Game Blog: Spurs @ Bobcats - Jan. 19

[ace3g]

and that is why Duncan is awesome, he went up to Wallace and calmed everyone down

[GSH]

Mason getting no love from the refs. He breathes, he gets called for the foul.

I don't know what's a foul anymore and what isn't. They let guys box with each other and than call a foul on some stupid, picky shit. It's going both ways, but it's not basketball.

[Mal]

Don`t blow it. This game is our now

[urunobili]

come one TD one FT!

[SpurAddict561]

missed FTs

[Supergirl]

Okafor is gonna foul out, for sure.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 1/2 FT

Spurs up 4

[Supergirl]

Damn it Duncan, we need those points

[Admidave50]

Go Spurs Go

[urunobili]

Bell is their best FT shooter :pctoss

[Spurs Brazil]

5th on Mason

[Supergirl]

WHY do the refs hate Mason so much?

[loveforthegame]

5th on Mason. Damn.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

tim is a bitch, he should have punched him in the face for stepping up to him like that

Yeah, because that would've been smart, and violence can solve everything. :rolleyes

[Spurs Brazil]

Make those TP

[urunobili]

come one TP make both!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That backdoor cut by TP has been working well lately.

[Supergirl]

these refs suck. on both ends of the court. let them play!

[Spurs Brazil]

TP 2/2FT

Bruce in for Mason

Spurs up 4

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes!

[SpurAddict561]

Am I the only one that is so glad the Suns go rid of Diaw & Bell

that was basically all their depth off the bench

hahahah yet another clever trade!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck!

[urunobili]

Yes!

followed by a fucking selfish airball???? :pctoss

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tough call on KT there - he was standing still and Raja had his head down.

[Josepatches_]

Great Tony,great JS!

[koopa]

tony trying to hard, needs to move the ball......and fuck the refs.....that was a charge

[Spurs Brazil]

followed by a fucking selfish airball???? :pctoss

That one was for the stop, the fuck was for the airball
:lol

[SpurAddict561]

we need a bucket BAD

[Mal]

Bell 11 out of 11 FT. WTF

[koopa]

damn that cross eyed fool

[ClingingMars]

fuck the refs, thomas made a good play

-Mars

[loveforthegame]

Shit.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nice gutsy play from SA in the final 30 seconds.

I just hope they have enough in the tank for Indiana tomorrow :tu

[SpurAddict561]

why Mace isn't taking the shots down the stretch here is BEYOND ME

[urunobili]

We need to score come on guys we need this W!

[Spurs Brazil]

Bell 11 out of 11 FT. WTF

The guy is a Jump shotter and has 11FTA

WTF

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We really want KT on the baseline up 2 with 50secs to go? Shit, I don't mind that at other times in the game, but you gotta get a better shot than that at the end of the game.

[koopa]

Yeah, because that would've been smart, and violence can solve everything. :rolleyes

i'm not saying it would be either, just fun to watch........ of course it would suck cause tim would be suspended for a few games..........but it would have been entertaining

[Mal]

C`mon Spurs score this time

[koopa]

nice ending.......

[urunobili]

Whaaaaaaaataaaaaaa Bloooooooooock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

oh mannnnnnn I thought Diaw's 3 was in!

phewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

I need to go lie down :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

TD block

Spurs win

FUCK THE SUNS AND THE BOBCATS

[SpurAddict561]

Timmy with the stone cold DDDDDDDDDDDD

[Reck]

Diaw almost had it.

Ridiculous showing by the Spurs as usual.

[Admidave50]

what happened? well at least we got the W and our guys woke up in the 4th

[loveforthegame]

Not the best win but we'll take it and move on.

[Quiet Strength]

Damn it all these close games are killing me.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Lucky that was Diaw and not Bell!

[urunobili]

Fuck Raja Bell and Fuck Boris Diaw :pctoss

[koopa]

i'm glad the game was early now i can watch 24 in peace tonight

[Mal]

Really important win

[quentin_compson]

Timmy saves the day with his block, but Diaw missing a wide open three was just luck...

Nevermind, the boys won. :toast

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck Raja Bell and Fuck Boris Diaw :pctoss

[SpursPreacher]

Spurs won I will take it lets go home.

