The New Jersey Nets finally could get down to business.
They finally could lock in on the Spurs, their opponent in the NBA Finals. They could focus on watching tape of only one team — not two — and begin to set their game plan.
A day after the Spurs rallied to put down the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, the Nets also could begin to answer the tough questions amid an ever-increasing media blitz.
Such as, how do you plan to stop Steve Kerr?
"I think we're going to have to go back and watch some old video of when he was with the Bulls," Nets coach Byron Scott said of the man whose late heroics lifted the Spurs on Thursday.
"But I'll tell you one thing," he added with a smile, "we won't rotate off him. Ever."
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After two days of rest, four days of scrimmages and countless hours speculating on the identity of their opponent in the N.B.A. finals, the Nets could officially focus today on their ultimate matchup of the season.
The Nets, who were swept by the Lakers in last year's finals, do not feel overmatched this time.
San Antonio entered the finals Thursday night, with Steve Kerr helping the Spurs close out the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
The series will begin in San Antonio on Wednesday, and the teams know the title could be decided by two marquee duels: Tim Duncan versus Kenyon Martin and Jason Kidd versus Tony Parker.
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Tony Parker missed Thursday morning's shootaround after becoming ill Wednesday night.
He still started Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against the Mavericks, though.
"He's going to play no matter what his endurance is," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said before the game. according to the Associated Press. "They put him on an IV all day to put some liquid in his body. Hopefully it'll be enough for him to maintain."
Parker began vomiting and suffering from other flulike symptoms Wednesday night, Popovich said. He stayed at the hotel Thursday morning while the rest of the team worked at American Airlines Center.
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Spurs May 2003 Archive
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Star-Telegram | May 30, 2003
Making the exit into summer is never easy.
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Star-Telegram | May 30, 2003
Mavericks forward Walt Williams arrived at American Airlines Center on Thursday wearing a John Elway throwback jersey.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 30, 2003
The San Antonio Spurs know a thing or three about fourth-quarter collapses.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 30, 2003
The Spurs were hung over from their loss two nights earlier and hungry.
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New York Post | May 30, 2003
Jason Kidd is going to San Antonio after all.
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Dallas Morning News | May 29, 2003
Dirk Nowitzki and coach Don Nelson reiterated Wednesday that the Mavericks' all-star will not play in Game 6 on Thursday night unless he is 100 percent.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 29, 2003
Their 19-point lead was already long gone, their trip to the NBA Finals postponed for at least two days, when the Spurs mercifully ended Dallas' scoring binge Tuesday night by calling timeout.
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New York Daily News | May 29, 2003
Even after admitting to being "totally shocked" by San Antonio's collapse Tuesday night, Byron Scott isn't counting on the Western Conference finals going the full seven games.
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Dallas Morning News | May 28, 2003
Strange as it sounds, the Mavericks should actually feel lucky about Dirk Nowitzki's knee injury.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 28, 2003
The Western Conference finals trophy was somewhere in the building.
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Star-Ledger | May 28, 2003
The Finals were still more than a week away, and Kenyon Martin could feel it coming already: The minor Vesuvius that the Jason Kidd Free Agency Question will be in San Antonio.
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Dallas Morning News | May 28, 2003
This Mavericks season has been a lot of things.
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New York Post | May 28, 2003
Jason Kidd, as usual, addressed the media at length yesterday and his session can best be summed up with the following claims and observations:
He doesn't want to talk about free agency and any prospect of ending up in San Antonio.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 27, 2003
By the end of May, those teams still alive in the NBA playoffs have been going at it for about seven months without a real break.
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Dallas Morning News | May 27, 2003
As a big believer in doing all the little things that go into winning basketball games, Don Nelson will start with the three M's – Mexican food, margaritas and mariachis.
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Houston Chronicle | May 27, 2003
Larry Brown slept here.
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New York Times | May 27, 2003
For a moment, Byron Scott tried his best to remain politically correct, to point out that the Dallas Mavericks were not done in the Western Conference finals.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 26, 2003
The game was less than three minutes old, Steve Nash and Nick Van Exel had already hit 3-pointers and the 20,561 fans filling American Airlines Center on Sunday night were going crazy.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | May 26, 2003
Now that the New Jersey Nets have made shambles of the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference playoffs, are on top of their game, are eagerly awaiting a return to the NBA Finals and are being considered a legitimate championship contender, what do they get to do?
