Game Blog: Spurs vs. Knicks - 11.11.2008

[mVp]

Please Pop don't put JV in after the TO...

[Brazil]

If Mason step ups we will be fine

[lurker23]

is it just me or does geoge hill really have long arms?

He does.



Height: 6'2"
Huge wingspan (6’9”) – largest in pre-draft camp for point guards.
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/george-hill-nba-draft-profile-42440

[Brazil]

Please Pop don't put JV in after the TO...
:toast

[Spur-Addict]

Hill YEAH!

:lol--Hill-YeAH!

[byrdman31]

looking very good..

[Manufan909]

Shit, fuck Chalmers and Batum, it's all about IUPUI baby.

[Joe Schmoogins]

great effort on the boards thus far

[Biggems]

George "The Condor" Hill

Those long ass arms are like a Condor's wings.....

[EvaLongoria]

is it just me or does geoge hill really have long arms?
But my Tony has something even longer..:wow

[Joe Schmoogins]

George "The Condor" Hill

Those long ass arms are like a Condor's wings.....

I like it

[byrdman31]

do we need a new nickname for hill now?!

[tomtom]

hmm KT in

[mVp]

Oh my... JV in...

[Bartleby]

Duncan's making the Knicks bigs look like high school players.

[Spurs Brazil]

Td!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe Schmoogins]

Timmy!

[byrdman31]

damn beat me to it

[polandprzem]

Spurs fighting for their lifes there

[tomtom]

dammit why is JV in?! hill was on a roll

[Brazil]

do we need a new nickname for hill now?!
George of the jungle ?

[tp2021]

Bruce needs to stop falling over to sell fouls.
Mase needs to make his open looks.

[byrdman31]

keep this streak going

[Darkwaters]

What channel is this on?

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck

make the open shots

[angelbelow]

why vaughn.. knicks are on a run now.

[Spur-Addict]

Box out Thomas, come on you are a vet. You can't survive off of calls.

[HarlemHeat37]

every time we miss a wide open shot or get a turnover, they get a good play..let's go..

[Biggems]

do we need a new nickname for hill now?!

long arms
nice hang time
soars to the glass for rebounds

George "The Condor" Hill

[tp2021]

Vaughn is telegraphing his passes like a mofo.

[byrdman31]

windmill hill...

[EvaLongoria]

Hill has long arms, but my Tony has something even longer and bigger !!!!!!!!!!!!!! hummm,,tasty !!!

[Brazil]

good fin is fighting

[tomtom]

woohoo fin

[angelbelow]

finley =p

[HarlemHeat37]

Finley in the post??? let's stick to smart offense please..do what's working..get Duncan down low..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

What's on Finley's arm?

[byrdman31]

jack vaughn has no reasont to be on this team anymore.. sorry

[tp2021]

Hill has long arms, but my Tony has something even longer and bigger !!!!!!!!!!!!!! hummm,,tasty !!!

A baguette?

[Brazil]

jack vaughn has no reasont to be on this team anymore.. sorry

don't be

[Manufan909]

Put Hill back in, please Pop... And what's with Farmer not getting love? He can slash just like hill.

[mVp]

Vaughn killed our momentum... but we still have the lead.

Please somebody guard Crawford...

[Biggems]

Hill has long arms, but my Tony has something even longer and bigger !!!!!!!!!!!!!! hummm,,tasty !!!

yeah, im sure Frenchie has anything longer than Hill's arm.....maybe the receipt from all the shopping your gold diggin ass does...

[milkyway21]

5 assts, sometimes TD thinks he's Magic Johnson... :lol

he's done it before, if Timmy can make this new crew-Mason, Hill & Tolliver better, without TP & Manu, he'll be MVP again

[byrdman31]

put manu in ... i saw the practice video.. yes i did

[Ice009]

I am so glad Pop did not start Vaughn.

Come on Jacque. Do something good out there Jacque.

[byrdman31]

yeah, im sure Frenchie has anything longer than Hill's arm.....maybe the receipt from all the shopping your gold diggin ass does...

jealous ? :rollin

[pawe]

i like how the other teams bring their best against the spurs. it will make our team tougher and stronger. Bring your A game NBA!

