11/14 - Spurs vs. Thunder Game blog

[Ice009]

GET THE FUCKING BALL TO HILL.

Hill is the hot hand and TP is jacking up shots every time down.

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL hall of famer can't get the call, but Jeff Green can..

[TIMMYD!]

I guess it is true that the first 3 minutes of the second half set the tone for the rest of the game.

[Quiet Strength]

Bullshit call

[td4mvp21]

Thats a fucking offensive foul!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL Westbrook pushes off Tony and TP gets called for it..

[duncan228]

LOL hall of famer can't get the call, but Jeff Green can..

:vomit:

[HarlemHeat37]

How is OKC getting calls in our fucking arena?..

[Libri]

Wasn't that a push off by Westbrook?!

[BlackBellamy]

Bullshit for the penalty. Refs are fucking it up here.

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck the ref

weak call

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bullshit call. Westbrook shoved him with the off arm, clear as day!

[ElNono]

Here comes Manu, like it or not

[Cane]

Fuck that ref for giving Spurs 2-3 bullshit calls in a row.

[45 bank shot]

league officials at their best, screwing the spurs over yet again

[TwoHandJam]

What was that fucking call on Tony? This is a farce.

[timvp]

Dice looks tired. Might be time to go small and put in Manu for him.

Gotta keep Hill on that Durant scrub. Keep driving into the paint and realize the Thunder aren't collapsing much.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

is it just me or is tony parker having trouble DRIBBLING tonight

he looks so out of rhythm

Agreed, but it just looks like rust to me. He'll be back to full strength in a few games.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dice looks tired. Might be time to go small and put in Manu for him.

Gotta keep Hill on that Durant scrub. Keep driving into the paint and realize the Thunder aren't collapsing much.

Good call. Dice did his job, now it's Manu time!

[HarlemHeat37]

Tony has looked less explosive all year, not just tonight..

[BlackBellamy]

Alright, we still got plenty of time.

[Chieflion]

Brandon Jennings has his 1st 50 point game of his career. Season high in the NBA, fellas.

[siraulo23]

Brandon Jennings has his 1st 50 point game of his career. Season high in the NBA, fellas.

:wow

[Spursfanfromafar]

Nice D..! Atlast...

[BlackBellamy]

Brandon Jennings has his 1st 50 point game of his career. Season high in the NBA, fellas.

Super fucking impressive, albeit against Golden State.

[Johnny RIngo]

Tony has looked less explosive all year, not just tonight..

Fuck National team basketball. Hasn't done us any favors with Manu and sure isn't helping Tony.

[HarlemHeat37]

everybody has looked so bad in the 2nd half..

[Libri]

:bang

[Doctor J]

I fear that Manu might have been injured or something.

[Warlord23]

Shitty day for TP

[Cant_Be_Faded]

parker looks lost out there


yikes

kristic to the line

game

[BillMc]

What happened to getting the ball to Duncan???????

[BlackBellamy]

Fucked up no call.

[hoopdreams11]

where's manu?

[loveforthegame]

Blame Finley for this loss.

[Chieflion]

Super fucking impressive, albeit against Golden State.
Better than advertised. I want him in for the All-Star Game. He is gonna be a perennial all-star.

[Quiet Strength]

Fuck pop for changing the lineup. The spurs looked better with hill starting.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ice cold spurs...:(

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Had plenty of chances to win this one, but it'll be tough from here.

OKC definitely the new Bucks for us.

[ffadicted]

Our offense is puke worthy.... no way we win this game without some magic

[SenorSpur]

Gotta love Dice's toughness

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't care how poorly Manu's playing, he should always be on the court in clutch time..he's by far our best clutch shooter..

[Ice009]

Parker taking shots when he should be passing and passing when he should be shooting. Instead of taking a fade away jumper at the free throw line there he should have given the ball to Hill in the corner for a 3.

[ashbeeigh]

Well this is retarded. What the hell.

[Spurs Brazil]

Put Manu

[ElNono]

We never went back to Dice again, and I don't think he looks tired at all

[TIMMYD!]

I'm blaming Pop for this one.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

It's pretty sad when we play in san antonio and duncan and parker cannot get foul calls.

And people wonder why everyone was so ready to believe tim donaghey's book.

[urunobili]

:lol closing lineup pop...

[timvp]

Gotta get a damn stop.

[mesothorny]

no manu?

[Chieflion]

Stupid Pop. Finley at the 4. Can Pop drill the fact that Richard Jefferson is a better scorer than Tony Parker and drill that into TP's head?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dice MUST start.

Yeah, where the hell is Manu???

[TIMMYD!]

