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'Nasty' Spurs push winning streak to 19, take 1-0 lead in West finals after Thunder fade late
• SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Trailing in the fourth quarter, Gregg Popovich snarled an order in the huddle that the NBA Coach of the Year punctuated with a sharp and angry sweep of his hand.
• "I want some nasty!"
• But truthfully, Popovich was already getting what he really wanted: the San Antonio Spurs finally in a game they might actually lose.
• Popovich's caught-on-camera "nasty" command in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals is likely coming soon to T-shirts, Internet memes and the lexicon of the NBA playoffs for the foreseeable future. But after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 on Sunday night for their 19th win in a row -- tying the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs -- Popovich wasn't flustered by the near-loss.
• He was almost grateful for it.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Monday, May 28, the 149th day of 2012. There are 217 days left in the year. This is the Memorial Day observance.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 28, 1912, the Senate Commerce Committee issued its report on the sinking of the Titanic. Sen. William Alden Smith, R-Mich., chairman of the special subcommittee that looked into the disaster, cited a "state of absolute unpreparedness," improperly tested safety equipment and an "indifference to danger" on the part of the ship's captain, Edward Smith, as being among the causes of an "unnecessary tragedy."
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• On this date:
• In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
• In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of freed blacks, left (Continued on page 33)
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