Boris Diaw News

This is part of an ongoing conversation with PtR's own SpursFanTN, and Kevin Lipe, who runs SBNation's Grizzlies Blog, Grizzly Bear Blues.

They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Rolling into the Memorial Day weekend, the conference finals have gotten themselves into full gear and the start of the Finals themselves are on the horizon-June 6, in fact.

LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection.

I absolutely love the playoffs. All my best NBA memories come from the playoffs.

After two games against the Grizzlies it seems Matt Bonner has leapfrogged Boris Diaw as the third big and not everyone is happy about it.

May 21, 2013; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan reacts against the Memphis Grizzlies during overtime in game two of the Western Conference finals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at AT In spite of Memphis Grizzlies ' valiant comeback effort in the second half to force overtime, the hole they dug themselves early into game 2 was ... (more)

The San Antonio Spurs hadn't played fair with these overmatched Memphis Grizzlies for most of the night, but this third quarter sequence was even meaner than normal.

They still might, but the veteran Spurs heard all the talk and wanted to send a message in game one.

From start to finish, the veteran-laden San Antonio Spurs played with the confidence of a team in search of its fifth NBA championship.

But they did get repeatedly name-dropped Saturday by the San Antonio Spurs, which made sense considering the frontcourt duo the Spurs face in this round of the playoffs somewhat resembles the Lakers' tandem they quickly dispatched in the first round.

Was the team's leading scorer, but looked gassed down the stretch. Enough so that Gregg Popovich sat Duncan for the last 4:28 of the game.

Tim Duncan had 19 points and six rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Spurs held off a furious final rally to beat the Warriors 94-82 in Game 6 on Thursday night and advance to the Western Conference finals.

However, it won't be easy as they have to travel to the frenzied Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Various experts in the NBA realm have been saying, this 2013 NBA draft is weak. That may be true if we define what they mean by weak.

And no one has been more open about his approach to treating those injuries and rehabs, or more self-critical, than Jensen was.

Steph Curry was a wounded Warrior on Sunday, but he was phenomenal despite his injury.

The Spurs look to rebound from a costly loss and capture a crucial Game 3 against the Warriors on the road in Oakland.

There was plenty to love about the 2007 "We Believe" playoff run by the Golden State Warriors - everything from the unorthodox way Golden State was winning, to Don Nelson sticking it to his former employer and of course, the underdog story of the No.

Golden State Warriors' Andrew Bogut, right, dunks over San Antonio Spurs' Boris Diaw during the first half of Game 3 of a Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Oakland, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2013.