Game Blog :: Spurs vs. Mavs :: Game 5

[Brazil]

dampier with the dunk with 20 sec left pathetic

[milkyway21]

wow:wow I just can't believe we're losing to this team...:cry

Enough of blaming. We'll BE back next year.
Hope the Spurs has learned a lesson bysigning inconsistent role players this yr and too many bench warmers-bring another superstar San Antonio while Duncan is not retiring yet

doesn't matter, I already dream of Dallas choking again...(hey! Dwade is healthy again:D)

[peskypesky]

POP is so stubborn as well. cmon man SEE what the outside world is seeing fucking get YOUNGER and stop paying them washed up players (FINLEY/Vaughn/Oberto) and fucking get YOUNGER !!! i get it you need quality people but pls get players who can play as well !!!! fuck man im so sad

Pop is sort of like Phil Spector now. All his past success has made him so egomaniacal that he thinks he can defy the laws of physics, nature and math.

[Crookshanks]

its been a pleasure this season everyone.
Actually no it hasn't. I never felt good about this team. They just never quite jelled together.

[Death In June]

Well, there goes the season. Nothing we didn't know coming into this game. Pop is a fuck, and he's going to go on not hearing a word of it.

[VaSpursFan]

looking forward to the off season. i'm officially done with basketball until next season.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Drew Gooden Looks happy he signed with a team that wouldn't even play him in a elimination game....

[BUMP]

good series :toast

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

You guys see gooden on the bench with his hand on his chin? He looks so pissed & i dont blame the guy

Can you blame him?

[Mugen]

Do God's work Denver! haha

[Mugen]

good series :toast

heres to seeing you next year with a healthy manu

[Thomas82]

we'll be back...don't worry

duncan will be healthy, manu will be healthy (Hopefully), parker will be awesome, Hill will be a in a big role, and we will have other good role players. we'll be back

Yeah, we'll be back. The Spurs are not dead yet.

[peskypesky]

I feel bad for duncan & parker..They've played ridiculously hard the last few months but they just dont have enough help on the offensive end.

they would have if Pop would have played Gooden and Hill more.

[Creation88]

terrible.

[peskypesky]

Yeah, we'll be back. The Spurs are not dead yet.

they are toast.

[Crookshanks]

Drew Gooden Looks happy he signed with a team that wouldn't even play him in a elimination game....

Yeah - he was so happy when he signed with the Spurs; and he talked about how he wanted to stay a long time. Is 1/2 a season a long time? :lol

[pawe]

See you draft day Spurs.

[JohnnySixString]

Let's put this shitty fucked up season out of it's misery.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/reaper_chevelle/Shoot_the_dog-1.gif

[Death In June]

I think we can expect that Gooden not to be here next year, which is a shame, because he is a good option playing next to Manu. I hope he stays.

[jacobdrj]

The only thing that would make me happier than Cavs over the Nuggets in 6 would be the Cavs over the Mavs in 5. But it won't happen.

Cavs over the Nuggets in 6...

[peskypesky]

heres to seeing you next year with a healthy manu

Manu's body has broken down. Where the fuck have you been the past two seasons?

[JohnnySixString]

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

[ducks]

Can you blame him?

he does not play spurs ball
he does not pass

[TampaDude]

Congrats to the Mavs for beating 2/3 of the Spurs. Have fun in Denver! :lol

[bigdog]

Hello, offseason. :depressed

[Cherry]

dampier with the dunk with 20 sec left pathetic

Oh well, let him go.
Denver will take care of him in a few days :toast

[Death In June]

Manu's body has broken down. Where the fuck have you been the past two seasons?You're basing this on one injury prone year? He's been durable for his previous five years. Jesus, you people are premature.

[peskypesky]

I think we can expect that Gooden not to be here next year, which is a shame, because he is a good option playing next to Manu. I hope he stays.

who'd want to be on this sinking ship? Phoenix is not the only western power whose sun has set.