Unless someone hits a three this game is over.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs might win, but OKC is the better team

[siraulo23]

Stupid Pop. Finley at the 4. Can Pop drill the fact that Richard Jefferson is a better scorer than Tony Parker and drill that into TP's head?

are you serious???
late in the game?

[BlackBellamy]

Better than advertised. I want him in for the All-Star Game. He is gonna be a perennial all-star.

Agreed. I'll wait to draw comparison to the NBA greats, but this kid is certainly special. He'll be in the rookie game for sure.

[Spurs Brazil]

I don't care how poorly Manu's playing, he should always be on the court in clutch time..he's by far our best clutch shooter..

And he can create for others

He has 6asts, leading the team

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This entire lineup looks dead tired

[Scola]

omg, where is manu!

[td4mvp21]

Dice MUST start.

Yeah, where the hell is Manu???

He's 0-8 so I really don't blame Pop for playing Hill over him in this situation.

[ElNono]

If there's anything I miss from the last two games is ball movement.
Everybody used to get involved. Tonight is back to running the same old stuff. How many shots did RJ put up tonight?

[45 bank shot]

letz go spurs

[hoopdreams11]

come on tim we have to get that rebound

[TIMMYD!]

That 3rd quarter killed us...

[antimvp]

can someone tell why RJ has 4 pts........shit!

[HarlemHeat37]

have to get those fucking boards..

[ElNono]

It's pretty sad when we play in san antonio and duncan and parker cannot get foul calls.

And people wonder why everyone was so ready to believe tim donaghey's book.

Refs had nothingto do with this

[Chieflion]

are you serious???
late in the game?
In the third quarter, where the Spurs bended over for OKC.

[Quiet Strength]

I hate pop! :bang :bang :bang

[HarlemHeat37]

Westbrook killing Tony and the rest of the D..story of this game, he carried his team tonight..

[Libri]

Westbrook is strong.

[Spurs Brazil]

Westbrook KILLED TP the whole night

[Amuseddaysleeper]

That's game, pathetic loss

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Lost this game with that abysmal 3rd Q.

Growing pains are frustrating.

[urunobili]

Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after NT team play TP

[Warlord23]

That's game

[timvp]

Durant plays like 2004 Hedo in the fourth quarter. Too bad Spurs playing worse.

[loveforthegame]

Finley costing us the game even from the bench.

This loss is on him.

[45 bank shot]

this one is over

[hoopdreams11]

Pop played fin instead of Bogans in the third

[TIMMYD!]

Click (shuts off TV).

[Ice009]

Tp fucking pathetic effort rebounding that loose ball and fucking got dominated by Westbrook on that drive.

He's a liability on the defensive end. unbelievable how bad he is on D these days.

[ulosturedge]

Guess we just ain't suppose to ever beat OKC lol.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

What about starting Manu and using RJ as the 6th man??? That'd get him more shots.

[boutons_deux]

OKC defense killed the Spurs, and their offense was better.

[Libri]

TP turnover

[Spurs Brazil]

TP with a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE game

[ElNono]

That's the game right there

[urunobili]

:lol sloppy play

[Ice009]

Parker stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Quiet Strength]

Duncan and parker come back and the spurs lose :depressed

[timvp]

Looks like Manu's thigh might be wrapped. Hamstring?

[hoopdreams11]

go@#$%^& Tony

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after NT team play TP


TP's rust is about his sprained ankle, not NT play.

[itzsoweezee]

tony should just be shelved for about a month or two because he's been pretty awful this season. he's a shell of his last season's self.

[BillMc]

Now. I'm pissed. I stayed here all Saturday night in Europe for a loss.... Grrrr.....

[Scola]

Why do we lose to OKC every year :[

[Chieflion]

LOL Spurs. LOL Richard Jefferson not getting the ball. LOL Jeff Green, double double. LOL Tony Parker tunnel vision. LOL Ginobili 0-8.

[TIMMYD!]

Tp fucking pathetic effort rebounding that loose ball and fucking got dominated by Westbrook on that drive.

He's a liability on the defensive end. unbelievable how bad he is on D these days.
He's playing bad. Period.

[ducks]

tp had 5 rebounds
had ok game over all
could have been better

[alchemist]

can someone tell why RJ has 4 pts........shit!
he can't play with Tim and Tony :wakeup

[Ice009]

I am disgusted with TP this season. Fucking disgusted with his play.

If he is tired from playing with the National team then he should be traded.

If he's going to be dog tired all season. WTF do we need him for? Go play in France.

[itzsoweezee]

TP's rust is about his sprained ankle, not NT play.

he was bad before the ankle sprain too.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Disappointing loss, but that's what you get when Pop is tinkering and the team is yet to gel.

