Tag: Tim Duncan

  • 26 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Beating LeBron James & the Miami Heat for the NBA Title

    26 Best Memes of the San Antonio Spurs Beating LeBron James & the Miami Heat for the NBA Title

    The NBA season, playoffs and Finals are over, but that doesn’t mean that memes and jokes stop being created. As expected, the San Antonio Spurs get nothing but praise for beating the Miami Heat and especially LeBron James to the championship, denying him a 3-peat.

  • NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs & Gregg Popovich Together Forever

    NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs & Gregg Popovich Together Forever

    Bad news for the rest of the NBA: Gregg Popovich isn’t planning on retiring, as he sees himself working a little bit longer as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. However, maybe the euphoric feeling of winning the NBA finals or at least of being on the verge of doing it might be tampering with his judgement a little bit.

  • NBA Playoffs – Miami Heat Stay Cool, San Antonio Spurs Slow Down

    NBA Playoffs – Miami Heat Stay Cool, San Antonio Spurs Slow Down

    The first game was about LeBron James missing when his team needed him the most, and game 2 of the 2014 NBA Finals had the same man take center stage, but this time in a completely different light, as he led the Miami Heat to a 98-96 win over the San Antonio Spurs to make it 1-1 in the series.

  • NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs Get Lucky, Miami Heat Crumble Late

    NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs Get Lucky, Miami Heat Crumble Late

    The San Antonio Spurs seemed to handle extreme weather conditions better than others. It might also be the fact that the Miami Heat, the better team until LeBron James started suffering from cramps, fell apart without their star in the fourth quarter, losing 110-95 as the home team took a 1-0 in the NBA finals.

  • 23 Best Memes of the Miami Heat & San Antonio Spurs Reaching the NBA Finals

    An NBA finals rematch is something we haven’t had in sixteen years, as the San Antonio Spurs begin planning how to beat the Miami Heat this time, which obviously results in memes making fun of both teams, as LeBron James and the Big Three take a special spot in the front.

  • NBA Finals – Heat vs Spurs, a Long Awaited Rematch

    NBA Finals – Heat vs Spurs, a Long Awaited Rematch

    If you believe Tim Duncan, the San Antonio Spurs really wanted a rematch in this year’s NBA finals. The Miami Heat? I’m not so sure this was the rival they were dreaming of, because of history and simply because the other option, the Oklahoma City Thunder, are a much better matchup for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to handle.

  • NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Fall Short, San Antonio Spurs Finalists Again

    NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Fall Short, San Antonio Spurs Finalists Again

    For the first time in the Western Conference Finals, we got ourselves a close game, ending in another first – a road win. The San Antonio Spurs finished the job in six games with a 112-107 overtime win thanks to some great basketball from Tim Duncan in the clutch, Manu Ginobili hitting some big shots and Boris Diaw proving his value once more. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook gave it their best shot, but without a decent head coach, system or depth, there’s always going to be a ceiling on this team.

  • NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Can’t Adjust; Gregg Popovich Finally Understands

    NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder Can’t Adjust; Gregg Popovich Finally Understands

    After the San Antonio Spurs lost two games in a row to the Oklahoma City Thunder, it seemed like the veteran team striving to make another NBA finals was on the verge of reaching a breaking point. But Gregg Popovich understood he needs to change his thought process and approach. He decided to go smaller, which means Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter not on the court together, resulting in more minutes for Boris Diaw and Matt Bonner, resulting in their best performance of the series.

  • NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Figure it Out, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Exhausted

    NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Figure it Out, Oklahoma City Thunder Look Exhausted

    Sometimes the solution is simple, but takes a while to find. Using Matt Bonner in the lineup and giving Boris Diaw an extended time on the floor opened up so many things on offense for the San Antonio Spurs, getting to run all over the Oklahoma City Thunder with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili leading the way to a 117-89 win, taking a 3-2 lead in the series.

  • NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Need Gregg Popovich to Improve

    NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs Need Gregg Popovich to Improve

    After every loss we usually hear the same thing: The San Antonio Spurs will be fine because Gregg Popovich will figure out what’s wrong. But in this playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder that seems to be quickly slipping away from him and his team, it’s time to point some fingers at the head coach and not just the players who are obviously more than slightly overwhelmed by what’s going on.