Game Blog - Spurs vs Heat - Jan. 5

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

TD with Hill and Mason.I like it

Me too, and Pop should give Hill extended minutes like this when TP is off.

[Reck]

tp benched the whole quarter ?

Is not like he's doing much better.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 14pts 7rebs

[024]

spurs passes are very predictable so it's easy to pick them off if you know what you're doing.

[Josepatches_]

For the refs, wade is god.


If TP would have the same advantage he could be at the FT line all the game

[Yorae]

No pg??? Hill pulled out.

[Spurs Brazil]

Td!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck off rebs

[Ice009]

Are you shitting me???????

giving up an open three then an offensive board with 4 Spurs around the ball.
FUCKG

[loveforthegame]

Finley in the dog house?

[Reck]

Call a timeout?

[Josepatches_]

Put Thomas in.

One more time TD against the world in the paint

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Yorae]

Manuuu!!!

[angelbelow]

lets close this shit out

[Spurs Brazil]

TP from TD!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

DAMN Manu

[Yorae]

What did just Manu do? Damn. Pop pissed.

[boutons_]

Spurs trying very hard to keep the Heat in the game.

[Ice009]

I CAN"T BELIEVE THIS SHIT.

Sloppy play, SLOPPY, SLOPPY, SLOPPY, SLOPPY.

Mason airballing 3's. These guys don't give a fuck.

If you're going to call time out fucking call the time out DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER MANU.

[mystargtr34]

:lmao Manu now that Ruff, is a stupid fuck.

[Texas_Ranger]

Just give tha ball to Duncan!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dammit, WTF was that? Call the timeout! That just gives it back after the great defensive effort.

Spurs have turned it up a notch though, except for that mistake.

[xtremesteven33]

Manu got screwed. He didnt travel. They blatantly fouled him. stupid refs.

[Josepatches_]

Hill for Manu?
It could be a great idea today

[mystargtr34]

Spurs wanted a timeout Manu dribbled it to sideline and then tried to fool everyone and go to the hole and carried it :lmao.

[Reck]

Manu got screwed. He didnt travel. They blatantly fouled him. stupid refs.

No he did.

[boutons_]

Spurs couldn't care less

[Josepatches_]

Manu got screwed. He didnt travel. They blatantly fouled him. stupid refs.

He's not Wade.That's obvious for the refs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lmao Manu now that Ruff, is a stupid fuck.

Is it his responsibility to call the TO though? He was waiting for it.

And even if so he is not a stupid fuck, he made a stupid play. Big difference.

[Josepatches_]

Fucking refs!

THOMAS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can't get a rebound

[Ice009]

Grab A Board.

[Yorae]

How about wearing DWade's face???

[Ice009]

grab a fucking BOARD STOP TURNING IT OVER. FUCK.

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck Mason

Terrible pass

[Yorae]

Rmj!!!!!

[Brazil]

Mase from TPPPPP

[Shang Tsung]

holy shit!

[Bartleby]

Redemption for both Manu and Mason on that play

[Juanobili]

Holy Shit!!!!

[Ice009]

Wade Got Fucked Up By Manu.

What A Fuckingt Block. Take That Wade!!!!!!

[bdictjames]

Mason!

[bbarry]

haha manu owned wade.
and then wade was looking at the refs for nothing... rofl

[Brazil]

up 6 mase is clutch

[Reck]

Horrible plays.

Manu saved those horrendous plays with that block and Mason with the 3 though.

[xtremesteven33]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!


Manu blocked the S*** our of Wade!!!!! :wow

[Yorae]

Manu with a big block, but the spurs is a lousy passing team.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Is it his responsibility to call the TO though? He was waiting for it.

And even if so he is not a stupid fuck, he made a stupid play. Big difference.

Is Manu a "stupid fuck" now???

See what I mean, he made a bad play, but that doesn't make him a "stupid fuck".

Be more precise about the way you use the language.

[boutons_]

wow, bad, good, bad, good, but we got the lead.

[bdictjames]

George Hill it seems has had a good game.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Mason JR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mal]

Manu !!

[loveforthegame]

Not a great shooting night but Mason again comes up with some big jumpers.

Is Finley in the dog house? He hasn't played much tonight.

[Flo-Rida]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!


Manu blocked the S*** our of Wade!!!!! :wow

You act as if it will go down as the greatest play in nba history.