[timvp]

Finley costing us the game even from the bench.

This loss is on him.
How many times are you going to go to this hilarious joke?

[urunobili]

we're doomed... anybody knows why Manu is benched?

[Ice009]

Looks like Manu's thigh might be wrapped. Hamstring?

He said he felt the hamstring in the second half of the last game so that is why he didn't drive it in much against the Mavs in the 2nd half.

Is that what you're thinking? Did you hear him say that?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

he was bad before the ankle sprain too.

Sure, but he's also getting to the age (esp. given the beating he takes) where he's pacing himself. He knows it's an 82 game season.

[Manufan909]

How many times are you going to go to this hilarious joke?

He is 1/109 on laughs.

[TwoHandJam]

Loss tonight is on Pop and Tony. Pop for his insanely unpredictable lineups and TP for his refusal to get RJ involved. A special shout out to that asshole ref that made three ridiculously bad calls on us in the fourth.

[td4mvp21]

Wow nice three Hill.

[BlackBellamy]

Hill!! For 3!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

How many times are you going to go to this hilarious joke?

Just repeating what a lot of other posters are saying. It's always Fin's fault when we lose.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 333333333333333333333

[Quiet Strength]

Can the spurs go for a stop? Kinda risky

[timvp]

Nice travel by Hill. :smokin

[ducks]

we're doomed... anybody knows why Manu is benched?

0-8 from the field HELLO
0-4 from downtown

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

The average speed and athleticism in the nba front court today is so far beyond ours right now its ridiculous. That is why we are seeing more and more easy offensive rebounds destroying this team, that's why we see the spurs unable to get into a rhytm offensively against seemingly shitty teams.

The age of your big powerful crafty bigmen frontcourts is almost completely over. The rest of the league is playing a far different style of ball than the Spurs are now. This is yet another obstacle this team rife with 1st year spurs has to overcome.

Lotta work to do.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Hmmmm... and the door opens a crack...

Gotta love Georgie. :)

[Ice009]

What about my suggestion for the last few days where I said George Hill should start for a while.

Everyone fucking laughed at me. Freaking idiots.

[spurs1990]

I would trade Parker for Brandon Jennings now.

[timvp]

I'd go for the stop and then call timeout.

[ElNono]

Looks like Manu's thigh might be wrapped. Hamstring?

I thought he made some motion with his hands when he sat down

[Quiet Strength]

What about my suggestion for the last few days where I said George Hill should start for a while.

Everyone fucking laughed at me. Freaking idiots.

Hill is playing better than parker so far this season.. He should be starting

[hoopdreams11]

Dice has to play more minutes with Duncan

[Quiet Strength]

Wow how the hell did that happen

[timvp]

How does Pop not call a timeout. Fack.

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn rj

[Amuseddaysleeper]

WTF was that!??!?!?!?!?!?!

Were Spurs out of timeouts?

WHAT THE F*CK

[Libri]

Jefferson trips over himself.

[BlackBellamy]

RJ horrible night.

[ducks]

Loss tonight is on Pop and Tony. Pop for his insanely unpredictable lineups and TP for his refusal to get RJ involved. A special shout out to that asshole ref that made three ridiculously bad calls on us in the fourth.

you think the lineups have some effect on the o what tp is trying to run

[Ice009]

Fucking pop is an idiot.

You call a fucking timeout there. You call a fucking timeout you idiot pop.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fuck me, what was RJ doing??? We need a 3, so he drives into 3 men????????? :pctoss

[hoopdreams11]

Finally put Bogans in at the end to little to late

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

The average speed and athleticism in the nba front court today is so far beyond ours right now its ridiculous. That is why we are seeing more and more easy offensive rebounds destroying this team, that's why we see the spurs unable to get into a rhytm offensively against seemingly shitty teams.

The age of your big powerful crafty bigmen frontcourts is almost completely over. The rest of the league is playing a far different style of ball than the Spurs are now. This is yet another obstacle this team rife with 1st year spurs has to overcome.

Lotta work to do.
btw i woulda started a seperate thread for this but i realize noone would really care

[urunobili]

:lol Pop not calling a timeout... :lmao

[alchemist]

tony should just be shelved for about a month or two because he's been pretty awful this season. he's a shell of his last season's self.
I don't know why people can't see this. Tony/Tim/Manu/Jeff are trying not to step on each other's shoes, once all of these guys get comfortable with each other the numbers should start picking.

[Jimmy Bobby]

Richard Jefferson sucks

[Spurs Brazil]

How does Pop not call a timeout. Fack.

