Game Blog: Celtics at Spurs 3/20/09

[quentin_compson]

Great block by Bruce and great game!

[HarlemHeat37]

I can't wait until George develops that J, he's going to be scary..

[lefty]

Tpppppppppppppp

[Admidave50]

Shit, Hill is really a liability on offense..

[Ice009]

The wrong people are taking the wrong shots. WTF ARE THE SPURS DOING?

[lefty]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

[HarlemHeat37]

bad play from Drew there..frustration foul, should have made that one..

[mrcoon29]

All the rest has given Bruce the energy he will need for the end of the season polishing of his game to work his magical D in the post season - perhaps.

[lefty]

Put Timmy back in !!!!

[Mugen]

bring TD in

[Ice009]

That is great hustle from gooden!

[HarlemHeat37]

can't do anything when Rondo is making the J..it's good D to let him take it..

[lefty]

Rondo > Kerr

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Davis > Barkley

You mean Erick Barkley, surely. :lol

[Mavs<Spurs]

still waiting on Tim to come back in. 6 minute mark.

[lefty]

TP WTF

I mean WTF WKOPWT R

[HarlemHeat37]

bad luck there for Tony..

Duncan should be in following the break..

[Ice009]

OVerrated Rondo really sticking it to TP. WOW.

COME ON TP your fucking stupid comments are coming back to bite you in the ass.

WIN THIS GAME TP.

[Admidave50]

Damn, Rondo got his ankle broken and TP got careless with the ball

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I have a bad feeling about this game

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Rondo > Kerr

Depends on the team they're on. If you need ice-blood, dead-eye shooting you take Kerr, anything else you take Rondo.

Love your new sig BTW. :)

[Mavs<Spurs]

still no Tim Duncan?

[Ice009]

I wanted Gooden to finish the game with TD. Looks like Pop is thinking to opposite as usual :(. Fucking Pop.

[bbarry]

gooden missing some easy ones... yeah easy for me to say. but at least he's giving us a slight advantage on the boards.

[Libri]

Tim back in

[Admidave50]

OVerrated Rondo really sticking it to TP. WOW.

COME ON TP your fucking stupid comments are coming back to bite you in the ass.

WIN THIS GAME TP.

WTF you're talking about? TP has been owning him most of the game. He managed to get 7 ast vs 11 for Rondo while nobody can hit open shots on our team!!!

[lefty]

Depends on the team they're on. If you need ice-blood, dead-eye shooting you take Kerr, anything else you take Rondo.

Love your new sig BTW. :)

Thanks :toast

[Capt Bringdown]

I have a bad feeling about this game

Yep, a winnable game even without Manu, but the Spurs can't shoot tonite. I can feel a Celtics run of 7 - 10 points to finish us off coming soon.

[Mavs<Spurs]

So, it will be Tim and Kurt finishing.

[lefty]

Tim wake the fuck up

[Libri]

That was a foul

[bonesinaz]

refs suck...how can that be a jump ball?

[quentin_compson]

Clearly a foul by Davis.

[loveforthegame]

That's just sad.

[lefty]

KT nice !

[lefty]

Where is Bruce ?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim gets no respect. He gets whacked like that 5 times a game for no call. Ugh. :rolleyes

[Ice009]

This is bullshit. TIM HOLD THE BALL.

I knew we'd fucking lose that jump bal.

When there is no MANU we never get the ball back in those situations.

[Admidave50]

Fucking yes, these Celtics hqve been pushing during all the game

[loveforthegame]

Damn. Finley can't buy one. Should have stuck with Bowen.

[Libri]

TP working some magic

[lefty]

TP ownaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage !!! lolololololololol

[Bartleby]

Tony with the Hakeem-type fake.

[Mavs<Spurs]

74-72 Celtics with a little under 4 minutes left in the game.

[Death In June]

Nice time out, pop

[benefactor]

I don't think Tony has made a single jumper tonight.

[timtonymanu]

aw Pop. lol.

[Ice009]

WTF you're talking about? TP has been owning him most of the game. He managed to get 7 ast vs 11 for Rondo while nobody can hit open shots on our team!!!

CRUNCH TIME is what i'm talking about. That's when you do it.

[lefty]

Good time out Poppy

[Mavs<Spurs]

another score from TP, woohoo!

[024]

duncan hasn't done much since he returned. have to count on parker.

[Admidave50]

CRUNCH TIME is what i'm talking about. That's when you do it.

Ok so did TP shut your mouth with his beautiful move on Perkins?

[Capt Bringdown]

In a tight game, those little plays like the Allen steal and layup to end the half really hurt.

[benefactor]

I have a bad feeling about this game

Yep, a winnable game even without Manu, but the Spurs can't shoot tonite. I can feel a Celtics run of 7 - 10 points to finish us off coming soon.
You two are perpetual bad feeling.

[Ice009]

I don't remember the Spurs winning 1 jump ball when Manu is not on the court to grab the ball.

