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Spurs at Nuggets: Where It Couldn’t End Fast Enough

The Spurs’ lax effort in the second half almost spoiled a near-perfect first half performance. But that said, it’s still a 16 point win in the game before the All-Star Break, when many players are already thinking about their weekend plans. But, of course, Pop just won’t allow that from this team, so while the intensity waned in the second half, you loved the way they started the game and the way they pulled together to hold onto the lead in the 4th.

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Spurs at Blazers: Where All Good Things Must End

This I can guarantee: when the Spurs came back to gut out a tough win in Utah last night (and when he saw the Lakers blew out the Blazers), Pop knew there was almost no chance of the Spurs winning this game. San Antonio has not won in Portland since 2008 and all signs pointed to this being a dud for the Spurs. So, if you are The Popovich, what do you do? If an 11-game win streak is going to end, you do it on your terms, not anyone else’s.

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Spurs at Jazz: Where They Found a Way to Win

There was nothing pretty about this one, but there never is against the Jazz. Games in SLC tend to be of the beat-’em-up variety and the refs swallow their whistles more often than not. Credit to the guys for finding a way to gut out a win in a tough arena against a team that would not go away and wanted to punish anyone who came in the lane. It was a tough game to watch and recap. The offense for both teams never got into sync, the defenses kept pushing the guards farther and farther out, and the refs kept not calling fouls, both ways.

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Spurs at Clippers: Where “Unbelievable” Only Starts to Describe It

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Spurs at Raptors: Where Ugly Wins are the Norm

Something about Toronto makes the ugly come out for the Spurs. I can’t verify this, because box scores don’t contain style points, but it seems like every season’s game in Canada is one of those games, where the Spurs play poorly and hang on to win. I really hope none of you watched this one. It was 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back.

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Four by Not-Vore: Spurs at Pistons

spacer After a leisurely and successful beginning to the Rodeo Road Trip, the Spurs finally leave the confines of New York for the upper midwest to play the Pistons. While the Spurs still have some passing resemblance to the team that beat Detroit for the title in ’05, the Pistons have only Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace as holdovers. Wallace is not the same rebounder and defender he was seven years ago, but who is?

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Spurs at Nets Recap: Where I Hated Those Jerseys

I’m a bit of a jersey snob. I pay attention to things like that, probably more than I should. We’ve seen some really bad NBA jerseys over the years and some really boring ones as well. The Chaps jerseys aren’t ugly, they are just not very interesting either. The bigger issue though is this: if you want to honor the ABA, why not use the silver jerseys the Spurs used a few years ago? Those were fantastic and it’s a San Antonio jersey, not a Dallas one.

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Questions I Ask Myself

The Spurs are off today (and have practice – actual practice – tomorrow), so I’m going to ask myself some questions that have been bouncing around in my head about the team and some of the players.

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Spurs at Sixers Recap: Where a Surprising Win Happened

This is not what I expected for this game. I will confess to being a closet Sixer fan – they and the Spurs were my two favorite teams growing up – and I have followed their success this year with some glee. While I hoped the Spurs could come in and get a win, I really thought the Sixers were too long, too deep, and too athletic for that to happen. I was not shocked at the outcome, but I was surprised by how it happened.

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Spurs at Grizzlies Recap: Where We’re Off to a Good Start

At no point in this game was this a “pretty” game. Neither team played or shot particularly well, it was a physical, rough game, and the refs did not help matters with inconsistent calls. But this is the way Memphis plays: choppy, gritty, and a wear-you-down style that turns the game into a battle of attrition rather than a work of art. So, ugly, yes; a road win, yes. Good enough for me.

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