10/28- Spurs vs. Hornets Game blog

[Bambililos]

yes, sir. we Spurs fans are in for a very special treat this season. this Spurs team is going to go down in history as one of the greatest ever. book it. enjoy it.
I prefer "miss". But :toast to you

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

*sniff*

:cry

Oh God.

what??

[TIMMYD!]

how good is Hill, right?? lol

not only is Tim in danger of losing minutes to Blair, but Tony might be in danger from Hill! :)

Pop is going to be pulling his hair out trying how to get everyone the minutes they deserve.

About all the other coaches would love to be pulling their hair over that also.

[peskypesky]

I prefer "miss". But :toast to you

lol

[Riverwalkman]

Blair 1 reb to double double

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

one more rebound for blair pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[mexpurs21]

Blair double double

[anakha]

Double-double?

[pawe]

Damn, Blair really is a magnet for the ball!

[TIMMYD!]

Collison does look like a fucking kid.

[peskypesky]

did blair get the double double?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol 2 off rebound in 1 sec for blair nvm..

[Chieflion]

14 points and 11 rebounds for Dejuan Blair.

[TinTin]

anyone else think manu and jefferson are developing a special bond

[peskypesky]

The Beast!!

[Chomag]

Hell YA!!!!

[mVp]

Great game, great fucking game... I love this team.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair 14pts 11rebs

GREAT win

[mexpurs21]

The phukin' W :downspin:

[pawe]

Spurs win!!!

[peskypesky]

I mean, I knew we were going to be awesome. But this awesome??

[iggypop123]

hornets are bigger frauds than i thought

[Chieflion]

It is over. Spurs win.

[TinTin]

Standing ovation in my room

[007nites]

Blair with 14, 11, and 3 in his first game of the season

[Indazone]

damn, Blair will become an All-Star. He should be your starting Power Forward and move Duncan over to Center.

[Bukefal]

What can I say other than: I like ittttttttttttttt Blair was awesome, Manu seems to be back, Hill did good, Spurs just dominated!! Great game, it was worth the waiting!!!

[Riverwalkman]

wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Welcome back Spurs. :toast :D

Let's fuck teams up all year. :ihit

[redzero]

hornets are bigger frauds than i thought

And they are frauds how?

[peskypesky]

Did i die and go to heaven?

[timtonymanu]

Spurs win!!! It's been a year since they won an opener.

[Bukefal]

:flag::flag::flag: Go spurs!

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Im pumped, cant wait for tomorrow

[mexpurs21]

I mean, I knew we were going to be awesome. But this awesome??

I feel the same, I expected to see some progress like in mid-December
But if we could keep this pace, i'll take it..

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dejuan blair double double

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

TP talking about Manu:

"...he shot the ball fine... he did his crazy stuff like he always do...: :lmao

[jag]

WOW....I can't stand Stuart Scott

[mVp]

Blair with 14, 11, and 3 in his first game of the season

And he's only gonna get better. I'm thrilled.

[EmptyMan]

alright, time to knock out some shit in real life until tomorrow night's game :lol

[Danny.Zhu]

Not a single block, NO shooting 50% for 2pt and 3pt.

Still a lot of work to do on defense.

[TinTin]

TP talking about Manu:

"...he shot the ball fine... he did his crazy stuff like he always do...: :lmao

Yeah that put a big grin on my face too esp. the part where he said he is lying about the basketball part not being there

[mexpurs21]

6 Players with more than 10 points and 3 players with 9.

I prefer that than having a ball-hog that logs 40 and loses the game

[Chomag]

Honestly I don;t think it will even be nessasary to sit out Timmy and manu on back to backs. They wont be needed for heavy minutes on any game.

[Milo]

Spurs win!!! It's been a year since they won an opener.

2 years :toast

[Bukefal]

:lol mavs fans :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[superjames1992]

DOMINATING win by the Spurs. I was very impressed by the way all the new acquisitions performed and Manu looked like his old self once again. Timmy looked a little less explosive than usual, though. I hope his knee isn't bothering him too bad.

[vander]

Spurs win!!! It's been a year since they won an opener.

I lol'ed

[Chomag]

9 guys in double figures... WOW!