[lefty]

Findog don't choke your FT's away please

[lefty]

Ok, scratch that

[Bartleby]

Jeez! When Fin goes cold he goes ice cold.

[tomtom]

wow

[lefty]

Me and my big mouth :D

[Libri]

Finley misses both

[timtonymanu]

WTF Fin?

[lefty]

Finley your SOB

[loveforthegame]

Damn Finley. He's sucked at the ft line this year which is unlike him.

[ezau]

Win this shit Spurs!!!:flag:

[fiona_yin]

Come on
we need this win
go spurs go

[Bartleby]

Dammit Fin!

[lefty]

Finley I hate you

Forever

[Capt Bringdown]

Terrible offense

[Admidave50]

Finley is so fucking useless in this game

[Death In June]

Our shooters are losing this game.

[benefactor]

At least Fin is playing D...

[Ice009]

Michael Finley killed us :(.

[lefty]

Mason time




Book it

[lefty]

Parker missing at least 1 FT


Book it

[Bartleby]

This free throw shooting is maddening

[HarlemHeat37]

this is fucking embarrassing..free throws..come on..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We gave this one away...

[Libri]

missed freethrows :bang

[tomtom]

wtf

[lefty]

Finley is so fucking useless in this game

No

He isn't useless


He helps Boston

[Admidave50]

These missed FTs will bite us in the ass at the end of the game!!!!

[Ice009]

This team is a choking gutless PIG

[timtonymanu]

We lost.

[benefactor]

Try making the FT's this time Tony.

[lefty]

Wow

I really jinxed TP and Findog on those FT's :D

[HarlemHeat37]

damn, I was really hoping for an and-1 there..can we actually make some fucking free throws?! please....please...80% free throw shooters, just make them..

[Death In June]

OH MY FUCK, this is insane.

[Ice009]

Fucking free throw choking gutless pigs

[Mavs<Spurs]

can't miss free throws at the end of the game like this.

[benefactor]

Maybe not.

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs choke at the FT line, good gawd

[tomtom]

Fucking hell

[lefty]

God damn fuck it

Fuck you SOB's useless pieces of shit fuck ass poop

[Bartleby]

Fucking Pathetic!!!

[Admidave50]

Fuck it Tony, he's never been a great FT shooter, where are u Manu???

[tomtom]

wow i cannot fucking believe this

[timtonymanu]

Wow. what a choke. We deserve this lost.

[Death In June]

And you leave a motherfucker open, jesus christ

[Amuseddaysleeper]

pathetic from SA, don't even deserve to make the playoffs

[Thomas82]

We gave this one away...

Yes we did.

[benefactor]

Big baby beats us. Typical.

[tomtom]

wow they deserve to lose this, this was so pathetic

[mrcoon29]

Wow..those are killer misses if there ever was one.

[Admidave50]

the end of this game is so GAY, we're missing 6 straight FTs and David hitting a long range jumper. We gave this one away

[loveforthegame]

Embarassing. 6 missed ft's in the clutch. 2 by Finley and 4 by Parker.

Missed ft's and missed wide open 3 pointers killed us tonight.

[peskypesky]

total suck

[Scola]

WTH, how can they expect to win if they don't make their free throws.

[lefty]

shit pee semen dick penis vagina puke anal fetish fuck godamnit Sequ shit

[Capt Bringdown]

Worse loss of the season. This team is going nowhere in the PO. Just not our year.

[raspsa]

I want to laugh but its not really funny..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I've never seen that - 6 straight misses to end the game.

How massively disappointing.

Must feel like the Celts fans did earlier this year when their team crapped itself in the last minute and gave us the game in Boston.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Been a while since we lost a game purely bc of FT's like this.

[Mavs<Spurs]

game.

those 6 missed free throws obviously killed us.

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm not even mad, I'm just in shock..

[lefty]

I shouldn't have mentioned anything about those late FT's

Please accept my apologies, Spurstalk

[Ice009]

FUCK THIS SPURS TEAM. FUCK TONY PARKER. FUCK ALL THESE FUCKING CHOKING FUCKING LOSER FUCKERs.

WHEN MANU GET'S BACK NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS AT THE END OF THE GAME EVER AGAIN.

ALL CHOKERS AT THE STRIPE EXCEPT MANU. ALL FUCKING CHOKERS AT THE LINE EXCEPT MANU.

TP I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER SHOOT FREE THROWS EVER AGAIN AT THE END OF A GAME.

CHIP NEEDS TO BE FIRED AS TP'S FREE THROW COACH.

FUCKING PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC. PATETHIC.

[mexicanjunior]

Fucking choke city...

[peskypesky]

Michael Finley killed us :(.

Finley stuck the blade in, Tony gave it the twist.

[jayc23]

good lord

[benefactor]

Just wow....

[phxspurfan]

Lol Fin finally makes a 3 with 1 second to go

[Bartleby]

Now he finds his shot. Too little too late.

[HarlemHeat37]

NOW they make a shot..