Take 10 days off to cool down.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 26, 2003
In every playoff series this season, Tim Duncan had seen the same set of images.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 26, 2003
After spending most of the weekend in bed battling a sore throat and body chills, Spurs guard Stephen Jackson said before Sunday's game he felt fine for the first time since last Thursday.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 26, 2003
Clever Don Nelson.
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New York Post | May 26, 2003
After being teased again by Byron Scott about getting more action in the Detroit series, Dikembe Mutombo got less - four straight DNPs.
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New York Times | May 26, 2003
The Nets, dizzy in their own fantasy last season, raced to their first N.
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New York Times | May 26, 2003
The Nets rumbled through a regular season that was up and down but free of much drama or any nightmares.
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Florida Today | May 25, 2003
It's just a matter of time now, really, until the NBA delivers up another heaping helping of delicious irony.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 25, 2003
Bruce Bowen wasn't surprised Dallas coach Don Nelson had his players intentionally foul him Friday for the second time this series.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 25, 2003
For many NBA players, seeing a teammate put together an outing that included 34 points, 24 rebounds, six assists, six blocks and two steals in 42 minutes would be cause for celebration.
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Dallas Morning News | May 25, 2003
For one brief moment, Nick Van Exel ran out of answers Saturday.
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Dallas Morning News | May 25, 2003
One by one, the Mavericks said they are ready to circle the wagons.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
With precisely 7:45 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 3, and the Mavericks already frantically pleading for a knee transplant donor to replace Dirk Nowitzki's badly sprained left one, NBA and TNT officials began filing out of the Western Conference playoff series.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
And on the 10th day, they'll rest.
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Dallas Morning News | May 25, 2003
The news was good regarding Dirk Nowitzki's left knee.
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New York Times | May 25, 2003
The Nets maintained they were not thinking ahead to the N.
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Dallas Morning News | May 24, 2003
The pain was bad enough already.
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Dallas Morning News | May 24, 2003
Even before Dirk Nowitzki went down with a knee injury, the Mavericks were already hurting in Game 3.
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Dallas Morning News | May 24, 2003
The Mavericks have tried Raef LaFrentz as a starter and as a reserve against San Antonio and still haven't found the best way to use the 6-11 center.
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Dallas Morning News | May 24, 2003
If David Robinson is the Spurs' Admiral and Tim Duncan is the battleship, then Tony Parker is the little speedboat who left a big wake in Game 3.
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Dallas Morning News | May 24, 2003
The pain was bad enough already.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 24, 2003
The Spurs are close to finalizing a deal to play a preseason game against Memphis in Paris, two league sources said Friday.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 24, 2003
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich didn't know where to start.
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Toronto Star | May 24, 2003
The search for a new Toronto Raptor coach may be slowing down but it's also widening.
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Dallas Morning News | May 23, 2003
A portion of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's response to Staff Writer Eddie Sefko's e-mailed question about Don Nelson's ejection in Game 2:
"It's disgraceful that Mr.
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Dallas Morning News | May 23, 2003
Nick Van Exel's assertion that the officials took Game 2 from the Mavericks didn't sit well with some of the Spurs.
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Dallas Morning News | May 23, 2003
Two games into the Western Conference finals and all the Mavericks have won is the home-court advantage.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 23, 2003
Being the realist that he is, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich didn't wake up Thursday thinking he suddenly had a team of great free-throw shooters.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 23, 2003
Fans in both Dallas and San Antonio have cried foul after the first two games of the Western Conference finals.
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New York Times | May 23, 2003
Western Conference finals began as a showcase for the N.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 22, 2003
Michael Finley swished a 3-pointer, the Spurs' 28-point lead was down to nine, and the 18,797 fans filling the SBC Center seemed to groan at once.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 22, 2003
Mavericks forward Eduardo Najera did not play Wednesday because of a bruised right thigh.
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Star-Telegram | May 22, 2003
Just in case the Mavericks were contemplating the wild and crazy idea of turning the I-35 Series into a one-way street with all signs pointing north to Dallas, the Spurs and the NBA combined to slap that notion right out of their heads Wednesday night.
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Dallas Morning News | May 22, 2003
Climbing out of holes has been standard for the Mavericks this season.
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | May 22, 2003
Don't mess with Texas.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 21, 2003
Technical pros behind Spurs broadcasts are working hard to prevent a repeat tonight of Monday's widespread radio problems, which led to fuzzy and incomplete broadcasts of the first Western Conference finals game.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 21, 2003
At the time, there was nothing funny about Malik Rose lying motionless on the court late in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 21, 2003
The Spurs don't expect the Mavericks to make 49 free throws tonight.
