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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
10:20 am	Jen before Thanksgiving t might happen in the emotional early going of Vikings quarterback <a href="http://www.eurosoccershirt.com/"><strong>Cheap Soccer Shirts</strong></a><br> Christian Ponder’s first start. Sure enough, the Packers trailed 17-10 in the second quarter and 17-13 at halftime. But when you have a quarterback who isn’t missing anything, you can confidently sit back and wait for your opponent to make a mistake. That happened on the second play of the third quarter, when Vikings safety Husain Abdullah lost sight of receiver Greg Jennings in a zone defense. Rodgers didn’t miss him, however, and hit Jen before Thanksgiving. Hang on, folks. This is just starting to get interesting. When Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt R Ryan was more gritty than great. He overcame two interceptions to hit 20 of 34 passes for 218 yards with an 18-yard touchdown pass to receiver Roddy White, riding running back Michael Turner’s 122 rushing yards and a defense that held the Lions to 1-for-12 on third-down conversions. “It makes you want to get behind Matt even more,” said Gonzalez. The 15th-year tight end caught five passes for 62 yards to give him 1,104 receptions for his career, second on the league’s all-time receptions list behind Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. Suddenly, the 4-3 Falcons more closely resemble last season’s 13-3 NFC top seed, riding a two-game win streak into their break. “I’d like to play better,” Ryan said. “We talk all of the time about stringing together some wins. yan crumpled to the Ford Field turf in the third quarter, Ryan looked done — likely for the rest of a punishing Sunday against the Detroit Lions. When Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan crumpled to the Ford Field turf in the third quarter, Ryan looked done — likely for the rest of a punishing Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Except Ryan and his team refused to call it a day. After being relieved by backup cheap jerseys Chris Redman for two snaps, Atlanta’s medical staff gave him the green light and Ryan told coach Mike Smith he was good to go. Then, the quarterback proved it. Ryan drilled a 49-yard, third-down strike to receiver Harry Douglas that set up the second of Matt Bryant’s three field goals en route to a 23-16 win in which the Falcons held the Lions to a season-low point output. “That’s Matt,” Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson. “There was no doubt in our minds he was coming back. “You’d probably have to carry him out of here dead for him not to go back in there and play.” Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford also limped off <a href="http://www.eurosoccermall.com/"><strong>Soccer Shirts</strong></a><br> the field after linebacker Curtis Lofton fell on the back of his right knee and ankle after his last-gasp, fourth-and-10 pass fell incomplete. There was no immediate word on the result of post-game X-rays, but Stafford limped to the post-game news conference. nings for the easiest 79-yard touchdown play you’ll ever see. That Packers never relinquished the ensuing lead. “It really doesn’t matter who is on the opposing team defending us,” Jennings said. “We have the mindset that we’re going to beat out our guy. You can call it arrogance. You can call it real confidence. You can call it anything you want. You’ve got to have some type of confidence in yourself. We feel as a group and as a unit we can beat our guy and get the job done.” The same is true for the Packers defense, which continues to <a href="http://www.eurosoccermall.com/"><strong>Euro 2012 Jerseys</strong></a><br><br><br> give up more yards than you would like, but is also continuing to make drive-killing plays at critical moments (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
11:17 am	Tim at Euro 2012 Jerseys this se help defense to try and minimize his impact at the rim. Boris Diaw might spend a lot of time on Blake too because he’s laterally quicker than Tim at Euro 2012 Jerseys this point and can stay in front of Blake. 6. Pop’s Coverage on Paul The Clippers go as far as Chris Paul can take them. Offensively they rely heavily on Paul coming off screens and making play If there’s one team that can matchup well with the Lakers bigs this postseason it’s the Thunder. OKC also plays more of a team defense. They execute their coverages very well. It’s one thing to say “we’re going to trap the pick and roll” but it’s another to go out and do it. They have a mobile big like Serge Ibaka who can go out and do it. Kendrick Perkins has always been a good defender and Serge has been tremendous this year. I think they’ll be able to guard Bynum and Gasol. Once you take that away from the Lakers it’s all about Kobe Bryant. Kobe has been great this postseason. What he’s doing right now, at his age, it’s amazing. You look at the other guys in his class, most of them aren’t playing anymore and none of the guys that are playing are playing at his level. The hardest part about guarding Kobe is how hard he competes. He makes so many tough shots and he just keeps at it. Even when you have him missing five or six shots, he’s coming back with another one. He’s not as explosive and athletic as he used to be, but