Game Blog :: Spurs vs. Thunder :: April 7

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bowen turnover

[freemeat]

Does this mean Duncan doesn't play tomorrow? Or does that plan change and he plays a B2B because Manu is done?

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs playing D!

[Spursmania]

Once again Bonner showing off his skills.

[arodz]

Bullshit call

[TDomination]

Bruce making Durant work. Officials bail him out

[Josepatches_]

Only 2 shots for TP in the 2nd half. :wow

It wasn't bad for the team.
TD has more shoots and it's good for him

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 25pts 15rebs

[SA210]

good job Bruce, nothin easy!

[Spursfan092120]

For those who haven't left the room, the Spurs called up Marcus Williams. Spurs D is looking good tonight. Wow..Bruce plays and the D does good..what a coincidence.

[loveforthegame]

That turnover was on Finley not Bowen.

[Mavs<Spurs]

I didn't realize that they are now keeping track of blocks against.

Tim must lead the league in blocks against for big men !

:lol:lol

:flag:

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We need Bruce's D on KD, but keep the ball away from him on O unless he's going to shoot it from the corner.

[024]

matt bonner to close the fourth?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner is a no show again

[ElNono]

Bruce making Durant work for his points... :tu

[Spursfan092120]

TD 25pts 15rebs
Just Timmy being Timmy..nothing to see here.

[TDomination]

oh i love that play by duncan and parker

[Brazil]

Does this mean Duncan doesn't play tomorrow? Or does that plan change and he plays a B2B because Manu is done?

good question

[024]

matt bonner to close the fourth?
nvm

[Libri]

:tu
Once again Bonner showing off his skills.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP from TD!

[SA210]

Trying to stop Bruce :lol

[arodz]

Bowen's Out????

[TDomination]

ok, i don't like this. why did ime just come in for bowen?

[Spursmania]

Negative=No Hill whole game.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gooden back in for Bonner....

[Brazil]

quiet but good game of tp

[Thomas82]

I know it's only OKC, but this is the Tim Duncan I'm used to seeing.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Westbrook is an AWESOME rebounder for his size, great instincts, kills all his opponents (PG aren't used to blocking out).

[Dex]

Ughdoka in for Bowen at the 3:30 mark.

[SA210]

Put Bruce back in damn it!

[arodz]

Bowen comes out....Thunder score two buckets....hmmmmmmm

[timtonymanu]

I know it's only OKC, but this is the Tim Duncan I'm used to seeing.

well they usually beat the Spurs so i like this performance.

[Mavs<Spurs]

That turnover was on Finley not Bowen.

Bruce and Finely have the same amount of turnovers, hello !

And the same amount of points !

Now, tell me how they are equally good on defense or how Finely is the better defender !

:nope

:lmao

:flag:

[Spurs Brazil]

Shit

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

ok, i don't like this. why did ime just come in for bowen?

Because Pop is going senile?

[will_spurs]

I think Pop is not playing Hill because it's a game the Spurs have to win to get some confidence back - not a game to develop a player. But I'm sure Pop hasn't written him off.

[ElNono]

Need to go back to what worked... TP and TD pick n roll, and Gooden...

[Borosai]

If only Bonner could rebound like a big man. He doesn't have to be a great defender, but if he could score (which he does well enough) and rebound, that would be nice.

By the way, how has Gooden's teamplay seemed today?

[Mavs<Spurs]

Tony needs to finish this game off for us !

:flag:

[Brazil]

+5 2.44 left

[TDomination]

stupid finley lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Finley and 1

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bruce and Finely have the same amount of turnovers, hello !

And the same amount of points !

Now, tell me how they are equally good on defense or how Finely is the better defender !

:nope

:lmao

:flag:

"Number" of points.

In general, you have a "number" or "quantity" of something countable (like points or basketballs), and an "amount" of something practically uncountable (like sand or sugar). The main exception is money, for which we often use "amount".

Sorry, I'm just feeling pedantic. :lol

[SA210]

Need to go back to what worked... TP and TD pick n roll, and Gooden...

And Bruce on D

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley and one!

[Crookshanks]

Ok Finley - that's good!

[arodz]

Did he just say, "Finley has shown up every night"?????

[cnyc3]

Finlayyyy

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gooden a 22222222222222

[Libri]

Gooden j

[Crookshanks]

Woo Hoo - up 10 with less than 2 minutes!

[TDomination]

spurs up 10

[Mavs<Spurs]

Finely scores !

5 points on the night.

:toast

He is awesome.

:lmao

:flag:

[loveforthegame]

Fuck Finley. How dare he take a shot from one of the others.

