www.mysanantonio.com — Web Posted: 05/10/2008 11:27 PM CDT Buck Harvey bharvey@express-news.net There's a shooting machine in the Spurs' practice facility. It's called the “Gun 6000.” The device comes with a wide net that sits above and around the rim, and basketballs bounce into the net and funnel downward. After a few seconds the ball spits out of an opening, not unlike ball-return machines made for tennis. And ...
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Hornets-Spurs: Sunday News Wrap
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... are kind of similar. I think that Chris Paul is getting really good getting to the paint and finding the open teammate," the Spurs' Manu Ginobili said after Game 3. "I think Tony plays faster. He's deadly in transition. So I think Paul uses more of the pick-and-roll and is getting very smart and very used to that kind of system with those teammates... They are two of the most impressive point guards in the league for sure." Buck Harvey has a pretty cool article on Tim Duncan today. Here's the lead in... There's a shooting machine in ...
The Sunday Click -- The Busy Time, On and Off the Court
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... net that sits above and around the rim, and basketballs bounce into the net and funnel downward. After a few seconds the ball spits out of an opening, not unlike ball-return machines made for tennis. And had you come into the gym in June of 2006, just weeks after the Spurs last lost a playoff series, you would have seen what was there Saturday: Tim Duncan, wearing earphones, lost in his world of fundamentals and repetition, alone and on the Gun. This is how he heals himself. -- Read More WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM ... AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles ...
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San Antonio Flipped the Script in Game Four
www.emptythebench.com 5/12/2008 — If the Hornets aren’t careful and let this hangover bleed into Game 5 they could easily be looking at a must-win in San Antonio in Game 6. The Spurs have the edge in experience, leadership and savvy — if they play with more hustle and heart again then the Hornets don’t stand a chance.
If the Hornets aren’t careful and let this hangover bleed into Game 5 they could easily be looking at a must-win in San Antonio in Game 6. The Spurs have the edge in experience, leadership and savvy — if they play with more hustle and heart again then the Hornets don’t stand a chance.
Spurred to Victory: San Antonio to win in 7
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What do the New Orleans Hornets have to do to get some lovin’?
- Finish second in the hardest playoff race that has ever been seen in NBA history?
Sorry, no love for you.
- How about thrash the Dallas Mavericks, and leave the ...
Amazing.
What do the New Orleans Hornets have to do to get some lovin’?
- Finish second in the hardest playoff race that has ever been seen in NBA history?
Sorry, no love for you.
- How about thrash the Dallas Mavericks, and leave the ...
NBA On TNT Playoff Notes: Do Not Count Out The Spurs!
thestartingfive.net 5/12/2008 — Smith on the series getting tied up: “I think this series goes back to New Orleans tied. Tim Duncan will figure out a way to beat those double teams, (Parker and Ginobili) won’t need to get over 30 points tonight.”
Smith on the series getting tied up: “I think this series goes back to New Orleans tied. Tim Duncan will figure out a way to beat those double teams, (Parker and Ginobili) won’t need to get over 30 points tonight.”
Comments and Interviews from Sunday's Spurs/Hornets Game on TNT
www.bizofbasketball.com 5/12/2008 — NBA Tip-off presented by AutoTrader.com Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Hornets forward David West prior to Game #4 in the Hornets/Spurs series. West on the Hornets’ focus in the series: “We’re just trying to maintain our focus, we’re not caught up in the atmosphere or in who we are playing against. We are just trying to take care of what we can ...
NBA Tip-off presented by AutoTrader.com Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley TNT’s Craig Sager interviewed Hornets forward David West prior to Game #4 in the Hornets/Spurs series. West on the Hornets’ focus in the series: “We’re just trying to maintain our focus, we’re not caught up in the atmosphere or in who we are playing against. We are just trying to take care of what we can ...