he’s a smarter player and he knows how and when to take his shot. You can play the perfect defense and he’ll still make the shot more than any player that I’ve seen since I’ve been around basketball. That’s Kobe for The Celtics were held to 11 points in the third quarter, tied for their lowest output in a quarter since the Indiana Pacers held them to 10 points in the fourth q. They have other guys who can score, but that’s their go-to. He can come off a screen and make a play for himself or for Caron Butler on the outside or DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin with a lob. Containing Chris will be the number on priority for San Antonio.hey made 24 of 42 shots – 57 percent – over the other two quarters to stay in the game. If the Celtics had gotten to the line, they might have been able to win the game despite their poor shooting stretch. Boston attempted only nine free throws in the game. In 1,879 playoff games over the last 25 years, the Celtics are one of only eight home teams to attempt fewer than 10 free throws. The key combination for the Sixers was Lavoy Allen and Andre Iguodala. They were on the floor together for 24 minutes in Game 2. During that time, Philadelphia outscored Boston by 20 points and made over half its shots. When the duo wasn’t on the court together, the 76ers made 30 percent of their shots and were outscored by 19 points. Iguodala was also able to hold Paul Pierce in check on Monday. Pierce made only one of six shots and committed four turnovers when guarded by Iguodala. In the seri If the defense is napping or Duncan has prime position against his defender down on the low right block, the ball can go immediately from the wing to Parker on the move (it'll look like a simple give-and-go) or Duncan for a quick shot. Against bad defenses in January, the Spurs will pick up a couple of easy buckets this way, but deep into the postseason, the Spurs usuallnd elsewhere, think the Celtics are a good offensive team, and are thus surprised they have struggled to score against the Hawks and the Sixers. The misunderstanding spain 2012 jerseys seems to come from the fact that a) Boston has very famous players on its team; and b) the Celtics rank fifth overall in field-goal percentage and eighth in three-point percentage. So Defending the screen isn’t Parker’s strongest suit, but he’s a good enough defender that he’ll find a way to compete and do his best. San Antonio’s system won’t leave him on an island. Coach Gregg Popovich and his assistants will work up a coverage from their defense to limit Paul, make him go left instead of right, trap the pick and roll, or whatever they have to do. It has to be team defense that stops Chris Paul. 7. Westbrook Breaking Out Russell Westbrook has been more aggressive this season and the Thunder have played well with him controlling the game. In the past, the I remember Russell tended to be passive. But now I just see him being aggressive and trying to score for the whole game. He’s developed into a better shooter, but I think Cheap Football Shirts  his bread and butter is driving to the basket. He’s physical and explosive in his drive. He’s one of th (Comment on this)
10:53 am	Cheap Soccer Shirts was easily When James and Wade played together without Bosh on the floor, the Heat outscored their opponents by over 17 points per 48 minutes. That Cheap Soccer Shirts was easily the best out of any combination of the three players. all really well and their on-ball defense makes a difference. They did a good job in the first round of switching between Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner and giving the Bulls different looks. They made Chicago run a lot of sets instead of individuals taking over the game. That will be useful against Rajon Rondo, because he sets everything up for the Celtics. But they’ll be able to impact his decision-making by playing tight on the ball. Both players are solid offensively as well. Turner is coming around really well. He’s turned into the player that they expected when they drafted him. Jrue is a very capable scorer, but he’s still able to control the game and run the team. He can shoot from the perimeter, but he also has a game where he can drive and make plays. What I like most about him is he’s very under control in his decision-making. He’s still young, but I think he has an advanced abilit feel for the game around the basket and plays great with his back to the basket. He can turnaround and hit you with that bank shot, he can drive and he’s developed that jump shot to the point where it’s consistent. On the other end, he’s just a smart defender. He can guard guys in the post because he knows how to position himself and how to throw guys off their game. Blake Griffin plays at a high level. On the offensive end, he finds his way in there. It’s not always pretty, but he’s finding opportunities to score. As soon as he gets the ball he’s trying to drive and he uses his quickness to drive past guys. He’s been doing well at that, but he’s still not a dominant power forward at this stage of his career. He can get out in transition or use the pick and roll and get to the basket, jump high and get the ball up. That’s what’s effective for him. Going against Tim Duncan will be tough for Blake. Duncan is going to expose Blake’s weakness, which is jump shooting, whenever he can. Duncan will force him to take jump shots. And when Blake does get around him, San Antonio will use help defense to try and minimize his impact at the rim. Boris Diaw might spend a lot of time on Blake too because he’s laterally quicker than Tim at this point and can stay in front of Blake. 