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Los Suns Find a Cause, Orlando Looks Magical and the Lakers Sail Serenely On

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks at the stories behind the NBA playoff teams, and that one team that’s avoiding drama to serenely continue its way to another NBA title. Do you believe in Magic? Orlando had something of a post NBA Finals hangover at the start of the season but the Magic have found their game now,...

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NBA Preview: Celtics and Spurs to Continue Streaks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Hawks travel to Boston in a bid to break the Celtics’ 11-game winning streak while the Spurs defend their own 6-game streak at Denver. Tired Celtics can keep winning This has been a strange double-digit streak for the Celtics. Sure it’s getting talked about but Boston haven’t played like a team obsessed with setting...

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NBA Preview: Mavs, Spurs In Lone Star State Showdown

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Dallas Mavericks (26-11) at San Antonio Spurs (33-6) For the last 10 years, these two in-state rivals have been battling for top spot in the Southwest Division. Tonight, things will be a little different — the Mavs will just be looking to keep pace with the Spurs. And they’ll have to do it without the...

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NBA Preview: Lakers and Heat Must Forget Troubles

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Miami and LA both face tough assignments in primetime tonight as they look to record signature victories ahead of the All Star break. Spurs still sharp San Antonio lost for just the eighth time all season at Portland on Tuesday but will be keen to get back on track in the second of eight straight...

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NBA: Can the Lakers Steal the #1 Seed From San Antonio?

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The battle for the best record in the Western Conference and indeed the whole NBA has intensified in the closing weeks of the season. Al Dannity examines the case for a late surge by the Los Angeles Lakers. Big run-in Attention at this time of year is normally focussed on the fringes of the playoff...

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NBA: Spurs Must Show Strength Without Duncan in Portland

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The San Antonio Spurs have the best record in the NBA but Tim Duncan’s injury has cast doubt over their potential as title contenders. Al Dannity says tonight’s game against the Trail Blazers offers a chance for San Antonio’s other stars to shine. Dull but deadly The Trail Blazers are not the most entertaining team...

NBA

Spurs vs. Warriors: NBA Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 15, 2017

An injury to San Antonio’s best player has totally changed the outlook of the Western Conference Final series between the Golden State Warriors and the Spurs. After they played Game 1 on Sunday, the Warriors became heavy favourites on Sports Interaction NBA odds. San Antonio Spurs The Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard is proof you don’t need...

NBA

Wizards for the W? It's Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 5, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Washington Washington stomped the jeepers out of Oklahoma City, the best of the West, on Saturday but that doesn’t mean the Wizards will be able to repeat the dose when the Spurs visit the Verizon Center tonight. Oklahoma got beat...

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Another KD KO at San Antonio? Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 22, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs When you’re the big dog, you’re inclined to pick and choose your games. You don’t bust yourself against Charlotte; if you play your usual game you’ll take them and if, by some fluke, Charlotte wins, not...

NBA

NBA Monday Betting Picks – San Antonio Setting a Standard

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 16, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio Spurs at LA Clippers San Antonio remains the standard against which all teams must measure themselves. Champions come and go, but there seems something eternal as the desert itself about the Spurs, and their incredible ability to just keep winning and...

NBA

Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 27, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Oklahoma City If anybody doubted that both teams had marked big red circles on their calendars for today, the Spurs’ and Thunder’s bench strategy in their previous games pretty much rules it out. The Spurs were very careful to limit...

NBA

Friday Night's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 22, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Memphis ESPN will have a treat for the basketball connoisseur when they broadcast the Spurs at the Grizzlies tonight. San Antonio swept the Grizzlies in the Western Finals last year when Memphis surprised people by even getting that fair in...

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Wednesday Night's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 20, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Indiana at New York The Indiana Pacers suffered defeat for the first time this season when they lost to the Bulls at the United Center on Saturday, 110-94. Paul George was shut down and Derrick Rose unpicked the Pacers’ previously rock-solid defense to...

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Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 13, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Having lost at Dallas 105-95 last night, Washington travels 300 miles south today to take on San Antonio. The wizards will need a whole lot of magic to cover the number in this one. San Antonio is on a five-game winning streak currently,...

NBA

Monday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 11, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Indiana is the team everybody is talking about since the start of the season. The Pacers won a lot of fans with the way they fronted up to Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they’ve started this season like men with a...

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No Matter What Happens in Game 7, Gregg Popovich is the Best

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: June 20, 2013

The difference between how Gregg Popovich coaches and how he deals with the media couldn’t be starker. In public he’s the old-school gritty coach, behind the scenes he’s the ultimate innovator. Ahead of tonight’s title deciding Game 7, Al Dannity gets inside the mind of one of the best coaches in history. How does Gregg...

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Parker’s Hurt in Body but Where’s the Heat’s Mind?

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: June 13, 2013

Tony Parker says he’ll be ready to go for Game 4 against the Heat but Al Dannity is more concerned about the mental state of Miami than the Frenchman’s physical woes. Stay outta sight, like a Bosh. Post average numbers, like a Bosh. Need to step up, like a Bosh. That’s the point we’ve reached...

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Nothing Defined Except LeBron’s Greatness

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: June 10, 2013

When LeBron James blocked Tiago Splitter last night it looked like a series defining moment but didn’t we already have one of those a game earlier? Al Dannity says forget the narrative for now, it will be defined by what happens next. He was, in his own words, the last line of defence. When Tiago...

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NBA Western Conference Playoffs: Familiar Foes

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 19, 2013

Two of the four first-round series have direct connections between the opposing teams, and those linkages provide another level of intrigue to these matchups. (1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (8) Houston Rockets Quite the ironic situation for former Thunder forward James Harden. One year ago, he was OKC’s valuable sixth man off the bench; this...

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NBA: Can Anyone in the West Stop the Thunder?

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: April 5, 2012

The Oklahoma City Thunder went down in Miami on Wednesday night but they remain the class of the Western Conference. Al Dannity assesses the chances of a team other than the Thunder making it out of the West and into the NBA Finals. The loaded veterans The one thing the San Antonio Spurs lack is...