San Antonio Spurs

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Dirk Nowitzki vs. the Spurs. A killer shooting night, with a killer soundtrack.Thunder GM Sam Presti must cringe, just a little, at seeing Kevin Durant say this in the Oklahoman:  “I always was a big Antoine Walker fan."Sam Bowie has applied to become the first black member of one of Lexington...

Tim Duncan provided 21 points and nine rebounds but the Spurs lost a close one to the Jazz 90-83 at home on Thursday night. The loss snapped the Spurs' 20-game regular-season home win streak against the Jazz.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Manu Ginobili is expected to miss about a week for the San Antonio Spurs because of a strained left groin.

By By PAUL J. WEBER SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Deron Williams scored 21 points and the Utah Jazz ended their decade-long misery in San Antonio with a 90-83 win over the Spurs on Thursday night....

By bingram@hoopsworld.com (Bill Ingram) The San Antonio Spurs were expected to dominate from the opening tip of game one, but injuries and new additions have been a challenge. ... New Jersey ready to get started...

By John(sivanjohn@yahoo.com) In a night which Carlos DELFINO and the ever impressive Luis SCOLA produce big performance, Manu GINOBILI suffered an injury on his groin during SA Spurs lost to the Dallas Mavericks before the start of the second quarter. It was announced that he will sit out for Thursday home game against...

Tony Parker sat out San Antonio's game against Dallas on Wednesday night after aggravating his sprained left ankle, and the Spurs also lost guard Manu Ginobili in the first quarter with a strained left groin.

Tim Duncan returned to the lineup with a vengeance Saturday night, scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the Spurs' 101-98 loss to the Thunder at AT&T Center. Tony Parker added 17 points and five assists, and George Hill scored 18 off the bench.

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By secretchord53(noreply@blogger.com) And it was still better than watching that Spurs game. Game Ball: Utah has not one in San Antonio in like 37 years. It's a fact; you can look it up. Deron Williams is away from the team for personal reasons, and they are in a constant state of turmoil. Hopefully we can keep the streak alive.

The Spurs played without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. And still they had the Mavericks collared for most of the night. Last February, it was Duncan and Manu Ginobili who were out and Parker ripped the Mavericks for 37 points in a 93-76 win.

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If there's anyone who should be complaining it's the Clippers, who miss out on the usual benefit of catching a team on a back-to-back. In fact when the Clippers played Dallas it was the Clippers who had to travel the night before, coming back from a game in Utah. Dallas swept the Lakers and Clip...

By dberri 9. Boston Celtics [2008-09]: 0.214 WP48, 8.02 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 23] 15. San Antonio Spurs [1993-94]: 0.206 WP48, 5.62 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 100] 17. San Antonio Spurs [1991-92]: 0.204 WP48, 3.32 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 200] 21. Dallas Mavericks [2006-07]: 0.203 WP48, 7.81 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 28]

By Wayne Vore (ATS) Valencia topped Caja 81-74 Sunday night, knocking Caja Laboral from the ranks of the unbeaten in the ACB.  Both our future Spurs had huge games.  Nando had 18 points, 3 rebounds and an assist (and another 5 turnovers), while Tiago had 19 points and 7 rebounds in defeat.

By LatinD Game #1: New Orleans Hornets 96 @ San Antonio Spurs 113 Boxscore New Orleans @ San Antonio GameThread Finally. Part 2 Game #2: San Antonio Spurs 85 @ Chicago Bulls 92 Boxscore Game #3: Sacramento Kings 94 @ San Antonio Spurs 113 Boxscore

By BlaseE Of those 10 games, how many of those teams were in the playoffs? 3.  Utah, at Denver, and Dallas. At Denver, 108-91: Our three headed monster scored 22 (Parker), 21, and 21 points.   They all started and played heavy minutes.  Parker had 39 and Duncan had 36 compared to both players being under 3...

Tony Parker scored 17 points before leaving the game after a hard fall and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 113-96 on Wednesday night.

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By JaCoB 2. (5) Dallas Mavericks 3. (7) New Orleans Hornets 4. (11) Memphis Grizzlies 5. (15) Houston Rockets Northwest 1. (3) Portland Trail Blazers 2. (4) Denver Nuggets 3. (6) Utah Jazz 2. (8) Phoenix Suns 3. (9) Los Angeles Clippers 4. (13) Sacramento Kings 5. (14) Golden State Warriors

By Tim C. But maybe, unlike myself, Gregg Popovich is not nearly so enamored by Hairston. In that case I won’t cry for Hairston. He should not have too much trouble finding another contract. He’s earned it. That year in Austin really helped. I was talking to my buddy who works for the Spurs last night durin...

