Saturday, June 16, 2012

Shane Battier

  • The NBA Finals are the stage on which special players might lift a team, but sometimes they can also be a time when a special team might lift a player. When both are happening at once, you have Shane Battier.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • MIAMI -- Shane Battier has lived what anyone would label a basketball life, even if basketball hardly seems to dominate his existence.
  • (Fresno Bee)
  • MIAMI (AP) Shane Battier is in the NBA Finals for the first time. Maybe its no coincidence that its bringing out his best play of the season.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Shane Battier was an NCAA Champion and the National Player of the Year in 2001. Then he was drafted by Memphis. Then traded to Houston. Then traded back to Memphis.
  • (Palm Beach Post (blog))
  • Chris Bosh is back in the starting lineup, and back playing like a starter. Shane Battier has emerged as an NBA Finals revelation.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • MIAMI - Shane Battier is in the NBA Finals for the first time. Maybe its no coincidence that its bringing out his best play of the season.
  • (calgaryherald.com)
  • SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev.
  • (Marketwatch)
  • Battier is shooting 70.6 percent from the field (12 for 17) in the Finals, going 4 for 6 and 5 for 7 from 3-point range. He is shooting considerably better behind the 3-point line than he did at the free-throw line this season (62.2 percent).
  • (Daily Oklahoman)
  • Its been a long and successful career for Shane Battier, with the universally respected veteran drawing praises throughout the league. But from a team perspective, Battier has experienced bad luck, never reaching the conference finals in his 12-year career.
  • (Daily Oklahoman)
  • But the best shooter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals? Well, that designation goes to Shane Battier. Call him Mr. June.
  • (Hawk Eye)

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