As long as San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan has been in the National Basketball Association (14 years), he has not been through a losing streak like the one that his team has experienced; the Spurs, prior to their game against the Phoenix Suns Sunday, were going through a season-worst five-game skid. Naturally, the Spurs wanted [...]
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Bonner’s 7 Treys Help Spurs Bomb Thunder 117-104
“Durant’s a great player, so we tried to make him work his fanny off for everything he got (Sunday). I’ll take 23 points on 23 shots.” – San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich I would venture to say that a lot of NBA fans have at least a passing knowledgeable as to who San Antonio [...]
Manu’s 43 Helps Spurs Make Magic Vanish 112-100
Since Tony Parker has been absent from the San Antonio Spurs’ lineup, Manu Ginobili has, by necessity, had to step it up a bit. During the time that Parker’s been away, Ginobili has been averaging about 25 PPG and the Spurs have benefited, as a result. The Spurs had a big task on hand as [...]
Parker’s 28 Helps Spurs Edge Rockets 88-85
There’s one thing for certain when the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets get together: good matchups across the board. Yao Ming vs. Tim Duncan. Ron Artest vs. Michael Finley. And on and on. And the vast majority of their games are competitive. Nonetheless, both teams got together Saturday night at the Toyota Center and [...]
Spurs Pull Away In Third Quarter, Destroy Clippers 106-78
I am going to go on the record here and say that the Los Angeles Clippers better decide in the front office which players stay and go; I bring that up because after Monday’s game against the San Antonio Clippers, I got the sense that the team didn’t exactly put out the effort to at [...]
Parker, Duncan Carry the Load As Spurs Fend Off Pistons 83-79
One can look at the San Antonio Spurs-Detroit Pistons game on Thursday night from a couple of perspectives: the defense on both sides performed above-average or the players on both sides simply forgot how to shoot, save for Pistons guard Allen Iverson – who scored 31 points. No matter what your point of view is, [...]


April 3rd, 2011
Stephen Rhodes
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