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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA Finals -- Tim Duncan, Gregg Popovich: A San Antonio Spurs love story]]></title>
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The Spurs' Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich have been together for 16 years. They collaborate and lean on each other, but it's not always rainbows and butterflies.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 17, 2013 02:47:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Cup: Wednesday]]></title>
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Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: As Cornbread Maxwell noted after Boston destroyed the Lakers in Game 1 of the 1985 Finals, basketball is...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 12, 2013 02:39:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Cup: Monday]]></title>
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Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: It took the Heat the better part of seven quarters, but they finally gave the Spurs a taste of their awe...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 10, 2013 02:32:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA Playoffs -- Greatest Individual Postseasons 36-40]]></title>
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Kevin Pelton ranks the greatest individual postseasons in NBA history.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 08, 2013 14:39:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA Playoffs - Top 10 all-time NBA finals players]]></title>
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Neil Paine takes offers his Top 10 all-time NBA Finals players, and lots of familiar names jump out. There's a reason why they're No.1.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 07, 2013 07:58:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Playoffs 2013: Would title make Spurs, Heat a dynasty?]]></title>
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Would a title make the Spurs or Heat a dynasty? J.A. Adande and Israel Gutierrez weigh in.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 05, 2013 18:26:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rest or rust for the Spurs?]]></title>
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Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Spurs' success has provided the team lots of rest between series in the past. But is that the best way to go ...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 04, 2013 12:58:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA - Grant Hill's case for the Hall of Fame]]></title>
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Neil Paine examines Grant Hill's case for the Hall of Fame and determines that he should be enshrined.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 04, 2013 06:01:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Cup: Tuesday]]></title>
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Greg Cote of The Miami Herald: This is what champions do. They rise up. They answer doubts and opponents with a vengeance and assassin's eyes. They so...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 04, 2013 02:36:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First Cup: Monday]]></title>
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Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: Whatever happens now, the local NBA franchise has made Indianapolis a Pacers town once again. Win or lose Monday...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 03, 2013 02:35:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA Playoffs - What's next for the Indiana Pacers?]]></title>
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Amin Elhassan looks at what's next for the Indiana Pacers in the wake of their elimination from the NBA playoffs.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 01, 2013 13:02:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA Playoffs - LeBron James, Hakeem Olajuwon among top all-time conference finals players]]></title>
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Using game stats and a variety of beyond-the-box score metrics, Neil Paine ranks the top 10 conference finals players of all time. LeBron James, Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan top the list.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 31, 2013 03:40:27 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[J.R. Smith's ejection began New York Knicks downward spiral in playoffs -- ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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In ESPN The Magazine, Pablo S. Torre examines the jump in ejections so far this postseason, looking at what leads to ejections and how they affect teams' ultimate results.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 27, 2013 06:15:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pelton: Good defense and offense wins]]></title>
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Which is more important for a championship team: good defense or good offense? Kevin Pelton examines.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 21, 2013 19:42:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NBA playoffs: Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs Game 5 preview]]></title>
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Who has the upper hand in the Warriors-Spurs series now?]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 03:59:33 PDT</pubDate>
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