10-23 Spurs vs Pacers Game blog

[completely deck]

This is it: the final preseason game. 5 days to go.

As far as I know this game will not be televised so do not ask for a stream link. The game will however be on the radio (offline 1200 WOAI and 1070 The Fan which can be heard here (http://www.1070thefan.com/)).

McDonald: Spurs' Hill returns to home state a completely new player (http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137339)

Game info (http://www.nba.com/games/20091023/SASIND/gameinfo.html?ls=gt1hp0010900109)--

Arena:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/676/apg1208198454.jpg
Assembly Hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Hall_%28Bloomington%29), Bloomington, IN
17,456 seating capacity

Tipoff at 7:00 PM Eastern (9:00 PM Argentina/Brazil, 6:00 PM Central, 4:00 PM Pacific)

http://i35.tinypic.com/260sy13.jpg

:flag:

[Chomag]

Woot!!! Finally down to the last pre-season game and none to soon I might ad. It's going great to finally get to actually see our players once the season starts!

[Whisky Dog]

Must win game.

[Danny.Zhu]

Must win game.

Not important at all, except for Malik and Marcus.

[lefty]

I hope for Granger that his arms are insured

[benefactor]

If Bonner starts I am no longer a fan.

[FromWayDowntown]

Assembly Hall is a great place to watch a game; even better if you can find your way into the Mellencamp seats that are closest to the floor.

[Interrohater]

^^^Hope you find another team, Bonner will start a lot of games


Must win game.
:lol

Hopefully, Thrill gets a lot of minutes tonight in front of his home crowd.

[Dex]

streamplz?kthxbye

:hat

[completely deck]

streamplz?kthxbye

:hat

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif

[ElNono]

We should have a vBookie with Blair numbers.... minutes (if any), rebounds, points, broken arms...

[Dex]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif

:lmao

[EricB]

If Bonner starts I am no longer a fan.

Adios maverick fan.

[angelbelow]

If Bonner starts I am no longer a fan.

:lmao:rolleyes:p:

[The Btown Spur]

Hey everybody, this is my first time posting here. I am a student at IU and am a san antonio native, I have been looking forward to this game since i found out the spurs were goin to be playing down the street from me in July. My buddies and I will be repping our spurs jerseys and making sure spurs fans are heard at Assembly Hall. This is the first pro basketball played there since the 70s. Great place to play, and I cant wait to finally see Blair and the rest of the new guys in person. Ill let yall know how we looked after the game.

Go Spurs Go!

[completely deck]

Hey everybody, this is my first time posting here. I am a student at IU and am a san antonio native, I have been looking forward to this game since i found out the spurs were goin to be playing down the street from me in July. My buddies and I will be repping our spurs jerseys and making sure spurs fans are heard at Assembly Hall. This is the first pro basketball played there since the 70s. Great place to play, and I cant wait to finally see Blair and the rest of the new guys in person. Ill let yall know how we looked after the game.

Go Spurs Go!

:toast Enjoy the game, take pics if you can!

[xellos88330]

Hey everybody, this is my first time posting here. I am a student at IU and am a san antonio native, I have been looking forward to this game since i found out the spurs were goin to be playing down the street from me in July. My buddies and I will be repping our spurs jerseys and making sure spurs fans are heard at Assembly Hall. This is the first pro basketball played there since the 70s. Great place to play, and I cant wait to finally see Blair and the rest of the new guys in person. Ill let yall know how we looked after the game.

Go Spurs Go!

What completely deck said... :toast

Welcome to the forums!!!

[Flux451]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif

:clap that was awesome

[spurtilldeath]

If Bonner starts I am no longer a fan.


Good luck finding another team...Bonner might start for a while..

[spurtilldeath]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif

:rollin:p::lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[angelbelow]

Hey everybody, this is my first time posting here. I am a student at IU and am a san antonio native, I have been looking forward to this game since i found out the spurs were goin to be playing down the street from me in July. My buddies and I will be repping our spurs jerseys and making sure spurs fans are heard at Assembly Hall. This is the first pro basketball played there since the 70s. Great place to play, and I cant wait to finally see Blair and the rest of the new guys in person. Ill let yall know how we looked after the game.

Go Spurs Go!

Welcome! Hope you enjoy the experience.