6. Pop’s Coverage on Paul The Clippers go as far as Chris Paul can take them. Offensively they rely heavily on Paul coming off screens and making play. They have other guys who can score, by to make the decisions a point guard needs to make, whether it’s shoot the ball, pass or attack the basket. Playing against Rondo will be a great matchup. They’re both good on-ball defenders. I think they’ll both find ways to impact the game. 4. KG’s Renaissance Kevin Garnett has really turned his game up this Soccer Shirts postseason. Offensively, he’s been able to get down in the post and they can get him the ball in a spot where he can make his turnaround jump shot. He’s also been great picking and popping off screens. He’s playing a full offensive game. Defensively, he just brings that intensity on every play. He took it to Josh Smith in the first round, took him out of his spots. He’s a smart defender so he knows where his man is going to get it and what he wants to do with it. I think he can have the same impact against Phil The Heat will miss Bosh’s scoring production in the front court. Miami had the third highest scoring production during the regular season from their front court starters, who averaged 45.6 points per game. The Orlando Magic (46.5 PPG) and New York Knicks (46.0 PPG) were the only teams ahead of Miami. On the flip side, Wade’s production decreased across the board in five games without Bosh this season. During the regular season, the Heat were nine points better per 48 minutes with Bosh on the court. The difference was on offense, where Miami scored nearly eight more points in the paint per 48 minutes. Not surprisingly, 3. Philly’s Backcourt The Sixers guard the ball really well and their on-ball Euro 2012 Jerseys defense makes a difference. They did a good job in the first round of switching between Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner and giving the Bulls different looks. They made Chicago run a lot of sets instead of individuals taking over the game. That will be useful against Rajon Rondo, because he sets everything up for the Celtics. But (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
8:53 am	It's a Euro 2012 Jerseys fascinating e Heat run away from the Pacers with this lineup and negate Indiana's size? Will the Pacers force James into foul trouble and limit his minutes? Will battling David West leave James too worn down to take over late, as he did in Game 1? It's a Euro 2012 Jerseys  fascinating development. # A Q & A with ESPN's Stephania Bell on Chris Bosh's abdominal strain reveals something you probably could have guessed on your own: you don't want any muscle tears near the pubic bone. # Brandon Jennings is becoming “Danny had already given me a warning about how I was setting the picks,” Garnett said. “I’m going to continue to set picks. I’m going to continue to get gON – The Sixers have been searching for a go-to guy since Allen Iverson was traded in 2006. By default, Lou Williams has been the guy with the ball in his hands down the stretch for the last couple of years. But since he was drafted No. 2 in 2010, Evan Turner has been the man with the most potential to be that guy. On Monday, at the end of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Turner had his moment. With the Sixers down one and 45 seconds left in the game, the ball was in Turner’s hands. He was isolated on the left wing on Rajon Rondo, a scary and competent defender. Turner was having an awful night. At that point, he was 3-for-10 with five turnovers. Sixers coach Doug Collins said afterward that Turner was “out of synch.” But that didn’t matter as Turner drove into the paint and got around Rondo. Paul Pierceuys open. T Quite simply, LeBron is Miami’s best small forward, point guard, center, shooting guard (no disrespect, Dwyane Wade) and, yes, power forward. Wherever he lines up, he’s the Heat’s finest option, the rare athlete who can fill any gap. Right now, that gap at power forward is the size of Biscayne Bay. And so, expect LeBron to play considerable spain 2012 jerseys minutes at powerjust good enough to be a real headache in Milwaukee as the Bucks decide on his future with the team. # How shot location data can serve as an accurate guide to the Spurs-Clippers series. # The Spurs lit up the Clippers in two of three regular season matchups, but Aaron McGuire notes on 48 Minutes of Hell San Antonio didn't exactly shut them down on the other end: "While the Spurs were hardly a wonderful defensive team in the early going this season, the Clippers consistently picked apart the Spurs defense like few other teams did this season. They were overall relatively competitive in their three game gauntlet against the Silver and Black this ye the basketball. That’s one of the things we talked about all year, and we’ve really done a good job of that.” The efficient offense was particularly encouraging for a team that had not played since May 5. Playing with a rhythm that belied a long layoff, Oklahoma City also shot 53 percent from the field and moved the ball well to the tune of 20 assists. The Lakers, by contrast, had more turnovers (15) than assists (14) in a quick turnaround following their close-out win over the Nuggets in the first here’s the perception that the Heat just lost their best power forward for the entire series. What, did LeBron James get hurt, too?ng, one play might not cost you the game. But one crucial play at the right time in a tight game can certainly have Cheap Football Shirts a more significant impact on th (Comment on this)
