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I know this will come off immature, but all in all yesterday might have been one of the 50 worst days of my life. Probably 30 of those involve sports, in one way or another. The whole day was filled with bad omens. I was scheduled to do this radio interview with some LA Times Lakers blog, I think, and it was supposed to be like 20 minutes long and…
Yesterday I posed the question to SpursDynasty readers, “Spurs or Lakers? How many games?” So far 82 have answered, and more than half say, “Spurs in 6.” TheLakersNation.com posted the same question and got the same answer, only in reverse – Lakers in 6. No serious fan would believe that either of these teams could sweep this series, and no fans of either team should want to see this series…
Granted, some of us really don’t care what Lakers fans think. I’m a lifelong Spurs fan, first and foremost, but I am also an NBA fan. If the Spurs weren’t marching towards their fifth title, I would still be watching these playoffs. I appreciate that some other fans are just as fanatical about their team as I am about mine. So with that in mind, here are what Lakers fans…
Second Round Game 6 Vs. New Orleans: Spurs 99, Hornets 80 (3-3) The frustrating, thrilling, maddening thing about sports is how, in an instant, one play changes everything that happened before and everything that will happen next. One unexpected, unpredictable, unscripted moment and suddenly all the storylines and perceptions differ and all your opinions and ideas have to be rethought, reconsidered. One play, an innocent enough looking offensive foul ordinarily,…
We’ve heard Pop use the phrase “appropriate fear” before. Its about respecting your opponent and appreciating that, on any given day, their strengths and your weaknesses can conspire and lead to your team’s defeat. Appropriate fear is what Tim Duncan and Chris Paul speak about in the latest NBA split screen commercial. Last night I didn’t see an appropriately fearful Spurs team. Maybe it was because they played so well…
Second Round Game 4 vs. New Orleans: Spurs 100, Hornets 80 (2-2) Well, that was alarmingly easy. I guess my reverse jinx on Chris Paul worked out, huh? Actually Paul wasn’t too bad, as a scorer. He was 10-16 from the field, after all and had a game high 23 points. The problem was his teammates; his fellow four starters combined for one less bucket than he had by himself….
More accolades for our San Antonio Spurs. Let’s see if Bowen and Duncan can come through with big defensive efforts tonight in New Orleans. Otherwise, this recognition doesn’t amount to much. “I’m real happy for Timmy and Bruce,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said before boarding the Spurs’ charter jet to New Orleans. “They worked hard, as all the other players on the list did, I’m sure. But to have two…
We all know who the real 2008 MVP is, but its of interest to Spurs fans that two of our favorite players received votes this year. Tim Duncan got two fourth place votes and 19 fifth place votes while Manu Ginobili received nine fifth place votes. I know of at least one columnist who voted for Manu and here’s why: Ginobili’s particularly unique impact this season defied any conceivable statistical…
So far the Conference Semifinals against the Hornets have gone much like the Conference Quarterfinals against the Suns went. When the Big Three have produced, the Spurs have won. And when they haven’t… Duncan had a career playoff worst performance with just 5 points and 3 rebounds in game one, while Parker and Ginobili combined for just 24 points in game two, getting nearly as many turnovers (8) as assists…
Second Round Game 1 @ New Orleans: Hornets 101, Spurs 82 This post should’ve been written a few days ago, but as always life intervenes, so I apologize. I spent Saturday night at a soccer game, watching the San Jose Earthquakes battle FC Dallas in a contest every bit as thrilling as the 0-0 final score suggests. The teams combined for four shots on goal and the home side had…