[Ice009]

You call the fucking timeout you idtio pop

[ace3g]

he would have made that layup , if it was against the Mavs and he was in rhythm, hard to get in rhythm with only 4 shot attempts all night

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

omg RJ wtf

[BillMc]

Did Duncan even get a shot off in the 4th???

[timvp]

Got damn I love Black Hedo in the fourth.

[Quiet Strength]

Spurs still have life

[redzero]

Well, Spurs fans, your team is going to lose at home to the Thunder (again), but I have some great news: BRANDON JENNINGS IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! OF ALL TIME!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

LOLLLLLL finley was the savior?

[antimvp]

RJ had a bad night because he didn't get a lot of shots....that was by design and it didn't work.

trade parker

start hill and bring in sjax......and the spurs will be champs.

[Libri]

Lets see if Mason can make a clutch shot.

[Quiet Strength]

Spurs need a very quick 3

[Ice009]

Now the idiot coach calls a time out.

Lol. Lol. What are you on pop. What are you on?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

The average speed and athleticism in the nba front court today is so far beyond ours right now its ridiculous. That is why we are seeing more and more easy offensive rebounds destroying this team, that's why we see the spurs unable to get into a rhytm offensively against seemingly shitty teams.

The age of your big powerful crafty bigmen frontcourts is almost completely over. The rest of the league is playing a far different style of ball than the Spurs are now. This is yet another obstacle this team rife with 1st year spurs has to overcome.

Lotta work to do.

I agree with the theory behind your post, but I think you're writing Dice off too early. I want to see him start next to Tim and play 20 games building chemistry before I write him off.

[kbrury]

RJ had a bad night because he didn't get a lot of shots....that was by design and it didn't work.

trade parker

start hill and bring in sjax......and the spurs will be champs.

Hill is playing great but I wouldn't trust him being the primary ball handler for a game. If you notice he plays offball for a lot of his minutes even when Parker is not out there.

[timvp]

Damn did McDyess get hurt on that?

[Fabbs]

not watching, not recording.
Could someone please tell me how RJ turned the ball over after Bogans gets the steal to give us a chance with 14 seconds?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

omg...2.7 secs..

[Quiet Strength]

So close damn it

[td4mvp21]

Glad that game is over

[ElNono]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

The average speed and athleticism in the nba front court today is so far beyond ours right now its ridiculous. That is why we are seeing more and more easy offensive rebounds destroying this team, that's why we see the spurs unable to get into a rhytm offensively against seemingly shitty teams.

The age of your big powerful crafty bigmen frontcourts is almost completely over. The rest of the league is playing a far different style of ball than the Spurs are now. This is yet another obstacle this team rife with 1st year spurs has to overcome.

Lotta work to do.


I couldn't disagree more.
This OKC team ran Collison all night and Green mostly damaged us firing up threes.
Defense wasn't that bad either, we got stops at the end.
Pop just needs to STOP with the silly lineup like Bonner and Finley together and playing small ball with Finley out there.
He also needs to get on TP's grill about the defense.

[TIMMYD!]

fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.

[kbrury]

heres to the thunder not making it to the playoffs lol.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Were the Spurs out of timeouts?

[Quiet Strength]

The spurs had some good fight in the end.. fuckin rj with that huge turnover

[boutons_deux]

OKC was clearly the better team, esp on defense.

[kbrury]

heres to the thunder not making it to the playoffs lol.

I hope

[timvp]

Annoying loss.

[TIMMYD!]

I want to have a talk with Pop...

[ElNono]

Shit, Tony playing hero again... goddamit

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Struggle city. Who we got next?

[45 bank shot]

Struggle city. Who we got next?

dallas

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

we are just awful offensively and terrible defensively period

[TIMMYD!]

Tony can be such a bonehead sometimes. :bang

[Ice009]

wOW pARKER SHOULD HAVE PASSED TO bONNER OR BETTER YET MASON JR HAS CRAZY RANGE HE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE BALL FOR THE BIG SHOT.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Doesn't this just feel like a loss to the Bucks to you? :lol

[Snaq O'Meal]

I couldn't disagree more.
This OKC team ran Collison all night and Green mostly damaged us firing up threes.
Defense wasn't that bad either, we got stops at the end.
Pop just needs to STOP with the silly lineup like Bonner and Finley together and playing small ball with Finley out there.
He also needs to get on TP's grill about the defense.

Don't think Pop can do much with TP there. TP's a scoring guard who needs the ball, not a defensive disruptor nor a creative distributor.

[Quiet Strength]

I couldn't disagree more.
This OKC team ran Collison all night and Green mostly damaged us firing up threes.
Defense wasn't that bad either, we got stops at the end.
Pop just needs to STOP with the silly lineup like Bonner and Finley together and playing small ball with Finley out there.
He also needs to get on TP's grill about the defense.

