Game Blog: 12/11 - Spurs vs. Bobcats

[urunobili]

Preview Thread:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141739


http://vanpay.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/spurs.jpg

vs.

http://www.nationalsportsbeat.com/images/logos/nba/Charlotte_Bobcats.jpg

[urunobili]

Spurs 97 - Bobcats 92

[ffadicted]

Should be an easy win for the spurs, although bobcats have had some luck with contending teams for some reason lol

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[TDMVPDPOY]

jax going to win this for the cats

[xellos88330]

Should be an easy win for the spurs, although bobcats have had some luck with contending teams for some reason lol

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According to some of the posters here, the Spurs aren't contenders anymore. So Spurs should win easily.

Please note the sarcasm. :toast

[bdictjames]

The Cats are a dangerous team, the Spurs should be careful. They have Tyson Chandler to guard Tim Duncan, and no one can seem to handle Boris Diaw on our team (let's hope Pop doesn't put Finley on him).

And who's going to stop Gerald Wallace. If we can limit Wallace's productivity, we have a great chance of winning.

[quentin_compson]

The Cats are a dangerous team, the Spurs should be careful. They have Tyson Chandler to guard Tim Duncan, and no one can seem to handle Boris Diaw on our team (let's hope Pop doesn't put Finley on him).


Finley is injured.

[Dex]

I expect this to be an ugly game. Bobcats have been playing solid defense, and so far that's made our offense looks pretty damn inneffective at times.

It's one thing to put up 120 against the Kings. Let's see if we can get into a groove against a team that's actually attempting to stop such a thing.

[SamoanTD]

chandler always plays good D on duncan

[NFGIII]

Looking forward to this one. The 'Cats have been playing well as of late and I want to see how this team is progressing. Will we see more improvement or will they take a step back as they have done at times this season. I want to see if TP continues to get RJ involved early on rather than looking for his shot first. Manu still needs time to get into his groove. And how is our D going tto stand up to Wallace, SJax and Co.?

Still a Work In Progress. Hopefully another step forward for the Spurs tonight.

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[admiralsnackbar]

It's one thing to put up 120 against the Kings.

And give up 106 :depressed

[VBM]

Real battle of note for the ST crowd...Jax vs. RJ. Expect a lot of woulda-coulda-shoulda threads after this one.

That said, I think RJ throws in another 20+. Spurs by 7.

[lefty]

Matt Bonner is getting ready for that shit !

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/4032485181_b93e5e7f77.jpg

[Xylus]

What's the over/under on threads made during/after the game about how great Stephen Jackson is?

I'll say 12.

[Chomag]

Defence!

[DPG21920]

This should be a very tough match up for the Spurs. Spurs have to find a way to keep Wallace off of the boards and they have to force this Bobcat team into shooting a lot of jumpers.

Boris Diaw is a guy who always gives the Spurs trouble. It will be very interesting to see who starts out on Jax/Wallace/Boris. That is a difficult match up for the Spurs. Spurs, if they take care of and move the ball, should get good looks inside and out. Spurs will get into to a lot of trouble if the ball sticks and they try and force things on the perimeter. The Cats perimeter defense is pretty solid.

[HarlemHeat37]

if the Spurs lose and Jackson has a big game, there's going to be the biggest meltdown we've seen in a long time..even for ST..

[xellos88330]

Go Spurs Go!!!!!!!!!!!

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

ugh the bobcats :bang

revenge for the West!

[Chieflion]

Who cares about Jax? If the Cats win, I am starting a Gerald Wallace thread instead. Jax is not the best player on the Cats, Crash is.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i was watching the bogans interview, and noticed RJ was missing FTs like crazy lol anywayz i am out for now see you guys in an 1 hour !!! :)

[HarlemHeat37]

Who cares about Jax? If the Cats win, I am starting a Gerald Wallace thread instead. Jax is not the best player on the Cats, Crash is.

You really don't know why I made that comment?..

