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Sports Central June 17, 2014 Brad Oremland |
2014 NBA Finals Aftermath Despite so many major events across the sporting landscape, I'm going to focus on the NBA Finals, because it presented a lot of interesting questions. |
Sports Central July 9, 2007 Parimal Rohit |
Why the Spurs Are Not a Dynasty The San Antonio Spurs are just that team who won at the right time, when nobody else wanted to win. |
Sports Central June 18, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever. |
Sports Central February 26, 2013 Robert Campbell |
Spurs of the Moment As of February 25th, the San Antonio Spurs have posted an overall record of 45-13 -- three games better than both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the defending champion Miami Heat. |
Sports Central May 28, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Main Event Let's be honest. This year's NBA playoffs haven't been anything special. While the game often slows down and scoring drops once the second season starts, this year has had a litany of ugly rock-fights. |
Sports Central May 20, 2013 Corrie Trouw |
The More Things Change The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference Finals Sunday with a dominant 105-83 win over Memphis. It was a satisfying win for the West's elder statesmen, especially compared to the last time these two teams met in the postseason. |
Sports Central January 24, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
San Antonio: The League's Best Even though the Spurs have been setting club marks for best start after X amount of games after each game, and approaching some of the league's best starts ever, it doesn't feel as though the Spurs are being given the treatment that their record deserves. |
Sports Central May 21, 2012 Corrie Trouw |
Back to the Future, Texas-Style Given their longevity, San Antonio's convenient comparable is Michael Jordan's Bulls, but the construction and philosophy of the two teams could not be more different. |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2002 Ian Thomsen |
Handsome Dividends Bruce Bowen wasn't a pricey pickup, but the Spurs are at a loss without him... |
Sports Central December 20, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Forgotten Mavericks, Spurs Are Rising Two NBA teams flying under the radar are the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. |
Sports Central May 7, 2012 Stephen Kerr |
Why the Spurs Could Capture the Title Now that the NBA postseason is underway, speculation abounds as to who will be crowned the next champion. The San Antonio Spurs could have something to say about who grabs the brass ring. |
Sports Central December 12, 2008 Bill Hazell |
The Green-and-Golden Age Renaissance Green vs. Yellow means a lot to us NBA nuts, and in a league where upsets don't come often, the chances of another Celtics/Lakers Finals in 2009 seem bright. |
Sports Central April 15, 2004 Mason Williams |
2004 NBA Playoffs Preview It's time for the NBA playoffs to take center stage. |
Sports Central June 7, 2007 Bill Hazell |
NBA Finals Are a Slam Duncan San Antonio will have the NBA Finals wrapped up in six games or less and Tim Duncan will have his fourth Finals MVP award. |
Sports Central March 20, 2013 Matt Thomas |
Fact or Fiction: Heat the Best Ever? If you spend any time watching that four-letter all sports network these days, you've undoubtedly noticed that the Miami Heat are on a run for the ages. Though the verdict is still open on how far this win streak will go. |
Sports Central March 17, 2005 Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Sports Central February 11, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
The Granddad of All Pops Let me be one of the last to say congratulations. On Monday night, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich became the ninth NBA head coach to lead his team to 1,000 regular season victories. |
Sports Central May 2, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Unstoppable Grizzlies From Graceland Nothing about the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies of 2011 indicated there was anything other than the usual mediocrity to this team going into the postseason. |
Sports Central March 31, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Breaking Down the Final Four A breakdown of this year's Final Four team-by-team, and by matchup. |
Sports Central May 30, 2007 Kiarash Banisadre |
Inside the NBA Western Conference Playoffs Although the Phoenix/San Antonio series was mired in controversy, the outcome was fair and square... Tim Duncan receives all the credit for how good the San Antonio Spurs are... It may be pretty tough for the Utah Jazz to win it all this year, but this team is for real... etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 18, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Look past the stars Role players will be a key factor in Spurs-Lakers series... |
Sports Central June 4, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
NBA Finals Are the Spurs' For the Taking The 2014 NBA Finals will feature the first rematch of the previous year's championship series since the Bulls and Jazz met in 1998. |
Sports Central July 2, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Who Can Challenge For Next Year's Crown? The Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns will challenge the Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs for next year's conference championships. The New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks are still good, but not great. The Bulls and Nuggets are building. |
Sports Central June 18, 2005 Daniel Collins |