[milkyway21]

we need Farmer's 3 pt shots!

[angelbelow]

ohh good hook finley. hes agressive tonight

[HarlemHeat37]

wow, excuse me for my comment..who is this Finley guy?..

[tp2021]

Too much standing around on offense without Tim.

[angelbelow]

kurt is looking better every game.

[tomtom]

wow 23 seconds of good defense :(

[HarlemHeat37]

Tolliver ruins the defensive stance..

[angelbelow]

mase!

[tp2021]

Mase needs to shoot more coming off screens.

[Spurs Brazil]

Mason!!!!!!!

[rascal]

Both teams look bad.

[tp2021]

Bruce at the buzzer!

[angelbelow]

bruce!!!!!!!!

[mVp]

Oh mama!

[milkyway21]

Mason score?

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce 333333333333333333333333333333333

[tomtom]

bowennn!

[angelbelow]

damn crawford is really underrated imo

[HarlemHeat37]

I know we're only up 3, but I'm LOVING this game..this is Spurs basketball..

[byrdman31]

$

[Joe Schmoogins]

...his spot... his shot!

[boutons_]

Crawford by hisself gonna beat the Spurs.

Come on, Spurs, detach.

[#2!]

Bruce making sure the Knicks bench saw that one...haha classic Bruuuuuuuuuce

[EvaLongoria]

Score??? tell us the score !!!!!

[Biggems]

we are getting open shots....we just havent been making them. well in the 3rd quarter our shots started falling.

[tp2021]

:lol
I love it whenever Bruce makes a 3 in front of the opponent's bench. He sometimes turns around and lets them know it.

[byrdman31]

Bruce at the buzzer!
i hate you i was still watcing the game

[HarlemHeat37]

Crawford is easily a top 10 talent on the perimeter, probably top 5..the problem with him is that he doesn't have a brain..

[pawe]

Bruce to the knicks bench: you were saying something?

[lurker23]

End of the 3rd quarter, Spurs 67, Knicks 64.

Love the play by Roger Mason at the end of the quarter. First, he recognizes the 2-for-1 opportunity, comes off of the screen, and knocks down the sweet long-range jump shot. Then, he gets the ball down the court very quickly on the next possession and finds Bruce Bowen in his favorite spot in the corner.

[mystargtr34]

And of course Mr 35% Jamal Crawford going off against the Spurs..

FUck me.

[Manufan909]

...his spot... his shot!

He didn't say it...:depressed

[Biggems]

damn crawford is really underrated imo

not underrated......just often injured. when healthy, he puts up nice stats. unfortunately for him, the injury bug is his roommate.

[tp2021]

i hate you i was still watcing the game

Not my problem.
Some people can't watch or listen. This is where they get the play-by-play.

[byrdman31]

season high for bruce?

[milkyway21]

Score??? tell us the score !!!!!
yeah !

[tp2021]

Finley only dunks when the clock is stopped.

[angelbelow]

not underrated......just often injured. when healthy, he puts up nice stats. unfortunately for him, the injury bug is his roommate.

yea i hear ya, he does seem to be always injured.

[Spur-Addict]

Fin can still dunk ...haaaa

[boutons_]

Who is this #4 in Spurs jersey?

[tomtom]

nice j by thomas

[mVp]

Kt!

[angelbelow]

thomas looks good.

[benefactor]

Great to KT knock one down...

[milkyway21]

i take it, Jr is a good passer too!

[pawe]

Spurs up 69-64

[Spurs Brazil]

Thomas J!!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

im really happy everyone is stepping up.

[lurker23]

Mason at the point to start the 4th quarter. :tu

[tomtom]

Dunk By Tolliver!!!!!!!!!!

[benefactor]

Tolliver back door!

[angelbelow]

Sweet Play!

[SAtown]

Sa 71 - 64 Ny 10:22 left in 4th

[#2!]

Tolliver Backdoor Dunk!

[mVp]

Nice dime Mason

[Spur-Addict]

Booooom

[angelbelow]

haha mikey D cant shake the spurs.

[tp2021]

Damn! Mase with the crossover around the screen, finding Tolliver sneaking baseline for the one-handed slam!

