The San Antonio Spurs defeated the New York Knicks 101-92 to extend their winning streak to eight games and handed the Knicks their fifth straight loss.

Now, it's time to look at some numbers on this Spurs' recent victory.

100 - The Knicks shot a perfect 12-12 (100%) from the free throw line. The Spurs on the other had struggled from the foul line making just 17-25 (68%) of their free throw attempts.

48.8 - San Antonio shot well from the floor connecting on 40-82 (48.8%) of their field goals while holding the Knicks to just 37-98 (37.8%) field goal shooting.

40 - The Knicks made their outside shots making 6-15 (40%) of their three-point attempts. The Spurs struggled from the three-point line, hitting just 4-17 (23.5%) from behind the arc. 

28 - The Spurs shared the ball better, they had 28 dimes for the game compared to only 19 assists by the Knicks. 

23 - Raymond Felton led the Knicks with 23 points, seven assists and four rebounds but also committed a game high six turnovers.

21 - Tim Duncan stuffed the stats sheet with 21 points, 16 boards, eight assists and five block shots. Tony Parker also had 21 points and added a game-high 13 assist for San Antonio. 

18 - Amar'e Stoudemire added 18 points, 15 rebounds and four steals for the Knicks. DeJuan Blair is on a tear lately, he scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his third double-double performance in the last four games.

17 - The Spurs won their 17th home game of the season.

6 - Manu Ginobili scored 16 points despite 5-18 shooting from the floor, he went 6-6 from the free throw line to extend his consecutive free throws made to 44 and added six assists. Richard Jefferson is on a slump, scoring just six points but had seven rebounds in 26 minutes of playing time. Wilson Chandler and Shawne Williams scored six points each off the Knicks bench.

0 - Ginobili did not commit a single turnover for the entire game. Antonio McDyess was scoreless in 18 minutes but had six rebounds, one steal and one block shot.

Rookie Watch:  Gary Neal scored 10 points, three rebounds and had one block. Tiago Splitter had one defensive rebound. James Anderson has yet to return to action since recovering from a stress fracture injury.

Notes: George Hill was a late scratch due to a sprained right thumb. Matt Bonner missed his third consecutive game with a sore right knee. 

What's Next? The Spurs will visit the New Orleans Hornets at the New Orleans Arena on a second night of back-to-backs.

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• ESPN discussed who is the best coach of the past decade. Here is an excerpt:

BUCHER: Two coaches have stood above the rest of the NBA during the past decade: The Lakers' Phil Jackson and the Spurs' Gregg Popovich. There are coaches who have been impressive in various ways -- the Jazz's Jerry Sloan and the Celtics' Doc Rivers immediately come to mind -- but they are, at best, fighting for a distant third. The question is, who deserves to be considered the best? I'm going to go with the man they call Pop.

BROUSSARD: Obviously, Pop is a terrific coach, one of the best to do it. But my pick for coach of the past decade or so is Jackson. With five titles and seven NBA Finals appearances since 2000, he's led two separate dynasties in one decade. Not only has Jackson been the best coach of the past 10 to 12 years, he's been the best in NBA history.

• SI.com talks about the San Antonio Spurs and their aged players:

Of much deeper substance are the enduring efforts of the Spurs and Celtics to win one more before the lockout changes everything. Both rotations depend heavily on players in the final stages of their careers, whether it's Shaquille O'Neal, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce for Boston, or Antonio McDyess, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili for San Antonio. Duncan and Garnett are indispensable to their teams, and they've been running NBA courts for 90,003 minutes between them.

• The Spurs' rival, the Dallas Mavericks, have been free-falling since starting the season on the right foot:

At the season's mid-point four of the league's six divisions are yawn-fests. The Mavs' three-week slide has added the Southwest Division to that category, decisively altering what was shaping up to be a classic race to 82 between two fierce rivals potentially for the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.

Dallas' 82-77 loss Thursday night at Chicago Bulls dropped it a season-high nine games behind the 36-6 San Antonio Spurs, who can extend the lead to 9 1/2 with a win tonight against the New York Knicks. That's a daunting number of games to make up with 42 remaining. Less than a month ago when Dirk Nowitzki went down with a sprained knee on Dec. 27, the Mavs were 2 1/2 games back of the Spurs and had already won in San Antonio. (source espn.com)

• According to Dimemag.com, the Spurs suffer from the New England Patriots Theory:  

But the question remains: Why is no one talking about the Spurs? Is it possible for a teams’ lack of style and flair to outweigh everything else to the point where even SportsCenter refuses to acknowledge them?