Boston's gonna throw it into the back court, and we're gonna run out of time..

[024]

popovich better make each spurs member make 100 free throws tomorrow. this is pathetic. duncan disappears in the fourth quarter, finley chokes, and parker can't make free throws.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

too little, too late

fuck

[lefty]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

:lol ass

[Cant_Be_Faded]

i hate how we depend on 3 point shooting

[peskypesky]

WHEN MANU GET'S BACK NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS AT THE END OF THE GAME EVER AGAIN.

ALL CHOKERS AT THE STRIPE EXCEPT MANU. ALL FUCKING CHOKERS AT THE LINE EXCEPT MANU.

TP I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER SHOOT FREE THROWS EVER AGAIN AT THE END OF A GAME.

CHIP NEEDS TO BE FIRED AS TP'S FREE THROW COACH.


:toast

[carina_gino20]

missed free throws? What's new?

[loveforthegame]

Nice 3 by Finley but not enough time.

[Bartleby]

ESPN will have a field day with this.

[Death In June]

I need to stop watching basketball for a while. The spurs are a just a frustrating team right now. Maybe they'll get their shit together soon, but I think I'll just wait until manu is back and healthy. This is like watching the cowboys.

[phxspurfan]

We miss you Manu, come back soon.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oh, so now someone makes a shot. Fuck me I hate that when they do that - can't make one to win the game, but splash when down by 4. Fucking choke job.

[tomtom]

well fishers done it before... it can be done! unless they miss on purpose

[Thomas82]

I've never seen that - 6 straight misses to end the game.
How massively disappointing.

Must feel like the Celts fans did earlier this year when their team crapped itself in the last minute and gave us the game in Boston.

Neither have I.

[lefty]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/ato/lowres/aton1190l.jpg

[Admidave50]

Finley hitting a 3 when the game is pretty finished is kinda pathetic, this game gets more bitter

[Mavs<Spurs]

Lol Fin finally makes a 3 with 1 second to go

as irrelevant as the Cavs 3 at the end of game 4 to make it 82 to 81.

[myhc]

manu fucking ginobili. we need you!! :depressed

[Thomas82]

Nice 3 by Finley but not enough time.

Too little too late.

[lefty]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/ato/lowres/aton1182l.jpg

[benefactor]

This was a disappointing loss...but some of you need to get a grip or just let go. We aren't even at full strength.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

FUCK THIS SPURS TEAM. FUCK TONY PARKER. FUCK ALL THESE FUCKING CHOKING FUCKING LOSER FUCKERs.

WHEN MANU GET'S BACK NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS AT THE END OF THE GAME EVER AGAIN.

ALL CHOKERS AT THE STRIPE EXCEPT MANU. ALL FUCKING CHOKERS AT THE LINE EXCEPT MANU.

TP I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER SHOOT FREE THROWS EVER AGAIN AT THE END OF A GAME.

CHIP NEEDS TO BE FIRED AS TP'S FREE THROW COACH.

FUCKING PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC. PATETHIC.

For fucksake, get a grip. Yes, it is a horrible loss, but stupid absolutism doesn't make it any better

You really need some anger management counselling.

[Scola]

WHEN MANU GET'S BACK NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS AT THE END OF THE GAME EVER AGAIN.

ALL CHOKERS AT THE STRIPE EXCEPT MANU. ALL FUCKING CHOKERS AT THE LINE EXCEPT MANU.

TP I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER SHOOT FREE THROWS EVER AGAIN AT THE END OF A GAME.

TP always chokes w/ his FTs, really disappointed that Finley missed them (hes usually good for them).

Manu is the only guy who should be trusted at the end of games!!!!

[mVp]

Nice free throw shooting TP!! way to go!

[024]

spurs are struggling on their threes because duncan hasn't been commanding much of a double team. duncan is disappearing in the post, settling on jump shots, and just plain missing. no distraction from duncan means more pressure on the shooters.

[Thomas82]

manu fucking ginobili. we need you!! :depressed

In the worst way.

[Bartleby]

.4

At least they have a sense of humor

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oh, so now someone makes a shot. Fuck me I hate that when they do that - can't make one to win the game, but splash when down by 4. Fucking choke job.

=


Finley hitting a 3 when the game is pretty finished is kinda pathetic, this game gets more bitter

[HarlemHeat37]

the funniest part is that we couldn't even make ONE of the 6 free throws..not even 1..

[tomtom]

man that was the worst loss ive ever seen

[peskypesky]

Sucks so much that the happiness I feel about Gooden being a Spur is shattered by the fact that the season has taken a mortal toll. No Manu. A hobbled Duncan.

I haven't given up all hope, but it's clear that without Manu, we have nobody we can trust with the ball at the end of a game.

[loveforthegame]

This was a disappointing loss...but some of you need to get a grip or just let go. We aren't even at full strength.

Exactly. It's a tough loss because it could have been ours but the missed 3s and ft's killed us. We just gave it away and that's not like the Spurs.

