Spurs vs Jazz 11-04-2009 Official Game Blog

[symple19]

Spurs need to slow it down and get into the half-court game. Too much running it down the court when it isn't warranted, like Manu toward the end of the period

Pop = Try harder

[Spursmania]

Pop and Craig Sager. Pop, "Try Harder.":lmao

[bbarry]

pop "try harder"

lmao always funny interviews.

[slick'81]

rotfl sager had the balls to interview pop right now

[kbrury]

We have been lacking penetration, need to stop being an iso team.

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu's shot selection looks so bad when he isn't making..his shot isn't there right now, he should use his great playmaking right now, we desperately need to score..

[Riverwalkman]

What's wrong with Spurs, it seems we were going back to last season.

[Spursmania]

Here come the Spurs!

[slick'81]

yes finley for 3333333333333

[quentin_compson]

First good defensive play by Dice.

[HarlemHeat37]

Blair playing solid defense so far..good to see..

[Ice009]

Pop is talking about soft play in that interview. Well what the fuck do you expect with Bonner and Finley setting the tone.

[peskypesky]

i can see the rust just starting to flake off a bit

[symple19]

Maybe it's Theo time. He could help clog that lane

[Libri]

Blair vs Millsap will be interesting

[Death In June]

Bullshit call.

[dbestpro]

Home cooking calls.

[peskypesky]

What's wrong with Spurs, it seems we were going back to last season.

you're joking, right? they haven't played in like a week. they're rusty.

[Spursmania]

Another turnover?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

here we go again bonner and finley on the floor

[Quiet Strength]

Bullshit call.

It's utah..

[Riverwalkman]

lol 22 in the paint.

[slick'81]

too many easy buckets for utah inside

[Budkin]

Damn getting killed already? This sucks.

[kbrury]

Matthews is just making really hard shots good def on him.

[peskypesky]

Finley's cooking tonight :)

[spurspokesman]

who the fck is this matthew kid damn utah is taking it to our ass right now
He's a good player. His father played his high school ball in my home city bridgeport ct at harding high and he played many seasons in the nba. Including some time with our spurs.

[Spursmania]

Wow-the whistle's quick on us.

[dbestpro]

Someone tell the refs that there are two teams on the floor.

[Austin_Toros]

why are their scrubs scoring on us

[Quiet Strength]

Maybe Ratliff could make a difference on defense

[Libri]

Hill fell asleep.

[symple19]

That backdoor pass can't happen... Fuckin shitty defense

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

too many easy buckets for utah inside

bring theo out

[peskypesky]

anybody who thought the Spurs would come out looking good tonight after so many days off just isn't being realistic

[Budkin]

LOL they get layups every play and we miss them?

[Death In June]

This is some fucking lineup. Pop is such a douche sometimes.

[timtonymanu]

Bogans is in already. We lost!

[kbrury]

Blair dozed off.

[Texas_Ranger]

this lineup is a joke

[bigdog]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[HarlemHeat37]

Hill needs to look to dunk once in a while..he's way too soft..

Our defense looks horrible..get Ratliff in the game please..

[Spursmania]

Utah making us look like shit. We're going to hear from Barkley at halftime.

[slick'81]

13 down lets c what happens after this timeout

[dbestpro]

Yea, we need defense so lets bring in Bonner and Finley. Pop is already in his throw the game mode.

[Ice009]

Man Spurs have played two good teams and so far we have gotten our asses handed to us again a couple of decent teams.

WOW. This is pitiful. Toughen the fuck up and play with more ferocity.

[myhc]

what was sager's question?

[ElNono]

I hate when Pop does this shit. :td

[peskypesky]

i know a LOT of people like to hate on Boozer, but the fact is, he's a top PF. Tim is having a bad game against him. Tim often has bad games against him.

[in2deep]

Pop and the Spurs coaches disconvoluted. What is this ppl coming in and out at every ballstop???????

