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Houston Rockets 96, San Antonio Spurs 95 (53-17, 23-13 away) With about 6 minutes left in the game, it seemed as if Houston had seized control and would pull away to victory. The score was still close, but the tempo and the energy had clearly shifted to the home team, and the Spurs seemed unable to stop their high-powered offense. With the Spurs recent woes in finishing games, hope seemed…
San Antonio Spurs 104, Utah Jazz 97 (53-16, 30-4 home) Last night’s win over the Utah Jazz was a sloppy, choppy, back-and-forth game wherein the slightest of touches on the perimeter was a foul, but a WWE-style takedown in the paint was a blocked shot. As more than a few people have quipped, the game had the feel of an NCAA Tourney game, in which sloppy play begat quite the…
San Antonio Spurs 119, Cleveland Cavaliers 113 51-16 overall, 28-4 home The Spurs system is an amazing and beautiful thing to watch, and can cover up a lot. But let’s not confuse the baby for the bath water: like any great system, it’s only as successful as the pieces plugged into it. What the Spurs’ system does is maximize potential; it doesn’t create talent. So while Danny Green, twice cut…
Minnesota Timberwolves 107, San Antonio Spurs 83 49-16, 23-12 away San Antonio Spurs 92, Dallas Mavericks 91 50-16, 27-4 home Two nights. Two dismal opponents. Two more games without Tony Parker. Two different Spurs teams. Two different outcomes. Two conclusions. Neither Dallas nor Minnesota are playoff teams this year. Neither were playing particularly well going into their games against the Spurs. Tuesday night’s 24-point loss to the Timberwolves and Thursday…
San Antonio Spurs 105, Oklahoma City Thunder 93 49-15 overall, 26-4 home If there’s any justice in this world, the West is on a collision course for an OKC-San Antonio rematch in the Western Conference Finals. To the outside observer, those 6 games had the look of a younger brother figuring out the older brother, stealing their identity, and then beating them 4 straight. (The formula for OKC beating the…
Portland TrailBlazers 136, San Antonio Spurs 106 48-15 overall, 25-4 home The story of the night will most likely be (and probably should be) Damian Lillard. He was a man possessed in the second half, seemingly playing in an empty gym, impervious to any “defense” or the occasional “missed shot”. If I didn’t hate losing to the Blazers so badly (a team that just owns us these last few years,…
San Antonio Spurs 101, Chicago Bulls 83 (48-14, 25-3 home) 50-16. The Spurs and the Bulls both finished last year’s strike-shortened season with the same 50-16 record. Both were best in their respective conferences. Fortune would favor neither team, however, as both missed making it to the NBA Finals. We’ll never know how good that 2011-2012 Bulls team really was, or how far they might have gone, had it not…
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…
San Antonio Spurs 130, Sacramento Kings 102 (46-14, 23-3 home) Why should Spurs fans care about Friday night’s Spurs-Kings game? Going into the game, the Kings were in a three-way tie with the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets as the worst teams in the Western Conference. The Spurs had something to make up for, coming off an overtime loss to the Suns that snapped their 18-game home winning…