[timaios]

I lose 1 month of my life each time i watch a Spurs game.

:flag::flag::flag:

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

i'm not saying it would be either, just fun to watch........ of course it would suck cause tim would be suspended for a few games..........but it would have been entertaining

Hmmm, not really. I don't find random violence entertaining at all.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

We held the Bobcats to 36% shooting which is superb, but we did get outrebounded 46-39

[Amarelooms]

lol barely beating the Bobcats...impressive.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Diaw missed that by about an inch. :lol

[romain.star]

Fuck Raja Bell and Fuck Boris Diaw :pctoss

you just can't hate B. Diaw.
He's a skilled unselfish player and such a great guy. I wish he was a spur...

[z0sa]

Spurs win in a low scoring affair.

I'll take it :tu

[ORION]

I pooped my pants looking at it on espn gamecast

[urunobili]

damn my heart needs an arrhythmia check now... why do they do this to us all the time?? Houston defeated Denver we just now need a W from the Pacers to call it a perfect day

[Amuseddaysleeper]

George Hill +16

Kurt Thomas +18

:tu

[Amuseddaysleeper]

lol barely beating the Bobcats...impressive.

and you guys are still looking up at us in the standings

[wildbill2u]

At the end of the season a W is a W. Let's not pick it apart.

[timaios]

Dallas 95
Philadelphia 93
Final

Chicago 98
New York 102
Final

San Antonio 86
Charlotte 84
Final

Toronto 84
Atlanta 87
Final

Denver 113
Houston 115
Final

All close games !!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Timmy saves the day with his block, but Diaw missing a wide open three was just luck...

Nevermind, the boys won. :toast

30.1% 3pt shooter over his career, so not really. I will concede he is shooting 45% since the move to Charlotte though.

[polandprzem]

Tim was unable to finish again at the rim :rolleyes

good nite!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Tim was unable to finish again at the rim :rolleyes

good nite!

Okafur and Wallace can be athletic shot blockers.

I do wish Tim would dunk the ball more often as oppose to putting up weak floaters, but that last shot at the end was a tough one for him

[JohnnySixString]

Wow. Are we supposed to be happy the Spurs beat the fucking bobcats? By TWO points? And that's only because that last 3 didn't go in for Charlotte. Yeah, a win is a win.......:rolleyes

[024]

i didn't watch the game because i didn't know that it was this early. i'm pretty sure if i watched the game, i would be mad that the spurs allowed the bobcats to be so close. but looking at the boxscore, i guess i can live with it. bobcats shot 36% and the spurs shot 40%. spurs also had a bad 3pt night but played good defense to make up for it.

[Penya]

damn my heart needs an arrhythmia check now... why do they do this to us all the time?? Houston defeated Denver we just now need a W from the Pacers to call it a perfect day

AND a W from the Cavs...:wakeup

[SpursPreacher]

The defense held strong a good solid spurs type win I rather win games in the 80s then games in the 100s. Cause then I know the 80s game was more spurs pace.

[quentin_compson]

30.1% 3pt shooter over his career, so not really. I will concede he is shooting 45% since the move to Charlotte though.

You're right, still you don't want anyone to shoot an open potentially game winning three. OK, some exceptions come to mind: Shawn Bradley, Shaq, Darius Miles...
Well, I'm going to stop now. :p:

[Spurs Brazil]

Bobcats FG-29-80 - 36%

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm happy..dominant defensively..our offense made a lot of bad decisions, which we typically do vs. average teams..Charlotte's playing well lately, like Ruff said(wins vs. Detroit, Boston, Portland)..

[wildbill2u]

You're right, still you don't want anyone to shoot an open potentially game winning three. OK, some exceptions come to mind: Shawn Bradley, Shaq, Darius Miles...
Well, I'm going to stop now. :p:

The Yahoo game site said Diaw shot it from 29 feet. If true, pretty good odds he wont make it even if he was "wide open"

[magui86770]

Everyone is saying a win is a win, but I'm getting frustrated by team's inability to pull away from .500 teams and blow them out.