[symple19]

and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

:pctoss COME ON SPURS

The Jazz suck. Spurs will win the game but its annoying to see the Jazz get hot early

[bigdog]

I'll give that Matthews kid credit. He's ballin right now. The Spurs D is asleep and the offense is stagnant. Spurs need some ball movement and some penetration.

[Quiet Strength]

The spurs need better defense. Put Bowen in the game.. oh wait.. :depressed

[in2deep]

Pop needs a little Phil Jackson and let the starters play for a while. Either they take us out of the hole or we lose. dammit!

[symple19]

Pop and the Spurs coaches disconvoluted. What is this ppl coming in and out at every ballstop???????

Pop doesn't have a good feel for the rotation yet, obviously. This will probably go on a while longer.

[Creation88]

we get 4 days off and this is how we come out? i hate this pussy shit attitude. no hustle or desire right now.

[Austin_Toros]

i think we need theo's interior D now

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lets see some TD and Ratliff!

[murpjf88]

hill is running around like an H1N1 chicken. Give him a compass.

[slick'81]

ru serious hill pull your head outta ur asssssss

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damn two blown lay ups by Hill :(

[dbestpro]

Look for Finley to be playing PF soon.

[Spursmania]

I'm blaming this game on the damn ponies who came back to kick Jazz's ass. Jazz making up for the humiliation.

[Budkin]

How many fucking layups is Hill going to miss?

[Budkin]

Having Bonner and Finley in there is like playing 3 on 5.

[Spursmania]

I just want them to settle down and play D. That's all.

[slick'81]

clank

[Libri]

Bonner brick

[symple19]

wow

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

dang it, boozer is all over the place. He sucked the other night

[Budkin]

Man we're just getting embarrassed tonight.

[Texas_Ranger]

fucking pathetic.

[timtonymanu]

Jazz are owning us like how we owned the Hornets.

[Riverwalkman]

rhythm

[iggypop123]

looks like boozer can still push in the back

[Ice009]

Bonner chucking up bricks as usual when u need him to hit.

[Allanon]

This Spurs frontcourt is just too small.

[symple19]

clank

exact same thing I thought when Bonner threw up that brick

[Death In June]

Bogans, Bonner, and Finely...because that's a team that gets you back in the game.

[slick'81]

go tony

[dbestpro]

This remains Pops fault. He just does not seem to be able to get the guys to adjust.

[Quiet Strength]

Good job parker.. the spurs needed that

[Budkin]

For the love of God get Bonner out... nice play TP!

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Tp AND ONE

Time for a revival. Spurs will have this down to 2 by half time, book it

[Libri]

TP needs to take over.

[DPG21920]

Spurs will be better in the 2nd half. Don't panic. Utah playing with desperation right now. That energy will drop.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ty...TP 1 man fast break

[Austin_Toros]

shouldnt bonner come out for theo?

[Ice009]

How does Blair play tough and the rest of the experienced guys play like pussies? I don't get it.

[bigdog]

That was a damn block.

[Quiet Strength]

TP needs to take over.

Ya that's true

[BanditHiro]

man these tick tack fouls are not helping the cause one bit

[dbestpro]

spurs must play more aggressive so they can turn the whistle around.

[Johnny RIngo]

Having Bonner and Finley in there is like playing 3 on 5.

Spurs have no shot at another 'ship with those two in the starting lineup.

[Quiet Strength]

man these tick tack fouls are not helping the cause one bit

It's always like this at Utah.. it's nothing new

[slick'81]

get in there yes baby

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Parker again

[MaNuMaNiAc]

It had to be Tony!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Tpppppppppppppppppppp !!!

[Banzai]

TP coming alive.

[Ice009]

Now TP is playing tougher!

[Riverwalkman]

Give the ball to Parker.

[slick'81]

offense

[Quiet Strength]

Parker has to take over and carry the spurs

[quentin_compson]

Tony being aggressive and taking over. :toast

[Austin_Toros]

oh bogans...

