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Bill Simmons ranks the most cost effective player contracts in the NBA (“The Best Bargains in the NBA: With the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement in full swing, it’s all about the contracts“). Guess which 3 Spurs made the list. 15. Danny Green (Spurs): 3 years, $11.3 million You can always find cheap perimeter guys who can defend and shoot 3s. They’re always kicking around. If you have…
San Antonio Spurs 114, Detroit Pistons 75 (47-14, 24-3 home) With a loss in Detroit last month being one of only a few blemishes on the Spurs season, and tonight’s game being the first without Parker, there was no doubt that the team was going to come out focused and hungry. The real question was: how well would they play? And while you might have to subtract a few points…
Phoenix Suns 105, San Antonio Spurs 101 (45-14, 22-3 home) …and the prayer of a desperation pass and shot are answered, and suddenly we’re in OT of a game that should have never even gotten that close. And that OT might have been the ugliest 5 minutes of basketball played all season. 1 measly point. Putrid offense. Bad fouls. Not a single good look, solidly executed play, or wide-open shot….
Even playing without Tony Parker, in the 9th game of the Rodeo Road Trip that has taken the team on the road for the better part of 2-1/2 weeks, after a dispiriting loss Friday night, this game seemed an awful lot like a formality. And after a close first quarter, the Spurs opened up a double digit lead early in the 2nd that they never relinquished. The game had a…
Thursday night, the Spurs beat one of the best teams in the league, a Clippers squad which owned them in their previous two contests. It was especially satisfying to see the Spurs win so decisively, leading by as many 33 points before three quarters had even been completed. The Spurs were sharp and precise on offense, shooting almost 60% for the night and nearly 50% from behind the arc. On…
I’ve been waiting for this game for a long time, and boy did it not disappoint. The Clippers dealt the Spurs probably their two worst losses of the season (and only 1 of our 2 home losses) early, and for much of the season looked like the superior team. The Spurs have been playing tremendously of late, seizing control of the Western Conference, but I was still interested to see…
Like most players in tonight’s game, I haven’t really participated in any meaningful NBA action in almost a week, so let’s ease our way back into the first post-vacation game with a simple “bullet points” recap: –After a week off, tonight’s game looked it. Lots of energy, lots of rust. The Spurs played well, and are just a much better team than the Kings. At any given point, they could…
In a game that had no rhythm, little sense, and miniscule long-term meaning, perhaps the most indelible image of the season was born. All Spurs fans love Kawhi Leonard. He is all promise and hope, a cornerstone of the future, and to date, he has delivered on every tantalizing possibility, brought along slowly in the long shadows of titans and legends. Not a lot is asked of him beyond his…
After giving up 35 points in the first quarter to the Nets, bringing the total to 5 really bad defensive quarters in a row, it seemed like a fait accompli that the Spurs were about to get run out of the building. And given that our best defensive player and anchor was out of the game, and our second best playmaker and offensive spark was also missing, could you really…
Another night, another ugly win. Showing no real predilection to win this game–other than Danny Green’s barrage of 3-pointers, obviously–it was an old friend that helped us finally pull away in the closing minutes: execution. With the game tighter than it should be and no team willing to seize control, the Spurs were able to generate several shots that were either wide open, at the rim, or both. The Timberwolves,…