[VivaPopovich]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Pop can actually get away with starting Bonner at Pf/C and giving him as much PT as he does cause the spurs have so much depth

Unbelievable

[VivaPopovich]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Pop can actually get away with starting Bonner at Pf/C and giving him as much PT as he does cause the spurs have so much depth

Unbelievable

[Chieflion]

9 guys in double figures... WOW!
Actually 6, but 3 players have 9 points, so we get the idea.

[MagnusKrauss]

A double-double for Blair, a win for the Spurs, getting over a hundred, and keeping the hornets below a hundred. wow.

just wow.

[bigdog]

Wtf? After Saturday, the next time the Spurs play is Thursday?

[Chieflion]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Pop can actually get away with starting Bonner at Pf/C and giving him as much PT as he does cause the spurs have so much depth

Unbelievable
It is so nice, you have to say it twice.

[Chomag]

DOMINATING win by the Spurs. I was very impressed by the way all the new acquisitions performed and Manu looked like his old self once again. Timmy looked a little less explosive than usual, though. I hope his knee isn't bothering him too bad.

I thought he looked pretty good. I just dont think he had to take his game up a notch becuase his whole team was playing so well.

[Brazil]

Great Game ! I just dislike the 50% FG of NO

[ezau]

Wow, we're deep, talented, and we're so fucking ready to kick a lot of ass!!! I love this team

[superjames1992]

Not a single block, NO shooting 50% for 2pt and 3pt.

Still a lot of work to do on defense.
I think a lot of that had to do with the defense there at the end once the Spurs got a huge lead. The first-half defense was great.

And this team simply isn't going to get many blocks. Timmy can't get many blocks anymore in his older age. Ratliff is a good blocker, but he's riding the pine most of the time, so he won't get many.

[duncan228]

Spurs 113, Hornets 96 - Oct. 28, 2009 (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/spurs-vs-hornet-3.html)
By Joe Alexander

The Spurs opened the season with a 113-96 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday at the AT&T Center.

Manu Ginobili finishes with 16 points and four assists in 23 minutes. He left the game for good with about four minutes left.

DeJuan Blair came off the bench and had 14 points and 11 rebounds in his NBA regular-season debut.

Tony Parker and Tim Duncan were able to sit out the fourth quarter.

Parker has 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting and six assists in 26 minutes.

Duncan has nine points on 4 of 8 shooting and 12 rebounds in 22 minutes.

Spurs lead 95-72 with 10:12 left in the game.

In the game for the Spurs to start the fourth quarter: George Hill, Roger Mason Jr., Michael Finley, Antonio McDyess, DeJuan Blair.

THIRD QUARTER

George Hill makes a breakaway dunk in the final seconds of the fourth quarter and the Spurs lead 88-68.

Tony Parker went down at the end of the floor after making a driving basket. The Spurs took a timeout and Parker was able to walk off the floor. George Hill is going in for Parker. If the Spurs finish this quarter strong, they might be able sit their key guys for most or all of the fourth quarter. The Spurs lead 82-61 with 2:20 left in the third.

The Spurs lead 67-51 with 7:05 left in the third quarter. Timeout Spurs.

SECOND QUARTER

The Spurs lead 57-39 at halftime. The Spurs are shooting 51.2 percent, even after missing 9 of 11 to start the game. After their slow start, the Spurs were 20 of 32 from the field. The Hornets are shooting 38.1 percent.

The Spurs have gotten a scoring boost from the bench with 10 points from Manu Ginobili and nine from Antonio McDyess.

After the Spurs missed 9 of 11 shots to start the game, they went on a 30-6 run. Midway through the second quarter the Spurs lead 36-20.

The Spurs outscored the Hornets 7-0 to start the second quarter including a driving basket by George Hill. The Spurs lead 26-13. Timeout Hornets.

FIRST QUARTER

The Spurs recovered from slow shooting the first five minutes and lead 19-13 at the end of the third quarter. Preseason sensation DeJuan Blair entered the game late in the first quarter - he collected an offensive rebound and put it back in for the last basket of the quarter.

Tim Duncan has four points and Manu Ginobili hit a 3-pointer on his first shot. The Spurs lead 13-12 with 2:42 left in the first quarter. Timeout.