I can't stand this close games. Heart can't take it!:wow

[timaios]

The Yahoo game site said Diaw shot it from 29 feet. If true, pretty good odds he wont make it even if he was "wide open"

He was close to the 3 point line !

[DPG21920]

FREE throws.

[magui86770]

oh, Finley 1-9. Ouch. How long has he been in a slump now?

[Spurs1234]

i watched the game, in my opinion it was a good win, the bobcats played good and had won 3 in arow and were 9-4 since all of their trades...are they a 70win team no, but a solid win against a hot team on the road..not sure how people can get upset..great dunk by duncan at the end, shame it bounced right to diaw, but got lucky he missed...ginobili hit two big threes in the finals 3 minutes and overall a gritty road win. i am happy.

[timvp]

I'll take the win and the defensive effort but the offensive decision making down the stretch wasn't the best. KT stretching his range with under a minute to go? Ginobili also went way too soon on that pick-and-roll with TD. He went with about 12 seconds on the shotclock. The right play was to go with about 5 seconds left and force the Bobcats to rebound and go the length of the court with no timeouts left.

Oh well. Good defense. Clutch threes by Manu. Survived the physical game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm happy..dominant defensively..our offense made a lot of bad decisions, which we typically do vs. average teams..Charlotte's playing well lately, like Ruff said(wins vs. Detroit, Boston, Portland)..

Yup, I've been watching a lot of Bobcats lately and they have become a good team since the Diaw/Bell trade - both perfect fits for them. However, they haven't learned to win in the clutch yet. They tried to give the Boston game away 4 times, and they gave this one away to us after playing better ball in the second half until 3 mins to go.

Bobcats for the 8 seed! :)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

i watched the game, in my opinion it was a good win, the bobcats played good and had won 3 in arow and were 9-4 since all of their trades...are they a 70win team no, but a solid win against a hot team on the road..not sure how people can get upset..great dunk by duncan at the end, shame it bounced right to diaw, but got lucky he missed...ginobili hit two big threes in the finals 3 minutes and overall a gritty road win. i am happy.

Exactly, except it was a block not a dunk. ;)


I'll take the win and the defensive effort but the offensive decision making down the stretch wasn't the best. KT stretching his range with under a minute to go? Ginobili also went way too soon on that pick-and-roll with TD. He went with about 12 seconds on the shotclock. The right play was to go with about 5 seconds left and force the Bobcats to rebound and go the length of the court with no timeouts left.

Oh well. Good defense. Clutch threes by Manu. Survived the physical game.

Agreed, and poor shot selection in the 4th by Finley as well.

Ah well, we got through it. :)

Next.

[Whisky Dog]

The Bobcats arent the worst team in the league anymore, so winning on their home court in front of a packed holiday crowd was a good win. Two more games and the Spurs will be at the halfway mark of the season, and then we'll see what this team is made of coming down the stretch. This was the 2nd straight game where they made some horrible decisions and mistakes in crunch time, but they were bailed out by Nocioni's stupidity and Diaw's buzzer miss to get wins. They have to get that stuff under control, and I'm hoping it's just mid season blues that's causing some of the mental errors.

[JohnnySixString]

The Pacers are worse than the Bobcats. Yet, given the recent trouble taking care of shitty teams, we all have to assume the Spurs are going to struggle against them too.

[crc21209]

Hell a win is a win, especially these days where it seems every team plays hard. And Charlotte's been playing some good ball lately. Also, Denver losing today is plus. Now we need New Orleans to lose to Indy, Phx to lose to Boston, and LA to lose to Cleveland. Fkn Dallas won so fuck them. lol.

[Budkin]

I didn't even realize there was a game today until I got the text... at least we won (barely).

[BlackBellamy]

lol barely beating the Bobcats...impressive.
December 11, 2008: Mavs- 95 Bobcats- 90, 16 lead changes and 11 times tied. Doesn't sound like a solid drubbing either, huh? That being said, ugly game with an exciting win. I can't take too many more of these, especially with -.500 teams. I think we've got a toughie tomorrow. Granger. (shudder)

[duncan228]

Winning wall.

