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LeBron James is cocky. Kobe Bryant is a ball hog. Kevin Garnett is a thug. Dwight Howard got his coach fired.

Well, maybe not a dive per se, but you can't tell me he would've been terribly bothered if they lost that game, and at the very least he wanted exactly what we got, a close game that had to be pulled out late in the fourth quarter.

You know from the name that the game had a remarkable finish. And all Spurs fans have seen the highlight: Mario Elie slings the inbounds pass, past a lunging Stacey Augmon, to Sean Elliott.

Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time.

2003 starting point guard: Spurs' Tony Parker tightly defends New Jersey's Jason Kidd during fourth quarter of game four of the NBA Finals at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey on Wednesday, June 11, 2003.

It's rare that a team can use the draft to automatically propel themselves into title contention a season later, but it's not unheard of.

Each week, The Times-Picayune's New Orleans Hornets beat reporters Jimmy Smith and John Reid will take a topic or question and debate or analyze.

I will give you the Xs and Os part, although drawing up an offensive set to attempt a last-second shot or making the right substitution in the final seconds of an NBA playoff game is likely much tougher for those inside a huddle than all of us watching on television.

Maybe it has something to do with a guy who once seriously considered a career with the Central Intelligence Agency, after graduating from the Air Force Academy with a bachelor's degree in Soviet studies, after being captain and leading scorer of the basketball team, then spending five years on active duty, much of it devoted to gathering ... (more)

Haven for Hope will host a pep rally on Wednesday, May 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to bring Spurs playoff excitement to the residents and staff of Haven for Hope.

A flu-ridden Jordan somehow put up 38 points in a 90-88 win over Utah in Game 5 of the 1997 Finals.

There's a first time for everything. And from the first time I laid eyes on the San Antonio Spurs , I hated them.

The Los Angeles Clippers went from winning the biggest playoff series in team history to being completely dominated by the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Western Conference Semifinals.

If the Los Angeles Lakers are nervous at all about the task ahead - fighting off elimination in the Western Conference semifinals in a back-to-back set tonight and tomorrow at home - they're doing a splendid job of faking it.

The Spurs' Boris Diaw made all seven shots he attempted, including two 3-pointers, and finished with 16 points.

The floating barges draped in shiny silver and black navigated their way through the twists and turns of the San Antonio River as a group of unusually tall men, wearing T-shirts that read "NBA CHAMPIONS," hooted and howled, victory cigars in hand.

It's the second half, with the Clippers facing Game 7 tension on the road, and Chauncey Billups pulls some coaches to the side with advice.

The New Orleans Hornets will continue receiving a tax break that saves the NBA team $37 million over 10 years.

Tim Duncan doesn't bother to fantasize about ever jumping over a Kia like Blake Griffin.

The revelation that Derrick Rose may miss up to a year recovering from knee surgery seems immune to silver lining at first glance.