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Dallas Morning News | May 21, 2003
Every rivalry needs hostility, arrogance, threats and boasts.
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Dallas Morning News | May 21, 2003
The Mavericks have not beaten the rap just yet.
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | May 20, 2003
All but given up for dead in the first half, the Mavericks rallied from an 18-point deficit and stole Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals as they stunned the San Antonio Spurs 113-110.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2003
It looked just like Don Nelson and his populous brain trust had planned it during another back-to-the-drawing-board session at halftime.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2003
The unexpected strategy was at the free-throw line.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2003
The NBA moved up the starting times for four of the possible seven games in the Western Conference finals to better accommodate the Central time zone viewers.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2003
Spurs forward Malik Rose suffered a stinger in his back late in Monday's playoff game and should play in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, a Spurs team doctor said.
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Dallas Morning News | May 20, 2003
The first foul call of the Western Conference finals came well before tip-off on Monday.
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Dallas Morning News | May 20, 2003
The mayors of Dallas and San Antonio have wagered a bet on who will the NBA Western Conference Finals.
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Dallas Morning News | May 20, 2003
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said his club would not retaliate in a ticket imbroglio that flared up just as his franchise was about to take a second bite off the ol' conference championship apple.
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Dallas Morning News | May 20, 2003
The Mavericks found out Monday that the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs aren’t infallible.
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Rocky Mountain News | May 20, 2003
The agent for forward Juwan Howard said his client has not ruled out signing a new contract with the Denver Nuggets.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | May 20, 2003
The NBA is finalizing plans for the Grizzlies to play two preseason games in Europe before the start of the 2003-04 season, according to league sources.
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Houston Chronicle | May 20, 2003
Rockets center Yao Ming will be named the Sporting News Rookie of the Year today after edging NBA Rookie of the Year Amare Stoudemire of the Suns.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 19, 2003
The Mavericks arrive in San Antonio with a respectful air for the Spurs, a team they consider the best in the league.
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Star-Telegram | May 19, 2003
The Spurs can't wait to do the Texas Two-Step.
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Star-Telegram | May 19, 2003
Kicking back in those seats that only the beautifully rich can swing, Donnie Nelson pondered the million-dollar question of the Western Conference Finals: Can the Mavericks stop -- better yet, slow down -- Tim Duncan?
"Is that ever the question, man alive," answered Nelson, the Mavs' assistant coach/president of basketball operations, from a courtside seat at American Airlines Center minutes before a light Sunday afternoon practice.
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Washington Post Columnist Tony Kornheiser | May 19, 2003
Go ahead, keep telling yourself that the NBA playoffs are in great shape because now you'll get to see the "new stars" of the NBA.
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Orlando Sentinel Writer Jerry Brewer | May 19, 2003
We need to talk about this Most Dominant Player thing.
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Orlando Sentinel Columnist David Whitley | May 19, 2003
That Tim Duncan, what a dummy.
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Dallas Morning News | May 18, 2003
Before he tries to motivate his team to outfox and outbox Gregg Popovich's team, Don Nelson might want to buy the San Antonio coach and his longtime friend a cold beer or six.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 18, 2003
Tony Parker was 13 years old, dreaming of the NBA, and living in Rouen, France, about a 45-minute drive from Paris.
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Los Angeles Times | May 17, 2003
Samaki Walker, who fell out of Jackson's rotation early in the season and rarely played, showed the frustration of it Thursday.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 17, 2003
The first time I met David Robinson, he didn't act like David Robinson.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 17, 2003
For four years, they tormented Malik Rose.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 16, 2003
Inside the Lakers' training room at Staples Center, there is a framed photograph of two young men just beginning to realize their potential.
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Indianapolis Star | May 16, 2003
Jermaine O'Neal, Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan as teammates? It will happen in August when all three suit up for the U.
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Los Angeles Times | May 16, 2003
There won't be a fourth championship in a row for the Lakers, at least not this time.
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Los Angeles Times | May 16, 2003
Then it was done.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 16, 2003
Spurs fans finally can breathe easy.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 16, 2003
Tim Duncan pushed the Lakers to the brink.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 16, 2003
Baked.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 16, 2003
In the end, when it was finally over, when the Spurs rushed to midcourt to celebrate and Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson gave one last wave to the crowd and the three-time defending champions were champions no more, Malik Rose stood alone underneath the basket watching the whole unbelievable scene.