[tomtom]

Actually no it hasn't. I never felt good about this team. They just never quite jelled together.

well they sorta did but it never stayed, mason and bonner completely disapeared.

Here's to a healthy spurs squad next year. Duncan's still playing great and Parkers getting better and better.

[fiona_yin]

Pop,shave your beards
see u next season,my sa spurs

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bowen was pissed :wow

Rest of the ROLEPLAYER PIECES OF SHIT WEREN"T BOTHERED it looked like :pctoss

[Mavzy45]

Congrats to the Mavs for beating 2/3 of the Spurs. Have fun in Denver! :lol

Thanks.....very nice of you.:lmao

[BruceLeeBowen]

Spurs lose 4 games to 1.

[SA210]

FUCK YOU GREGG POPABITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pop::pctoss

[peskypesky]

You're basing this on one injury prone year? He's been durable for his previous five years. Jesus, you people are premature.

you don't remember last year's playoffs?

or the Olympics?

or this season?

he's broken down man. accept it.

[jmard5]

See you around, guys. It's a long off-season for the Spurs. =)

[jiggy_55]

Better see major changes for 09-10.. With or without Manu, this team needs new young blood.. Can't believe Roger Mason and Drew Gooden barely played after playing so well earlier.. especially shocking is Roger Mason, who had a great year shooting the ball and then Pop decided to take him out.. obviously his confidence and shot are gonna fuck up when you play him 15 mins a game or less after playing him double that.. he doesn't give players chances to get back at it, thats why are offense sucked balls..

Goodbye San Antonio 09

[Cherry]

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

Sorry, i have to laugh :lol

[word]

The only thing that would make me happier than Cavs over the Nuggets in 6 would be the Cavs over the Mavs in 5. But it won't happen.

Cavs over the Nuggets in 6...

You're calling Denver over LA ?

Nope.

[Crookshanks]

Congrats to the Mavs for beating 2/3 of the Spurs. Have fun in Denver! :lol

Spurs were a pretty crappy 3 seed. Oh well - at least we weren't a top seed with 67 wins... :lmao

[peskypesky]

fuck you gregg popabitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pop::pctoss

+1

[Obstructed_View]

Well, that was a butt whoopin. Spurs in a must-win game get down by 14 in the first few minutes, can't fight back. All but one Maverick with a net plus, all but one Spur with a net minus. The Spurs have the luxury of blaming the loss of Manu on the end of their season, but it's a pretty lame excuse, considering the effort they brought.

[MacGyver]

Thank You Tim Duncan :tu:

[Spursox]

Let's ALL thank the Olympics!

[peskypesky]

Thank You Tim Duncan :tu:

+1

a true warrior.

i hope he demands Pop's firing.

[Borosai]

Even without Manu, losing to the Mavs - yes, those Mavs - is still embarrassing. Only winning one game makes it even worse. I expect some good changes over the summer, and more emphasis on defense next year (did Hill play the entire second half?). But first:

lol Spurs

[TampaDude]

Well, losing is a bummer, but I'm not nearly as disappointed as I was last year. The Spurs really had no realistic chance of making the Finals this year without Manu and with a hobbled Duncan. The Nuggets will bounce the Mavs in 5 games.

[Death In June]

you don't remember last year's playoffs?

or the Olympics?

or this season?

he's broken down man. accept it.That happened within the calendar year. One year. He injured his ankle in the lakers series, broke it in the olympics. Came back too soon, compensated on the other ankle and produced a stress fracture there. Duncan will recover from his tendonosis, and Manu will recover from his ankle injuries. That said, this team needs more help than a healthy TD and Manu can give them.

[J_Paco]

The healthier and better team won the series. Congrats Mavs fans, now get ready to get steam rolled by Denver. :lol:lol:lol

[SPURSfanINoc]

its been a tough season... regroup next year... duncan/parker still have a couple more championships left in them... see you guys next year...