NBA Finals Are Tale of Two Cities The Detroit Pistons have risen from the grave to tie the NBA Finals at two. |
Sports Central December 10, 2007 Wailele Sallas |
NBA Superstars Trading Places How has the NBA got to this point? |
Sports Central October 2, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 3) NBA's All-Decade Team: the best of the best. |
Salon.com May 16, 2001 Allen Barra |
Showtime for the NBA With four likely Hall of Famers on the floor, the Lakers-Spurs series ought to be one for the ages. But the outcome may turn on a much more prosaic performer... |
Sports Illustrated April 26, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Sticking with the Sonics Well, half the free world wants to know how in heaven's name I could pick Seattle over San Antonio. Jeez, nothing personal, people, but upsets happen. And I still think this one might... |
Sports Central May 31, 2006 Todd Beckstead |
The NBA's David and Goliath NBA teams recognize the edge gained by possessing the coveted center with the ability to take control of games. |
Sports Central March 21, 2005 Joseph Sammour |
The NBA's Elite Eight We're going to be focusing on the second round of the NBA playoffs, which will involve the NBA's answer to the Elite Eight. For each team, I'll explain who they will beat in the first round, and how much further they can go. |
Sports Central March 11, 2008 Jon Gonzales |
How the West Was Won The NBA trading deadline has come and gone, and only one team has made itself better for the now: the Los Angeles Lakers. |
Sports Illustrated February 14, 2002 Jack McCallum |
It's good to be King Hot play at home makes Sacramento the NBA's top dogs... |
Sports Central November 4, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Who Makes the NBA Playoffs in '06? Sure, everyone has a shot at the trophy now, but only 16 squads will continue the fight in April. So, you ask, who might those be? |
Sports Central April 23, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Playoffs: Split Decisions With the first two games of each NBA playoff series in the books, an incredible five of the eight series are tied up at a game apiece. |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 Allen Barra |
The "transition" game The NBA is suffering, not because it misses Michael Jordan, but because there are too many teenage millionaires who can't shoot... |
Sports Illustrated April 23, 2003 Ian Thomsen |
Sun Block Eighth-seeded Phoenix is creating tough matchups for the Spurs. |
Sports Central June 24, 2009 Matt Thomas |
A New Laker Dynasty? There is far too much parody to consider with any sort of reasonability the fact that a single win in a single championship series is anything other than a great season worth remembering. |
Sports Central April 11, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Three NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs have begun and this year the race to the finals looks more open than usual. Teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, and Magic all look like the favorites to reach the Finals. |
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2001 Marty Burns |
Lakers' toughest foe may be history Forget the Sixers or the Bucks. The Lakers' real opponents right now are the '89 Pistons, the '91 Bulls and the '99 Spurs. Those three teams each went 15-2 during their respective playoff runs, the best since the NBA went to its current format in '83-84... |
Sports Central June 17, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Playoffs: Balancing the Wide Difference This series has more stink on it than all of the cow pastures of the rural Midwest -- combined. Each contest has been an uninteresting, stupefying blowout by the end of the fourth quarter, if not sooner. |
Sports Illustrated November 1, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Noisemakers The Hawks and Blazers could be this year's sleepers in the NBA. |
Sports Central May 3, 2012 Gary Flick |
X-ceptional This year's NBA playoffs have already given us epic comebacks, suspensions, MVP season-ending injuries, confrontations with refs, confrontations with fire extinguishers, and (my personal favorite) superstar game winners ... and no team has played more than two games. |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Everybody loves an underdog Philadelphia may not win the title, but it has already done something fairly amazing. It has stolen the spotlight from the glamorous Lakers... |
Sports Central January 20, 2009 Brian Cox |
Who Are the NBA's Top Five? Here's a look at the top five NBA rankings of January. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Ian Thomsen |
It's Tim's Time David Robinson's slump has prompted Tim Duncan to grab the reins for the Spurs... |
Sports Central May 23, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Things We've Learned From the NBA Playoffs The NBA playoffs are usually generous when it comes to player meltdowns, tearing up age-old adages, and having certain teams rise to the top. |
Sports Central April 18, 2011 Bob Ekstrom |
Once Again, the West Proves Wild The NBA postseason that got underway Saturday didn't exactly pick up where the regular season ended. |
Sports Illustrated June 1, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise... |
Sports Central June 4, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title. |
Sports Central May 14, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Material Differences What's the better way to bring a squad to NBA championship form? Do you grow the talent from seedlings up or purchase the best talent from the free agency market? The next two weeks could give us an answer. |