rajncajn Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=jl-s...o&type=lgns Night on the tarmac By Johnny Ludden, Yahoo! Sports 2 hours, 20 minutes ago When the San Antonio Spurs eliminated the New Orleans Hornets from the playoffs Monday night, they figured the hard part of their journey to the Western Conference finals was over. Turns out it was only beginning. In one of the more bizarre travel stories, the Spurs ended up spending the night on the tarmac at New Orleans airport. The team had planned to fly to Los Angeles after the game, but arrived at the airport to find their flight had mechanical problems. With a cable convention crowding the city’s hotel rooms, the team couldn’t find any place to spend the night. Some of the players slept on the plane while others moved to buses on the tarmac. The team left New Orleans around 6:30 a.m. And arrived in Los Angeles a few hours later. The Spurs will have only a brief shootaround on Wednesday morning before opening the conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Some of the players slept on the plane while others moved to buses on the tarmac. SA Spurs should count themselves lucky. When NWA decide to leave passengers on the tarmac for over eight hours, which they've done twice at least, no-one is allowed to leave the plane at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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