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Experience edges youth as San Antonio Spurs defeat Sacramento Kings

In order to compete in today’s NBA, most of the contending teams feature two or three star level talents. For more than ten years, the San Antonio Spurs’ big three of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker...

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NBA Finals 2013 Game 6: Spurs' Loss and one more chance at greatness in Game 7

One free-throw. One rebound. That's how close the San Antonio Spurs were to sending the Miami Heat and LeBron James into "rethink greatness mode." One Ray Allen bomb from downtown is all it took to...

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NBA Finals Game 5: The more things change, the more they stay the same

What has been different about the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals? Something that had been missing in all of the previous four games of this championship series. The game of...

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NBA Finals: Mad Men Style

With the NBA Finals upon us, writers, bloggers, and sometimes-writers are scrambling for unique angles from which to approach the series. Me? I'm where I always am: Half-reclined on a secondhand couch with some carbohydrate-and-cheese...

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Spurs-Warriors Game 2 Retroactive Log: Made of Klay

1st Quarter 10:27 Tony Parker opens the Spurs’ scoring with back-to-back patented pull-up 2s. 9:33 Steph Curry hits his second 3—a runner off one leg. This is his last made deep-ball of the hame. 8:46...