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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich hopes Kawhi Leonard will be shown respect on Thursday when he returns to face his former club in Texas for the first time since his acrimonious departure. Leonard, who spent eight seasons with the Spurs and was part of an NBA Championship-winning team in 2014, faces an uncertain reception when he lines up for the Toronto Raptors at the AT&T Center for the marquee matchup. The 27-year-old effectively forced a move away from San Antonio last season, downing tools and barely playing a game before being offloaded to Toronto. Continue to Article

January 03, 2019 1:17:am EST

Kawhi Leonard and the Spurs endured an ugly split last summer. Now with the Raptors, Leonard will return to San Antonio on Thursday. Spurs president-coach Gregg Popovich, via Jeff Garcia of NBA 4 San Antonio: “I don’t speak for other people but I hope we treat everybody with kindness and respect, said Popovich. Continue to Article

January 02, 2019 9:45:pm EST

Boston has been very tough place for Timberwolves to beat Celtics originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com Boston has been one of the toughest places in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves to win games. The T-Wolves are back in Boston for Wednesday's matchup with the Celtics at TD Garden, where they haven't won since 2005. In fact, the Timberwolves are 4-19 in their last 23 games versus the C's. Continue to Article

January 02, 2019 6:26:pm EST

The San Antonio Spurs have been playing their best basketball of the season of late, winning 10 of their past 13 games after a sluggish start where they were acclimating to eight new players. It remains to be seen how the San Antonio fans will treat Leonard, who missed most of the 2017-18 season with a quad injury and then actively lobbied for a trade away from the team that drafted him. The Spurs (21-17) will square off with Toronto after coming from behind to beat another of the Eastern Conference's heavyweights -- the Boston Celtics -- 120-111 at home on Monday. Continue to Article

January 02, 2019 1:57:pm EST

Dwayne Haskins passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Urban Meyer finished his coaching career at Ohio State with a 28-23 victory after the Buckeyes held off Washington's thrilling fourth-quarter comeback in the 105th Rose Bowl on Tuesday. The 54-year-old coach is walking away after going 83-9 at Ohio State with one national championship, three Big Ten titles and this Rose Bowl victory, the Buckeyes' eighth overall in the Granddaddy of Them All. Meyer cited his health last month in his decision to step down. Continue to Article

January 02, 2019 3:15:am EST

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