I agree about pop needing to stop with the bs lineups. As for defense.. duncans rotation on defense hurt the spurs huge in the 3rd. If he would have rotated better I think okc wouldn't have gone on that huge run and the spurs would have won the game.

[Man In Black]

Fucking pop is an idiot.

You call a fucking timeout there. You call a fucking timeout you idiot pop.

Did he have a timeout? OK City radio kept saying he didn't have one to call.

[hoopdreams11]

Pop needs to figure out how to use the SF since bruce's years the SF was the last option

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

That's why I was disappointed with the Dice acquisition. It's an upgrade of course from Thomas, but it did nothing to address our stunning lack of speed and athleticism. Dice is an old jump shooter.

[alchemist]

too many ball handlers, Pop has to bring 2 of those guys off the bench.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This team still lacks athleticism.

It's gonna bite them in the ass

[spurtilldeath]

Did he have a timeout? OK City radio kept saying he didn't have one to call.

there was no timeouts left and also tony had to take the shot because there wasn't enough time to pass it to anyone else.

[td4mvp21]

And then we play in Dallas on Wednesday. That should be fun.

[Ice009]

Brandon Jennings 55 points?????

What a stud. WOW.

LOL Ruff maybe the International League Pass Broadband people were trying to tell us something by making us watch that game instead of the Spurs. I should have just watched that game instead of this crap the Spurs put out there for us.


Trade for SJax if it is available. This team needs him. He would also be great so we can rest some players that need it like TP and Manu.

Definitely would be a great trade.

[spurtilldeath]

That's why I was disappointed with the Dice acquisition. It's an upgrade of course from Thomas, but it did nothing to address our stunning lack of speed and athleticism. Dice is an old jump shooter.


wrong, dice is a good athlete even in his current age...

[timtonymanu]

God Im starting to hate the Thunder more and more.

[ElNono]

I agree about pop needing to stop with the bs lineups. As for defense.. duncans rotation on defense hurt the spurs huge in the 3rd. If he would have rotated better I think okc wouldn't have gone on that huge run and the spurs would have won the game.

Duncan did slack on that one Collison shot. But the reality here is that Westbrook was going straight to the rack and that entirely on TP. Duncan is good, but he's not what he use to be and so he need some help from te perimeter guys.
That's why weak links like Finley are a problem too.

[hoopdreams11]

TP needs to bring the energy from the start of the game to set the tone for the rest of the team

[Crookshanks]

Wow - I was at a party tonight so I only got to hear the last 6 minutes on the radio. What happened to the Spurs tonight? It seemed they had no offensive rhythm. And what's with Manu? We played so well against Dallas - we get Tim and Tony back and the team can't play worth crap.

I hate it when we lose to these young teams that aren't really that good. Teams that WON'T make the playoffs. And now we don't play again until Wednesday - too much time off between games right now.

[ElNono]

Don't think Pop can do much with TP there. TP's a scoring guard who needs the ball, not a defensive disruptor nor a creative distributor.

Sure he can. TP used to play a lot better defense when Pop would get in his face.

[kbrury]

Wow - I was at a party tonight so I only got to hear the last 6 minutes on the radio. What happened to the Spurs tonight? It seemed they had no offensive rhythm. And what's with Manu? We played so well against Dallas - we get Tim and Tony back and the team can't play worth crap.

I hate it when we lose to these young teams that aren't really that good. Teams that WON'T make the playoffs. And now we don't play again until Wednesday - too much time off between games right now.

I think you answered your own question when people go out and then come back after a couple games the rhythym will probably be off.

[completely deck]

Brandon Jennings 55 points?????

What a stud. WOW.

LOL Ruff maybe the International League Pass Broadband people were trying to tell us something by making us watch that game instead of the Spurs. I should have just watched that game instead of this crap the Spurs put out there for us.


Trade for SJax if it is available. This team needs him. He would also be great so we can rest some players that need it like TP and Manu.

Definitely would be a great trade.

stop posting in my threads

[Man In Black]

To me, it sounded like(I didn't have video) the Spurs haven't yet figured out how to play with all of their pieces. It's one of those deals where with injuries, then other players are allowed to go out and expand their roles and play free. Once those injured guys go back, their roles are downscaled and then they do what? They don't play free, they play limited. I think that later in the season, the roles are clearly defined and they all learn to be free but they ain't there yet and they won't be until they just are. We all hope they can get there, in fact, I bet money on it.

[SpurNation]

Yuck. Phooey.

Don't know what it is about implementing rotations on defense that is not getting understood by this team. Especially the veterans of this team.

[alchemist]

Brandon Jennings 55 points?????

What a stud. WOW.

