The Spurs were defeated by the Mavericks in Dallas this evening, 107-102. After allowing the Mavericks to open a 10 point gap with under 4 left to play, the Spurs nearly pulled off the comeback but were stopped short by the same underwhelming defensive performance that plagued us the entire game. “The Notebook” often serves [...]

The Spurs went into the Staples Center this evening and beat the Clippers easily, 106-78. If the opening line to this edition of “The Notebook” had been any different, I would be in a pretty frustrated mood. Luckily the Spurs took care of business in a reliable but rather unspectacular manner. After our last two [...]

As the comments have made clear, I don’t need to explain to any of you why last night’s blowout loss to the Cavaliers was such a pleasure to watch. Having racked up wins against LA, Boston and Cleveland would have been a nice little achievement, but I would be lying if I said I thought [...]

After yesterday’s victory over the Mavericks, I mostly chose to ignore the achievements of Tony Parker and instead focus on the collective performance of the rest of our roster. But, after having one of the most impressive 2 game stretches of his career, I think Mr. Parker deserves to be addressed more directly. The last [...]

For most media outlets, the story of this evening’s 93-76 victory over the Mavericks will be the inspired offensive play of Tony Parker. He ended the game with 37 points, 18 of which came in the first quarter (during which I believe he missed only a single shot). His 12 assists weren’t an insignificant contribution [...]

Last night’s victory over the Pistons in Detroit was a solid win. This is Detroit’s 5th loss in a row so it would be empty posturing to act as if this is a statement game. But the Pistons have consistently gotten the best of us during the regular season in recent years and, although they [...]

Last time we played the Pistons, I characterized the game as a match-up between Allen Iverson and Manu Ginobili. At the time I believed the cognitive dissonance between Iverson’s score-first mentality and the Piston’s traditionally team-oriented style of play would give the Spurs a unique opportunity to “let the Pistons beat themselves.” Although we suffered [...]

For every close call against a powerhouse there is an equally close call against a team we should have cruised past. It has required overtime periods to take down Minnesota, Memphis, and Golden State. This was only our third loss of two points or less, but two of those three losses came against teams that [...]

Even though tonight’s loss isn’t that surprising (we often underperform on the back end of back-to-backs), it is a bit disappointing. It’s not disappointing because we go into the break on a loss or because it brings our Rodeo Road Trip record to an even 2 and 2. It’s disappointing because it highlights the Spurs’ [...]

For the purposes of full disclosure, I didn’t have an opportunity to turn on the game until halftime so our very potent first half performance is about to go unaddressed. If anyone would like to discuss it in the comment section below, feel free. Although our January 14th victory over the Lakers is a close [...]

In the early 20th century, an assortment of authors grew frustrated with the limitations of the novel. Artists such as Marcel Proust, James Joyce and Hermann Broch crafted epic literary pieces which slowly but surely led to the deconstruction of the form that had dominated Western literature for 4 centuries. But the avante garde stylings [...]

The Spurs started their annual rodeo road trip with a tenuous victory over the Golden State Warriors this evening at the Oracle. Although we got the W, this game unfolded in a more nerve-wracking manner than even I expected. Instead of allowing an inferior team to hang around for 4 quarters, we actually had to [...]

This afternoon’s Spurs-Lakers match-up was frustrating for fans of the silver and black but offered a pretty concrete guide of what needs to happen for this Spurs team to be considered a real contender rather than just receiving the obligatory “never count the Spurs out” remarks. We’ve got a lot to discuss so let’s get [...]

As a Spurs fan, it is somewhat heretical to act as if anything other than the postseason has any substantive value. The regular season exists so that the postseason may, and the postseason exists so that a champion may be crowned. Of all franchises, few are as unwaveringly teleological as San Antonio. And then a [...]

I watched much of last night’s Clippers game in disbelief over Mike Dunleavy’s defensive strategies. In the first half, Dunleavy doubled Duncan with a guard, allowing Roger Mason to set up unattended behind the 3 point line. The Clippers were fortunate not to get burned on those possessions-San Antonio is the best 3 point shooting [...]