[BlackSwordsMan]

ESPN #1 play
Manu's block

[bdictjames]

Man I wish I could see the game..

[BlackSwordsMan]

You act as if it will go down as the greatest play in nba history.

:lmao

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu with a big block, but the spurs is a lousy passing team.

No, we're up there with the best in terms of assists.

But they are sloppy today.

[45 bank shot]

man, i've never doubted manu's ability to create big plays. I just don't understand why he's sometimes so hothead and turns the ball over

[SpursDynasty]

Good play by Manu/Mason....this is a Miami team we should be dominating right now...again, nothing to get excited about, but nice sequence there...

[Mal]

good D Mason

[bdictjames]

Close this out Spurs!

[ILoveOranges]

no he didn't!

[Reck]

Game Over!!1

[boutons_]

Stevie Franchise dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, scores!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

After a poor game, TP is clutch. We've seen this before. :D

[Flo-Rida]

Fuck my heat they are so god damn inconsistent.

[Mal]

well played in last 3 min.

[AnotherArgie]

Eva needs some breasts, ASAP.

[xtremesteven33]

You act as if it will go down as the greatest play in nba history.



They play Wades blocks how many times on ESPN???

let us have our moment.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

man, i've never doubted manu's ability to create big plays. I just don't understand why he's sometimes so hothead and turns the ball over

When you are as creative as he is, to some extent it is a double-edged sword. No-one is perfect.

[Yorae]

TP is clutch. You know, people may say that the best pgs in the nba are cp3 and deron but tp is the best clutch pg in the nba.

[Spurs Brazil]

Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boutons_]

Another exciting finish, another ugly W. whew!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Eva needs some breasts, ASAP.

Way to show your class... :rolleyes

[Josepatches_]

You act as if it will go down as the greatest play in nba history.

To block the refs??
Yes.it was one of the greatest plays of the history

[mystargtr34]

Is Manu a "stupid fuck" now???

See what I mean, he made a bad play, but that doesn't make him a "stupid fuck".

Be more precise about the way you use the language.

:lmao ill rephrase it Manu has a greater tendancy then most to play like a stupid fuck.

He also makes alot of great plays.

I was refering to him as a stupid fuck when he made that dumb play - so technically i was referring to that play.

[Flo-Rida]

They play Wades blocks how many times on ESPN???

let us have our moment.

I was just bustin your balls good game.

[Yorae]

Do we have the best clutch backcourt on the nba?

[bdictjames]

Tony is CLUTCH.

[Flo-Rida]

Do we have the best clutch backcourt on the nba?

Fisher and Kobe are up there as well.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lol at them talking about our kryptonite, the Bucks.

Excellent call by these guys. :toast

[Johnny RIngo]

Wow - Spurs finally manage to close out a game...against a decent team too.

[Yorae]

Fisher and Kobe are up there as well.

Yeah but they don't have Money Mason.

[Brazil]

Nice TP lay up to close the game, TP finally with a 4-9 better than a wade 10-26. TP is becoming a 4th specialist.

[024]

nice game. off days by ginobili and parker but the role players were able to pick up the slack.

[Bartleby]

Excellent call by these guys. :toast

They're definitely some of the better announcers.

[AnotherArgie]

yes, oberto in! lol

[Mal]

:lol at them talking about our kryptonite, the Bucks.

Excellent call by these guys. :toast

Someone should eliminate them before Finals, otherwise no :lobt2: :lmao

[bdictjames]

Fabricio!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lmao ill rephrase it Manu has a greater tendancy then most to play like a stupid fuck.

He also makes alot of great plays.

I was refering to him as a stupid fuck when he made that dumb play - so technically i was referring to that play.

No, you would be referring to the play if you said "stupid fucking play". You were referring to the individual by saying "stupid fuck".

And yes, I am pedantic, but I am also correct. ;)

As I said, with Manu it's about creativity so he will make mistakes, but he makes up for them many times over.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 15pts 7rebs in 16 minutes

[boutons_]

A road win, we'll take it.

[mystargtr34]

Nice TP lay up to close the game, TP finally with a 4-9 better than a wade 10-26. TP is becoming a 4th specialist.

You saying Parker had a better game than Wade?

[Yorae]

GHill 4/4 FG!!!!

[Brazil]

good game of Hill 4-4 J and 7 reb !!

[bdictjames]

Hill was almost perfect tonight, statsheet wise.

