Spurs vs. Bobcats Feb. 8th -- Game Blog

[timvp]

Which Slovene center will win out?

:smokin

[timvp]

P.S.

It could be a revenge game for Steve Smith and Jason Hart.

Discuss.

[Brodels]

I'm pissed that Brevin Knight is getting a ton of minutes and Hart is getting less than he did at the beginning of the season. And it's not just because Hart is on my fantasy team. O.K., maybe it really is because of that.

Knight has done a great job getting that team going and making the offense run as smoothly as it can given that there isn't much established talent there, but that team isn't winning many games this season and Brevin Knight isn't the point guard of the future there. If it's at least possible that Hart might be the guy there in the long term, why not give him a chance to run the offense for 40 minutes per game? They would be better off two years from now if they chose to do that.

Hart could have a big game. I'm less convinced about Smith. I'm happy for him though. It seems like a good fit.

[T Park]

Rasho 2 PLUS the FT!!!!

3 points and a board early on for Rasho, hope he plays like he did last year with Duncan out.

[ducks]

rose does not even start with duncan out....

[ducks]

bowen with 3 rebounds already

[T Park]

Rasho another

5 points a block and a board or 2.

Sounds like hes come out well.


Theyll need a solid game out of him tonight to win.

[T Park]

[QUOTE]rose does not even start with duncan out[QUOTE]

Rose > Ducks

STFU

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Well well well, seems Rasho is out to prove something!

[T Park]

Just doing what he would normally do, given a couple plays run for him.

oops, Rasho another bucket

9 points 4 boards and a block.


haha....

[FromWayDowntown]

Rasho is CLEARLY bent about being left off the All-Star team.

Shades of Terry Cummings' 52 against *ahem* Charlotte in 1990?

[T Park]

lmfao^^^^


Hes bent cause he just learned that in all star voting,

his mother voted for Yao instead of him.

[SuperManu!!!]

Rasho to the ALL STAR TEAM as a starter!!!! :lol

[Solid D]

Rasho blowing up with 11 1st quarter points. With Rasho as the Spurs' primary scorer now, who will step up to be their "2nd scorer"???

[T Park]

Hopefully Parker or that Ginobili guy could do something haha.


how many boards for Rasho?

4 5?

I know he has at least 1 block.

[Solid D]

Beno off the screen to start the 2nd, FT line jumper, swish!!!

[FromWayDowntown]

Is there anything going on in Slovenia right now, or is everyone planted in front of a television watching the Spurs/Bobcats?

[Solid D]

Beno, Gino, Barry, Horry, Rasho

Udrih clever save off of Knight.

Udrih with the layin. It's ALL SLOVENIAN, ALL THE TIME. :elephant

[RobinsontoDuncan]

come to game chat

[Zmaj]

The game is not live here, I hope we'll at least get to see a rerun in a few days...

[ShoogarBear]

Gerald Wallace is a madman.

[Solid D]

33-21

Game getting sloppy. Horry slapped. TEch on Horry.

Brevin Knight makes tech FT.

Beno reb. drives on fastbreak to Horry, dunk blocked by Gerald Wallace :wow

[Manu20]

Thats was a hell of a block by G Wallace on Horry.

[Solid D]

That was a fabulous punch out, elevation, sicko, Spalding Burger, block by Wallace.

[Solid D]

Bowen inbounds
HOrry to Manu in lane-extra pass to Rasho for the DUNK!!!

Melvin Ely baseline 16 footer, swish.

Horry posts up Ely, turnaroun fade YES.

Knight to Brezic FT line extended swish.

Manu drives one-on-one in lane, hesitationnnnnnnnnnnn banker in, YES. 39-26

[MaNuMaNiAc]

February 8, 2005, a date that will live in infamy!! Today the San Antonio Spurs have deliverately been taken over by players of the nation of Slovenia.!!! :lmao

[Solid D]

Mass miss but Rasho in good position for the reb. and layup.

Hart with the jumper.

Bowen running the floor very fast, Beno long touchdown pass to Bruce, yes! layup.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Can Anybody Say Asswhooping!!!

[T Park]

YEAHHH nice play by Udrih to Bowen.

Spurs up 43-28

Rasho Nesterovic 15 points 6 boards 1 block


Hahaha.