Timeout Spurs. The Hornets lead 10-4 at the first break. The Spurs are shooting 22.2 percent.

Spurs starters: Tony Parker, Michael Finley, Richard Jefferson, Matt Bonner and Tim Duncan.

George Hill update: From a Spurs news release at 4:22 p.m. today: "The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have picked up the option for the 2010-11 season for guard George Hill." Read Mike Monroe's report (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/a-spurs-no-brai.html).

[Chomag]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Pop can actually get away with starting Bonner at Pf/C and giving him as much PT as he does cause the spurs have so much depth

Unbelievable

I totally agree. With as much talent as we have why is he needed to start and play so many minutes?

[Riverwalkman]

Not a single block, NO shooting 50% for 2pt and 3pt.

Still a lot of work to do on defense.

Agreed that we still have a lot of room to improve, but actually our defense did pretty well, Hornets' shooting percentage went up because Spurs had fixed the game too early. It was not even a close game.

[Quiet Strength]

Great Game ! I just dislike the 50% FG of NO

Yeah the spurs defense in the second half was kinda weak but its just the first game of the season.

[CGD]

Wtf? After Saturday, the next time the Spurs play is Thursday?

Yeah but its a tough back to back Utah/Portland

[bigdog]

Yeah but its a tough back to back Utah/Portland

Understandable, but come on, we're gonna have to wait almost a week for the next game? :lol

[DAF86]

After reading this entire thread, i figured Blair and Manu were dominating the game...

Looked at the boxscore, and freaking TP has 17 points! I didnt think he had even scored from this blog!!

Watch the games dude.

[mexpurs21]

Spurs 113, Hornets 96 - Oct. 28, 2009 (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/spurs-vs-hornet-3.html)
George Hill update: From a Spurs news release at 4:22 p.m. today: "The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have picked up the option for the 2010-11 season for guard George Hill." Read Mike Monroe's report (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/10/a-spurs-no-brai.html).

Nice, he showed good things today, hope he keeps improving

[Chieflion]

Keys to the game: Rebounding. The Spurs had 42 rebounds to 33 rebounds against the Hornets. 11 offensive rebounds to 5 offensive rebounds against the Hornets. Blair had 5 offensive boards by himself.

Bench scoring: Spurs had 61 points from the bench while the Hornets had 19 points from the bench.

The 20-1 run: The defense during this stretch was fantastic, and the rest was merely a curtain call.

[completely deck]

:hungry:

What a great way to start the season

[superjames1992]

I totally agree. With as much talent as we have why is he needed to start and play so many minutes?
Bonner does a lot of things that we don't know about. He scored 11 points in this one, but he also spreads the floor on offense, which makes it easier for everyone else to score.

Pop is a four-time championship-winner coach. I think he knows what he's doing. Bonner is in there because Pop thinks we have the best chance to win with him in there and I think I'll trust him on that.

[superjames1992]

After reading this entire thread, i figured Blair and Manu were dominating the game...

Looked at the boxscore, and freaking TP has 17 points! I didnt think he had even scored from this blog!!
Tony's scores weren't all that exciting, so it didn't garner much attention. Manu made some amazing moves (vintage Manu) and Blair had a dominating performance considering it's his first career regular season NBA game.

[Spurs Brazil]

The rotation was like preseason
Nobody played more than 26 minutes

[Trainwreck2100]

damn these two teams have really bad offenses. I cant wait to see the spurs try to match the lakers firepower

yeah cause scoring 111 shows an incredible lack of offense

[mexicanjunior]

Spurs dominated tonight...only blimp in the game was Popovich's ridiculous decision to start Bonner and Finley. Luckily, he wised up and put in Mcdyess and Mason, which assured a blowout by halftime. Dejuan Blair will be an All-Star within 3 years...

[quentin_compson]

Very nice game, even though the Hornets sucked bad tonight (except for Paul, of course).

I'm really excited about the new season.

[duncan228]

Parker takes hard fall in Spurs’ win over Hornets (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009102824)
By Paul J. Weber

Tony Parker scored 17 points before leaving the game after a hard fall and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 113-96 on Wednesday night.

