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Report: Tony Parker receives death threats during Game 1
According to KSAT.com, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker received death threats during Game 1 against the Mempis Grizzlies. Reportedly, the death threats came in with five minutes left in the game an security was ramped up during the game.
The Bexar County Sheriff's office is investigating death threats made against Tony Parker.
Sunday night, someone called 911...
CC video of the day: Tony Parker shreds Grizzlies' defense in Game 1
Heading into the postseason, Memphis was tops in the league in defense holding teams to 89.3 points during the regular season. In the playoffs, the Grizzlies are holding teams to 92.4 points but in Game 1 of the West Finals, Spurs' Tony Parker made short-work of the vaunted Memphis defense.
Parker scored almost at will during Game 1, finishing with 20 points, 9 assists, and...
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Tim Duncan, Spurs Helping Reject Absurd Cliché That Defense Does Not Matter in NBA
My wife sat down on the couch, glanced at the TV and caught a glimpse of Tim Duncan‘s incredulous mug making it clear that he disagreed with a foul call.
“He still plays?” she asked. “How old is he now, like 50?”
That is patently absurd, of course. Duncan’s not a day over 49. And after he scored just six points in the Spurs’ victory over the Grizzlies in Game 1 of the...
Video: Tony Parker shuts down Memphis in Game 1
The San Antonio Spurs made the Memphis Grizzlies look like the overachievers that many pegged them to be on Sunday.
As a whole, they appeared to be lethargic and in-over-their-head as the veteran Spurs group cruised to a 105-83 Game 1 victory in the Western Conference finals.
Tony Parker generated 20 points and dished out nine assists.
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Tony Allen trips Tony Parker in open court (Video)
Competitive instinct seemed to take over for Tony Allen during Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.
Early in the third quarter, Spurs point guard Tony Parker rebounded a Mike Conley miss and was off and running in transition. He took the ball up by the sidelines and did a spin move around Allen, but Allen stuck out...
Report: Deshaun Thomas Refused To Give The San Antonio Spurs His Phone Number
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Former Ohio State Buckeye Deshaun Thomas is currently projected as a second round pick in most NBA mock drafts, but if he wants it to stay that way, he might want to start being a little more cooperative.
Thomas reportedly refused to give the San Antonio Spurs his phone number this past week. From ohio.com:
But the most interesting, he said, was the fact the Spurs’ first...
5 things to watch: Spurs vs. Grizzlies Game 1
The San Antonio Spurs (8-2) and Memphis Grizzlies (8-3) will kick off the Western Conference Finals today in San Antonio in a clash of West powerhouses. The last time these two teams faced off in the postseason, the Grizzlies upset the No. 1 seeded Spurs in the 2011 NBA Playoffs first-round.
The Spurs are coming off a 94-82 win over the Warriors in Game 6 in Oakland to win...
San Antonio Spurs: Why These Spurs Will Win The West
San Antonio Spurs: Why These Spurs Will Win The West
By Mike Elworth
The San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies will start the Western Conference Finals on Sunday, which should be a hard fought slugfest. These are 2 of the 4 top defensive teams in the conference and 2 of the hardest playing teams in the NBA, so this series will be a very physical matchup, with the scoreboard...
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Prospect wouldn't give Spurs his phone number
An NBA Draft prospect reportedly would not give the Spurs his phone number. Find out why.
Spurs-Grizzlies in West Finals 'not going to be pretty'
Forget about pint-sized point guards going crazy for 22 points in a quarter. Spurs-Grizzlies is going to be ugly. Meat-grinder ugly.
"It's not going to be pretty," Tim Duncan said after San Antonio dispatched Golden State to return to the Western Conference finals.
"Sorry, it's just not gonna to be. It's going to be two teams are going to try to impose...
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Ginobili won't participate 2014 FIBA World Cup
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will not participate in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain according to Team Argentina head coach Julio Lamas (via elpatagonico.net).
What we do known in advance, is that neither Emanuel Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs, NBA) and Andres Nocioni (Labor Kutxa, Spain) and Leonardo Gutierrez (Peñarol de Mar del Plata) will not be in Venezuela...
Grizzlies will be much tougher test for Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs just shut that "Splash Brothers" stuff all the way down. They got hit with a couple buckets of confetti early in the series and that was plenty. They'd had their fill of splash, which is a good thing for the Spurs, because now they're playing the Grizzlies, and the last splashy thing to come out of Memphis was one of Elvis' jumpsuits. ...
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Deshaun Thomas Refused To Give Spurs His Cell Number At Draft Combine
Deshaun Thomas interviewed with the San Antonio Spurs at the NBA draft combine on Thursday.
Among the questions asked of Thomas was his cell phone number and email address.
Thomas declined to give the Spurs his phone number.
“I can’t go around giving it out to everyone,” Thomas said Thursday with a laugh. “Now if they want to draft me, I’d be happy to give it to them....
Video: Tim Duncan pushes and stares down former Spur Richard Jefferson
The San Antonio Spurs aren’t exactly known as a team with a mean streak, especially after they waived volatile forward Stephen Jackson before the playoffs began.
So for Tim Duncan – the gentlest of giants and the man who has set the tone and (lack of) attitude for the team – to push a former teammate during Game 5 of the Spurs’ series against the Golden State Warriors, and...
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Screaming Spurs fan identified?
The Spurs fan who distracted home viewers with all her screaming during Game 1 may have been identified. Is this the woman in question?
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