[Chieflion]

You really don't know why I made that comment?..
I know why you made that comment. But Jax was not the answer to the Cats' problems nor the Spurs. But ya, people still gonna keep crying about it.

[spectator]

chandler always plays good D on duncan

i am now convinced that you have watched very few games with the 2; duncan has always owned chandler when healthy. the only reason timmy's scoring average was low vs. NO 2008 is due to illness + NO double-teaming the crap out of him, so he always had to pass the ball.

even NO former coach said chandler's D sucked on timmy, which i'm sure was part of the reason for shipping him to the bobcats.

[TPnumber1]

hi guys !!! :flag::flag::flag:

[duncan228]

Starters:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/starting.jpg

[Chieflion]

The starting lineup looks to have been decided. Now, the minutes each player plays is another concern.

[slick'81]

so change at starting sg yet actually looing forward to the spurs whooping some ass

diaw is also a spur killa

[Chieflion]

so change at starting sg yet actually looing forward to the spurs whooping some ass

diaw is also a spur killa
It has always been Keith Bogans, not sure what you are smoking here.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Should be an easy win for the spurs, although bobcats have had some luck with contending teams for some reason lol

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:nope


The Cats are a dangerous team, the Spurs should be careful. They have Tyson Chandler to guard Tim Duncan, and no one can seem to handle Boris Diaw on our team (let's hope Pop doesn't put Finley on him).

And who's going to stop Gerald Wallace. If we can limit Wallace's productivity, we have a great chance of winning.

...and you forgot that they are a very good defensive team overall.

Danger game for us.

[silverblackfan]

Ugh. I got to watch the DVR when I get back from the wife's christmas party later tonight.
Go Spurs!

[45 bank shot]

letz do this

[Chieflion]

I need some help. Don't want to watch the game midway after the 1st half.

[Chieflion]

Lets go, Allen Iverson!

[urunobili]

im envisioning a close one tonight... gerald wallace plus jax will be a handsfull.. plus Chandler and Diaw¿ our only advantage is at PG...

[biziofromdowntown]

No TV coverage?

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes rj

[baseline bum]

Nice, Richard drops his first shot

[Libri]

Jefferson's first shot was perfect.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

gonna be a good test for RJ guarding GW

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Good to see them running plays for RJ early.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice fadeaway from DICE

[baseline bum]

great move Dice

[slick'81]

sweet fade away by #34

[Chieflion]

I don't want to watch Rockets-Philly. Someone help?

[baseline bum]

Late

[MB20]

if anybody has a link, pls PM me

[slick'81]

wow foul on timmy?!?1

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol chandler got blocked by the rim

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

"ball don't lie" :lol

[baseline bum]

Those gray Bobcats jerseys are tight.

[slick'81]

damn tony calm down lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Come on Tp.... Bad pass

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

TP c'mon that was horrible

[slick'81]

Those gray Bobcats jerseys are tight.


i was thinking that there not bad at all

[Libri]

That would have been a nice dunk by Tim.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gotta finish those. RJ has been pretty bad with those reverse lay-ups

[slick'81]

nice d timmy

[Chieflion]

Can I ask for a favor?

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ and TD missed those easy ones

[slick'81]

wow rj missed the jam

[biziofromdowntown]

LOL @ Chandler

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol missed dunk

[slick'81]

bogans with the lay in

[HarlemHeat37]

refs have been very poor so far, primarily against us..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Two blown dunks!? WTF?

And TP sure is throwing a lot of passes too high so far this year.

[DesignatedT]

duncan playing good interior d so far... his defense is what keeps us alive on that end.

[baseline bum]

Great break from Jefferson and Bogans!

[Chieflion]

Anyone has a PM to spare?

[Spurs Brazil]

It looks like it's going to be a defense battle

[TPnumber1]

Anyone has a PM to spare?

same :married:

[slick'81]

jax for 33333333333

[slick'81]

diaw sticks the jumper

[Spurs Brazil]

Rj 3333333333333333

[Spurs Brazil]

2 on Chandler

[slick'81]

nazr is back

[baseline bum]

ROFL Dice

[Libri]

Easy dunk for Dice.

woohoo

[slick'81]

damn tonys missed a couple of gimmes

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dice 22222222222

[Xevious]

TP suckin ass so far.