[portnoy1]

I cant wait for this game. I hope Bonner starts this game in particular. Just So Troy Murphy can light him up and outrebound his soft behind. To show Bonner what a real big man is suppose to do and that shooting 3's is an added bonus not your career.

[Dark Matter]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif

:lmao:lmao:rollin

[Manufan909]

Damn, it's an early game. I'm gonna take a nap, hope I wake up to Ian and Blair starting the 2nd half, because the Spurs had a 15+ lead going into halftime. Not too impossible, they are playing THE PACERS.

[nkdlunch]

so noone can watch the game?

[urunobili]

Marcus vs. Malik showdown... I don't think Pop leaves this kind of decision for a very last game... Im just hoping to hear a contract renewal for Ian though...

[phyzik]

The most interesting thing in this thread to me is that there are still so many people who havnt seen that keyboard bashing gif. How old is that thing now?

[mazerrackham]

The most interesting thing in this thread to me is that there are still so many people who havnt seen that keyboard bashing gif. How old is that thing now?

I think I saw it around 6 years ago, IIRC

[completely deck]

The most interesting thing in this thread to me is that there are still so many people who havnt seen that keyboard bashing gif. How old is that thing now?


I think I saw it around 6 years ago, IIRC

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7012/bravoclap.gif

[gm5k]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7012/bravoclap.gif

:rollin

[phyzik]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7012/bravoclap.gif

***Nevermind, I dont want to do a thread jack, just ignore this post.

Back on Topic, I bet Pop gives Hill some major playing time tonight. I hope Hill lights up the joint.

[TIMMYD!]

how about a thread of the best gif's?

[Mel_13]

I cant wait for this game. I hope Bonner starts this game in particular. Just So Troy Murphy can light him up and outrebound his soft behind. To show Bonner what a real big man is suppose to do and that shooting 3's is an added bonus not your career.

And once Murphy proves that 11M buys a better 3pt shooting big man than 3M does, then what?

I rather expect that Granger can outplay Finley and that Kobe can outplay Mason.

Now if Dahntay Jones outplays RJ, then we've got something to talk about.

[Dex]

It's an oldie, but a goodie.

[dbestpro]

[QUOTE=completely deck;3765119]This is it: the final preseason game. 5 days to go.

As far as I know this game will not be televised so do not ask for a stream link

Why would we ask for a stream link if the game is being televised? We would only ask for a stream link if the game was not being televised.

:sleep

[Manufan909]

Fuck, I couldn't go to sleep, I'm too excited to be following 4 games in one night. I just wish the Spurs game wasn't the only one watchable. the Dallas and Orlando games didn't overlap so much, and that LAL and Denver weren't playing a rematch from YESTERDAY. I know it's preseason, but seriously, how the fuck does that happen?

[portnoy1]

And once Murphy proves that 11M buys a better 3pt shooting big man than 3M does, then what?

I rather expect that Granger can outplay Finley and that Kobe can outplay Mason.

Now if Dahntay Jones outplays RJ, then we've got something to talk about.
Hey, Im not saying Murphy is underpaid. But rather the kind of player Bonner should be. Shoot the 3 as much as you want. But hustle as well. Murphy has developed into a 3pt shooter and thats what most know him for. However he has always been a solid rebounder first and good shooter second.

[Mel_13]

Hey, Im not saying Murphy is underpaid. But rather the kind of player Bonner should be. Shoot the 3 as much as you want. But hustle as well. Murphy has developed into a 3pt shooter and thats what most know him for. However he has always been a solid rebounder first and good shooter second.

If Bonner was as good as Murphy, he'd be making 11M instead of 3M.

He'd also be starting and no poster here would be complaining.

Bonner is what he is.

On the current Spurs roster, he's one of the top 4 PF/Cs on the team. Barring a trade or some unexpected development from Ian or Haislip, he will play about 20 minutes a night because he's better than those two players and Theo can't be counted on for more than 500 minutes over the course of the season.

Debate which 20 minutes he plays all you want, but he's playing those 20 minutes.

[PDXSpursFan]

Marcus = waive now
Ian = don't extend

Both suck.

[Blackjack]

Brace yourself..

Bonner to start.:lol

[Blackjack]

Tonight's starting-five:

Parker - Mason - Jefferson - Duncan - Bonner

And benefactor, I hope you'll at least keep posting on the board. :toast :lol

[TJastal]

Parker - Mason - Jefferson - Duncan - Bonner

Well at least I don't see the name "Finley" in there. Baby steps..

