Opening tip: 6:30 p.m., Madison Square Garden At a glance Record: 21-10 overall, 12-3 at home Offensive rating: 111.7 points per 100 possessions, 2nd Defensive rating: 106.3 points per 100 possessions, 20th Pace: 91.2 possessions per game, 21st Margin of victory: 4.97, 4th Strength of schedule: 26th Last 10: 5-5 Previous meetings: The Knicks won [...]  More »

Summing it up: The Spurs (26-8) engineered another offensive masterpiece in their seventh straight victory, but there was a blemish with tomorrow’s game at New York looming. Leading by 23 late in the third quarter, they were forced to bring back the starters when the Bucks rallied within nine early in the fourth. That’s probably [...]  More »

Final: Spurs 117, Bucks 110 The game wasn’t quite as close as the final score would suggest, but the Spurs (26-8) had to work a bit harder than they would have liked for their seventh straight win after leading by 23 late in the third quarter. The Bucks (16-14) got within nine early in the [...]  More »

Someone involved with The Looney Tunes Show has a serious crush on Manu Ginobili. For at least the third time, an episode of the animated Cartoon Network sitcom referenced the Spurs’ Argentinian spark plug. Here’s the latest, followed by two others. (Watch until the very end of the middle clip.) Post-assist finger point: Project Spurs.  More »

While it might have cratered with their collapse against Oklahoma City in last season’s Western Conference Finals, the Spurs’ 2012 calendar year was one of the most successful in NBA history. They went 72-23 in that span, second only to the 1996 Chicago team that went 74-11. A caveat — taking advantage of the strike-condensed [...]  More »

Opening tip: 7 p.m., Bradley Center At a glance Record: 16-13 overall, 9-6 at home Offensive rating: 101.9 points per 100 possessions, 26th Defensive rating: 102.1 points per 100 possessions, 7th Pace: 93.3 possessions per game, 7th Margin of victory: minus 0.21, 15th Strength of schedule: 28th Last 10: 6-4 Previous meetings: The Spurs won [...]  More »

Time: 7 p.m. TV: FSNSW Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350 STARTING LINEUPS Point guard Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 12th yr) Bucks: 3 Brandon Jennings (6-1, 4th yr) Parker in December: 21.1 ppg, 7.4 apg, 55.1 percent shooting. Shooting guard Spurs: 4 Danny Green (6-6, 4th yr) Bucks: 11 Monta Ellis (6-3, 8th yr) Ellis [...]  More »

It only took Gregg Popovich two-plus seasons, but it appears as if he’s finally overcome his aversion to deploying Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter side-by-side. The two bigs have gone from never playing together, to rarely playing together, to starting the past nine games next to one another. Little more than a third of the [...]  More »

By Jeff McDonald The Spurs arrived at Monday’s game against Brooklyn motivated by more than simply the chance to extend the NBA’s second-longest winning streak, or by the fear of spoiling their New Year’s Eve. With Gregg Popovich’s old buddy P.J. Carlesimo now coaching New York City’s newest team, every game against the Nets just [...]  More »