National Basketball Association roundup | Aldridge scores 25, Spurs roll to eighth straight win

And smack in the middle of a borough known for being a cultural melting pot, there was a culture clash on the hardwood, and the differences in the two philosophies (or lack thereof) that were presented were as black-and-white as the two teams’ uniforms. While it might not be as flashy or headline-grabbing as other systems, it’s incredibly effective.

“I don’t know, he’s playing great”, Aldridge said. “It was just very easy”. “That’s why we need a small reset for this year and I hope we’ll be back not as a playoff team, as a championship contender”.

The search for a new General Manager is now underway for Brooklyn.

Joe Johnson added 16 for the Nets, who fired Head Coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday and had General Manager Billie King “reassigned”. That’s something he never got to do in Portland, but it’s expected in San Antonio. That would suggest the rumors about the Nets’ interest in Kentucky coach John Calipari are false, because Calipari reportedly desires a dual role.

LaMarcus Aldridge led the Spurs with a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds while Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and 8 rebounds to give San Antonio an eight-game winning streak.

“This is a fresh start for all of us, including me”, Brown said on Monday morning. And I still believe with some luck our results might have been more promising. We’ll have a D-League team. “With the best area, the best training facilities and a large amount of money under the cap”. “A team makes an early run at us and we can’t respond, so we spend the rest of the game digging ourselves out of a hole”.

With the dismissal of Lionel Hollins, assistant coach Paul Westphal announced via his Facebook page that he has chose to depart the organization as well.

The timing of both decisions really came out of nowhere, with most of the Nets staff learning of the decision either through media reports or text messages from outside the team. “I woke up to my phone just going insane”. However, the Spurs owned the third quarter outscoring Brooklyn, 32-18 and opened up the game to a blowout.

When Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the then-New Jersey Nets in 2010, he was hailed as the second coming of George Steinbrenner: a personality made for the tabloids, with deep pockets and a win-now mentality neatly summed up in his bold prediction upon becoming owner that the Nets would earn a title within five years. With the opponents getting tougher, the silver and black know they need to cash in on all the wins they can.

Fans cheered loudest for 7-foot-3 Serbian Boban Marjanovic, who finished 13 points and was on the floor in the final seconds when a “Go Spurs Go!” chant broke out. Are the Spurs giving up too many points? It wasn’t until Steinbrenner was suspended in 1990 (for paying someone to dig up dirt on Winfield) that the franchise changed its focus and used its money to complement home-grown players who developed into the core of a new dynasty.

“RC Buford, our GM, he’s got a great staff”, Popovich explained. I’m not going to go in there and tell them, ‘Let’s try to make the playoffs.’ Obviously, I’d like to win. “Be happy for their teammate’s success”. If there is a knock on this Spurs team it might be that they could certainly play a little better on the road.