Two Steps Back
Season 50, Games 67 and 68 San Antonio 106, Portland 110 San Antonio 96, Memphis 104 52-16, 2nd in the West After taking the 1-seed (and taking control of their seeding destiny), the Spurs went on a...
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Season 50, Game 69 San Antonio 118, Sacramento 102 53-16, 2nd in the West At least this time the Spurs didn’t wait until they were down 28 to start their comeback. Continuing the trend of sluggish...
View ArticleFeeling Minnesota
Season 50, Game 70 San Antonio 100, Minnesota 93 54-16, 2nd in the West Kawhi Leonard looks tired. The Spurs won the game (Minnesota has been playing great lately, but the Spurs just kind of own them...
View ArticleCrystal Ball
Season 50, Game 71 San Antonio 97, Memphis 90 55-16, 2nd in the West It’s only March, and I’m already tired of this (eventual first-round) match-up. I’m not sure what scheduling quirk created two...
View ArticleSaved By The Three
Season 50, Game 72 San Antonio 106, New York 98 56-16, 2nd in the West Individual +/- for a single game is often a noisy stat, but at the very least, it can show you who was on the court when the team...
View Article“Basketball Is Fun”
Season 50, Game 73 San Antonio 103, Cleveland 74 57-16, 2nd in the West My biggest takeaway from the Spurs absolute beatdown of the Cavs on Monday night: Kyle Anderson can dunk. Kyle Anderson can...
View ArticleSame Problems, Different Season
Season 50, Game 74 San Antonio 98, Golden State 110 57-17, 2nd in the West With this loss, the Spurs all but seal their fate. It’s not a bad fate. The 2nd best team (by record) in the NBA is a place...
View Article37 Seconds
Season 50, Game 75 San Antonio 100, Oklahoma City 95 58-17, 2nd in the West The Spurs led the Thunder for a whopping 37 seconds on Friday night, but it just so happened to be 37 of the final seconds of...
View ArticleMessed Around And Still Got The Win
Season 50, Game 76 San Antonio 109, Utah 103 59-17, 2nd in the West This was a really good win. Utah is a good – possibly great – team. They are fighting for their playoff positioning, and it behooves...
View ArticleSee You Soon
Season 60, Game 77 San Antonio 95, Memphis 89 60-17, 2nd in the West For the fourth time in about 3 weeks (OK, a bit longer than that, but not much) the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies...
View ArticleDNW-Apathy
Season 50, Game 78 San Antonio 95, Los Angeles Lakers 102 60-18, 2nd in the West Let’s throw out a hypothetical situation: Say there’s this team–call them the “Lasers”. The Lasers aren’t very good....
View ArticleBaby I’ve Got Your Number
Season 50, Games 79 and 80 San Antonio 102, Dallas 89 San Antonio 87, Los Angeles Clippers 98 61-19, 2nd in the West The playoffs start in one week; thank God. It’s hard to watch “meaningless” games....
View ArticleIt’s going to be a wild ride
Season 50, Game 81 San Antonio 98, Portland 99 61-20, 2nd in the West Last night’s penultimate game of the regular season is recapped by Stephen Hale and Andrew Flores. Stephen Hale weighs in first:...
View ArticleNot Great, Bob
Season 50, Game 82 San Antonio 97, Utah 101 61-21, 2nd in the West Intellectually I understand that these last 3 games didn’t matter. Intellectually I can rationalize the three losses away, explain how...
View ArticleOpening Statements
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 111, Memphis 82 Spurs lead series 1-0 That was a bad start to the game but a wonderful start to the series. After that first quarter in which...
View ArticleDon’t Panic
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 96, Memphis 82 Spurs lead series 2-0 I suppose we should start with what happened after the game. That was one helluva rant by Coach Fizdale....
View ArticleDe-Rooked
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 94, Memphis 105 Spurs lead series 2-1 The Grizzlies did what we thought they would do, what they had to do. The lower-seeded team winning Game...
View ArticleExceptionalism, Wasted
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 108, Memphis 110 (OT) Series tied 2-2 I’m of two minds about this game. On the one hand, it was a fantastic basketball game, everything we love...
View ArticleHome Is Where The Shot Is
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 116, Memphis 103 Spurs lead series 3-2 Sometimes the most trite analysis is also the most true: it’s a make or miss league. It seems a bit...
View ArticleBear Down
2017 Western Conference Playoffs, First Round San Antonio 103, Memphis 96 Spurs win series 4-2 It only took 10 games for one of these teams to find an edge over the other on the road. All credit to...
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