Learn from it and move on.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Lost this game in the third when we let them go on that major run.

And sealed it by missing 6 free throws at the end.

[Thomas82]

This was a disappointing loss...but some of you need to get a grip or just let go. We aren't even at full strength.

That's about the only silver lining to this loss.

[Admidave50]

Fucked up game, we didn't get sufficient offensive help besides TP and TD

[benefactor]

Now I see why everyone says the game blogs are a joke. Some of you might as well go root for the Lakers.

[Death In June]

spurs are struggling on their threes because duncan hasn't been commanding much of a double team. duncan is disappearing in the post, settling on jump shots, and just plain missing. no distraction from duncan means more pressure on the shooters.Bullshit, they missed about 7 open threes.

[Thomas82]

Lost this game in the third when we let them go on that major run.

And sealed it by missing 6 free throws at the end.

That's what did it.

[Ice009]

This has sealed the deal for me. I was just about to get on the TP bandwagon.

I've had enough of TP's misses at the free throw line at the end of a close game.

The guy is a mental weakling at the stripe. Never be elite missing shots like that all the time.

I DON"T give a FUCK WHAT TIMVP says TP STINKS AT THE FREE THROW LINE. I've been saying it since the start of the season and TP fucking blows it again.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

And now this game has become a circus.

Nothing to worry about here. We are in an offensive funk lately, but the D is really starting to look like Spurs D. The O will come back. Good to get these yips out of the way now before the playoffs.

[koriwhat]

god those refs are fuckin' idiots

[peskypesky]

duncan is disappearing in the post, settling on jump shots, and just plain missing..

you know he's injured, right?

[timtonymanu]

get ready for

-ESPN preaching the Celtics for winning.
- meltdown on Spurstalk ( i admit i started a thread)


im honestly done with basketball until Manu comes back. these games are taking over my schedule too much and i hate wasting my time being disappointed.

[ducks]

manu fucking ginobili. we need you!! :depressed

spurs uusally shot 76% from the stripe
shote 56% from stripe
spurs lose by 3

spurs could have easlily won tonight without many
keep making the excuse spurs need manu to win

[ILoveOranges]

And now this game has become a circus.

Nothing to worry about here. We are in an offensive funk lately, but the D is really starting to look like Spurs D. The O will come back. Good to get these yips out of the way now before the playoffs.

:tu

[carina_gino20]

This has sealed the deal for me. I was just about to get on the TP bandwagon.

I've had enough of TP's misses at the free throw line at the end of a close game.

The guy is a mental weakling at the stripe. Never be elite missing shots like that all the time.

I DON"T give a FUCK WHAT TIMVP says TP STINKS AT THE FREE THROW LINE. I've been saying it since the start of the season and TP fucking blows it again.

Please calm down and stop before making an even bigger fool of yourself.

TP pretty much carried us for most of the game when no one could buy a shot. Missed free throws blow, but they're not the sole reason we lost this one. We missed open jumpers, didn't play well in D. This isn't the end of the world.

[Ice009]

For fucksake, get a grip. Yes, it is a horrible loss, but stupid absolutism doesn't make it any better

You really need some anger management counselling.

Call the over reaction police. I guess you didn't read my poster earlier in the game blog.

I need another poster to hit me before i press enter so I don't go posting some of that stuff ;).

[Chomag]

umm.. dare I ask?

[Chomag]

How many minutes did Finley Play?

[024]

parker kept the spurs in this game. if anything, blame should shift to the next member of the big 3, tim duncan. it's not just duncan's fault though, no one else really stepped up. just parker against the celtics.

[Death In June]

Too many?

[ducks]

get ready for

-ESPN preaching the Celtics for winning.
- meltdown on Spurstalk ( i admit i started a thread)


im honestly done with basketball until Manu comes back. these games are taking over my schedule too much and i hate wasting my time being disappointed.

if you are done
then you are not a spur fan
you are a manu fan


spurs lost because of free throws
spurs usally lose a few games a season because they can not hit their free throws
if you follwo the spurs you know this

[The Franchise]

you know he's injured, right?

Doesn't matter. If your out on the court no excuses.

[peskypesky]

spurs could have easlily won tonight without many
keep making the excuse spurs need manu to win

so you're saying we won?
:bang

[Ice009]

parker kept the spurs in this game. if anything, blame should shift to the next member of the big 3, tim duncan. it's not just duncan's fault though, no one else really stepped up. just parker against the celtics.

Drew Gooden stepped up but he didn't finish the game like I wanted him to. I knew Pop wouldn't do that.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

spurs are struggling on their threes because duncan hasn't been commanding much of a double team. duncan is disappearing in the post, settling on jump shots, and just plain missing. no distraction from duncan means more pressure on the shooters.

...except we're still getting wide open shots and simply not knocking them down.

Can't agree with you on this one.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Our defense is solid and so is our rebounding.

Our outside shooting has gone south.

Shots were open tonight so tonight it wasn't because of Tim not creating space.