[slick'81]

dyess is ballin

[timtonymanu]

Bobcats have alot of former Spurs/Spurs killers.

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baseline bum]

Damn, I haven't seen Tony this bad at finishing at the rim since his rookie year. Fuck France and its national team. :pctoss

[slick'81]

manu!!!!!!!!!!!

[slick'81]

fck

[Libri]

That was a terrible play.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice move Timmy!

[slick'81]

nice foot work timmy

[baseline bum]

Take Nazr to school, Tim!

[SCdac]

It's nice to see McDyess and Jefferson playing big parts of our offense early into the game, and relatively early into the season too. McDyess has a great feel of where to be on the court.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Attack Manu attack :D

[HarlemHeat37]

No idea why Duncan doesn't fake more often, his footwork is obviously up there with the best of them..

[TPnumber1]

Damn, I haven't seen Tony this bad at finishing at the rim since his rookie year. Fuck France and its national team. :pctoss

:toast

[roycrikside]

Tony doesn't pass to either open guy in a 3-on-1 fast break and almost travels while missing a lay up. Moral of this story: Tony Parker is a selfish ASS.

There Ducks, you like when people do that?

[slick'81]

dammit rj

[Spurs Brazil]

2 on RJ

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim should use the step-through more often.

[Ice009]

Man what the fuck RJ

[Chieflion]

Brazil, you got any ideas? We can't watch the game.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

nice look TP to TD

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Captain Jack and his 3 point shooting

[Libri]

Tim is kicking ass!

[slick'81]

blair to check in..

[slick'81]

getting a bit sloppy :nope

[Libri]

TO

aw man

[Death In June]

Still too many TOs

[Dex]

That fucking circus music song seems to come with a turnover every time.

[Spurs Brazil]

I hate those TOs

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

That fucking circus music song seems to come with a turnover every time.
:lol

[Ice009]

Tony doesn't pass to either open guy in a 3-on-1 fast break and almost travels while missing a lay up. Moral of this story: Tony Parker is a selfish ASS.

There Ducks, you like when people do that?

That was a pretty bad play from TP. Dice ended up with the jumper and they got the score the hard way, but it would have been a lot easier had TP passed it to Dice on the break.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damn Bulls losing again..... I would have thought they were going to do better.

[45 bank shot]

gt start the turnovers

[Death In June]

Sweet chin music! Awesome...

[slick'81]

rotfl shawn michaels knocked the coyote the fck out

[angelbelow]

lololol

[Brazil]

Brazil, you got any ideas? We can't watch the game.

nope black out for the moment

[HarlemHeat37]

these refs have been terrible..

[Chieflion]

rotfl shawn michaels knocked the coyote the fck out
Not fair. You guys get to see it.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bad shot Manu :(

[spurspokesman]

if the Spurs lose and Jackson has a big game, there's going to be the biggest meltdown we've seen in a long time..even for ST..
This is true. On another note I was pissed when we let em go. I still remember when him and kerr brought us back from damn there 15 down going into the fourth against dallas many years back. I damn there jumped thru the floor. My neighbors had every right to gun me down lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

seriously ??

[Xevious]

Bad Hill pass.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Wow anpother TO.... seriously?

[Chieflion]

nope black out for the moment
Sucks. I got something, but I have to wait until the 76ers and the Rockets finish their match.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill passing skills sucks

[slick'81]

fckn diaw

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fucking careless passing. :rolleyes

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bogans for 3333333333333

[Libri]

Come on, dammit!

[slick'81]

tim trying to rally the troops

[HarlemHeat37]

It's kind of funny that whoever Bonner guards in any game becomes extremely aggressive..

[timtonymanu]

Spurs need some passing drills in practice.