By BlaseE 4.  Duncan's new knee brace seems effective and his slimmed down body looks ready for the regular season.  Some people weren't happy that he lead in assists last night.  Get over it.  Duncan will average over 4 assists per game this season.  He has so many weapons that he can just pick teams apart...

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "If anyone thought him guilty of unearned hubris, he followed by punctuating his performance with a basket that provided the Spurs their margin of victory in a 95-93 win. His game-winning layin, off a nice feed from Malik Hairston, gave him his...

By Ryan McNeill Last night I was invited to take part of The Project Spurs Podcast to talk about the deal which saw Richard Jefferson dealt to San Antonio. I expressed my concerns about whether Jefferson could deal with being the third or fourth option on offense, I explained why Marcus Camby would have be...

By Tim C. He was by far the most popular Spur among fans at the Summer League in Vegas, as evidenced by the people crowding to get his autograph after every game.  This photo was taken after he had already been held up after the game against Portland due to a video interview by the NBA.com crew(Malik Hair...

By Fanster.com 2) Is it tougher for Suns fans to root for the Bulls to beat the Celtics or the Mavs to beat the Spurs? 4) Former Arizona Wildcat now Eben Britton, who was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars with pick number 39 in the second round, told the Tucson Citizen

But Sunday they almost beat the undermanned Spurs. With the Spurs' usual bench now starting in place of the likes of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, the Kings' bench had a nice run that gave the Kings a second-quarter lead which the team managed to cling to until the closing minutes.

Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Manu Ginobili isn't finished. Doctors see no reason he won't be fine after this summer, assuming the Argentina national team isn't in charge of rehab. He will come back with one year left on his contract, and we will see. But instead of being consu...

It's gut check time in the Association. The Mavs step up with confidence, while the Suns step out of the playoff picture. The Cavs reverse their fortunes against the Spurs. And the Hornets can't seem to build any momentum heading in the postseason:

The Spurs had just made back-to-back 3-pointers to close a seven-point gap to one with 17.8 seconds to go. On the ensuing inbounds, New Orleans' Chris Paul split a double-team from Finley and Tony Parker in the backcourt, then drew a foul on Manu Ginobili while hoisting a half-court 3-point...

By Kelly Dwyer For readers that may not understand the headline ...  San Antonio 107, Golden State 106 Tim Duncan? 21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two blocks. One steal and one turnover in only 24 minutes. 24 minutes? Those Spurs ... Utah 99, Houston 86 Chicago 99, Detroit 91

By Matthew Powell Chad Ford Molests Baby Kangaroos: Nope. 2004 Turkoglu Kevin Willis Malik Rose Charlie Ward Jason Hart 2005 Barry Massenburg Mohammed Udrih Glenn Robinson Here's another thing to think about. Let's look at how Duncan led Spurs teams have done in the playoffs: Spurs in 5.

By Rashad Mobley The San Antonio Spurs forward is averaging career highs in points, rebounds, minutes and games started.  He and Roger Mason Jr. have become major three-point threats on the team, and Bonner has the distinction of leading the NBA with a 49.7%  three point shooting  percentage.  During t...

By J.E. Skeets 5. San Antonio Spurs — Fourth in D, but 14th in offense, and the lamer mark isn’t likely to get any better with guys like Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen, and (sorry) Roger Mason Jr. contributing as little as they do offensively over about 75 combined minutes per game. [KD]

By J.E. Skeets Key Players Added: BDL commenter Roger Mason Jr. (free agent), THE Salim Stoudamire (free agent), George Hill (draft) Key Players Lost: Robert Horry (free agent), Damon Stoudamire (free agent), Joan Rivers Tim Duncan's H-E-B Brisket Poem: Michael Bay's Twitter Season Projection:

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Sekou Smith of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "What looked like a crazy stunt three days ago has turned into a bona fide nightmare for the Hawks, who simply couldn't win in this situation (if they increased their offer to Josh Childress they'd lose all credibility in future negotiat...

By Aaronstampler Western Conference Finals Game 2 at Los Angeles: Lakers 101, Spurs 71 Tim Duncan Manu Ginobili Tony Parker Fabricio Oberto Brent Barry Kurt Thomas Bruce Bowen Michael Finley Robert Horry P.S. Here's the Friday spot with the Steve Mason show. I got a couple of shots in at Kobe that they loved.

