The San Antonio Spurs dismantled the injury-riddled Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night with a 103-82 victory in Game 4, while Kobe Bryant was courtside to witness the carnage. “Obviously, it wasn’t a fair fight,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When you’re a competitor, you want to compete on an even basis, and the Lakers weren’t [...]
Spurs Fined $250K For Sending Players Home
December 1, 2012 | Posted by
The NBA fined the San Antonio Spurs $250,000 for coach Gregg Popovich’s decision to send home starters Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green when the team had a game against the champion Miami Heat. Whether Popovich considers the move in the best interest of the team or not, it is unlikely he [...]
Spurs Bracing Stern Sanction For Sitting Key Players
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
NBA commission David Stern is mulling “substantial sanctions” he plans to level against the San Antonio Spurs’ Gregg Popovich for sending home four starters instead of them traveling to Miami for a game against the world-champion Heat. When Stern learned of Popovich’s action — the coach sent Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobil and Danny [...]
Spurs Lock Up Tim Duncan For 3 More Years
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
Tim Duncan has only worn a San Antonio Spurs uniform in his outstanding NBA career, and it appears that will not change. At 36, Duncan agreed to return to San Antonio for three more years, Yahoo! Sports reported today. The deal would be worth $36 million. Although no longer the dominant two-time league MVP, Duncan [...]
Spurs Tip Their Hats to the Oklahoma City Thunder
June 7, 2012 | Posted by
The hug came as the clock struck zero and the roars and streamers inside the Chesapeake Energy Arena cascaded from the rafters. A week after they appeared invincible, time had run out on the San Antonio Spurs, and as Tim Duncan embraced Kevin Durant near midcourt, the Thunder’s future had officially begun. Oklahoma City won [...]
With Tony Parker Leading Way, Wins Keep Coming for Spurs
May 27, 2012 | Posted by
Tonight, the San Antonio Spurs tip off the 2012 Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder as the hottest team in the NBA, which is not unlike 1999 (another lockout-shortened season), when the Spurs won their first of four championships. With a quiet resolve, the Spurs remain relevant and a model of consistency year [...]
Spurs Having It Easy With The Lifeless Clippers
May 18, 2012 | Posted by
It is not much of a surprise that the San Antonio Spurs are up 2-0 in their Western Conference semifinals series against the Los Angeles Clippers. But to dominate L.A. with such ease, well, not many expected such dominance. Thursday night’s 105-88 conquest was almost a repeat of San Antonio’s Game 1 manhandling of the [...]
Spurs’ Depth And Poise Overwhelm Clippers
May 16, 2012 | Posted by
In a remarkably efficient fashion Wednesday night, the San Antonio Spurs cut and spliced the Los Angeles Clippers, controlling their star players on one end and executing with precision on the other. The result was a rather pedestrian 108-92 victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff semifinals series. Veteran Tim Duncan had had [...]