[quentin_compson]

:depressed
Well, at least Tim, Tony and Bruce went down with a big fight. Not so sure about some of the others, though.

[KuntryDude]

Chris Bosh free agent 2010
X_____________________________

[Crookshanks]

This crappy season is just as much on Pop as it is on the players. He refused to develop Hill or Hairston and he fell in love with Bonner and Finley. Mason was great when he wasn't forced to play point guard - so Pop screwed with his confidence and it ruined his game. Gooden could've been good - but Pop was stubborn there also.

Everybody needs to take a looooooooooooooooong look in the mirror - including Tim and Tony. There were many games when they didn't play with effort or intensity. This team just didn't measure up - starting with the coach all the way down to the last guy on the bench.

Oh - and Manu doesn't get a pass. I get his pride in playing for Argentina - but with his style of play, he can't continue to play so many games. Let's just hope everybody works hard in the offseason to get healthy and in shape and they come out of the gate firing on all cylinders.

[td4mvp21]

Thanks to Tim, Tony, and Bruce for never giving up and for always performing to the best of their abilities. I didn't get to see the game but the score says it all. I still can't believe we are out in the first round...especially to the Mavs. Not to say the Mavs are bad because they obviously aren't, they are better than the Spurs. But really I dont' see the Mavs winning more than 1 game against Denver. Maybe I'm wrong who knows. Maybe the Front Office will recognize that getting one dimensional role players tha tonly shoot threes isn't going to cut it, because said role players DONT HIT THEIR THREES IN THE PLAYOFFS. We, for the second year in a row, didn't have the role players to keep up with our opponent. I realize Manu's injury had a lot to do with it but it's not an excuse, our role players should have stepped up and they didn't. Good luck in the next round Mavs, I still hate all of your guts but oh well. It would have been a joke if we somehow came back to win that series.

[Mavzy45]

Just wanna say those of you complaining about the refs were absolutely right...if it weren't for them...we'd be heading for game 6.

PF
MAVS=18
SPURS=24

FT's
MAVS=20/25 for 80%
SPURS=12/19 for 63%

Maybe we can do it again next year.

[RobSM64]

dang, sucky ending, hopefully next season will yield better results

[Crookshanks]

I guess it's good to just end our misery early. Even if we'd won this series by some miracle, we wouldn't have gone any further. It's just sad and embarrassing that we lose in this fashion.

But the Mavs always play so well against the Spurs - and this time (with some help from the refs), they proved to be the better team. Enjoy your 1st Round Championship Mavs fans - cuz that's all there's going to be!

[Chomag]

Charles Barkly just called our team old lol

[Crookshanks]

Charles Barkly just called our team old lol
We are old - and that's a big part of the problem. Pop loves the old guys and refuses to play the few young uns we have! :bang

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Charles Barkly just called our team old lol

He called the bench old...

He said he likes Bonner :lmao

[Borosai]

I've never understood why people bother with FT stats. Nowhere does it say that each team needs to shoot the same number of FTs, or commit the same number of fouls for a game to be called correctly.

Watching the game, you could see the Spurs were getting called for endless touch fouls. To top it off, Terry jumps sideways into Hill, and gets the call. That's what stats don't tell. The refs were lame, but the Spurs' supporting cast was lamer.

[Quiet Strength]

I've never understood why people bother with FT stats. Nowhere does it say that each team needs to shoot the same number of FTs, or commit the same number of fouls for a game to be called correctly.

Watching the game, you could see the Spurs were getting called for endless touch fouls. To top it off, Terry jumps sideways into Hill, and gets the call. That's what stats don't tell. The refs were lame, but the Spurs' supporting cast was lamer.

Agreed

[holcs50]

Unless we make some significant moves this off-season were all going to watch TD's last year or two go down the drain just like this year did. Wake the fuck up FO. you cheap bastards

[Chomag]

I've never understood why people bother with FT stats. Nowhere does it say that each team needs to shoot the same number of FTs, or commit the same number of fouls for a game to be called correctly.

