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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili & Tony Parker Messed Up in the Clutch
It’s usually about the San Antonio Spurs being better than everyone when their big three are playing together, especially when they’re all healthy and ready to go. But in game 4 of the Western conference semifinals, the intensity and physicality of the game seemed to be a bit too much for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, all disappointing as the team collapsed in the final 10 minutes of a game they had in their hands.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker Shines, Stephen Curry Declines
Figuring out two things – how to slow down Stephen Curry, and getting Tony Parker going stands in the basis of the San Antonio Spurs efforts to turn the Western Conference Semifinals series back to their side. In game 3, helped by more minutes from Tiago Splitter and a big game from Tim Duncan, it seemed to be working.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Forgotten in the Fourth Quarter
While Tim Duncan isn’t having the easiest of time so far in the Western Conference semifinals, completely forgetting about the number one reason the San Antonio Spurs are four-time NBA champions in the fourth quarter might have been the biggest mistake Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili made in their game 2 loss.
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San Antonio Spurs – The Final Nail in the Lakers Coffin
It seems like the San Antonio Spurs kept improving as the series went on, while their rivals sank into great despair with their chances slowly being eliminated off the board. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan didn’t need to play for most of the second half as the Los Angeles Lakers failed to show up for the two home games in the series, getting swept in the most humiliating fashion, barely putting up a fight.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan & Tony Parker Too Good for the Most Overrated NBA Team
The 2013 NBA Playoffs are split into two kinds of series – those that will be ending in sweeps, and the tight ones. The San Antonio Spurs are too good of a team this season, with Tim Duncan playing like a much younger man, and Tony Parker doing much better in terms of his health, to be the kind that gets itself mixed up in a troubling series.
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San Antonio Spurs – Abusing a Helpless Team
The San Antonio Spurs don’t have to be at their best to make this first round series a pretty easy one to get through, with an opposition that’s not really the deepest team around. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili don’t have to give it their all, while Tony Parker is healthy enough once again to shoulder the load, especially in the crucial minutes to create enough separation to get by.
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Manu Ginobili Doesn’t Let Injury Get in the Way of Beating the Los Angeles Lakers
The San Antonio Spurs are usually known for their passing game and offensive fluidity, but in the postseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers, it was about their defense, forcing the Lakers to try and win the game from the outside, and a resurgent and hopefully long-term healthy Manu Ginobili with some special moments of basketball that led them to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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Number One NBA Draft Picks Don’t Win NBA Championships
When you get that phone call during the NBA draft and realize you’re a number one pick, you might also get used to the fact that there isn’t much of a chance you’ll be winning the NBA title anytime soon, as only 8 of the last 35 number one draft picks went on to win a championship in their career, with LeBron James & the Miami Heat being the latest team to accomplish that feat.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Continues to Play Like Age Means Nothing
It shouldn’t really be surprising anymore, considering everything we’ve seen from Tim Duncan this season, but somehow it still is. Without Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker in the roster, the elder statesman of the San Antonio Spurs continues to put up incredible numbers, not just for someone his age with that kind of mileage on his aching body, and more than anything show that he still might be the best big man in the NBA.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Rises Above Dirty Clippers Antics
The San Antonio Spurs have been pulled by Tony Parker for most of the season, but Tim Duncan has been their man over the last few weeks, keeping his excellent form and even improving it with a game winning 3-point play, that almost makes it a certainty the San Antonio Spurs will finish on top of the Western Conference for a second consecutive season.