[Blackjack]

And Larry Bird and Matt Bonner, two players that often get confused, will be sharing the same airwaves on WOAI's pregame.:elephant

[loveforthegame]

Let's hope Mason catches fire.

[benefactor]

Tonight's starting-five:

Parker - Mason - Jefferson - Duncan - Bonner

And benefactor, I hope you'll at least keep posting on the board. :toast :lol
Goodbye cruel world.

[sonic21]

Ian is a bust.

[spurtilldeath]

Jeff McDonald:
Parker-Mason-Jefferson-McDyess-Duncan

[xellos88330]

Go spurs!!!

[ElNono]

I'm glad Pop listened to us here in Spurstalk and is now starting Mason/McDyess instead of Finley/Bonner.... Good job guys and girls :tu






:lol

[xellos88330]

Willing it to happen ElNono.

Just like that scene in Lethal Weapon 4 at the beginning.

[ElNono]

Here's a link to 1070 The Fan that doesn't require registration:

http://radiotime.com/station/s_29499/1070_The_Fan.aspx

[Spurs Brazil]

Jeff McDonald: Pop was very high on Mahinmi today before the game. Says he's been holding his own in practice. Stopped short of saying whether or not they plan to extend him. They've got until Oc.t 31.

Jeff McDonald: Even if the Spurs opt to extend Mahinmi, I don't see him being a rotation player this season unless someone gets hurt. Extending him basically just buys another season to evaluate him. If it doesn't work out, he's a pretty attractive trading chip (aka expiring contract) at this time next year

Jeff McDonald: Parker-Mason-Jefferson-McDyess-Duncan ...
Friday October 23, 2009 5:55 Jeff McDonald
5:55 Jeff McDonald: This might be your opening day starting 5.

Jeff McDonald: A little birdie told me the Pacers worked out an hour and a half in Indianapolis before bussing to Bloomington. I'd be surprised if they have any sort of juice for this one.

Jeff McDonald: They can keep Hairston for a while into the season before they become guaranteed. Basically delay the decision on him for a few months.

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/spurs-vs-pacers-2.html

[Spurs Brazil]

Jeff McDonald: Quick update: Spurs still looking for first FG. Indy leads 7-1 with 9:20 left in the 1st

[benefactor]

Bad interior defense early.

[Spurs Brazil]

McDyess J

[xellos88330]

Defense picking it up now for the Spurs. 8-0 Run for the Spurs.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP J, SPurs up 8-7

[Spurs Brazil]

TD bank
Mason Jr 33333333333

Spurs up 14-9

[benefactor]

Duncan with the automatic bank...

[Spurs Brazil]

Jeff McDonald: First subs: Manu and Bonner

[benefactor]

Bonner in...awesome.

[xellos88330]

Jefferson looking aggressive.

Manu, Jefferson, Parker, Duncan, Bonner is the lineup now.

[angelbelow]

Jeff McDonald: They can keep Hairston for a while into the season before they become guaranteed. Basically delay the decision on him for a few months.

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/spurs-vs-pacers-2.html

Just Hairstn? Does that mean Williams is gone?

[benefactor]

TD/TP/RJ/Manu all in the game. Nice.

[Spurs Brazil]

Pacers - 3-13FG

[ElNono]

Pretty uneventful... Spurs up 16-11

[TJastal]

Ahh McDyess starts ... very cool. I guess Benefactor is done posting? :lol

Gamecast already filling up with "McDyess: defensive rebound" :toast

[ElNono]

LOL.... Pop gotta be infuriated... 20 sec timeout

[ElNono]

Go Manu

[ElNono]

Hill in for TP

[NRHector]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2mza8b8.gif:rollin

[bugoy]

is this shown on tv or anything?

[Nathan Explosion]

:toast Enjoy the game, take pics if you can!

Can you secretly stream the game so we can ask if anyone has a link to the online stream?

[benefactor]

Bonner FTW!

[Blackjack]

Goodbye cruel world.

Looks like Pop made a funny; he must frequent ST.:lol

What Pop did was pretty cruel and I'd completely understand if you had a hard time forgiving him. :hat

[completely deck]

Can you secretly stream the game so we can ask if anyone has a link to the online stream?