[HarlemHeat37]

That play was completely Tony Parker's fault..horrible gambling..it's amazing how badly his defense has fallen off the last 2 years..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fcuk bogans

[dbestpro]

Another bad call.

[kbrury]

When is Parkers contract up. His wife owns a home in LA right?

idk but they just had a house built here in SA.

[symple19]

When is Parkers contract up. His wife owns a home in LA right?

keep dreamin buttplug

[Death In June]

Bogans sucks.

[slick'81]

feed blair

[Quiet Strength]

Nice tip in timmy

[peskypesky]

nice post play by Blair

[ceperez]

Where's the interior defense?

[slick'81]

the beast feeds

[HarlemHeat37]

there's the Beast..let's go..

if the game is within 6 at the half, we will win..

[Libri]

chip away, chip away

[SCdac]

Nice to see Duncan making a move off the ball on offense (putback).

No need for him to post up EVERY play and become predictable.

Blair posting up = a good thing... a better thing than Bonner shooting three's.

[Budkin]

LOL nice tip by Blair.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

these calls are a joke

[Quiet Strength]

What the hell happened there

[in2deep]

Dejuan Blair clawing us back in!!!!!!!

[peskypesky]

blair with 4pts and 3 boards in 7 minutes. pop sure as fuck better keep him on the floor.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

looks like pop is really not happy w/ dice

[balli]

Ughhhh. Would it kill Utah to put a body on someone? Soft as cheese man.

[Ice009]

That play was completely Tony Parker's fault..horrible gambling..it's amazing how badly his defense has fallen off the last 2 years..

I've been saying it man. I thought TP's defense was incredible in the 2007 playoffs, but since then he has sucked bad a lot of times.

JJ Barea and guys like that have been lighting his ass up.

BTW BLAIR playing fucking tough. LOVE THAT MAN.

[peskypesky]

i LOVE the idea of Blair posting up and then having Timmy clean up if the shot is missed.

[spurspokesman]

LOL nice tip by Blair.

This kid has heart. Big east baby

[bigdog]

I hate to blame the refs, but come on. These calls are retarded. Good to see Blair hustling on the boards though. I'd like to see Theo in there next to Tim when Blair goes out.

[td_tp_manu]

to be honest.. i haven't seen such hustle from spurs for a long time... it reminds me of Spurs @ Jazz Game 4 4th quarter of 2007

[in2deep]

looks like pop is really not happy w/ dice

and RJ

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

and RJ

oh yea .... :nope

[angelbelow]

just tuning in.

[peskypesky]

secret for success tonight? keep Bonner and McDyess on the bench. play parker, jefferson, finley, blair and duncan.

[Riverwalkman]

we're coming back. thanks to TP.

[slick'81]

god dammit

[Quiet Strength]

What the hell manu? Damn

[HarlemHeat37]

No reason Blair shouldn't play a lot in this game IMO..Boozer and Millsap don't have a big size advantage over him, and Okur isn't strong enough to post him up consistently..

Good job Manu..

[Spursmania]

Since when does Manu miss 2 free throws??

[hoopdreams11]

Ginobili come on make a free throw

[slick'81]

back to 11

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

omfg...manu...omfg

[Spursmania]

Manu laying up bricks...

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu can't make anything..he's having one of those games..this layoff hurts him the most..

[Death In June]

Another weak call.

[Riverwalkman]

secret for success tonight? keep Bonner and McDyess on the bench. play parker, jefferson, finley, blair and duncan.
You are absolutely right man. I love Blair with Duncan when against such opponents.

[Ice009]

NO JUMPERS MANU. STOP Shooting jumpers.

[slick'81]

and1 bitches

[timtonymanu]

TP the only one stepping up.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i can't believe i am saying this but take RJ out .... fcuk...he can't defend no body

[Quiet Strength]

Hopefully parker keeps attacking

[anonoftheinternets]

ridiculous game, layup drill for both teams. except spurs like to shoot three ball of their own will.

