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... Curry and Iguodala in double digits. 4:46 in third quarter: Golden State could be up by a lot without a 13-to-6 offensive rebounding disadvantage. Kawhi Leonard just swept in easily for a loose ball and put it in for two points off a good defensive possession for the Warriors. (I will say, it’s not a huge surprise this happens when Ja Vale Mc Gee checks in. He is not known for his boxing out.). 7:19 in third quarter: The Warriors are up by eight points now. As it turns out, Stephen Curry is good. And another one! ☔️☔️☔️ __link__/SZGEWc F 7 Ap. — Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 30, 2017. 10:40 in third quarter: Warriors lead! We have ourselves a game now, folks. After trailing by 22, the #Warriors have taken the lead over the #spurs off this @Klay Thompson 3-pointer! #Dub Nation __link__/lk J 74 ssb Md. — Chat Sports (@Chat Sports) March 30, 2017. End of second quarter: The Warriors trail only 57-54 to San Antonio at halftime. Andre Iguodala has a huge 10 points off the bench, while Curry leads the team with 14. Still, San Antonio looks ...

Spurs' League-best Bench Both A Blessing And A Curse

... of Kyrie Irving, J. R. Smith, Le Bron James, Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson played nearly 37 percent of all the minutes in their playoff run. That group had a plus-18.5 net rating  against its high-level competition in the postseason, including the 73-win Warriors. The fact that the Spurs’ bench has played such a big role in the team’s success this season has made it difficult for Gregg Popovich to settle on that one lineup that helps the team play at its highest level. Even if Popovich does find that group by the postseason, it will have less on-court chemistry than most of its opponents’ best groups. Many of the other title contenders knew even before the season which players would make up their best five-man lineup. And worse, what if Pop doesn’t ever discover his best lineup. It’s awesome that the Spurs have a great bench. But ...

Walking Lottie Moon' Legacy Spurs Continued Giving

... the nations of the world. BP file photo. A member of Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles in Alhambra, Calif., holding a bag of supplies, ministers to Syrian refugees outside a refugee camp in the Middle East. Submitted photo. ALHAMBRA, Calif. (BP) - Pastor Alan Chan remembers the late Cherry Chang for her love of missions. "She said until I give my last breath, I will give it to missions, to do missions." And she did. Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles in Alhambra, Calif. (MBCLA), where Chan is pastor of church ministry coordination, today remembers Chang years after her death as the "walking Lottie Moon.". Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles in Alhambra, Calif. began in 1963 as an outreach to Mandarin-speaking immigrants, and today holds services in Mandarin, English and Cantonese. Submitted photo. Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles in Alhambra, Calif. began in 1963 as an outreach to Mandarin-speaking immigrants, and today holds services in Mandarin, English and Cantonese. Submitted photo. Chang and her husband, the late Y. K. Chang, founded MBCLA in 1963 as perhaps the first outreach ...

Silver's Involvement In Rest Issue Could Undermine Relationships

... myself," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of how NBA teams resting players can look to fans. "But we all have different roles, different jobs, and different goals.". AP Photo/Darren Abate. Just three games into the season, Popovich started to rest players, beginning with San Antonio’s Oct. 29 matchup at home against New Orleans. Since then, Popovich has rested a total of six players for a combined 19 games, including Danny Green , who sat out the club’s 106-98 victory Saturday night over the New York Knicks. The NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 during the 2012-13 season when Popovich sent home Green, Manu Ginobili , Tony Parker and Tim Duncan to rest during the end of a six-game road trip that concluded at Miami. Then-commissioner David Stern explained the fine as a result of multiple transgressions, but mainly because the Spurs failed to alert the league or media of the players’ lack of availability prior to the game. Now, San Antonio announces in advance which players it plans to rest. In Silver’s ...

Fox Official Says He Knew Something Was Wrong With Low Spurs Tv Ratings

... are more what they should have been from the beginning.". Simpson said that Nielsen officials and his personnel at FOX Sports' Woodlands facility found a "technical error" that was largely to blame for the ratings dip. "The encoder wasn't sending out the right audio system," Simpson said. "It looked like it was functionally correctly, but it wasn't. We finally found it and corrected. Since then, we've seen ratings like what we expected.". Those important games as the Spurs have chased the Golden State Warriors for the best record in the NBA have generated much higher ratings those earlier in the season. The March 23 game against Memphis notched a 9.4 rating on the network. "From the correction to now, they have been consistently in the 7 s and 8 s," he said. "And depending on the matchup, we'll see things spike and we'll see strong ...

Spurs Know There's Still Work To Do

... game of the year after defeating the New York Knicks 106-98 at the AT&T Center on Saturday. Although the Spurs held a 61-43 lead at the half, the Knicks battled in the second half to make it more of a game, than what the halftime score showed. Though the Spurs are winning games, the way in which they have to do so is starting to get rough, as the playoffs are approaching. San Antonio lately has been unable to close out teams. We go back to Saturday’s game against the Knicks. The Spurs coming out of halftime were enjoying a 18 point lead, they seemed to be on their way to another blowout win. But, New York got right back into the fight thanks in large part to a poor third period outing for the Spurs. Without their leading scorer Carmelo Anthony in uniform, the Knicks clawed their way back into the game, starting in the third quarter. The Knicks outscored the Spurs 31-17 in the quarter. At the end of three, San Antonio saw a huge lead shrink to four, heading into the final period. Defense was non-existent in the quarter, and Manu ...

After Scary Diagnosis, San Antonio Spurs See An Inspired Lamarcus Aldridge

... portion of the scoring load from MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard, who has been dealing with aggressive double-teams as the playoffs approach. Point guard Tony Parker understands the importance of having reliable options as opponents try to minimize Leonard's touches. The Memphis Grizzlies aggressively doubled Leonard in two recent games over a six-day span, holding him to 41 points on 30 shots across both contests. Parker, now much more a facilitator than scorer, looked more often for Aldridge, who produced 44 points on 34 shots. "You have to see what's open," Parker said after the Spurs beat the Grizzlies, 97-90, on March 23. "They went pretty hard at Kawhi. Everybody else had to be more aggressive. Maybe it is [how teams will defend us in the playoffs], so we have to make shots and make them change strategy and ...

Fssw Explains Spurs' Rating Drop Due To Technical Issues

... as reasons for a ratings slump. Instead, bad equipment appears to be the likely reason why the Spurs' ratings appeared to drop like they did. After studies by the regional sports network, FSSW officials detected the technical error that explains why the numbers were low. The Spurs' ratings originally were reported at a 5.11 record last month. FSSW officials told the SABJ that ratings actually should have been slightly above 7.00, which would have placed the team second in the league, behind only Golden State's 8.54. San Antonio's ratings at a similar point in 2015-2016 were at 8.99 for FSSW games, which would have meant the franchise's ratings still would have skidded about 20 percent from last season. FOX regional networks televise more than 20 teams. Only the Spurs were affected by the ratings snafu. Other sports are similarly struggling. The NFL battled the very real perception that its product was lagging as its ratings dipped for most of last season. But the forces of declining viewership appear to be a real problem in the NBA when at least 20 teams are posting lower or flat ratings compared to last season. The Journal reports an ...