No can do, gotta respect Mrs. Ellis.

[benefactor]

Ratliff on patrol...

[Manufan909]

Tonight's starting-five:

Parker - Mason - Jefferson - Duncan - Bonner

And benefactor, I hope you'll at least keep posting on the board. :toast :lol

Didn't Dyess start?

[completely deck]

Bonner offensive foul.. 3rd foul in the 1st quarter... heh.

[benefactor]

Manu...easy money.

[completely deck]

Manu p/r off of Ratliff and gets to the rim

[Morg1411]

Bonner offensive foul.. 3rd foul in the 1st quarter... heh.

Shocker there.

[ElNono]

LOL Bonner 1 board (offensive) and 3 fouls in 6 mins....

[completely deck]

Dang there is a whole musical production for White Castle that is like 3 minutes long

[Dex]

:lol Bonner with three fouls in six minutes in the 1st. And he didn't even start. He must be taking lessons from Mahinmi.

Just leaves more time for Blair. :hungry:

[Manufan909]

Foul out Bonner!!! I want some Blair and Ian!

[Blackjack]

Looks like Pop made a funny; he must frequent ST.:lol

What Pop did was pretty cruel and I'd completely understand if you had a hard time forgiving him. :hat


Didn't Dyess start?

That's what the 'funny' was.

Pop's starting lineup read what I posted but 'Dyess got the start last-minute; or, like I said before, he made a funny..

[bless1187]

HAHAHA... Matt Bonner, the softest player front court player in the whole NBA with 3 fouls in 6 min?!?! Did he decide to play super aggressive today, is that why he's picking up all these fouls?!?!

[benefactor]

Early numbers:

Parker 8pts
Duncan 3pts 6reb 3ast
Manu 4pts 1reb 1ast

[benefactor]

Hill to the rim and to the line.

[Blackjack]

Hill warming up the free-throw line..

[completely deck]

HAHAHA... Matt Bonner, the softest player front court player in the whole NBA with 3 fouls in 6 min?!?! Did he decide to play super aggressive today, is that why he's picking up all these fouls?!?!

He saw the 5+ page thread on people whining about him starting as C here on SpursTalk

[completely deck]

Finley on the boards now with a J

[benefactor]

Finley picking up where he left off.

[Nathan Explosion]

No can do, gotta respect Mrs. Ellis.

It's preseason. NBA doesn't care. She said so herself.

NBA.com supposedly has the audio streaming online, including WOAI. Neither stream works. Dammit.

[Blackjack]

Hill long 2; 8pts in 4min.:wow

[benefactor]

Hill again....

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill playing good

[Blackjack]

Hill to the line; rinse and repeat..

[completely deck]

Hill is having another great game..Exploding to the basket

[benefactor]

Hill being very aggressive. I love it.

[siraulo23]

Georgie is ballin

[Dex]

Sounds like Hill is playing aggressive. I'm starting to get really excited about his development over the summer as well.

Spurs have a lot of new weapons this year.

[Blackjack]

RJ from 19'.

[benefactor]

RJ with the jumper.

[completely deck]

It's preseason. NBA doesn't care. She said so herself.

NBA.com supposedly has the audio streaming online, including WOAI. Neither stream works. Dammit.

http://radiotime.com/station/s_29499/1070_The_Fan.aspx

[Bartleby]

Hill has been shooting lights out all preseason. Let's hope this is a sign of things to come.

[Dex]

McDyess still trying to find his jumper. Then again, he's pretty much admitted himself he doesn't usually feel comfortable until a few months in.

[bless1187]

man... i really hope M. Bonner doesn't take time from D. Blair, since it seems like D. Blair isn't in Pop's rotation for the regular season yet...

[angelbelow]

Damn Hill is a beast too.

[completely deck]

Finley with another J

[benefactor]

Finley with another J.

[ElNono]

Nice the Rattler-Finley combo...

[loveforthegame]

The elders connecting. Finley and Ratliff again. :lol

[Blackjack]

Fin with his second jumper; 'Dyess draws the charge on Hibbert.

Spurs up 8 with the ball..

[benefactor]

Get out of my head CD....:lol

[Dex]

Remember when we were all nutting our shorts because Finley decided to come to SA?