Of course, it is true that if Tim can't command double teams than it will be much tougher for our "shooters" to make 3s.

Nevertheless, Tony's penetration also creates these open shots too.

And if Manu comes back and is able to go to the rim at full speed, then he can also create the shots for our "shooters"


We were undermanned. The Celtics had KG back, but he didn't play that many minutes.

Bottom line, we should have won this game, even without Manu. The third quarter and those missed free throws were what cost us the game, not the absence of Manu Ginobili. This game was there to be had and we didn't grab it.

[Admidave50]

TP carried us throughout all the game, He failed to deliver at the end with his FTs.

As I believe that some fatigue has to be taken into account, TP was aggressive and sacrificed his body against physical interior defense by Boson, he has never been a clutch FT shooter. He kind of cost the French team the qualification for the Olympics (Diaw missed also clutch FTs).

[ducks]

tp shots 80% from the stripe this season he is not nash at 94% but he does not suck
he is way better then duncans 69%

[Mugen]

ugh ugly f'n loss. we need that houston game really badly now.

parker choked but the guy carried us the whole game. manu is going to be shooting those free throws in the playoffs so whatever.

[peskypesky]

Doesn't matter. If your out on the court no excuses.

it's not an excuse, dipshit. it's an explanation.

[The Franchise]

I can live with these loses. Going in healthy is more important than anything.

[200 miles]

Now I see why everyone says the game blogs are a joke. Some of you might as well go root for the Lakers.

:lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

Big props to Thomas. He's been playing great.

The D looked very good tonight

FTs at the end killed us but what's worst than FTs is Mason playing PG. When TP sits and Mason plays we have NOTHING on O.

He holds the ball too much and the offence get stagnant. No more Mason PG, JV would do a better job and that shows how bad is Mason at PG

[Ice009]

spurs uusally shot 76% from the stripe
shote 56% from stripe
spurs lose by 3

spurs could have easlily won tonight without many
keep making the excuse spurs need manu to win

TP always misses free throws at the end of the game.

What is his excuse. You suck Ducks always bashing Manu and wanting him traded.

When the game in on the LINE YOU NEED SOMEONE WITH BALL LIKE MANU.

[024]

you know he's injured, right?

and he'll probably remain like this for the rest of the season, especially in the playoffs when his minutes will go up. duncan's game has always been reliant on his intelligence, not athleticism.

[alchemist]

And now this game has become a circus.

Nothing to worry about here. We are in an offensive funk lately, but the D is really starting to look like Spurs D. The O will come back. Good to get these yips out of the way now before the playoffs.
hopefully the offense returns because they are repeating exactly what they did last year. Play great defense but the slow down pace makes it excruciatingly hard for the Spurs to score. They need to create turn overs so their fast breaks increase.

[quentin_compson]

Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly loss. Everyone is entitled to some misses at the free throw line, but still ...
Timmy doesn't look very good, by the way. I'm certain we'll see more made threes (and FT) on Sunday.

[ducks]

the spurs o is a little off right now do to new rotations
ime is playing now and so is gooden

[boutons_]

HUGE CHOKEJOB.

Lakers, Cavs, Celts all beat Spurs @ATT late in the season. Not a good sign.

[The Franchise]

it's not an excuse, dipshit. it's an explanation.

It was unnecessary stupid fuck.

[ducks]

TP always misses free throws at the end of the game.

What is his excuse. You suck Ducks always bashing Manu and wanting him traded.

When the game in on the LINE YOU NEED SOMEONE WITH BALL LIKE MANU.

NO HE DOES NOT

he has made many clutch free throws
duncan and manu has missed some clutch free throws


mike missed two tonight also

[Budkin]

Shitty fucking ending... Spurs free throw woes finally bit them in the ass. A point guard missing 2 at the line should not happen. Fuck.

[Ice009]

Bottom line, we should have won this game, even without Manu. The third quarter and those missed free throws were what cost us the game, not the absence of Manu Ginobili. This game was there to be had and we didn't grab it.

Exactly it was a total choke job which is on TONY and FINLEY tonight. You cannot praise them for playing a great game when they totally choked.

[boutons_]

In the WCF and Finals, Spurs won't have HCA. It matters.

[ducks]

HUGE CHOKEJOB.

Lakers, Cavs, Celts all beat Spurs @ATT late in the season. Not a good sign.

not a good sign with the congress people spurs voted for

[ducks]

In the WCF and Finals, Spurs won't have HCA. It matters.

no it does not
spurs care less
you do because you believe the media always

[Capt Bringdown]

Parker channelling the spirit of Nick Anderson with the missed FT's. I hope he can shake it off, as he's clearly the best player on the team right now.
Duncan's a shadow of his former self at this point. The dropoff between this year and last is staggering. Father time rules us all.

[scanry]

tp shots 80% from the stripe this season he is not nash at 94% but he does not suck
he is way better then duncans 69%


Better my ass..

Duncan is fucking clutch and at the age of 26, Duncan was dominating the NBA.

