San Antonio Spurs

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 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...

One moment, with New Orleans holding a four-point lead over the Spurs with 13 seconds to play, the Mavs were heading for the Rockies to face the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. One 25-foot Michael Finley jumper at the buzzer and a five-minute Tim Duncan-dominated over...

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "Michael Finley made a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left at Sacramento, giving the Spurs a 95-92 lead; replays showed the shot clock had expired before the ball left his hand; replay rules did not allow the referee crew to check a TV monitor to corr...

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.

By dberri As Table One indicates the Spurs this season are led in Wins Produced by Tim Duncan.  Duncan’s 15.1 Wins Produced is nearly equal to the next two names on the list, Tony Parker and Ginobili.  Ginobili, though, nearly has the same WP48 as Duncan.  So if Ginobili had not been hurt much of the year, h...

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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:

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "Ordinarily, I'm opposed to anything that injects more replay review, but when the official timekeeper or scorekeeper sees that a mistake clearly has been made in the final 24 seconds of a game, it seems reasonable to use replay to get things r...

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 Aaronstampler Celtics 80, Spurs 77   SA: 45-23      1st in Southwest, 2nd in Western Conference Epilogue: I hate you, Tony Parker. I hate you I hate you I hate you. NCAA rant/ clears throat:: Blarg! NCAA rant Nice move, Shaq. Rockets 87, Spurs 85   2nd in Southwest, 3rd in Western Conference

By Aaronstampler I can't think of anything remotely interesting to say about this game, but take the plunge by reading along after the jump my friends, and there's a decent chance, like maybe a "contested 20 ft. Tony Parker jumper" kind of percentage, you'll come away entertained anyway.

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 Aaronstampler Lakers 102, Spurs 95        1st in Southwest Division, 2nd in Western Conference The Cybertronian Manu, as illustrated by Guido Guidi Spurs 88, Rockets 85   Spurs 44-21  1st in Southwest Division, 2nd in West AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

By John The Spurs are always able to find guys off the scrap heap who end up being productive for them: Avery Johnson, Robert Horry, Michael Finley, and Drew Gooden, just to name a few. Finley killed them with 5-of-7 3-pointers for 17 points, and Gooden in only his 2nd game as a Spur, scored 13 points o...

The Celtics, Cavaliers, and Spurs have played the Lakers a combined seven times. And between them they have  one measly one-point victory. That was January 14, when the Spurs, with a healthy Manu Ginobili, got the Lakers on the second night of a back-to-back, and eked out a 112 -111 nailbite...

By Aaronstampler It used to be that the Spurs would have to play at their absolute best to beat these guys. But the last couple of years we've beaten them with just Manu and Tony, or just Tony, and really, while the wins were satisfying, it never felt like we had just conquered some elite team, the way wins over th...

By Kelly Dwyer San Antonio Spurs: 30-14, 88.4 possessions per game (26th), 107.9 points scored per 100 possessions (13th), 104.7 points allowed per 100 possessions (4th). Phoenix Suns: 25-18, 93.8 possessions per game (6th), 110.1 points scored per 100 possessions (7th), 109 points allowed per 100 posse...

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 rss@youtube.com (1EDmanLV) SAN ANTONIO(AP) If Tim Duncan threw down more dunks, he says he might better understand why NBA fans have made him an All-Star starter for 10 consecutive seasons. The New Jersey Nets probably know why. The slumping Nets scraped and matched San Antonio nearly shot-for-shot throughout a ten...

By Aaronstampler Spurs 83, Pistons 79 It's about damn time, Spurs. I was thinking of giving up and joining a soccer blog. Spurs 98, Wizards 67 The Washington Wizards: They'll let anyone get layups. Still... no Manu. Dammit all. Talk about being stuck under a dark cloud.

By Michael(noreply@blogger.com) As badly as the Spurs played against Orlando, they can take comfort in the fact that there are many more games to play and improve. One such opportunity comes tonight against the Lakers, who struggled to beat Houston yesterday. Me and Amanda tried it again Monday morning, with much better re...

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...

Some interesting data from Nielsen that chart the performance of Christmas Day games from seasons past: "Since ABC obtained NBA broadcasting rights in 2002, the network's Christmas Day games have averaged a 4.1 rating and 6.9 million viewers nationally. The highest mark came in 2004 when...

By www.sltrib.com(noreply@blogger.com) Here's the scoring numbers the Spurs came into Friday averaging followed by the numbers each player put up against the Jazz: Roger Mason (13.9) 29, George Hill (8.7) 23, Tim Duncan (22.8) 18, Michael Finley (11.0) 14, Matt Bonner (5.0) 12, Ime Udoka (4.5) 10, Anthony Tolliver (4.8), 5, Blake Ahea...

By Kelly Dwyer Fans got it right with this one, choosing to see the Rockets and C's on NBA TV over the possible Spurs/Mavericks or Suns/Nets contests in an NBA.com poll. The runner-ups should be a pair of entertaining duels, but we could have a Finals preview in this Rockets/Celtics matchup, and it's good t...

By Tom Ziller Ziller: Can anyone top the Lakers? Ziller: But didn't the Hornets basically do something similar to what Portland fans think is possible -- out of the playoffs to the second round? N.O. did have a bit more experienced core, of course, but they didn't have a one-year flame-out.

By Matt Moore Filed under: Grizzlies, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Western Mono a Manu: How long will Manu Ginobili be out and how will the Spurs three-headed monster survive without one of its heads for an extended period of time? Reports have Ginobili out until possibly December.