LOL Ruff maybe the International League Pass Broadband people were trying to tell us something by making us watch that game instead of the Spurs. I should have just watched that game instead of this crap the Spurs put out there for us.


Trade for SJax if it is available. This team needs him. He would also be great so we can rest some players that need it like TP and Manu.

Definitely would be a great trade.
:lol @ at anybody wanting to add a 5th ball stopper

[Thompson]

Did Parker take the last shot? I saw Durant miss the first free throw and my screen saver locked me out of the computer; when it does that with Broadband up, it locks up and I have to turn it off. Missed the end of the game.

Broadband is also lagging like crazy now, I can't even watch it on the small screen. I might try buying more temporary memory or something, but I didn't have any problems last year on the same computer, same network.

Pop should have played McDyess more, he only played 19 minutes.

[Blackjack]

Clearly Tim and Tony need to be traded. :smokin

Seriously though, The Thunder deserve a lot of credit. They're a good young up-and-coming team and they're clearly further along and closer to the team they're going to be than the Spurs are at this point.

George was unbelievable with his ball-denial and defense on the Durantula, though..

Here's hoping that Manu's injury doesn't keep him out of any games.

[pjjrfan]

I hate it when the Spurs lose. It was a bad showing, plenty of blame to go around, but what's distressing is that Tim really looks old, forget he scored plenty of points he was never a factor in this game. Offensively or defensively, Manu showed signs of a superstar whose past his prime, he'll have great games but then he'll have Ofers. Jefferson looked like a deer caught in the headlights, he froze when Bogan got what should have a huge steal, and just gave it away. I'll let Tony slide cause he looks like he is still hobbled, but Timmy and Manu look like they need rehab.

[completely deck]

I hate it when the Spurs lose. It was a bad showing, plenty of blame to go around, but what's distressing is that Tim really looks old, forget he scored plenty of points he was never a factor in this game. Offensively or defensively, Manu showed signs of a superstar whose past his prime, he'll have great games but then he'll have Ofers. Jefferson looked like a deer caught in the headlights, he froze when Bogan got what should have a huge steal, and just gave it away. I'll let Tony slide cause he looks like he is still hobbled, but Timmy and Manu look like they need rehab.

:lmao Spurs lose by 3 and suddenly Tim is using a cane and Manu is in a nursing home.

You. OUT!

[Ice009]

stop posting in my threads

Just because you made the game thread doesn't mean you can tell people what they can and can't say or who can post in the thread. If Sequ can run wild here then yeah I don't know what to say.

LOL funniest thing I've heard here though.

Do you want me to start the next game thread and say "oh stop posting in my thread" LOL.

[Quiet Strength]

I hate it when the Spurs lose. It was a bad showing, plenty of blame to go around, but what's distressing is that Tim really looks old, forget he scored plenty of points he was never a factor in this game. Offensively or defensively, Manu showed signs of a superstar whose past his prime, he'll have great games but then he'll have Ofers. Jefferson looked like a deer caught in the headlights, he froze when Bogan got what should have a huge steal, and just gave it away. I'll let Tony slide cause he looks like he is still hobbled, but Timmy and Manu look like they need rehab.

Duncan made some mistakes on defense but how did he look old? After seeing those dunks he made I thought he looked like a younger duncan.

[Snaq O'Meal]

And then we play in Dallas on Wednesday. That should be fun.

We bench Tim and Tony and we should be okay. :lol

[Ice009]

:lmao Spurs lose by 3 and suddenly Tim is using a cane and Manu is in a nursing home.

You. OUT!

Pjjr has been a Spurs fan a lot longer than you have. He doesn't normally say those things, but he must be as pissed off as I am.

Grow up and stop acting like you own the message board by telling people to get out of the thread.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan was fine..I don't know where he missed a lot of rotations..he missed 2 or 3 when he wasn't respecting Collison or Krstic on the outside..he was clearly our best player on both ends in the 1st half..

Some people seem to have problems understanding criticism..our frontcourt simply wasn't the main reason we lost tonight..it had little to do with our athleticism up front..

Duncan played great defense in the 1st half..Krstic started making shots, which forced Duncan to come out to play him..this was partly due to Westbrook getting loose EVERY time and getting it to Krstic for open shots..when Duncan has to go out and play Krstic's shot, the interior D heavily suffers, because we don't have the personnel to make up for it..

Westbrook had a HUGE part in this win, he was clearly OKC's best player tonight..his penetration created so many shots for his team..our interior D isn't going to look good when the perimeter D is so bad, and that's the case right now..

Mason got beat every time, Finley can't do anything, Tony is getting abused, RJ is just an average defender..Hill and Bogans have been the only guys doing work on the perimeter, and that puts Duncan and the rest of our big men in horrible position..

