Spurs @ Rockets - Mar. 14 - Game Blog

[VI_Massive]

i thought udoka had fucked us there...

[Supergirl]

jump ball my ass

[tomtom]

damn any one catch how much time left?

[Spurs Brazil]

We should foul

[bdictjames]

Man. :/

[NewJerSpur]

It's times like this I know the Rockets miss McGrady. Good job knocking down the ft's Tony.

[VI_Massive]

foul automatically!!!

[Chieflion]

4.2 seconds left.

[Spurs Brazil]

damn any one catch how much time left?

4 seconds

[bdictjames]

4 seconds.

[Supergirl]

4.2 seconds left, Rockets have the ball

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

You gotta foul, take away the three. Come on Pop, don't let them McGrady us again.

[VI_Massive]

phew

[bdictjames]

Yay!

[Chieflion]

Yay. Spurs 88-85 beat the Rockets.

[tomtom]

woohoo! swweet win

[robbie380]

It's times like this I know the Rockets miss McGrady. Good job knocking down the ft's Tony.

it's games like this when we miss battier playing offense.

[robbie380]

ggs spurs

[bdictjames]

Can anyone explain the last shot?

[SpursDynasty]

Barry runs away after the buzzer instead of coming over to see his old team. He hates SA now?

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruce played the last 4 seconds and avoid his 1st DNP-CD in 8 years

[mattyc]

Huge win. Good stuff Spurs.

[usckk]

Wow. Thank goodness. That was a messy game. But I'll take it.

[Supergirl]

Brooks misses.

Last 3 Rockets shots taken (and missed) by Brooks and Artest. Think Ming is gonna be pissed in the locker room?

[timaios]

Yes Yes Yes Yes !!!!!!!!!

:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit

:flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

[loveforthegame]

Nice win. On the road and against a division rival.

[timtonymanu]

Big big win for the Spurs.

[Thomas82]

Good, it's finally over.

[Spurs Brazil]

Can anyone explain the last shot?

Brooks short on a 3

[Mugen]

thank you tony parker and tim duncan.

[Lars]

Grats SA, see you next week.

[Capt Bringdown]

Give the game ball to Finley.

[Crookshanks]

Finley's half-court shot wins the game!!!!

[Chieflion]

Brooks misses.

Last 3 Rockets shots taken (and missed) by Brooks and Artest. Think Ming is gonna be pissed in the locker room?

Of course, Yao Ming knows he can hit the three.

[HarlemHeat37]

good win..the game was never really in doubt, we had control for most of it..we're the Spurs though, so it had to come down to the end, it's just how it is..

good game Rockets fans..Houston is surprisingly the only one of our "rivals" that I don't dislike..

[GuerillaBlack]

Good game Spurs. See you next week.

[Ice009]

Gooden big contribution in this win. Finley half court shot was huge. That's why I hate it when the Spurs let teams hit those buzzer beaters. Spurs gotta get better at defending those end of quarter shots. They can be dagger shots. Good job Tim and Tony in the 4th. Good job everyone on the team tonight.

[BruceBowenFan]

Great win by the spurs.

[Thomas82]

Nice win. On the road and against a division rival.

without one of our Big 3.

[mystargtr34]

Unlucky for the Rox, but i think on the whole the Spurs deserved this one, they played slightly better for the majority of the game. Even with the luck they had with Fin's shot.

[peskypesky]

God damnit!!! I just got home, fired up the NBA League Pass and ALMOST saw the last 4 seconds, but it froze! arrrghhhhhhh

Really wanted to see this game. How was Gooden?

[timtonymanu]

Props to Drew Gooden!

[bdictjames]

Brooks misses.

Last 3 Rockets shots taken (and missed) by Brooks and Artest. Think Ming is gonna be pissed in the locker room?

I dont think Yao Ming is ever pissed, at his teammates anyway.

His fault.

[mabrignani]

had to start a new thread after that game haha:flag:

[mystargtr34]

Barry runs away after the buzzer instead of coming over to see his old team. He hates SA now?

I dont think anyone cares about Brent Barry anymore.

Good luck to him, he didnt really do shit for us in his 3 years here.

[Libri]

a much needed win, considering that Houston was 1.5 games back

[Many PackYao]

Great game! Good job Spurs!:toast

[Mugen]

good game rockets.

the difference between houston and san antonio:

down the stretch of a close game we go to tony parker and tim duncan and manu when hes playing.

and the rockets go to aaron brooks.

[Morg1411]

WOOT! Kick ass, Spurs, good win!

[mystargtr34]

I didnt understand that either, Yao shoots 80+ % from the FT line too.

Oh well, good for the Spurs i guess.

[crc21209]

Props to TD after starting the game in a tough way, but came out in the 2nd half more aggressive on both ends. TP of course gets props as well. Fin and Gooden also deserve huge props, especially Gooden. In his 1st real game as a Spur, he came out and provided some great energy, 13 points, some boards. Overall a very good game. :tu Good win for the guys! On to OKC.

[Ice009]

I dont think anyone cares about Brent Barry anymore.

Good luck to him, he didnt really do shit for us in his 3 years here.

Yes he did. He was big in the 2005 playoffs. Had a great game against Phoenix in the WCF game 1 and then played back up PG in the finals against the Pistons when Beno went into turnover mode.

[Ice009]

I forgot to give props to Ime. You guys think Ime has turned the corner?

[Spurs Brazil]

I forgot to give props to Ime. You guys think Ime has turned the corner?

Playing better in the last 5 games

[Mugen]

I forgot to give props to Ime. You guys think Ime has turned the corner?

ime hasnt sucked so horribly lately so ill give him that.

he was a good matchup for artest, but i dont see him getting much pt once manu gets back.

