• San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan made the 2011 Western Conference All-Star team as a reserve but Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love was surprised about Duncan's selection:

"I thought Blake would get in because fans want to see dunks," said Love. "Not taking anything away from (Duncan). His averages are down. He's not the most exciting player. I didn't see that happening, but the Spurs' record and the coaches' emphasis on winning  . . .  I guess they had to take another player from the Spurs." (jsonline.com)

• Spurs' Richard Jefferson has been much more aggressive of late and Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich has taken notice:

“Richard did a good job of doing what he did at the beginning of the year: Catch it and let it go,” Popovich said. “No thinking. Let it fly or drive it. There’s no hesitation at all, and that’s what he did, and it’s nice to see. He’s playing real aggressively and doing a good job.” (Express News)

• Recently the city of San Antonio received some rare snow fall so what did Spurs fans do with the snowfall? Create a Spurs snowman of course!

Hit the jump to see the Spurs snowman and more news about your favorite team including how to win a free pair of tickets to the Spurs-Oklahoma City Thunder game this month in San Antonio courtesy of Project Spurs.

According to the Greater Tulsa Reporter, Larry Owens has rejoined the Tulsa 66ers and will suit up with them tonight as they take on the Texas Legends.

Owens, who was named a D-League All-Star on Thursday, was the second player to earn a GATORADE Call-Up this season. He appeared in seven games with the Spurs averaging 1.3 points in 4.4 minutes per game.

Before his stint in San Antonio, Owens played in 23 games (all starts) for the 66ers averaging 12.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.2 minutes per game.

James Anderson's return to the San Antonio Spurs likely signaled the end of Owens' stay in San Antonio.

All eyes were on San Antonio Spurs' Antonio McDyess after he made the game winning tip-in for the Spurs against the Los Angeles Lakers this past Thursday.

Spurs fans were cheering across the globe as they saw McDyess' teammates rush to mob him on the court and witnessed Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich crack an elusive smile.

However, if you rewind the video of McDyess' tip-in, a lot happened in 4.6 seconds for Spurs fans to savor. More directly, Spurs fans can savor Lakers' heartache as the McDyess tip fell through the net.

With that being said, follow along with the video below to see the top four Lakers' reactions to the McDyess tip-in.

4. Lakers' assistant coach Chuck Person raises then lowers his arms. At the 13 second point of the video, watch the Lakers' sideline as former Spurs' player, now Lakers' assistant coach, Chuck Person raises his arms in triumph after Tim Duncan misses the shot but suddenly lowers his arms when the tip-in goes through.

Hit the jump to see who made the top three spots.

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The San Antonio Spurs are now 2-1 on the rodeo road trip and 42-8 on the season after defeating the Sacramento Kings 113-100 last night.

Although the Spurs had just played in a down-to-the-wire thriller against the Lakers the night before, there was no apparent rust as the Spurs got out to a big lead early and left the Kings trailing the rest of the game.

The Spurs taking control early in the game allowed Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to limit Tim Duncan's minutes.

Duncan played just under 13 minutes, which left plenty of playing time for rookie Tiago Splitter, who has been struggling as of late.

With the added playing time, Splitter did not disappoint, finishing the game with 16 points and nine rebounds in just under 28 minutes on the floor. Splitter also provided an exclamation point with a thunderous dunk to end the Kings 18-5 third quarter rally.

Tony Parker, who struggled just two games ago against Portland, was the catalyst against the Lakers and he lead the attack against the Kings, finishing with 25 points and seven assists.

Also finishing in double figures for the Spurs were Richard Jefferson (16), Duncan (12), DeJuan Blair (10) and George Hill (10). The Kings were lead in scoring by guards Tyreke Evans and Beno Udrih, who scored 25 and 18 points respectively.

The Spurs are now back home for a three-day break before they head East. They'll play their next four games in a five-night span, starting with Detroit on Tuesday.

Quoteable

"Tony has been playing at an All-Star level all season. On another team he would be averaging 25 points a game." -Richard Jefferson

Hit the jump to read what other sites had to say about the game as well as a fantasy focus and more.

• The next San Antonio Spurs home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder has had a time change:

The National Basketball Association today announced that the San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game on February 23 will be changed to 6:00 p.m. and will continue to be televised by ESPN. The game can still be seen locally on CW35 and heard in English on 1200 AM WOAI and in Spanish on 1350 AM KCOR. The game was previously scheduled to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. (spurs.com)

And speaking of the Spurs-Thunder game, follow @projectspurstiq on Twitter for a chance to win two free tickets for the February 23 game later this month courtesy of all of us here at Project Spurs.

