Game Blog: Spurs vs. Bucks - 11.12.2008

[milkyway21]

Hill in

[angelbelow]

loving tollivers game. just hope we can some how ship out bonner.

[jayc23]

Finley is playing like an NBA player again

[Spurs Brazil]

Big one Finley!!!

[jayc23]

He was moving

[milkyway21]

this is the reason why I never gave up on Finley.

he can be a liablility sometimes but there are nights when he's can find his stroke of Js & 3s:tu

[Spurs Brazil]

Another TO

Bucks down only 2

[byrdman31]

dammit

[jayc23]

TD needs to get into the game

[Spurs Brazil]

Tie game

[bigfundamental21]

Dammit... tied.

[mVp]

Put Timmy back in!!

[tp2021]

Timely strip by Mason.

[Ice009]

Spurs in trouble here. Playing poor.

Mason has sucked tongiht.

[duncan228]

It's Duncan time.

[byrdman31]

i

[bigfundamental21]

Spurs have gone cold again to start the fourth.

[boutons_]

Spurs no 3Gs, lose the lead.

[byrdman31]

anyone else watching the cletics game as well? great game

[jayc23]

they need some ball movement and inside work

[milkyway21]

B2B but we need Duncan to score NOW!

[Manufan909]

No, because the Spurs are playing... Are the Celtics on abc or something?

[Ice009]

Why did Pop leave Tim out so long?

Hill needs to drive the ball. FFS someone, anyone needs to drive the ball. Stop stagnating the offense by taking two dribbles and passing all the time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bucks on a 13-2 run

[bigfundamental21]

make that a 15-2 run

[byrdman31]

maybe were tired from last night??

[Spurs Brazil]

17-2 run

Bucks up 4

[td4mvp21]

Duncan hacked, no call. Big surprise.

[Spurs Brazil]

We're playing pathetic

[tp2021]

The All-Old Team to close out the game.

[bigfundamental21]

Spurs have only scored 2 points in the quarter. Last score with 10:32 left in the 3rd.

[milkyway21]

anyone else watching the celtics game as well? great gamedeadlocked since the 1Q :lol
Celtics must avoid Atl in the playoffs...

Go Spurs! :flag:

[loveforthegame]

When Finley is shooting like that you have to find him more shots.

[Ice009]

We lose against these bums we're in deep shit in regards to winning against anyone.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruce air ball

[byrdman31]

lets hope we can come out on a small run after this break down

[Reck]

I was wondering when the Spurs were gonna blow the 12 point lead they had.

Guess they did when the most important time to keep a liead they decided to give it away to the Bucks. Hah

[td4mvp21]

Disappointing...we were playing well too.

[Spurs Brazil]

Why is fucking JV shoting

GET the fuck out

[byrdman31]

this

[byrdman31]

this is

[boutons_]

Bucks finishing strong,
Spurs folding

[byrdman31]

embarassing

[milkyway21]

we were plagued by fouls since the 3rd makes this 2nd half a disaster :depressed

[byrdman31]

wow my post got all cut up weird

[mfanatic]

whats the score

[hater]

game over.

[kobyz]

what happened to Duncan rebounding?

[Manufan909]

Shit, keep Hill in, Pop!!! And Duncan needs to dominate, since no one feels like driving right now.

[bigfundamental21]

whats the score


67-61 Bucks

[Ice009]

Pop's major fuck up tonight was not playing Farmer.

No one drove to the rack. Not one fucking player. offense was stagnant as shit. no movement, just jumper after jumper.

Even Tim played piss poor. Too many Jumpers for Tim. He didn't get any inside game going at all.

Pathetic, soft performance offensively.

Defense has been solid.

[Spurs1234]

this is embarrasing, its not like the bucks are full of players...redd is not playing, they just look bad, i guess you cant fault them, they are pretty thin out there....geesh, 2 and 5 here we come.