[Spurs Brazil]

Tolliver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VaSpursFan]

tolliver with the brilliant back door cut...a move Bonner can't make...LOL

[angelbelow]

tolliver is a smart player.. gotta give him that.

[pawe]

thats a manu move by money mason! Manu's behind the back dribble looks better though

[tomtom]

finley baby!

[angelbelow]

tolliver with the brilliant back door cut...a move Bonner can't make...LOL

i wonder if it were bonner, would he attempt to dunk, or just blow a layup.

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!1

[boutons_]

SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

much easier when you make some shots

[benefactor]

Looking like a team I recognize...:)

[duncan228]

Things are clicking now. The doubters can jump back on the bandwagon.

[Spur-Addict]

Ok Mikey.

[VaSpursFan]

granted it's the knicks...but the Spurs look good. i guess playing with passion will do that.

[milkyway21]

Tolliver dunked?

show off :wtf

:lol

[tp2021]

Tolliver looks like a glue guy with skills to boot. The team looks good with him setting screens and making passes.

[byrdman31]

i think its the white shoes!

[MannyIsGod]

I'm beginning to see why Pop loves Tolliver.

Man they're clicking right now. Nothing like a D'antoni team to make your team look good.

[mfanatic]

That Was The First Time I've Seen A Spurs Center Dunk Since David!!!

[TDfan2007]

Spurs are playing so carefree and with so much more confidence now. ESPECIALLY Mike and Bruce.

[timaios]

It's alive ! It's alive !!!

:ihit:ihit:ihit

[angelbelow]

im also watching lakers and mavs. gerald green sure looks good.

[HarlemHeat37]

it's not "just" the Knicks..like I keep saying, they have a good offense, and we've been able to play great D so far..every shot they're making is contested for the most part..Crawford has been making huge shots..

[it's me]

try again fool ... we play better without your boy

[Biggems]

yea i hear ya, he does seem to be always injured.

the one year i played fantasy basketball.....i had

Crawford
Brad Miller
Duncan
Tinsley

and all of them were putting up some very nice stats for me and had me in first place by a wide margin. Then one by one they started dropping like flies.....I had some other players as well, but i cant exactly remember....i just know that Crawford and Tinsley both can put up some very nice numbers, but neither can stay on the court.

[tp2021]

Spurs Basketball!

[benefactor]

Knicks in meltdown.

[TDfan2007]

Our defense has been beautiful tonight.

[tomtom]

Nice D. Now this is the Spurs I know

[Slippy]

nice find by Mason to Tolliver who acutally finished with a dunk from a standing start. Thats un-heard with the Spurs big men.

Spurs D holding strong.

[Manufan909]

Fab dunks once every 99 days... I've seen the highlights, but not in real life.

And Toll/Mason/Hill are the shit. Hope timvp can explain why Farmer isn't getting a chance.

[milkyway21]

I am glad Finley made an effort to avenge himself tonight. I'm kind of tired reading how he sucked in the previous games...

9 pt adv for the Spurs :tu :flag:

[tomtom]

Money Mason ! YEAHHHH

[angelbelow]

money!

[tp2021]

Mason with ANOTHER jumper off the screen. I'm tellin ya.

[Spurs Brazil]

Mason J!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VaSpursFan]

tolliver with the hustle

[benefactor]

I wanted him to make that one soooo bad.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don't think Tolliver can hit 3's at all. He is just way off

[#2!]

HAHA its so great to see D'antoni baffled in our arena once again...

takes me back:rollin

[TDfan2007]

gah! Gotta make that 3.

[angelbelow]

the one year i played fantasy basketball.....i had

Crawford
Brad Miller
Duncan
Tinsley

and all of them were putting up some very nice stats for me and had me in first place by a wide margin. Then one by one they started dropping like flies.....I had some other players as well, but i cant exactly remember....i just know that Crawford and Tinsley both can put up some very nice numbers, but neither can stay on the court.

=/ i have ginobili and deron this year, went thru 2 weeks of blow outs in a h2h league with deron. glad hes back now.

[benefactor]

Wtf was that?

[Biggems]

we definitely need a caption for that still

[EvaLongoria]

Score please??? Tell us the score? and how much time left?

[Spurs Brazil]

Thomas finally showing some life

[byrdman31]

Finally Spurs Basketball Is Back!!

