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As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Lakers, Artest has now been ruled out of game 4, joining Kobe, Nash, Blake, Meeks, and God knows who else. Admittedly, Artest had been playing quite poorly in the series, and was mostly invisible (save for the very visible though incidental forearm he delivered to Parker’s face in Game 3). Earl Clark will take his place in the starting line-up, and…
San Antonio 120, Los Angeles Lakers 89 San Antonio leads series 3-0 That went about how I expected. Well, maybe not quite what I expected. I was not expecting the worst loss in Lakers playoff history. But I’ll take it. This was a complete and utter dominating performance by the Spurs. Except for one stretch bridging the halves when the Lakers scored on 9 of 12 possessions, this game was…
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 106, Golden State 116 58-23 overall, 23-18 road That was a fun game. And it meant absolutely nothing. (To be fair, it meant a lot to the Warriors and a little bit to the Spurs in regards to first round opponent; but really, it meant nothing.) I enjoy watching the ‘kids’ play, because they play hard and hungry. Everybody in the NBA can play, and play well. Given…
San Antonio 86, Los Angeles Lakers 91 58-22 overall, 23-17 road Well that sucked. What an ugly game. Just horrendous. There’s good defense, and then there’s just bad shot making. This had both, for sure. But lots of the latter. Some might call this game a “playoff like” atmosphere. Which is true in that there was a lot of energy and points were at a premium. But not so much…
Sacramento 101, San Antonio 108 58-21 overall, 35-5 home The game against the Kings last night was really an afterthought, a nice little dessert after a day of troubling main courses. But let’s examine the game first, briefly. Tony Parker returned and played quite well, though he did seem a bit sloppy and out of sorts. As would be expected for a player regaining his rhythm. But from the start…
