State of the Spurs: Is Tony Parker the Spurs' Best Player?
State of the Spurs: Who is the Spurs' best player, and other ponderings
| Final - 4.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 27 | 36 | 28 | 21 | 112 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 28 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 91 |
State of the Spurs: Who is the Spurs' best player, and other ponderings
Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings
Tony Parker sliced and diced the Lakers defense for 29 points and 13 assists as the Spurs hand the Kobe Bryant-less Lakers their worst defeat of the season. With the win, the Spurs move a half game ahead of the Thunder for first place in the Western Conference while the third place Lakers lead over the Clippers shrinks to a half game.
As the Clippers try to catch the Lakers and hold off the Grizzlies, they could use some help tonight from the Spurs and the Timberwolves
Chris of Silver Screen and Roll looks at the Mike Brown hire in view of tonight's Spurs at Lakers game.
The Los Angeles Lakers look for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night as they host the top-seed San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center.
Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers. Do the Spurs end the feel-good no-Kobe era? Pounding The Rock previews the Game for the Spurs.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 27 | 36 | 28 | 21 | 112 |
| LA Lakers | 28 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 91 |
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 17 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Tim Duncan | 35 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Tiago Splitter | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Danny Green | 24 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Tony Parker | 30 | 14-20 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1-0 | 29 |
| Matt Bonner | 23 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Manu Ginobili | 26 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 6-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Stephen Jackson | 25 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Gary Neal | 13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Boris Diaw | 18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Patrick Mills | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| DeJuan Blair | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cory Joseph | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 50-84 | 7-18 | 5-11 | 37-6 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 17-0 | 112 | |
| .595 | .389 | .455 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (26 pts) | |||||||
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 32 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Pau Gasol | 34 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 16 |
| Andrew Bynum | 32 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 7-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Devin Ebanks | 26 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Ramon Sessions | 25 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Troy Murphy | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Matt Barnes | 31 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Steve Blake | 25 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Josh McRoberts | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jordan Hill | 3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Darius Morris | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kobe Bryant | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Christian Eyenga | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Andrew Goudelock | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-80 | 2-10 | 11-11 | 37-8 | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 14-0 | 91 | |
| .487 | .200 | 1.000 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||