[bdictjames]

Good win, Spurs.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Love how Pop used Hill tonight - since TP was off, Hill saw most of the 2nd half. Should see more of that.

Props to the team tonight - they turned up the D with about 6 to go, and then made some nice O plays. Gutty road win.

:toast

[T Park]

Hill really outplayed Chalmers.

Much to Mr Body's dismay.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm off for lunch.

See y'all for the Clips.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner + 16 in 31 minutes
Tolliver -9 in 3 minutes

[Ice009]

Hill was very good tonight.

I'd like to see more Hill drives than Manu jumpshots. Hill needs to stop passing it off ALL the time to Manu.

[duncan228]

Final: Spurs 91, Heat 84 (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/spursworld/2009/01/game-blog-spurs-vs-heat.html)

The Spurs led most of the game and went in front for good with more than nine minutes left but still had to work hard in the fourth quarter of a 91-84 road victory over the Miami Heat.

The Spurs' defense came through at the end, allowing the Heat only one field goal made in the last four minutes of the game.

Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 19 points and nine rebounds. George Hill had 15 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

FOURTH QUARTER

Manu Ginobili blocked a Dwyane Wade shot on a Heat fast break. Roger Mason Jr. hit a jumper at the other end and the Spurs lead 86-81 with 1:25 left.

Tony Parker had been quiet offensively but his basket down the stretch has the Spurs leading 84-81 with less than three minutes left.

Dwyane Wade had eight points in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter. The Spurs lead 78-75 midway through the period.

George Hill and Roger Mason Jr. scored the Spurs' first 10 point of the fourth quarter. Hill later had an assist on a Bruce Bowen 3-pointer that put the Spurs up 77-72.

George Hill had a big 3-pointer late in the third quarter when the Spurs needed some momentum. He has six points early in the fourth quarter and the Spurs lead 71-68.

THIRD QUARTER

Matt Bonner's 3-pointer and Manu Ginobili's driving basket gave the Spurs the last five points of the third quarter. They lead 65-60.

The Heat went on a 7-0 run to go in front 56-55 and take their first lead late in the third quarter. George Hill hit a 3-pointer to put the Spurs back in front.

The stars are taking over. Tim Duncan has the Spurs' last five points. Dwyane Wade has the Heat's last two baskets. The Spurs lead 49-47.

The Spurs turned the ball over twice in the first minute of the third quarter. It was a rocky start for the Spurs, who struggled to score late in the first half.

SECOND QUARTER

The Spurs made only one field goal in the last five minutes of the second quarter and went to halftime tied 39-39.

Bruce Bowen saw action in both of the first two quarters and shared the defensive assignment on Dwyane Wade, who was 4 of 11 from the field and had 10 points.

Tim Duncan just made a pair of free throws. He is up to 10 points and the Spurs lead 36-32.

Ime Udoka added a 3-pointer to his earlier basket. That was Udoka's first 3-pointer made since Dec. 18. The Spurs lead 34-32.

Michael Finley and Ime Udoka made their first baskets of the game for the Spurs' last four points. The Spurs lead 30-25.

The Heat are on a 9-0 run that carried over from the first quarter. The Spurs lead 21-20 and Gregg Popovich took a timeout.

FIRST QUARTER

Manu Ginobili replaced Michael Finley with 6:10 left in the first quarter. Ginobili's first basket gave the Spurs a 19-11 lead.

The Heat are aggressively going after offensive rebounds early and extending their possessions.

Roger Mason Jr. and Matt Bonner each hit a 3-pointer as the Spurs took a 13-7 lead.

Mason and Michael Finley turn turns playing defense on the Heat's Dwyane Wade early, and Bonner helped out with double-teams.

[Brazil]

You saying Parker had a better game than Wade?

Of course not but the FG% of TP is better than wade thats a fact. This is the positive thing to have a good team and cast when TP has an off day in FG% he is not obliged to take 26 shots to make 10.

[Ice009]

Hill is a pretty good shooter too. I'd also like to see Hill get a few more looks at three.

[SpursPreacher]

You give credit to bonner also he had a great game as well.

[Yorae]

Manu's block might be the play of the day.

[T Park]

Manu told Wade to Get him some of dat.

[SpursDynasty]

I just noticed that Miami beat us earlier this season. I previously stated that this win was nothing to get excited about, well any avenge is exciting. Hell yeah Spurs.

[Ice009]

Bonner was good. I'm pretty sure I said it earlier.

Who are you saying didn't give credit to Bonner?

