With Sweep of Cavaliers, Spurs Are Champions Again
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Finals MVP Tony Parker scored 24 points, as the Spurs won their fourth championship since 1999.
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Beating the tough Spurs, with or without superstar Tim Duncan, shows just how far the Wizards have risen.
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The San Antonio Spurs' black and silver was joined by another color Sunday &#151; the gold of the team's fourth championship trophy in nine seasons.
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The San Antonio Spurs moved to within  one victory of the NBA finals with a 91-79 road victory over  the Utah Jazz on Monday, pulling away from the hosts with an  aggressive fourth-quarter run.
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You'll be hard pressed to find anyone down here who thinks the NBA Finals is anything more than a preordained coronation for the Spurs. There already are Spurs championship T-shirts for sale in a shop on Commerce Street. Las Vegas has made the three-time champions 5-1 to make it four. The Cavaliers, who were 2-0 against the ...
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For 44 minutes, the San Antonio Spurs had big trouble making 3-pointers. In the final 4 minutes, they couldn't miss. Tim Duncan had 24 points and Spurs hit five 3-pointers in a row to overtake the Portland Trail Blazers for their 10th straight victory, 99-94 Tuesday night.
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The San Antonio Spurs say there's a simple reason for their recent success: They're starting to play good team defense. Manu Ginobili scored 31 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 100-93 Thursday night for their 11th straight win.
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Tim Duncan and Tony Parker wasted no time showing how serious the San Antonio Spurs were about getting back into the NBA finals &#151; immediately. Duncan and Parker powered an early 14-0 spurt that featured perhaps the most dominant stretch the Spurs have played all postseason and the Utah Jazz never recovered, letting San Antonio cruise to a 109-84 victory Wednesday night and into the championship round for the third time in five years.
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Manu Ginobili notched 25 points and  Tim Duncan recorded 20 points and 12 rebounds as the San  Antonio Spurs swept past the Sacramento Kings 90-80 to take  over top spot in the NBA standings from the inactive Phoenix  Suns Thursday.
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Holding a 3-0 lead, the Spurs are victory away from clinching their fourth N.B.A. title in nine years and solidifying their dynasty status.
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Tim Duncan scored 23 points, and Tony Parker added 21 points and 11 assists to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-79 on Friday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
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Memories of past collapses haunt the San Antonio Spurs despite their home-court domination of Cleveland and a 2-0 lead in the National Basketball Association Finals that continue here Tuesday.
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The San Antonio Spurs were happy to finally play at home again. The Spurs returned home for the first time in more than three weeks on Tuesday night in a 95-80 win over Denver.
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Maybe LeBron James should take a night off more often. Sasha Pavlovic scored a career-high 25 points and Larry Hughes added 25 to lead the Cavaliers to a season-high sixth straight victory, 124-100, over the Sacramento Kings last night in Cleveland.
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The San Antonio Spurs used a  harassing, double-team defense to fluster LeBron James and  defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 85-76 in the opening game of the  NBA Finals on Thursday.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers reached the National Basketball Association finals on Saturday with a 98-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons that sealed the Eastern Conference championship series.
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They&#39;ve won three in a row and nine of the last 10 to improve to 9-4 overall. The Cavaliers are now 6-1 at the Gund. Only San Antonio, Seattle and Sacramento, who are undefeated at home, have better records in their home arenas.