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/wallpaper_090119_1024.jpg

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't know if the Pacers are worse than the Cats, but we're gonna be at home(IIRC)..Indiana has been playing the better teams in the NBA closely this season..they are a dangerous team when they get hot..

[duncan228]

OT.


Duncan signed autographs and posed for pictures with more than three dozen fans in Wake Forest gear before the game. It came shortly before Duncan’s alma mater became the top-ranked team in the country.

[bdictjames]

Bobcats are a good team, guys, ever since with that Diaw trade, they have been trying to find themselves but no doubt this is a team for the future.

[Supergirl]

When the Bobcats won against the Celtics, everyone talked about how they were "suprisingly good" and rising out of the cellar to challenge teams.

When the Spurs beat them, suddenly they're back to being nothing again. I smell hypocrisy.

Reality is, if Duncan had made his FTs this game wouldn't have even been close.

[HarlemHeat37]

When the Bobcats won against the Celtics, everyone talked about how they were "suprisingly good" and rising out of the cellar to challenge teams.

When the Spurs beat them, suddenly they're back to being nothing again. I smell hypocrisy.

Reality is, if Duncan had made his FTs this game wouldn't have even been close.

it's nothing new here..

[MarHill]

ST posters are overreacting again....3rd game in 4 nights and they had to grind it out. I'm okay with the win and onto Indiana tomorrow night. It's an 82 game season!!!

The Bobcats played hard in the 2nd half and its nice to see the Spurs grind out games again in the mid-to-high 80's instead of plus 100 point shootouts.

[crc21209]

ST posters are overreacting again....3rd game in 4 nights and they had to grind it out. I'm okay with win and onto Indiana tomorrow night. It's an 82 game season!!!

The Bobcats played hard in the 2nd half and its nice to see them grinding out games again in the mid-to-high 80's instead of plus 100 point shootouts.


Amen. Did anyone fucking realize that the Spurs after tomorrow will have played 4 games in 5 nights. That is some crazy ass shit. Lol. I'll take any kind of win any way possible with a schedule like that.

[crc21209]

By the way guys, good game in NO right now. It was NO 97-92 a sec ago, Jack hit a 3 and Ford stole the ball from Paul and laid it in. 97-97 game. 98-97 New Orleans with 23.7 seconds left in the game now.

[HarlemHeat37]

these last few posters are crazy..they're using logic..we don't use logic here..

[MarHill]

these last few posters are crazy..they're using logic..we don't use logic here..


:lmao :lmao

[crc21209]

Stupid Pacers just turned it over with 7 secs left.

[crc21209]

98-97 NO ball with 7 secs left.

[HarlemHeat37]

Hornets announcers are horrible..

[HarlemHeat37]

god damn, how many clutch shots is that for Granger this year? dude is cold blooded..

[MarHill]

Amen. Did anyone fucking realize that the Spurs after tomorrow will have played 4 games in 5 nights. That is some crazy ass shit. Lol. I'll take any kind of win any way possible with a schedule like that.

Thanks crc21209....

Sometimes the Spurs fans don't realize how much a groundhog day the NBA regular season is!!

They want the Spurs to blow out every bad or mediocre team by 20 points. That's just unrealistic!!! Basketball is a rhythm game and even bad or mediocre teams can get hot and during an 82 game season it will happen more often than not.

I have looked at the Spurs last 6 regular seasons and they were plenty of games they had to grind out against bad or mediocre teams!!

It happens!!

:flag:

[crc21209]

Hornets announcers are horrible..

lol I agree. I was just thinking the same thing. 100-97 NO 6 secs....left...Lets go Granger..

[sonic21]

the bobcats will be in the playoff, they're 9-9 since the diaw trade and they keep getting better.

[crc21209]

WOW Danny Granger. lol

[crc21209]

100-100 game with 2 secs left. NO ball.

[HarlemHeat37]

Chris Paul..

[crc21209]

Fucking Chris Paul

[crc21209]

Whos the stupid ass who was on him? He gave him too much damn space what an idiot.

[MarHill]

Chris Paul..


Yeah..I just saw his shot on the TNT highlight.

A great shot!!!

The Spurs need to find the energy tomorrow night to stop the Pacers!