Parker has pathetically ridden the coattails of Duncan for 3 championships...

[ducks]

Better my ass..

Duncan is fucking clutch and at the age of 26, Duncan was dominating the NBA.

Parker has pathetically ridden the coattails of Duncan for 3 championships...

tp lead the team 14 straight games in points and assist

tonight he had 2 less rebounds then duncan

[Ice009]

tp shots 80% from the stripe this season he is not nash at 94% but he does not suck
he is way better then duncans 69%

I've seen him miss them too many times in the 4th quarter. Like I said I don't care what Timvp says and what percentage he shows me TP FLAT OUT sucks in a tight game at the free throw line.

[The Franchise]

Parker channelling the spirit of Nick Anderson with the missed FT's. I hope he can shake it off, as he's clearly the best player on the team right now.
Duncan's a shadow of his former self at this point. The dropoff between this year and last is staggering. Father time rules us all.

Parker won't be effected by this, he's to mentally strong.

[ducks]

I've seen him miss them too many times in the 4th quarter. Like I said I don't care what Timvp says and what percentage he shows me TP FLAT OUT sucks in a tight game at the free throw line.

so showing stats saying he does not suck
does not prove to you are wrong
so why should anyone try to agrue with you

tp used to suck at free throws late but he is way better now then better

[quentin_compson]

Better my ass..

Duncan is fucking clutch and at the age of 26, Duncan was dominating the NBA.

Parker has pathetically ridden the coattails of Duncan for 3 championships...

Come on, we wouldn't even have been in this game if it wasn't for Tony.

[JohnnySixString]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/reaper_chevelle/kickapuppy.jpg







:lol Jeez, calm down.






.

[carina_gino20]

Parker has pathetically ridden the coattails of Duncan for 3 championships...

That's not fair.

[peskypesky]

Parker won't be affected by this, he's too mentally strong.

fixed

[Ice009]

hopefully the offense returns because they are repeating exactly what they did last year. Play great defense but the slow down pace makes it excruciatingly hard for the Spurs to score. They need to create turn overs so their fast breaks increase.

Why did Pop go for offensive players in the off season then? Should of looked at defense in the off season if these guys are going to choke it up.

Instead we got a reaching Mason that can't hit a shot. I had no problem with Mason at back up PG if that got his offense going, but unfortunately his offense is stinking now and SpursBrazil called it a few games ago that the Spurs should have ended that experiment.

If playing back up PG can't get Mason's offense going and more productive then like SpursBrazil said that needs to end NOW. Get George Hill back there cause if Mason can't score I would much rather have George's defense out there on the court. I love defense and love that Hill is playing hard and aggressive on that end of the court.

btw this NBATV crew is good. Steve Smith is pretty good. I hope he doesn't feel pissed at the Spurs organization for benching him in 2003 and still has hard feelings about that. Steve seems like a good guy and good analyst.

[mVp]

tp shots 80% from the stripe this season he is not nash at 94% but he does not suck
he is way better then duncans 69%

LOL what about crunchtime? I'd rather have Shaq shooting my FT's at the end of the game than Tony...

[Mugen]

people bashing TP after hes been carrying the team for the last 2 months and has been by far the most consistent spur this year are idiots.

with that said, thats why pop has the ball in manu's hands at the end of games.

chokejobs like this happen, we were due.

accept it and move on.

[Admidave50]

I've seen him miss them too many times in the 4th quarter. Like I said I don't care what Timvp says and what percentage he shows me TP FLAT OUT sucks in a tight game at the free throw line.

So if Finley would have hit his 2 FTs while sucking ass during all the game, he sould be praised and he would have deserved more credit than TP despite 7 pts 2/9 2rbd 2 ast vs 25 pts 12/23 7 reb, 8 ast???

Cone on, get over yourself.

[ducks]

tp usually does not shot those free throws late do to manu
manu gets more calls then tp
that is why pop goes to manu
tp gets used to it
he will make them

[scanry]

people bashing TP after hes been carrying the team for the last 2 months and has been by far the most consistent spur this year are idiots.

with that said, thats why pop has the ball in manu's hands at the end of games.

chokejobs like this happen, we were due.

accept it and move on.

Exactly, and i agree people (like me) can be hard on Tony, but that choke job was inexcusable. I don't like it when the French poodles come in bunches and trash Manu for turning over the ball or some stupid play.

Manu is clutch and i'll be pissed if Pop defers to Tony in the playoffs.

[ducks]

Exactly, and i agree people (like me) can be hard on Tony, but that choke job was inexcusable. I don't like it when the French poodles come in bunches and trash Manu for turning over the ball or some stupid play.

Manu is clutch and i'll be pissed if Pop defers to Tony in the playoffs.

going to tp instead of manu can be good
why they will expect pop to go to manu

[scanry]

tp usually does not shot those free throws late do to manu
manu gets more calls then tp
that is why pop goes to manu
tp gets used to it
he will make them

Stop with your pathetic excuses faggot... It's beyond embarrassing to watch you defend Tony's scrotum all day...