8:49 am	drawing a Soccer Shirts call Olajuwon and Ewing pretended to be. His post moves are refined and when given the chance, he drops ball-in-hoop like an automated arcade prize claw. But there is a problem, an obstruction to the plan that was salient on Sunday. It jther than falls. Instead of moving his feet to regain his balance, Miller, obviously intent on drawing a Soccer Shirts  call, lets the kind of contact he would normally shrug off knock him to the ground. Miller's tumble was met with silent whistles. As Mike Tirico put it while calling the gae, pride, whatever -- by finally engaging in the little battles that he’s often declined to take part of. If there was a scrum in the paint, you could guarantee Griffin was in the middle of it." # From the Clippers team plane: Chris Paul is a big baby. Related: Marc Gasol and Blake Griffin making hilariously dramatic faces during Game 7. (Via @jailblazin) # Greg Monroe makes all us perfectly adequate children look terrible on Mother's Day. # John Hollinger (Insider) doesn't like the Lakers chances against Oklahoma City: "At first glance, this series pits three Lakers stars versus three Thunder stars, and seems like it should be a pretty even fight. Glance closer and the advantages tilt the Thunder's way. For starters, Durant is a much better player than Bryant at this point in their respective careers. And looking deeper, Oklahoma City's fourth-best player, Ibaka, is dramatically better than anybody else on the Lakers, and most of their role players are a bit better than their counterparts on the Lakers." # Kobe Bryant is better suited to defend the speedy Russell Westbrook than the crafty James Harden. # Royce Young, on an ESPN 5-on-5, with an interesting take on the "rust versus rest" issue: "I don't necessarily think it'll be a rust issue for the Thunder, but more an overeagerness to play. These are guys that are starved to play basketball. They absolutely live for it. And waiting nine days to get at it again, especially with the way the last game against the Mavs went, has to make the Thunder a bit anxious to get on the floor. It probably won't affect anything other than maybe the first 15minutes of Game 1, but that might be enough to get in an early hole."me on ABC, "You could say Frank Vogel's $15,000 paid off, at least for one play." Runner up: LeBron James takes a shot to the throat, och the video. Miller actually leans into the bump from West -- his Cheap Soccer Shirts plan here is to draw the charge so he needs to ensure at least some contact is made. The set up is almost as unbelievable as Miller's actual fall, which lasts just under seven seconds. That's an exaggeration, of course, but it's fair to say Miller tips over in slow-motion, ra sharp analysis: "More than anything, however, the last sentence in Granger’s quote is what stood out to me: 'I’ve never been in a situation like that.' This reminded me of something Granger said after Game 4 of the Magic series, during which the Pacers lost a 19-point lead in the final eight minutes of regulation before eventually beating a bad team in overtime. About the raucous crowd in the Amway Center, Danny said the following: 'It was a hostile environment -- one of the craziest environments I’ve played in.' Even though the 28-year-old Pacers’ captain is a seven-year NBA veteran, he has neither played in many hostile playoff environments nor played through foul trouble in the playoffs. This is revealing. And it’s not just him. Lest we forget, many of this team’s key players have very little playoff experience." # Over at HoopSpeak, Ethan Sherwood Strauss explains, with helpful pictures, why today's defenses make it so much harder to be a high-scoring big man in 2011 than it was in 1998: "There is a reason why Rik Smits -- in his prime -- had a higher usage rate than even today’s best centers, and it’s not that we stopped producing tall people of notable skill. Speaking of Pacers and the 1990s, I believe Roy Hibbert would be an ever better All Star in that era. He’s certainly much larger than Robinson, r so it appears. When you see an egregious flop that deserves proper recognition, send us a link to the video so we can consider it for Flop of the Night. Here's how to make your submission:     * Alert HoopIdea to super flops with the Twitte “With the turnovers we’ve had throughout the season, it’s Euro 2012 Jerseys good to see the last series, and tonight that we had only four turnovers,” said Thunder coach Scott Brooks, who d (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
