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How great have the NBA Playoffs been so far? It seems like every night multiple games come down to the final possession. In the second round, five of the six games have been hotly contested thus far, with the New York Knicks’ Game 2 blowout of the Indiana Pacers being the lone outlier (Indiana was [...]
The San Antonio Spurs haven’t had much to complain about during their first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs are leading 3-0, and the vaunted “Big Three” of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili are looking healthy after another season in which they each battled minor injuries Friday night, as the Spurs [...]
There were five or six Western Conference teams fighting for several playoff spots in what turned out to be a rather exciting finish to the NBA’s regular season on Wednesday evening.
Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili have done quite a few funny commercials together over the last couple of years. This latest one may be the funniest of them all.
I have heard talk lately debating Tim Duncan or Kobe Bryant as the best player of their generation. I have been pleasantly surprised to hear some analysts say Duncan, to which I agree.
If Thunder coach Scott Brooks sticks with the two genius moves he made in Game 3 that led to the victory, the Thunder have a great chance of evening up the series tonight.
How do you play starting swingman/small forward on the best team in the NBA and not get more consideration for Rookie of the Year? The vote for this year’s ROY proves it’s just a political exercise to try and make stars.
Chicago bowed out in the first round after losing Derrick Rose, which left the Spurs and Thunder as the teams with the two best remaining records in the playoffs. They will now square off to determine which team will win the West and reach the Finals.
Young Spurs fan Patrick Gonzalez decided to get into the playoff spirit by having his hair stylist do a portrait on the back of his head of Spurs reserve forward Matt Bonner spotting up for a three-pointer. It’s beautiful to behold, but now he faces a possible suspension because of it.
Over the last 13 NBA seasons, there have been only three teams from the Western Conference to play for an NBA championship. The Oklahoma City Thunder may get the chance to eliminate each of these three powerhouses in their 2012 playoff run towards the NBA Finals.
The Spurs and Clippers both had different routes to the second round, as the Spurs easily dispatched the Jazz in four games while the Clippers were taken to seven games by the Grizzlies.
The San Antonio Spurs are the top seed in the Western Conference for the second season in a row, but they hope for better results this time around.
As the trade deadline of March 15th comes closer and closer, teams in the hunt are trying to shore up their weaknesses. The one impact player who may soon become the center of a lot of trade speculation is Emeka Okafor. Might the San Antonio Spurs be Okafor’s ultimate landing spot?
While this San Antonio-Memphis series might not be considered the greatest upset of all time, it certainly is in the discussion. So that got Devon thinking, and he decided to bust out another one of his popular “Top” articles.
Sunday was a bizarre day in the NBA. The bizarre happenings had to do with the outcomes of the games involving the top 2 seeds in the Western Conference, as both the Spurs and the Lakers lost the opening games.
