Tim Duncan (Basketball)

LET KING JAMES HAVE HIS NICKNAME. LEBRON JAMES DOES, AFTER ALL, HAVE QUITE A KINGDOM, ENCOMPASSING MADISON AVENUE, CABLE HIGHLIGHT SHOWS AND REPLICA JERSEY SALES. HIS DOMINION DOES NOT YET EXTEND OVER THE NBA,...

Even with a latter-day Stockton and Malone and the same coach who guided the originals, the Cinderella Jazz will be hard-pressed to stop a Spurs team gunning for its fourth title since 1999

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UNFOCUSED AND OUT OF SYNC, THE SPURS DROPPED GAME 1 TO THE NUGGETS, BUT A LINEUP--AND ATTITUDE--ADJUSTMENT PUT THEM BACK ON TRACK

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