The NBA Match between San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns will kick off on May 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM ET. The match will takes place at US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ.
In their last three NBA championship seasons, the San Antonio Spurs eliminated the Phoenix Suns along the way. The last two, Phoenix had the homecourt advantage.
Here they are again, opening the Western Conference semifinals in Phoenix on Monday night, the Suns seeded No. 3 and San Antonio No. 7.
These are not the Spurs and Suns of the past, though. George Hill and Richard Jefferson fill important roles for San Antonio, Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry are long gone. The Suns have a deep bench and Jason Richardson, who averaged 23.5 points against Portland in the first round and shot 51 percent from 3-point range. Phoenix even plays periods of inspired defense, for heaven's sake.
Then there's Suns 7-footer Robin Lopez, who when he was healthy defended Duncan one-on-one. A back injury (bulging disk) has sidelined Lopez since March 26 and the second-year pro from Stanford has been slowly coming back since. He even scrimmaged some full-court on Sunday. Lopez is to be re-evaluated by a specialist on Monday and it's possible he could play a few minutes in Game 1.
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