Celtics vs. Cavaliers Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "The Celtics aren't doing anything dramatic to combat their playoff woes on the road. All the Celtics are focused on is finding the performance needed to end their second-round series in Game 6 tonight. The Celtics aren't the only team...

Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic said Saturday that several of the Spurs' 11 3-pointers in Game 3 were uncontested. But Scott came prepared with statistics showing why the Hornets need to improve their interior defense, where Spurs guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili took over.

By David Friedman Naturally, the media and fans will tend to focus on the masterful way that Paul choreographed the Hornets' offense but the job that New Orleans is doing on defense is at least as impressive: the Hornets held the Spurs to 31-73 field goal shooting (.425), containing each of the team's three stars without letting any of the role players get loose. Tim Duncan bounced back from his disastrous game one performance to put up solid numbers (18 points, eight rebounds) but he never controlled the action and he actually had the worst plus/minus number (-32) of anyone in the game, which has to be a pretty rare occurrence for him. Manu Ginobili scored 13 points on 4-10 field goal shooting and his seven assists were nearly offset by his game-high five turno...   [read the full post]

So the Spurs made their adjustments. They clamped down on David West, holding him to 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting. They got a much better game from Tim Duncan, who scored 18 on 6-of-11 shooting. They hit the boards harder, they mixed up their defense even more, and Gregg Popovich gave Ime Udok...

By David Friedman David West scored a playoff career-high 30 points on 13-23 field goal shooting as the New Orleans Hornets beat the defending champion San Antonio Spurs 101-82. Chris Paul struggled with his shot for most of the game but he finished with 17 points on 7-16 shooting in addition to having 13 assists, four rebounds and four steals. Peja Stojakovic scored 22 points and a had a game-high +17 plus/minus rating. Tony Parker (23 points, five assists, five rebounds) and Manu Ginobili (19 points, seven assists, six rebounds) performed at their normal levels but Tim Duncan tied his playoff career-low with five points, shooting just 1-9 from the field and grabbing just three rebounds in 37 minutes. Duncan's performance reinforces a point that I made in...   [read the full post]

So, considering that the Mavs have yet to beat a quality team since the trade, I’m wondering if this is a sign that the Mavs’ window of opportunity to win a championship has closed. There are so many other teams in the Western Conference that are a legitimate threat to these Mavericks in a play...

By David Friedman Despite the sluggish start to the third quarter, the Lakers regained the lead when Fisher's three pointer at the 3:33 mark made the score 64-61. What killed the Lakers is how the quarter ended. After Fisher's trey, the Spurs went on a 9-0 run that was broken by a Bryant drive that made the score 70-66 Spurs. Brent Barry then hit a three pointer with six seconds left, stole Odom's careless inbounds pass and made another three pointer to put the Spurs up 10. The Lakers almost played the Spurs to a draw in the final period but could not overcome that ghastly sequence that gave San Antonio a nice working margin.   [read the full post]

By dj fuzzylogic This cut is off the Tribute to Sublime album, which is worth getting for this song alone. Michael Franti creates a beautiful tribute song with a killer verse at the end by Gift of Gab (Blackalicious). Franti is from Oakland and in my opinion, is this generation's closest thing to Gil Scott-He...

The San Antonio Spurs cleaned out their lockers Saturday, the same as they would at the end of any season. On this day for the fourth time in nine years they did it as NBA champions.

Leaving the arena with the NBA Finals MVP trophy in one arm and his actress fiancee on the other, Tony Parker looked like someone who should be a megastar in America.

By Michael A. De Leon But for Cleveland, they live and die by LeBron. While they have other key role players in Larry Hughes and an emerging Daniel Gibson, it’s pretty much a one-man show for the Cavs while the Spurs come at you with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili off the bench.The key for the Spurs will be...

The San Antonio Spurs reacted to Suns center Amar Stoudemires accusations Thursday that forward Bruce Bowen and guard Manu Ginobili are dirty players.

By Michael A. De Leon The Spurs (58-24) will be facing a familiar foe when they suit up on Sunday to take on the Denver Nuggets (45-37) in the best of seven first round series. The Spurs faced and defeated the Nuggets in 2005 on their way to a 3rd title. But these are hardly the same Nuggets.