Tag: San Antonio Spurs
For the first time since Feb. 14, 1997, the Golden State Warriors will leave San Antonio triumphant after defeating the Spurs 92-86. The loss snapped the Spurs’ 48-game home winning streak dating back to Mar. 15, 2015, the second longest in NBA history. They fell to 39-1 at the AT&T Center this season. Source: Nick […]
San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge wasn’t feeling his shot against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. That was kind of hard to do when one of his fingers was bent back in the wrong direction. Aldridge attempted a reverse layup with 3:18 left in the first quarter of the Spurs’ 112-101 loss to […]
The San Antonio Spurs opted against resting their starters to maintain a rhythm heading into the playoffs, but the Golden State Warriors wasted no time knocking them off beat with a 112-101 shellacking at Oracle Arena. A dislocated left pinkie finger suffered by LaMarcus Aldridge in the first quarter set an ominous tone from the […]
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker reversed course Monday night regarding his belief that coach Gregg Popovich would rest the team’s frontline contributors during its next two meetings against the first-place Golden State Warriors. Parker expected Popovich might rest key players in Monday’s 88-86 win over the Utah Jazz, but Popovich utilized the majority of […]
Who should win Executive of the Year? Ben Dowsett and Jesse Blancarte debate.
The San Antonio Spurs got exactly what they were hoping for against the Toronto Raptors — a scare. Kawhi Leonard had a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldridge had 31 points and 15 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs held off the Toronto Raptors 102-95 Saturday night for their franchise-record 64th victory. San Antonio never trailed […]
(Spurs’ forward David) West signed a two-year deal with the Spurs, with the second year a player option set to pay about $1.5 million for the 2016-17 season. With all the speculation surrounding the futures of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and even Boban Marjanovic (set to be a free agent this offseason), West’s future is […]
The San Antonio Spurs set the NBA record with their 38th straight home victory to open the season and matched the highest win total in franchise history. Manu Ginobili scored 20 points and the Spurs beat the injury-depleted New Orleans Pelicans 100-92 on Wednesday night to win their 47th straight home game overall dating to […]
INJURY REPORT: (LaMarcus) Aldridge (rest), (Tim) Duncan (rest), (Manu) Ginobili (rest), (Kawhi) Leonard (right quad contusion), (Tony) Parker (rest) are out for Spurs-Thunder Source: San Antonio Spurs on Twitter
Well, following the Oklahoma City Thunder’s blowout win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday, (Kevin) Durant was asked about his matchup looming with (Kawhi) Leonard on Saturday. “He’s definitely grown as a player,” Durant said. Then, unprompted, he joked, “He’s not a system player.” Durant shifted his eyes a bit to make sure everyone was […]