[angelbelow]

thomas looks great, i knew he was still injured or something. no way kurt sucked that bad.

[HarlemHeat37]

Finley with the close out!!!

D-E-F-E-N-S-E!!

[Spurs Brazil]

OMG Finley playing D

[benefactor]

I don't think Tolliver can hit 3's at all. He is just way off
You're just a hater. You'll need to change your avy when Manu gets back because your boy will be history.

[tomtom]

Hill and Duncan back. 64 75 Spurs

[angelbelow]

oh come on timmay grab that shit

[lurker23]

Spurs 75, Knicks 64, 8:35 left in game.

Apparently Kurt Thomas did something in the past too these refs. Two bad calls against him in a row.

[tomtom]

Nice effort for Tolliver

[tp2021]

Tolliver is playing well no matter who is on the court with him. :tu

[angelbelow]

wow did randolph really just block someone haha

[Biggems]

Bonner can kiss his minutes goodbye...........YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[pawe]

Bonner cant rebound like that!

[tp2021]

Fin for 3!!!

[VaSpursFan]

tolliver is an intangibles guy...hustle, key offensive rebounds, back door cuts for dunks...i love this kid.

[benefactor]

Fin for 3!!! Now do this every game!!

[angelbelow]

finley is on tonight.

[tp2021]

Tim with the block!

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 33333333333333333333333333333

[Amuseddaysleeper]

You're just a hater. You'll need to change your avy when Manu gets back because your boy will be history.

I'll do that.

I like everything else Tolliver has done, which is a good sign, but his shooting is putrid to say the least.

[bdictjames]

Duncan being the quarterback this time. He leads the whole game in assists. xD

[TDfan2007]

My God Fin is back...for now at least.

[angelbelow]

damn this is awesome.

[tp2021]

Little Nate Robinson is gettin a little handsy with Hill.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tim Duncan!!

21pts

[tomtom]

Man they gotta close out crawford.

[mVp]

Fuck Crawford....

[EvaLongoria]

We dont need Tony and Manu!!!!!! Seriously, we need to keep this game style and when Manu and my Tony join us,,,,,,there will be fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

this game is so encouraging..imagine we were actually making our open shots too..

they're allowing us to get wide open shots that we're supposed to make..

we're giving wide open shots to guys like Lee on the perimeter..great D..

[TDfan2007]

Tolliver's jumper is broke as hell right now, nonetheless I still love what he's brought to the game.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

:flag:

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Tolliver's jumper is broke as hell right now, nonetheless I still love what he's brought to the game.

agreed

[johnnyblues]

SA - 80
NY - 69

6:27 remaining. I'm smelling a W... :flag:

[EvaLongoria]

Score please !!!!! Score?

[Biggems]

Tolliver's jumper is broke as hell right now, nonetheless I still love what he's brought to the game.

Chip will take him to the dungeon

[Manufan909]

Toll is still god, and I'm off the cliff about KT and Fab, they're back by all accounts.

[bdictjames]

Score please !!!!! Score?
69-8o Spurs. Our ball too. :]

[lurker23]

Spurs 80, Knicks 69, 6:20 left in the game.

This is the point of the game where you wonder about a young team. Pop just needs to tell them: keep doing what you've been doing. Ignore the clock, play defense, and stay aggressive on offense.

[Biggems]

mason is colder than a penguins ass tonight....

[EvaLongoria]

SA - 80
NY - 69

6:27 remaining. I'm smelling a W... :flag:

Never say that!!!! The game is ova at 0:00.....calm down. Anyways, supposing a W, we'll be 2-4 which is still horrible

[tomtom]

ouch looks like nate almost got bowen in the groin

[bdictjames]

Spurs D!

[pawe]

f you Gnat robinson

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I was hoping the game ends up being a blowout so TD can get some rest for tomorrow.

ugh, Tolliver 2-8

[tp2021]

Toll shot that one falling away. Not good.

[mVp]

Ok Tolliver stop shooting now...

[angelbelow]

mason is colder than a penguins ass tonight....

:lol:lol:lol at the punchline

[MannyIsGod]

The bank shot looks so damn good tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD bank!!!!!!!

