AT&T CENTER-Given a second shot at a closeout game after their disappointing Game 5 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the only adjustment needed by the San Antonio Spurs between games was to find the energy and focus they lacked on the road. “Minds are kind of hard to understand sometimes,” Manu Ginobili said. “We went [...]

AT&T Center-A game after Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle benched each of his team’s new acquisitions in the second half, the San Antonio Spurs turned to theirs with the trio of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker struggling. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s faith was aptly rewarded. Antonio McDyess hit open jumpers, scoring [...]

AT&T CENTER-For all the weapons the Dallas Mavericks acquired over this year, through the majority of the second half it was the same lineup that ousted the San Antonio Spurs in last season’s playoffs unexpectedly staring down the same point guard they still have no answer for. The difference? This season Tony Parker brought some [...]

The NBA playoffs open up with the San Antonio Spurs in their lowest playoff seeding of the Tim Duncan Era. But to understand why the Spurs are not discouraged about opening on the road in Dallas, instead of the friendly confines of the AT&T Center, there must first be an understanding of their philosophy. San [...]

Outside of New York, perhaps no place on Earth has as rich and extensive a basketball mythology as the state of Indiana. In perhaps one of the most famous accounts, the film “Hoosiers”, before a tournament game fictional Hickory high school coach Norman Dale has his players measure off the height of a rim and [...]

AT&T CENTER-George Hill made his triumphant return to the starting lineup. Tony Parker, starting on the bench, followed shortly after in reaffirming that the Spurs backcourt rotation is more than Manu Ginobili and company. Playing together for the first time since March 6, Parker and Hill managed to sidestep any questions as to who should [...]

AT&T CENTER-Having been quick to pick up the nuances of running point guard for the first time on the NBA level, second year guard George Hill has also proven himself to be a quick healer. Gregg Popovich confirmed Hill will be the starter tonight in the pre-game media session. “They told me, ‘Pop, while you [...]

The San Antonio Spurs have never really feared the Phoenix Suns. The sentiment amongst the Spurs’ fan base is that the Suns are championship pretenders-something like a postseason punching bag. But that sentiment is borne of different times, and this Suns team should be taken seriously. These Phoenix Suns, for example, play a slightly grittier [...]

The San Antonio Spurs have released a statement saying George Hill will miss Tuesday and Wednesday night’s games, and will be re-evaluated after the Spurs return from their current road trip. Officially, the San Antonio Spurs are calling George Hill’s ankle injury a “strained right peroneal tendon.” The injury is not serious.

AT&T CENTER-George Hill has been shuffled through the lineup from bench to starter, from point guard to shooting guard and back. Along the way the second year guard has been asked to be part Tony Parker, part Avery Johnson with a dash of Bruce Bowen. While not quite yet an amalgamation of all these parts, [...]

Don’t look now, but the San Antonio Spurs have suddenly won eight of their last nine games. The Spurs’ margin of victory over that span is 10.5. Is it possible that San Antonio’s embarrassing March 8 loss to a wounded Cavaliers squad will rise from our memories-dragging one leg behind itself, and half-falling forward-as the [...]

One thought I can’t chase away, no matter how remote the possibility, is the thought of LeBron James coming west this summer. Imagine a conference featuring Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy and LeBron James. Killer, right?

Wayne Winston, who achieved celebrity status at Dorkapalooza 2010, emailed this morning to say the Spurs should be fine without Parker, at least over the balance of the season. Obviously, they’ll need Parker in order to compete in postseason play. The APM answer to Tony Parker’s injury, at least in the short term, is to [...]

San Antonio began the fourth quarter of this afternoon’s game against Phoenix with a three point lead. Over the next 12 minutes, the Spurs did not make too many defensive stops; Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, and Jason Richardson all scored with ease. Luckily the Suns aren’t exactly known for their lockdown defense either, and the [...]

When a team is playing well, it typically moves from lesser to greater certainty as the season progresses. All the big questions that lead the season find a satisfactory resolution in a sharp player rotation, efficient scoring, and a defense that can, at least, get the necessary stops that winning requires. Those things come together, [...]