SPURS ballhandling and rebounding cost them against Pelicans
First off, the Spurs actually outshot the Pelicans. An outstanding 60.9% from 2 will do that for you, although the Spurs 3pt shooting was nonexistent as they made 3 of a paltry 10 attempts. Against a team with outstanding interior defense, the Spurs.
SPURS Set Blazing Pace and Hang On Late
San Antonio, which took a 2-1 series lead, set finals records by shooting 86.7 percent in the first quarter and 75.8 percent in the first half.. San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat, 111-92, taking 2-1 series lead in the NBA finals; team sets finals records by shooting 86.7 percent in the first quarter and 75.8 percent in the first half.
San Antonio SPURS playoff preview: The defending champions wont be an easy out
Finally, the 700th time we counted the Spurs out was proving to be the charm. The Spurs werent bad, but they were 21-15 in early January and just 34-23 at the end of February. The Rodeo trip that usually kicks them into gear didnt do the trick. They.
SPURS Finally Finish Off the Kings
The San Antonio Spurs most entertaining first-round series in years ended Friday night the way it began, with a blowout victory for the defending N.B.A. champions.
Nowitzkis Ankle Rolls, But His Foul Shots Fall
The Mavericks and the Spurs, one team is eager to earn its due, the other not yet ready to concede its place among the N.B.A.s elite.
As Playoffs Near, the Spurs Rounding Into Top Form
Must be spring. Here comes San Antonio.
JETS EYEING HOLMES
The Giants are not yet a Super Bowl team. So far they are not even a playoff team. They are merely a team with a 6-4 record, tied for their division lead and playing well. But they are also a team full of promise, a team that shows signs of coming together. Witness some of the results of their upset victories the last two Sundays over the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, the traditional leaders of their division:
Davis leads Pelicans past Spurs, 108-103 and into playoffs
NEW ORLEANS (AP) After Anthony Davis final flurry of clutch shots, blocks and rebounds ensured the Pelicans first postseason berth since before he was drafted, the 22-year-old All-Star known as the unibrow was ready to admit how much it meant to him.
Duncan, the VH1 of Superstars
Tim Duncan is thought to be drab and indifferent by almost all of the basketball-consumed public. He is said to be too boring to be the best player in the league, too passionless and polite to be the leader of the Gen X stars. His own coach, Gregg Popovich, has said that his extraordinary power forward has no MTV in him. It is because Duncan doesnt hang on the rim, spread his legs, growl and stare derisively at opponents after dunks. Or signal for fans to raise the roof after San Antonio baskets. Or pound his fist against his chest during momentum-building Spurs runs. Or gratify the news media with controversial or humorous quotes. Duncan, 23, simply plays basketball well. He scores and rebounds and blocks shots better than any other player in the National Basketball Association and does so with all the emotion of a grandmaster in a chess match, leading onlookers to glorify his game but dread his supposed lack of personality.. Article on San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan in view of upcoming NBA finals against New York Knicks; photo (M)
Spurs ballhandling and rebounding cost them against.
The Spurs scored efficiently but failed to control the ball or the boards against a desperate Pelicans team, and lost homecourt advantage throughout the Playoffs as a result.
Game Preview: San Antonio SPURS @ New Orleans Pelicans.
The San Antonio Spurs will attempt to clinch the 2nd seed in the Western Conference in their final game, versus the New Orleans Pelicans; who need a win to keep their season alive.
SPURS Capitalize When Suns Lose Nash
Tim Duncan had 33 points and 16 rebounds — 8 offensive — and Tony Parker added 32 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a rough-and-tumble victory.
Nets Fans Make a Lot of Noise, but This Time, It’s a Negative Message
The Nets have had an extended honeymoon in this maiden season in Brooklyn, but they were booed Sunday night as the Spurs pulled away for a 25-point victory.. San Antonio Spurs beat Brooklyn Nets, 111-86.
Spurs hit New Orleans with much still at stake
Wednesday night, in a season finale in New Orleans that carries consequences both short term and far reaching, that long-running Spurs threesome has a chance to equal Bostons Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish as the winningest trio in NBA .
DEFENSE WORK SPURS RENTING DOWNTOWN; Firms With Federal Contracts Are Expanding Quarters
The national defense program which, for some time has been causing extensive real estate activity in outlying districts around New York, is now bringing about considerable action in the downtown office section, according to J. Clydesdale Cushman, head of the firm bearing his name.. J C Cushman cites defense program effect on office rentals
Betting website favors SPURS over Clippers in winning Western Conference
After the Clippers won 14 of their last 15 games, they thought the start of their path would have an easier beginning than having to play the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the first round, but, alas, Wednesdays games dropped the Clippers to.
