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When the San Antonio Spurs completed a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks in JuneA to acquire swingman Richard Jefferson for Kurt Thomas, Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen, three words came to mind.

Richard Jefferson scored 29 points and the San Antonio Spurs survived another game without Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, beating the Dallas Mavericks 92-83 on Wednesday night.

The Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic have taken flight. The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are still humming.

Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in the lineup and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors 131-124 on Monday night.

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So...the Blazers sit at 2-3 and are in the midst of soul-searching and lineup-fiddling when--joy and wonder!--the Spurs roll into town.

Carlos Boozer ended his slump with 27 points and 14 rebounds and the Utah Jazz snapped a two-game losing skid by beating the San Antonio Spurs 113-99 on Thursday night.

The San Antonio Spurs will hit the road for two games starting with Thursday's tilt with the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

San Antonio is set to begin their second back-to-back set of games this season with a visit to Utah and Portland starting today.

Derrick Rose started in Thursday night's opener against the San Antonio Spurs and had no limitations from a medical standpoint.

Tony Parker had 24 points and seven assists to lead the San Antonio Spurs in a 113-94 blowout of the Sacramento Kings at AT&T Center.

Tim Duncan speaks Thursday to Richard Jefferson, who is one of six new players trying to learn the Spurs' system and jell with veterans.

Luol Deng finished with 17 points and nine rebounds, as the Chicago Bulls used a balanced scoring attack to take a 92-85 win over the San Antonio Spurs in their season-opener. Derrick Rose finished with 13 points, seven boards and seven assists for the Bulls, who went 41-41 last season and lost to Boston in a memorable seven-game first round ...

Last week ESPN.com asked their national writers to predict the 2009-10 player award winners .A A Manu Ginobili and Gregg Popovich's names were suggested in the 6th Man and Coach of the Year categories, but the list caused me to think about the entire Spurs roster.

Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan stand during the national anthem prior to Oct. 9's preseason game with Olympiacos at the AT&T Center.

For the first time in his young NBA career, Spurs rookie DeJuan Blair looked human Friday night.

"Animal" is the word one NBA scout uses to describe what the Spurs may have found in rookie forward DeJuan Blair.

There are myriad reasons why the NBA preseason can quickly begin to wear on many veteran players.

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Ordinarily, a seven-year NBA veteran such as Manu Ginobili would approach the final game of the preseason as a relief.