[Spurs Brazil]

Gooden J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spurs up 10

[arodz]

And Bowen still sits....

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Did he just say, "Finley has shown up every night"?????


He has, just hasn't played well every night. Finley hasn't missed a game if i'm not mistaken.

[Spursmania]

I think Gooden may have found a home. Did you see the Drizzle's smile after he hit the jumper. lol...

[SA210]

That Defense that Bruce played in this game sent a vibe thru this team and set a tone and calmed down the other team. Bruce needs to start!

[timtonymanu]

Fuck Finley. How dare he take a shot from one of the others.

as long as it goes in i dont care.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Fuck Finley. How dare he take a shot from one of the others.

5 points on only 4 shots.

:flag:

[Spurs Brazil]

Gooden 20pts 4rebs

[Spursfan092120]

Gooden smiling and having fun..and looking unstoppable, and picking up defense..our fill in for the last part of the Big 3?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Finley 333333333333333333333333

[Crookshanks]

GAME! Thanks Finley!!!

[TDomination]

stupid finley, thinking he can make big shots

[arodz]

Fuck you Finley....where was that the last two games

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

Dagger

Fuck the Thunder

[Death In June]

Well, that's game. It's only the Thunder, but it's a start. If Pop pulls his head out his ass, this is still a good team without Manu.

[loveforthegame]

Fuck you Finley.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD with a great game 25pts 15rebs 3blks

[Spursfan092120]

Fuck you Finley....where was that the last two games
screw you...can't make every shot every game...he just hit a clutch shot against a team who's been hurting us this year.

[Crookshanks]

now run the clock and head on home!

[spurastic]

Thank you Finley!

[Mugen]

its a start.

timmys probably out 2maro.

way to respond spurs.

[Mavs<Spurs]

That Defense that Bruce played in this game sent a vibe thru this team and set a tone and calmed down the other team. Bruce needs to start!

Agreed.

TP with almost a double double, 19 points, 9 assists and 5 steals !

And TD with a game bigger than I thought that he could produce given his current temporary health situation.

:flag:

[Horse]

Thank god we beat the thunder. We won't go quietly Go Spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arodz]

He has, just hasn't played well every night. Finley hasn't missed a game if i'm not mistaken.

Unfortunately

[Brazil]

TP with a quiet double double

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Well this win somewhat eases my pain, a BLOWOUT Tomorrow would make me feel even more better!

[Libri]

Tony finishing it off

[bbarry]

why is timmy drinking out of a small ass gatorade bottle?

[Spurs Brazil]

TP J

Duncan 25pts
Parker 21pts
Gooden 20pts

[Borosai]

One really nice figure: 6-15 from 3. Sure, it's not a great percentage, but they have only taken 15 3s instead of 25.

[cnyc3]

9 boards for Ime

[Pauleta14]

TP closing the game with a dagger and a nice stat line!
21pts 10ast 5st 4RBD...

[Josepatches_]

One really nice figure: 6-15 from 3. Sure, it's not a great percentage, but they have only take 15 3s instead of 25.


Becasue TD took 20 shots

[arodz]

Manu is DONE if the Spurs don't make a SERIOUS RUN at Shawn Marion this off season...then FUCK THE OWNER and FUCK THE FRONT OFFICE...FUCK THE COACH...

Marion is the ONLY OPTION this off season if the aforementioned are serious about winning NOW


Shawn, is that you????

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

TP with a quiet double double


21 points 4 rebounds 10 assists and 5 steals. TP doing his thing.

[Crookshanks]

TP J

Duncan 25pts
Parker 21pts
Gooden 20pts

Maybe the new big 3 we'll need for the playoffs?

[Brazil]

One really nice figure: 6-15 from 3. Sure, it's not a great percentage, but they have only taken 15 3s instead of 25.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Shawn, is that you????


:lol

[Chomag]

Well I guess we can say Hill did play lol

[Mavs<Spurs]

Bruce, Mason, Timmy, Gooden and TP all with positive +/- number of at least + 8.

Finley, Bonner, Udoka didn't fare as well in that category, however.


:flag:

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Ugly Drive Mason

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Well, we'll get a win here.

5 games to go and we might keep home court advantage... problem is, I'm scared of NO, Utah and Portland. At this point I guess it really doesn't matter.

Next year's team:

TP/Hill/?
Mason/Manu/Hairston
Finley/Williams/Gist
TD/Gooden/?
KT/Mahinmi/?

That looks a lot younger and more athletic to me, and it's about time. The league has passed us by.

[arodz]

Update: Rockets 69 Magic 59

11:07 left in the 4th

[benefactor]

Good win. Nice to see Gooden stepping up and filling the scoring void left by Manu. He was pretty good defensively too.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

We won a game!!!!!

