Tag: Phoenix Suns

Parker hurt against Grizz, Out for Timberwolves

Tony Parker’s exit early in the first quarter of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies did not slow the momentum for the rolling San Antonio Spurs as they defeated the Grizz 112-92 Sunday evening.  Parker took a hard fall and exited with back spasms and did not return.  He finished with 10 points and an assist in nine minutes.

“They’re going to MRI his back tomorrow,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “I’m not a doctor, I don’t know.”

Kawhi Leonard matched his career high in points with 26 which were matched by Manu Ginobili’s own 26, his season high and Tim Duncan added 13 points as the Spurs bounced back from their streak-ending loss to Oklahoma.

“Wins are wins, but all of us want to be the last team standing,” Popovich said. “That’s all that’s really important to about six, or seven, or eight teams.”

The Spurs next face the Minnesota Timberwolves on the road tonight and their next home game will be Friday April 11th against the Phoenix Suns.  Great Seats are still available!

Spurs drop Nuggets, face Suns

The San Antonio Spurs fought off a sluggish start and pulled away in the 4th quarter with a 30-16 thumping.

“I thought our defense was much better in the fourth,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich added. “We held them to about 13 points until the very end when Ty Lawson went to the line. But our aggressiveness on defense picked up, which fueled our offense.”

The Spurs offense was almost non-existant and the three point shooting looked tired as they made only four out of sixteen attempts beyond the arc.

The Spurs next face the Phoenix Suns at home. The Suns are also hot out of the gate and have the same 3-1 record as the Spurs.

Great seats and Tickets are still available for tonight’s game!

 

Scola excited about chance with Phoenix

Luis Scola played five years for the Houston Rockets. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Luis Scola wasn’t particularly surprised when the Houston Rockets designated him as their amnesty player. He already knew they were going to go in a different direction.

What did catch him off-guard was the team that had the winning bid for his services.

While numerous teams were interested in Scola, the Phoenix Suns came from seemingly nowhere and snatched up the rugged forward, adding to their increasingly crowded frontcourt.

“I kind of knew I was going to be playing somewhere else,” Scola said Tuesday. “And when I found out it was Phoenix, I was a little surprised because there was a lot of talking with a lot of other teams that were supposedly going to bid. I didn’t really expect anything from Phoenix, and when they called me, I was a little bit surprised.”

Scola originally was drafted by the Spurs, who later traded his rights to the Rockets. He was a steady player in five seasons in Houston, providing solid scoring, good rebounding and plenty of scrappiness. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 15.5 points and 6.4 rebounds last season, but Houston used its amnesty clause to clear salary cap space.

Wizards waive Blatche: Washington waived Andray Blatche, designating him as the team’s amnesty player.

The move enables the Wizards to remove the $23 million remaining on Blatche’s contract from their salary cap after he failed to live up to expectations and dealt with a series of off-court incidents.

Nets re-sign Humphries: Brooklyn continued its offseason barrage of signings, agreeing to a new, two-year deal with power forward Kris Humphries.

Humphries, 27, averaged 13.8 points and 11.0 rebounds for the team in New Jersey last season.