[MarHill]

A good bounce back win after Thursday night!

Gooden played well with 13 pts and 4 rebs. He is going to give that 2nd unit with Manu great balance and finally the Spurs have another big that can score in the post and hit a 12-15 jump shot. Yes!!

:flag:

[Fernando TD21]

It's nice to see that Gooden is contributing to the team already. So far, he is playing better than I thought he would be.

[senorglory]

I forgot to give props to Ime. You guys think Ime has turned the corner?

Wasn't that Ime, at the end of the game, that blew past and left Artest wide open for a potentially game winning (tying?) three? Not awesome.

[Brazil]

Didn't see the game just the box score : nice scoring for Drew 15 at 50% but only 4 rebounds ? Cherry on the cake Utah loss with 3 OT !!!

[Ice009]

Wasn't that Ime, at the end of the game, that blew past and left Artest wide open for a potentially game winning (tying?) three? Not awesome.

lol true. I guess I forgot about that play already.

[ohmwrecker]

Wasn't that Ime, at the end of the game, that blew past and left Artest wide open for a potentially game winning (tying?) three? Not awesome.

I need to see it again, but Ime looks like he has finally taken his head out of his ass.

[Chieflion]

Didn't see the game just the box score : nice scoring for Drew 15 at 50% but only 4 rebounds ? Cherry on the cake Utah loss with 3 OT !!!

13 and 4 for Gooden. Not his fault. He only played 15 minutes.

[spurastic]

Wasn't that Ime, at the end of the game, that blew past and left Artest wide open for a potentially game winning (tying?) three? Not awesome.

That was Ime switching to guard Brent who had broken away. His man was picked up by another Spur ( I forgot who).

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm pretty pumped. When we get Manu back we will have a hell of a bench offense. Keep the starting unit the same and let Tony and Tim do their thing, then you come off the bench with Gooden and Manu.

Too many times Manu gets bogged down playing with a second unit if both TP and Tim are on the bench. You pair him with Gooden and suddenly you have another big who score and operate on the low block that can take some defensive attention off Manu.

Exactamundo.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I've been watching the Rockets lately and they are a good team that can't finish.

Nice win away for our boys. :tu

[Mugen]

get healthy manu.

when that happens, we are in beast mode.

[Budkin]

Not a pretty win, but I'll take it. Finley Buzzer Beater was the difference haha.

[MarHill]

Not a pretty win, but I'll take it. Finley Buzzer Beater was the difference haha.

Spurs-Rockets games are never pretty and it's usually the first one to 90 wins.

Also, it's another victory on the road after a tough loss on Thursday night.

Absolutely....we will take it!! :toast

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[45 bank shot]

oh man what a hard-fought W. Aaron brooks saved the opponents. he might be a spark sometimes but he's still too young and inexperienced

[peskypesky]

Do people really think Gooden will continue to come off the bench into the playoffs? If he's contributing so well so quickly, I'm hoping he'll eventually start over Bonner.

[peskypesky]

How did Tim look in the game? Did he look like he was hurting?

[MarHill]

Do people really think Gooden will continue to come off the bench into the playoffs? If he's contributing so well so quickly, I'm hoping he'll eventually start over Bonner.

Naw...he will be better in the 2nd unit with Manu. That will give the Spurs incredible balance. Manu on the wing and Drew in the post....wow!!!

Also, I believe Pop will rotate KT/Bonner in the 1st unit with TD depending on the matchups.

I can definitely see KT playing as a starter against the Lakers if they meet in the WCF instead of Bonner.

[45 bank shot]

Do people really think Gooden will continue to come off the bench into the playoffs? If he's contributing so well so quickly, I'm hoping he'll eventually start over Bonner.

mAN I'd love to see Gooden over Bonner. However Gooden must work on his defense otherwise he won't see much time on the court with Duncan .
Bonner is there to spread the floor, KT is there to defend and Gooden is there to play low post game and so is Timmy

[alchemist]

Gooden's 1-on-1 defense tonight was pretty good, he bothered Scola a lot and I think Scola posted him about 5 times and only scored 2 points.

[TampaDude]

Tight game...there were 21 lead changes, and the game was tied at 14 different points...good win, guys! GO SPURS GO!!!!! :flag:

[duncan228]

Winning wall.

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/wallpaper_090314_1024.jpg

[BuzzerBeater]

Ok, had to jump in here, heard my name a couple of times, BuzzerBeater.
It's been a really different year if y'all remember Pop not liking 3 ptrs. in the past calling that part of the game "fool's gold."

Now buzzer beaters from the perimeter all year long make for a lot silver in my hair.

I really don't like us depending on buzzer beaters and taking a look at tonight's final score, Findog's half court buzzer beater was huge in that regard.

Screw it, we won (damnit, I see another gray hair..........)

[milkshakeballa]

Enjoy it! That was a big time road victory right there with a team nipping at your heels!!!

:toast:toast

TP was great!

[TampaDude]

Enjoy it! That was a big time road victory right there with a team nipping at your heels!!!

:toast:toast

TP was great!

Thanks, bro...see you all in the WCF! :toast

[smrattler]

I think this win was just another confirmation of what I already thought: I feel 100% confident we will win any series against anyone in the West, except the Lakers.

Not saying we can't beat the LAkers, just too many things need to go right for us to just have a good chance: Manu, Gooden, big-three, 3 point shots, rebounding, etc.

But any other team in the West? No problem. Although,,, the Jazz and Hornets are going to have something to say about that I'm sure.