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Spurs face Clippers tonight

The San Antonio Spurs will face the Los Angeles Clippers tonight at the Staples Center  The Clippers have lost 34 of 39 games against the Spurs and 8 of 11 since the arrival of Chris Paul.

The Clippers, 16-9, are coming off a 4-3 road trip are looking to gauge themselves against the 19-4 Spurs.

“It’s a test, a good test,” forward Blake Griffin said of opening the season series with the Spurs. “To be away for a long period of time and come home and play a top-notch team, a team that always executes and plays the right way, so that’s why I think it will be a good test for us.”

The Spurs are coming off 100-84 win over the Utah Jazz and have seen a resurgence of All Star Power Forward Tim Duncan.  Duncan had been having issues with his shot until this  last week of play.

“We were never worried about Timmy. I’ve been saying (it) since the beginning of the season,” point guard Tony Parker said. “He’s the last guy we ever need to worry about. But now he’s getting aggressive and he’s getting his shot back.”

Great tickets and seats are still available for this classic Western Conference match up.

Spurs route Knicks at home, prepare for 76ers

The San Antonio Spurs fought off what little momentum the New York Knicks had coming into the game marking the return of shooter JR Smith to run away with a 120-89 whipping of the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

“It was embarrassing for us to come here on our home court and lose a game like this,” Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said. “It wasn’t about losing the game, it was just how we lost the game. We didn’t compete today and it showed out there on the court.”

The 76ers are coming off a 125-127 Overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Tickets for the Wells Fargo Center game are still available.

Matt Bonner’s Grand Prix lives

Watching Andre Rison brag about the fleet of sports cars he once owned during ESPN’s latest 30 for 30 opus, it was difficult not to think about Spurs forward Matt Bonner.

Eschewing the stereotypical purchase of a SUV or tricked-out whip — the same kind of expenditure that has left scores of athletes, including Rison, bankrupt — Bonner settled for a more practical choice upon signing his first long-term contract in 2006: .

“When it comes to cars,” Bonner said at the time, “there are two things that equal satisfaction. No. 1, leg room. No. 2, gas mileage.”

Contrast that to : “How much is this one? It doesn’t matter, just get it.”

As you’d expect from the down-to-Earth Bonner, he still has the same ride after 80,000 miles.

“I just got a tune-up over at Freedom Chevrolet — hopefully that gets me a commercial or something — but they said it’s good for another 60-90,000 miles,” Bonner said. “I’ve gotten my money’s worth.”