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Tim Duncan, known as Mr. Fundamental, was fundamentally awesome on Tuesday night in the San Antonio Spurs Game 1 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference seminfinals. L.A. simply had no answer for Duncan inside, and couldn't keep the Spurs from raining 3s on the outside. Duncan finished with...

Top seeded Spurs extend winning streak

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was honored as NBA Coach of the Year today, beating Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau and Pacers coach Frank Vogel who also received first place votes. New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams received votes as well, finishing...

The New Orleans Hornets were subjugated by the San Antonio Spurs Friday night by the score of 128-103. The tenacious defense the Hornets have made a habit of this season was nowhere to be found. As a result, the Spurts easily won their 10th straight. Eric Gordon had a big scoring night in defeat, finishing with 31 points for the fleur-de-bees.

There are fans and then there are super fans. San Antonio couple John Paul and Crystal Dennison would appear to fall into the latter category, as the new parents have named their identical, newborn twin sons Tony Parker and Tim Duncan after the San Antonio Spurs’ superstars.

The New Orleans Hornets played their 4th game in 5 nights on Thursday, and it ended with the same result as the first 3...a defeat. New Orleans lost their 19th game of the season last night, this time on the road to the San Antonio Spurs by the score of 93-81.

New Orleans had no answer for future hall of famer Tim Duncan Monday night. The San Antonio big man finished with a season-high 28 points, including a 13 foot hook shot with 1.4 seconds to go to help his Spurs defeat the Hornets 104-102. Monday's defeat marks the 3rd straight game the Hornets lost by 2 points.

If the entire 2011-12 season is wiped out, it will certainly hurt a select number of teams that are built to win now, but with a year off, may not be able to contend in 2012-13.

The San Antonio Spurs have talked to a number of lottery teams about trading their All-Star point guard Tony Parker in exchange for a high first-round draft pick. Earlier this Summer, Parker noted to French reporters that he thought the Spurs window of winning another NBA championship had closed.

According to team records, the Spurs are the best the NBA has to offer. Saturday night in New Orleans, the Hornets gave the Spurs the best they had to offer. The result, a dominant performance for the hottest team in the league as the Hornets thump San Antonio 96-72. New Orleans has now won 8 in a row for the second time this season.

San Antonio embarrases New Orleans 109-84.

Manu Ginobili scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame a 17-point third-quarter deficit to hand the New Orleans Hornets their first home loss of the season, 109-95 on Sunday.