Thunder down 2-1
by Bryan Terry , Jim Beckel , Nate Billings , Sarah Terry & Chris Landsberger
Published: Mon, June 18, 2012 12:00 AM Updated: Thu, April 18, 2013 11:57 AM
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Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) puts up the last shot over Miami's LeBron James (6) and Chris Bosh (1) during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The...
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) puts up the last shot over Miami's LeBron James (6) and Chris Bosh (1) during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
From left, Sasha Wilson, 8, granddaughter of Clara Luper, Chelle Luper Wilson, daughter of Clara Luper, and Oneita Brown, sister of Clara Luper, sit together during the graveside memorial service for civil rights activist Clara Luper at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens cemetery in Spencer, Okla., Friday, June 17, 2011. Luper was 88 years old when she died on June 8, 2011. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
Family members laugh and applaud a speaker during the memorial service for Clara Luper. At left is son Calvin Luper. Next to him is daughter Marilyn Hildreth. . About 2,500 people celebrated the life and legacy of Oklahoma City civil rights pioneer Clara Mae Shepard Luper during a lively service in the Cox Convention Center that lasted more than three hours, Friday, June 17, 2011. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Civil rights pioneer Clara Luper reacts to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Luper was watching TV with Councilman Ronald "Skip" Kelly, her daughter Marilyn Hildreth and 9-year-old Alexia Grant at the Freedom Center at NE 26th and Martin Luther King Avenue in Oklahoma City , Okla. January 20, 2009. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Rev. A. Byron Coleman, middle, speaks next to Colin Boldien, a Luper family friend, during the graveside memorial service for civil rights activist Clara Luper at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens cemetery in Spencer, Okla., Friday, June 17, 2011. Luper was 88 years old when she died on June 8, 2011. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
Clara Luper, civil rights leader and educator, shown in a Nov. 20, 1988 photography by Jim Argo.
Gov. Dewey Bartlett, center, looks on as NAACP youth council adviser Clara Luper accepts a donation from an unidentified woman. Funds were raised for the NAACP' s Freedom Center as hundreds marched to the state Capitol in memory of the slain Martin Luther King on April 6, 1968. Photo by Robert Taylor, The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma civil rights leader Clara Luper was honored by the state as her body lay in repose on the first floor of the state Capitol, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Her dark wood casket remained closed as a pair of Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers stood silently on either side of the casket. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Mrs. Clara Luper of Oklahoma City and other demonstrators outside the privately-owned Doe Doe Amusement Park in Lawton, Okla. Demonstrators protested a segregation policy barring blacks from the park's swimming pool. Staff photo take June 11, 1966.
Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook (0) shoots past Miami's LeBron James (6) during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Miami's LeBron James (6) works the ball between, from lower left, Oklahoma City's Thabo Sefolosha (2), Serge Ibaka (9) and Russell Westbrook (0) during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins (5) goes to the basket between Miami's LeBron James, left, and Shane Battier during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins (5) goes for the ball beside Miami's Chris Bosh (1) during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) fights for the ball with Miami's Chris Bosh (1) and Dwyane Wade (3) watches during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) waits to enter the game during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) fouls Miami's LeBron James (6) late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) goes for the ball on top of Miami's Dwyane Wade (3) as Shane Battier (31) watches during Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
Miami's Chris Bosh (1) dunks the ball as Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins (5) and Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant watch during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Sara Evans sings the national anthem before Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Bryan Terry
Bryan Terry is a native of Oklahoma and is a graduate of Yukon High School. He first picked up a camera while attending the University of Central Oklahoma. After working for the school newspaper, The Vista, he interned at The Oklahoman. He... Read more ›
Jim Beckel
Jim Beckel been a member of The Oklahoman's photo staff for 25 years. During that time, he and his cameras have covered virtually every type of news and feature story imaginable, traveling to all regions of Oklahoma to document events and provide... Read more ›
Nate Billings
Nate Billings never planned to become a photojournalist. He took pictures as a hobby growing up and worked as an assistant for his father, a commercial still and video photographer, but chose to study English Literature in college. Billings did... Read more ›
Sarah Terry
Born in Missouri, Sarah Phipps graduated of Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in Mass Communication and French in 1999. After an internship with the St. Joe News-press, Sarah moved to Oklahoma for a full-time job at the... Read more ›
Chris Landsberger
Chris Landsberger is a native of Oklahoma and, as a photographer, has been able to travel coast to coast and everywhere in between to cover news for the last 13 years. He has been a part history that included coverage of Oklahoma City bomber... Read more ›
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