Spurs vs Clippers Mar. 27 - Game Thread

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

What kind was it? Two hands, one, reverse, tomohawk, windmill, what?


Two hand slam!

[Crookshanks]

manu's trade value is getting higher!!
Bite your tongue! A pox on you and your house!!!! :nope

[45 bank shot]

just hope manu doesn't reinjure himself

[vincent]

This game is great for Manu to get his confidence back:lol

[timtonymanu]

Mason leads the team in rebounds with 8.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 96-72 after the 3rd

[Pauleta14]

27 assists so far...

[will_spurs]

Manu 14 points, 6 assists and 3 steals in 14 minutes... making a statement to the league: "I'M BACK!!!!!!"

[Dro210]

Mason leads the team in rebounds with 8.

Mase needs to go for the Triple Double here in the 4th... 8,6,8 right now... just start lookin for assists and he's got it.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I like the way Gooden looks with Manu out on the floor...

[Spurs Brazil]

And the good news is TD only played 13 minutes and TP 17

[Hemotivo]

just hope manu doesn't reinjure himself

are you sure?

[Dro210]

I like the way Gooden looks with Manu out on the floor...

They've supposedly been spending alot of time together in practice.... you can tell it's paying off

[Ice009]

What kind was it? Two hands, one, reverse, tomohawk, windmill, what?

Manu had the ball out of bounds on the sideline and threw an awesome pass to Hill who got a clear path to the basket and dunked it two handed. Great pass and great finish.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu to Gooden!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpursFan0728]

throw in Mahinmi to play a few mins with his street clothes on

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu - Gooden again

Manu with 7asts

[Crookshanks]

Manu to Gooden - again! Gooden looks like he's having fun for the 1st time.

[timtonymanu]

Tim + Tony = 1st unit
Manu + Gooden = 2nd unit

this is great.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damn Gooden with the 1 handed slam!!!!!

[SAhoops]

Manu makes us soooooo much better!!!

[BlackSwordsMan]

nice gooden dunk

[Dro210]

OH MAMA!!!!

JV to Gooden, Manu with the Hockey assist

[BlackSwordsMan]

why couldn't the spurs have gotten gooden sooner

[Spurs Brazil]

JV nice pass to Gooden dunk

[Libri]

Gooden is laughing

[Joe Schmoogins]

this is like playing a jv team...

[SAhoops]

Manu and Gooden!!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice hustle Ime!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Udoka to Hill!!!!!!!!

[SAhoops]

Gooden!!!!!

[will_spurs]

Pop now knows what Manu and Gooden can do, so he's going back to see if Vaughn-Hill can be the 3rd unit I guess.

[ILoveOranges]

Haha this is brutal :blah

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

this is like playing a jv team...


Yeah but it is FUN :) Plus this is giving Manu Ginobili his confidence back. Gooden is playing awesome as well!

[Crookshanks]

this is like playing a jv team...

Yeah - but it's so much fun watching the bench guys have so much fun out there. They're playing fast and loose - laughing and having a blast. I think the whole team needed a game like tonight.

[Mugen]

fun game, clipps are awful but good to see this dominate for once.

[Libri]

Manu may be done for the night

[Biggems]

I absolutely love the Clippers...........they mask all your negative points and make you look like an absolute World Beater. I wish we could play the Clippers every game.

[spectator]

is it going to be a record if 9 players finish the game in double digits?

[stéphane]

Some rough SPAM tasting for the clips.

[Crookshanks]

Clips have 81 points already - you know Pop isn't going to be happy about the lax defense! :rollin

[Dro210]

is it going to be a record if 9 players finish the game in double digits?

I'm lookin for that too... George Hill need another bucket and then Mase needs to get back in and get his Triple Double

[Dro210]

Damnnnnnnnnnnn

That oop woulda been soooo nasty.

[Spurs Brazil]

DAMN almost

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Ohhhhh :( Spurs missed their first alley oop of the year....

But IME for 333333333333

[Libri]

that Hill alley-oop would have been awesome

[jdev82]

clippers are the washington generals. all we need is some manu dunks and "sweet georgia brown"

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jv yeah!!!!!

[Crookshanks]

See you JV haters - he's making you look silly!

[timtonymanu]

man how sweet would that have been!