[byrdman31]

need to slow the game down and go to our basics.... TIMMY

[mVp]

Why is fucking JV shoting

GET the fuck out

He's still doing things he's not supposed to do... but I don't blame the guy... I blame Pop... if we lose this one, it's on him.

[byrdman31]

i hate my life

[milkyway21]

how many times did Bogot had an offensive rbd on us?

where's Oberto?

[td4mvp21]

Duncan was hacked. Give me a break...no whistles for him tonight and he keeps getting hacked.

[kobyz]

duncan rebounding sucks!

[tp2021]

Bogut just got beasted by Tim.

[byrdman31]

one field goal the whole quarter?!?!?!?

[bigfundamental21]

Finally... a basket!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I'm shocked we got punked to start the 4th with Oberto, Vaughn, and Finley all on the court at the same time. *shocked*

Fuck Pop, now is not the time for the AARP tribute...

[Avitus1]

Crap Sandwich!

[bigfundamental21]

Already 4 team fouls for the Spurs.

[Ice009]

Tim needed to do that earlier instead of taking bad jumpers all game long.

Tim really did play poor tonight on offense. Didn't want it enough. Wasn't hungry enough.

[hater]

holy fuckin shit.


SPurs getting fucked in their defensive boards

[ducks]

spurs are getting killed on glass

[Spurs Brazil]

Ball game

[anjlbitz]

we're getting killed at the boards!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Udoka, Vaughn, and Finley on the floor at the same time :lmao

Welcome to Tank 2009 ©

[mVp]

We're fucked...

[bigfundamental21]

Duncan only has 5 boards...

1st trip to the line for Duncan...

[leemajors]

Duncan only has 5 boards...

1st trip to the line for Duncan...

bogut = duncan stopper

[byrdman31]

finally some breaks for us

[mfanatic]

update??

[tp2021]

We need rebounding help. This was evident last year.

[crc21209]

spurs down 73 66 with 2:41 left.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

We need rebounding help. This was evident last year.

Udoka at power forward is clearly the answer...

[byrdman31]

66 73 bucks

[crc21209]

this fuckin sucks 1st half good 2nd half sucks

[Manufan909]

Udoka, Vaughn, and Finley on the floor at the same time :lmao

Welcome to Tank 2009 ©

You do realize Fin is 7-11, right?

[hater]

I'm shocked we got punked to start the 4th with Oberto, Vaughn, and Finley all on the court at the same time.

huh, you obviously haven't been watching. Finley has been red hot throughout the game n Hill was in foul trouble

[duncan228]

Duncan with another and 1.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one

[byrdman31]

nice duncan gettin us back in the game

[Ice009]

bogut = duncan stopper

When you're from Australian and you don't like Bogut. That fucking sucks.

Tim has played a pathetic game on offense.

[Manufan909]

TIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.. . from AToll.

[byrdman31]

ahhhhhh

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn

[Ice009]

Another amazing pass from Tolliver.

Tolliver is the AND1 feeder. Feeds people AND1's.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

You do realize Fin is 7-11, right?

You do realize he has to guard someone at the other end too, right?

[spursfan09]

wtf Tim?

[WildcardManu]

2 three pointers gets us back in the game

[Ice009]

That was bad dribbling from Tim. REALLY, REALLY BAD.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bad shot Tolliver

[WildcardManu]

timmay with the block

[byrdman31]

nooo

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Dang Tolliver :pctoss

[spursfan09]

ok tim good move

[WildcardManu]

finally refs starting to blow the whistle

[byrdman31]

almost

[Jet915]

Dang, everything about Tolliver is great except his 3 point shooting!

[johnnyblues]

A. Tolliver FG = 4-10, 3-pt = 1-6

...at least he's consistent...:bang

[WildcardManu]

AND 1, that's what you get when you think you can abuse timmy

[duncan228]

Duncan doing his thing.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigfundamental21]

another and-1 for Duncan

[byrdman31]

Mvp Mvp

[johnnyblues]

Andrew Bogut
5-10, 10 Pts
17 Rebs, 4 Assists

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Stud.