[FromWayDowntown]

It's beginning to look like that whole "ankle sprain" thing was a ruse to cover Rasho's recent testicular transplant

[MaNuMaNiAc]

It's beginning to look like that whole "ankle sprain" thing was a ruse to cover Rasho's recent testicular transplant
:lmao
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[Solid D]

Ely takes it strong but misses in close. High off the floor, reb. Mass.

Devin from rt. baseline, 18 footer, no good.

Brezic fed in paint, fouled. shooting. Brezic 1 of 2 Fts good.

43-29. 4:03

[Solid D]

TP up top, alley oop to Sean Marks, DUNK!!! :elephant

[Solid D]

Brezic inside hook, good.

Bowen left wing jumper, off the iron.

Melvin Ely inside hook, good. Timeout Spurs.

45-33 2:56

[Solid D]

Cool alley oop from TP at the arc looking at a zone. Marks in a mismatch runs baseline and catches/jams in one motion. Cool.

Parker in left corner, for 3!!!! Tres Bien.

Steal by TP, yes, blind pass back to trailer, Marks, fouled while shooting.

Marks makes 2 FTs. 50-33

[Solid D]

Bogans falls down, out to Theron Smith long 3 no good.

Steve Smith misses a couple of jumpers, he's off fortunately, o/b Spurs ball.

TP off side screen in through the cracks in the D with the floater, YES.

[Solid D]

Kopono for 3, no good.

Marks at the top of key jumper no good.

35 sec. left, Kapono misses and reb. going to TP but Horry knocks it away. :(

Horry fouls T. Smith. 1 of 2 FTs good.

Spurs going for last shot, Bowen misses 3. Too much time left,
Bobcats throw it away at buzzer.

Under 1 sec. put on clock. Pass to Marks fallaway three, not even close. Halftime

52-34

[NZHayden]

is their any live radio feeds?

[milkyway21]

Rasho's 15-8-1 blk is a little bit too late for the All-Star. :oops

[boutons]

The Spurs D is not without credit, but the BCats shooting 29% sure takes the pressure off.

Spurs tough on the boards, 28 -18. Good hustle

[NZHayden]

you guys think rasho will end up the leading scorer in this game?

[Dre_7]

you guys think rasho will end up the leading scorer in this game?

That would be pretty cool!

[Solid D]

Spurs defend lane, Manu on the break to Bowen, fouled . 1 of 2 FTs.

Rasho reb. Manu in lane, left hand 5 footer, good.

Ely shot in close, good.

TP late in clock back out to Manu for long 3 YESSS!!!

Rasho fouls Wallace, 2 FTs good.

TP in lane floater, good.

TP drives left side upfake, great layup, TP.

Layup Brezic. :( Too easy.

TP steals in Bobcats end. To Manu contested layup no good.

Stolen in corner by Bowen, Manu fouled 2 FTs good. 64-42.

Ely TO, RAsho missed hook, Manu airball or pass? to TP underneath for the Layup!!!!

[Solid D]

Good dive on floor by Malik for jump.

Kapono for 3, good. 66-45.

Malik misses, Rasho tries for reb. o/b

Steve Smith miss.

Ely on floor, jump ball.

Long bomb off tip to TP for Layup!!! Great length of court pass from Brent B.

[Solid D]

Hart feeds Theron for the J, good.

Barry fouled. 1 of 2 FTs good.

Miss by Smith. Malik in the lane, turnaround soft hook, YES. Malik.

TP steals Steve Smith clean. TP takes it strong, fouled. Misses both FTs. :(

[Solid D]

Great reb. off long jumper by TP short dribbling to get it, fastbreak pass to Bowen running left wing, layup good.

73-49.

Jason Hart jumper, no, reb. Brent...Sean Marks, fouls.
Timeout. 2:34 left in 3rd.

[Solid D]

TP, Brent, Bruce, Malik, and Marks.

Kapono of wing screen, jumper no. Barry one handed cups reb. :)

Bowen to Barry for 3!!!!! Yes.

Smith hard off backboard. Bobcats can't shoot.

Barry for 3 again, no good Bowen gets long reb. off bounce.

Malik above FT line jumper, short.

Hart fouled on break by Bowen. Bowen out, Brown in.

[Solid D]

Steve Smith fouled by Barry. Bobcats now shooting, Spurs in the penalty. 2 FTs good by Steve. 76-51.

Last min. of quarter. TP high pass to Devin, saved but not good enough. Bobcats uptempo, Kapono fouled hard by Barry. 2 FTs by Kapono good. 76-53.