2:26 pm	Euro 2012 Jerseys sarcastic nd especially if Bosh is injured, that might be five or six teams in the West [that can beat the Heat] if Bosh is hurt. And unfortunately I think people are conceding that Miami, even without Bosh, is going to When this cycle of events is over, the ball is back in Parker's hands on the other side of the floor. Duncan may or may not have a mismatch on the left Or — and this is just a theory suggested in a piece by Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Marc J. Spears, who was on the scene in OKC for Monday night's 119-90 beatdown — maybe Bryant was being Euro 2012 Jerseys sarcastic in response to a flat yes-or-no question unlikely to engender a long or serious response from a proud, prickly dude who just watched his team get beat from pillar to post. Maybe he's not totally convinced Russell Westbrook is going to hit 70 percent of his jumpers three more times after shooting 37.7 percent from 10 to 15 feet away, 43 percent from 16 to 23 feet away, and 31.8 percent from 3-point land durhe San Antonio Spurs got tagged as boring never made much sense to me. Yes, the Spurs were the proctors who broke up the spring flings thrown by the Seven Seconds of Less Phoenix Suns. For those who like their superstars to dazzle, Tim Duncan's charisma deficit and his mechanical game can be affronts. The Spurs have historically been defensive stalwarts, likelier to grind an opponent into submission, not run it off the court. Those qualities, along with a lack of interpersonal drama, might lull certain fans to sleep. But boredom, at its very root, can be defined as the absence of choice. Get stuck with a program that uses the same formula to produce the same outcome over and over and over again, and you get bored. If you eat the same stuff every day for lunch, you grow tired of it. The same outings with the same people where you talk about the same stuff -- those experiences can become rote. We're rarely bored when our expectatio# peculate whether Parker or Paul will win 'the matchup'. ... The problem, of course, is that matchup doesn’t exist -- at least not in the hero ball sense. Paul vs. Parker is not a Hollywood boxing bout. It isn’t even a true blue Castillo-Corrales slug fest. It’s a paper tiger. Within their program, the Spurs prefer to feature wings who can defend multiple positions. Bruce Bowen is the historic standard, but the Spurs regularly use Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Manu Ginobili, and Stephen Jackson to defend multiple positions. Ginobili might be deployed against 1s, 2s, and 3s; Jackson against 2s, 3s, and 4s. And so on. This doesn’t make the Spurs entirely unique, but it does point to one of the more intriguing matchups of the series: Danny Green vs. Chris Paul." # Something is up with the Lakers' pick-and-roll defense. Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register: "In their previous road game, the Lakers played pick-and-roll coverage incorrectly 92 percent of the time, according to [Coach Mike] Brown's own analysis of the Game 6 loss in Denver. It is hardly shocking that they were shredded by a far more talented, more focused Thunder attack." # Paul Shirley came across a YouTube video of a big college dunk from his Iowa State days. He writes about it for ChicagoSide: "In this particular play, my college teammate, Jamaal Tinsley, made into fools several members of the University of Colorado backcourt before throwing the ball to me for a one-handed dunk that might even be called ferocious, if you need an adjective. Tinsley’s ball-handling tricks served as the final sentence in a masterful short story; my dunk was the exclamation point. The crowd released its tension in an avalanche of happy noise. For me, it was an incomparable rush; better than the most intense sexual encounter I’ve ever had. (Which might be an indictment of my sex life, but probably isn’t -- sorry, no hyperlinks here.) Even as I watched the video more than a decade later, I felt something similar to sexual release: a chill down my spine, sagging shoulders, relaxation in my lower back. I’ve never done cocaine. But that feeling -- the sense that I had just brought about a palpable crescendo of enthusiasm in 14,000 people, most of whom were paying rapt attention to my every movement -- is exactly what I imagine cocaine would be like: intense, immediate, and incredibly pleasurable. And just as dangerous -- because that feeling was one of the reasons I played basketball."ns are challenged, and the most interesting spain 2012 jerseys way to do that is by introducing choice into the equation. Anything can happen means that the range of possibilities is endless. When the Spurs bring the ball upcourt, that's usually the case. They relied on isolation plays only 7.1 percent of the time in the regular season. (Only the Magic used a smaller percentage of their possessions in iso.) In their first-round sweep of Utah, the Spurs ran isos only 24 times in four games. (The Knicks, in contrast, had 124 such possessions over five games.) Instead, the Spurs did what they usually do to get what they want in the half court -- rely on motion, timing, ball movement and, most of all, choice. Choice is the overriding principle at work in an efficient offense. Take away that offense's primary objective in a half-court possession, and it will gladly move on to option No. 2. Sniff out No. 2, and a third choice will materialize. And so on. The Spurs under Gregg Popovich have always understood that NBA defenses are too big and quick to confine your offense to one option. There have to be multiple contingency plans in a given possession; otherwise, you leave yourself