Tony Parker says he won't play at the world championship for France this summer and will instead stay with the San Antonio Spurs. The 27-year-old point guard says on website Thursday that the Spurs made it clear he should "only focus on the club." Parker says his decision ...

NBA star Tony Parker will not play for France at this year's world championships in Turkey after admitting that his San Antonio Spurs club prefer him to rest and not risk another injury. "I know that the world championships will go on without me. The Spurs have indicated to me that they would prefer me to concentrate solely on ...

Goran Dragic scored 23 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter as Phoenix beat San Antonio 110-96 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference playoff series. The Suns, who have fallen to the Spurs in the postseason four straight times since 2003, are now perfectly poised for revenge. No team has climbed out of an ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics gatecrashed LeBron James's celebration party by tying up the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-finals series against the Cleveland Cavaliers with a resounding 104-86 road victory on Monday. On the night James was presented with the league MVP trophy, the Celtics stole the spotlight with a big third-quarter run then survived a late rally to send ...

Manu Ginobili played through the pain of a bloody and broken nose to score 15 points as San Antonio defeated Dallas 94-90 to take a 2-1 lead in their playoff series. Ginobili, who was on the wrong end of an elbow from Dirk Nowitzki in the third quarter, left the game for five minutes to receive treatment from the team ...

With the Spurs and Mavericks meeting again in the playoffs, it's easy to be lulled into thinking this is the same old, same old — two in-state rivals who know each other so well that the winner will simply be whichever team makes ...

San Antonio Spurs' guard Tony Parker said Thursday he was hopeful of competing for France in the world basketball championships in Turkey this summer. "For the moment, in my head, I'm going to play. We have to see first how far we go with the Spurs, what we're going to do in the play-offs," said Parker, as he ...

Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points and Phoenix dominated San Antonio most of Wednesday night in a 112-101 victory that snapped the Spurs' four-game winning streak and kept the Suns tied for second in the Western Conference with four games to play. Jason Richardson scored 20 ...

Richard Jefferson had 18 points and five rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 95-86 Tuesday making Tony Parker's return a successful one. Manu Ginobili chipped in 16 points and six assists for San Antonio, who have won four in a row. France's Parker returned after missing 16 games with a broken right hand and ...

Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will miss Monday's game at New Jersey because of lower back spasms. Ginobili scored 28 points Sunday night in a win at Boston, and has carried the Spurs since Tony Parker broke his right hand. Ginobili replaced Parker in the starting lineup ...