Spurs Expand Offense

San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich repeated his pat answer when he was asked how his Spurs will customize their game to fit their yet-to-be-decided opponent in the NBA Finals: the Miami Heat or the Detroit Pistons.

“At this point of the season, each of us is who we are,” Popovich said. “None of us is going to change right now.”

Some of the Spur players are talking otherwise. They say they are making some changes for the championship series after having so much success playing full-throttle offense and eliminating the Phoenix Suns in five games in the Western Conference finals.

“One of the things we realized against Phoenix is that if we push upfield, we’re pretty potent offensively,” said Robert Horry, who will be playing for his sixth championship ring with a third team.

Horry said the long break that the Spurs are getting after ousting Phoenix on Wednesday is generally a good thing.

“The bad thing is that Pop’s throwing in about 50 other plays and that’s confusing me,” he said. “This time off is just allowing him to be creative offensively.”

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A 41-year-old man was charged Sunday with calling in a fake bomb threat at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich., two hours before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

David Mathew-Anthony Demeres was charged with two felonies: making a false report of terrorism and making a false report of a bomb threat, police said. He was arraigned Sunday and released on $15,000 cash bond.

Demeres is from Lapeer, about 25 miles from Auburn Hills. There was no telephone listing for him in the area.

The threat was made before Saturday night’s game between the Pistons and Heat.

The caller said a bomb would go off if the game were played. Police said security measures implemented after similar cases this season helped identify the suspect.

This season, the start of a Detroit-Indiana game was delayed almost 90 minutes after a caller said there was a bomb in the Pacers’ locker room. No bomb was found. Other threats were called in that night to police and the Palace switchboard after news of the first threat was broadcast.