Parker landed with a thud on his right side after slicing between fellow All-Star Chris Paul and Hilton Armstrong for a layup late in the third quarter. He lay scrunched up and wincing for more than a minute before walking back to the bench on his own.

The contact set off heated words between Paul and Spurs newcomer Richard Jefferson, who were both hit with technical fouls at midcourt upon being separated.

Paul led all scorers with 26 points and Emeka Okafor had 18 points and 10 rebounds in his Hornets debut after sitting out the preseason with an injured toe.

Manu Ginobili scored 16 points in his first game healthy for the Spurs since hobbling through last season with bad ankles. Tim Duncan had nine points and 12 rebounds.

Rookie DeJuan Blair, the All-American from Pitt who is becoming more intriguing to Spurs coach Gregg Popovich by the minute after an impressive preseason, had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

David West added 18 points and nine rebounds for New Orleans.

Parker was 6 of 9 from the field and had six assists before his hard landing set off a chorus of gasps at the AT&T Center. Parker had bumped off Armstrong in mid-air while putting up the layup, then fell almost horizontally to the ground.

He stayed sideways on the ground before turning over on his back and catching his breath. He went to the bench with 2:21 left in the third and was done for the night.

Ginobili, a former NBA sixth man of the year, became a starter last year but opened the season back on the bench for the revamped Spurs. Along with Jefferson, the Spurs showed off an overhauled roster that includes veteran Antonio McDyess and Blair.

The summer spending spree put the Spurs over the luxury tax threshold for one of the few times in the Duncan era. The hopeful payoff is a long season of what the Spurs had plenty of against New Orleans: balanced scoring providing an offensive punch that San Antonio sorely lacked last season.

Six players for the Spurs were in double figures. Matt Bonner scored 11 points, and Michael Finley and Roger Mason had 11 apiece.

Jefferson debuted in the starting lineup but struggled, scoring five points on 1 of 7 shooting. McDyess had nine points off the bench.

Poor shooting dug the Hornets in a hole quickly. New Orleans missed 10 consecutive shots over a 6-minute span in the first half while the Spurs rolled to a 16-0 run midway through the second quarter.

Notes: The Spurs rewarded guard George Hill before the game by exercising the option on his contract for next season. Popovich teased Hill as his “favorite player” throughout training camp but said, straight-faced, before the game that Hill has picked up the game after one season as well as Parker did. …The Spurs have beaten New Orleans in nine of the last 10 games in San Antonio.

[The Btown Spur]

Spurs looked pretty solid throughout, Hornets didnt test us nearly as much as i expected but great win anyhow. Lets see how we do on a back to back against the bulls

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Holy shit we're deep. What a bench. And Manu is BACK!

[efrem1]

Back after a year on hiatus. A great start by the team and I like the additions. Hopefully, TD's legs will hold up this season.

[ezau]

I like the technical Jefferson got with the altercation with Paul. That only shows that he's really part of the team. God, seeing Dice and Jefferson in a Spurs uniform feels so surreal

[DPG21920]

How good was Hill tonight as well? Some very good moments with the highlight being forcing the turn over from Paul and then dunking on the other end on the leak out.

[TIMMYD!]

We win fuckers!!

[murpjf88]

What happened to the defense? NEW orleans shot 50% from the field. The Hornets got all the shots they wanted. They just weren't hitting them early. It's got to get better. And yes, they were scoring off the starters as well as the reserves.

[marini martini]

Where is that BRhorney guy!!!

[DieMrBond]

Watch the games dude.

Notice my flag? I'm in Australia. It is also 11am. Work Time.
Unfortunately, this is the best I can do!

[siraulo23]

cant believe i missed this game
highlights anyone?

nba.com doesnt have any highlights yet

[Manu20]

One thing that surprise me about RJ was his passing ability that he showed.

This could be a special season!

[TimDunkem]

What happened to the defense? NEW orleans shot 50% from the field. The Hornets got all the shots they wanted. They just weren't hitting them early. It's got to get better. And yes, they were scoring off the starters as well as the reserves.

Wtf. Of course they weren't hitting shots early. That's because the DEFENSE was good early on. So, no, the Hornets didn't get EVERY shot they wanted. They were struggling to score for most of the game. The game was all but over when they finally started connecting. Jesus, atleast wait a little while longer before calling the defense suspect. The Spurs don't have to be elite defensively the very first game.

