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  • San Antonio Spurs, The Better Team in the Western Conference Finals

    Team Basketball beat individual ability; Old Guard beating New Guard. The San Antonio Spurs simply played better as a team, with Manu Ginobili stepping up to carry them when it got rough, while the Oklahoma City Thunder simply lost the game because they played like a group of guys with nothing in common but the jersey.

  • Manu Ginobili Produces Fourth Quarter Magic (Thunder vs Spurs)

    Manu Ginobili rested for two series, not needing to show off his brilliance too much during two sweeps. Down by 9, with Tony Parker struggling and Tim Duncan needing someone to create for him, Popovich turned to Ginobili, who came through with his best game in the 2012 NBA postseason, leading the Spurs to a 101-98 win over the Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

  • San Antonio Spurs – No Deficit is Too Big For This Team

    When Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are on the floor together, nothing’s too difficult or impossible for the San Antonio Spurs. Even a 33-11 deficit in the first quarter, which didn’t prevent the Los Angeles Clippers from going down 0-3 in their Western Conference Semi Final Series.

  • Spurs Look Like NBA Title Favorites Again

    If finishing first in the Western Conference wasn’t enough for some people (including me), their dominant sweep of the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs, winning by an average margin of 16 points, might be the final piece in convincing doubters that this team isn’t what last year’s San Antonio Spurs were about.

  • Manu Ginobili With the Best Assist of the NBA Season

    Manu Ginobili, like the rest of the San Antonio Spurs, has been in excellent form of late. During their very impressive 121-97 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Ginobli was one of three Spurs players to score at least 20 points, impressing the most with a bullet of an assist to Matt Bonner.

  • Top Five Shooting Guards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    Dwyane Wade, the 2006 NBA Finals MVP, at 29, is the best in a position that isn’t as deep as it used to be, with the best players among the shooting guards getting a little older. Wade leads our pre-season pick of Ginobili, Monta Ellis, frustrated Eric Gordon and of course and just as frustrated Kobe Bryant, here are the five best shooting guards in the league.

  • Because He’s Manu Ginobili

    A reporter actually thinks Gregg Popovich needs to explain WHY he let Manu Ginobili play despite a bad third quarter?

  • On the Spurs Dominating Texas and LeBron’s 43 in Atlanta

    San Antonio beat their Texas Rivals in Dallas 97-91 with the Ginobili-Parker-Duncan force combining for 80 while LeBron James did it pretty much by himself against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring 43 in Miami’s 106-85 victory.

  • On the Lakers Crushing the Spurs and Derrick Rose Leading a Bulls Sweep Over the Heat

    Derrick Rose and Loul Deng led the Chicago Bulls to a 87-86 win over LeBron James, Wade and the Miami Heat, sweeping the regular season series while the Los Angeles Lakers blitzed the San Antonio Spurs (Kobe Bryant 26 points), winning 99-83.

  • On the Spurs Destroying the Heat and Derrick Rose Just too Good For Magic

    If you thought things were bad for the Miami Heat and their big three after the home collapse against the Orlando Magic, guess how bad after losing by 30, yes 30, their worst defeat of the season, against the San Antonio Spurs, looking broken after taking a walk through the wrong neighborhood. Back East, Orlando didn’t have enough left after their win at Miami and lost to the visiting Chicago Bulls, lead by Derrick Rose.