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Associated Press | May 15, 2003
The three-year championship reign of the Los Angeles Lakers came to a decisive end Thursday night.
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Orange County Register | May 15, 2003
Lakers trainer Gary Vitti suggested Wednesday that the soreness in Shaquille O'Neal's left knee wasn't much of anything.
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Los Angeles Daily News | May 15, 2003
The San Antonio Spurs built their 25-point lead in Game 5 while Shaquille O'Neal was desperately searching for his game, or his energy, or maybe a friendly call from the officiating crew.
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Los Angeles Times | May 15, 2003
A shrug and a grin.
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Los Angeles Times | May 15, 2003
He sat out the first dozen games of the season because of intentionally delayed toe surgery, causing irritated teammates to begin their journey with a limp.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 14, 2003
Kobe Bryant shot 12 free throws in the first two games of the series.
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Los Angeles Times | May 14, 2003
It was out?
It was a swish, it was a stunner, it was a comeback, it was a championship.
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L.A. Daily News | May 14, 2003
Phil Jackson might have only one year left in his legendary coaching career, one season left to cast his influence over the Lakers.
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L.A. Daily News | May 14, 2003
Tim Duncan is San Antonio's lone superstar, but Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Duncan has been patient with his young teammates and understands the need to get them involved.
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Orange County Register | May 14, 2003
If the Lakers don't win the next two games and pull this off again, that last shot will loom as the defining moment in the dynasty's demise: Robert Horry used to hit that shot, but this time he didn't.
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Los Angeles Times | May 13, 2003
Phil Jackson plans to coach for as long as the Lakers stay in this postseason, then will determine this summer if he is able to continue his career, he said Monday.
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Orange County Register | May 13, 2003
In Kobe Bryant's world, anything bad that happens just means a new challenge is born.
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Washington Post | May 13, 2003
If you want to see the best of the NBA playoffs, perhaps you ought to tune in tonight and Thursday for the pleasure of watching the best two teams in the league -- the two most recent champions -- playing inspired and urgent basketball in a tense series that ultimately could go seven games.
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Associated Press | May 12, 2003
An upbeat Phil Jackson rejoined the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, two days after undergoing a heart procedure, and he will coach in Game 5 against the San Antonio Spurs.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 12, 2003
After listening to the Lakers complain about the officiating for the first two games of the series, the Spurs voiced their own complaints Sunday.
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Orange County Register | May 12, 2003
Lakers coach Phil Jackson was released from Centinela Hospital Medical Center on Sunday morning, but doctors recommended he not coach Game 4, which began about 24 hours after Jackson's angioplasty.
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Orange County Register | May 11, 2003
Jackson undergoes angioplasty
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Newsday | May 11, 2003
Boston - Only an NBA title could be more satisfying than the way the Nets walked into FleetCenter on Friday night and tuned out the nasty taunts, turned off the crowd noise, tore off a little piece of Celtics tradition and stomped on it in front of Red Auerbach and a pantheon of former Green-and-White greats to move one victory away from sweeping their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 11, 2003
Jackson's status the unknown factor
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San Antonio Express-News | May 11, 2003
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he limited David Robinson to 15 minutes Friday because he thought he was moving slowly.
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AP / LA Times | May 10, 2003
Laker Coach Phil Jackson underwent an angioplasty Saturday after experiencing tightness and pain in his chest for about a week.
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Los Angeles Daily News | May 10, 2003
So, Mark Wunderlich, can you handle the truth?
Jack Nicholson gave a rousing, dramatic performance during the second quarter of Friday night's game, when he took a step onto the Staples Center court during a timeout, gestured wildly with his hands and verbally berated Wunderlich, one of the game's officials.
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Los Angeles Daily News | May 10, 2003
If Lakers forward Devean George's 13 points provided inspiration Friday night, Robert Horry's 13 produced a sigh of relief.
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Los Angeles Times | May 10, 2003
For a change, Staples Center fans didn't wait until Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were introduced to unleash their loudest cheers.
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Los Angeles Times | May 10, 2003
The Lakers reclaimed a little of themselves on Friday night, and pulled themselves back into the Western Conference semifinals with a game and an attitude befitting that of an NBA champion, three times running.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 10, 2003
Spurs chairman Peter Holt said the SBC Center could be undergoing some changes this summer.
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Orange County Register | May 9, 2003
Lakers guard Devean George is not expected to play tonight when the Lakers face the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals at Staples Center.
