| Thibodeau, Jackson named NBA's top coaches for March |
Fri Apr 1 16:22:10 2011 EST |
| has guided Chicago to its first division title since 1997-98, which is the same season of its last NBA Championship. Jackson led the Lakers to a league-best 12-1 record in March and improved Los Angeles' record to 54-20, second best to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference. The team's most impressive victory in March came over the Spurs, 99-83, on March 6. The Lakers clinched the Pacific Division title with an 84-80 victory over Portland on March 20. Other nominees for Coach of the M |
| Spurs' Ginobili to miss Monday's game |
Mon Mar 28 15:35:00 2011 EST |
| San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will miss Monday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers with a left quad contusion. The 33-year-old left Sunday's 111-104 loss at Memphis with what was then called a bruised thigh. A nine-year pro from Argentina, Ginobili has posted 17.8 points, 5.0 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game this season. |
| Rating the contenders |
Mon Mar 28 13:52:18 2011 EST |
| remains the best basketball player on the planet and Dwyane Wade is still in the top five. Meanwhile, when the Heat do lose, they generally beat themselves. If this team is clicking on all cylinders, all you can do is hold on for dear life. San Antonio Spurs - Tim Duncan's numbers may be down this season but his importance to the San Antonio certainly is not. The Spurs, who have led the race for the NBA's best record from wire-to-wire, have now lost a season- high three straight since Duncan sp |
| Banged-up Spurs vie to end skid vs. Blazers |
Mon Mar 28 11:21:04 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan's numbers may be down this season but his importance to the San Antonio Spurs certainly is not. The NBA-best Spurs have now lost a season-high three straight since Duncan sprained his left ankle in a win over Golden State last Monday. The Spurs will welcome Portland to the Alamo City tonight. To make matters even worse, San Antonio also lost star swingman Manu Ginobili for much of the second half in Sunday's 111-104 loss at Memphis. George Hill had 30 points and To |
| Spurs visit Grizzlies in possible playoff preview |
Sun Mar 27 10:46:52 2011 EST |
| rk) - The schedule makers aren't making things easy on the playoff-hopeful Memphis Grizzlies. Two days after batting the Eastern Conference's best team, the Chicago Bulls, Memphis will do battle with the best that the West has to offer, the San Antonio Spurs, in a possible first round playoff preview. The Grizzlies hung in Friday but MVP candidate Derrick Rose scored 24 points and recorded a key three-point play with 10.8 seconds remaining, as the Bulls won their 14th straight game at home with |
| Spurs sign F Da'Sean Butler |
Fri Mar 25 15:16:24 2011 EST |
| San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - The San Antonio Spurs signed forward Da'Sean Butler on Friday, Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released. The 6-foot-7 Butler was originally selected by the Miami Heat with the 42nd pick of the 2010 NBA draft, but was later waived on October 25. Butler played four seasons at West Virginia and was named to the First Team All-Big East in his senior season, averaging 17.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Upon his signing, Butler was placed on the |
| Without Duncan, Spurs fall to Nuggets |
Thu Mar 24 01:31:01 2011 EST |
| Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Wilson Chandler only scored eight points, but his jumper in the final minute put the Denver Nuggets ahead for good in a 115-112 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. In a game where the teams combined to make 25 three-pointers, Manu Ginobili missed the two most important tries for San Antonio in the last 13 seconds. He was off-target on a step-back three from the right side that could have given the Spurs the lead, and he airballed a last-second try with Kenyon Marti |
| Spurs' Duncan out with sprained ankle |
Tue Mar 22 14:18:25 2011 EST |
| San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - The San Antonio Spurs announced Tuesday that forward Tim Duncan will be sidelined with a sprained left ankle. Duncan suffered the injury early in the first quarter of Monday's 111-96 victory over Golden State. He came down awkwardly after draining a short jumper just over four minutes into the game. The Wake Forest product will not join the team on its upcoming three-game road trip. Rather, he'll stay in San Antonio for treatment and rehabilitation. It is not |
| Spurs aim to continue dominance over Warriors |
Mon Mar 21 11:04:52 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Before the NBA-best San Antonio Spurs depart the Alamo City for three games they will try for their 12th consecutive win over the Golden State Warriors in tonight's matchup from the AT&T Center. The Spurs have won the first three meetings with the Warriors this season and are aiming for a third series sweep in a row. Golden State is most likely not looking forward to playing in San Antonio, a place where it has dropped 25 straight games and hasn't won in since Feb. 14, 19 |
| Mavs aim to bounce back with Warriors in town |
Sun Mar 20 10:58:31 2011 EST |
| back on track when they resume a three-game homestand tonight versus the Golden State Warriors in Big D. Dallas has dropped three of four and five of its last eight games, including Friday's 97-91 setback versus the Southwest Division-rival San Antonio Spurs. Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points and Jason Terry added 19 for the Mavericks, who are 24-11 at home and seeded third in the Western Conference. "It was a disappointing loss tonight. Obviously we're not playing the way earlier on this season and |
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