[jayc23]

this is why when nobody is scoring YOU cant leave TD out of the game that long

[bigfundamental21]

Duncan is putting the team on his back...

2 point game!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WildcardManu]

milwaukee players playing like superstars against us

[mfanatic]

update!!! please espn is laggggggggingg!!!

[Manufan909]

Tim with 3 And1's. i had to wait to post that, lol.

[bigfundamental21]

Damn!

[boutons_]

Spurs losing a game they had won and shoulda won.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

*so close*

Nice to see Tolliver on the floor to end the game.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD scores, down 2

[Ice009]

FUCKING sessions.


TOO late from TIM.

Tim should have been this aggressive earlier in the game. TOO LATE FROM TIM.

[bigfundamental21]

19.5 left
Bucks 77 Spurs 75

[Spurs Brazil]

Bucks ball, up 2, 19secs to go

[mfanatic]

whose ball, score??

[hater]

Duncan made this respectable. he is unbeleivable

[johnnyblues]

We need Bonner! Put Bonner in!!!

[mfanatic]

are we fouling?

[WildcardManu]

update!!! please espn is laggggggggingg!!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2008111215

[Manufan909]

Bucks ball.

[bigfundamental21]

whose ball, score??

Bucks ball

[johnnyblues]

77-75 Bucks

[Ice009]

Spurs played bad tonight. Tim needs to go inside more and get the ball more in that position when the offense stalls. Too many jumpers tonight and no inside game or penetration from the Spurs.

[WildcardManu]

fucking bullshit on the replay

[tp2021]

They lose. 2 possession game with 17 seconds.

[johnnyblues]

*EDIT: bogus foul call... :depressed

[Spurs Brazil]

Bucks up 4

Spurs ball, 17secs to go

[ducks]

pop needs to let hill ran point not mason

spurs need masons o

[td4mvp21]

Bogus foul call....

[WildcardManu]

Get the ball to Tim and everyone get the fuck out of the way.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I'm not blaming this on Tim, but it would have been nice if he would have shot less jumpers.

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 333333333333333333333333

[bigfundamental21]

Finley for 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DPG21920]

Pop is the best! Nice Fin

[td4mvp21]

Spurs played bad tonight. Tim needs to go inside more and get the ball more in that position when the offense stalls. Too many jumpers tonight and no inside game or penetration from the Spurs.

True. The perimeter players just stand there and watch. They need to be moving around on the perimeter, that would open them up for better looks and open up penetration.

[byrdman31]

wehre the finley haters now!

[Manufan909]

Finley is clutch.

[johnnyblues]

Fin for 333333333333333!

[jayc23]

GIVE THE DUNCAN THE BALL.... 3 POINT PLAY = spurs win... WOO

[Spurs Brazil]

Missed one

Bucks up 2

Spurs ball, 10secs to go

[DPG21920]

Yesssssss, lets go boysssssss

[byrdman31]

Yes!!!!!!!

[ducks]

I'm not blaming this on Tim, but it would have been nice if he would have shot less jumpers.

getting bogut in foul trouble would have been nice
and taking his rebounding to the bench

why would you not blame it on tim
he sucked 99% of the game tonight

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Wow, nice choke. Spurs ball, down 2, timeout...

I hope we put Bonner in to shoot this, it worked out well when we tried it last year...

[Ice009]

Michael playing very, very well tonight.

[boutons_]

amazing Spurs, plenty of time to tie the game, get a 3 pt play to win.

huge balls shot by Michael

[Jet915]

yes, two point game.........spurs ball w/10 seconds left.

[Manufan909]

2 pt game, Spurs ball!!!!

[byrdman31]

common deep in the post get a good shot off

[johnnyblues]

Woohoo! We're still in it! 10 secs, bucks up 2, Spurs ball!

[spursfan09]

3 pointer so I can start my hw.

