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04-06-2012, 11:23 AM
BOSTON -- They're not old. They're not dull. They're not done.
The Spurs are suddenly and surprisingly young. They're fun, which is even more surprising. And this June they may yet win their fifth championship in 14 years, which would be an amazing achievement of resilience and renewal.
San Antonio held off the Celtics 87-86 on Wednesday despite a poor second-half performance from one of its eternal Big Three, point guard Tony Parker.
"Guys that you wouldn't expect -- like Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard and Matt Bonner -- allowed us to pull through that game,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They've gotten a lot of experience this year and they've helped us a lot and it showed tonight."
Tim Duncan is 35 and Manu Ginobili is 34, but the former is averaging only 28.6 minutes per game and the latter has missed 29 games. Everyone else, apart from the recently acquired Stephen Jackson, is in his peak years or younger, and altogether they've enabled the Spurs (38-14) to earn the fourth-best record in the NBA.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/ian_thomsen/04/05/spurs/index.html
The Spurs are suddenly and surprisingly young. They're fun, which is even more surprising. And this June they may yet win their fifth championship in 14 years, which would be an amazing achievement of resilience and renewal.
San Antonio held off the Celtics 87-86 on Wednesday despite a poor second-half performance from one of its eternal Big Three, point guard Tony Parker.
"Guys that you wouldn't expect -- like Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard and Matt Bonner -- allowed us to pull through that game,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They've gotten a lot of experience this year and they've helped us a lot and it showed tonight."
Tim Duncan is 35 and Manu Ginobili is 34, but the former is averaging only 28.6 minutes per game and the latter has missed 29 games. Everyone else, apart from the recently acquired Stephen Jackson, is in his peak years or younger, and altogether they've enabled the Spurs (38-14) to earn the fourth-best record in the NBA.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/ian_thomsen/04/05/spurs/index.html