[Libri]

Good D by Bogans.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans playing great D so far

[slick'81]

nice d by bogans on wallace

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner to Manu :)

[Brazil]

Sucks. I got something, but I have to wait until the 76ers and the Rockets finish their match.

same here lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu to Timmy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slick'81]

tim duncan!!

[Death In June]

Bogans, what an idiot

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Pop was pissed lol

[slick'81]

back to back spur turn overs

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

2 TOs in 5 secs lol

[Chieflion]

same here lol
Fuckin 76ers better win.

[Libri]

Daaaaaaaaaammm!! lol

[baseline bum]

LMAO @ Pop yelling at Bogans

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lol @ the thing with Felton.

Manu looking much more confident.

[slick'81]

damn sours going old school with some dmx lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ahahahahaha love the last mins despite the TOs lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Good quarter, fighting through some poor calls..good all-around play by everybody..

Lead is at 10 though, so that means Charlotte is probably going to go on a big run once we get the lead up to 12 or 14 though..

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu is passing the ball well, it is a shame RJ has 2 fouls. I would like to see them work together.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We're using the pinch post well tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 10 after one

TD playing GREAT

[Libri]

Good deflection by Tim at the end.

Hopefully they will extend the lead.

[DesignatedT]

duncan and bogans playing great defense in quarter 1.

but watch us give up 30 in the 2nd... since bonner will be playing most the quarter... just watch

[Spurs Brazil]

It looks like Pop will go with a 8 man rotation

Starting 5 + Bonner, Manu and Hill

I think Pop didn't like something from Blair. He was out quickly and Dice was about to come in for TD, not Blair

[spurspokesman]

Good quarter, fighting through some poor calls..good all-around play by everybody..

Lead is at 10 though, so that means Charlotte is probably going to go on a big run once we get the lead up to 12 or 14 though..

Lol

[slick'81]

jeez manu

[slick'81]

stephen jackson

[Xevious]

Bonner guarding Jackson lol

[slick'81]

time out spurs

[Death In June]

Manu's gotta stop with the fade away jump shots. I haven't seen him hit one all season.

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop mad at this last play

[DesignatedT]

duncan and bogans playing great defense in quarter 1.

but watch us give up 30 in the 2nd... since bonner will be playing most the quarter... just watch

[Ice009]

Man Stephen is a very, very good player.

On the right team he is lethal. Spurs were one of those teams, unfortunately the Spurs thought otherwise.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slick'81]

manu with the slam

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu dunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SCdac]

Manu straight to the basket! hell yea

[Libri]

Manu Dunk!

:chestbump

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu with the dunk!!!! Didn't get a lot of lift though. Still nice to see him attack though.

[angelbelow]

Manu!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Maybe Manu is on the way back, eh? That's more like it!

[slick'81]

sic fake and drive by diaw

[td4mvp21]

Did Pop get mad at Blair? Anyone know?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

It's kind of funny that whoever Bonner guards in any game becomes extremely aggressive..

Bonner is definitely a smart defender.... but he doesn't strike fear in anyone. So opponents will always get that confidence against him. Until he throws someone down and continuously takes confidence away from his opponents they'll always have that confidence.

[Xevious]

Manu's feeling good.

[slick'81]

bogans is everywhere right now

[Libri]

Now that's the defense I want to see.

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu looks great tonight..good to see that he still has some lift and explosiveness, great sign..

[slick'81]

bogans with the clank

[slick'81]

hill draws the charge

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

!!georgeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

Jax is having a great game.

[slick'81]

and1!!!Georgie boy!!

[Libri]

Hill taking care of business.

[angelbelow]

There we go Hill! he should do that more often.

[Ice009]

Bonner is definitely a smart defender.... but he doesn't strike fear in anyone. So opponents will always get that confidence against him. Until he throws someone down and continuously takes confidence away from his opponents they'll always have that confidence.

Good point. Bonner has really got to bust some people and make them pay otherwise they always have confidence against him.

The worst thing about Bonner is that a player could be having a bad game then Bonner starts to guard him and he ends up so confident that he has a great game ;).

[Chieflion]

Come on, Philly, win this one!