• It was the tip-in heard all around Spurs fandom, but how did Antonio McDyess' game winning tip-in against the Los Angeles Lakers fare on NBA.com's Horry Scale?

3.5 Horrys. The shot itself was easy, but the game situation, conference implications and the fact that this is the Horry Scale, after all, and Big Shot Rob did in fact once play for the Spurs, earns this play 3.5 Horrys.

• Lakers' Lamar Odom takes full blame for the Lakers' loss to the Spurs last night:

"I've got to make that play towards the end," Odom said. "I got caught watching Duncan take the shot and didn't box out. McDyess got position. He beat me." (latimes.com)

• Project Spurs' Nick Kapsis shared the following video of Lakers' fans reaction to McDyess' game winning tip with me today and now I'm sharing it with the rest of the Project Spurs' fans:

The San Antonio Spurs pulled out 89-88 victory in Los Angeles against their Western Conference rival Los Angeles Lakers in dramatic fashion thanks to Spurs' Antonio McDyess' game winning tip.

The game was everything a fan could hope for when these two teams match up but in this contest, Spurs fans were treated to a miracle shot and a the thrilling conclusion brought to you by Spurs' Gary Neal and McDyess.

Neal's shot at the end of the first quarter:

McDyess seals the win for the Spurs:

"I was in the right place at the right time, and it bounced right to me."

Those were the words by San Antonio Spurs veteran forward Antonio McDyess, following the Spurs' 89-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center.

With 2.1 seconds left in the ball game, Tim Duncan shot a 16-foot fade away-jump shot over Lakers (34-16) forward Pau Gasol. The ball hit the rim once and bounced upward, immediately Antonio McDyess tipped the ball in the basket with 0.1 seconds left to win the game.

After having one of his worst games of the season in Portland on Tuesday night (6 points on 3-11 shooting), Spurs guard Tony Parker bounced back to lead the team in Los Angeles with 21 points.

Lakers forward Pau Gasol led the Lakers with 19 points and 7 rebounds. He also made the last two Lakers' points by sinking two crunch-time free throws.

The game began with both teams exchanging baskets early. Spurs' forward Richard Jefferson scored 10 points (2-3 from behind the arc) in the first quarter and guard Gary Neal closed the quarter with a buzzer beating shot. The Spurs led 22-18 after the first.

The Lakers found a sufficient rhythm in the second quarter as they went on a 6-0 run and built a 7-point lead (40-33). With back-to-back buckets from Tony Parker and an “and-1” running layup from Manu Ginobili; the Spurs were able to tie the Lakers at halftime 42-42, ending the quarter on a 9-2 run.

Hit the jump to see how it all went down in the second-half between the Spurs and Lakers.

It was the kind of game expected between the two top teams in the league, down-the-wire finish, last second game winning basket.

Antonio McDyess was at the right place at the right time, tipping in Tim Duncan's missed jump shot right before the buzzer as the San Antonio Spurs survived a late Los Angeles Lakers rally winning the game 89-88.

Here are some of the numbers that stood out in this Spurs' exciting win.

81.8 - The Lakers shot fairly well from the foul line making 18-22 (81.8%) free throws. The Spurs on the other hand made 13-17 (76.5%) of their foul shots.

24 - The Lakers shared the ball better, dishing 24 assists compared to the Spurs' 20.

• What do you get when you combine former San Antonio Spurs players Dennis Rodman and Steve Kerr? Answer: Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love:

So, what do you get when you combine the rebounding ability of Rodman with the long-range accuracy of Kerr?

Kevin Love.

Through Wednesday, Love was leading the league with a rebound percentage of 23.3 percent. That figure, if it holds, would be the 12th-highest rebound percentage in N.B.A. history.

Coupled with that, Love is hitting 43.9 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts, is tied with two other players for 9th best percentage in the league. (source nytimes.com)

• Does Manu Ginobili have a strong case for NBA MVP? Dimemag takes a look:

The Manu-for-MVP argument has legs: Ginobili has (arguably) been the best player on the best team in the NBA, averaging 18.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game as the Spurs are 40-7 record going into Thursday’s schedule.

• The Spurs and Lakers have been the two most dominant teams in recent NBA history that it's not even a competition says ESPN: