Spurs Avenge Game 1 Loss With Blowout

Just when the everyone was counting out the Spurs saying they're old and washed up, San Antonio went back to the basics: Tony Parker, solid team defense and quality play from their role players.

The Spurs came out strong and never looked back routing Dallas 105-84 and evening the series a one apiece.

Drew Gooden had 13 points, shooting 6-7 off the bench. Matt Bonner was 3-4 from downtown and finished with 11. And Timmy was Timmy. Duncan played just 28 minutes put was solid on both sides of ball. Timmy had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

Parker led the Spurs with 38 points and 8 assists, shooting 16-22 from the field, nearly 73%!

San Antonio also held Dirk Nowitzki in check. Dirk was awful, just 14 points on 3-14 shooting.

In fact Dallas' bench almost looked better than their starting 5. The starters accounted for 47 points compared to 37 from the bench.

San Antonio led by as many as 21 points in the first half before Dallas was able to cut it to 11 at halftime. The Mavericks closed within 9 in the third quarter before the Spurs went on a 18-2 tear to go up 79-54.

NBA Line of the Week for March 23 to 29

Don't look now, but here comes America's least favorite team. Again.

With less than 3 weeks until the playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs are clinging to the second seed in the Western Conference. Pretty remarkable considering all the injuries the team has faced this season. Of course this is the team that draws low television ratings, gets all the calls down the stretch (Hello Manu Ginobli), and is just a fundamentally sound basketball team. So of course no one wants to watch them.

But, they are the team of the past decade.

And it all starts with the Big 3. And no one was bigger last week than Point Guard Tony Parker.

Parker was the leader as he helped the Spurs go 3-1 last week and regain the second seed.

Last Wednesday at Atlanta (3/25), Parker led the Spurs to a 102-92 victory...Without Tim Duncan!

Here's Parker's line for that night:

42 points, 10 assists and 3 boards.

For the week, Parker averaged 27.5 points and 8.25 dimes.

Can you believe people actually don't care to watch this team when you can see Eva Longaria every night out!

What the Deuce?

Yesterday, all the headlines read, "Houston We Have a Big Problem!" Finding out Yao Ming will be lost for the rest of the season, the Houston Rockets playoff hopes are gone. However, the Rockets came out smoking in their first game without Yao crushing the Washington Wizards 94-69, extending their 13 game win streak.
How is this possible? The Wiz, overachieving without Agent 0, two days ago knocked off one of the best teams in the NBA, the New Orleans Hornets. How do you not show up one night later against a team that had just had all their hopes smashed like Dana Jacobson after a roast. This is up there with the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs putting up just 5 points in one quarter against the potent Memphis Grizzlies.

NBA Line of the Week for 2/12 to All Star Break

Even though this was a shortened week in the NBA, Manu Ginobili lived up to his nickname "Super G." In a rematch of last year's lopsided NBA Finals, Ginobili helped the Spurs come from behind on the road against Lebron James and his lack of supporting cast. (OK, so Larry Hughes blew up for 40 points the other night, don't plan on seeing Hughes ever again coming close to that total). With the Spurs down 4 points entering the 4th quarter, Ginobili stepped up and hit 4-4 3point shots and 18 points in the final quarter. The Spurs hung on to beat the Cavs 112-105 (Wednesday 2/13).
Ginobili's final line: 46 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, 15-20 fg%, 8-11 3 point fg% and 8-9 from the charity stripe.