I have a theory I’ve called The New England Patriots Theory.

Wait, I thought this was about basketball? The New England Patriots have been a football juggernaut this decade, winning three Super Bowls since 2002, more than any other franchise in the NFL. But sports fans are sick of the Pats.

• Express News' Tim Griffin talks about DeJuan Blair hoping for an appearance by the Pittsburgh Steelers in this year's Super Bowl.

• Los Angeles Lakers' executive vice president Jennie Buss weighs in on Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich coaching the Western Conference All-Stars instead of Lakers' coach Phil Jackson:

"I hate to say this, but I think because they decide who's going to coach the All-Star team based on the standings on Jan. 30, so it looks like Gregg Popovich, the coach of San Antonio, is going to be the coach," Buss said. "I kind of think Phil [Jackson] likes not being in first place so he can get the weekend off." (source latimes.com)

• TNT's Charles Barkley is at it again taking a shot at San Antonio's famed Riverwalk:

"It's just a dirty little creek."

-- TNT analyst Charles Barkley, taking aim at San Antonio's fame "Riverwalk." (source espn.com)

• Spurs' guard George Hill spends the day at the dentist:

(video courtesy of woai.com)

The San Antonio Spurs (36-6) will look for a bit of pay back tonight as they host the New York Knicks (22-19) at the AT&T Center. The Spurs are currently on a seven game winning streak while the Knicks have suffered four losses in a row.

The last time these two teams met, the Knicks shocked the Spurs with a 128-115 win in Madison Square Garden. It was also the game where Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich pulled most of his starters with 3:13 seconds left in the game.

To discuss the game tonight, I once again speak to LIVES from Knicks Fanatics Blog the best Knicks blog on the Internet.

In this Q&A, LIVES talks about the state of the Knicks, the Carmelo Anthony trade rumor, tonight's matchup and more. To read the Q&A I did for LIVES, click HERE.

Jeff: Things are heating up with the trade rumors involving Carmelo Anthony. He says it's his dream to come to New York. At the end of the day, will he be a Knick? 

LIVES: I have absolutely no idea.  Sorry for the sex-less response, but the truth of the matter is that there is a lot of time between now and the trade deadline and between the trade deadline and the beginning of free agency.  There are far too many variables and possibilities to be certain where Melo will be in October 2011.  If labor negotiations falter, he just might be in La La Land and I am not referring to the Lakers.

The key fact is that this is a business.  All parties are treating this like it is a business, except that Melo has a childhood dream, based on emotion not business, to play before the home crowd and win it all in Madison Square Garden.  But that is a dream, not a necessity for his happiness and not necessarily smart business if it ultimately costs him $40 Million or being tagged with the franchise player tag, if the new CBA includes it for owners.   So ultimately, Melo will make a smart business decision.  Now his best leverage is to do nothing if he wants to make his dream of playing in the Garden to turn out to be a good business decision.  But, Denver must act in order to maximize its position.  Trading him to Chicago, Houston or the Nets may be their best option. 

Yes, the Nets.  As you know, the Nets deal is not dead just because Prokhorov says its dead.  It has simply disappeared from public view.  Prohkorov has stated his limitation and has created leverage that may ultimately bring Melo to Jersey.  The public negotiations were bad for him and his franchise. Nets GM, Billy King just apologized to his players for the way it was handled and praised them for how they responded (which wasn't great actually). But key about the apology is that it was pretty clear that anything can still happen. He did not promise anyone they would not be traded.  Now the real work begins, because Denver prefers to have something happen before the trade deadline which is in less than a month.

So will Melo wind up in New York.  I have no idea.

How would you assess the Knicks at the midway point of the season? 

They are slightly beyond where I thought they would be, but they are the team I thought they were when their fabulous run started.  Yesterday, D'Antoni referred to the Knicks as playing like the team it was when it was "3-8."  He is so right.  What makes this team good is not its talent, but the willingness of the starters to play all out for 48 minutes.  Perhaps coincidental to the heated Melo rumors and stiffer competition, the Knicks lost that edge, that sense of ownership of their collective fate.  Only insiders and anyone inside the players' heads knows if the Melo talk has had an impact, but they certainly have been lacking in effort.  Additionally, D'Antoni will never admit it, but the wear of an eight man rotation and the consequence of coach's refusal to properly use his big men is starting to show. 