LOL Oh noes! The Spurs ended up letting the Hornet reserves score 19 points (most in the latter half of the game) while the Spurs reserves score three times as much!

[HarlemHeat37]

The defense was great in the 1st half..we held them to 38% IIRC, they weren't getting good shots, there was pressure on the ball, and that was with a lot of mistakes on our end..

The defense got lazy and careless in the 2nd half..

The ability was pretty clear in the 1st half, and that was with Duncan playing with little effort, RJ overplaying too much, Paul making everything he took, and Bonner getting abused by West..

[Agloco]

After reading this entire thread, i figured Blair and Manu were dominating the game...

Looked at the boxscore, and freaking TP has 17 points! I didnt think he had even scored from this blog!!

Probably because we expected it from Parker. Manu and Blair were wild cards.

[silverblackfan]

Great game. Tony was solid and so was Hill. When Tony went down, I was glad that we had Hill as an option. The bench ripped apart the Hornets bench. Once the they got up by 20 points, they let off on the defense a bit, but that can be attributed to allowing the new players to learn.
Blair continues to be a monster. Unbelievable for his first game. The guy has no fear. Manu, Hill and Blair together off the bench is just rude to the other teams bench.

[SpurNation]

Parker landed with a thud on his right side after slicing between fellow All-Star Chris Paul and Hilton Armstrong for a layup late in the third quarter. He lay scrunched up and wincing for more than a minute before walking back to the bench on his own.



And Jefferson to the rescue. Gotta love RJ's in your face confrontation he had with CP3 after that incident.

[Xevious]

While I'm excited about our team and especially what the bench guys did tonight, New Orleans wasn't much of a test. West and Okafer were solid, and Paul was a monster, but the rest of their team is a bunch of scrubs.

Hopefully we can maintain this level of play though so we can keep our guys' minutes down.

[redzero]

And Jefferson to the rescue. Gotta love RJ's in your face confrontation he had with CP3 after that incident.

Yeah, way to show the Hornets that he wouldn't stand for his teammate falling to the ground awkwardly.

This will be a different story once Scott is fired. It's nice to see him not playing promising rookies for... uh, no reason at all.

[slick'81]

blair and mcdyess off the bench so fckn owned tonight

[Chomag]

Yeah, way to show the Hornets that he wouldn't stand for his teammate falling to the ground awkwardly.

This will be a different story once Scott is fired. It's nice to see him not playing promising rookies for... uh, no reason at all.

RJ was not getting up into CP3's face because of what happned to Parker. He was confronting him becuase CP3 was being a douche about it.

[redzero]

RJ was not getting up into CP3's face because of what happned to Parker. He was confronting him becuase CP3 was being a douche about it.

By doing what exactly? Did he kick Parker while he was down?

[completely deck]

Wouldn't be the first time he's kicked someone. Or punched them in the balls.

[Danny.Zhu]

Agreed that we still have a lot of room to improve, but actually our defense did pretty well, Hornets' shooting percentage went up because Spurs had fixed the game too early. It was not even a close game.

Celtics had a much easier game but they still got excellent defense. That should not be an excuse.

[duncan228]

Updated.

Parker takes hard fall in Spurs’ win over Hornets (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009102824&prov=ap)
By Paul J. Weber

Other than Tony Parker crashing to the floor, it was everything the revamped San Antonio Spurs wanted for a season opener.

Parker walked back to the bench OK after a hard landing in the third quarter, leaving the game with 17 points but with rookie DeJuan Blair and the Spurs already well in command of the New Orleans Hornets in a 113-96 victory on Wednesday night.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Parker simply had the wind knocked out of him after falling to the court almost horizontally following a layup. Blair, meanwhile, continues enticing the Spurs after a dominant preseason, getting 14 points and 11 rebounds in his NBA debut.

The Spurs spent atypically lavishly this summer to add veterans Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess. But so far, it’s been the former All-America from Pitt getting the most buzz.

“He’s showing really good maturity so far,” Popovich said. “You just have to give him credit. He’s got a great way about him and let the game come to him.”

