April 25th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in There’s a reason that San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is so popular and respected among his team and the league. He is a player’s coach doesn’t take any crap from anyone. Although the Spurs were leading 2-1 in their best-of-seven series prior to facing the Dallas Mavericks Sunday at AT&T Center, Popovich has treated [...]
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Mavericks Squander Third Quarter Lead, Edged By Spurs 92-89
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Spurs Gouge Nuggets 104-85
Both the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, with playoff berths assured, had incentive to win Saturday night. The Spurs needed to win to stay above the #8 seed while a win by the Nuggets would get them closer to the #2 seed in the Western Conference playoff seedings. While the Spurs didn’t exactly shoot [...]
Suns Snap Spurs’ 4-Game Win Streak, Prevail 112-101
If you’re a paying customer and fan of a NBA team, imagine this. Your team is rallying from a deficit – successfully, I might add – and hold off their opponent to gain the win. While that is impressive, imagine that your team does this without their star point guard and the player in question [...]
Spurs Clinch Playoff Berth, Spank Lakers 100-81
As most of the lower-seeded NBA teams tend to do with the regular season about to come to a close, they would prefer not to have to face the top-seeded team in their conference; the San Antonio Spurs are no different in that respect. I would suspect if they had their way about it, they [...]
Magic Smothers Duncan, Squash Spurs 110-84
It isn’t every day when San Antonio Spurs forward-center Tim Duncan is completely ineffective on the floor. But to be fair, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard wasn’t exactly his typical self, either. Duncan had his worst shooting game in his career, going 1-for-10 while Howard was just 3-of-4, although to be fair, he played just [...]
Spurs Nearly Waste Big Lead, Hold On To Beat Heat 88-76
The San Antonio Spurs, as of late, have been on a roll, having won seven of their last eight games prior to playing the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena Tuesday night. What the Spurs didn’t count on was nearly blowing a sizable lead – as much as 26 at one point – before things [...]
Spurs Win Fourth Straight, Muffle Grizzlies 102-92
Saturday night wasn’t exactly the best of nights for the San Antonio Spurs in their game against the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedEx Forum. While they did shoot well, got balanced scoring as six Spurs scored in double-digits and did defeat Memphis 102-92, they paid a heavy price for the victory. Tony Parker broke a [...]
Nowitzki’s Big 4th Quarter Helps Mavericks Rally, Beat Spurs 112-103
The way that Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has been playing, he is making a push for consideration as NBA Player of the Year. His steady play was evident as the Mavericks visited AT&T Center to take on the San Antonio Spurs Friday night. Consider that the Mavericks were down by 10 points after three [...]
