade? Was this OKC’s Apex Mountain? Why was the last minute of Game 6 so emotional? Were the 2012-14 Spurs historically underrated? And how the hell could OKC ever trade James Harden after Game 5? Bill breaks it all down with The Ringer’s Joe House.

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Art19 / Spotify / Google Podcasts

Next Up In Bill Simmons

The Latest

Saudi Arabian GP Reactions: Safety Car Mishaps, Penalties, and a Victorious Checo Perez

Plus, discussing the most impressive overtake of the day

By Megan Schuster

Justin Verrier on the Struggling Celtics. Plus, the Sox’s Underrated Signing.

Verrier joins to discuss Jayson Tatum’s shooting struggles

By Brian Barrett and Justin Verrier

Ike Barinholtz on ‘History of the World Part II’

Larry and Ike discuss what it was like working with comedy titan Mel Brooks and the pioneering aspects of Brooks’s legendary movie ‘Blazing Saddles’

By Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air
Play

Ariel Helwani: Colby Covington “should fight someone else”

Ariel Helwani, Petesy Carroll, and Troy Farkas discuss Leon Edwards’s victory at UFC 286 and whether top UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington deserves the next title shot

By Ariel Helwani and Petesy Carroll

UFC 286 Reaction: Leon Edwards Silences the Doubters and (Apparently) Colby Covington Is Next? Plus, Justin Gaethje Wins a War.

Leon Edwards defeated Kamaru Usman again, ending all doubts as to whether Edwards’s UFC 278 headkick knockout was a fluke. Ariel Helwani and Petesy Carroll break it all down.

By Ariel Helwani and Petesy Carroll

Round of 32 Preview

JJ returns with Eli Hershkovich to recap Kansas being upset by Arkansas and the other matches from the round of 32

By John Jastremski