SPURS to host block party Friday at Travis Park
The San Antonio Spurs are hosting a block party in Travis Park and youre invited. The free event will start at 6 p.m. Friday, rain or shine, after the regular season is over and before the playoffs begin this weekend. It will end at 9 p.m.. The Spurs.
Kawakami: Final BANG NBA Power Rankings of the regular.
The Warriors got a nice break when the Spurs slid to the 6th slot, which took them out of the Warriors side of the West bracket, but the keys to the Warriors postseason will be 1) keeping their defense at the highest level and 2)��.
SPURS coach Gregg Popovich: Pelicans were on fire Wednesday night | Video
The New Orleans Pelicans ended the regular season Wednesday night with a convincing 108-103 victory over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. With the win, the Pelicans clinched the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference, the first .
Russell Westbrook laughs in the face of a reporter who asks.
The Thunder need a win and a Pelicans loss to the Spurs on Wednesday to clinch the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs so a reporter looking for an easy quote asked Russell Westbrook if he is a Spurs fan now.
Greaves Inducted Into Spurs Hall of Fame at Last
Jimmy Greaves, Tottenham Hotspurs all-time record scorer, will be inducted into the clubs Hall of Fame in May ending a long and inexplicable wait that has lasted for more than a decade.
2015 NBA playoffs bracket: SPURS finish with No. 6 seed, will.
The Spurs could have secured the second seed with a win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Alas, they came out flat and couldnt complete the comeback. Making matters worse, both the Rockets and Grizzlies won their games,��.
Could This Be the Greatest Spurs Team of Tim Duncans Career?
Tim Duncan has had a special and storied career in San Antonio. Learning from David Robinson as a rookie and ultimately having the torch passed down to him, every title the Spurs have won has revolved around The Big Fundamental. With the Spurs .
Gentle Ben Hangs Up Masters Spurs
Ben Crenshaw made a final drive up Magnolia Lane for a competitive round of golf on Friday and then quickly veered off down Memory Lane for one final Masters joy ride.
Flurry of Freight SPURS New Commercial Building Construction in Georgia
There is growing demand for new warehouse and distribution space near the nations fourth-largest container port.. Massive amount of import and export traffic that passes through Garden City, Ga, port, fourth largest in nation, is spurring construction of distribution centers and warehouse space across the state; contributing to flurry of activity is planned expansion of Panama Canal, which is expected to double volume of goods crossing canal, two-thirds of which will be dispatched or received by American ports along Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast.
Clippers-Spurs
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs will promote top prospect Kris Bryant on Friday, paving the way for his major league debut, according to a source familiar with the situation. He will take third baseman Mike Olts roster spot as Olt will go on the disabled.
SPURS comeback falls short in season finale against Pelicans
A few powderpuff opponents later and the Spurs were taking on the Chicago Bulls, again on National TV, after being de-pantsed by a momentarily healthy Derrick Rose a few weeks earlier. Fans were now closer to the Dont��.
Becky Hammon Returns to Garden as SPURS Assistant Coach
Becky Hammon kept her eye on the stats, looked for player tendencies and gave instructions to the San Antonio Spurs from the bench during the game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Blogtable: SPURS or Warriors out West? �� NBA.com | Hang.
The Spurs know what theyre facing at this time of year, theyve been there/done this and coach Gregg Popovich has his team rested, prepared and peaking. Two months is a long time to maintain a peak but ��� aside from the��.
The Spurs Have A Message For Playoff Contenders | Project.
The San Antonio Spurs have found themselves in the sixth spot in the West with a meeting against the Los Angeles Clippers this Sunday. While this wasnt the plan (hopefully), the Spurs welcome the challenge and there is a��.
Root for Spurs to beat Pelicans? Not so easy, Thunder players tell website
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter, left, and San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green compete for the ball during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. The Thunder need the Spurs to beat the New .
Spurs players are now in an 80s band called Spuran.
Big ups to terrible 1980s video effects. And to bad NBA acting. The strangely likable antics of the San Antonio Spurs will warm your icy heart. We just really cant wait to hear this almost-certainly-abysmal song. (h/t Dan��.
Lawmakers Introduce Fast Track Trade Bill, Triggering Democratic Discord
WASHINGTON���A deal reached by lawmakers Thursday would pave the way for President Barack Obama to conclude a major Pacific trade agreement with rare Republican help, but the measure is triggering a fight within a Democratic Party increasingly .
