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What We Learned from the Spurs win over the Suns Share this story Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports I’m in a strange situation as a Spurs fan right now. I’m indifferently interested, or interestedly indifferent. Sound weird? I’ll try to explain. With weekend games it’s normally like that for me here in Germany: I wake up on a Saturday or Sunday morning, I make some tea, and then I watch the Spurs game – while trying not to touch my smartphone, so I don’t see if the Silver & Black won...

Rudy Gay and Devin Vassell shine off the bench in Spurs’ dismantling of the Suns Share this story Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images The Spurs rested DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills, Jakob Poeltl for the game, and suddenly Rudy Gay found himself the lone elder statesman at the kids’ table. The grizzled veteran came through with 19 points to lead all players, and rookie Devin Vassell took advantage of the open minutes to score a career high 18 points. Drew Eubanks, inserted into the ...

By Syndicated Content Apr 18, 2021 2:48 AM Jayson Tatum lost his personal duel with Stephen Curry but the Boston Celtics won their battle with the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, outfinishing the visitors for a 119-114 win in a nationally televised duel of streaking teams. Tatum scored a driving hoop to break a tie with 48.8 seconds left, and Kemba Walker delivered the dagger with a 3-pointer 24 seconds later, allowing the Celtics to record their sixth straight win. Tatum finis...

San Antonio continues their unusually poor play inside the AT&T Center

Defense Brings Trail Blazers Victory Against Spurs Share this story Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports The Portland Trail Blazers stared down the San Antonio Spurs without their NBA MVP candidate Damian Lillard on Friday night, desperate for a win to break up a tough stretch of the schedule. Portland alternated between sublime brilliance and futility for much of the matchup. Norman Powell and CJ McCollum filled Lillard’s absence with 22 and 29 points, respectively, but nobody else on the roster cou...

Spurs get out hustled by shorthanded Raptors in close loss Share this story Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Spurs missed out on a perfect opportunity to win their third straight game in their visit to Tampa to face the Raptors. Against an opponent on the second game of a back-to-back and missing basically their entire guard rotation, they looked erratic and overconfident and paid for it by losing 117-112. No Kyle Lowry, Fred Van Vleet or Gary Trent Jr. meant Nick Nurse was going to have...

What We Learned from the Spurs win over the Magic Share this story Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images The Spurs trampled a lottery-bound Orlando squad in the penultimate matchup of their five-game road trip, taking care of business early so their youngster could get extended run in garbage time. San Antonio jumped out in front by double-digits in the first quarter, and the incredibly young Magic never put up enough resistance to close the gap to a respectable margin. It was an all-around team ...

Spurs snap losing streak with DeRozan’s game-winner over the Mavericks Share this story Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Spurs snapped a five-game losing streak on Sunday in Dallas. Thanks to a fantastic offensive performance by DeMar DeRozan that included a game-winner, they prevailed against the Mavericks 119-117 in a fun, hard-fought matchup. After a close loss to the Nuggets on Friday, the Spurs came out with a clear sense of urgency. The two-man game of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingi...

The Spurs head to Dallas needing more from the second unit if they want to stop their slide.

Drew Eubanks simply wasn’t ready Share this story Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports The Spurs made a small investment on Drew Eubanks last offseason. After having him around on two-way deals for two years, they finally signed him to a modest but normal contract that could extend up to three seasons. In a very real way. Eubanks made it. After going undrafted, going through summer league and sticking for two seasons with the same team, he made his way to the NBA while more heralded peers fell by th...