vulnerable to chance. A lot of fans like the element of chance in sports -- and perhaps ting the regular season, according to Hoopdata.enough: Tony Parker passes the ball off to a wing player on his right. It might be Danny Green, Manu Ginobili, Kawhi Leonard, Stephen Jackson or Gary Neal. Once the ball leaves Parker's hands, he cuts through to the basket# team shot well or handled the ball well, and if age is affecting the Celtics, then inexperience costs the Sixers just as often. In the end this time, however, the Sixers started creating their own history, even if just a little bit. If Evan Turner can find his way to the basket once in that situation, he can do it again. And if the 76ers can win close games, that's a good thing. Because they don't play any other kind. # Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe: A night like this was expected, when the engine on Kevin Garnett’s time machine was going to sputter and Paul Pierce’s left knee would prevent him from creating any space from Andre Iguodala. The Celtics desperately needed offensive support from someone other than their Big Two. They needed a reserve or secondary contributor to produce and show enough guile to help the Celtics avoid scoring skids against the brutally difficult Philadelphia defense. That didn’t happen Monday and Boston was dealt an 82-81 loss in Game 2 at TD Garden, handing over home-court advantage as Philadelphia returns home for two games with a legitimate chance to take control of the series. After flirting with putting the 76ers away early, the Celtics had little to offer offensively for the next two quarters. And it wasn’t Garnett’s issue; he managed to hit 7 of 12 shots despite being tripled-teamed in stretches. Meanwhile, Pierce may not be an offensive factor in this series. Iguodala is one of the game’s top defenders and against a wobbly Pierce, he is even more effective. The Celtics tried to work Pierce into the offense down the stretch and he couldn’t deliver. He was 0-for-4 shooting with 2 points in the second half, when the Celtics only needed one final push to prevail. ... The 76ers are good enough defensively to expose any team’s offensive weakness and the Celtics have plenty. Before they watch their Big Three Era end prematurely, the Celtics need someone besides that trio to respond with buckets. They have been getting by riding the back of Garnett for a few games, but those days may be over. So who’s going to step up next? # Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: When T.D. (Tim Duncan) lofted a perfect halfcourt pass to M.G. (Manu Ginobili), who scampered 20 feet before shuttling the ball to M.B. (Matt Bonner) for a wide open 3-pointer — all in a carefully scripted 3.4 seconds — it might have looked like something the Spurs had done a thousand times before. It wasn’t. “We hadn’t practiced it once,” Bonner said. Over time, Spurs players have become accustomed to such flits of imagination from their head coach. The latest gave them a one-point halftime lead in Game 3 against Utah, swinging momentum and pointing the way toward a first-round sweep. It was enough to confirm a suspicion forward Stephen Jackson had long held about the coach he has affectionately nicknamed “Obi Wan.” “He can see the future,” Jackson said. “He’s a genius.” The top-seeded Spurs return to the AT&T Center tonight for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals boasting a 14-game winning streak and about as many reasons to like their chances of advancement. Somewhere on that list: They have the NBA’s Coach of the Year in their huddle, and the Los Angeles Clippers do not. ... Though Spurs players wouldn’t dare offer a negative critique of an opposing coach, it is clear they expect no such crunch-time mistake out of theirs. “This is chess, not checkers,” Jackson said. “Pop knows what he’s doing.” For that reason, and others, the Spurs have to like their chances in the chess match that begins tonight. # Vincent Bonsignore of the Los Angeles Daily News: The Clippers' win over the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference quarterfinals was barely 10 minutes old when Chris Paul stood at his locker inside FedEx Forum and offered some insight on what lay ahead. "We're going from physical to mental," Paul shouted to his teammates. "Physical to mental." The implication was obvious. While Memphis presented a tough, rugged challenge for the Clippers, the San Antonio Spurs offer Cheap Football Shirts something else entirely in the conference semifinals. When Paul and the Clippers take the floor tonight in San Antonio for Game 1, they will try to match wits with one of the smartest, well-coached, fundamentally sound teams in the NBA. The Spurs are as physically gifted as they come with an MVP candidate in point guard Tony Parker, ageless power forward Tim Duncan and sixth-man supreme Manu Ginobili, but their real strength is a deep understanding of coach Gregg Popovich's basketball philosophy, an unusual, long-standing cohesion with one another and most of all a command of how to win. ... For a young team like the Clippers, the Spurs present one of the great challenges. But after escaping Memphis in a grueling seven-game series, the Clippers seemed poised for another one. "Physical to mental," Paul reminded his teammates. 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