The last time these two teams faced off it ended up in a surprising win by the Knicks. What went right for New York in the previous meeting? 

The Knicks hustled the entire game and the Spurs played horrendous defense. The Spurs were wrong to think they could run with the Knicks and not play defense.  They refused to double Amar'e and allowed Chandler to beat them badly.  I think we also had an advantage with Danilo out of the starting line-up because the Knicks perform better without him if all he is going to do offensively is stand on the arc.  Ball movement and a modicum of defense is critical for the Knicks to win.

Tonight the Spurs will be looking for some revenge. What must the Knicks do to avoid a loss in San Antonio?

Work the entire game and run, run, run. They must not allow the Spurs to set their feet in transition defense and they must be very aggressive defensively.  Even if they lose the board fight, if they can continue to challenge drives into the paint with some frequency and force the Spurs to shoot jumpers, the Knicks have a good chance.  They also must overcome that feeling of powerlessness that comes with not knowing whether their agent will be calling with news about Melo and a plane ticket to Denver

What is your number one thing to watch for in tonight's contest? 

Knicks energy quotient.  Will they go all out the entire game.  Will they play team ball while taking care of the details like loose balls, tight pressure on defense, getting to the free throw line, ball movement, avoiding fouls.  Will they keep the environment clean for New Yorkers at home by using smart energy smartly.  This is what I will be looking for.  If I don't see it, I'm going to bed early.

With the best record in the NBA at the mid-season mark, Spurs fans have plenty to brag about. During the past few months the Spurs have given doubters plenty of reasons to prove them wrong. Along the way they've seen their share of surprises and disappointments, from starting with a 36-6 record to seeing their prize rookie struggle through the first half of the season.

The Record

Could anyone have predicted that the Spurs would have only lost six games by midseason? I didn't and I certainly didn't expect that they'd also be head and shoulders above everyone else in the NBA, not to mention six games ahead of the reigning NBA champions.

Their current record is also the best 42 game start in franchise history and they've been successful at home (23-2) and on the road (13-4).

While the Spurs' fast start out of the gate has been a surprise to many, Spurs forward/center Antonio McDyess will tell you he's not surprised in the least bit. McDyess said as much on the first day of training camp.

"We've got something in store for a lot of teams I think, and we're going to be a big surprise to some people," McDyess said then. "Coming off what we did last year was disappointing so we've got something to prove."

With a 24-3 conference record, including wins over the Lakers and Nuggets, the proof of the pudding has certainly been in the eating.

The 26-year-old rookie

In half a season, Gary Neal has come from being the "who's the new dude wearing number 14" guy to a household name. That's quite the journey, but it started much earlier.

Neal was a part of the Spurs summer league team in Vegas and took advantage of Malik Hairston, Garrett Temple and James Anderson being out by averaging 16 points in 25.8 minutes through five summer league games. He also shot 50 percent from the field and from beyond the arch.

Most players go from summer league stud to training camp invitee before they have a chance at signing a contract, and in most cases, a non-guaranteed contract. But the Spurs saw enough in five games to hand Neal a three-year guaranteed deal.

It took only three games for Neal to start turning heads. He scored 16 points in 20 minutes on November 1 against the Clippers. But he did it by shooting 60 percent from the field and 50 percent on three-point attempts, enough for Newsday's Alan Hahn to write an article titled, "Who the heck is Gary Neal."

Through 42 games, Neal has given Hahn all the answers he needs, currently averaging 8.6 points per game in just over 18 minutes. Neal is also third among three-point shooters off the bench in the league, 24th overall and first among all rookies in three-pointers made.

"He hasn't earned our respect, he's taken it," Spurs forward Tim Duncan said about Neal. "He's a stone-cold shooter."

Splitter's struggles

It's hard to name too many disappointments when talking about a team with the best record in the NBA without it sounding like nitpicking, so while there are other minor disappointments or areas that can be improved upon, I'll just discuss the most glaring issue, Tiago Splitter's progress.

Splitter's arrival in San Antonio was much-anticipated after originally being drafted in 2007. He had enough hype coming in to make a lottery pick wince, but it appeared the Spurs were finally signing the perfect frontcourt complement to Tim Duncan, who even I expected he'd be paired with in the starting lineup by now.