[crc21209]

Hornet Announcers: OMG OMG OMG Paul epitomy of clutch epitomy of clutch. LOL Really?

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL..definitely horrible D..they forgot about New Orleans franchise player for some reason..

Granger is a tough guard..I don't even wanna imagine Finley guarding him tomorrow..

[urunobili]

:pctoss

[crc21209]

We needed NO to lose to bump them down 1 more loss from us, but oh well. They will get theirs. They play a couple tough games with Philly and Denver next week. Then the Spurs as well.

[crc21209]

Pacers could have easliy had that game. Thats what happens when you only score 10 god damn points in a quarter (3rd)

[HarlemHeat37]

it also hurts that Troy Murphy sags off Paul by like 10 feet, and gives him a completely wide open 3 for the win..

[kace]

well, i guess that means more of CP3 hype in the media in the next days if it's even possible.

anyway, this guy is a great bball player. too bad he acts like a diva on the court.

[crc21209]

well, i guess that means more of CP3 hype in the media in the next days if it's even possible.

anyway, this guy is a great bball player. too bad he acts like a diva on the court.


Yeah very true. I wanna like him, I do. But I just cant cuz he's such a big bitch. lol

[Reck]

Hornet Announcers: OMG OMG OMG Paul epitomy of clutch epitomy of clutch. LOL Really?

You should have seen the Rockets/Nuggets game. :dramaquee

[urunobili]

Dirk's shot was damn good too... :wakeup

[kace]

Dirk's 3 shot was damn good too... :wakeup

it was great. and his teamates seemed to really trust him. as soon as he launched the ball, terry was doing his asshole running back to the locker room and Kidd raising his arms. they would have looked stupid if Dirk missed.


Dirk is a great player and a clutch player. but he's a mav so he will always be bashed here.

[sonic21]

it was great. and his teamates seemed to really trust him. as soon as he launched the ball, terry was doing his asshole running back to the locker room and Kidd raising his arms. they would have looked stupid if Dirk missed.


Dirk is a great player and a clutch player. but he's a mav so he will always be bashed here.

actually i think Dirk is more bashed in other nba forum, the majority of ST know is a damn good player

[ManuTP9]

nice

[Yorae]

Poor phoenix, being murdered right now by boston. 52-84....

[tp2021]

My brief thoughts:
Bell is still a prick.

[peskypesky]

Am I the only one that is so glad the Suns go rid of Diaw & Bell

that was basically all their depth off the bench

hahahah yet another clever trade!

is Kerr working for CIA Pop?

[peskypesky]

For people who want to laugh at the Spurs for just barely beating Charlotte, here's a list of some of the current playoff teams who have lost to the Bobcats: Portland, Detroit, Boston, NJ, Philadelphia, Utah, New Orleans, and Miami.

[Manufan909]

For people who want to laugh at the Spurs for just barely beating Charlotte, here's a list of some of the current playoff teams who have lost to the Bobcats: Portland, Detroit, Boston, NJ, Philadelphia, Utah, New Orleans, and Miami.

As stated earier, logic is illogical 'round these parts.

[timtonymanu]

For people who want to laugh at the Spurs for just barely beating Charlotte, here's a list of some of the current playoff teams who have lost to the Bobcats: Portland, Detroit, Boston, NJ, Philadelphia, Utah, New Orleans, and Miami.

exactly. my friend was dissing the Spurs because they barely beat the Bobcats. and i told him the Spurs played 3 games in 4 nights just recently and also the Bobcats have beaten some good teams lately. Then he said "You still should have blown them out." Then I told him, "Well you should have beat the Thunder then." (He's a Pistons fan)

[Manufan909]

exactly. my friend was dissing the Spurs because they barely beat the Bobcats. and i told him the Spurs played 3 games in 4 nights just recently and also the Bobcats have beaten some good teams lately. Then he said "You still should have blown them out." Then I told him, "Well you should have beat the Thunder then." (He's a Pistons fan)

You need to add Javtokas and Tiago to your sig!!!:lol

[mathbzh]

Does anyone know why Oberto played only two minutes?
More generally why only 27 minutes in 7 games?