[Spursmania]

That's an easy call.

[slick'81]

tp just raped d-will 1on1

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker's playing well on offense, but it's irrelevant with the D we're playing right now..

[kbrury]

i can't believe i am saying this but take RJ out .... fcuk...he can't defend no body

Blair didn't really help in the post though.

[KidCongo]

AK-47 should go to Dirks stylist. It would lighten up his life. Looks like he's out of James Bond :lol

[Spursmania]

RJ another 3!

[slick'81]

parker with the dish

[HarlemHeat37]

just get it to 6 or less at the half and we're fine..

[slick'81]

parker cant be stopped

[Libri]

TP is very aggressive.

[spurspokesman]

Hopefully parker keeps attacking
Hopefully it becomes contagious to their soft asses

[kbrury]

put some shoulder pads on parker.

[Quiet Strength]

Blah I want to see Ratliff in there not Mcdyess

[Spursmania]

7 point game!

[slick'81]

defense come on get a stop

[td_tp_manu]

parker owned by DW on that play..

[Quiet Strength]

Damn great shot boozer

[slick'81]

tough shot over timmy

[HarlemHeat37]

Boozer's such an ordinary player when the refs call him for push-offs..

[Spursmania]

That was just a good shot by Booz.

[timtonymanu]

duncan quit being so fuckin soft.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

oh and i noticed that pop have been sitting on the bench for the whole game whats the deal of that

[bigdog]

Mcdyess wtf

[Death In June]

Boozer's killing Tim. Dice is as bad as I've ever seen him.

[Libri]

Okur does it again.

[Spursmania]

Dice?:(

[slick'81]

okur is beating inside over our bigs 38 in the paint for utah

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan is letting one of the worst defenders in the NBA embarrass him right now..very poor effort by most of our guys so far..very poor..

[Quiet Strength]

It's getting ugly again

[Ice009]

Get BLAIR IN GET DYESS OFF NOW.

[balli]

lol, Deron tried that move against Dallas too. It didn't work then either.

[murpjf88]

this is a layup drill! No defense.

[in2deep]

Duncan blows

[angelbelow]

damn were losing, hope things pick up from here.

[Spursmania]

TP with his 3rd foul. Shit.

[TimDunkem]

That was some of the weakest D I've ever seen...

[hoopdreams11]

Timmy not using the bank shot yet tonight

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Put it Ratliff instead of Dice. He is playing like he is still sick.

[Quiet Strength]

I want to see timmy start banking his shots

[bigdog]

Where is Theo? get him in the damn game!

[usckk]

McDyess is terrible :( He is soooo sooooo lost. Lost on defense. Lost on offense. I can't believe I'm saying this, but put Bonner in!

[balli]

Dyess looks very old.

looks?

[Ice009]

i can't believe i am saying this but take RJ out .... fcuk...he can't defend no body

I'm going to keep pushing SJAX on everyone here. Stephen is a better defender and a tougher player and cheaper.

[in2deep]

our players looking 55 years old. after 5 days off. not good :(

[timtonymanu]

i hope Dice and Duncan are playing like this because they're both sick. otherwise this is unexcusable.

[Spursmania]

Pop needs to light a fire under their ass.

[ceperez]

Okur destroyin Mcdyess. That's 3 times he's had a easy score.

[alchemist]

So soft in the middle. :lol How is this happening? :lol

[Banzai]

Looked like Okur walked on that last shot.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

This team has so much fuckin work to do to be a real contender it is ridiculous. Teams like Celtics are the real winners this offseason who just plug in a piece and improve. We have way too many new players playing all at once. We have not seen one coherent game plan yet. It's like pop's just letting us scrimmage on both sides of the ball with different lineups each game.

So much work to do to get on a high level.

