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Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images Tony Parker had 31 points in 28 minutes of a blowout of Chris Paul and the Clippers. LOS ANGELES -- Prior to Thursday night's game, both Gregg Popovich and Vinny Del Negro conceded that a matchup against an elite in...

Tony Parker | Danny Green | Kawhi Leonard | Tim Duncan | Tiago Splitter Minutes Played: 179 Offensive Rating: 105.3 points per 100 possessions Defensive Rating: 89.1 points per 100 possessions How it works offensively The Spurs get to their sp...

For the second consecutive week on Thursday, a marquee NBA game was broadcasted nationally without the full cast of principal actors. The parallels are faint. Carmelo Anthony sat out after slicing a finger that required five stitches in Charlotte ...

LOS ANGELES -- Rarely does a night go by in the NBA when we don't see a one-possession game play out like this in the closing seconds: A head coach puts the ball in the hands of his most dynamic shot creator at the top of the floor. Maybe that pla...

Issac Baldizon/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe 4-0 Spurs are floating under our radars ... again. It's near impossible to excite casual basketball fans about the San Antonio Spurs. You can try to wax poetic on the systematic beauty of the Spurs' offense or ...

The ultimate fantasy parlor game for the hardcore NBA fan: All expenses paid from your doorstep to an NBA arena 10 times during the 2012-13 season. First class on your preference of air carrier (that means double qualifying miles!) and the penthou...

Brett Deering/Getty Images Most have envisioned this night, but it arrived ahead of schedule for the young Thunder. Very few have doubted that we would witness Kevin Durant in an NBA Finals tee and lid, raising a trophy to a rousing ovation at Ches...

Ronald Martinez/NBAE/Getty Images James Harden's four-point play was one of those revealing postseason moments we hear about. We often put too fine a point on identifying the singular moment a team realized its full potential. That process isn't li...

Tom Pennington/NBAE/Getty ImagesIn Game 2, Tony Parker gave Russell Westbrook a full-service workout. It must have been a cruel irony for Russell Westbrook that a game won largely on the effectiveness of San Antonio's high picks for Tony Parker aime...

Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty ImagesGregg Popovich: The collaborative general. Name: Gregg Popovich Birthdate: January 28, 1949 Is he an emotional leader or a tactician? First and foremost, Popovich is a tactician, an exquisite strategist who has d...

Ronald Martinez/NBAE/Getty ImagesKevin Durant typically likes a little more space to work. Wired coaches are a nice little frill of the modern-day NBA telecast, but the segment often produces a flurry of well-worn cliches and platitudes. But every o...

Harry How/NBAE/Getty Images Blake Griffin on Tim Duncan: "The way he plays is so methodical, but at the same time he doesn't overthink the game." Over the past quarter-century, the NBA has seen the Black Mamba, Larry Legend, His Airness, The Answer...

The Spurs came back from 24-point deficit with pick-and-roll precision.

A 12-year-old kid was suspended from school for having Matt Bonner's likeness shaved into his head. Bonner responded by giving him and his folks free tickets to Game 2 of the Spurs-Clippers series at the AT&T Center on Thursday night. There's a...

How the San Antonio Spurs got tagged as boring never made much sense to me. Yes, the Spurs were the proctors who broke up the spring flings thrown by the Seven Seconds of Less Phoenix Suns. For those who like their superstars to dazzle, Tim Duncan...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images In case you haven't noticed, the Spurs haven't lost a game since Jan. 29. The least profitable death pool in history might be the one that aims to predict the demise of the San Antonio Spurs. It's been a decade...