The night ended with San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich commenting on assistant coach Ime Udoka’s shoes, Spurs’ Stephen Jackson informing the media of his dinner plans, the team releasing forward Josh Powell, the team picking up options on Kawhi Leonard and Cory Joseph; and Danny Green discussing how the Spurs are preparing for the opening season next week.
Yes, all of that happened in one night.
In their preseason finale, the Spurs used a dominant defensive second half to defeat the Washington Wizards 100-85 on Friday in the AT&T Center in a game in which the Spurs once trailed by as many as 13 points.
Following the media interviews, the team announced that it had waived Powell, and picked up the third-year options on Leonard and Joseph that will keep them in silver and black at least until the 2013-2014 season.
Tim Duncan, Jackson, Tony Parker, Leonard, Green, and Patty Mills all scored in double figures, but it was a tale of two halves as the Sp...
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PLAYERS:
Gregg Popovich,
Ime Udoka,
Stephen Jackson,
Josh Powell,
Kawhi Leonard,
Cory Joseph,
Danny Green,
Tim Duncan,
Tony Parker,
Patty Mills,
A.J. Price,
Trevor Booker,
Matt Bonner,
DeJuan Blair,
Jan Vesely,
Manu Ginobili,
Gary Neal,
Kevin Durant
TEAMS: Brooklyn Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Hornets
TEAMS: Brooklyn Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Hornets
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