TP runs fast up court dribbling with the floater, YES! going 2 for 1 to end

Theron Smith on extra pass - layup good.

Parker fouled dribbling trying to shoot no call, Devin gets ball and hoists 3 but no good at buzzer. Boy that sure looked like a foul. :(

78-55

[Solid D]

Geico sure has off-beat commercials....but pretty funny.

[Solid D]

Manu to Malik, off back iron, one hander back up by Manu, no o/b.

Malik underneath, wraparound to Marks, MONSTER DUNK and 1!!!!!!!!!! :elephant

[Dex]

Damn, I wish Marks coulda hit that second alley-oop.

Regardless, Marks has put down about as many dunks tonight as Rasho has all season. :blah

[Solid D]

Marks, misses FT after that facial dunk on ELY. reb. Malik to Marks, no good but fouled.

FTs good

MAnu steals from Ely, Manu alley oop to MArks, no, can't quite jam it.

Brevin for the J, yes.

Devin misses Jumper,

Kapono jumpshot, good. NIce touch.

Manu in lane, passes and is fouled. Manu hurts ankle. :(

Manu stepped on someones' foot. He's coming out.

[Solid D]

Mass fouled 1 of 2 FTs good. Off reb. Devin. Beno drives baseline, pullup j, no good.

[Rummpd]

Update on Manu?

Live Radio feed from NBA.com is down!!!

[Solid D]

Devin misses rt wing 3. Theron Smith inside, misses contested layup, Barry reb.

T Mass misses short jumper.

Steve Smith rattles in the outside jumper.

Devin FT line jumper, way long. :( He can't buy a bucket.

[Solid D]

Manu's sitting on bench, I didn't see ice applied. He rolled his rt. ankle when he stepped on a Ely's ?? foot. Ely's back was turned so it wasn't done with anyone at fault.

No sideline report on Manu yet.

[Solid D]

Kapono takes it strong over Devin, ball rolls in. 83-67.

Knight hammers Beno's hand late in shot clock. Beno hurt after chop by Knight on left hand.

[Solid D]

Hart hits transition long wing jumper, lead is 14. 83-69.

Devin fouled by Kapono. 2 FTs good. Marks out, Malik in.

TP steals, to Devin. Brevin Knight slaps ball out.

Steve Smith off screen no good long jumper.

Lost ball on Devin. Hart transition 3, Yes. :(

Devin all alone on left wing for 3!!!!!! 88-72.

[Solid D]

Kapono takes it in for layup, no. Malik reb.

Devin takes it strong to hole, fouled. 4:07 left

2 FTs good. 90-72.

[Solid D]

Hart drives baseline, to Kapono in corner for quick release 3, yes.

Smith down low for layup over Steve Smith. YES. Good position.

Knight for 3, NO. Malik reb.

Malik postiing up again, misses turnaround. Bruce off. reb. tip, no.

Hart drives lane, floater NO. Malik reb. knocked out of his hands o/b Spurs ball.

Timeout. 2:43 92-75

[Dre_7]

Yeah Malik won me some more vBookie Cash!

Hope Manu's ok!!

[Solid D]

Beno's back in. That's good news.

Beno fouled under full court press, while dribbling. Falls down. Shooting FTs.

2 FTs by Beno good. 94-75

Knight isos on Beno at top, dribble drive, spin good, and 1. FT good by Brevin.

Full court press, Bowen passes out to Devin. Devin almost loses but fouled. 2 FTs good.

[Solid D]

Brevin Knight layup good. Marks loses ball in double, stolen by Bruce.

Beno loses under pressure. Kopono wing 3, good.

Beno jumper, swish!!!

Knight drives, no good. Beno to Barry, Alley oop to Devin for the 2-hand jam!!!

[Solid D]

Knight gets tech foul. Devin makes FT 101-83.
:52 left in game

Jason drives fouled. 1 FTs good.

Spurs holding ball, to Devin in rt corner for 3 YESSSS!!!

It's over 104-85. Good game. Hopefully Manu's okay.

[1Parker1]

Tony Parker, 1-6 FT's??

Damn, Pop really needs to work with Tony on his FT's.

[NZHayden]

we win!

[Solid D]

Spurs did a nice job on uptempo game. They pushed it well. Good game plan.

TP leading the charge. Rasho wasn't even needed in the 2nd half although he played early in the 3rd.

[boutons]

Tony's FT problem has become so bad it's beyond ridiculous.

Esp bad since his driving will get him to the line a lot.