[will_spurs]

Vaughn making good use of his limited minutes...

[timtonymanu]

Make Bowen shoot a 3!

[stéphane]

A fun blowout but the clips are awfull to say the least.

[Libri]

Gooden has some smooth post skills

[spectator]

mason is probably done for the night, but hill can still make one more and make it 8 players in DD for the spurs

[Biggems]

the clippers are so bad they make Vaughn look worthwhile

[Ice009]

Nice play from Drew to draw the foul. That was some very good footwork. Drew was mad he didn't get the And1.

Too bad Hill missed that Alleyoop dunk earlier. He may have gotten up too high on it ;).

[Thomas82]

Manu may be done for the night

14 points, 7 assists, 3 steals in only 7 minutes- speaks for itself.

[Thomas82]

Gooden has some smooth post skills

I noticed those when he was still at Kansas.

[Biggems]

Nice play from Drew to draw the foul. That was some very good footwork. Drew was mad he didn't get the And1.

Too bad Hill missed that Alleyoop dunk earlier. He may have gotten up too high on it ;).

that move is gonna give me nightmares of 95....and u know what I mean

[spectator]

hornets and mavs look further and further away

[Crookshanks]

14 points, 7 assists, 3 steals in only 7 minutes- speaks for itself.

Actually it's 14 minutes - but it's still a GREAT stat line!

[Manufan909]

Two hand slam!

Thanks!!!!!!!!!! And damn, Gooden looks sweet with Hill and Manu.

[will_spurs]

14 points, 7 assists, 3 steals in only 7 minutes- speaks for itself.

Make that 17 minutes... but it's still good.

Parker sat the whole 2nd and 4th. Duncan sat the whole 2nd half?

[duncan228]

For those listening to the Clippers call, the Russell interview with Duncan is supposed to air during the Playoffs. I'll post the air date when I get it.

[Ice009]

See you JV haters - he's making you look silly!

Vaughn is a very good back up PG, but he's not that good offensively.

What do the Spurs need? Scoring? Well Pop thinks they do anyway. maybe if Pop let the back up PG play his game we'd be better off. Damon Stoudamire was playing great when he was distributing then when he started chucking he sucked. You saw that towards the end of tonight's game when Vaughn starting chucking he sucked. He's just not that good offensively.

[Crookshanks]

Vaughn is a very good back up PG, but he's not that good offensively.

But he's got a great basketball IQ and pretty good court vision. He's made some pretty slick passes tonight.

[vincent]

We better prepare to get that Jordan next year. He is a good big man.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice job Gooden!

[Manufan909]

Sweet jump hook from Gooden.

[Thomas82]

Actually it's 14 minutes - but it's still a GREAT stat line!

My bad, I was looking at the box score on ESPN.com, they had him at 7 minutes.

[Mugen]

lol at lawler doggin JV

[Dro210]

14pts 5boards in 16 minutes from Drew so far

[Thomas82]

Sweet jump hook from Gooden.

He'll pay big dividends for us in the playoffs.

[will_spurs]

LOL Hill can't buy a bucket to reach double digits!

[Thomas82]

14pts 5boards in 16 minutes from Drew so far

His best game in a Spurs uniform.

[Crookshanks]

Aww - Bruce is the only player who didn't score

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs win, 111-98

[timtonymanu]

Nice win Spurs.

[Libri]

Who's the MVP of the Game? Tp?

[Mugen]

pop encouraging Georgie after the game. i think he likes the kid.

[timtonymanu]

Who's the MVP of the Game? Tp?

Everyone was. lol.

But i say Manu.

[024]

good win. nice to see ginobili merging the bench together.

[Mugen]

Who's the MVP of the Game? Tp?

TP was great, but Manu looked great out there.

[Crookshanks]

Who's the MVP of the Game? Tp?

Nope - it's Manu! He kept the energy up and led the bench unit.

[Thomas82]

For those listening to the Clippers call, the Russell interview with Duncan is supposed to air during the Playoffs. I'll post the air date when I get it.

Good looking out!!

[will_spurs]

Stat of the day: TP 80% FG and 100% 3-pt

:downspin:

[duncan228]

Duncan some rest. Parker some rest. Manu shaking off rust big time. Bench okay. Win.

Fun game.