By Michael(noreply@blogger.com) Western Conference Finals Game 4 vs. Los Angeles: Lakers 93, Spurs 91 (3-1) I'm angry. And yes, we lost because of Manu. The Spurs missed 45 shots as a team. Tim missed over a third of those, 16. Tony missed 20% with nine. Manu missed 13% with six. I'm just sayin'. Please. Postscript:

Michael Finley was open, but with such little time left, I'd have liked to have seen him without so much ground to cover before he could get into shooting position.Spurs fan Tim makes a great point, which I'll paraphrase: The takeaway message from Brent Barry's no-call was that Barry shoul...

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 Aaronstampler Let's see... we're down 2-0 in the series. About 94% of the time, that ends badly (just ask the Phoenix Suns or my San Jose Sharks). What do we do what we do what do we do? AP Photo/Eric Gay) AP Photo/David J. Phillip) We'll never know. Uh oh. Who's got Chandler? AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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 Adam Lauridsen Watching the Hornets make the Spurs look their age has been one of the more enjoyable scenes so far of 07-08 Playoffs. There are moments with Paul and company streaking up the court when — if I go cross-eyed and color blind — the action looks a lot like the Warriors at their finest moments. With a...

New Orleans' David West put up a rare miss on a jumper. The rebound fell into a thicket of Spurs ... and somehow into the hands of the Hornets' Morris Peterson. I didn't see him until I got hit," Bowen said. "... I asked Tim (Duncan), 'Where did he come from?' It's a part of the game I can't control."

By AusTechSpur We have the game’s most feared playoff clutch shooters in Brent Barry and Findog and Robert Horry. When doubling or tripling Tim persists, they will destroy New Orleans from the arc. GO SPURS GO Poll How do you see this series going down now? Spurs in 5 Spurs in 6 Spurs in 7 Hornets in 7 Hornets in...

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]

I saw a review of it. Kidd wasn't trying to hurt anybody. I think he got caught in a bad position. It was just a tough call. By no means was he trying to injure Pargo." It's a team game, and all the pieces have to fit together, and the pieces just weren't fitting together." - Mark Cuban, asked about the Fi...

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...

By Aaronstampler 3. Manu Ginobili – I don’t care what anyone says, he wasn’t that horrible. I mean, he wasn’t good, but I can’t really find three Spurs who played better. 1. Brent Barry – His four rebounds were four more than Finley and Bowen got. At least he kinda tried.

By Atma Brother ONE 2005-2006 Tony Parker [age 23] 33:53 min- 18.9 ppg (54.8% FG, 30.6% 3pt, 70.7% FT), 5.8 apg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 steals 2006-2007 Tony Parker [age 24] 32:30 min- 18.6 ppg (52.0% FG, 39.5% 3pt, 78.3% FT), 5.5 apg, 3.3 rpg, 1.1 steals Really seems like Tony Parker leveled off fast doesn't it?

By FLCeltsFan This is the best I've seen from the Spurs all year. 28-11 After the first. I love seeing Tim Duncan work the post and muscle past KG.......... The Spurs are shooting 57% from the field and from 3pt land, while the Celtics are shooting only 23% from the field and 0% from 3pt land. Big Baby is a rebounding beast. Cassel keeping Celtics in the game. He's on fire Can we swap Finley for Cassell straight up? Bad third quarter by the Spurs. They really need to pick up the slack. Please beat Boston! Sean... What a homer... Not as bad as Tommy nonetheless I find it hilarious how the C's board has been talking **** about our announcers. Discuss this topic on the Celtics Green Forums!]   [read the full post]

By David Friedman No, it does not make up for years of playoff defeats and yes, it was just one game, but the Suns' 94-87 victory over the Spurs demonstrated why it is premature to dismiss Phoenix' chances in the playoffs. The missing ingredients for the Suns in recent seasons were defense, rebounding and paint presence. Shaquille O'Neal provided all of those things in abundance versus the Spurs, finishing with 14 points, a game-high 16 rebounds and two blocked shots. He shot 6-11 from the field and tied Steve Nash for game-high plus/minus honors (+21). Nash led the Suns in scoring with 19 points and he had a game-high 14 assists. Grant Hill added 18 points and six rebounds as the top six players in the Suns' rotation all scored at least 10 points. Manu Ginobili led t...   [read the full post]

By dberri 1. How good is Brent Barry? How good is Brent Barry? Before we get to that issue, let's review the career of Rick Barry. He began his NBA career in 1965.  After two seasons he joined the ABA, where he lasted for four seasons.  In 1972 he was back in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors.

By Herman Yep, it's dead. Sportsmanship has probably been dead for a long time in this country. It has become very obvious when the penalties were announced for Robert Horry of the San Antonio Spurs, Amare Stoudamire and Boris Diaw after game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Semi-Finals.

By mizzo Game 1: Detroit Pistons (90) @ San Antonio Spurs (80) Johnson, Barkley and Smith TNT's Craig Sager interviewed Spurs coach Gregg Popovich after halftime. Game 2: Phoenix Suns (86) @ Utah Jazz (108) Johnson, Barkley and Smith Inside the NBA

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 Tom Ziller You could make a 'Tim Duncan for MVP' case every season this decade. (He has two such trophies.) Not only has The Big Fundamental made the playoffs every season of his career, he's been the Spurs' best player on both ends of the floor every single campaign. Ten seasons of hard work, four rings, t...