[completely deck]

Get out of my head CD....:lol

jinx! :lol

[benefactor]

Ratliff...4 boards, 2 assists in 6 minutes.

[angelbelow]

man... i really hope M. Bonner doesn't take time from D. Blair, since it seems like D. Blair isn't in Pop's rotation for the regular season yet...

It'll probably be situational. When the opponent has a player that would like to draw out to the perimeter, Bonner will play. When were getting owned on the boards and or need some energy, Blair will play.

[yavozerb]

remember when the spurs had trouble scoring...thing of the past, now if the could play D like the days of old

[benefactor]

Mexican cuisine and margaritas are calling. I'll probably be back in time for the 4th.

Go Spurs Go!

[completely deck]

Where is our transition defense?

[Spurs Brazil]

Jeff McDonald: Spurs give up another transition 3. Pop takes another timeout. Angrily.

[Blackjack]

Remember when we were all nutting our shorts because Finley decided to come to SA?

I still remember seeing hit his first jumper against Memphis and thinking to myself: 'Wow, I'd forgotten how it was possible to make a jumper even when covered.. He just rose up and wasn't even effected by a good contest!'

It was pretty refreshing given what we'd become accustomed to with our shooters..

Oh, memories..:lol

[024]

i like michael finley as a bench scorer.

[Blackjack]

44-39 Spurs

[Blackjack]

Another unforced Spurs TO; 5 total.

44-41; Granger at the line for 2.

[Blackjack]

I'm disappointed that both Hibbert and Bonner have 3 fouls; don't they know who the paying customer has come to see?

[Manufan909]

So why is RJ shooting 20%?

[completely deck]

This game is even boring on the radio...

[loveforthegame]

Let's hope Finley can keep hitting those jumpers off the bench. It would be a nice addition to the aggressive play of Blair, Hill, and Ginobli.

[Interrohater]

This game is even boring on the radio...
yea, this is horrible. These announcers couldn't make an ecstasy convention at the playboy mansion exciting

[Blackjack]

44-44; gotta love hearing the collegiate feel that is Nirvana from the band..

[Manufan909]

If Blair is even in the 2nd unit. I think he will be, with only 2 people definitely ahead of him in the rotation.

[loveforthegame]

Duncan, McDyess, and Jefferson all struggling on offense. Though Jefferson has gotten to the linea couple times.

[Obstructed_View]

Here's a link to 1070 The Fan that doesn't require registration:

http://radiotime.com/station/s_29499/1070_The_Fan.aspx

Thanks for this link. NBA has Audio League Pass updated for tonight's games but I can't hear anything on any of the streams.

[Blackjack]

49-46 Pacers; Duncan to the line for 2; 2-2.

[Interrohater]

great pass by troy...great pass...

man this guy sucks.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Put in Blair, he'll get you 40 points and 40 rebounds if you play him the rest of the game :lol


Seriously though, McDyess should be starting and Blair should be the first big off the bench.

[bless1187]

yeah, i don't see any way how D. Blair is going to be out of the rotation. D. Blair is already very good to began with, with the right amount of playing time, he's just gonna grow even better when the playoff comes around. My wish is the D. Blair is the 3rd big with T. Ratliff being the 4th big, while M. Bonner only plays in certain situations.

[Blackjack]

Spurs have missed their last 5 shots; trail by 3.

[birdy219]

The nasally sounding dude has worked my last nerve. :madrun

Please pop on 1200. My radio won't clear up until about 7:50.
:flag:

[ElNono]

Mason can't guard athletic guys...

[Manufan909]

yeah, i don't see any way how D. Blair is going to be out of the rotation. D. Blair is already very good to began with, with the right amount of playing time, he's just gonna grow even better when the playoff comes around. My wish is the D. Blair is the 3rd big with T. Ratliff being the 4th big, while M. Bonner only plays in certain situations.

Indeed. Hope Ian and Blair get burn in the 2nd half tonight.

[Blackjack]

Granger with an and-1, courtesy of Parker.

[Obstructed_View]

yeah, i don't see any way how D. Blair is going to be out of the rotation. D. Blair is already very good to began with, with the right amount of playing time, he's just gonna grow even better when the playoff comes around. My wish is the D. Blair is the 3rd big with T. Ratliff being the 4th big, while M. Bonner only plays in certain situations.