Our D looked very good when Hill and Duncan were playing the 2-man game against Durant..the D was rotating well, and Timmy-Hill were denying him and stopping him very well..Westbrook was a different story..

[Manudona]

Broadband is also lagging like crazy now, I can't even watch it on the small screen. I might try buying more temporary memory or something, but I didn't have any problems last year on the same computer, same network.


It lags for me too while on a not bad connection...

[romsho]

Pop is a stubborn prick...that lineup for most of the fourth quarter without Manu or most of the three point shooters on the floor was classic Pop sending a message. It must have been because otherwise it made zero sense. Pop threw this one away as much as they lost it.

[SenorSpur]

Spurs need speed and athletcism in the front court. The NBA is changing year in and year out and adding more athletes and more speed. Duncan can cut it because he's a basketball genius. But face it, Dice is old, not fast, Ratliff is not fast, Blair is medium-fast at BEST and even then he's undersized.

The average speed and athleticism in the nba front court today is so far beyond ours right now its ridiculous. That is why we are seeing more and more easy offensive rebounds destroying this team, that's why we see the spurs unable to get into a rhytm offensively against seemingly shitty teams.

The age of your big powerful crafty bigmen frontcourts is almost completely over. The rest of the league is playing a far different style of ball than the Spurs are now. This is yet another obstacle this team rife with 1st year spurs has to overcome.

Lotta work to do.

For the most part, I agree. The Spurs frontcourt does seem exposed against faster, quicker lineups. While the team is running more, they are still having to work too hard for offense. It does illustrate how much league play has changed and evolved to faster play, with quicker players - even in the frontcourt.

I do like Pop's idea of starting Blair, but it isn't enough to contend with quicker, more mobile, athletic frontlines.

Pop and RC are going to continue having to tweak the roster every year to try and keep up.

As for Dice, I don't think he's washed up at all. He's not the racehorse he was when he was younger, but he's got plenty left to contribute.

[SenorSpur]

For what it's worth, I'm getting an automatic replay of the game on my LP station. I just left the TV on the same station for about 1/2 hour and the replay started. Don't know if this is normal or not. Anybody else getting the same thing?

[duncan228]

Updated.

Durant’s 25 leads Thunder over Spurs 101-98 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009111424&prov=ap)
By Paul J. Weber

By the time the Oklahoma City Thunder finally reached five wins last season, New Year’s Day had come and gone.

They’ve got five wins again, and it’s not even Thanksgiving.

Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Oklahoma City held off San Antonio for a 101-98 win on Saturday night, hitting another small milestone for the vastly improved Thunder and handing their Spurs their first home loss in five games this season.

“We were just talking about that,” Durant said about Oklahoma City’s fifth win, which last season came Jan. 6. “It feels really good. …If we continue to work like this, you never know what’ll happen.”

Jeff Green added 21 points for the Thunder, who spoiled the return of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker back in the lineup after missing two games with ankle injuries. Russell Westbrook had 19 points, and his one-handed runner with 45.9 seconds left that gave Oklahoma City a crucial two-possession lead down the stretch.

Duncan had 22 points and 10 rebounds but attempted just one shot in the fourth.

Parker scored 17 and missed a 3-point heave at the buzzer, just past midcourt, that would have forced overtime.

Oklahoma City shot 56 percent from the floor in the second half after shooing 39 percent before halftime.

“We controlled the first half defensively and in the second half they just shot the ball well,” Duncan said.

Manu Ginobili scored seven points for the Spurs but sat out the fourth quarter because of a tightened hamstring.

Trailing 97-94 with 26.9 seconds left, the Spurs recovered a botched inbound pass by Thabo Sefolosha and Richard Jefferson went full steam the other way. But Jefferson lost control of the ball and turned it over in the end of a low-key night for the San Antonio newcomer.

Jefferson finished with four points and took just four shots in 35 minutes. With Duncan and Parker out earlier this week, Jefferson averaged 26.5 points in victories over Toronto and Dallas.

Durant was just 6 of 18 from the floor but made 13 of 15 free throws.

“I’m just being aggressive,” Durant said. “My shot wasn’t falling the way I wanted to, so I got to the line and helped us out there. Like I said, this is a big win for us.”

Westbrook, who also had 11 assists, scored 14 of his points in the second half, including nine in the third quarter when the Thunder came back from a seven-point halftime deficit. Nenad Krstic added 11 points from the Thunder, who played the first of four games in five days.

The Thunder will go home Sunday to play the Los Angeles Clippers, then head east to play at Miami on Tuesday and at Orlando on Wednesday.

