For all the talk about the NBA's new defensive rules, for all the confusion about 3-2 zones and three-second calls, the Spurs' philosophy has remained the same.
Take away their inside game, then they'll look outside.
The Spurs made 11 3-pointers to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-98 in their season opener Tuesday night before a crowd of 16,803 at the Alamodome.
With Tim Duncan double- or triple-teamed most of the game, the Spurs did most of their damage from the perimeter.
The Spurs' 11 3-pointers matched their high from last season.
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No, I won't pick the Spurs to win the West.
Been there, done that.
In 2000, Tim Duncan was hurt and the Spurs were ousted in Round 1 by the Suns.
In 2001, I chanted boldly that the combo of Tim and David Robinson provided a force stronger than Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
Ouch.
The Spurs folded, and I spent too much time parrying a seemingly endless stream of scoffing and sarcastic e-mails from chest-beating Lakers fans.
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You've got your Most Valuable Patriarch (MJ). Your Most Valuable Podiatrist (Shaq's). And your Most Valuable Prediction (Avery Johnson's last-place squeal will cause Rocky Mountain avalanches before winter is over).
But The MVP?
You've got him here.
You've got Tim Duncan wearing down opponents and eventually wearing on voters. He's propped up his knee, his free throws, his marital status and his hairstyle. This will be his year, and all he needs is for certain Spurs to help him (more on that later).
His award-winning season won't necessarily translate into the title, but the MVP will still mean a few things to the Spurs.
With Duncan like this, the franchise always has a chance.
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Spurs Oct 2001 Archive
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| Oct 30, 2001
With just eight NBA preseason games under his belt, new Spurs play-by-play radio announcer Bill Schoening may not have a perfect understanding of the defensive three-second count.
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| Oct 30, 2001
Scouting report: Tim Duncan averaged 24.
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| Oct 30, 2001
After the Spurs' season came to a close late last May, Malik Rose packed his bags and went home to Philadelphia.
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| Oct 30, 2001
You have to like Amal McCaskill's perseverance.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Meet in the hotel lobby at 9:30 a.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Before he could move forward this summer, David Robinson first had to look back.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Before each game the Spurs played at HemisFair Arena, the team's public-address announcer would begin the festivities by telling fans they were in the "Noisiest Arena in the NBA.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Last year, the Mavericks managed a phenomenal 13-game improvement over the previous season.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Six years have elapsed since Houston reveled in the Rockets' back-to-back NBA championships, the first major sports titles to find a home in the nation's fourth-largest city.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Perhaps it was just lip service after beating the Spurs twice in six days.
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| Oct 26, 2001
Sometime early this morning, Tony Parker will begin the five-minute trek from his North Side apartment to Shipley Do-Nuts.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Parker out: Tony Parker did not play after suffering a slight groin strain in Tuesday's loss to Miami.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Pat Riley wanted to set the record straight.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Something is different about Tim Duncan these days, and people are starting to take notice.
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| Oct 25, 2001
The Sixers concluded their 1-6 preseason with a dismal 81-65 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Eddie House scored 24 points as the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 90-88 on Tuesday night to avoid their worst preseason finish ever.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Defense and timely three-point shooting aren't the only qualities the Miami Heat will miss from Bruce Bowen.
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| Oct 23, 2001
He didn't get the security and stability he was seeking in Portland, but he is getting to play for the same NBA team as his boyhood idol.
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| Oct 23, 2001
Sometimes it started with a bad pass.
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| Oct 22, 2001
The season is saved.
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| Oct 22, 2001
Terry Porter has played a zone before.
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| Oct 21, 2001
Monday is a most appropriate day for San Antonio's Silver & Black — it's the 25th anniversary of the first regular-season game the Spurs played in the NBA.
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| Oct 21, 2001
When the Spurs opened training camp Oct.
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| Oct 20, 2001
Antonio Daniels? Assistant coach Mike Budenholzer? It didn't matter who was on the other end of the phone.
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| Oct 19, 2001
The San Antonio Spurs, co-developer of the $175 million SBC Center arena, will have to pay a $10,000 city fee for not having the proper permit for some work done on the arena this summer.
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| Oct 19, 2001
Malik Rose had seen enough.
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| Oct 18, 2001
Sam Houston High School dropped its name, Cherokee.
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| Oct 18, 2001
On those nights when he was trying to work his post-transplant body back into shape or those dozens of others when he simply felt winded from chasing his man through one too many screens, Sean Elliott used to joke that he could always find his rest on offense.
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| Oct 18, 2001
Philadelphia coach Larry Brown arrived at the Alamodome Tuesday night with his roster gutted by injuries.
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| Oct 17, 2001
Phil Jackson stuck an asterisk next to the question and brushed it aside.
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| Oct 17, 2001
Snow's return: thumbs down
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| Oct 16, 2001
Charles Smith knows the question is coming.
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| Oct 15, 2001
Malik Rose has found a business partner, hired a management team, and started negotiations with a food-service provider.
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| Oct 15, 2001
'Tracy McGrady recently was asked to name the best player in the NBA.
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| Oct 14, 2001
The Kings weren't exactly Webber's first choice
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| Oct 14, 2001
You remember those times you've said or done something and maybe days later you slap your forehead and cry, "Oh no, why can't I just take that back?"
Well, former Spur and current Laker Samaki Walker smiles ruefully and wishes he never uttered one particular phrase:
"The Triangle Offense is Simple.
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| Oct 14, 2001
Bruce Bowen scored 19 points to lead the Spurs past Boston 124-78 in an exhibition game Saturday night in front of 15,987 at the Alamodome.
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| Oct 13, 2001
The Spurs have not put Temple coach John Chaney on the payroll.
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| Oct 12, 2001
After spending a second-round pick on him in the 1996 draft, the Orlando Magic let Amal McCaskill play in 17 games his rookie season.
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| Oct 11, 2001
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| Oct 10, 2001
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| Oct 10, 2001
David Robinson, one half of the San Antonio Spurs' twin tower combination along with Tim Duncan, is questioning the use of the nickname's appropriatness following the attack on New York.
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| Oct 9, 2001
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| Oct 8, 2001
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| Oct 5, 2001
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| Oct 4, 2001
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| Oct 2, 2001
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express News writes that coach Popovich needed support than he needed an extension after being humiliated by the Lakers in the playoffs.
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| Oct 2, 2001
Johnny Ludden of the San Antonio Express News: Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who called it the best pre-camp turnout since he rejoined the franchise in 1994, also has started his work: penciling in a new starting lineup of Daniels (point guard), Steve Smith (shooting guard), Bruce Bowen (small forward), Duncan (power forward) and Robinson (center).
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