Off the Dribble Are Spurs Invincible Tony Lucca Feels Christina Aguilera Tries to Get Him Out of 'The Voice' Game 2 105 Clippers 88 Streaking Go Up 20 on rally beat win series Jan Hubbard Parker celebrates 30th birthday winning pointguard battle game Comment Kiszla Nuggets Danilo Gallinari haunted by 7 fright night NBA roundup put away Jazz early silence with blowout leads offense shuts down Clippers' Chris Paul go 'old school' in 1 Western semifinals EVA LONGORIA DIDN'T JUDGE HUSBAND JockSpin.com Playoffs 2012 Thread Conference Finals Start San Antonio Depressed Fan Blogging Yankees Eagles and Sixers Under Control Your Minds Fantasy Sports Portal / Darius Morris exit interview Lots learning hopes for more PT Pardon My Bias PMB Round Table Why won’t Americ

Tony Parker vs. the Thunder defense Before we get to a proper preview of the Western Conference finals, let us address a curiosity about the Spurs and Thunder courtesy of the fancy STATS LLC camera system installed in 10 arenas around the league, including in San Antonio and Oklahoma City. I've written about the tracking system here, and Zach McCann of ESPN.com had a nice feature on the technology last week. Basically, it tracks ... NBA Playoffs 2012: Analyzing the Tony Parker-Russell Westbrook Stats Matchup The Spurs and Thunder begin play in their Western Conference finals tonight in San Antonio. One of the key matchups is at point guard , where San Antonio's Tony Parker will take on OKC's Russell Westbrook . The two teams played three times during the regular season with the Spurs winning two of three. Parker averaged 23.7 in the three games while Westbrook was close behind with 22.3 PPG ... Tony Parker may be Russell Westbrook and #8217;s counterpoint SAN ANTONIO - Itand#8217;s the main event of the Western Conference finals. Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook and#8212; All-Star point guards having their best seasons yet, one going for a fourth NBA championship, the other still chasing his first. This is the series where things change. Tony Parker Ready to Attack Russell Westbrook As far as Tony Parker is concerned, Russell Westbrook has yet to face a real challenge at his position so far in these Playoffs. Parker is right, of course, as Westbrook has only had to deal with a decaying Jason Kidd, and the inexperienced Ramon Sessions in the first two rounds. How do the Thunder deal with Tony Parker? We can sometimes overanalyze what happened in a regular season game when trying to look at a playoff matchp. It's like comparing Suzanne Collins and José Saramago novels, technically they are the same art form but one of these things is not like the other. However, the Feb. 4 meeting of the Spurs and Thunder… Tony Parker leads Spurs offense, shuts down Clippers' Chris Paul Spurs point guard Tony Parker led San Antonio in scoring in games 2 and 3 and has held Clippers point guard Chris Paul to 9.3 points per game. Throughout the playoff series, Spurs point guard Tony Parker has downplayed his matchup with Clippers point guard Chris Paul. Thunder's Pick And Roll Defense Is Perfect Thus far, the Oklahoma City Thunder have defended Tony Parker beautifully in pick and rolls. Their default strategy is to hang their big man back to prevent Parker from zipping to the rim. This is working because whichever big man is guarding the pick and roll is positioned perfectly — not so high to allow Parker to turn the corner, but not too low to give Parker an open jumper. If the Thunder ... Parker says Westbrook hasn't faced PG like him yet SAN ANTONIO (AP) It's the main event of the Western Conference finals: Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook, All-Star point guards having their best seasons yet. One going for a fourth NBA championship, the other still chasing his first. Spurs have options besides high-scoring Tony Parker Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers finished third in NBA MVP voting this season, and San Antonio's Tony Parker was fifth. Yet heading into Game 2 Thursday (8:30 p.m. CT), they're so far together being outscored by Spurs rookie Kawhi Leonard. Clippers vs. Spurs: Tony Parker vs. Chris Paul's PG Battle Will Determine Series Coming into the second-round series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers, everyone looked forward to the matchup of elite point guards in Tony Parker and Chris Paul . Things haven't exactly played out that way as Parker has dominated Paul en route to the Spurs' 2-0 series lead, but there's still a lot of basketball left to be played and the winner of this All-Star point ...
Key Words: tony parker

References:
http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/are-the-spurs-invincible/
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00050158.html
http://dailyherald.com/article/20120521/sports/705219925/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/basketball/nba/05/17/spurs.clippers.game2/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120503/SPORTS/205030375/1004/SPORTS
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120502/SPORTS/205020356/1004/SPORTS
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/ePLksVhI8M0/la-sp-clippers-sider-20120520,0,643821.story
http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/w3_ku5wAbBQ/Spurs-go-old-school-to-beat-Clippers-in-Game-1-of-NBA-Western-semifinals
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/eva-longoria-didnt-judge-husband_1327390
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=3678178&src=rss
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=3675717&src=rss
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/21/SPAS1OKUOU.DTL&feed=rss.sports
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=3671693&src=rss
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=3668950&src=rss
http://pixelhat.net/