Manu is clutch period and Pop goes with him for a reason. Unlike Tony, Manu doesn't shrivel under pressure...

[Ice009]

people bashing TP after hes been carrying the team for the last 2 months and has been by far the most consistent spur this year are idiots.

with that said, thats why pop has the ball in manu's hands at the end of games.

chokejobs like this happen, we were due.

accept it and move on.

TP IS NOT ELITE until he learns to hit free throws in crunch time. When you shoot 80% and miss them in crunch time that is called a choke.

Tim misses them too, but he doesn't shoot 80%. I'd rather have Tim and Shaq right now shoot those in crunch time that TP. Tim I feel better with at the line.

[Ice009]

tp usually does not shot those free throws late do to manu
manu gets more calls then tp
that is why pop goes to manu
tp gets used to it
he will make them

I hope your right Ducks. I thought Tony was going to show everyone tonight that he is legit. He choked it though :(.

[scanry]

going to tp instead of manu can be good
why they will expect pop to go to manu

Unlike the Frenchies, Manu doesn't shrivel under pressure and hide for cover..

[Mugen]

TP IS NOT ELITE until he learns to hit free throws in crunch time. When you shoot 80% and miss them in crunch time that is called a choke.

Tim misses them too, but he doesn't shoot 80%. I'd rather have Tim and Shaq right now shoot those in crunch time that TP. Tim I feel better with at the line.


he missed 4 fts in a fuckin regular season game. ur gonna throw a guy whos been carrying this team on his back for the last 2 months under the bus over a regular season game?

[Chomag]

Come on, we wouldn't even have been in this game if it wasn't for Tony.

x1 Did you guys not see him at the end leaving the court? He was bearly moving and looked to about falll over. TP put it all out there tonight.

[Ice009]

NO HE DOES NOT

he has made many clutch free throws
duncan and manu has missed some clutch free throws


mike missed two tonight also

Manu has not missed anywhere near the amount TP has.

You are right though that Pop always gives it to Manu.

Do you want to know why he always gives it to Manu that's because Tony might have gotten to the free throw line earlier in the 4th at say the 6 minute mark and Pop sees him miss a free throw then I'd say at that point he says fuck that I'm going to give the ball to Manu so I don't have to watch Tony miss more free throws.

[The Franchise]

he missed 4 fts in a fuckin regular season game. ur gonna throw a guy whos been carrying this team on his back for the last 2 months under the bus over a regular season game?

That is some fickle shit.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

people bashing TP after hes been carrying the team for the last 2 months and has been by far the most consistent spur this year are idiots.

with that said, thats why pop has the ball in manu's hands at the end of games.

chokejobs like this happen, we were due.

accept it and move on.

Welcome to my world.

I've been trying to explain things in these terms all season ,but no-one listens... :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

he missed 4 fts in a fuckin regular season game. ur gonna throw a guy whos been carrying this team on his back for the last 2 months under the bus over a regular season game?

Don't worry, Ice's brain explodes every time we lose. ;) :lol

[ducks]

TP IS NOT ELITE until he learns to hit free throws in crunch time. When you shoot 80% and miss them in crunch time that is called a choke.

Tim misses them too, but he doesn't shoot 80%. I'd rather have Tim and Shaq right now shoot those in crunch time that TP. Tim I feel better with at the line.

you can be elite and miss free throws
duncan has never been great in that area
td greatest power foward in game

[Ice009]

So if Finley would have hit his 2 FTs while sucking ass during all the game, he sould be praised and he would have deserved more credit than TP despite 7 pts 2/9 2rbd 2 ast vs 25 pts 12/23 7 reb, 8 ast???

Cone on, get over yourself.

Finley choked 10 times worse than Tony. Where am I saying I'm going to give him praise? I'd only give his praise for making two free throws and being clutch.

TP I would have give praise for the whole game and even called him a Superstar if he hit those free throws.

He hasn't reached that next level. If he can't hit free throws when it matters he's not elite.

[Ice009]

NO HE DOES NOT

he has made many clutch free throws
duncan and manu has missed some clutch free throws


mike missed two tonight also

Mike choked 10 times worse tonight.

[Bartleby]

If he can't hit free throws when it matters he's not elite.

Most nights Finley and Parker make those FT's. Tonight they didn't. It happens, but not so often it's something I'd worry about.

[scanry]

you can be elite and miss free throws
duncan has never been great in that area
td greatest power foward in game

TD is a big man you moron. A Big man's weakest strength is freethrows and adulterators like you can't seen get that in your thick skull.

Tony is a guard and bricking ft's is like TD not posting up..

[Ice009]

you can be elite and miss free throws
duncan has never been great in that area
td greatest power foward in game

You don't get my point Ducks. Duncan does not shoot 80% and miss a lot of them in crunch time.

TP seems to miss a lot in crunch time. That is not the same.

