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Nobody in the NBA has played against each other in the playoffs since 2011 more than the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. The Spurs roll into this first-round series, which starts Saturday night with Game 1 in San Antonio, as the No. 2 seed in the West with 61-21 regular-season record that was second only to Golden State in the NBA. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 4:42:pm EST

San Antonio should roll in this series. In a traditionally hard-fought showdown between two Western Conference foes, the No. 2 San Antonio Spurs and seventh-seeded Memphis Grizzlies go head-to-head in a lopsided first-round playoff matchup. The Spurs’ sustained excellence now has a new face. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 3:44:pm EST

• Spurs: San Antonio did not deliver its typical season, not by a long shot, though you wouldn’t know as much just by watching a season that, until its tanked-out final week, featured nothing worse than a two-game losing streak. The 61-21 Spurs still run 11-deep, taking advantage of bounceback years from David Lee off the pine and the somewhat-expected ascension of Dewayne Dedmon into an ostensible Duncan replacement at center – the former Magic big man stepped in when Pau Gasol (now one of the league’s top sixth men) paused a bit to work through a bum hand midseason. Continue to Article

April 13, 2017 6:34:pm EST

It’s more than just long-distance threes or doing car pool karaoke. It’s that Stephen Curry looks like an overachieving everyman, as opposed to a 6’9″ man-child blessed by the gods with physical gifts none of us relate to. (Which is far from entirely true, but the narrative sells.) Curry is the most popular player in the NBA, and for the second straight year that showed up again in the NBA’s annual report on jersey sales, as tallied by the NBA.com store.  LeBron James was second. Here’s the list: Top 15 Most Popular NBA Jerseys: 1. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors 2. LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers 3. Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors 4. Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder 5. Kyrie Continue to Article

April 11, 2017 7:27:pm EST