[spursfan09]

or 2 is good to

[hater]

awesome game

[Ice009]

I'm not blaming this on Tim, but it would have been nice if he would have shot less jumpers.

He has redeemed himself a little. I still don't think he played that great in the 1st three quarter. Too many jumpers. Not enough aggression.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

getting bogut in foul trouble would have been nice
and taking his rebounding to the bench

why would you not blame it on tim
he sucked 99% of the game tonight

Because without him we have no chance tonight.

Now, Oberto's no show again...

[ducks]

10.7 SA - B. Bowen enters game for A. Tolliver wtf

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck

[td4mvp21]

WOW, not a shocking end to this game. Mason pushed out of bounds but no call.

[hater]

damn atlanta boston game is also a thriller

[bigfundamental21]

Damn it!

[DPG21920]

Damn Tim, Finish that shit

[johnnyblues]

:depressed:bang:depressed

[byrdman31]

what!?

[ducks]

Because without him we have no chance tonight.

Now, Oberto's no show again...

he did not show up except for 7 minutes maybe

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Horrible ending, WTF?

[td4mvp21]

I wish Pop would have set it up for a three on that play though.

[mVp]

Fuck this shit.

[ducks]

:05.9 SA - T. Duncan misses a 6-foot jumper in the lane
DUNK IT YOU DAMM PUSSY

[byrdman31]

he should of thrown it off his body!

[ca®lo]

hey guys what happened??

[jayc23]

fuckgsnhlok;gjpsheb jf fuck

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

he did not show up except for 7 minutes maybe

Without him in the fourth, we have no chance.

But all the candy ass jumpers in the first three quarters were maddening.

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck

We give this one alway

[byrdman31]

damn

[byrdman31]

damn that was

[boutons_]

Tim got us back in, then Tim takes a horrible shot to lose it. oh well.

Tim had no help in 2nd half

[byrdman31]

damn that was a great

[Jet915]

dang, spurs outplay them for like 36 minutes and lose.

[byrdman31]

why is it doin that!!

[Obstructed_View]

Somebody give Roger a rulebook.

[loveforthegame]

Oh well.

Good to see Finley have another good game.

[byrdman31]

it was a great look tho

[jayc23]

ended with class.. JV looking like the fuckwad he is

[ducks]

Without him in the fourth, we have no chance.

But all the candy ass jumpers in the first three quarters were maddening.

showing up for only half of the fourth
does not count in my book

[tp2021]

Wtffff Jock Vawn?!?!?

[td4mvp21]

afj;alsjf;ljf;lakfklsj

[Quiet Strength]

Vaughn is stupid and pathetic

[byrdman31]

awesome jack great just what we needed

[WildcardManu]

2-5 /sigh

[DPG21920]

That is tough to swallow

[mVp]

This really sucks...

[ducks]

Vaughn is stupid and pathetic

might never get back in a game now

[jayc23]

hes a vet..? he looks dazed and confused.. with zero athletic ability... zero speed..zero basketball ability... vaughn is a tool

[boutons_]

Spurs gave that one away.

They shot horribly and didn't hustle in the 2nd half.

[Ice009]

MASON should ahve taken a 3 there instead of giving it to Tim inside. FUCKING SOFT MASON, FUCKING SOFT.

If youi don't have the balls to shoot a three. FUCK OFF.

Manu would take that shot.

[jack sommerset]

Yikes, thank God for Timmmmmay atleast he kept it close.

[tomtom]

damn heartbreaker

[Avitus1]

2 and 5..... man....

[ducks]

not sure if duncan is the real mvp of the spurs
I think it is manu and tp

[bigfundamental21]

Celts win by one on a last second shot from Pierce.

[Ice009]

Go for the win on the road. Not a tie game. If you got a three take it.

I don't like Mason's unwillingness to shoot with the game on the line.

[bigfundamental21]

Hornets are back in it against the Lakers

83-80 Lakers with 59 seconds remaining.

[johnnyblues]

This one's on Pop...