Chris Paul scored 26 points and got a technical foul along with Jefferson after they met fact-to-face at midcourt following Parker’s hard fall. Both downplayed the exchange after the game, and Paul kept his sense of humor even though New Orleans was never closer than 15 points in the second half.

“We hoped to go 82-0, but we knew it wasn’t too feasible,” Paul said.

Emeka Okafor had 18 points and 10 rebounds in his Hornets debut after sitting out the preseason with an injured toe. He played 29 minutes, shooting 8 of 14 from the floor.

Also re-emerging healthy was Manu Ginobili, who scored 16 points. He hobbled through last season with bad ankles. Tim Duncan had nine points and 12 rebounds.

Parker was 6 of 9 from the field and had six assists before his hard landing set off a chorus of gasps at the AT&T Center. Parker had bumped off Hilton Armstrong in mid-air while putting up the layup, and remained sideways on the ground before turning over on his back and catching his breath.

He went to the bench with 2:21 left in the third and was done for the night. Parker left the locker room without speaking to reporters but appeared fine.

Ginobili, a former NBA sixth man of the year, became a starter last season but opened the season back on the bench for the revamped Spurs.

Hornets coach Byron Scott called Blair “a monster.”

“You know, a 6-5, 6-6 center who comes in and plays 22 minutes and gets 14-11 is pretty impressive,” Scott said. “Especially for a rookie.”

Blair, whose locker is next to Duncan’s, said he’s simply the beneficiary of being on a good team.

“My teammates are taking me under their wing and showing me what to do,” Blair said. “It’s been excellent to have that.”

The summer spending spree put the Spurs over the luxury tax threshold for one of the few times in the Duncan era. The hopeful payoff is a long season of what the Spurs had plenty of against New Orleans: balanced scoring providing an offensive punch that San Antonio sorely lacked last season.

Six players for the Spurs scored in double figures. Matt Bonner and Roger Mason had 11 apiece and Michael Finley had 10.

Jefferson debuted in the starting lineup but struggled, scoring five points on 1 of 7 shooting. McDyess had nine points off the bench.

Poor shooting put the Hornets in a hole quickly. New Orleans missed 10 consecutive shots over a 6-minute span in the first half while the Spurs rolled to a 16-0 run midway through the second quarter.

Notes: The Spurs rewarded guard George Hill before the game by exercising the option on his contract for next season. Popovich teased Hill as his “favorite player” throughout training camp but said, straight-faced, before the game that Hill has picked up the game after one season as well as Parker did. …The Spurs have beaten New Orleans in nine of the last 10 games in San Antonio.

[crc21209]

And Jefferson to the rescue. Gotta love RJ's in your face confrontation he had with CP3 after that incident.

RJ getting in CPGay's face :tu.

[redzero]

RJ getting in CPGay's face :tu.

:lol:lol:lol:lol

Chris Paul's the gay one now?

:lmao:lmao

You fags literally have nothing to complain about. Paul didn't do anything.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lookn at the box score....

we dont evne have 1 block :(

[Chomag]

lookn at the box score....

we dont evne have 1 block :(

Yeah, looks like our D needs the most work for the most part. I don't see a problem in improving that though we have the tools, Pop just needs to use them over some *cough*others* cough.

[NASpurs]

The Spurs' D was just fine in the first half. The second half they just fell asleep imo.

[redzero]

The Spurs' D was just fine in the first half. The second half they just fell asleep imo.

It has more to do with Scott not being a retard with rotations than it does with falling asleep defensively. As soon as the substitutes were in, the Spurs dominated. Scott just kept the starters in longer.

[NASpurs]

It has more to do with Scott not being a retard with rotations than it does with falling asleep defensively. As soon as the substitutes were in, the Spurs dominated. Scott just kept the starters in longer.

That's true. Either way it says a lot about the quality of the Hornet's bench, no offense.

[redzero]

That's true. Either way it says a lot about the quality of the Hornet's bench, no offense.

They aren't great, but Scott did handicap them by not playing Thorton. They will be much better when Diogu and Thorton actually get some minutes.

[FvckMavs]

Game thoughts from TIMVP?