From a strategy point, I agree. That said, Pop has a ten man rotation of vets. That's going to be tough to crack, and probably won't happen right away.

[xellos88330]

Still waiting to see some consistent defense by the Spurs.

[Mel_13]

Spurs have missed their last 5 shots; trail by 3.

Cold spell with Tim, Tony, Manu, and Dice on the court.

How we gonna blame this one on PopFinBo?

[Rorschach]

Rorschach's Journal
October 23, 2009

I hate the filth that is Pacers radio. Why cant I hear Scoening?

[Obstructed_View]

Cold spell with Tim, Tony, Manu, and Dice on the court.

How we gonna blame this one on PopFinBo?

Most of those that make a habit of such a thing need not be bothered with facts or stats.

[Mel_13]

yeah, i don't see any way how D. Blair is going to be out of the rotation. D. Blair is already very good to began with, with the right amount of playing time, he's just gonna grow even better when the playoff comes around. My wish is the D. Blair is the 3rd big with T. Ratliff being the 4th big, while M. Bonner only plays in certain situations.

Ratliff can't be the 4th big, he'll be a crumpled heap by April.

[Blackjack]

'Dyess to the line; 1-4 now

Spurs 14-17 at the line.

[ElNono]

Duncan dunk

[ElNono]

Dice and 1

[Mel_13]

Touchdown!!!

[mazerrackham]

ooh, two quick buckets

[ElNono]

We're back in the lead....

[Blackjack]

Duncan with the 2-handed flush.

Duncan with a long outlet to 'Dyess for an and-1 opportunity.

[completely deck]

Dice and one

[Obstructed_View]

A long outlet pass. How long has it been since the Spurs had one of those?

[Interrohater]

nice job Dice

...that announcer sounds like Bert from Sesame Street... he's always hatin' on Ernie

[Rorschach]

Duncan = P. Manning

[kbrury]

FG defense is good but letting the Pacers stay in the game with Offensive Reb which is 8-2 Pacers right now.

[Rorschach]

nice job Dice

...that announcer sounds like Bert from Sesame Street... he's always hatin' on Ernie

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

[Mel_13]

A long outlet pass. How long has it been since the Spurs had one of those?

TD connected with Fin at least twice last year. Both off of missed FTs.

[Obstructed_View]

nice job Dice

...that announcer sounds like Bert from Sesame Street... he's always hatin' on Ernie

:lmao

Great, now I'm picturing muppets doing the stinkin' PbP.

[mazerrackham]

'Dyess to the line; 1-4 now

Spurs 14-17 at the line.

I didn't realize Dice was a bit spotty at the free throw line. Checked his career numbers and he had one good season at like 81% and has gone 65-70% with some dips to 60% for the rest of his career. I guess he fits with the Spurs well.

[ElNono]

Cold spell with Tim, Tony, Manu, and Dice on the court.

How we gonna blame this one on PopFinBo?

Nothing wrong with missing shots...

[Obstructed_View]

Two dunks in less than a minute.

[completely deck]

Dice two handed dunk!

[Blackjack]

Cold spell with Tim, Tony, Manu, and Dice on the court.

How we gonna blame this one on PopFinBo?

Simple, Pop's Fin and Bonner fascination has taken hold of the rest of the teams' psyche. :hat

[ace3g]

Dice with the dunk!!! off a nice pass from Manu

[NRHector]

Damn I wanted to see that pass from manu:flag:

[TimDunkem]

A long outlet pass. How long has it been since the Spurs had one of those?
About 7 months?


nice job Dice

...that announcer sounds like Bert from Sesame Street... he's always hatin' on Ernie
lol Austin Croshere? He really knows how to sap the excitement even out of a radio broadcast.

[Dex]

Dice is going to get benched if he doesn't stop dunking it.

[Mel_13]

Nothing wrong with missing shots...

Unless Finley and Bonner are missing them:p:

[Blackjack]

Two dunks in less than a minute.

Expect a benching shortly..

[ElNono]

Dice 1-4 from the line... your average Spur... :lol

[ElNono]

TP with the floater...

[Blackjack]

TP with the Eiffel Shower.

[Rorschach]

nice job Dice

...that announcer sounds like Bert from Sesame Street... he's always hatin' on Ernie

They do sound like Bert and Ernie. Proof here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86i7LQg9PVQ

[Blackjack]

Parker to the line; 2-2 14pts

[ElNono]

Dice again...