[ducks]

You Fucking Dunk The Ball

[ducks]

This one's on Pop...

yep he should have benched td for 5 minutes to send a message

[Chomag]

yep, I don't get it. We went with the young guys last game with great results and then pop goes back to his old guys again...

[mVp]

Go for the win on the road. Not a tie game. If you got a three take it.

I don't like Mason's unwillingness to shoot with the game on the line.

That was probably Pop's call...

[Obstructed_View]

The Spurs play defense, and suddenly all of Spurstalk is wanting every game to be a win. I guess this team isn't as doomed as everyone thought. :lol

[mytespurs]

2 and 5..... man....

Painful isn't it? Not a fun time to be a Spurs fan yet I am & will continue to be. :king

[braeden0613]

That is tough to swallow
that's what she sa....anyway despite our injuries, what is it with the Bucks? It always goes down the wire and it seems like we always lose

[ca®lo]

if we survived .4 ... no way we should be kickin ourselves over this.

GO SPURS GO

[ducks]

I want duncan to play 48 minutes without tp and manu on the court
he is only paid over 300k to perform or so a game
he should be able to play at a high level of play all the game when he is not resting

[bigfundamental21]

that's what she sa....anyway despite our injuries, what is it with the Bucks? It always goes down the wire and it seems like we always lose


Historically we usually lose to the Bucks, especially in their gym.

Regardless, the loss hurts after leading by double digits at the half.

[Avitus1]

Painful isn't it? Not a fun time to be a Spurs fan yet I am & will continue to be. :king

Spurs fan till my last breath.

[Chomag]

I want duncan to play 48 minutes without tp and manu on the court
he is only paid over 300k to perform or so a game
he should be able to play at a high level of play all the game when he is not resting

umm, you know TD is no longer in his 20's anymore right?

[Ice009]

No one penetrated. Why didn't Farmer get some court time when we had a lead to see if he could help push the lead up higher?

Stagnant offense sucks.

I might agree with Ducks. Spurs seem to have gotten bigger wins when TD is out with either Manu or Tony by themselves. I know I'm going a bit overboard with that statement, but we need to have more motion on the offense. The defense was actually decent again tonight.

I didn't really like Hill's game on offense either. Can he get to the rack at all? It really does make you miss Tony's penetration. I don't think I'll complain now every time Tony drives and then dribbles back out to the perimeter to reset the offense.

Roger Mason needs to play better with the game on the line. He's not willing to take the shot. Not like Manu, Sjax or even Parker.

[mVp]

if we survived .4 ... no way we should be kickin ourselves over this.

GO SPURS GO

Yeah well, but the schedule isn't getting any easier, that's the problem... we should’ve won this one...

[SpursDynasty]

Good game tonight. Milwaukee just hit a few lucky shots here and there. With an extra rebound or call to go our way, the game is ours. I'm not too concerned at this point with the 2-5 record.

Utah and New Orleans lost tonight, how tough can the West be? Not very.

[Avitus1]

Historically we usually lose to the Bucks, especially in their gym.

Regardless, the lose hurts after leading by double digits at the half.

I'm blaming Voodoo...

[alchemist]

this one is definitely on Timmy's shoulder's he really should have attacked when the Spurs weren't making s*** and were up on the Bucks......... :pctoss

devasting loss :bang

http://i37.tinypic.com/2mn25xi.jpg


time to forget about this game........:ihit

[Obstructed_View]

That lineup to start the 4th quarter was a complete trainwreck. In crunch time, Pop went back to "offense first" and the Spurs were, no surprise, offensive.

BTW, anyone know where the hell George was?

[bigfundamental21]

Only two players in double figs... Duncan with 24 and Finley with 19.

Gotta have more help.

[Ice009]

That was probably Pop's call...

Yeah that is a possibility. Maybe I should ease off on Roger for that then.

[bigfundamental21]

this one is definitely on Timmy's shoulder's he really should have attacked when the Spurs weren't making s*** and were up on the Bucks......... :pctoss

devasting loss :bang

Duncan scored 14 of the team's 19 points in the fourth. He did his part.