[benefactor]

Damn......these guys are good. :)

[duncan228]

Spurs dismantle Hornets in season opener (http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nba/news/news.aspx?id=4262803)

Tony Parker led a balanced attack with 17 points and dished out six assists before taking a hard fall in the third quarter, as the Spurs opened the season with a 113-96 win over the New Orleans Hornets.

Parker fell hard to the floor after making a layup late in the third quarter, but later came back to the team's bench.

Manu Ginobili, who missed 38 games last season and the entire playoffs because of ankle problems, added 16 points off the bench for the Spurs. Rookie DeJuan Blair, a second-round draft pick, tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Tim Duncan contributed nine points and 12 boards for San Antonio, which has made the playoffs 12 years in a row, but was ousted by the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the first round last season.

"Our defense in the first half was good, very good. Our defense in the second half was very poor," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. "I was disappointed in our defense the second half, the amount of points we gave up and the shots they made. We really lost our focus defensively. Fortunately we kept scoring."

Chris Paul registered 26 points and nine assists for the Hornets, who were bounced in five games by the Denver Nuggets in the first round a season ago. Emeka Okafor and David West both scored 18 with Okafor having 10 rebounds and West nine boards in defeat.

Ahead 19-13 after the first quarter, the Spurs shot 63.6 percent (14-of-22) during the pivotal second stanza. Parker's jumper with 6:53 left extended the lead to 36-18.

Antonio McDyess, signed as a free agent in the offseason, hit a layup with a minute left in the half for a 57-37 difference before Julian Wright's bucket capped the quarter for the Hornets.

The double-digit margin remained throughout the second half with the Spurs holding an 88-68 cushion moving to the fourth. But in the third, the game turned ugly. Parker's layup with 2:21 left in the quarter came after he sliced through traffic.

San Antonio's Richard Jefferson and Paul were each hit with technical fouls for arguing with each other.

Game Notes

Jefferson, acquired in a trade from Milwaukee during the offseason, had just five points, five assists and four rebounds on 1-of-7 shooting for the Spurs...Hornets first-round pick Darren Collison had one point in nearly three minutes of court time...The Spurs shot 52.3 percent from the field, compared to 50 percent for the Hornets...San Antonio went 9-of-24 from three- point range...The Hornets have dropped 10 of 11 games at the Spurs.

[HarlemHeat37]

Looking back at the game, we actually had 2 blocks that should have been recorded..1 was early in the game by Jefferson on a Hornets reverse layup attempt with Duncan on D, and the other was Duncan on Wright off help D..

[SKINNYPIMP210]

Don't know if they have been posted but here are a few highlights.

http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=291028024

[mystargtr34]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/sas/photos#photoViewer=urn%3Anewsml%3Asports.yahoo%2Cg etty%3A20050301%3Anba%2Cphoto%2C512801d977ed68e689 6574ba3586fcf7-getty-90040606cc019_hornets_spurs%3A1

Look at Blair's eyes..

[SKINNYPIMP210]

http://www.nba.com/video/games/spurs/2009/10/28/0020900013_noh_sas_recap.nba/index.html?ls=gt1hp0020900013

Some better highlights.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Great effort. The only thing that worries me is that Blair was terrible defending the post. The Hornets went at him relentlessly and scored almost at will. He is definitely going to have to improve his post defense.

[Manufan909]

Great effort. The only thing that worries me is that Blair was terrible defending the post. The Hornets went at him relentlessly and scored almost at will. He is definitely going to have to improve his post defense.

Apparently he was good in the first half, but I only saw the 2nd half, and it looked as if he wasn't even trying. But Fin and Bonner are living proof you don't have to play good D to get minutes with Pop.

[Obstructed_View]

Looking back at the game, we actually had 2 blocks that should have been recorded..1 was early in the game by Jefferson on a Hornets reverse layup attempt with Duncan on D, and the other was Duncan on Wright off help D..

Yeah, who the fuck is keeping score at Spurs games? A Mavs fan?

[Obstructed_View]

My mini thoughts, fresh from my mini brain:


Chris Paul is really good. Too bad the rest of his team couldn't be bothered to get up for the opening game of the season. At least the Lakers had the excuse of the ring ceremony.

