Last night, after the Lakers were finished getting demolished by the Thunder 119-90, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, rather than head back to the locker room, just… sat there on the bench and talked. It didn’t take long for the jokes that they were just avoiding an angry Kobe to start. Or actually, maybe those weren’t jokes.

This week on Basketball Wives, the wives enjoyed their beautiful, meditative, sunny Tahitian vacation. And when they were done doing that, they got drunk and made each other feel bad.

You’ve got it made. You lucked in to rooting for the best young team in the NBA when it moved to your area, and now your Thunder are among the favorites to win the NBA title. And what’s more, now you’ve got prime seats to a playoff game as the Thunder try to achieve that goal, and it’s a marquee opponent in the Lakers, and the Thunder are kicking ass, winning by 30 midway through the fourth quarter. What could be better? What could get in the way of such a perfect evening?

The Emmy-award-winning studio show Inside the NBA has been known to turn into a late-night linguistics course from time to time. Last night, in an effort to pronounce Pau Gasol’s name correctly, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith covered a variety of languages: Catalan, Spanish, English… and hoodrat.

The Lakers were beaten last night in Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, and beaten badly – sort of like the last conference semifinal game they played. And speaking of that game, one scene near the end last night looked awfully familiar.

With 10 seconds remaining in Game 2, the Sixers were clinging to an unlikely three point lead. The Celtics inbounded the ball, put their play into motion, and suddenly a whistle blew. Okay, a foul, that makes sense. Wait… an offensive foul? On… Kevin Garnett? Game… basically over? We were surprised too. Video after the jump.

It was never going to be a warm welcome — we knew this. That being said, the fans in Oklahoma City really let Metta World Peace have it during the introductions. Was it because he elbowed James Harden in the head? Or was it that he said Harden “flopped” on that play? Video(s) after the jump.

The Knicks re-signing restricted free agent/God-send/marketing tool/exciting basketball player Jeremy Lin has long been seen as a done deal. But an unlikely suitor has emerged for Lin’s hand — a suitor that pays in Canadian dollars and says “eh?” after each sentence.

There’s a chance you already knew a thing or two about Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward’s affinity for the game StarCraft, but have you seen it in action? Local channel KSL got a look, and Hayward is… definitely dedicated.

Blake Griffin and Marc Gasol screaming into the endless void? Playoffs, baby!