I've said it for a long while TP was at his best at the free throw line in 2006. That is the only time I recall him making clutch free throws consistently. I think he's regressed since then. That's one of the reasons I'm calling him out.

TP has carried us the last two months. I won't dispute that. If I did that then I'd be total dipshit. I'm just mad with the loss.

TP has played his heart out and I'm mad we lost this game. I am sure TP is VERY, VERY mad at himself, but the other guys in that locker room need to go up to TP tonight and say sorry to him for fucking playing so poorly that he had to carry their asses. I just need to vent a little bit. Tough, stupid loss. I don't think I'm off the TP bandwagon.

[quentin_compson]

TP I would have give praise for the whole game and even called him a Superstar if he hit those free throws.

He hasn't reached that next level. If he can't hit free throws when it matters he's not elite.

I'm as mad/sad as you that Tony (and Finley!) didn't make those FTs, but if he hasn't reached that next level you're talking about with all he has done this season I don't know what you're expecting from this guy. And what does "when it matters" mean? It's not like we're playing the finals right now; all in all, this was just a RS game. Once again, without Tony we're not even in the situation where we can win this game.

[ducks]

duncan missed more before his prime
you mention 2006
tp is NOT the player he was in 2006
he is way better

[Mugen]

we are just missin 3s. our defense has been great which i think was a far greater concern going into the playoffs.

[Ice009]

we are just missin 3s. our defense has been great which i think was a far greater concern going into the playoffs.

True. You said the key word defense. That is what I love most so that puts a little smile on my face lol.

It doesn't help though when guys like Mason can't hit shots and then play average defense. Mason's got to stop reaching in. That's one aspect of the defense I did not like. Other than that I thought we played tough.

[Ice009]

So should I go into the main forum guys? How many new threads have been started?

[scanry]

duncan missed more before his prime
you mention 2006
tp is NOT the player he was in 2006
he is way better

No he didn't. He dominated and willed him team to championships.

BTW this isn't about Tim. He's our Franchise and he's played his heart out for the past 12 years (and winning 4 rings which i might add). Morons (more like faggots) like you want to always bring up TD's flaws when some one questions Tony's Scrotum...

[Ice009]

Pretty poor form calling out Duncan for his whole career Ducks.

You can maybe call out TD for his last two weeks of play, but calling out Duncan about missing free throws years ago is a weak take when he completely dominated.

Tim has always missed free throws while not shooting a high percentage.

TP has also missed free throws while shooting a high percentage. Don't you see the difference there?

[ducks]

duncan just got lucky to rid david robinson's coattails and has better teamates then david robinson

if tp and david played their whole careers together they would been many more titles in sa

[ducks]

Pretty poor form calling out Duncan for his whole career Ducks.

You can maybe call out TD for his last two weeks of play, but calling out Duncan about missing free throws years ago is a weak take when he completely dominated.

Tim has always missed free throws while not shooting a high percentage.

TP has also missed free throws while shooting a high percentage. Don't you see the difference there?


you are the one that brought up tp missing free throws back in 2006 NOT ME
so I brought up duncan missing free throws before his prime
TP HAS NOT EVEN HIT HIS PRIME YET

[Ice009]

you are the one that brought up tp missing free throws back in 2006 NOT ME
so I brought up duncan missing free throws before his prime
TP HAS NOT EVEN HIT HIS PRIME YET

DID YOU FUCKING READ WHAT I SAID??????????

I SAID TONY WAS AT HIS BEST AT THE FREE THROW LINE, IN CRUNCH TIME, IN 2006. I THINK HE HAS REGRESSED SINCE THEN. I DIDN'T BASH ON TP FOR HIS 2006 FREE THROWS. Tim Duncan never was that good at free throws. That's why I am always on Tony for it because he showed that season he can make them and make them in crunch time consistently. Well when he had the opportunity back then he did. What is Chip doing with him cause he's getting worse since then.

Tim has not regressed he's actually get a little better at them.

[Ice009]

duncan just got lucky to rid david robinson's coattails and has better teamates then david robinson

if tp and david played their whole careers together they would been many more titles in sa

Duncan riding David's coattails?????????


You will say anything to bring TP up won't you?

[ducks]

david>duncan

[Ice009]

Are you going to answer my question about your misread?

[wildbill2u]

What a bunch of crybabies. This wasn't a blowout to the defending champions, it was a hard fought game but we lost. period. Grow up and quit whining.

Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

[spurtilldeath]

missing free throws are ok..it happens..but generally, I do get the feeling that we are lacking that fire to win games...hope we improve and feel the fire to win this year's champiopnships...GSG...lets go and win the sunday's game.

[BWS-1994]

Watching Pierce shoot 2 more FT's with .1 secs left was adding insult to injury :depressed

[Roxsfan]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/ato/lowres/aton1182l.jpg


good win.

LOL at all the spurs posters hoping for a rox loss. Ha, good luck with the celtics bitches....................:lmao


We beat them on their court last time we played them, you retard

and, who is the retard again?