Spurs shut down T-Wolves, Garnett
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SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs found a good way to beat Minnesota: Take Kevin Garnett, Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell out of the Timberwolves&#39; offense.
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Kevin Garnett hit a jumper with 8.3 seconds left and finished one assist shy of a triple double, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 96-91 win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.
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Steve Francis scored 29 points, seven in a late game-breaking run, and the Orlando Magic snapped a seven-game losing streak to San Antonio by beating the Spurs 93-87 on Wednesday night.
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Manu Ginobili scores 22 points and Tony Parker has 21 Saturday night to lead the Spurs to a 105-88 victory over the Timberwolves.
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The San Antonio Spurs used a  harassing, double-team defense to fluster LeBron James and  defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 85-76 in the opening game of the  NBA Finals on Thursday.
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Tim Duncan scored 23 points, and Tony Parker added 21 points and 11 assists to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-79 on Friday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves didn't stop when the clock did. Kevin Garnett and Sam Cassell combined for 11 straight points after the game clock malfunctioned, and the Timberwolves went on to a 121-110 victory over the host Sacramento Kings last night.
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Kendrick Perkins scores on a putback with 16.6 seconds left, and Kevin Garnett pokes the ball away from Sebastian Telfair as time expired on Friday night to give the Celtics an 87-86 victory over Garnett's former team, the Timberwolves.
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San Antonio heightens its defensive intensity in the second half, holding Minnesota star Kevin Garnett to just one basket in the half, en route to a 96-82 victory on Thursday.
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Tim Duncan had 24 points and 14 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-91 victory Wednesday night over the Orlando Magic.
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Kevin Garnett just missed out on a  triple-double with 21 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists to  lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a gritty 83-82 road win over  the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.
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SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs pushed around the suddenly struggling Sacramento Kings. Duncan had 30 points and 14 rebounds as the Spurs won their eighth straight season opener
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The Philadelphia 76ers got a firsthand demonstration of why Tim Duncan might be the toughest player in the NBA to defend. Duncan scored a season-high 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Spurs to their fifth straight victory, 88-80 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.
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Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds, helping the San Antonio Spurs to a 99-81 victory over the New York Kicks. This was the Spurs fourth straight win this season.
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Kevin Garnett had 21 points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes in leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 102-82 NBA exhibition win over the New York Knicks on Friday night.
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SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- The role players around Tim Duncan were a lot better than the role players around Kevin Garnett. With the last two NBA Most Valuable Players negating each other, Tony Parker and Manu
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Tim Duncan and Tony Parker wasted no time showing how serious the San Antonio Spurs were about getting back into the NBA finals &#151; immediately. Duncan and Parker powered an early 14-0 spurt that featured perhaps the most dominant stretch the Spurs have played all postseason and the Utah Jazz never recovered, letting San Antonio cruise to a 109-84 victory Wednesday night and into the championship round for the third time in five years.