[Blackjack]

'Dyess getting loose; 9pts.

Better yet..

'Dyess gettin' nice. :lol

[Obstructed_View]

About 7 months?

They had one of those? Maybe it accounted for one of the five fast breaks they had last season.

[completely deck]

at the end of the half, Spurs on a 13-5 run, up by 3 61-58

[Blackjack]

61-58, Spurs at half

[Spurs Brazil]

Great 2nd quarter by Dyce

Spurs up 61-58 at the half

[SPURadic]

I don't think Pop will be happy with the output Indy has put forth in just one half.

The players better brace themselves for some ass-whooping by Pop in the locker rooms!

[Dex]

D. Blair 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

:pctoss

[Spurs Brazil]

Jeff McDonald: Halftime. Spurs lead 61-58. Tony Parker has 14 to lead the Spurs. George Hill has 10. Antonio McDyess having his best game of the preseason 9 and 7 ... though he's had a couple mental errors on D

[Interrohater]

They do sound like Bert and Ernie. Proof here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86i7LQg9PVQ
:lol

[TimDunkem]

They had one of those? Maybe it accounted for one of the five fast breaks they had last season.
lol You might be right. I'm also sure most of, if not, all of those passes were by Duncan too.

[Obstructed_View]

I don't think Pop will be happy with the output Indy has put forth in just one half.

God I hope not. At least they have a lead and something to focus on in the second half.

[timaios]

Another game with 40 FT at halftime.
These refs are killing the game.

[Obstructed_View]

lol You might be right. I'm also sure most of, if not, all of those passes were by Duncan too.

Hearing them push the ball up is just so refreshing. They were way too slow last year.

[loveforthegame]

Nice to see Dyess explode in the 2nd quarter.

I'm not worried about Blair just yet. It seems Pop likes saving him for the 2nd half.

[ElNono]

Unless Finley and Bonner are missing them:p:

No.. the problem is that when they miss them, we normally end up down 10-15 points... It was nice to see a stretch where we missed 5 shots and stay down 3 only...

[Interrohater]

Nice to see Dyess explode in the 2nd quarter.

I'm not worried about Blair just yet. It seems Pop likes saving him for the 2nd half.
yea, it's starting to seem like that. Maybe once the other team is starting to tire out, Blair is even more effective

[Manufan909]

Anyone know why Manu and RJ are so off? Since none of can atcually see the game, I guess we'll have to wait for some game thoughts.

[mazerrackham]

No.. the problem is that when they miss them, we normally end up down 10-15 points... It was nice to see a stretch where we missed 5 shots and stay down 3 only...

That's because Bonner/Finley defense+intangibles=negligible

[Manufan909]

Oh, and hearing the Superman theme after Dwight just dunked the ball was sickening. Christopher Reeves is turning in his grave right about now.

[ElNono]

Anyone know why Manu and RJ are so off? Since none of can atcually see the game, I guess we'll have to wait for some game thoughts.

It's the preseason? RJ had a couple of good outings already... Manu's just out of shape...

[Mel_13]

No.. the problem is that when they miss them, we normally end up down 10-15 points... It was nice to see a stretch where we missed 5 shots and stay down 3 only...

I'd be much more willing to buy into that POV if someone actually proved that it was true. Especially in Bonner's case. Given his +/- numbers last year, I doubt you could establish any significant correlation that would support that view. I certainly haven't seen anyone try. Usually I see the topic changed to the Dallas series when I ask for actual proof.

[ElNono]

I'd be much more willing to buy into that POV if someone actually proved that it was true. Especially in Bonner's case. Given his +/- numbers last year, I doubt you could establish any significant correlation that would support that view. I certainly haven't seen anyone try. Usually I see the topic changed to the Dallas series when I ask for actual proof.

Would telling you that our Opponent FG% was the highest in many seasons require any further proof?

[Manufan909]

+/- deals a lot with who you're on the floor with, Bonner plays with the Big 3 more than almost anyone.

[ElNono]

And +/- is a trivial stat... just look at the game right now...

Duncan has 7 pts and 8 rebounds and is -2
Mason has 3 pts and 2 rebounds and is +1

[Blackjack]

63-63

[Blackjack]

RJ with 2 quick fouls; 3 early team fouls.