However, Splitter hasn't exactly had the same storybook season fellow rookie Gary Neal has had. Splitter came into this season after an impressive showing at the FIBA World Championships, but suffered an injury three days into training camp.

Before the injury, Splitter had several Spurs veterans singing his praises, especially about how quick he was picking up the Spurs offensive and defensive schemes.

"He's really good, really strong, posts up strong and goes hard every play," Antonio McDyess said. "He's a heck of a guy because he sits there and listens and catches on real quick. I was very surprised about how quick he catches on. It's a tough system to learn and he catches on really fast."

Unfortunately for Splitter, the injury seemed to set his progress back and it appears he's been playing catch-up since.

Instead of starting and playing a significant role in the Spurs' rotation, Splitter is averaging 11 minutes per game and has only played in 31 of 42 games this season. While he's had a handful of games that have shown what he might be capable of, Splitter just doesn't appear to be comfortable when he is playing.

He saw an increase in minutes over a two-game stretch lately, but often looked over-eager on offense. There's no questioning his hustle and work ethic when he's out on the floor, but it appears the transition from being the number one option for his Spanish team to being the fourth or fifth option when on the floor has been a tough one for Splitter.

What he needs most is playing time, but he won't get enough of that on a team that already has Tim Duncan, DeJuan Blair and Antonio McDyess taking up the majority of the minutes at power forward and center.

A trip to Austin playing a few weeks for the Toros could help get Splitter up to speed, but playing quality minutes with his Spurs teammates would be the best medicine, medicine which is currently very short in stock.

So that just happened. Forty-two games are in the book, the NBA season’s official midway now in the rear view, and the Spurs are exactly where everyone thought they’d be.

San Antonio, Texas.

But their league standing? Not even the most optimistic or delusional of fans could have seen this start coming. An improvement? Sure. The San Antonio Spurs ranking amongst the top handful of teams? Absolutely. A little good fortune on the health front and the added bonus of some actual continuity with a returning roster largely intact, surely the Spurs would be improved and avoid the type of start that plagued their 2009-10 campaign. But 36-6? Let me repeat that: 36-6? Yeah, that just happened.

Coming into the 2010-11 season, a reasonable expectation—and a tad optimistic for some—would have been a Western Conference finals appearance or even a loss to the eventual Finals participant. If the Spurs could just manage to stay upright and keep their pieces on the floor, the talent was certainly there for them to hold their own against any team in the league. But they had a ceiling.

The Spurs weren’t a team deemed by most to be championship-caliber, not without a move or two anyway. Few if any believed them to be on the same level as the Lakers or Celtics or even the talent taken to and amassed on South Beach. For all intents and purposes, this Spurs team’s title aspirations were on life support, a ventilator being the only hope for one last championship breath. They were the old guard. The elite of the league, well, they had passed them by. Someone apparently failed to notify the Spurs, though. Or, maybe they’ve just benefited from a sort of selective amnesia—placebo’s are all the rage, just ask George Hill about his extraordinary bracelet.

• The San Antonio Spurs are off to their best start in team history at 36-6. They are also close to making history:

These last 40 games represent an opportunity for the Black & Silver to make some history, to do what some NBA observers thought might never be accomplished again.

If the Spurs can secure as many wins in these next 40 games as they did during the first 42, then they will match what the Chicago Bulls did 15 seasons ago when Michael Jordan and his supporting cast finished with 72 wins.

The Bulls’ 72-10 record still stands as the best in NBA history. (source bizjournals.com)

• The Spurs hot start to the NBA season might have been a surprise for many but not to former Spurs' legend George Gervin:

The Spurs success was no surprise to Gervin.“I felt good about them when I saw them in preseason,” Gervin said. “They have guys staying healthy, like the big three. Then you have guys like Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair that's being consistent. So anytime you have that with the Spurs, you have really good production. I'm real proud of my team and I'm looking forward to seeing them take it all the way.” (source mydesert.com)

• Spurs' former coach Mo McHone will take over as head coach for the D-League's Sioux Falls Skyforce:

The team is expected to announce today the hiring of former San Antonio Spurs coach Mo McHone. McHone's hiring, first reported by the Argus Leader's Terry Vandrovec, has been confirmed by FanHouse.