No one else showed up to help in the fourth.

[Obstructed_View]

And just FYI, the team the Spurs held to 80 last night just dropped 132 on Memphis.

[tomtom]

pulled out early 4th i believe. he was way too tentative this game.

[kobyz]

duncan lack of rebounding lose us the game, duncan struggle rebounding quite some time, it's very worrying

[Ice009]

Well what do you guys think? If we can't beat a depleted Milwaukee team can we beat anyone?

[Obstructed_View]

Duncan scored 14 of the team's 19 points in the fourth. He did his part.

No one else showed up to help in the fourth.

He also gave up some easy boards, had a terrible turnover and allowed an and-one by biting on a pump fake. Thank the refs for getting him started with that terrible blocking foul call.

Speaking of Timmy, his exasperated, "someone else's fault" body language isn't good for anyone on the team, and I really wish someone would tell him to knock it the fuck off.

[024]

george hill scored 4 pts in the first few minutes of the first quarter and did not score since then. tolliver was 1-6 from the 3pt line, mason 2-10 FG, out rebounded 47-37. what concerns me isn't as much as the offensive game because that will surely improve when ginobili and parker comes back. it is the rebounding and the lack of an interior presence that concerns me because no one is coming to help except maybe mahinmi.

[alchemist]

Duncan scored 14 of the team's 19 points in the fourth. He did his part.

No one else showed up to help in the fourth.
problem was, he started attacking the rim after we were down 10, it would've been a better idea had he attacked the rim when we were up.....he'll learn though - hopefully.

[Ice009]

He also gave up some easy boards, had a terrible turnover and allowed an and-one by biting on a pump fake. Thank the refs for getting him started with that terrible blocking foul call.

Speaking of Timmy, his exasperated, "someone else's fault" body language isn't good for anyone on the team, and I really wish someone would tell him to knock it the fuck off.

That's what is great about Manu. Anyone can play with Manu. He always takes the blame himself.

[Obstructed_View]

Well what do you guys think? If we can't beat a depleted Milwaukee team can we beat anyone?

That defense can beat anyone, especially if they do a better job of rebounding. The offense is still a work in progress, and Pop's going to overcoach for a while and cost the team some games.

Besides, I've seen fully healthy Spurs teams lose to undermanned Bucks teams in the Duncan era. This team owns the Spurs. No shame in that.

[bigfundamental21]

problem was, he started attacking the rim after we were down 10, it would've been a better idea had he attacked the rim when we were up.....he'll learn though - hopefully.


By the time Pop put him back in the game in the fourth we were down 10. He did what he could.

[Obstructed_View]

By the time Pop put him back in the game in the fourth we were down 10. He did what he could.

It was tied at 61 when Timmy came into the game, and they didn't score for the next four minutes. If you're going to lie, wait until the game isn't fresh in everyone's mind.

[duncan228]

Final: Bucks 82, Spurs 78 (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/spursworld/2008/11/gameday_spurs_vs_bucks.html)

FOURTH QUARTER

The Spurs went cold in the second half and the Milwaukee Bucks went on a 21-2 run to take over a 82-78 victory Wednesday in Milwaukee.

A Michael Finley 3-pointer cut the Bucks' lead to 79-78. Milwaukee's Ramon Sessions hit 1 of 2 free throws to stretch the Bucks' edge back to two points. The Spurs got the ball back with 10 seconds left and came up empty.

Milwaukee's Richard Jefferson hit two free throws with four seconds left to put it out of reach.

Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 24 points. He scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, but was the only Spur to score in the last 10 minutes of the game until Finley hit his 3-pointer with 12 seconds left. Finley finished with 19 points.

The Bucks' run started when they scored the last five points of the third quarter. They went from trailing by 13 points in the final minute of the first half to leading by eight early in the fourth quarter.

