Tony Parker

Something about Wednesdays and point guards doesn't work out well for the 76ers. Two weeks after Deron Williams torched the Sixers - and three after Andre Miller did the same thing - Tony Parker scored a game-high 37 points, the most any player has scored against the Sixers all season, to carry the San Antonio Spurs to a 100-90 win Wednesday night in front of 18,070 at the Wells Fargo Center. "Tony Parker was amazing tonight," Sixers coach Doug Collins said. "He had the ball on a string, and we were trying to do our best to keep him corralled, make him shoot jump shots.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Cleveland Cavaliers will no doubt take solace in their fourth-quarter rally against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 of the NBA Finals last night, when they cut a 27-point deficit to eight before falling 103-92. But the bottom line is that the Spurs have been the vastly superior team, and have left no doubt that this is their championship to lose. Just as in Game 1, the Spurs embarrassed the Cavaliers most of the night, with guard Tony Parker (game-high 30 points)

The Tony Parker show Inquiring minds want to know, and the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker is talking. ESPN.com. says that Parker, who has one year left on his contract, wants to remain with the Spurs and is shooting down reports he wants to move to New York. On Wednesday, the New York Daily News said unidentified "close friends" of the point guard were saying he'd be open to a trade to the Knicks, should their attempts to sign LeBron James not work out. The sources told the paper that Parker and his wife would "love to relocate to New York.

Kevin Garnett paid no mind to the Boston Celtics winning their sixth straight game last night, claiming he's not even conscious of the streak. But the Celtics are on a roll, right? "We've got a little rhythm," Garnett said. Garnett scored 20 points and the Celtics improved to an NBA-best 8-1 away from home, beating the San Antonio Spurs, 90-83. They'll wrap up a four-game road swing today at Oklahoma City, when the Celtics will go for a season-best seventh consecutive win. "That's the make or break of the trip," Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace said.

The San Antonio Spurs set a franchise record with 19 three-pointers to hand the Bobcats their seventh straight defeat, a 132-102 pounding Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C. Danny Green scored 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting from three-point range as the Spurs shot 56 percent from behind the arc. Tony Parker had 22 points and nine assists as the Spurs won for the ninth time in 10 games to push their record to 17-4. The two were a combined 18 of 22 from the field. Parker scored 11 points in the third quarter and Green had eight as the Spurs pulled away for good.

Tony Parker was too much for the Lakers to handle - too accurate in the early going, too quick all night, and too deft on his best move of the game. Parker scored eight of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, including a stunning crossover move that fooled Devean George and ended the Lakers' final push as San Antonio defeated visiting Los Angeles, 95-85, last night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven, second-round Western Conference semifinal series. Parker, who had 16 points in the first quarter when San Antonio took the lead for good, shot 13-for-23.

Raymond Felton scored 25 points and the New York Knicks stayed undefeated by rallying to beat the host San Antonio Spurs, 104-100, on Thursday night. J.R. Smith added 17 points, Jason Kidd had 14, and Tyson Chandler 13 for the Knicks (6-0), who closed on a 22-11 run to remain the NBA's lone unbeaten team. Smith and Kidd hit consecutive three-pointers to give the Knicks a 100-95 lead with one minute left in the game. Tony Parker led San Antonio (7-2) with 19 points and 12 assists.

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs are back in the Western Conference finals for the second straight season with the same style that has carried them to four NBA titles. Don't call these guys old just yet. After wearing down the younger Golden State Warriors in a grueling six-game series, the Spurs look as spry as ever. And they already know what to expect when they open the conference finals at home against Memphis on Sunday. "It's going to be a rough one," Duncan said.

FOR FOUR straight games, the San Antonio Spurs showed off all the teamwork and tenacity that the Los Angeles Lakers lacked all season long. And when the Lakers' tumultuous season finally collapsed Sunday night, the smooth Spurs rolled right past them to the second round. Tony Parker scored 23 points, and San Antonio completed its first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Lakers with a 103-82 victory in Game 4. Tim Duncan had 11 points and six rebounds for the second-seeded Spurs, who will face the winner of Denver's series with Golden State in the second round.

