San Antonio Spurs

In one of the worst defensive games of the Gregg Popovich era, the Spurs allowed Toronto to shoot 59.2 percent and score 124 points — but still won. ... The Spurs got 36 points from Manu Ginobili, 24 from Richard Jefferson and 22 from George Hill. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker both sat out with ankle in...

The 2010 NBA All-Star Ballot was recently unveiled during a special tip-off event in Dallas, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2010. NBA All-Star Balloting is now underway.

With Tim Duncan and Tony Parker out, the San Antonio Spurs needed scoring. They did better against Toronto than just keep up. Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Parker and Duncan in the lineup, and the Spurs beat the Raptors 131-124 on Monday night in a shootout despite San Antonio's two...

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 Dingo(noreply@blogger.com) The official 2010 NBA All-Star ballot was unveiled today in Dallas, and there are five Spurs listed. Here are their numbers after six games played:Manu Ginobili (17.5 PTS, 2.7 REB, 4.2 AST, 1.0 STL) Tony Parker (14.8 PTS, 4.0 AST) Tim Duncan (14.6 PTS, 11.8 REB, 1.6 BLK)

Tony Parker (sprained left ankle) and Tim Duncan (swelling, left ankle) will not play in the Spurs-Raptors game this evening.

By secretchord53(noreply@blogger.com) We play the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. If there's a team I dislike more in the NBA, I'm not sure who it is. I want to crush them. Unfortunately, regardless of whatever extenuating circumstances may occur, they always play us tough. So we should be prepared for a tight, ugly game. I'm not sure i...

By dberri 2. Chicago Bulls [1995-96]: 0.236 WP48, 13.00 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 1] 3. Chicago Bulls [1996-97]: 0.221 WP48, 11.61 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 2] 21. Dallas Mavericks [2006-07]: 0.203 WP48, 7.81 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 28] 22. Chicago Bulls [1990-91]: 0.203 WP48, 9.20 Eff. Dif. [Rank: 8]

This is bloody brilliant. (Yes, that was vampire joke.) In an effort to bring peace between San Antonio Spurs...

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.

We're just a week into the season, so don't get mad if your team isn't where you might have expected. It's just that if we go by what we've actually seen, as opposed to what's been predicted, then this is for the most part where teams should fall based on their early performances. But if you're of...

By Associated Press Derrick Rose scored 13 points and had seven assists to lead the balanced Chicago Bulls to an impressive 92-85 season-opening victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.

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By Associated Press San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker was in the lineup against the Chicago Bulls after taking a hard fall the previous night.

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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...

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

The Lakers, who open the 2009-10 season tonight in Los Angeles against the Clippers, have Kobe Bryant and all key members of his powerful supporting cast back. Their only challenge in the playoffs was from the Rockets, who forced the Lakers to seven games before losing. LA responded by sign...

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...

By silverandblack_davis There's Jaws, King Kong, Lake Placid, Empire of the Ants, Anaconda... you getting the picture yet?  It's another animal attack! But this time, it's the Durantula who's is in Austin, ready to web-wrap the living bejeezus out of our team, the San Antonio Spurs. Will they survive this forgivabl...

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 secretchord53(noreply@blogger.com) The Spurs open against the New Orleans Hornets on Oct 28th. What will the starting line-up be on that night? As far as I know, Pop has given no indication as to the starting line-up come opening night. My guess: Parker, Mason, Jr., Jefferson, Duncan, and McDyess. What do you guys think?

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 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

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...

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 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]

A concrete organization (the National Basketball Association) decides which acts are acceptable on the court and which are not. It even has the ability to go back and review an action in order to determine whether it deserves further punishment. I guess what I am trying to say is that there r...

By cchen2010 Orlando Magic: Yes they are my home team, but you CAN NOT deny their dominant season. They proved themselves as an elite Eastern team by sweeping the Spurs and the Lakers, as well as crushing the Denver Nuggets afterwards. Dwight Howard is by far the best center in the league. Yao Ming is good, b...

By Robert Kleeman The Spurs defense after that first quarter did not lack effort. Michael Finley and Bruce Bowen bodied up Redd admirably and pushed him into fadeaways and long jumpers. Redd laughed off the pressure and tallied a 26-point night. Mason and Finley each took turns on Richard Jefferson and hara...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Phoenix opened the game with an 11-0 run, led most of the way, perfectly executed an out of bounds play late in the game to score the go ahead layup--and still found a way to lose to their nemesis, the San Antonio Spurs. This time the dagger came in the form of a Roger Mason three pointer at the buzzer, delivering a 91-90 win for the Spurs. Tony Parker scored a game-high 27 points and tied Steve Nash for game-high honors with eight assists. Tim Duncan added 25 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire led Phoenix with 25 points and 13 rebounds, while Shaquille O'Neal powered his way to 23 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. O'Neal looked better than he has in quite some time; he opened the game with a spin move leading to a powerful dunk...   [read the full post]

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:

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) Celtics 17 Sifting over the FA forward bone pile Bucks Diary Win profile for the 2007-08 Boston Celtics Sports of Boston Celtics player review: Leon Powe Wages of Wins Journal A top trio in Houston? ESPN Spain's Rubio among NBA prospects at the Olympics

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 3 Vs. Los Angeles: Spurs 103, Lakers 84 (2-1) But then we lost Game 2, by 30 points. And again, the Spurs focus is on Ginobili. They got killed because of Ginobili. It wasn't competitive because of Ginobili. How can they win a game without Ginobili?

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]

Also from the T-P, Dan McCarney has quotes galore from the Spurs about Chris Paul... Everything he does is difficult to handle," Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich said. Oh, I've ditched the Hornets-Mavs links in the right sidebar and put up a few relating to Hornets-Spurs. More will likely be added as...

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.