One Hand Clapping
2016 Western Conference Finals, First Round San Antonio 94, Memphis 68 Spurs lead series 2-0 If the Spurs beat the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, but no one watches, does it really...
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In The Muck
2016 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 96, Memphis 87 Spurs lead series 3-0 At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies had the rarest of things in this series: a lead. They had...
View ArticleEarly To Rise, Early To Bed
2016 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 116, Memphis 95 Spurs win series 4-0 It took a half for the team to wake up for the early tip, but once they did, they finished their job and...
View ArticleNear Perfect
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 124, Oklahoma City 92 Spurs lead series 1-0 OK, Spurs. We all see you. After most NBA heads decided to take the first round series against Memphis off,...
View ArticleNear Miss
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 97, Oklahoma City 98 Series tied 1-1 You probably want to talk about those last 13 seconds. I don’t really want to. In a 1-point loss, much will always be...
View ArticleAny Three Big Players Will Do
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 100, Oklahoma City 96 Spurs lead series 2-1 It’s fitting that the Spurs iced the game by making four clutch free throws in the final minute, considering...
View ArticleThe Great Fear
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 97, Oklahoma City 111 Series tied 2-2 That is the Oklahoma City Thunder team I feared would eventually show up in this series. It’s fair to say that OKC’s...
View ArticleGut Punch
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 91, Oklahoma City 95 Thunder lead series 3-2 Grab. The. Damn. Ball. There’s a nice bit of irony at work here that in a season when the Spurs zagged...
View ArticleAll The Anger And The Eloquence Are Bleeding Into Fear
2016 Western Conference Semifinals San Antonio 99, Oklahoma City 113 Thunder win series 4-2 I didn’t expect this. Late in the regular season, eyeing a potential 2nd round match-up against the Thunder,...
View ArticleExtinction Level Event
Season 50, Game 35 San Antonio 110, Toronto 82 28-7, 2nd in the West More of that, please. Outside of the very first game against Golden State, that might be the Spurs’ most impressive...
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Messed Around and Won By 30
Season 50, Game 36 San Antonio 127, Denver 99 29-7, 2nd in the West The funny thing is, I don’t even feel like the team played all that well in this game. The defensive execution was sloppy at times,...
View ArticleBig Still Matters
Season 50, Game 37 San Antonio 102, Charlotte 85 30-7, 2nd in the West Fun fact: the Spurs are closer in the standings to the 1-seed Golden State Warriors than they are to the 3-seed Houston Rockets....
View ArticleGet It Out Of The System
Season 50, Game 38 San Antonio 107, Milwaukee 109 30-8, 2nd in the West Michael. Fucking. Beasley. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Our tale of woe begins with about 2 minutes left in the first half,...
View Article40-Plus
Season 50, Game 39 San Antonio 134, Los Angeles Lakers 94 31-8, 2nd in the West What the heck do I need to say about a 40-point shellacking of the Los Angeles Lakers? It’s always nice to bounce back...
View ArticleNo Smoke, No Fire
Season 50, Game 40 San Antonio 105, Phoenix 108 31-9, 2nd in the West January has been a weird month for the Spurs. So far, they are a middling 4-3 in the first 15 days of the new year. Those 3 losses...
View Article2nd Half Team
Season 50, Game 41 San Antonio 122, Minnesota 114 32-9, 2nd in the West This game seemed to follow a familiar script for the Spurs this season: a high-scoring first half (read: poor defense) followed...
View ArticleLather Rinse Repeat
Season 50, Game 42 San Antonio 118, Denver 104 33-9, 2nd in the West Stop me if this sounds familiar: the Spurs play a high scoring first half lacking in defense, only to come out strong in the second...
View ArticleThe Entertainers
Season 50, Game 43 San Antonio 118, Cleveland 115 (OT) 34-9, 2nd in the West What a game. The Spurs ended the game shooting exactly 50% from the field; the Cavs finished at 49.5%. The Spurs shot 38.5%...
View ArticleDNP-Nets
Season 50, Game 44 San Antonio 112, Brooklyn 86 35-9, 2nd in the West With about three minutes remaining in the first half, the Spurs were winning 39-38, and it looked like all the hallmarks of a...
View ArticleThe Young Spurs
Season 50, Game 45 San Antonio 108, Toronto 106 36-9, 2nd in the West With the game tied heading into the fourth quarter (on the road and down the team’s best player), Pop put Murray, Forbes, Bertans,...
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