December 18th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Jordan Hill recorded a double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds as the Houston Rockets defeated the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 101-87 on Saturday night. Luis Scola tallied 20 points and Terrence Williams generated 14 points and nine rebounds, helping give the Rockets a 56-38 edge on the glass. Hill, who started at center, showed signs of improvement playing a new position left by Chuck Hayes (Sacramento). For the Spurs, Manu Ginobili and DeJuan Blair led [...]
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Rookies Rally To Beat Sophomores 148-140, Wall Grabs MVP Award
Anyone who follows the happenings during the NBA All-Star Weekend knows that the games between both the Rookies and Sophomores plus the NBA All-Star Game are lighthearted, by nature. In other words, playground hoops, but with NBA rules attached. The 2011 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge was certainly no different in that regard. The game, as was [...]
76ers Take a Holiday, Get Past Spurs 77-71
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LaMarcus Aldridge Explodes for 40 As Blazers Knock Off Spurs
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Spurs Rise To League-Best 27-4, Rout Lakers 97-82
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Mavericks Use Early Run To Down Spurs 96-89 In Playoff Preview
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Evans, Blair Help Rookies Slam Sophomores 140-128
Typically during the Rookie-Sophomore games during the All-Star break, you pretty much know who is going to win. The Sophs’ roster typically is far superior to the Rookies’ and the end results bear that out as they have had won seven straight and eight of ten with this format, which began in 2000. Last year’s [...]
Hot Shooting, Balanced Scoring Help Spurs Spank Nuggets 111-92
Perhaps the Denver Nuggets, looking forward to the All-Star break this weekend, had one more game to play. Unfortunately for them, it happened to be against the San Antonio Spurs Thursday night at Pepsi Center, and as I have said on more than one occasion, it is hard for a visiting team to escape Denver [...]