McHone, the Skyforce's franchise leader in wins with a career record of 172-102 in the regular season, previously coached the Skyforce from 1995-1999 and then again during the 2006-07 season. In the postseason for Sioux Falls, McHone has amassed a 29-22 record and led the team to the championship in the 1996 CBA Finals. (source nba.fanhouse.com)

• NBA.com crunched some surprising numbers for Spurs fans:

For most of the season, the San Antonio Spurs were the best team in the standings, but not by the numbers.

San Antonio is one of only three teams who rank in the top 10 both offensively and defensively. They have the No. 1 offense (109.6 points scored per 100 possessions) and the No. 7 defense (100.2 allowed). The two others are the Lakers (third and eighth) and Heat (fifth and third).

• Spurs' legend George Gervin spoke about still being called rookie by NBA great Julius "Dr. J" Erving:

“I was Doc's rookie in the ABA,” said Gervin, the Hall of Famer with the San Antonio Spurs. “He's 61 and I'm 58 and he's still calling me rookie. But that's the closeness of the ABA. We had that kind of relationship. Now we get to tee it up together.” (source mydesert.com)

• Express News' Tim Griffin on the Spurs' knack for comebacks.

Squeaky Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs' D-League affiliate Austin Toros continues to provide Toros fans a glimpse into life in the D-League with Squeak TV episode four. Enjoy.

Denver Nuggets' coach George Karl likes what he is seeing from the San Antonio Spurs this season and when asked who would he pick to win it the 2011 NBA title, he picked the his former team as a player, the Spurs:

"I think right now, if I had to pick a team that I think could win it, I'd probably pick San Antonio."

Why?

They win close games," Karl added. "They win at home, they're a good defensive team and they are a powerful offensive team. They have more depth than I've ever seen them have. They have more versatility than they've had in a long time

"And this is the first time I've seen (coach Gregg Popovich) turn on the mental edge early in the season. He (usually) waits. He kind of waits for that rodeo trip, or after the All-Star (break) - let's win 10 in a row or 13 out of 15 or something like that. He's put the gas pedal down pretty hard all season long." (source denverpost.com)

And how could he not pick the Spurs? The Spurs boast the league's best record at 36-6, and winning without relying on Duncan as much should make other teams in the Western Conference a bit worried come playoffs.

Have you ever tried pretzel M&Ms? They're M&Ms, but with a bit of pretzel in the middle, instead of chocolate or a peanut.

Four days ago, I was telling someone a story about Mark Hamill on the set of Star Wars, and saw someone else with a bag of M&Ms. Without thinking – or asking for permission – I reached in the bag and popped a pair of blue M&Ms in my mouth (I like the blue ones). When I tasted the odd, but tantalizing taste of sweet chocolate mixed with a hint of salty pretzel, and that extra bit of crunchiness – I, well, I Frodo'd. I was Frodo leaving the Shire, I was Luke leaving Tatooine, Alice down the rabbit hole, Neo in the Matrix, Potter at Hogwarts. I was transported to another world because someone put a pretzel inside a piece of candy.

Granted, I like M&Ms, but that's all I was expecting – just a Plain Jane ordinary M&M experience, and then wham! I'm hit with something not only amazing, but entirely unexpected. I had to figure out why that pretzel made the M&M so much better and moreover why I never saw it coming.

The San Antonio Spurs are 36-6, the best record in the Association, and they are just like that pretzel M&M.

At the start of the season we were all expecting a regular M&M; we expected the Spurs to be good, not great, to notch a pedestrian 50 wins and march in a neat line to a second round playoff exit, with only a possibility of slight variation. I wrote that I was more sure the Spurs would not win a title this year than I have been any previous year and while there were a handful of optimists, most analysts – even a majority on this site – did not predict a title for the Spurs this season. A league best record at the half way point is not a title, but it is a clear indicator that we did not see the pretzel coming.

The question now is: what exactly were we wrong about? There are four popular preseason predictions, or opinions, concerning the Spurs that come to mind.

Age and Injury
Who said it? Project Spurs, pretty much everyone else
Probably the consensus concern analysts had coming into this season for the Spurs was the age of the roster, and the potential increase of injuries that would bring. Last season injuries were a nuisance, and everyone being a year old made many of think that problem would only get worse. The wear and tear on the Big Three was chief among the injury concerns.

What actually happened:
Forty-one games into the season, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have played and started in every single game. Jefferson and Blair have also rounded out the starting five with perfect physical consistency. Having these players healthy and on the floor all together is an obvious benefit, but more the intangible effect is having the starting five develop consistency. There's a chemistry among this group that never developed between any five players last season and that wouldn't be possible without everyone being healthy.

