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Salt Lake City -
Tuesday night, the Chicago Bulls clinched the top spot in the Eastern conference with the Miami Heat's loss to the Boston Celtics, and the Utah Jazz clinched the final spot in the West with a win against the Phoenix Suns.
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From top to bottom the Western Conference is generally seen as the stronger of the two in the NHL. But even though the Vancouver Canucks finished with a whopping 117 points last year, the 2010-2011 season didn’t end with a Western champion.
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San Antonio -
In a thrilling Game 5 between San Antonio and Memphis, the Spurs rose to the challenge in a must-win game, with rookie Gary Neal draining the shot of the season at the buzzer, sending the game to overtime where the Spurs pulled away, 110-103.
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Memphis -
The matchup between Memphis and San Antonio, now simply known as a bruising series, took a dramatic turn on Saturday night as the Grizzlies thumped the Spurs for their first-ever NBA post-season home court victory, a 91-88 crowd-pleaser.
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San Antonio -
The San Antonio Spurs began their post-season run on Sunday, hosting the Memphis Grizzlies in the first of a best-of-seven series, and true to recent form, allowed a team to come back from a double digit deficit, and lost in the closing seconds, 101-98.
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Los Angeles -
With the last day of the regular season a day away, the Los Angeles Lakers and their five-game losing streak hosted the number-one seed San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, eventually pulling away late in the fourth quarter for a 102-93 win.
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Vancouver -
The NHL team that led the league in goals scored and fewest allowed goals will take home the Cup in 2011. Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo is playing with poise and the Sedin twins are shaping up to be a potent offensive force. Who can stop them?
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San Antonio -
Playing their final home game of the regular season, the San Antonio Spurs hosted the Utah Jazz on Saturday night and took control of the game late in the second quarter to improve their record to 61-19 with a 111-102 win at the AT&T Center.
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San Antonio -
Looking for their 60th win of the season, the San Antonio Spurs hosted Sacramento on Wednesday night and put together their third consecutive game of four-quarter basketball, dismantling the Kings, 124-92, and clinched the top seed in the West.
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Atlanta -
Hoping to secure the number one seed in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs built a fourth quarter lead against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, and unlike recent performances, closed out the game with a 97-90 victory.
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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected in the first half of the Memphis game on Sunday after a no-call resulted in Manu Ginobili going to the bench with a left thigh injury that has him listed as questionable for a Monday night rematch with Portland.
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