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San Antonio Spurs – Kawhi Leonard & Tiago Splitter Shine Instead of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili & Tim Duncan
While the San Antonio Spurs have figured out how to stop Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, getting their big three going all at one has been a bit more difficult in the playoffs. So while Tim Duncan was benched in crunch time and the Tony Parker – Manu Ginobili tandem proved to be on one of their worst days this season, Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter proved there’s plenty of depth behind the old, beaten up names.
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Spurs Formula to Victory – Attacking Stephen Curry and Stopping the Three Point Shots
It seems that as we approach game 6 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State Warriors, the Spurs are coming in confident they have the Warriors figured out. Yes, Harrison Barnes has been surprising after an OK rookie season, but comes down to Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson making three point shots. Once you take that away, while forcing Curry to be the on-ball defender as much as possible, and it seems that Mark Jackson doesn’t have too many rabbits to pull out of his hat.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker Makes Stephen Curry Look Injured
Don’t always believe it when NBA players and their head coaches speak of injuries. It’s all about perception, and when Tony Parker leads the San Antonio Spurs to a huge win in Game 5 while making Stephen Curry (with the help of others) look like someone who doesn’t really know what he’s doing for once, the injury card for Curry suddenly becomes a lot more significant, trying to make us forget the point guard in front of him is older and just as injured.
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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 – Tim Duncan Makes Sure the West Stays Beneath
It’s about making sure teams know who the best team around is with the playoffs so close. Tim Duncan knew it was on him, with the Denver Nuggets focusing so strongly on Tony Parker. So he came up with another impressive, almost vintage-like performance on both ends of the floor to keep the San Antonio Spurs on top of the Western conference.
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San Antonio Spurs – Who Needs the Big Three?
No Tony Parker, no Tim Duncan, no Manu Ginobili. No worries as well. With Kawhi Leonard emerging into more than just a premier wing defender and the rest of the depth and teamwork associated with the San Antonio Spurs under Gregg Popovich, even playing without the trendy MVP topic doesn’t really matter.
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San Antonio Spurs – The Best Big Three in the NBA
It doesn’t happen every night, but the San Antonio Spurs still have one of those night when the combination of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili can’t be matches by anyone else in the league, not even the hottest team in the NBA, with the hottest player at the moment, James Harden.
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San Antonio Spurs – Runining the Dirk Nowitzki Debut
When Dirk Nowitzki thought about making his debut in the 2012-2013 NBA season against old rivals the San Antonio Spurs, he didn’t think he’d get to sit in the middle of the third quarter, never to be called back in again. This is the difference at the moment between the Spurs and the Mavs – 38 points, more or less.
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San Antonio Spurs – Right Now, the Best in the West
Forget about everything said in the preseason. As long as Gregg Popovich, Tim Duncan and especially this season Tony Parker are somehow linked to the San Antonio Spurs, this team is in the running for the Western crown and the NBA title. It’s still early, but it’s pretty clear they aren’t going anywhere.
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San Antonio Spurs – Manu Ginobili Between Starter and Bench Player
In the end, it doesn’t really matter. If Ginobili is healthy, he’ll get to play close to 30 minutes every night for the Spurs, whether it’s coming off the bench or featuring in the starting lineup next to Duncan and Tony Parker.