Jefferson scored to give the Bucks a 63-61 lead with 8:25 left in the game. The Bucks led the rest of the way.

The Spurs have only one basket in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter. The Bucks have grabbed a 67-61 lead.

The Bucks outscored the Spurs 8-2 to start the fourth quarter and the game is tied 61-61 with less than nine minutes left.

THIRD QUARTER

The Spurs used an 8-2 run late in the third quarter to finish the period with a 59-53 lead. Michael Finley (14 points), Tim Duncan (10) and Anthony Tolliver (9) are sharing the scoring load.

The Spurs went scoreless the first five minutes of the second half. The Bucks went on an 8-0 run to cut the Spurs' lead to four points.

SECOND QUARTER

Michael Finley scored 10 points in the first nine minutes of the second quarter to help the Spurs take a 43-31 halftime lead. Finley, who didn't play in the first quarter, was 4 of 7 from the field including 2 of 4 on 3-pointers.

The Spurs had a solid defensive half, holding the Bucks to 34.1 shooting. The Spurs shot well from outside, hitting 6 of 13 from 3-point range.

The Spurs went on a 9-2 run that included a 3-pointer from Finley to take a 31-21 lead midway through the second quarter.

Anthony Tolliver hit a 3-pointer for the last score of the first quarter and made a tip-in for the first points of the second quarter.

FIRST QUARTER

George Hill and Tim Duncan had four points each and the Spurs hit three 3-pointers to finish the first quarter with an 18-15 lead.

Roger Mason Jr. and Ime Udoka each hit an early 3-pointer and the Spurs grabbed a 9-5 lead at the first timeout midway though the first quarter.

PREGAME

Spurs starters: George Hill, Roger Mason Jr., Ime Udoka, Tim Duncan and Fabricio Oberto. This is the same starting lineup the Spurs used Tuesday.

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili remain out for the Spurs. Michael Redd is out for the Bucks.

The Spurs will try to earn back-to-back wins tonight in the second game of a dreaded back-to-back when they play the Bucks in Milwaukee.

The Spurs' hopes for success seem to hinge, as they have in the past, on getting started with solid defense. Their defense and rebounding helped them slow down and eventually put away the New York Knicks on Tuesday at the AT&T Center.

- Joe Alexander, mySanAntonio.com

[Fernando TD21]

Did Duncan look tired today (since it was a back to back game)? He only got 5 rebounds and had 4 turnovers.

[timvp]

Nice effort. D was good for most of the game. The offense just went into the tank. Hill and Mason stopped being aggressive and Udoka is petrified as the starter. That left basically Finley and Duncan carrying the load offensively.

Love the passing by Tolliver and Bowen has adjusted well to his new role. Too bad the Spurs couldn't get the win but this was much more of a Spurs Basketball loss than those shootouts at the beginning of the year.

More rebounds and one other player stepping up offensively and the Spurs easily win that game.

[Chomag]

I loved tolliver's energy but come one... he needs to come to realize what kind of player he is and stop chunking it like he is a 3 point specialist. 1 of 6 from 3 point land just wont cut it.

[Obstructed_View]

Tolliver still looks like a terrible shooter, but I like everything else he does. Pop needs to give him the red light and see if he plays the same way.

[Ice009]

That defense can beat anyone, especially if they do a better job of rebounding. The offense is still a work in progress, and Pop's going to overcoach for a while and cost the team some games.

Besides, I've seen fully healthy Spurs teams lose to undermanned Bucks teams in the Duncan era. This team owns the Spurs. No shame in that.

I was actually going to say that if we had TP with this defense we'd actually be looking pretty darn good at this point. So yeah the defense has been good the last couple of games.

I don't really like Hill's point guard play. Crawford was right last game. All Hill is doing is bring the ball up the court and getting it in to Duncan. How hard is that? Can he penetrate at all? Does he have the handles to do it?

If Marbury is bought out I would not be opposed anymore to bringing him in. We need another scorer and another rebounder.