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Article: AFTER SLUMBER, PARTY FOR SPURS DOWN 17-4, SAN ANTONIO PILES IT ON DETROIT.(Sports)

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June 10, 2005
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Byline: Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News

SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs were off for more than one week. Then they decided to take another half-hour off.

But when the Spurs finally started to jingle, the Detroit Pistons were in heaps of trouble.

The Spurs fell behind 17-4 to start Game 1 of the NBA Finals. But they shook that off and defeated the Pistons 84-69 on Thursday night at the SBC Center.

San Antonio went on an 80-52 tear after stumbling out of the starting blocks.

"I have no idea," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of why San Antonio, which wrapped up the Western Conference title June 1 while the Pistons did ...

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