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01-09-2009, 03:23 AM
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New year brings familiar face to top of Southwest Division (http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/01/09/010809.ata/)
By NBA.com staff reports
It seems every season, "pundits" say the Spurs are too old to be a full-fledged contenders. That their best years are behind them. And every season, Tim Duncan and Co. prove them wrong. This season is no exception.
Maybe it's coincidence, but it seems every time the calendar turns to January, coach Gregg Popovich gets his players focused on defense -- and stringing together some wins. With their 106-84 victory over the reeling Clippers on Thursday night, the Spurs claimed their third straight and ninth in the past 10 games.
That recent surge has given San Antonio a 1 1/2-game lead over the Hornets -- the team getting much more attention -- in the Southwest Division.
Even when the day comes and their stars truly get old and gray, don't look past this team. Period.
D. Clarke Evans/NBAE via Getty Images
New year brings familiar face to top of Southwest Division (http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/01/09/010809.ata/)
By NBA.com staff reports
It seems every season, "pundits" say the Spurs are too old to be a full-fledged contenders. That their best years are behind them. And every season, Tim Duncan and Co. prove them wrong. This season is no exception.
Maybe it's coincidence, but it seems every time the calendar turns to January, coach Gregg Popovich gets his players focused on defense -- and stringing together some wins. With their 106-84 victory over the reeling Clippers on Thursday night, the Spurs claimed their third straight and ninth in the past 10 games.
That recent surge has given San Antonio a 1 1/2-game lead over the Hornets -- the team getting much more attention -- in the Southwest Division.
Even when the day comes and their stars truly get old and gray, don't look past this team. Period.