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Spurs open 2013-14 Season against Memphis Grizzlies

Your reigning Western Conference Champions; Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Boris Diaw are back as are Tiago Splitter, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Cory Joseph, Matt Bonner, Aron Baynes and Nando de Cola.  Add new free agents Jeff Ayers, Marco Belinelli and the Spurs are ready to take on the Western Conference and the NBA.

The season opens with a heavy heart as the franchise knows they were mere seconds from another championship.

“Suffice it to say, I’ve thought about it every day,” admitted head coach Gregg Popovich, speaking more than three months after the shot. “I’m wondering if it’ll go away. I’m anxious for it to happen, but it hasn’t happened yet.”

But if it is one thing you can count on from a Spurs team, is that they will be ready to take the floor from the first to the last tip of the season.

“Everybody’s ready to go,” Popovich said after practice Tuesday. “Preseason is over with and everybody on every team is anxious to play.”

Great seats and Tickets are still available for tonight’s match up.

Mavericks work OT to finish off Spurs

The Dallas Mavericks outscored the Spurs 6-0 in a two-minute overtime period to secure an 82-76 win Saturday in the final game for each club at the 2012 Summer League in Las Vegas.

Jae Crowder led the way with 21 points for Dallas (4-1), which squandered a 13-point second-half lead. Justin Dentmon added 16.

Cory Joseph had 18 points for the Spurs (2-3), who rested Kawhi Leonard, and James Anderson tacked on 13.

The teams traded buckets and the lead in the fourth quarter. Joseph found Dwight Buycks on a fast break with 34 seconds to play to tie it at 74. Micah Downs then connected with 12.3 left to give Dallas a 76-74 lead, but L.D. Williams nailed a pair of free throws with six seconds left to play make it 76-all. Crowder missed a jumper from the top of the key at the other end.

The Spurs outscored Dallas 23-8 in the third period, taking their first lead of the game at 49-48 on a Buycks jumper with 3:55 on the clock. The Spurs owned a 54-50 lead to start the fourth quarter.

Joseph scored eight of the Spurs’ 10 second-quarter points, but with little support from his teammates, Dallas extended its lead to as many as 13 and owned a 42-31 advantage heading into halftime.

Mavericks work OT to finish off Spurs

The Dallas Mavericks outscored the Spurs 6-0 in a two-minute overtime period to secure an 82-76 win Saturday in the final game for each club at the 2012 Summer League in Las Vegas.

Jae Crowder led the way with 21 points for Dallas (4-1), which squandered a 13-point second-half lead. Justin Dentmon added 16.

Cory Joseph had 18 points for the Spurs (2-3), who rested Kawhi Leonard, and James Anderson tacked on 13.

The teams traded buckets and the lead in the fourth quarter. Joseph found Dwight Buycks on a fast break with 34 seconds to play to tie it at 74. Micah Downs then connected with 12.3 left to give Dallas a 76-74 lead, but L.D. Williams nailed a pair of free throws with six seconds left to play make it 76-all. Crowder missed a jumper from the top of the key at the other end.

The Spurs outscored Dallas 23-8 in the third period, taking their first lead of the game at 49-48 on a Buycks jumper with 3:55 on the clock. The Spurs owned a 54-50 lead to start the fourth quarter.

Joseph scored eight of the Spurs’ 10 second-quarter points, but with little support from his teammates, Dallas extended its lead to as many as 13 and owned a 42-31 advantage heading into halftime.