Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ San Antonio Spurs ’

Manu Ginobili is a champion, and perhaps the most successful Sixth Man in the history of the game. But he’s one of the NBA’s most hated players outside of San Antonio for a reason: He’s a shameless flopper. In fact, it could be argued that the league’s decision to institute flopping fines this year...
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As I embark from the West Side of San Antonio to the Spurs suburban practice facility on a bright Monday morning, I decide to count the Spurs flags along the way to pass the time. This car game is akin to another that my 6-year-old son invented, but a lot more optimistic than counting...
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The Spurs played nothing short of a perfect game Sunday, throttling Memphis 105-83 while holding Grizzlies’ star Zach Randolph to a mere two points in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Kawhi Leonard continued his playoff-long coming out party with 18 points on 4-5 shooting from three-point range, but the game’s real revelation...
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Happy Mother’s Day from the NBA! We gave every conference semifinalist the night off on Thursday so we could plop a key playoff game right in the middle of your day, just for you. Chicken wings and beer are great brunch items, aren’t they? And surely you’d rather spend your afternoon at a sports...
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Isn’t it amazing what happens when the San Antonio Spurs decide to run their offense through Tim Duncan and move the ball? Actually, it’s not; it’s utterly fucking predictable. Unless they’re facing the ghosts of Bill Russell’s Celtics, the Spurs are going to win. And win they did Friday night in Oakland by a score of...
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If you thought the NBA’s youngest team might come out demoralized after blowing a 16-point lead with four minutes to go in Game 1, you wouldn’t have been alone. But you’d have also been dead wrong, as the Golden State Warriors won in San Antonio (100-91) for the first time since 1997 to even...
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In a 129-127 game in which the guy you’re guarding goes for 44 points and your famously clutch teammate hits a three-pointer with one second to go for the win, it’s tough to single out a defender’s effort as the key to a team’s success. Yet once Kawhi Leonard switched on to Steph Curry,...
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Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs clinched a playoff spot for the sixteenth consecutive season on Thursday night at the AT&T Center with a gritty 92-91 win over the Dallas Mavericks. Duncan was dominant with 28 points and 19 rebounds, delivering a performance reminiscent of his classic postseason battles with Dirk Nowitzki and...
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Recent All-Star Weekends in Texas have had a distinct flavor when it comes to proponents of the San Antonio Spurs. Houston in 2006 was an urban-themed coming out party for Tony Parker as a baller and fledgling rhyme-sayer. Dallas in 2010 was dominated by the excess of Cowboys Stadium, aka Jerry World and the...
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With All-Stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker watching from the sidelines in civilian attire, and Manu Ginobili and Stephen Jackson also unavailable, Spurs swingman Kawhi Leonard rose to the occasion lifting San Antonio to an impressive 103-89 victory over the Bulls in Chicago. The quiet Aztec sparked the Spurs with a career-high 26 points...
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On Saturday night at the AT&T Center, Spurs quarterback Tony Parker displayed the complete game that made him an All-Star reserve selection earlier in the week, pumping in 31 points, 7 dimes, 4 boards, and 2 steals in a 109-99 victory over the Phoenix Suns. After three quarters of plodding basketball, Parker took over...
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Miami Heat fan Larry McGuinness blames the San Antonio Spurs for ruining his night last Nov. 29. He only chuckles when asked if he at least had fun at the game. Probably not. McGuinness, a lawyer based in Miami, filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday against the Spurs for alleging the team violated Florida’s...
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