A great win for the Spurs was overshadowed by the loss of starting point guard Tony Parker to a broken hand.  Parker, the teams 2nd leading scorer will miss around six weeks of action after breaking the hand in the 1st quarter.

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The Monday night victory for the San Antonio Spurs over the New Orleans Hornets was re-ran on Friday night, saving the league thousands of dollars in arena and player fees.  The game, which had been digitally remastered to change the floor to the Spurs home colors also, had an interview between two creepy looking guys that were both named Jeff.

One of the creepy Jeffs

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For most of the season, it seemed like no lineup Gregg Popovich threw together would be successful for the Spurs.  It was as if someone had put the Spurs hopes of success in a safe and we’re giving out the combination to anyone.

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Michael Finley in happier times

After a win yesterday against the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs (33-24) step into the Hornets nest to take on New Orleans (31-29).  The game starts at 8 Eastern/7 Central and can be seen on FSN Southwest or heard on 1200 WOAI-AM.

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This didn't happen Sunday.

When they first broke into the league I admit I used to confuse Jason Richardson and Richard Jefferson.  Not because they looked the same, but over time, I figured out a way to correctly identify the two.  Why do I bring this up?  Because, yesterday, both were crucial players in the Spurs/Suns battle.  Jefferson played one of his best games as a Spur, slashing to the hoop and hitting 3 pointers.  Meanwhile, Richardson had an easy opportunity to tie the game, but missed an uncontested dunk with 41.8 seconds left.

Despite Amar’e Stoudamire scoring 41 points, the Suns had a 5 game winning streak snapped.

The Spurs had 5 players score in double figures, led by Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobli with 21.  Antonio McDyess added 12 points, 9 rebounds and 1 hyperextended knee.  McDyess went down in the 2nd half and had to be helped off the court, but would return.

Player of the Game:  Amar’e Stoudamire, 41 points

I don’t normally give these out to the losing team, but Stoudamire kept the Suns in it offensively.  With the way he was scoring, you would have thought it was the playoffs.  I still think the NBA should go after him for wearing performance enhancing glasses.

Matthew Svoboda Award for play that resembles his:  Steve Nash at the end of the game.

It’s my award so this time it’s going to a play.  At the end of the game, it looked like Phoenix would have one last desperation heave to tie it.  However, Phoenix guard Steve Nash made a critical gaff of passing the ball instead of shooting it.  While the next shot was good, it was 1) only a 2-pointer and 2) after the final horn.

Thought to leave you with:  Is it just me or does ABC use the same footage of the Riverwalk for every single Spurs broadcast that they do?