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Spurs' Winning Formula: Keep It Simple

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich doesn't need to fire up his team on road trips. He doesn't hand out books to his players, like Phil Jackson does before long travels to various NBA cities. "No, I try my best not to motivate them," Popovich said before Monday's game against the New Jersey Nets. "It's too tiring...

Charley Rosen: NBA Championship Odds

Thirty teams but only one will win the last game of the season. Which teams, then, have the best chances of emerging as the 2011 champion? Notwithstanding injuries and radical trades, these are my highly subjective odds-to-win-it-all with only those teams that are currently above .500 being considered. Boston Celtics...

2011 NBA All-Star Starters Revealed, What About the Reserves?

Denver coach George Karl likes to say each All-Star squad should have 15 players, rather than 12. It's a great idea for the West this season, with there about to be some serious snubs. As for the East, 10 seems a better number this season in a conference that after the top teams has as much depth as the local park's...

Alvin Gentry: Right Now, Amar'e Stoudemire Is MVP

PHOENIX -- Amar'e Stoudemire made his return to Phoenix on Friday as a member of the opposing team for the first time since bolting for a max deal with the Knicks last summer. Stoudemire has been playing as well as he did with the Suns -- if not better -- and has unquestionably been the centerpiece of the Knicks'...

With Experience and Security, Richard Jefferson Shines for Spurs

Richard Jefferson had said late last season he might opt out of his lucrative contract and become a free agent. But many believed the likelihood of that was the same as Tim Duncan starring in a rap video. Well, the only San Antonio Spur appearing in a rap video lately has been DeJuan Blair in P.O.P.'s "2 Hard Living.''...

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06/01/12 Thunder snap Spurs' 20-game winning streak Source: FOX - Q13 Fox News - Seattle WA The Spurs tripped over too many story lines to count in a 102-82 loss Thursday to the Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
06/01/12 Off the Dribble: Westbrook, Parker, and the Matchup... Source: The New York Times - New York NY The star cross'd pairing of the youthful Oklahoma City Thunder and the ageless San Antonio Spurs may be a collision of ensembles rather than brilliantly talented individuals, but the occasion to see two players as spectacular as Russell Westbrook and Tony Parker work against one another nevertheless makes for a special occasion.
06/01/12 Were Ginobili, Parker available for the right deal? Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 - San Antonio TX It's hard to picture Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker not in a San Antonio Spurs uniform.
06/01/12 the Thunder didn't just snap the streak, they sawed it... Source: The Daily Fix - The Wall Street Journal It took 50 days, 20 games and 10 different opponents.
06/01/12 Basketball: Thunder rolls over Spurs to reduce series... Source: Otago Daily Times The Oklahoma City Thunder has reignited the Western Conference finals with a 101-82 home victory over the San Antonio Spurs, reducing their deficit in the best-of-seven series to 2-1 and ending the visitors' 20-game winning streak.

Background on Tony parker

William Anthony "Tony" Parker Jr. (born 17 May 1982) is a French professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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