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Spurs await next foe, rest up and recouperate

The San Antonio Spurs are sure of one thing, June 6th they will be playing someone out of the Eastern Conference for a shot at the Larry O’Brien Trophy and that is a good ten days of rest for one of the older teams of the NBA.

“Is it 10 days, really?” Duncan said when asked whether the layoff and rest are worth the rust the team will accumulate. “It’s both. What are you gonna say? It’s both. We’re going to be a little rusty starting the first game. It’s just how it is. We’re going to figure out how to practice and stay sharp. But, bottom line, we’re going to be a little rusty.”

In the East, the Indiana Pacers have taken a (some would say surprising) 2-2 tie going into game 5. The Spurs hope it goes all seven for wear and tear on the both teams yes, but it will also give them time to study both teams flaws and figure out how to exploit those flaws.

Tickets for the NBA Finals will be on sale soon.

Parker lilfts Spurs over Grizzlies and into the NBA Finals

The San Antonio Spurs have done what very few teams have done before.  The Spurs completed the sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in 14 seasons.  The Spurs last visit to the finals was in 2007 when they swept the Cleveland Cavaliers for their fourth title.

“Honestly, it feels like it’s been forever since we’ve been to this point,” PF Tim Duncan said Monday night after the Spurs victory. “We’ve been on the verge of kind of getting here. We still feel like we were in contention, but we can’t get over that hump. To get over that hump and get back in the Finals, it’s an amazing feeling, honestly.”

Point Guard Tony Parker scored a game high 37 points on 15-21 shooting and seemed most happy about the newest Spur to join the squad, Tracy McGrady and his quest to go to the NBA Finals.

“Tracy McGrady is going to the NBA Finals,” Parker said as he passed the former All-Star after the game.

Tickets for the NBA Finals are on sale now so be sure to get out and support your Spurs!

 

Spurs prepping for rough Game 3 in Memphis

PG Parker set for MRI before Tip off

When the San Antonio Spurs face off against the Memphis Grizzlies Saturday night don’t expect not to see PG Tony Parker there even though he is scheduled to have an MRI

“just to make sure,” Parker said.

To make sure that his healing from an injury that kept him from 100% late in the regular season.

The Spurs know that they will be playing in an hostile environment in which no playoff team has one in.

“We went on the road in every series and lost and have had to come back. We’re at home and we want to come out and play much more aggressive and confident, which teams normally do at home,” Head Coach Lionel Hollins said after practice on Thursday. “[But] as I’ve told our team, being at home isn’t going to win anything for us. We have to play much better”

Game 3 is Saturday May 25th at 9 PM