With Kawhi Leonard, it’s the San Antonio Spurs who need answers

Three days into the 2018 Playoffs, the Dubs have already registered two wins, both at home and at the expense of the shorthanded San Antonio Spurs. User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

During a press conference following the Spurs’ Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the veteran coach joked about the Post caring about what “goes on in San Antonio” and teased one of the reporters about reading his article from beginning to end.

Thursday’s injury report was officially announced, and it none of it should come as a surprise.

While the Spurs have been down a great player, the Warriors have struggled with injuries as well. It will be interesting to see what transpires in this series as the two teams now head to San Antonio. She was 67. If Popovich does not coach the Spurs tonight, assistant Ettore Messina would probably take over. Their much-vaunted institutional culture is not only supposed to cultivate good behavior, in part by bringing in people who seem to be a good fit for it.

In two games, Thompson has proven to be a tough cover for the Spurs.

LaMarcus Aldridge led the Spurs with 34 points, 12 rebounds, and three assists.

Durant did take less than his market value to give the Warriors some wiggle room, yet Iguodala demanded a three-year deal, and in nearly any other situation, that many years tied up in an aging player would appear poisonous to a team.

Mulherin watched Saturday’s (Sunday NZ time) playoff game, but he did so alone. “So we’ll fight as hard as we can in Game 2”.

Dawn Hold started following the team 20 years ago, from the inception of the Tim Duncan era, a stretch that produced five National Basketball Association titles.

The Warriors entered this series believing they could win without Curry. “I didn’t even pay for the tickets”, he continued, to more laughter, before going on to talk about all the free food he was enjoying.

The Spurs confirmed Erin Popovich’s death Wednesday.

San Antonio might have been able to steal game 2 in Oracle Arena Monday night, but they had a historically bad shooting night.

According to Marc Stein in his recent newsletter, a well-placed insider said the franchise is giving off signals that they won’t trade Leonard. He’s been in the league seven years, and I don’t know how many games he’s missed (12 in his first six seasons) but not a lot.