Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the week ending February 5. Pierce averaged 22.0 points, 6.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds to help the Celtics get to 4-0 last week. He collected 30 points, seven rebounds and [...]
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Rockets Rout Rival Spurs; 105-85
Kevin McHale notched his first win as a head coach with the Houston Rockets, who thoroughly outplayed a sluggish San Antonio Spurs squad that played the night before. Ahead 53-35 at half, the Rockets led the entire game, allowing coach McHale to rest the starters for the final quarter. Kevin Martin overcame a four-point performance opening [...]
Jordan Hill’s double-double lifts Rockets over Spurs; 91-87
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 [...]
Tony Parker Nearly Traded To Portland; Spurs Targeting Washingon State’s Thompson?
San Antonio Highly Covets Batum Both Spurs’ point guards are on the trade block. Tony Parker and George Hill are being used as trade bait to net a young, talented swingman. According to HoopsWorld, one target is the Blazers’ forward Nicholas Batum, who the Spurs almost landed on Wednesday. Alex Kennedy from HoopsWorld: The San [...]
Kings Looking At Point Guards Outside Of Draft
San Antonio Interested In Trading Parker? It appears as if the Kings are committed to winning now in Sacramento. Evident by their talks with the San Antonio Spurs concerning point guard Tony Parker. On San Antonio’s side of the story, it could mean a changing of the guard. Confidence must be high in George Hill, [...]
Spurs Win 4th Straight, Beat Downtrodden Jazz 111-102
The San Antonio Spurs have already locked the top seed in the Western Conference while the Utah Jazz have the upcoming NBA lottery and subsequent draft to look forward to. Both teams got together Saturday night at the AT&T Center in a matchup in which coach Gregg Popovich used his players on a smaller scale (read: [...]
Bosh, Wade Combine For 59; Heat Burns Spurs 110-80
Ten days ago (March 4, to be exact), the Miami Heat got rocked by the San Antonio Spurs 125-95 – easily the worst loss Miami had suffered this NBA season. Here we are at March 14, and both teams met again – this time at American Airlines Arena, with the bitter loss still fresh on [...]
Spurs “Bat” Down Kings 108-103
It was last season on Halloween when the Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs faced each other – and a bat almost stole the show, except that Manu Ginobili got rid of the rabid creature. Fast-forwarding to Friday, March 11. 2011, both teams got together at AT&T Center for a game that by all rights [...]


February 6th, 2012
Russ Loede
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