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Orange County Register | May 9, 2003
Lakers guard Devean George is not expected to play tonight when the Lakers face the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals at Staples Center.
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New York Times | May 9, 2003
San Antonio.
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New York Times | May 9, 2003
The N.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 8, 2003
As Shaquille O'Neal walked out of the SBC Center and into the typically oppressive Texas humidity Monday night, he saw little reason to worry.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 8, 2003
San Antonian Danny Ortegon drives a 1998 Dodge Stratus that sports two Lakers pennants, a purple-and-gold-painted Lakers logo on its rear windshield and an inscription below that says: "Lord of the Rings.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 8, 2003
Manu Ginobili was named to the NBA's All-Rookie second team on Wednesday.
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nba.com | May 7, 2003
San Antonio Spurs’ forward and league MVP Tim Duncan earned his sixth consecutive selection to All-NBA First Team when the NBA announced the 2002-03 All-NBA teams today.
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Los Angeles Times | May 7, 2003
George out tonight
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Newsday | May 7, 2003
To watch Jason Kidd firing virtuoso passes against the Celtics Monday night and playing with the same relentlessness he always does was to wish Kidd would just end the mystery already.
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New York Times | May 7, 2003
When the time came last May to make the announcement of his impending retirement from the N.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 6, 2003
The shock wasn't that David Robinson took a shot below the belt.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 6, 2003
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich stood in the hallway outside his office early Monday evening, reminiscing about how last season's series with the Los Angeles Lakers turned so terribly bad.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 6, 2003
Spurs forward Bruce Bowen faced two tough tests Monday.
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Los Angeles Times | May 6, 2003
Let's see, Phil Jackson has already said the Spurs are "vulnerable" and their new athletic roster makes them "different, but I don't know if they're better" and the series hadn't even started yet.
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Los Angeles Times | May 6, 2003
Now what?
Where do the Lakers go from here? How do they replace their backup small forward, who was replacing their starting small forward, who will be sidelined up to nine months because of a torn tendon in his left foot?
With Rick Fox already sitting on the bench in fashionable street clothes instead of wearing his Laker uniform and chasing San Antonio Spurs around the court, Devean George hit the court with a thud Monday at the SBC Center.
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Los Angeles Times | May 6, 2003
That's five in a row to this team and three in a row in this building, and if there is something to the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center, the Lakers are beginning to get it, though Phil Jackson had other ideas entirely.
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Los Angeles Times | May 5, 2003
Let's have a warm Laker farewell for David Robinson!
As a token of their affection, they'd like to present you with a 7-foot, 340-pound, fire-breathing dragon, who's still upset you weren't nicer when you gave him that autograph, back in the '80s.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 5, 2003
Tim Duncan, having shunned last year's shorts-and-sandals attire for brown slacks and a black dress shirt, sat in a director's chair Sunday afternoon listening to David Robinson praise him.
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Los Angeles Daily News | May 5, 2003
Tim Duncan wrapped his arms around another Maurice Podoloff Trophy on Sunday, and the Lakers were pleased enough with the timing.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 4, 2003
When they were 34-14 and cruising through the NBA East, you could believe that Donnie Walsh had built something special in Indiana, and that Isiah Thomas was that special coach the Pacers needed.
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NY Post writer Peter Vecsey | May 4, 2003
Tim Duncan can catalog as many triple-doubles (I suppose the MVP repeat's 15 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists somewhat compensated for four misses among 11 foul shots) as humanely possible against the Lakers.
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Salt Lake Tribune | May 3, 2003
"Pick" might be leaving, but Larry Miller believes that "Roll" is not.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 3, 2003
After he won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award last year, Tim Duncan said he wasn't going to give it back.
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Los Angeles Daily News | May 3, 2003
The usual benign chaos engulfed the Lakers' locker room late Thursday -- a bustle of reporters, cameras and cables surrounding Brian Shaw and Shaquille O'Neal -- as strong an indication as any the defending champions remain alive and relevant, just in case it was in question.
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Orange County Register | May 3, 2003
As disappointing as their regular season seemed, the Lakers posted losing records against only two teams: New Jersey, the team they had swept in the NBA Finals, and San Antonio, the team they had routed from the postseason for the second consecutive year.
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Arizona Republic | May 2, 2003
The numbness started in Stephon Marbury's right hand but permeated the entire Suns locker room Thursday night.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 2, 2003
About an hour before Thursday night's game, Stephen Jackson walked onto the court at America West Arena to test his ailing right ankle.
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