Parker and Duncan had not played since losing at Portland on Nov. 6, when both suffered injuries to their left ankles.

Duncan answered any doubts about his health with three dunks—usually a few game’s worth for the reserved future Hall of Famer. Duncan shot 9 of 14 from the field in 37 minutes, while Parker shot 7 of 18 and had five assists.

George Hill scored 18 off the bench for the Spurs.

Fortunately for the Spurs, they won’t be packing their bags much over the next three weeks. The Spurs play seven of their next nine at home, with their only road games during that stretch at Dallas and Houston.

In other words, the Spurs won’t be leaving the Lone Star State again until Dec. 7.

NOTES: Ginobili announced earlier this week that wife Many is expecting twins. Considering what Ginobili has given the Spurs over the years, might Spurs coach Gregg Popovich stick around to coach his kids? “I think they might play for Jerry Sloan,” Popovich quipped. … Westbrook had his fourth game with 10 or more assists this season.

[SpurNation]

Jefferson finished with four points and took just four shots in 35 minutes. With Duncan and Parker out earlier this week, Jefferson averaged 26.5 points in victories over Toronto and Dallas.

[Budkin]

We can't afford to lose games at home to shitty teams... inexcusable.

[SenorSpur]

We can't afford to lose games at home to shitty teams... inexcusable.

I don't think anyone can continue to call the Thunder a "shitty" team. After all, they've now beaten the Spurs three straight times dating back to last season. I still see your point, though.

[completely deck]

Just because you made the game thread doesn't mean you can tell people what they can and can't say or who can post in the thread. If Sequ can run wild here then yeah I don't know what to say.

LOL funniest thing I've heard here though.

Do you want me to start the next game thread and say "oh stop posting in my thread" LOL.


Pjjr has been a Spurs fan a lot longer than you have. He doesn't normally say those things, but he must be as pissed off as I am.

Grow up and stop acting like you own the message board by telling people to get out of the thread.

didn't read a word you typed, just added you to ignore.


For what it's worth, I'm getting an automatic replay of the game on my LP station. I just left the TV on the same station for about 1/2 hour and the replay started. Don't know if this is normal or not. Anybody else getting the same thing?

Yup, they replay games now. Check my original post for times :toast

[bbarry]

not enough blair pt
need more plays runned for him.

[Ice009]

didn't read a word you typed, just added you to ignore.



Yup, they replay games now. Check my original post for times :toast

Well even if I am on ignore I just want to say that Pjjrfan is a good poster.

You acting all butthurt over one thing he said is pathetic.

If you want to flip out over what I said in the game thread, which wasn't even anywhere near as bad as some of the other trade proposals people have suggested in the last week then I don't know what to say. You might as well put half of the message board on ignore. Oh well enjoy yourself ;).

[Behrooz24]

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/107903/TDdunkfrommanuopt.gif

PM me gif/youtube requests. I'll do em tomorrow

[duncan228]

Thanks for the dunk!

[Ice009]

Duncan is looking good to me so far this season. I don't know what people are talking about saying he's not.

TP is the one that looks like crap. He looks so gassed. NT play sucks.

[completely deck]

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/107903/TDdunkfrommanuopt.gif

PM me gif/youtube requests. I'll do em tomorrow

Killer gif man. Anything you have, I'd love to see.

[Roxsfan]

Killer gif man. Anything you have, I'd love to see.

why the hell didn't duncan do this more throughout his career?

[Quiet Strength]

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/107903/TDdunkfrommanuopt.gif

PM me gif/youtube requests. I'll do em tomorrow


It was great seeing timmy dunk like that again. Thanks for sharing!

[Spurs Brazil]

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/107903/TDdunkfrommanuopt.gif

PM me gif/youtube requests. I'll do em tomorrow

Can you do TD 1st half dunk on the break?

[DPG21920]

Wow. The replay of the game is on and w/ 3 minutes left in the game I have seen Tim and Tony shoot 2 of the worst shots ever. Tim tries to do a bank shot and hits the side of the back board. TP pulls up off the dribble and airballs.

[murpjf88]

The spurs have no chance at winning anything. Timmy is no longer capable of leading them. He's getting his shot blocked against no name players, he takes careless shots, he's a butterfingers, and at times he looks lost out their.RJ isn't going to be enough without the old timmy.

[completely deck]

The spurs have no chance at winning anything. Timmy is no longer capable of leading them. He's getting his shot blocked against no name players, he takes careless shots, he's a butterfingers, and at times he looks lost out their.RJ isn't going to be enough without the old timmy.

haha nice try at that troll. no one is really this retarded.

[murpjf88]

haha nice try at that troll. no one is really this retarded.

i can name at least one.