San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford has been named the NBA's Executive of the Year for the first time in his well-respected, under-the-radar career.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has been named NBA coach of the year, making him just the third coach in league history to win the award three times in his career.
The NBA puts the finishing touches on the regular season tonight with 15 games. All of the division and conference titles have been determined so the teams which have qualified for post-season play are just going to be fine-tuning things.
Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao will play an NBA game back home in Brazil for the first time when Cleveland takes on the Miami Heat in an exhibition in October.
This will be a busy night of play in the NBA as 12 games are on the agenda. San Antonio and Indiana, the two conference leaders, are in action tonight and can build on their conference leads.
Tim Duncan had 29 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame a fourth-quarter collapse to beat the Denver Nuggets 108-103 Wednesday night for their 15th straight victory.