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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 clinch 14th straight 50-win season

Face Golden State Warriors next on Wednesday

Tim Duncan carried the team during Saturday’s 119-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers with a remarkable 30 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks and four assists while just the night before he logged an astounding 28-points and 19-rebounds against Dallas Mavericks.

“Tim saved our ass. He obviously carried the whole night for us, he was great,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after the Cleveland game. “But it shouldn’t have to be that way. We had one good quarter, decent quarter, of defense—the fourth. Up until that point it was embarrassing defense.”

Friday night, with their victory over the Mavericks, the Spurs logged another kudo in the NBA record books by securing their 14th straight 50-win season.

Join the Spurs this Wednesday night as they take on the Golden State Warriors.

Spurs sweep season series from Mavericks

For the first time in 15 seasons, the San Antonio Spurs have taken a season series from their IH-10 rivals, the Dallas Mavericks.   Tim Duncan led the way with 28-points and 19 rebounds as the Spurs competed in their sixth straight game without MVP candidate PG Tony Parker.

The Spurs nearly lost an 8-point lead and held on as Vince Carter’s 3-pointer clanked off the rim.

“We’re going through a section of time here where we’re not playing the greatest of basketball,” Tim Duncan said. “Obviously, with Tony out of here, our offense is a little limited with the guys we have in there. But outside of that, we just don’t have a rhythm right now.”

The Spurs next face the 22-42 Cleveland Cavaliers this Saturday at the A T&T Center in San Antonio.