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At the beginning of the week, Jason Collins, the journeyman NBA center, came out as openly gay, making him the first professional male athlete to do so in American sports. I encourage every one to read the piece; it is eloquent, passionate, funny, and important. This has been a long time coming. Statistically speaking, it just makes sense that there are (and have been) gay professional athletes. With the ever-shifting cultural…
On April 21, the San Antonio Spurs embarked on a quest for their fifth NBA Championship. Each of the 16 teams in this year’s NBA playoffs had a chance, at least in theory, of winning the coveted Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy. Here are 5 reasons why the Spurs have a chance at winning this year’s title: Tony Parker. He is one of the best player on the current Spurs…
San Antonio 103, Los Angeles Lakers 82 Spurs win series 4-0 Mercifully, the series is over. Dwight Howard is a coward. If you didn’t see that ejection coming, you haven’t been paying attention to Howard this season and series. He’s a fantastic talker, complainer, jokester, and physical specimen; he is an above average basketball player sorely lacking in heart, intelligence, and competitive desire. He wanted no part o this game,…
San Antonio Spurs 102, Los Angeles Lakers 91 Spurs lead series 2-0 Game 2 is often all about the adjustments. The problem in this series is that there just aren’t that many to make. San Antonio is clearly the better and more talented team; if they play their game, they should win. And the Lakers are so decimated, they really only have one option of how to play and just…
San Antonio Spurs 91, Los Angeles Lakers 79 Spurs lead series 1-0 I was of two minds coming into this series. Part of me thought the games might resemble the game last Sunday in the regular season, a complete slog, “defensive” battle (meaning some defense, and a lot of missed shots), with little separation to be found, the victor decided on one or two key plays. Or, I thought the…
I can’t recall ever reading The Guardian, a UK newspaper, for its sports coverage, but that changed today. While reading breaking news in the tragic Boston Marathon bombing story, a headline caught my eye: Can LA Lakers upset the San Antonio Spurs? Seriously?! I don’t know anything about the Guardian’s columnist (provocateur?), or whether the NBA is much of a concern to Guardian readers (doubt it), but I can tell…
Minnesota 108, San Antonio 95 58-24 overall, 35-6 home That was an exciting finish. Not the Spurs game; the Spurs played about the least interesting game tonight, and certainly the least significant in regards to the Spurs’ playoff future. No, most Spurs fans were watching the scoreboard all night: Denver-Phoenix, Memphis-Utah, Clippers-Sacramento, Golden State-Portland, and, most exciting, Lakers-Houston. And by the end of the night, as the last seconds of…
“Dance with the one that brung you” was a favorite expression of University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal. Unfortunately, not all the dancers who ‘brung’ the Spurs to finishing #1 in the Southwest Division, #2 in the Western Conference and #3 in the NBA are still dancing. Manu Ginobili has missed the last nine games with a strained hamstring. (Hopefully, he’ll be back in action tonight.) Stephen Jackson was…
San Antonio 86, Denver 96 57-21 overall, 21-16 road Let’s be clear about one thing from the jump: the Spurs winning this game would have been surprising. Denver has now won 21 games straight at home, and the Spurs were playing without 4 of their top 8 players. The game started well, as the starters came out strong, building a 14-0 lead. But it wasn’t sustainable; the Spurs had no…
Oklahoma City 100, San Antonio 88 (56-20 overall, 23-15 away) There was a lot working against this team going into the game, and even more going against it once it tipped off. We were missing Stephen Jackson and Manu Ginobili, who despite down seasons, both perform quite well against OKC. In fact, if you could have each for only one series in the Western Conference, you’d choose OKC for both….