[SA210]

TP J

Duncan 25pts
Parker 21pts
Gooden 20pts

And Bruce's badass D

[Crookshanks]

Spurs have now won at least 50 games for 10 years in a row - pretty darn good!!

[Spurs Brazil]

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

99-89

50th win season

[loveforthegame]

Mason with a whopping 5-14 shooting.

[benefactor]

Go Magic!

[Mavs<Spurs]

See Pop is playing and trusting George Hill, instilling that confidence that every rookie needs in order to make a contribution to the team.

It is Hill time, in the crunch !

(snark) .

:lmao

:flag:

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu is DONE if the Spurs don't make a SERIOUS RUN at Shawn Marion this off season...then FUCK THE OWNER and FUCK THE FRONT OFFICE...FUCK THE COACH...

Marion is the ONLY OPTION this off season if the aforementioned are serious about winning NOW

I see we have another brother with anger management issues who doesn't understand the team's plan, or that Marion is a cancer. :rolleyes

Whether we like it or not, the team will not spend big this offseason. They will wait until 2010 and try to make a big splash then. Them's just the facts.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hornets won in Miami

[arodz]

So, we FINALLY beat the lowly Thunder. Great, now we get Portland tomorrow on a quick turnaround, probably without Timmy. Yeah.....

[Russ]

I love Bonner's +- for this game -- "0"

(Damn, they changed it to "-2")

[SpursDynasty]

Haha Thunder, they actually thought they were better than the Spurs.

[SpursPreacher]

Baby steps my friend baby steps. Good win its a start.

[Spursmania]

One really nice figure: 6-15 from 3. Sure, it's not a great percentage, but they have only taken 15 3s instead of 25.

:tu

[Mavs<Spurs]

Miami going down !

:depressed:flag:

[Spurs1234]

drew gooden is pretty good, I thought it was a nice pick up, very much under the radar, the guy is perfect for the spurs, throw him the ball, and he makes things happen....oberto, thomas, you have to spoon feed them, this guy creates on his own...just saying, "if" he can score 15-20 a night, i know a big if, then how much of ginobili being out do you really lose? Gino, in the playoffs, in 2006, 2007 and 2008, was widely inconsistent, granted he had some "huge" games, the kind where he took over, but he had a lot of stinkers as well..if gooden can keep this up, it might not be that huge of a difference...

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 0pts (0-4FG) 1 reb in 18 minutes

Time to start Gooden and bring Thomas as a 1st big off the bench

[Spurs Brazil]

Blazers up 1 at Memphis with 35 secs to go

[spursfan1000]

Solid win by Spurs... GO SPURS GO!!!!!!!!

[peskypesky]

So, we FINALLY beat the lowly Thunder. Great, now we get Portland tomorrow on a quick turnaround, probably without Timmy. Yeah.....

I bet Tim will play some.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Was Timmy the best player in the game?

Bruce's d , Gooden's O and TP were all important too !

And Finley made some important shots at the end .

I guess a team most valuable player award tonight, no ?

:flag:

[arodz]

Anyone think the Spurs will bring back Gooden next year??

[Russ]

Bonner 0pts (0-4FG) 1 reb in 18 minutes

Time to start Gooden and bring Thomas as a 1st big off the bench

From your lips to God. :)

[Crookshanks]

Houston is up 8 with 5:47 to go in the game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs have now won at least 50 games for 10 years in a row - pretty darn good!!

Yeah, that's a stat all the spoiled, "I'm going to throw a tanty because we're not winning" bandwagoners ought to take some notice of.

[peskypesky]

As the announcer said, that was a huge win for the Spurs. It helps with seeding. It avenges the last loss to OKC. And most important, it is a psychological and emotional victory after the Manu news.

[arodz]

Update: Rocket 73 Magic 65

7:51 left

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Hell yeah Rudy Gay just hit a big shot against the Blazers. Grizz up 1 with 15 seconds left.

[alchemist]

loved the scrappy basketball, everyone contributing tonight.

[peskypesky]

Anyone think the Spurs will bring back Gooden next year??

If they don't they're idiots.

[will_spurs]

21 points 4 rebounds 10 assists and 5 steals. TP doing his thing.

It's crazy because a couple of months ago it would have been a great line for TP. Now it's a quiet night.

:downspin:

[TampaDude]

Cool...we won...GO SPURS GO!!!!! :flag:

[Thomas82]

now it seems the spurs are the ones that are executing on offense, and thunder are now missing all their easy shots that were going in,earlier.

Can we say...role reversal??? Good win tonight Spurs!!!

