Posts Tagged ‘San Antonio Spurs’
Spurs have redemption within reach, up 3-1
The San Antonio Spurs have taken a huge leap towards their goal of winning the 2013-14 NBA championship. They now have a 3-1 advantage in their finals series against the Miami Heat after their dominant 107-86 win. Only one more win stands between them and an opportunity to redeem themselves from a heartbreaking loss to…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard leads Spurs passed Heat
Kawhi Leonard stepped up for the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals as his team went on the offensive and rolled passed the Miami Heat, 111-92. Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich inserted Frenchman Boris Diaw into the starting lineup as a replacement for Tiago Splitter. The move was like a stroke of…
Read MoreMiami bounces back to take Game 2, 96-98
LeBron James was well hydrated and thusly was a force to be reckoned with as the Miami Heat evened their championship series with the San Antonio Spurs with a 96-98 Game-2 victory. Beyond his impressive 35-point, 10-rebound explosion, James made a couple of key decisions down the stretch that were instrumental in lifting his team.…
Read MoreHeat torched by Spurs in the 4th, lose Game 1
The defending NBA champions Miami Heat fell to the San Antonio Spurs, 110-95, in Game 1 of the 2013-14 NBA Finals. It was a game that had more than a few interesting highlights. The first of which was that the air-conditioning system of the Alamo Dome in San Antonio was not working, which led to…
Read MoreSpurs have West title within reach
The San Antonio Spurs routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-89 in Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference finals. The Spurs, now with a 3-2 lead in the series, are just one win away from closing it out and moving on to the NBA finals. They employed solid basketball fundamentals and smooth team play to…
Read MoreWestbrook crushes Spurs as OKC evens series
Russell Westbrook had a great 40-point outing in Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals (2-2), as he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to 105-92 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Westbrook took the initiative and did not just put up points on the scoreboard. He also recorded 10 assists and got his teammates…
Read MoreSerge Ibaka returns to power OKC win
Serge Ibaka returned to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup for Game 3 of their Western Conference Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs and his presence on the court was a big factor in the Thunder’s 106-97 win. He was originally expected to miss the rest of the playoffs with a calf strain and the…
Read MoreSpurs dominate Thunder anew, go up 2-0
NBA – The San Antonio Spurs once again took advantage of the absence of Serge Ibaka from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lineup and easily took the 112-77 win. The Thunder were outclassed and succumbed to San Antonio’s tight defense, which allowed them to shoot only 39.3% from the field. San Antonio ran away with the…
Read MoreSpurs rout Thunder in series opener, 122-105
The four-time NBA champions, the San Antonio Spurs got off on the right foot in their Western Conference Finals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a resounding 122-105 Game-1 victory. San Antonio took full advantage of the absence of Oklahoma’s Congolese-Spanish defensive expert Serge Ibaka, who is expected to miss the rest of the…
Read MoreMcGrady retires, open to China return
Tracy McGrady (203 cm) retired from the NBA on Monday, ending a 16-year career as one of the league’s most prolific scorers. Tracy was drafted straight out of high school by the Toronto Raptors, ninth overall in 1997 NBA draft. He had impressive career averages of 19.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 4.4 apg. At the…
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