[Brazil]

By the way this game demonstrates that TP is not an stat obsseded player, he took only 9 shots in 31 min and he will be happy with the W despite his 8 points.

[kace]

Of course not but the FG% of TP is better than wade thats a fact. This is the positive thing to have a good team and cast when TP has an off day in FG% he is not obliged to take 26 shots to make 10.

indeed 4-9 is a decent % (44.5 %), some NBA star average this on their career.
but i got your point and i loved that too. tony didn't have to force things tonight when he saw his shot wasn't falling easily. he had 7 assists, a decent FG % and a clutch layup.

Hill, Bonner and Mason playing well allowed him to not force things.

[kace]

By the way this game demonstrates that TP is not an stat obsseded player, he took only 9 shots in 31 min and he will be happy with the W despite his 8 points.

TP always did what Pop asked him to do. when everyone except Tim, usually, sucks in offense, he asks tony to shoot because he has to do. if tony is average on offense but some of his teamates step up, Pop and tony are surely happy to let them score.

I think it's easy to understand that no one in this team is obsessed by his own stats. anyway, Pop would never allow that.

[peskypesky]

God damn it!! I missed the game. Completely forgot they were playing tonight.

Gotta love the balanced scoring.

[duncan228]

NBA TV talking to Hill now.

[peskypesky]

By the way this game demonstrates that TP is not an stat obsseded player, he took only 9 shots in 31 min and he will be happy with the W despite his 8 points.

I agree. I've never seen evidence that Tony is concerned about his line. I think he's bought into the Spurs' philosophy of team play, with Lord Tim Duncan setting the example.

[T Park]

So where are all the

Chalmers > Hill people?

[ClingingMars]

1-0 on the game blog!

GO SPURS GO!

-Mars

[lefty]

1-0 on the game blog!

GO SPURS GO!

-Mars

:toast

[T Park]

1-0 on the game blog!

GO SPURS GO!

-Mars


Wainwright the pitch

BELTRAN STRIKES OUT LOOKING!!!

:)

[Capt Bringdown]

I'd like to see more Hill drives than Manu jumpshots. Hill needs to stop passing it off ALL the time to Manu.

Good call, I agree. I'd love to see such an addition to the Spur's attack. We need it.

[duncan228]

The winning wall.

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/wallpaper_090105_1024.jpg

[ClingingMars]

Wainwright the pitch

BELTRAN STRIKES OUT LOOKING!!!

:)

oh why oh why didn't that idiot swing the bat...

:depressed: depressed :depressed

/end what could have been rant

-Mars

[Yorae]

Too bad no one took a picture of the block. That would make an awesome wall...

[Reck]

The winning wall.

Purrfect!

[Manufan909]

Anyone have a link to the ESPN top 10? My computer is being incredibly slow right now.

[T Park]

oh why oh why didn't that idiot swing the bat...

:depressed: depressed :depressed

/end what could have been rant

-Mars


Dude, he would've looked silly swinging.

That curve ate him alive. No man alive could've hit it.

[ClingingMars]

Dude, he would've looked silly swinging.

That curve ate him alive. No man alive could've hit it.

he could have at least made contact, maybe caused an error, kept the dream alive...you just can't go down like that looking.

-Mars

[Obstructed_View]

So where are all the

Chalmers > Hill people?

December numbers:
Chalmers 2.8 rpg 4.8 apg 12.4 ppg

Hill 2.1 rpg 1.9 apg 5.2 ppg

[Bartleby]

Hill

PPG 7.9
RPG 2.7
APG 2.4
SPG 0.7
BPG 0.2
FG% 0.411
FT% 0.785
3P% 0.415
MPG 19.1

Chalmers

PPG 10.0
RPG 2.8
APG 4.6
SPG 1.9
BPG 0.1
FG% 0.420
FT% 0.732
3P% 0.362
MPG 32.0

[EricB]

December numbers:
Chalmers 2.8 rpg 4.8 apg 12.4 ppg

Hill 2.1 rpg 1.9 apg 5.2 ppg

:lol

Damn Spurs front office can't win.

[TampaDude]

Good win over a good team. That block by Manu was sweet. :toast

GINOBILI!!!!!

[Obstructed_View]

:lol

Damn Spurs front office can't win.

Yeah, because I've been bad mouthing Hill since draft night. :rolleyes

[Dex]

BTW, way to go Mars.

1-0! 100%!