Spurs

Silver's Involvement In Rest Issue Could Undermine Relationships

... including Danny Green , who sat out the club’s 106-98 victory Saturday night over the New York Knicks. The NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 during the 2012-13 season when Popovich sent home Green, Manu Ginobili , Tony Parker and Tim Duncan to rest during the end of a six-game road trip that concluded at Miami. Then-commissioner David Stern explained the fine as a result of multiple transgressions, but mainly because the Spurs failed to alert the league or media of the players’ lack of availability prior to the game. Now, San Antonio announces in advance which players it plans to rest. In Silver’s memo, he called the current issue of resting players “an extremely significant issue for our league,” adding that teams will face “significant penalties” for failure to follow league rules for reporting player injuries and illness. Silver indicated there would be a “full discussion of this issue” during the NBA’s board of governors meeting April 6. On the verge of closing out his 21 st season with San ...

Spurs' League-best Bench Both A Blessing And A Curse

... had 28 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and no turnovers in the first half on 11-of-15 shooting. Cleveland’s subs, meanwhile, had zero points, one rebound, one assist and one turnover on 0-of-3 shooting before intermission. More importantly, the Spurs’ aggregate bench net rating was plus-73.8. The Cavs’ number was minus-45.7. Granted, Kyle Korver and Iman Shumpert were both out of the lineup for the Cavs. But do you really think they’d have made up that massive difference on their own. San Antonio’s bench has gotten used to dominating its opponents this season. That, along with Kawhi Leonard’s MVP-caliber season, has been the squad’s M. O in racing out to a 57-16 record. However, there are good and bad aspects to having such a bench-dependent approach. Let’s break it down. WHY IT’S GOOD. It’s objectively a positive thing to have good depth. San Antonio has better reserves than anybody else in the league, especially compared to fellow title contenders. Check out some data from this season that drives home the strength of the Spurs’ bench against ...

Fssw Explains Spurs' Rating Drop Due To Technical Issues

... error that explains why the numbers were low. The Spurs' ratings originally were reported at a 5.11 record last month. FSSW officials told the SABJ that ratings actually should have been slightly above 7.00, which would have placed the team second in the league, behind only Golden State's 8.54. San Antonio's ratings at a similar point in 2015-2016 were at 8.99 for FSSW games, which would have meant the franchise's ratings still would have skidded about 20 percent from last season. FOX regional networks televise more than 20 teams. Only the Spurs were affected by the ratings snafu. Other sports are similarly struggling. The NFL battled the very real perception that its product was lagging as its ratings dipped for most of last season. But the forces of declining viewership appear to be a real problem in the NBA when at least 20 teams are posting ...

Walking Lottie Moon' Legacy Spurs Continued Giving

... cooperation with International Mission Board (IMB) representatives already in the field. Two teams from the church will teach ESL classes for refugees in Europe this summer, Chan said. Refugees already in California are also the church's concern. "We have a couple, they are very burdened to reach refugees here in the United States," he said. "They really are trying to find opportunities to reach these people." The couple and other Mandarin Baptist members help refugees resettle through World Relief ministries already in place. Founded in Los Angeles, Mandarin Baptist has planted several congregations in its home state of California, including Chinese Baptist Church of West Los Angeles, Arcadia Chinese Baptist Church in Arcadia, Mandarin Baptist Church of San Fernando Valley, Mandarin Baptist Church of Glory in Walnut, MBCLA Glendora Mission in Glendora, and New Life Baptist Church, an Indonesian congregation in Baldwin Park. The mother church moved to Alhambra in the mid-1980 s when the Cantonese language service was added to the Mandarin and ...

Live Updates, Highlights, And More From Spurs-warriors

... 33-17. Green: 9 PTS. Aldridge: 9 PTS. Curry: 8 PTS. __link__/E 7 bql Iqrgq. Stopping Steph on threes: It looks sort of like this. Zaza Pachulia got the wide open layup. End of first quarter: We’re 12 minutes into the game, and somehow, the Warriors are only down 16 points. It’s 33-17, with only three Golden State players have scored. Meanwhile, the Spurs hit five threes in the first quarter, and thrived on eight offensive rebounds. This is basically what it was like. Warriors go on a 2-0 run and Pop is furious, calls a time-out. — Pounding the Rock (@poundingtherock) March 30, 2017. 5:01 in first quarter: The Warriors just had to call a timeout because San Antonio started 23-3 against them. Yo, what the hell. San Antonio isn’t even shooting that good — they’re 8-of-17! But Golden State is 1-of-11 and turned the ball over five times. My goodness. The San Antonio Spurs take on the Golden State Warriors in a nationally televised game with definite playoff implications on Wednesday night. Tip-off ...

Fox Official Says He Knew Something Was Wrong With Low Spurs Tv Ratings

... glitch. The Spurs' ratings originally were reported at a 5.11 record last month in a mid-season survey by the Sports Business Journal. The Spurs' original ratings should have been slightly above 7.00, which would have placed the team second in the league, behind only Golden State's 8.54. San Antonio's ratings at a similar point in 2015-2016 were at 8.99 for FSSW games. FOX regional networks televise more than 20 teams. Only the Spurs were affected by the ratings snafu. Other sports are similarly struggling. The NFL battled the very real perception that its product was lagging as its ratings dipped for most of last season. But the forces of declining viewership appear to be a problem in the NBA when at least 20 teams are posting lower or flat ratings compared to last season. The Journal reports an average drop across the league of more than 15 percent on their regional sports networks at the middle point of the season. "I can't speak to the other markets," Simpson said. "We knew because the Spurs were continual ratings winners and didn't have a losing record that something was off. The ...

After Scary Diagnosis, San Antonio Spurs See An Inspired Lamarcus Aldridge

... will either extend the Spurs' quest for No. 1 seed in the Western Conference or effectively end it. Lately, Aldridge has taken a significant portion of the scoring load from MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard, who has been dealing with aggressive double-teams as the playoffs approach. Point guard Tony Parker understands the importance of having reliable options as opponents try to minimize Leonard's touches. The Memphis Grizzlies aggressively doubled Leonard in two recent games over a six-day span, holding him to 41 points on 30 shots across both contests. Parker, now much more a facilitator than scorer, looked more often for Aldridge, who produced 44 points on 34 shots. "You have to see what's open," Parker said after the Spurs beat the Grizzlies, 97-90, on March 23. "They went pretty hard at Kawhi. Everybody else had to be more aggressive. Maybe it is [how teams ...

Spurs Know There's Still Work To Do

... Rehome, Spurs Zone. San Antonio Spurs center Pau Gasol (16) grabs a rebound in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). SAN ANTONIO —. The San Antonio Spurs won their 56 th game of the year after defeating the New York Knicks 106-98 at the AT&T Center on Saturday. Although the Spurs held a 61-43 lead at the half, the Knicks battled in the second half to make it more of a game, than what the halftime score showed. Though the Spurs are winning games, the way in which they have to do so is starting to get rough, as the playoffs are approaching. San Antonio lately has been unable to close out teams. We go back to Saturday’s game against the Knicks. The Spurs coming out of halftime were enjoying a 18 point lead, they seemed to be on their way to another blowout win. But, New York got right back into the fight thanks in large part to a poor third period outing for the Spurs. Without their leading scorer Carmelo Anthony in uniform, the Knicks clawed their way back into ...