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Suns and Spurs kick off series in the desert Mon May  3 10:33:06 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - The Western Conference semifinals matchup between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs figures to be a clash of styles with a pair of teams that are intimately familiar with each other. In recent years, the Suns were beaten by San Antonio in a 2008 first-round matchup and a 2007 semifinal series. Overall the two franchises have matched up nine times in the postseason with the Spurs winning six, including the last four. The latest incarnation of the rivalry kicks off tonight
Spurs-Suns Preview Capsule Sat May  1 09:26:00 2010 EST

A look at the Western Conference semifinal series between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, which begins Monday (with regular-season and playoff records):No. 3 PHOENIX SUNS (54-28, 4-2) vs. No. 7 SAN ANTONIO SPURS (50-32, 4-2).

Season series: Suns 2-1. Phoenix shredded San Antonio's defense, shooting better than 50 percent in all three meetings. The Suns averaged 112.7 points on 51 percent shooting against the Spurs for the season and won both games at home. Even San Antonio's victory

Spurs finish off second-seeded Mavs in six games Thu Apr 29 22:58:37 2010 EST
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Manu Ginobili scored 26 points and George Hill added 21, as the seventh-seeded San Antonio Spurs sealed their Western Conference quarterfinal series over the second-seeded Dallas Mavericks with a 97-87 Game 6 victory at AT&T Center. Since the NBA went a to best-of-seven first round format in 2003, a No. 7 seed had never topped a second seed. Tim Duncan posted 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Spurs, who squandered a 22-point first-half lead b
Mavs hope to force Game 7 with Spurs Thu Apr 29 10:40:00 2010 EST
ts Network) - The Dallas Mavericks were the NBA's best road team this season. Now, Rick Carlisle's club will have to find a way to win one more game away from Big D tonight in order to save its season and force a deciding Game 7 against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference quarterfinals. The second-seeded Mavs staved off elimination on Tuesday in Dallas when Caron Butler poured in a playoff career-best 35 points to go with 11 rebounds in a convincing 103-81 Game 5 win over the Spurs.
Butler leads the way as Mavs dump Spurs, avoid elimination Wed Apr 28 00:12:19 2010 EST
Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Caron Butler poured in a playoff career-best 35 points to go with 11 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks staved off elimination with a convincing 103-81 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Butler was the offense's focal point, hitting 12-of-24 shots and 8-of-9 from the free throw line for the Mavs, who will have to duplicate their season-ending three-game win streak against the Spurs to move into the conference semis. Dallas is facing long odds, however, as only eight o
Mavs' Dampier fined for criticizing officials Mon Apr 26 19:32:31 2010 EST
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Monday for publicly criticizing game officials. The fine stems from comments he made following a 94-90 loss in Game 3 of a Western Conference quarterfinal set against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. San Antonio leads the best-of-seven series, 3-1, with Game 5 set for Tuesday.
Mavs C Dampier fined $35,000 for criticizing refs Mon Apr 26 18:13:00 2010 EST

DALLAS (AP) -Mavericks center Erick Dampier has been fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials.

Dampier's punishment, announced Monday, was for comments he made following a 94-90 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.

NBA commissioner David Stern said last week the league will consider suspending players from playoff games for griping about the officials. Dampier is the first player punished since then, receiving the same $35,000 levied against others.Copyright ©

Hill sparks Spurs to Game 4 win, Mavs on the brink Sun Apr 25 22:05:50 2010 EST
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - George Hill made 11-of-16 from the floor -- 5-of-6 from three-point distance -- for a playoff career-best 29 points, and the San Antonio Spurs took a stranglehold in their Western Conference quarterfinal series with a 92-89 win over the Dallas Mavericks. Hill fell one short of his regular-season career-high, although it was still enough to help the Spurs grab a 3-1 series lead with Game 5 slated for Tuesday in Dallas. The turning point in the game proved to be
Ginobili suffers broken nose Sat Apr 24 01:39:26 2010 EST
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili broke his nose in the third quarter of Friday's 94-90 win over Dallas in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series. He scored 11 of his 15 points in the last quarter, helping the Spurs to a 2-1 series lead. Ginobili was injured after being elbowed by Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, but he returned and played with a bandage over his nose. He sank 7-of-8 foul shots and also had seven assists as the Spurs won despite miss
Mavs-Spurs series shifts to the Alamo City for pivotal Game 3 Fri Apr 23 10:37:21 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - The scene shifts to south Texas Friday night as the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks hook up for the pivotal Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinals set. Tim Duncan, who turns 34 this weekend, totaled 25 points and 17 rebounds on Wednesday, and San Antonio opened a huge lead before holding off the Mavericks, 102-88, to even the series at a game apiece. Manu Ginobili added 23 points for the Spurs, who led by as many as 20 in the third before watching that margin
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