[mVp]

Give it to Timmy!!!

[MI21]

The Spurs are on the level of a shit team right now and shit teams lose these type of games.

The one difference is they still have Duncan, who should be enough to control the tempo and the game for the last 6 minutes and get the W. Every single W is so important right now.

Go Spurs!

[jayc23]

can we get Ghill the ball instead of fucking tolliver

[angelbelow]

danmn tolliver did well.

[bdictjames]

4:59 SA - T. Duncan makes shot
That is so bland. It should be called a signature shot or bank shot, or off the glass, cmon.

[angelbelow]

OHHHHHH damn it good look.

[MI21]

Nice one, Timmy.

[milkyway21]

I am glad D is back to Spurs again. :tu

[mVp]

Niceee

[tomtom]

bowen for layup sweet

[tp2021]

Bruce with a left-handed finger roll?

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce layup

[bdictjames]

9 point game, close it out.

[angelbelow]

damn good drive.

[milkyway21]

I am glad D is back to Spurs again. :tu

7 assts for Timmy! :elephant

[angelbelow]

we need to watch out for crawford, IIRC hes clutch.

[tp2021]

It looked like Hill and Nate were exchanging words up the court after Hill missed his reverse layup.

[mVp]

Bruceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[tomtom]

nice attempt by hill and another 3 for bowen

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn, so close for Hill

[SAtown]

Bruce is on FIRE

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce 333333333333333333333333333333

13pts

[jayc23]

Spurs Basketball

[bdictjames]

Timmy defensive rebound!

[angelbelow]

damn this is a solid game for hill too.

[angelbelow]

Spurs Basketball

hey i know that youre george hill' buddy but have you always been a spurs fan? are you from SA or from indiana?

[byrdman31]

bruuuuuuuce

[AFBlue]

Is anyone looking at this on ESPN Gamecast? Their picture of Hill anytime he's involved in the play is hilarous...he's full-out screaming, mouth wide open.

[pawe]

Bowen earning his minutes back again. about damn time!

[lurker23]

Spurs 87, Knicks 75, 2:11 left in game.

George Hill continues to look good. Question is, how to get him minutes when TP comes back? I say play a few minutes with TP at the 2, Hill at the point.

[byrdman31]

great game for us so far...

[tp2021]

Is anyone looking at this on ESPN Gamecast? Their picture of Hill anytime he's involved in the play is hilarous...he's full-out screaming, mouth wide open.

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nba/profiles/players/65x90/4488.jpg

[Slippy]

protect the ball and let Tim set up the offense. Spurs should win this game from here

[Manufan909]

I love Sean: "Worry about Bowen's big head, it'll cause a tech timeout" and
"I'm loving it, give me more!!!(to Bruce)".

I miss him so much. And Fin should play in the paint more, he's missed from far out too much this season.

[angelbelow]

oh comeon.

[Biggems]

mason cant even make a layup

but at least he got his own rebound and ran 24 more seconds off the clock.

[angelbelow]

damn should have been a free layup instead of TO for mase

[TDfan2007]

Roger's gotta make that but oh well. We finally got a W.

[Spurs Brazil]

That was a foul

[ducks]

try again fool ... we play better without your boy

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:l ol:lol

[bdictjames]

Congratulations to us for our 2nd win of the season!

[Spurs Brazil]

Great win

We needed that one

[Biggems]

Roger "The ATM was closed tonight" Mason

[milkyway21]

why is it Pop always likes to beat d' Antoni?

or he's just smarter?

Duncan : 23 pts, 9 rbds, 7 assts. :worthy:

[byrdman31]

put bonner in!

[lurker23]

87-76, Spurs with the lead with 53 seconds left, for those needing the score.

[duncan228]

Duncan : 23 pts, 9 rbds, 7 assts. :worthy:

He was great. :)

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 23pts 9rebs 7asts

[justinandimcool]

why is it Pop always likes to beat d' Antoni?

or he's just smarter?

Duncan : 23 pts, 9 rbds, 7 assts. :worthy:

Jesus, I thought he was having an off night :lol

[Spur-Addict]

Hill received alot of contact there.

[Biggems]

Bowen holds it........Finley would have shot it...heehehehe