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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Watches Tony Parker & Manu Ginobili Wither Away
Manu Ginobili had one of his worse games ever, and Tony Parker forgot to show up to the second half. Danny Green and Gary Neal stopped making three pointers at an insane rate, while Tim Duncan was left alone with his finger in the dam as the San Antonio Spurs lost game 4 by 16 points, and once again find themselves at an even (2-2) series, with the momentum going the other way.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker is Something to Worry About
At their best moments in the previous game, the San Antonio Spurs had Gary Neal and Danny Green doing most of the damage, not the more traditional suspects of Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. And although trusting your role players to carry the offense certainly brought in more confidence to the team, if Parker is in fact limited or worse by an injury heading into game 4, that smells like trouble for the Spurs.
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San Antonio Spurs – Danny Green, Gary Neal & Kawhi Leonard Are The Real Big Three
Assuming the San Antonio Spurs needed a big game from their original big three, consisting of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan, to win game 3 of the NBA Finals, was reading the signs wrong. Gregg Popovich did enjoy a triplet performing the way stars should, but it was the trio of Gary Neal, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard that gave them the lead in the series once again.
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San Antonio Spurs – Role Players Aren’t Going to Win the NBA Finals
Having Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard hit three pointers (which only one of them has been doing so far) is big for the San Antonio Spurs. Tiago Splitter being dominant on both ends of the floor is crucial, but that’s not what the team is about, and unless Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and to a lesser degree, Manu Ginobili, are able to bounce back from their game 3 performance, the NBA finals will end in a disappointing manner.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker & the Big 3 Let Everyone Down
The losing teams usually need to make adjustments, but the San Antonio Spurs weren’t that good in the NBA finals opener to feel too confident going into game 2, which resulted in a slightly embarrassing collapse late in the game, as Tony Parker lost his magic-lucky touch for once, while Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili had one of these days when they simply look old.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan & Kawhi Leonard Need to Keep Stopping LeBron James
Keeping LeBron James on 18 points while shooting 43.8% from the field is as close to stopping him as you can get, and in order to keep him “down” at that level once more, it’s up to Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard to continue to play at the same defensive level they showed in game 1 of the NBA finals.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker Getting Luck Isn’t How to Win Championships
The default option is praising the San Antonio Spurs; their head coach Gregg Popovich, along with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, for their intelligence, and how they’re so much different from the rest of the NBA. But in game 1 of the 2013 NBA finals they didn’t win because they played brilliant basketball, they won because Tony Parker got a little bit lucky.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker is the Hero Thanks to Tim Duncan & Kawhi Leonard
The San Antonio Spurs couldn’t prevent LeBron James from reaching a triple double, but with the kind of defense Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard used on him for most of the game and especially the fourth quarter, they forced the ball out of his hands, leaving it up to Tony Parker to give the Spurs a dramatic win in game 1 of the NBA Finals.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker Brings Out His MVP Basketball
There have been many reasons to the success of the San Antonio Spurs over the last 15 years, first and foremost Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich. But it’s time for someone else to lead this team to an NBA championship, and Tony Parker came out with a perfect performance to put his team in the NBA finals for the first time in six years.
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San Antonio Spurs – Kawhi Leonard Makes It A Big Four
Usually, it’s necessary for Tim Duncan to have a decent night offensively for the San Antonio Spurs to have a shot at winning. But when they simply can’t miss from beyond the arc, as Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green continue their evolution into the big boys club, Duncan could finish with 33% from the field, Manu Ginobili be no more than mediocre except for a few famous slashes while Tony Parker was the only one from the original big three that went on full attack mode, leading all scorers with 20 points.