Watching the game, you could see the Spurs were getting called for endless touch fouls. To top it off, Terry jumps sideways into Hill, and gets the call. That's what stats don't tell. The refs were lame, but the Spurs' supporting cast was lamer.

IT was one sided but there were alot more things wrong then the refs...

[Obstructed_View]

I thought the officiating was terrible in game one, but it wasn't any better in game two and the Spurs won it going away. It's the only time since the first month of the season that the Spurs put forth championship caliber effort. Dirk got fouled by Erick Dampier at one point and the refs whistled the nearest Spur, so the calls were ridiculous, but the Mavericks were clearly the more aggressive team from the opening tip and nobody can blame the zebras for rewarding that effort.

The Spurs as a team showed absolutely zero fire in this game and seemed completely unprepared to mount a comeback in this series, so they were going to lose one way or another. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

[Borosai]

I think the Spurs are making a switch to even years now, but they couldn't win in '08 because that would mean a repeat, which is unacceptable. So, they'll win in 2010 and 2012, followed by the end of the world later that year. Spurs finish on top. Fitting.

[Crookshanks]

I thought the officiating was terrible in game one, but it wasn't any better in game two and the Spurs won it going away. It's the only time since the first month of the season that the Spurs put forth championship caliber effort. Dirk got fouled by Erick Dampier at one point and the refs whistled the nearest Spur, so the calls were ridiculous, but the Mavericks were clearly the more aggressive team from the opening tip and nobody can blame the zebras for rewarding that effort.


The Spurs as a team showed absolutely zero fire in this game and seemed completely unprepared to mount a comeback in this series, so they were going to lose one way or another. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
Exactly! I don't think I've ever seen a Spurs team play with so little intensity in an elimination game. Except for Timmy, Tony, Bruce and George, the team just didn't seem to care.

Maybe they got a good deal on a vacation package - but it was only good thru April 30th. :rollin

[Obstructed_View]

They definitely failed the nut-check.

[Borosai]

I think Pop finally realized that relying on offense to win without a great defense will get him nowhere. Mason and Gooden looked bored as hell on the bench, but they really weren't going to help very much at that point.

Next year will be better.

[jdev82]

He called the bench old...

He said he likes Bonner :lmao

more of barkley being a fucking moron. he know about as much about the game today as stuart scott and all the other lebronophiles

[ThaiFanofSpurs]

:depressed
Well, at least Tim, Tony and Bruce went down with a big fight. Not so sure about some of the others, though.

Yes, they almost made me cry. They fought hard just to stay alive in the series. We knew we didn't have enough to win it all this year anyway. Well, I am very sad now. Hopefully, they come back stronger next year.

[Amarelooms]

lol at you losers saying..."oh but Denver is gonna kick your ass". Ya'll got owned plain and simple...5 games...losing two at home. Even if Manu was there I would bet that the Mavs still win the series. Get over yourselves :elephant

[Obstructed_View]

lol at you losers saying..."oh but Denver is gonna kick your ass". Ya'll got owned plain and simple...5 games...losing two at home. Even if Manu was there I would bet that the Mavs still win the series. Get over yourselves :elephant

Gee, I didn't see anyone saying that. How many pages back do we have to go? I guess you glossed over all the "Mavs are the better team" posts.

News flash: Your team's probably going to get assraped by the Nuggets. If you're going to swoop in here talking shit after you've been MIA all fucking season then you deserve to know the truth. At least you'll disappear when it happens like the little festering twat you are.

[LEONARD]

The Mavs beat us 2 straight. Now all we need to do is beat them 2 straight. Then we'll have Game 7.

Game 7 is anyone's, regardless of what the streak was of the Spurs coming into Game 7 (ex. people saying they can't win 3 straight, etc.)

You haven't posted since 6:00 last night...

Please post and let us know that you didn't eat a bullet last night ok???

[Borosai]

Ha.