[ElNono]

Dantay Jones filling up the stat sheet...

[Blackjack]

Timmy! From 16'; 9pts.

[mystargtr34]

Good to see McDyess playing well... not sure about the pace of the game though, too many shots.

[Blackjack]

Back-to-back J's for Tim

[angelbelow]

duncans going at hibbert.

[ElNono]

back to back baskets by TD

[Spurs Brazil]

TD again, 11pts

[Blackjack]

Bad pass from Mason -- go figure -- leads to easy 2 for Watson.

68-67 Pacers

[ElNono]

9:05 IND - E. Watson steals the ball from R. Mason :bang

[ElNono]

uh oh... Finley for Dice => Small ball

[mystargtr34]

Does anyone know of a good source of live boxscore updates other than yahoo.com. It keeps fucking up for me...

Beside espn.com and nba.com

[Interrohater]

lol, Croshere actually grunts and groans when the Pacers miss a shot... what a nerd

[Interrohater]

manu in for mason

[Mel_13]

Would telling you that our Opponent FG% was the highest in many seasons require any further proof?

That's the whole team. Do you have numbers that show that they were worse with Finley and Bonner on the court than the other options? And, if so, to what extent were they offset by any increase in offensive production?

To be quite clear. I have never tried to make a case for Bonner over any better options available. Just over lesser options. This year that would include Ian and Haislip. Since Ratliff can't play extended minutes, Bonner will play more than Theo by default.

[Interrohater]

Timmy fouled and shooting two

[NRHector]

Does anyone know of a good source of live boxscore updates other than yahoo.com. It keeps fucking up for me...

Beside espn.com and nba.com
try msn sports

[silverblackfan]

TP with the Eiffel Shower.
:toast

[Blackjack]

Duncan 11pts 11rbds 5ast.; at the line shooting 2.

2-2; 71-70.

[Manufan909]

Are the Pacers a small team? Otherwise I don't get Pop using small ball, when he hasn't even used Blair or Ian yet.

[completely deck]

Holy crap Bert and Ernie are going to kill my headphones with that yelling

[Interrohater]

So these guys only get excited for a dunk? THESE are the guys that call us boring! I've always wondered who it was...

[Blackjack]

Hibbert getting by Duncan for a dunk, but Tim answers with a deuce on the other end.

Alley-oop from Tim to RJ.:elephant.

76-75 after Hibbert 20'; Hibbert going to work on Tim with another bucket in the post..

[TimDunkem]

Hibbert taking a doo-doo on Duncan...

[NRHector]

Hibbert getting by Duncan for a dunk, but Tim answers with a deuce on the other end.

Alley-oop from Tim to RJ.:elephant.

76-75 after Hibbert 20'; Hibbert going to work on Tim with another bucket in the post..and I didn't see it:bang

[Manufan909]

I missed an alley-oop??? Fuck me.:depressed

[Thompson]

Why no Blair or Mahinmi (or Hairston)?

[Blackjack]

78-75 Pacers

Spurs 6-11fgs

Pacers 9-14fgs

Here come the Beast...

[Mel_13]

Blair in

[NRHector]

the beast coming in

[TIMMYD!]

The Beast has been woken.

[TIMMYD!]

What's goin' on with 'Dice at the line?

[Blackjack]

Hibbert's sounding pretty impressive; he actually just scored on Blair.:wow

Hill's in the game.

[Bartleby]

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last"

[Interrohater]

Haislip is in.....

[ElNono]

That's the whole team. Do you have numbers that show that they were worse with Finley and Bonner on the court than the other options? And, if so, to what extent were they offset by any increase in offensive production?

I can bring Horry's rebounding rate and scoring, and you can compare. I don't think it's even arguable that he was a better player than Bonner. We can also compare Spurs numbers when Bowen was playing instead of Finley.
I mean, sure, maybe we averaged 10 more point per game, but defense wins championships, and that's not a cliche...

[ElNono]

Beast in!!!

[Interrohater]

see ya Haislip, thanks for trying out.

[completely deck]

Pop can NOT be happy about this defense

[siraulo23]

geez

[Blackjack]

What's goin' on with 'Dice on the line?

He's pretty much always been suspect at the line, as strange as it sounds.

Pacers on a 9-0 run.

Blair ends it with a bucket assisted by Manu.