[Borosai]

How was the chemistry between Gooden and Duncan? (assuming they played together)

[Crookshanks]

Hell yeah Rudy Gay just hit a big shot against the Blazers. Grizz up 1 with 15 seconds left.

Well at least the Blazers are playing tonight also - so we'll both be on the end of a B2B.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Anyone think the Spurs will bring back Gooden next year??

Good question.

I hope so, but won't some other team throw too much cash at him? In this economic climate, expect the Spurs to be extra-fiscally responsible as per usual.

[Russ]

If I was in SA tonight, I'd be at the airport to meet the team plane.:flag:

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Hell yeah Rudy Gay just hit a big shot against the Blazers. Grizz up 1 with 15 seconds left.


Damn Travis Outlaw just hit bigger and 1 fade a way :(

[Spurs Brazil]

Tomorrow is a key game

[peskypesky]

How was the chemistry between Gooden and Duncan? (assuming they played together)

it was great. they seemed to really enjoy being on the floor together. it's got to be a HUGE relief to Timmy to have another bog man who can score. and it's got to be great for Gooden to be playing with a big man who can pass like tim.

[holcs50]

Didnt see the game-glad we won and can hopefully hold onto the 3rd spot though we have tough games ahead. One observation that pisses me off just from the box score..........UDOKA=27 minutes!!! G.Hill=8 seconds!!!
NEWSFLASH Pop Udoka is fucking terrible! hes so lucky hes even in the league

[Borosai]

it was great. they seemed to really enjoy being on the floor together. it's got to be a HUGE relief to Timmy to have another bog man who can score. and it's got to be great for Gooden to be playing with a big man who can pass like tim.

Cool. Thanks.

[Brazil]

It's crazy because a couple of months ago it would have been a great line for TP. Now it's a quiet night.

:downspin:

:lol exactly what I was thinking now if he doesnt go for 30 10 it's just yeah quiet game for TP

[Crookshanks]

Portland beat Memphis 96-93

[Spurs Brazil]

B.Brown just said on the radio TD will be a game time decision tomorrow

[DPG21920]

97-86 Spurs.

Phuc me

[Crookshanks]

Looks like Orlando might've run out of Magic tonight! :lol
They're still down 10 and there's less than 4 minutes to go.

[Budkin]

Agree with all the Gooden comments... his play was pretty inspired tonight and put the team on the right track.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If I was in SA tonight, I'd be at the airport to meet the team plane.:flag:

A little bit of an over-reaction methinks, but you've gotta ad ire that kind of commitment! :lol

[Mugen]

Timmy had 25 15 and 3, and he missed a bunch of gimme layups.

the playoffs are near kids, be careful what you wish for NBA...

[silverblackfan]

Nice game. The Thunder played hard, but it sure looked nice to see me some San Antonio Spurs Defense! Bruce had a nice game of making Durant work. Team effort was excellent and DG played better than I thought he would on defense.
Tim shuts everyone up about washed up with a monster game.
But the best thing about this game was the defense kept getting tighter and the offense didn't stop flowing. That is Spurs ball. That pressure cooker to not screw up and lose a possession. To have to play perfect to beat this team.
Welcome back, Spurs! We have missed you.

[alchemist]

Duncan was aggressive tonight, loved it. Gooden is ALWAYS aggressive, love that. Parker started aggressive, then he became a distributor (don't like this mode too much personally) than he went back to agressive mode in crunch time, love it.

[duncan228]

Winning wall. :)

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/wallpaper_090407_1024.jpg

[E20]

Damn TD with a monsteresque-2003 type game. If he plays like that every game we won't miss Manu as much.

[duncan228]

Duncan's line tonight:

33 minutes

25 points on 11-20
15 boards, 4 offensive
1 assist
3 blocks

3-6 at the line
2 turnovers


What I liked most was that he seemed to be able to move easier than he has lately. His footwork and timing seemed better. I hope it stays that way.

[ElNono]

Duncan's line tonight:

33 minutes

25 points on 11-20
15 boards, 4 offensive
1 assist
3 blocks

3-6 at the line
2 turnovers


What I liked most was that he seemed to be able to move easier than he has lately. His footwork and timing seemed better. I hope it stays that way.

He did. Pop said his whole knee thing was more of a random thing. Some days it stiffen and some days is ok. He looked great tonight.

[MaddSurf82]

he needs to swim do some brest strokes someone go tell him that

[EricB]

I think Duncan is gonna be like he was in 06 in the playoffs.

Just gotta hope Mason, Finley, Gooden and others step it up a notch.

If they can, and Duncan brings 24 and 12, and Parker his usual game, then IMO they can get to the WCF, and what the hell, roll the ball out there and play balls out and leave it out on the court.