Sure, it's possible the Spurs can put together a nice effort on their homecourt in Game 5 on Tuesday night and push their series against the Mavericks to a sixth game in Dallas.
And maybe the Spurs could even follow that up with an unlikely Game 6 win on the road and make their first-round series a seven-gamer.
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-- "I'll make a deal with you MsClarkJones... COME TO THE NEXT HOME GAME, IF WE DON'T DELIVER A WIN, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK" -- Charlie Villanueva on his official Twitter feed
-- "The NBA will establish an office in India and establish grassroots programs to showcase the sport. This investment is also a boon to the NBA partners such as adidas, Electronic Arts and Spalding, all of whom will be getting involved with products on the ground customized for the unique Indian audience. " -- Biz of Basketball
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* "During a recent trip to Toronto earlier this month, Matt Bonner talked with the media about how the combination of his grandfather - a 'Newfie' as he affectionately referred to him - and his wife being from Canada has led him to feel a strong connection to this country. Bonner also recently discovered that he has some cousins who are Canadian. Because of these factors Bonner has decided to file the necessary paperwork to gain his Canadian citizenship. Not only that, but he's also expressed a strong desire to play the Canadian national team." -- Hoops Addict.
Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the "lig." Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.
I don't mean to disrespect Dwight Howard, but he didn't exactly have a great All-Star Weekend. I mean, consider the two lasting images of Howard from the festivities: getting teabagged by Nate Robinson, and getting nutmegged by Shaq. That's not stuff you'd want to put on your Hall of Fame highlight reel, you know?
But Howard took out his frustration on the Bobcats Tuesday, whipping out a stunning 45 points, 19 rebounds and eight blocks. Orlando needed every bit, as the starting backcourt (Anthony Johnson, Mickael Pietrus) played awful on both ends. Charlotte's Raymond Felton went off for 22 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and nary a turnover.
Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.
Tim Duncan is known for many things -- his stellar defense, his killer bank shot, his mastery of the wizard class -- but he's never been the type of dude to rack up triple-doubles. Timmy has two triple-doubles in almost 900 career games ... but he almost added a third Tuesday night in New Jersey.
Duncan finished with a game-high 27 points, a game-high nine rebounds, and a game-high eight assists, as well as four blocks -- which happened to be more than every other Net and Spur combined. An encore performance from Matt Bonner (22 points, 8-10 shooting) helped, but this was Tim Duncan's world.
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In this video we try to find out from the Spurs what's their secret of success. Around 1:05 into the video Tim Duncan tells us what he likes most about his coach Gregg Popovich.
I have watched two full San Antonio games this young season. Don't apologize, it wasn't so bad. For all the crap flung about the unsexy style of the Spurs, they can entrance more than you'd suspect. Tim Duncan, of course, is a work of art... a robotish Rodin. Manu Ginobili, perturbing as he might be, is like a one-man circus.
Yes, Tony Parker's persona makes even his sickly fleet feet annoying and Bruce Bowen is a scourge which must be lifted from this planet for humanity to survive. But there's another way: Garbage time.
Look at the lineup San Antonio strutted out much of the fourth quarter in its Friday night Sacramento blowout.
All this chatter about Kyrylo Fesenko's desire to spend only $3,000 of his new Utah Jazz money on wheels has me nostalgic for the founder of the NBA Jalopy Appreciation Society -- San Antonio's Matt Bonner.
Speaking of New Hampshire and Matt Bonner: the dude will host the Sneakers and Speakers Charity Rockfest '07 this Saturday in his hometown of Concord, NH. Okkervil River (whose upcoming record is excellent) will headline. Bonner is the only product of The Shire ever to make the NBA, and Okkervil frontman Will Sheff has never played a show in his home state. The concert benefits the Concord Boys and Girls Club.
One question for the San Antonio Spurs: Now what?
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Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the "lig." Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.
Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.
I have watched two full San Antonio games this young season. Don't apologize, it wasn't so bad. For all the crap flung about the unsexy style of the Spurs, they can entrance more than you'd suspect. Tim Duncan, of course, is a work of art... a robotish Rodin. Manu Ginobili, perturbing as he might be, is like a one-man circus.