[spurspokesman]

Duncan is letting one of the worst defenders in the NBA embarrass him right now..very poor effort by most of our guys so far..very poor..
Agree heat. Parker can score 50 and well still lose at this pace. Just pure pathetic

[quentin_compson]

Dice is really bad on D right now. He makes Okur look like a good post player, or like a post player even, which is bad enough.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan literally hasn't used one move yet this year..his only post offense has been driving into the middle, putting the ball down, and throwing something up..it's resulted in more strips than anything else so far..

I guess we're gonna have to endure this for a little while, since he didn't even touch a basketball until camp..

[Allanon]

RJ's defense has been disappointing.

Dice looks even slower than that turtle Okur.

Tony with his 3rd foul.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

pop has not get his ass up off the bench the whole game so far... whats the deal of that

[Doe]

Dice must still be feeling ill, those shots he's let Okur hang on him have been pathetic.

[Johnny RIngo]

It'd be nice if the Spurs didn't embarrass themselves on national television once in while.

[slick'81]

agreed team has no direction except when tp9 has his hands on the ball

[HarlemHeat37]

Okur completely killed us last year too if you guys remember..Pop put Bowen on him in the 4th, and Bruce completely shut him down..completely..

[alchemist]

:lol idiots fighting over SJax and Jefferson, bringing in SJax is not going to resolve the issue where the Spurs are getting murdered

[Quiet Strength]

Pop should be bitch slapping every player on the spurs right now..

[Spursmania]

Deny Deny Deny-Pop is pissed!!!:pop:

[Allanon]

lol, look at balli up in here.

I'm sure Balli's enjoying the game :lol

[slick'81]

if utah gives us problems wait until me match up with denver,la and portland down low

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan with the same move again..there's no point of running it through the post if he's going to do that every single time..

Get him off screens, let him play some high-low with Parker, get him to pin down his defender and throw in a cutting pass to him..

[tomtom]

Where the fuck is the defense

[Spursmania]

There goes any rest we could have given Timmy tonight.

[TIMMYD!]

We're just giving BSPN another reason to talk shit.

[Danny.Zhu]

What happened to our defensive rebound...

[symple19]

Chemistry and resolving the rotation are the big issues now. It's a work in progress people. Spurs aren't going to all of a sudden crush people. It'll come

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

manu missed 2 FTs TD made 2 lawl

[Quiet Strength]

Where the fuck is the defense

It left with Bowen

[kbrury]

at least some of thier players are in foul trouble.

[Death In June]

RJ's not so great at FT...

[HarlemHeat37]

if utah gives us problems wait until me match up with denver,la and portland down low

Denver and Portland aren't any different than Utah..Portland is definitely worse in the paint..Denver has Nene, but nothing else..

LA is going to be a huge problem, and we shouldn't be talking about the Lakers right now, we aren't near them at this point..

[Spursmania]

Where the fuck is the defense

Who the hell knows, but we damn sure better find it before we play Your Blazers tomorrow.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

and ohhhh RJ missed 1 = =

[balli]

I'm sure Balli's enjoying the game :lol

For once. We'll see how complacent we get come half #2.

[slick'81]

god this is ugly

[Texas_Ranger]

Manu should stop shooting

[Spursmania]

This is fucking pathetic...

[HarlemHeat37]

When Ginobili is off, he just kills our team..his shot selection is arguably the worst in the NBA..

[Quiet Strength]

Damn manu is looking awful tonight.. that turnover was like that other one he did

[bigdog]

Manu does not look good at all right now. He's taking bad shots, and looks reckless on offense.

[HarlemHeat37]

Get Manu off the court please..he's way too erratic of a player when his game is off..

[Allanon]

What's with all the jumpshots?

[ceperez]

Ginobili :-(

[Spursmania]

Ball don't lie!

[BanditHiro]

Dammit Mahimi why can't you be good

[balli]

That was a dumb Gino foul.

[Ice009]

WOW Manu is playing like a dog.

I said to stop shooting jumpers and he takes more and not good ones either. Ill advised jumpers.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Omfgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[symple19]

yay, Bonner!

[td_tp_manu]

f u ginobili

[balli]

lol Brewer