What Would Happen To You With Two Days Off in New Orleans?
Season 50, Game 46 San Antonio 103, New Orleans 119 36-10, 2nd in the West For whatever reason (yes, like you, I can think of a few pretty obvious ones), the Spurs always seem to struggle in New...
View ArticleThe Get Back
Season 50, Game 47 San Antonio 101, Dallas 105 36-11, 2nd in the West It seems the Spurs were doomed to repeat the lessons of the previous game. The parallels are striking. After a high-scoring...
View ArticleKD Ain’t Walking Through That Door (Ever Again)
Season 50, Game 48 San Antonio 108, Oklahoma City 94 37-11, 2nd in the West The bad news: the Spurs still struggle to play a solid 48 minutes of basketball. The good news? They’ve upped it from 24...
View ArticleBuilding A Mystery
Season 50, Game 49 San Antonio 102, Philadelphia 86 38-11, 2nd in the West I was excited to see Joel Embiid; I was happy he wasn’t playing. The Sixers aren’t as bad as you think. Perception often lags...
View ArticleThe Oldheads
Season 50, Game 50 San Antonio 121, Denver 97 39-11, 2nd in the West On a night when Gregg Popovich recorded his 1,128th career regular season win – besting Jerry Sloan for most wins with one...
View ArticleDud
Season 50, Game 51 San Antonio 74, Memphis 89 39-12, 2nd in the West The fact that the Spurs laid such an egg in this game isn’t all that surprising. Down Kawhi against a very good defensive team on...
View ArticleBare Minimum
Season 50, Game 52 San Antonio 111, Philadelphia 103 40-12, 2nd in the West There was nothing impressive nor noteworthy about this game. At some point in the middle of the 4th quarter, the Spurs...
View ArticleEase In, Ease Out
Season 50, Game 53 San Antonio 103, Detroit 92 41-12, 2nd in the West The Spurs took their time getting going, and they eased up a bit early. In the first 6 minutes of the game, the team managed a mere...
View ArticleA Tradition Unlike Any Other
Season 50, Game 54 San Antonio 90, New York 94 41-13, 2nd in the West Of course the Spurs lose to the Knicks at the end of the week in which the Knicks craziness completely out-Knicks’ed even the...
View ArticleKawhi To The Rescue
Season 50, Game 55 San Antonio 110, Indiana 106 42-13, 2nd in the West The Spurs might be relying too much on Kawhi Leonard. There’s no doubt that Kawhi is the best player on the team; he might be the...
View ArticleThermometer
Season 50, Game 56 San Antonio 107, Orlando 79 43-13, 2nd in the West The Spurs were owed one, and they called in their chit against the Magic Wednesday night. I don’t have much to say about this game....
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Re-Tuning
Season 50, Game 57 San Antonio 105, Los Angeles Clippers 97 44-13, 2nd in the West I’m certain the extended All-Star is a good thing. The players and coaches get a real vacation in the middle of the...
View ArticleThe High Road
Season 50, Game 58 San Antonio 119, Los Angeles Lakers 98 45-13, 2nd in the West After a bit of a sluggish start to the Rodeo Road Trip, the Spurs ended it with a bang, posting consecutive impressive...
View ArticleDagger
Season 50, Game 59 San Antonio 100, Indiana 99 46-13, 2nd in the West Just like he’d probably practiced hundreds of times growing up. Just like Mike. Drive middle, spin baseline (travel? I didn’t see...
View ArticleDouble OTs
Season 50, Game 60 and 61 San Antonio 101, New Orleans 98 (OT) San Antonio 97, Minnesota 90 (OT) 48-13, 2nd in the West Let’s begin this with our semi-regular reminder that Kawhi is pure awesomeness on...
View ArticleSay His Name
Season 50, Game 62 San Antonio 112, Houston 110 49-13, 2nd in the West His name is Kawhi Leonard. Good lord, that was a fun game (It’s easy to say that in retrospect, rooting for the victor. Rockets...
View ArticleFifty the Hard Way
Season 50, Game 63 San Antonio 114, Sacramento 104 50-13, 2nd in the West I’ve seen a lot of Spurs basketball, and I feel confident saying that first quarter was the worst quarter I’ve ever seen the...
View ArticleConcussed
Season 50, Game 64 San Antonio 92, Oklahoma City 102 50-14, 2nd in the West The Spurs were due a loss. After flirting with one for the last two weeks but always escaping with the win, the L was coming...
View ArticleLet Down And Hanging Around
Season 50, Game 65 San Antonio 107, Golden State 85 51-14, 2nd in the West What was anticipated to be one of the most exciting and important games of the season turned into a dud, an exhibition of the...
View ArticleFirst For A Night
Season 50, Game 66 San Antonio 107, Atlanta 99 52-14, 1st in the West With Monday’s win against Atlanta, the Spurs did something most people thought impossible before the season: they took possession...
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