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San Antonio’s ‘big’ weakness in post

Andrew Bynum nearly outrebounded the Spurs by himself in the Lakers’ easy win over San Antonio last week. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich countered in Tuesday’s rematch by starting his two best big-men defenders: Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan.

San Antonio Spurs hold on to beat Boston Celtics

Duncan prevented Pierce from driving to the basket, forcing him to take a fadeaway jumper that clanged off the rim at the buzzer and the San Antonio Spurs held on for their ninth straight win, 87-86 over Boston on Wednesday night. “It...

Wolves try to scale big hurdle in San Antonio

After dominating the series with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the last five years, the San Antonio Spurs have dropped this season’s first two matchups.

Mason: Best years were in San Antonio

Former San Antonio Spurs guard Roger Mason Jr. played two years in San Antonio, resuscitating a career that landed him everywhere from Washington to Chicago to Toronto to Jerusalem. After acquiring Mason in what many called a free agent steal...

San Antonio Spurs at Toronto Raptors

The Spurs are rolling into Canada playing good basketball (except for that 4th quarter in Mo-Town) just in time to get a SEGABABA trap game. The Raptors are not too good. They are 28th in the NBA in Offensive Rating and 18th in the league in...

Young players keep the San Antonio Spurs win

At some point, we’re going to have to think of this as “unexpected,” wont we? While NBA pundits and fans alike have been touting the decline of the Dynasty Spurs for what’s felt like ages, it’s been just as frequently observed...

Team Chavez hits San Antonio

Undefeated WBC World Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives in San Antonio, Texas, Monday night for his upcoming world title defense against #1 ranked Marco Antonio Rubio, Saturday, Feb. 4…

Jones makes early move in San Antonio

Golf round-up: Australia’s Matt Jones put a double-bogey on the opening hole behind him in fine fashion in San Antonio as he took the early clubhouse lead with a six-under-par 66 in the opening round of the Valero Texas Open. Jones made a...

Spurs tackle Oklahoma

Spurs 99 Vs Oklahoma 96. Not bad guys. Keep it up.