The Spurs may end up with the most wins for a team with no all-stars in NBA history. It's conceivable that they end up with eight guys averaging between ten and twenty points per game.

I never dared to dream that the Spurs would play team basketball as well as they did this early. The passing was amazingly good and there were very few lapses or bad turnovers. This is an encouraging sign. I'll wait a month or so to worry aloud about whether the Spurs risk stagnating with a big lead in the division.

There doesn't appear to be a weak individual defender in this group. It'll be really nice to see what they can do when everyone figures the team defense out. There were just enough defensive mistakes that the coaching staff shouldn't have a problem finding stuff to break down in the film room.

Obviously Pop's been paying attention to who plays well with whom and maximizing the time those groups are on the floor together.

Was that a fast break I saw? The Spurs could eclipse last year's fast break total by Halloween.

[benefactor]

I knew we were going to have better depth...but this was just bananas.

We all look at the health of Ginobili and Duncan as keys to winning a championship, but I think what we saw last night will play an equally important role. Our second unit is going to routinely run other teams second units out of the building. This is going to be a huge advantage for us against the Lakers, as they depend more heavily on their stars because they don't really have a lot of depth.

Dejuan Blair...what else needs to be said? It will take some time for him to become an NBA defensive player, but besides that he left very little doubt in anyone's about whether or not he is ready to contribute right now. If he can bring it like this night in and night out then there is no need to make any more moves on our front line.

The really scary thing is that these guys are just getting to know each other from a playing standpoint. Imagine what it will be like when they are running like a well oiled machine. 113 point........and no one played 30 minutes.

[zrinkill]

You fags literally have nothing to complain about. Paul didn't do anything.


You fags got your asses kicked.

[z0sa]

LOL @ Paul didn't do anything. He went up for that beyond half court 3 when he knows we're going to foul because of Parker. Lack of courtesy and respect for fellow players = little bitch

[redzero]

LOL @ Paul didn't do anything. He went up for that beyond half court 3 when he knows we're going to foul because of Parker. Lack of courtesy and respect for fellow players = little bitch

Courtesy and respect? The game was still on. It's not Paul's fault Parker fell awkwardly. Not against the rules, so quit your whining.

[galvatron3000]

Holding my opinion until they play a much better defensive and offensive TEAM

[TimDunkem]

Apparently he was good in the first half, but I only saw the 2nd half, and it looked as if he wasn't even trying. But Fin and Bonner are living proof you don't have to play good D to get minutes with Pop.
True. It's not even an issue of size (like most would have you believe), but an issue of effort. In the first half he made West, and Okafor work for their points, but in the second?....Not so much. Maybe it was the fouls, or he became complacent because of the lead. I'm not sure, but there are things he needs to work on. Blair has the work ethic and the drive, so I'm not worried. Just wait until he learns the nuances of playing defense. :hungry:

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

For those who missed last night's game or wanted a recap ...please visit........ ( NOTE: spurs fan only )

1st Quarter : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBM8T4QYvA
2nd Quarter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS02CGBTz-k
3rd Quarter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu-JZ_-wlas
4th QUarter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-00RniXZ0

:) please rate and comment if you want :flag:

[angelbelow]

How good was Hill tonight as well? Some very good moments with the highlight being forcing the turn over from Paul and then dunking on the other end on the leak out.

I watched the first half and he had a nice drive in traffic as well, prompting Mark Jackson to say he really like Hill.

[portnoy1]

Big Matt played alright. He hit the 3's and grabbed 3 Rebounds in almost 30 minutes of play. Blair had 14pts and grabbed 11Rbs in 22 minutes of play.

[Manufan909]

Big Matt played alright. He hit the 3's and grabbed 3 Rebounds in almost 30 minutes of play. Blair had 14pts and grabbed 11Rbs in 22 minutes of play.

I don't think Blair should average more than 25 minutes a game, so in cases like last night, I wish Ian was active so he could take advantage. Put Bogans on IR, his crappy shooting carried over.

[senorglory]

I just drank an energy drink to keep myself from falling asleep watching the Spurs. Game on, mother fuckers!

http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/131060-1/Criket_spiderhole.gif

Hey man, that's some scary **** you got for a sig. Yikes.