Tag: Alamo City

Spurs still working into form, crush Knicks

The San Antonio Spurs have won their third straight game over the New York Knicks, 94-84 at Madison Square Garden but the significance of the game is one for the record books.  Spurs stalwart Tim Duncan posted team and NBA records on this night.  Duncan set the record for most wins with  a single team, eclipsing John Stockton’s 953 and looks to extend that record another 60 or more games this season, which should put it out of reach for a considerable time what with NBA players switching teams every two to four years.  Duncan will be breaking his own record every time he steps on the floor.

Thus far this year, Duncan has passed Alex English to move into 16th place All Time scoring, moved into 8th in Career Rebounding passing Nate Thurmond then two days later passed Patrick Ewing to move into 6th place career blocks.  He passed Moses Malone in April to move into 11th place NBA All Time career games and moved into 14th place passing Kevin Garnett in the NBA All Time Scoring list.

The Spurs take on the Wizards tomorrow night before heading back to the Alamo City for a game against the Charlotte Hornets.  Tickets for both games are still available so be sure to get out and support your Spurs either on the road or at home!

 

Spurs drop Pivotal game 4

The Los Angeles Clippers rebounded from the drubbing they took at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 with a 114-105 win in the Alamo City.  The Clippers shot 53% from the field for the game.

The Spurs are looking to rebound tomorrow night and get another win in LA before heading back here for game 6.  Winning on the road is something Popovich led Spurs teams are used to doing.

“We have won there before,” said Spurs forward Tim Duncan.  “We know how to win on the road. We have some stuff we can clean up easily, so we have to do that and by ready for their best shot.”

And their best shot is what the Spurs expect the Clippers to deliver early in Game 6.

“Game 5 is big, obviously,” Duncan said, “but it’s not over until you get the fourth game.”

Tickets for games 5 and 6 are on sale now. Be sure to get yours today and help cheer on your defending NBA Champion Spurs back to the finals!

 

Free agency: Spurs’ Green prepares for pay day

When the free-agent bell tolls tonight at 11 San Antonio time, all eyes in the Alamo City will be on Tim Duncan — and rightfully so. The Spurs franchise icon is set to become a free agent for just the third time in his 15-year career.

Elsewhere below the radar, however, the Spurs’ starting shooting guard is also set to hit the market. Danny Green says he’s ready.

“This is my first time to be pursued,” Green, who is set to enter his fourth NBA season, told the Express-News on Saturday by phone from his home on Long Island.

“It’s an exciting time, and hopefully a fun time. I’m hoping there’s a good amount of teams who like what I can do.”

Green, who turned 25 on June 22, started 38 of 66 games for the Spurs and averaged 9.1 points while shooting a blazing 43.6 percent from 3-point range. Now, he is set to cash in.

The Spurs liked Green enough to extend a qualifying offer worth nearly $2.7 million, making him a restricted free agent and giving the team the right to match any offer he receives.

Even if Green hears only crickets in free agency, he is set to more than triple the $854,369 he made last season as one of the NBA’s biggest bargains.

Green was a force for the Spurs during the first two rounds of the playoffs, averaging 10.3 points against Utah and the Los Angeles Clippers.

He faded in the Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City, when he went 8 for 31 from the floor and was eventually replaced in the starting lineup by Manu Ginobili.

Though Green said he’s looking forward to wading into the free agency waters, he says he would like to return the Spurs.

“I really do like San Antonio,”  Green said .”Hopefully, they have faith in me and will do what they need to do to bring me back.”