[HarlemHeat37]

RJ getting no respect from the refs, that's 2 fouls he didn't get at the basket..

[angelbelow]

Dice is having a nice game too!

[HarlemHeat37]

Too much overplaying on Jackson's shot IMO..Jax isn't a consistent 3-point shooter and he falls in love with the 3, so better that than driving..

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 333333333333333333333333333

[Libri]

George Hill from the corner. Nice shot.

[HarlemHeat37]

the lead is now at 14, which has been horrible for us so far this season..let's see if they can actually hold on to the lead tonight..

usually it leads to a bunch of stupid turnovers and missed easy shots for us..

[Xevious]

9 TOs already

[Ice009]

Another turnover TP. :(.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!

[angelbelow]

Manu feeling it.

[Death In June]

Manu's looking good. Tony...not so much right now.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

damn...manu has answers for everything tonight

[Brazil]

so happy to see Manu playing good !!! just fucking good news

[Chieflion]

so happy to see Manu playing good !!! just fucking good news
Allen Iverson is doing pretty well, huh?

[Libri]

We're accustomed to a lightening quick Tony. He doesn't look as quick as before.

:(

[urunobili]

Pop got Manu back into the game with 7 left for the first half? That means Pop´s wants him to settle his rythm..

[Ice009]

Manu taking out the Spurstalk rage for me ;).

[Xevious]

Again... Tony playing like ass tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

DAMN Tos

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fcuk you TP lol

[Ice009]

MAN TP

What the fuck is going on with TP this season???????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????

[urunobili]

Wtf tp??

[Libri]

another TO for Tony, *sigh*

[angelbelow]

wow lol

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL Tony with a double-dribble..

our D has looked solid tonight..continuing the obvious trend where our D goes where Duncan goes..

[SCdac]

Is it me, or is Finley's 15-25 mpg absence from the past two games noticeably helping our rotations settle faster? man, I hope he's not getting primetime minutes when he gets back

Duncan with the high % shot.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans doing a great job

[HarlemHeat37]

WOW what a bad call..Manu just stole Stephen Graham's soul and he gets called for a foul..how does a scrub get that call?!..

was that Mason blocking Jax?..damn..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Sloppy game.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

SJax is going for 48 mins as long as the game is still competitive?

[angelbelow]

Good thing were up so much.. TOs have been atrocious.

[Libri]

Good D by the Spurs. The Bobcats are having a hard time scoring.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

so happy to see Manu playing good !!! just fucking good news

Totally! :)

[Xevious]

Up 20!

[Libri]

There's no stopping Manu.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol manu xD

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[siraulo23]

manu tres!

[Brazil]

Allen Iverson is doing pretty well, huh?
:toast

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu looks very confident tonight

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Is it me, or is Finley's 15-25 mpg absence from the past two games noticeably helping our rotations settle faster? man, I hope he's not getting primetime minutes when he gets back.

Good point.

[HarlemHeat37]

Even when he was struggling, Manu's 3-point shot was getting back in form..

now he looks like he's getting some explosiveness back to add to the 3-point shot..great signs these last 2 games..

[raspsa]

So, has Manu got his confidence back yet?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

imagine TP making those easy layups and cut the TOs in half

[DesignatedT]

nice to see parker with 6 ast. 0 pts scoring isnt really a big deal. team seems to be clicking much better when hes looking to create..

[siraulo23]

yes the philly game is finished, now onto spurs game!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu looks very confident tonight

Manu looks like himself for the first time since the start of the season (he had that one great game).

[timaios]

Wow... Is the vintage Manu back ? :ihit :flag::flag::flag:

[Chieflion]

Finally!

[Death In June]

Tim getting the spurs superstar treatment

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Theoo!!!

[Chieflion]

Tim Duncan has 3 fouls.

[Libri]

Wow... Is the vintage Manu back ? :ihit :flag::flag::flag:

Yes and its great!

[siraulo23]

theo in1

[Xevious]

Ratliff sighting...

[cnyc3]

Theo sighting