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Nice win,tonight spurs:flag:

[pwilliam]

Stat of the day: 3 turnovers the whole game

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuu on the radio

[Ice009]

But he's got a great basketball IQ and pretty good court vision. He's made some pretty slick passes tonight.

Read my edit as I added to it.

Pop thinks we need more offense and when Vaughn starts chucking shots he's awful. Other teams will double off of Vaughn and beg him to shoot. No one is disputing Vaughn's PG skills. He's just not a threat offensively. I like the way he played tonight, but remember it was against the Clippers. When he started looking for his shot more though in the last few minutes of the game our offense stalled.

[Spurs Brazil]

Stat of the day: 3 turnovers the whole game

Finished with 5

[Manufan909]

Read my edit as I added to it.

Pop thinks we need more offense and when Vaughn starts chucking shots he's awful. Other teams will double off of Vaughn and beg him to shoot. No one is disputing Vaughn's PG skills. He's just not a threat offensively. I like the way he played tonight, but remember it was against the Clippers. When he started looking for his shot more though in the last few minutes of the game our offense stalled.

JV should never shoot more than twice a game. And poor Hill, his jay was off, and one of his threes was rushed. He still did great.

[Crookshanks]

Read my edit as I added to it.

Pop thinks we need more offense and when Vaughn starts chucking shots he's awful. Other teams will double off of Vaughn and beg him to shoot. No one is disputing Vaughn's PG skills. He's just not a threat offensively. I like the way he played tonight, but remember it was against the Clippers. When he started looking for his shot more though in the last few minutes of the game our offense stalled.
Agreed...maybe he needs to be more like Jason Kidd and be a distributor rather than a scorer.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Dallas nearly caught Denver- Denver up 2, 90 -88.

:toast

[Mavs<Spurs]

Let's go _allas !

You can outscore the Nuggets !

:toast

:lol

Awesome game from Manu ! Wow, was that encouraging !

He is such a great playmaker !

And that 3 point ability !

:ihit

[Mavs<Spurs]

Tie game 98-98 Dallas and Denver !

Whoo hoo !

:lol

43 seconds left in the entire game !

[Mavs<Spurs]

Crap, Carmelo with the fts, 100 Denver, Dallas 98 !

:king

[Mavs<Spurs]

Berea from downtown, a 3 and Dallas has the LEAD 101 to 100 over the Nuggets !

[Mugen]

barea'd.

I am a SPURS fan, and I am afraid of J.J. Barea.

[Mavs<Spurs]

NoWinSki and Low Blow are having off nights shooting.

Can't _allas get the stops they need to win the game?

Hmm.

:toast

[Mavs<Spurs]

And _allas gives up a lay-up to Carmelo giving the Nuggets back the lead 102 to 101 !

No defense there, but 12 seconds left in the game; it's _allas' ball.

(or lack thereof).

:depressed

[ILoveOranges]

And _allas gives up a lay-up to Carmelo giving the Nuggets back the lead 102 to 101 !

No defense there, but 12 seconds left in the game; it's _allas' ball.

(or lack thereof).

:depressed

Oh lord

[Mavs<Spurs]

And looks like Nuggets are going to get the W. NoWinSki missed again and Melo got the rebound. 1 second left.

That's game, unfortunately.

Crap, _allas !

Some day you guys need to get a D!

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denver win

[Mavs<Spurs]

103 to 101 Nuggets won !

Once again, lack of D hurts the Mavs.

[duncan228]

Winning wall.

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/wallpaper_090327_1024.jpg

[Pentagruel]

WOW!

That wallpaper is like, a prime Kurt Thomas crazy eyes exemplar!

[Texas_Ranger]

Manu really looks young in that wall.:)

[Bruno]

Spurs have had a very busy schedule for weeks (they play 17 games in March). It's nice to see them getting some rest with an easy game like that.

For the rest of the season, Denver will be the main threat for the 2nd seed. Spurs have 2 less losses than them but they have the tie breaker and a very easy schedule.

[peskypesky]

I was lucky enough to see the game...back home in SA for a week and my brother took me with him to his corporate box. It was my first Spurs game in a couple of years (since I live in NYC) and even though it was a blow-out, I had a great time. So very cool to be in the same space with Manu, Tim, Tony and the rest.

I wish to God I could see more games in person.