The comeback attempt was impressive, but the 76ers discovered firsthand why the San Antonio Spurs are considered major contenders in the NBA's loaded Western Conference. Trailing by 14 points at halftime and seven entering the fourth quarter Monday night, the Sixers led by as many as seven points with less than four minutes left. Then, like the veteran team they are, the Spurs began executing down the stretch. In the end it was too much. Tim Duncan had 24 points and 17 rebounds in San Antonio's 90-85 win over the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.

The comeback attempt was impressive, but the 76ers discovered firsthand why the San Antonio Spurs are considered major contenders in the NBA's loaded Western Conference. Trailing by 14 points at halftime and seven entering the fourth quarter Monday night, the Sixers led by as many as seven points with less than four minutes left. Then, like the veteran team they are, the Spurs began executing down the stretch. In the end it was too much. Tim Duncan had 24 points and 17 rebounds in San Antonio's 90-85 win over the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.

SAN ANTONIO - They might not like the ending, but at least it's over, and now the 76ers can turn the page. The Spurs, the model of consistency in the NBA for the better part of two decades, placed six players in double figures, built a 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter, and cruised to a 109-86 victory over the overmatched and road-weary 76ers. Spencer Hawes led the Sixers with a season-high 22 points. Jrue Holiday, who notched his second career triple-double last week in a loss to Phoenix, fell short of another, finishing with 11 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists.

DIRK NOWITZKI grabbed a loose ball in the backcourt and started the fast break himself, pulling up for a three-pointer just like the days before his first knee surgery. The difference this time: The Dallas Mavericks star threw up an airball. Nowitzki will need more time to work his way back from a surgery that cost him the first 27 games of the season. Even then, it may not be enough to keep up with the San Antonio Spurs and their Big Three. Tony Parker had 21 points and nine assists, Manu Ginobili had several key baskets among his 20 points and the Spurs handed the Mavericks their sixth straight loss, 111-86, on Sunday night.

DIRK NOWITZKI wasn't expecting to play much during his season debut Sunday night against the San Antonio Spurs. Still, after missing the Dallas Mavericks' first 27 regular-season games, he didn't expect to take a seat on the bench after 20 minutes with the game completely out of hand. "In the middle of the third we were down by 80, so I didn't really have to go back in," Nowitzki said, exaggerating the Mavs' largest deficit just a bit. Danny Green scored a career-high 25 points and the Spurs spoiled Nowitzki's season debut with a 129-91 rout of the visiting Mavericks.

The San Antonio Spurs set a franchise record with 19 three-pointers to hand the Bobcats their seventh straight defeat, a 132-102 pounding Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C. Danny Green scored 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting from three-point range as the Spurs shot 56 percent from behind the arc. Tony Parker had 22 points and nine assists as the Spurs won for the ninth time in 10 games to push their record to 17-4. The two were a combined 18 of 22 from the field. Parker scored 11 points in the third quarter and Green had eight as the Spurs pulled away for good.

I guess a $250,000 fine can be considered "substantial sanctions. " Substantial sanctions were what NBA commissioner David Stern said he was going to deliver to the San Antonio Spurs after head coach Gregg Popovich sent star players Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, plus key reserve Danny Green, home to San Antonio to rest rather than play in Thursday's nationally televised game at the Miami Heat. "The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case," Stern said in a statement released Friday night.

TONY PARKER called it was a game that "could have gone either way. " But with a perfect performance in the second overtime on Sunday, Parker made sure his San Antonio Spurs came out on top. Parker scored six of his 32 points in the second OT, Tim Duncan had 26 and the Spurs beat Toronto, 111-106, their fourth straight victory over the Raptors. Duncan said no one was more vital to San Antonio's win than Parker, who made all three shots he took in the second overtime and topped 30 points for the second straight game.