CBS Sportsline's Mike Khan is reporting that Tim Duncan's father has died. Tim Duncan is returning home and will not play in Game 4 against the Sonics Wednesday. The Spurs will also likely be without David Robinson. Game 5 is Friday, but there is no indication whether he'll be ready to play then.
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Apr 30, 2002 12:37 PM EST
Parker has chosen the postseason to elevate his game. Three contests into this leap, he is named to the All-Rookie first-team and is soaring to the next level. Barring injury, you know where he lands next: in his first All-Star Game.
Reputations are made in the playoffs, and Parker has carved one that is reverberating across the league. He is the rookie blowing past Payton. The kid outplaying an all-star.
He also is the 19-year-old provoking a question no reporter imagined asking before this first-round series between the Spurs and Sonics: Tony, do you think you are embarrassing Gary Payton?
"No," Parker said after Monday's practice. "He's still Gary Payton."
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Apr 30, 2002 12:20 PM EST
Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express News writes that, after some initial improvement, David Robinson’s recovery from a back injury has plateaued. He will probably miss Wednesday’s game in Seattle and some in the organization believe he may miss the playoffs entirely.
Robinson aggravated an old back injury on April 20th. After trying to play in Game 1, Robinson received a therapeutic injection into his back which reduced the pain. He responded well to the injection and to aqua therapy in the days following. He even did some running. However, since Sunday, Robinson’s condition hasn’t improved any more. Robinson is still confident he can play soon, but not everyone is so sure he can recover quickly enough. And, with Shaquille O’Neal awaiting him in the next round, Robinson needs to be well-recovered to compete.
In the Seattle series, Robinson’s absence is offset by the absence of Sonic Rashard Lewis who hurt his shoulder and is expected to miss up to three weeks. Spur Danny Ferry may miss time as well after spraining his wrist.
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Apr 2002 Archive
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| Apr 30, 2002
News yesterday was not good for the Seattle Supersonics, already facing elimination in their series against the San Antonio Spurs then receiving more bad news yesterday.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 29, 2002
What series-altering adjustments had the Spurs made during their four-day break between Games 2 and 3? What had they done to tweak their offense?
"We didn't change anything," Popovich said.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 29, 2002
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called timeout, gave two simple instructions — keep the Sonics off the boards and keep yourselves composed — and that was it.
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| Apr 29, 2002
The Seattle SuperSonics will go into the cut throat Game 4 without one of their main weapons, with Rashard Lewis becoming a late scratching after partially dislocating his shoulder.
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| Apr 28, 2002
Brent Barry shot 50.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 26, 2002
Seattle's first four baskets all came courtesy of offensive rebounds.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 24, 2002
"Game 3," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, "is a month and a half from now.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 23, 2002
Outplayed by a rookie in Game 1, outplayed again in the first quarter of Game 2, Gary Payton stiffened his resolve, and then he stiffened his back.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 23, 2002
Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express News writes that doctors have diagnosed David Robinson's back problems to be an aggravation of a degenerative disc in his backbone.
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Houston Chronicle | Apr 23, 2002
Fran Blinebury, who can't spell Mirsad Turkcan's name either, writes:
You remember Draft Night 1999.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 22, 2002
Tied with the underdog Seattle SuperSonics at halftime, the Spurs rode a huge third-quarter performance by league MVP candidate Tim Duncan and rookie Tony Parker to a 110-89 victory.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 22, 2002
When asked which teammate is most likely to coach, the Spurs give the same answer.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 22, 2002
After playing seven minutes in Game 1, David Robinson's back tightened and he had to go to the locker room for treatment, reports Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express News.
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| Apr 22, 2002
He is nursing a sprained left ankle.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 19, 2002
Despite some injury scares, the Spurs should begin their playoff series against Seattle with all their players available, reports Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express News.
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Seattle Times | Apr 16, 2002
We basically have stopped playing and are happy with reaching the playoffs," said Coach Nate McMillan, whose Sonics had won four straight on the road against the Lakers.
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Standard Examiner / Associated Press | Apr 16, 2002
Shaquille O'Neal had 41 points and 11 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant scored 15 of his 19 points in the decisive third quarter Monday night as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 111-104.
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Deseret News | Apr 14, 2002
Before the Utah Jazz even tipped off Saturday night, some of them knew they could move into a tie with Seattle for the seventh spot in the Western Conference standings.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 14, 2002
If John Stockton had known it was going to be like this, he would have turned 40 several years ago.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 12, 2002
That work ethic has helped Mason become one of the NBA's top bench players.
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| Apr 7, 2002
Frank Isola of the New York Daily News is reporting that Vin Baker seems to be infatuated with becoming that low post presence that the Knicks so desperately need.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 4, 2002
Give Parker credit.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Apr 3, 2002
The Sonics lost a heartbreaker in Houston last night but luckily for them, Utah screwed up as well.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 3, 2002
Ugh! With a stellar opportunity to try and avoid the Sacramento Kings in the first round, the Jazz fall apart.
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Houston Chronicle | Apr 3, 2002
Several players from Maryland and Indiana will be in NBA next season, including Terrapins senior guard Juan Dixon who was MVP of the championship game.
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Houston Chronicle | Apr 3, 2002
Gary Payton, the normally heady star and guiding force for the playoff-bound Seattle SuperSonics, gave his own team the boot Tuesday night when he put his worst foot forward in the last moments of a two-point game and kicked the basketball some 30 yards, about 12 rows up into the end-zone seats at Compaq Center.
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| Apr 2, 2002
As the Seattle Supersonics move closer to securing a playoff berth – they can officially eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers sometime this week, it seems as though the team is putting much more on the line than simply filling in playoff numbers.
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Newsday | Apr 1, 2002
Has Ewing got one foot in the NBA grave?