Tim's minutes (lack thereof)
Who said it? Pounding the Rock, Bleacher Report, Dime Mag
Going hand-in-hand with the general age concern were worries about Duncan's role as he goes through the latter part of his brilliant career. Duncan has been a picture of consistency throughout his career, but the mileage he's put on his body by carrying a team through thirteen seasons and often deep playoff runs (plus offseason basketball) has taken a toll on him. We came into the season knowing that if he was one hundred percent healthy and rested he'd be vintage Timmy, but we also knew "one hundred percent healthy and rested" would be a fleeting sight.

Tim would have to be rested significantly during the regular season and that would limit the Spurs to an average output during the standard 82 games, in exchange for a hopeful run in the playoffs with a rested Tim Duncan.

What actually happened:
Duncan has played in all 41 games, and while he's trending for a career low for season averages in minutes and points, his rebounding and defensive exploits are remarkably efficient (9.5 boards and two blocks per game in less than 30 minutes of average play time). He's also shooting 73% from the free-throw line. Moreover, the Spurs are winning games with only moderate amounts of Tim Duncan.

DeJuan Blair, Matt Bonner and Antonio McDyess are doing a fine job of spelling the front court in Duncan's absences. Ginobili and Parker seem to be handling the go-to scorer responsibilities as a balanced tandem. Coach Popovich and staff seem to have cracked the code – they've established a winning formula that doesn't rely on heavy doses of Duncan. It's only the midway point, but this formula seems highly sustainable.

Youth in question
Who said it? Project Spurs, 48 Minutes of Hell
We heralded the arrival of Tiago Splitter, but were cautious about how well he would adapt to NBA basketball. James Anderson and Gary Neal seemed both packed with potential, but both were unproven and would be asked to contribute big this season. George Hill was a the favorite to have a break out season, but most of his success came in a relatively short spurt last season because of injury to Parker. We were hopeful, but mildly skeptical about the youth movement.

What actually happened:
Gary Neal happened, that's what. The 6-4 shooting guard (almost-but-not-quite a real combo guard) has had some explosive performances including a 21 point effort against Dallas before New Year's and back-to-back 22 point outings against Phoenix and Denver going into Christmas. He's averaging 8.7 points per and shooting nearly 40% from three. His points and energy off of the bench have been almost Ginobili-like in their importance to the team's success and he's epitomized the pretzel theory of unexpected goodness.

Hill and Blair have both landed about where we expected them, which is not a bad thing. Splitter has had some struggles with injury and generally come along slower than some had hoped he would. James Anderson showed a promising start to the season before suffering a stress fracture in his fight foot.

The Spurs have gotten veteran consistency from Hill and Blair, and the unexpected contributions from Neal have clearly added to their higher than expected win percentage.

Inconsistent outside shooting
Who said it? Dime Mag, Pounding the Rock
The Spurs have been know as a good outside shooting team and while the percentages from last season (around 36%) weren't atrocious, Pounding the Rock writer Josh Guyer probably said it best: "... [the Spurs] had guys who were supposed to be shooters but couldn't buy a shot to save their careers when it mattered". We've witnessed inconsistency in key moments, seen acceptable shooting sink to unacceptable shooting in pressure situations and rightly ascertained a need for improvement.

What actually happened:
Matt Bonner heard us and got angry – very angry. The Red Rocket is torching the net to the tune of 50% shooting from behind the three-point line. Jefferson is shooting 42% and Neal and Ginobili are both in the high 30s percentage-wise. As a team the Spurs are shooting right at about 40%, second best in the league, just barely behind Golden State.

OK Spurs fans it's time to voice your opinions. What are your thoughts?

Remember when the New York Knicks were considered the laughing stock of the NBA? You could practically give tickets away for a Knicks game in the past but not anymore.

Seems with their improved season and addition of Amar'e Stoudemire, a Knicks game is not longer a game to skip. Add a young up-and-coming player like Wilson Chandler, solid rookie like Landry Fields, and steady point guard Raymond Felton and you got yourself one great matchup tomorrow in the AT&T Center.

Let's not forget, the Spurs will be seeking some pay-back after suffering a stunning loss to the Knicks in Madison Square Garden this past month.

To be there for all the excitement, and to help the Spurs exact some revenge on New York, get your tickets by clicking HERE. Still lots of seats available.