Books of the Times
GENERAL JOSEPH ORVILLE SHELBY of Missouri was bowlegged, heavily bearded and tough. He was one of the great Confederate cavalry leaders of the Civil War. He wore a plume in his hat and a cloak with a red silk lining. His skill and daring in Arkansas and Missouri, plus the intense personal devotion he inspired in his troops, make him one of the most attractively dashing and surprisingly little publicized of all the Confederate cavaliers.. Wellman, Paul I; Angel with Spurs
Clippers vs. Spurs: Ric Buchers Series Preview and Predictions
The No. 3 Los Angeles Clippers will attempt to overcome the No. 6 defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the NBA playoffs this Sunday in Los Angeles. How will the series play out? What are the storylines we should follow? Bleacher .
Knicks Surprise SPURS With 104-100 Victory in OT
The poor passing and sloppy shooting in overtime hurt, though the effort was more disappointing than the execution to Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
KNICKS FINISH 18TH
LEAD: It became an afternoon of insult for the Knicks, but one that brought the promise of renewed interest in the Nets, two teams that endured equally miserable seasons to qualify for the third annual National Basketball Association draft lottery. And for the San Antonio Spurs, it was an occasion that might have saved the franchise.
Weight of history bears down on defending champs as playoffs begin
Those qualities and just about anything else they can muster will be put to the ultimate test in the coming weeks as the Spurs seek to follow the lead of the two outliers by surviving, if everything plays out based on seeding, without the benefit of.
NBA playoff schedule 2015: Clippers-SPURS headlines first.
2 seed in the Western Conference thanks to the San Antonio Spurs losing to the Pelicans, while the Chicago Bulls earned the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating Atlanta. With the Spurs losing and Memphis��.
Down by 24, SPURS Rally to Win 17th in Row
Tim Duncan helped engineer a defining 24-0 run in the third quarter as the Spurs took a commanding lead over the Clippers in their second-round playoff series.. San Antonio Spurs defeat Los Angeles Clippers, 96-86, to take 3-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference semifinal series.
San Antonio Spurs Made Shot-by-Shot Remake of Tim and.
That said, everything about this shot-for-shot remake of an old Tim and Eric video by the San Antonio Spurs is amazing in my humble (personal) opinion. Yep, thats Matt Bonner, Patty Mills and Aron Baynes under all the make��.
A simple guide to the SPURS potential playoff seeding.
The seeding situation in the Western Conference is complex. Lets try to make it simple by running through the scenarios that could land the Spurs second, third, fifth or sixth in the West.
Rockets clinch No. 2 seed in West with win, SPURS loss to.
The Houston Rockets have clinched the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference thanks to their 117-91 victory over the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs 108-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Rockets and Los��.
Hawks Lose 3rd Straight; Russell Westbrook Sinks Heat
Tiago Splitter scored a season-high 23 for the Spurs as San Antonio won its third straight and Atlanta, which leads the Eastern Conference, lost its third straight.. NBA Roundup; San Antonio Spurs beat Atlanta Hawks, 114-95; other basketball scores noted.
NBA Playoffs 2015: 3 reasons the San Antonio SPURS could win another.
They Spurs have won 11 in a row, the longest streak in the league, and 14 of its last 16. San Antonio has registered victories against the Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta Hawks, the Warriors and taken two games apiece off the Thunder and Houston .
The SPURS have released their Spuran Spuran video and it.
This is probably the pinnacle of the NBA. This may even get you to like the Spurs. Now THATS how you do a Tim and Eric-style viral video, people. The highlights: - Keytar players phasing in from presumably another galaxy
NBA playoff schedule 2015: Clippers-SPURS headlines first-round matchups
2 seed in the Western Conference thanks to the San Antonio Spurs losing to the Pelicans, while the Chicago Bulls earned the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating Atlanta. With the Spurs losing and Memphis Grizzlies winning, San Antonio fell.
N.B.A. Game of the Week: SPURS at Rockets
With less than two weeks left in the N.B.A. season, even Western Conference contenders like Houston and San Antonio are still jockeying for position in the standings.
The end of the SPURS regular season - Pounding The Rock
The Spurs closed out their regular season on a somewhat sour note, losing to the New Orleans Pelicans 108-103. Now, the most important part of the season begins.
Clippers face SPURS in first round - Clips Nation
The Clippers and Spurs are two of the three best teams in the NBA, and one of them will see their season end by early May.
Clippers must knock out defending champion SPURS in playoffs first round
If the Clippers were to beat the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, they would still need 12 more victories to win an NBA title. It would only seem like they were so much closer. The Spurs have become the silver-and-black standard.
Sherwood Deserves Thanks From Spurs Supporters-Pochettino
Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood deserves a good reception from the clubs fans when he returns to White Hart Lane with Aston Villa this weekend, his successor Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday.