Game Blog: 12/15 - Spurs vs. Suns

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

there was no fcuking foul WTF

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Foul? Where?

[Ice009]

Where the FUCK WAS THE FOUL?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????

[Spurs Brazil]

TD didn't touch him

[twincam]

Hello Spurs! INSIDE game!

[DPG21920]

Mase dog. Will this team.

[TIMMYD!]

Mason 333333333

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Flop that shit manu

[ffadicted]

poooooooooooooooooooooop

[Spursox]

Money Mase is on tonight!

[twincam]

check that out, an offensive foul on Nash? wow.......

[Manudona]

Mason is shooting very well

[austN Spur]

keep it up. I want more DEFENSE!!

[Quiet Strength]

lol bonner and his idiot pass

[TIMMYD!]

Bonner just passed it to Grant Hill.

[Spursmania]

Hill terrible D.

[DPG21920]

Now Bonner is turning it over?

[HarlemHeat37]

Normally I'd be at least slightly upset by this poor performance, but I just found out that one of my best friends in the world has cancer. Fuck, I don't know what to do, say or feel.

sorry to hear Ruff, best wishes..

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck you Bonner

[timtonymanu]

Wow Mase, it's been 9 months since I last saw u.

[TIMMYD!]

Tim and Mason the only ones doing shit.

[#2!]

please take out roger, and give tim the ball immediately

[Quiet Strength]

Hell yeah hill!!

[twincam]

spurs down 7 all of a sudden?

[ffadicted]

jesus mace!!

lol ginooooooo! :D

[Spursox]

Ball movement is the key.......Leave Parker on the bench!

[Chieflion]

7 point deficit now.

[MB20]

5 point game !!!!

[DPG21920]

Hill with 2 great defensive plays in a row and a great cut and finish and 3 ball.

[ffadicted]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo baby!!!

[Interrohater]

Dealer starting to draw 13's!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

here we come here we come

[Manudona]

So, who was worried? :)

[Cant_Be_Faded]

S M A L L B A L L


lol
way to bring us back into contention

[Quiet Strength]

lol @ spurs fans giving up so soon

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Look at that TP and RJ

[SCdac]

George with the EASY basket at the rim.

more of that would be good.

[quentin_compson]

Hill!

Ugly game right now, but heck, we're only down by 5.

[picc84]

lol at everyone here thinking the game was over and it was the second quarter. Bunch of doomsday alarmists.

[urunobili]

Mase fucking with the suns again... priceless...

[#2!]

i will never stop hating rmj after this game. i'm sure some idiot will try and tell me he's kept us in the game, but anybody really watching will know he's a big part of the reason we got so far down.

[duncan228]

:elephant Go Spurs Go!

[TIMMYD!]

This is how we have to play every night. No more of that sloppy bullshit we've been playing lately. Every game is Game 7 of the Finals, every game is the last one they will play.

[Spursmania]

OMG...

Suns begining to remember...

[Spursox]

Down by 5! OK pop...Time to bring in TP and Jefferson

[Chieflion]

LOL TP and RJ. Sit on the bench.

[Interrohater]

Fuck yea!!!!!!! I will take this!!! George is a bad muthafucka! Fuck, Let's continue this Spurs!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lol at all of these fans faces..... they know what's coming. It got really quiet here :lol

[ElNono]

Just keep RJ, TP and Dice on the bench...
Play Blair and TD...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i think this is a horrible Time out by sun

[Quiet Strength]

:elephant Go Spurs Go!

:flag: :flag: :flag:

[Cant_Be_Faded]

This is exactly why people who hate small ball in all situations don't know dick.

NOW that the game is close let's see if Pop can keep the momentum to something that favors us.

[austN Spur]

MORE DEFENSE!!

my wife "lets go you fuckin bitches" funny how she says it girly

[Chieflion]

Down by 5! OK pop...Time to bring in TP and Jefferson
Fuck no...................:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang

[ElNono]

Just keep RJ, TP and Dice on the bench...
Play Blair and TD...

[45 bank shot]

keep the defensive intensity up letz go

[itzsoweezee]

whatever you do pop, don't take hill out of the game

[twincam]

stick to the INSIDE GAME!!!! Jeez!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Keep TP on the bench!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Down by 5! OK pop...Time to bring in TP and Jefferson

lol

[DPG21920]

Suns will let the Spurs back in. Just hope it is not too late.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Parker leaves game we're down by 20... now? We trail by 7

[phxspurfan]

I love the scrappiness of our bench. It's so fun to watch.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm so sorry, Ruff. That really sucks. I'll be praying for your friend.


Sports pales in comparison to life's real problems. I'm sorry to hear that, and I hope that medical science can do something for your friend.

Thanks guys. There is treatment, and I think they caught it early, but it's a big shock. He's always been one of those people who never gets sick. Anyway, thanks again. :)

[TD 21]

Sure it looks promising at the moment, but what about when Duncan has to rest? Fast paced gamed, he's had to (and has) worked his ass off to drag this team back into the game...maybe it's time to throw caution to the wind, get him out for 3-4 minutes and play him the rest of the way. Make sure that this game is a win, because it would undoubtedly be a confidence booster for the team. Then, tomorrow maybe consider giving Duncan the night off.

[superjames1992]

Whew!!! This has been great to watch! We're beating the Suns at their own game: fast-paced basketball!

And Mason Jr. is awesome tonight!!!

[TIMMYD!]

I hate Amare, how many dunks does he get per game?

[ffadicted]

lol @ the 2009 Orlando Magic lineup here.

double team on duncan, kick it out and swing it for open 3. Life is so easy why dont we do this more often

[twincam]

simple! INSIDE GAME!

[ElNono]

It's theo time...

[Otaku]

Intense!!

[DPG21920]

Fucking foul. He tripped him.

[Spurs Brazil]

That was a foul on Mason Jr

[austN Spur]

yeah i love you TIM.

DEFENSE!

[Juanobili]

Duncan!!

[Spursox]

Spurs have always let Amare get his and someone else beat them..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

wtf RMJ got tripped

[twincam]

Tim FREAKIN' Duncan!!

[quentin_compson]

Great hustle by both teams. :tu

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dudley trips Mason, then Amare has his knee on his neck, and that's a jump ball? Fuck off.

[Spurologist]

where's the fucking tripping foul on mase???

[urunobili]

gr8 comeback.. better way to end it... we have a ball game gentlemen... :tu

[Quiet Strength]

Dudley trips Mason, then Amare has his knee on his neck, and that's a jump ball? Fuck off.

:bang :bang

[Stabbin' Cabin]

I'm absolutely amazed that that didn't fall.

[Libri]

Just chip away at the lead, chip away.

:toast

[austN Spur]

Awesome.....lets go. Go SPURS GO

[MB20]

Thank you TD, GHill and Mason !!!! Great 3rd qtr by you guys!!!

[Chieflion]

Suddenly, we have ourselves a ball game.

[Chomag]

Now our guys are playing with fire! What happned to Blair though?

[Interrohater]

MORE DEFENSE!!

my wife "lets go you fuckin bitches" funny how she says it girly

:lmao lovin that

[DPG21920]

Hill had an excellent last half of that quarter. Many good defensive plays and nice shooting.

[45 bank shot]

clearly mason got tripped down there

[urunobili]

I'm absolutely amazed that that didn't fall.

Xylus? :king

[superjames1992]

Five-point deficit at the end of the third quarter. Couldn't have expected any better after how terrible the first half went.

We took out Parker, Jefferson, and Bogans and all of a sudden, the team just completely came alive.

[urunobili]

Suns & the refs vs. the Spurs... loving it...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

here come our starters back in the game!

[twincam]

Wow, first down by 20 pts in the 3rd, and now only down 5 pts after the 3rd. This is Manu's quarter...that is why Phoenix keeps booing him. It's Manu time. Leave Tony in the bench. If you bring Tony back, he's going to get greedy and want to score...but NOPE, not tonight. Keep Tim in and allow him to LEAD....plain and simple

[Spurs Brazil]

Huge props to TD, Manu, Mason Jr, Hill and Bonner

They played with energy, especially on D

I hope you see how you need to play RJ and TP

[Cant_Be_Faded]

This run is such a picture perfect reason why Bonner is actually very important to us. No freakin way we get rid of him soon. Without the threes to open up the floor, we can't do jack shit.

Richard Jefferson should be on the trading block if he can't figure out this whole offense/defense thing.

[Interrohater]

Fuck, I'm so relieved, I can't stop saying fuck.

[Chieflion]

Now our guys are playing with fire! What happned to Blair though?
He is still injured, it is best that he get himself back to full health first.

[DPG21920]

Suns & the refs vs. the Spurs... loving it...

Officiating has been fine.

[SCdac]

Third quarter looked much better. More active on defense and boards... The offense will come, but if we can get stops against this team we're golden IMO.

[ElNono]

Well, we held them to 22 points in the 3rd... Can we do it again in the 4th?

[Spursox]

Great 3rd quarter ending...Love the fight in them..I would like to see some Blair to rest Timmy!

[Admidave50]

Wow, wtf! Busy working and we're now -5 at the end of the 3rd!

[Supergirl]

let's go SPurs don't let up.

[TJastal]

Now I remember why I don't bother reading game threads. It's like an emo party fest of bi-polar children.

[lennyalderette]

this is what happend the other games : hill and backups bring us back in the game and tony picks up where he left off t/o and lack of penetration! watch it happen if tony goes back in this game, our momentum will slip! tony was starting to do great before this game! what happened?

[Quiet Strength]

Pop should not put rj or dice back in the game..

[TIMMYD!]

So this is what trying is like?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Mason!!!!

[DPG21920]

Mase! Coming up clutch.

[MB20]

wow mason

[Manudona]

Mason with the steal!

[TIMMYD!]

Tim is just amazing...

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Duncan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

3 points game !!! RMJ w/ the steal!!
1 point game!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD bank!

[SCdac]

Mason with the great steal. Really anticipated that one. Love to see the D.

[HarlemHeat37]

Mason has impressed me tonight..this is last year's RMJ..

Hill's D really picked up in the 2nd half of the 3rd..

[Chieflion]

Incredible resilience by Duncan and the bench.

[TIMMYD!]

Do you think anyone has ever blocked a shot with their afro? lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

damn it@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sribb43]

:lmao suns

[Libri]

Damn, Tim fighting for that shot.

[Quiet Strength]

I loved that timmy fought so hard to try and score but he should have kicked the ball back out

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit... don't let the Suns get momentum.

[Spursox]

Tim needs to Dunk that shit!

[Spurs Brazil]

I can't believe

[DPG21920]

Duncan has missed so many easy shots with the game close this year and it always turns into the other teams run.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan the 2-time MVP, top 10 all time player can't get a call against Phoenix scrubs..

now Parker's in, good or bad?..

[bbarry]

wow tim duncan just panicked around the rim. SHOULD'VE BROUGHT IT BACK OUT!!!!!!!

[Admidave50]

Come TD, dunk that shit!

[phxspurfan]

Pop looks like he was gonna play Tim for all 48 for a second there.


I hope TP doesn't come out flat like he did in the 1st half.

[Admidave50]

With TD out, TP needs to be super aggressive!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

TP and RJ.....

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

oh fcuk here come RJ and TP

[Interrohater]

FUCK!!! Refs are hatin

[Supergirl]

damn it Hill and blair both have 3 fouls now

[austN Spur]

two quick bullshit calls

[SCdac]

Blair wouldn't get called for that in San Antonio.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner just shot the damn ball, don't put it on the floor again, you suck at it

[Quiet Strength]

Damn I think the spurs team out there might fuck this up

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I don't like Blair on Amare

[Chieflion]

Oh no, the Suns are picking it up again.

[Libri]

Blair, yes!

[Admidave50]

10:07 Richard Jefferson enters the game for Matt Bonner 88-91
9:52 88-93 Amare Stoudemire makes layup

[Spursmania]

Terrible calls.

[austN Spur]

damm blair howd you miss that

[MB20]

TD to the bench....
Expect the worse.

[DPG21920]

That is where Blair's lack of athleticism hurts him along with his size. These chip shot misses by Tim and Blair will kill you in a game like this.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fuck..... they need to bring back the guys that got back in this game...

[ffadicted]

I have a a feeling Amare will be our undoing

[phxspurfan]

No shotblockers out there with this lineup

[Supergirl]

how much is Amare paying the refs? Cause every time he's in the game, suddenly the Spurs wind up with a bunch of fouls called against them.

[portpower_11]

TP and RJ still suck

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan's off, this is going to be scary..

[Spurs Brazil]

Those miss at the rim will kill us in the end

[Spursox]

Mason getting his ass chewed by Pop...

[45 bank shot]

when parker is in, we are down more

[senorglory]

Tough over-the-back called on Blair.

Official’s Guide: Section 15 Seven Basketball Rules Myths
#4 "Over the back" is a foul. Reality: Similar to the reaching in myth, there must be contact to have a foul. Coaches holler for over the back fouls when their shorter player has seemingly better inside rebounding position and the ball is snared by a taller opponent from behind. Penalize illegal contact; don't penalize a player for being tall.

http://www.nba.com/jrnba/officials/officials_guide_section15.html

[Johnny RIngo]

Parker -21 for the game.

[superjames1992]

Manu and Blair play the pick-and-roll great together.

[urunobili]

lol Refs

[austN Spur]

here we go . lets go spurs DEFENSE!!

[quentin_compson]

I like how Blair can hold his own physically against Amare.

[TD 21]

This one would be huge for confidence. On the other hand, if they lose, it falls at the feet of Parker, Jefferson and McDyess.

Why is Blair the go-to scorer with Parker, Ginobili and Jefferson on the floor? Parker and Jefferson are the youngest of the so-called big four, just sat for virtually an entire quarter and should have fresh legs and be carrying the team right about now.

[ducks]

tp usually owns the owns

[ElNono]

For what RJ is giving us, just put theo on Amare and let him block him a few times...

[superjames1992]

Bonner with a +14 now. :lmao

Ginger just happened to be in the game when Spurs made a run after he had a TO. +/- is a joke.
Maybe he also had a little something to do with that run? Just because he didn't score didn't mean that he didn't help with the run.

And real classy calling Bonner Ginger. How about I use the N word to describe all the black Spurs players? Same thing you're going. It's sickening to call someone that, but I know you're just a Bonner-hater.

[Spursmania]

Those miss at the rim will kill us in the end

Duncan exerted a lot of energy on that missed lay-in. He needed some rest. Wonder when Pop will being him back in.

But it hurts when he's out.

[DesignatedT]

where the hell is manu seriously. we go to blair back to back to back when duncan is out???????????


manu tony or rj... someone needs to step up. fucking insane.

you dont see the fucking lakers running plays for mbenga when kobe goes out... no, they go to artest or gasol or bynum... wtf

[Interrohater]

We need to win this game, in spite of the Suns, in spite of the NBA, in spite of the refs, in spite of ourselves

[AnthonyM]

wow, what happened?

my internet went out at my apt for a good 15 or 20 minutes and all of a sudden we're down 5...

[austN Spur]

damm they're going to be shooting fts the rest of the way with 9 mins left

[DPG21920]

Great defense by BLAIR.

[Manudona]

Nice defense by Manu

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Is RJ playing the PF?

[quentin_compson]

Great defense by Manu.

[ElNono]

Manu good D

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit :(

[ffadicted]

ok, FUCK THE REFS
seriously

[DPG21920]

Blair is Amare's worst nightmare right now :lol

[phxspurfan]

TP got fouled on that 3

[austN Spur]

HOW the fuck was that not over the back on Phx

[HarlemHeat37]

can Blair get a fucking call?!?!..

Amare over his back with no call, this is ridiculous..

[portpower_11]

Both team are bricking.

It will help, if TP can attack the bascket. But he kept bricking the threes

[TIMMYD!]

Wait, we payed 14 mil for 4 points?

[phxspurfan]

Refs tightened the game with the touch fouls on Blair and travel on DUdley, then allowed a 3pt foul and 2 other no calls. wtf

[Libri]

Blair is fighting and clawing like a beast.

[Supergirl]

Duncan coming back in, Spurs haven't gained any ground but haven't lost any either. Down 5 with 8 min left to go.

[Quiet Strength]

HOW the fuck was that not over the back on Phx

lol for real that was bullshit

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Duncan time.

[AnthonyM]

Someone give me a quick recap of how we got back into the game...

was it the bench? 3pt shooting?

[TIMMYD!]

Finally we get some stops, but can't score.

[ElNono]

What happened with Tony driving to the paint?

[DPG21920]

Nash is a baller.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

no hit at all fcuk the ref

[DesignatedT]

thats game. nash just put it away

[Ice009]

TP is a scrub out there.


This team usually has a few guys that play well and Pop has to keep riding them.

Pop always takes the hot guys out and that is when we get fucked.

[Chieflion]

Where is the foul?

[phxspurfan]

Hill has had his hand on Nash's waist all game and all of a sudden its a foul

[ffadicted]

oh my god seriously..... no foul on that play?

[Creation88]

these calls are absolutely hysterical.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Wow... Duncan!

[ElNono]

Go TD!

[DPG21920]

Tim. Well done sir. Very patient and smart.

[TIMMYD!]

AND1 for Tim.

Incredible.

Just incredible.

[45 bank shot]

blair and tp killed our momentum

[quentin_compson]

I just love Tim.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one!!!!!!!!!!!

TP and RJ, DO SOMETHING

[Quiet Strength]

thats game. nash just put it away

:lol

[superjames1992]

And one for duncan!!!

[siraulo23]

duncan1!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ridiculous home-cooking in this game. It's cost us about 8pts in the second half.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

TP is not doing ANYTHING tonight unbelievable

[DesignatedT]

LMAO. Duncan goes out we go back down 8. Duncan goes back in and immediately puts us back in the game....

this guy is amazing

[TJastal]

Get Roger Mason back in the game!

[Admidave50]

TD is the man!

[TIMMYD!]

Nash gets soooooooooooooooooo many superstar calls.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fucking offensive rebounds

[phxspurfan]

This isn't Parker's night. We have to ride Hill, Mason, Duncan, Bonner tonight.

[SCdac]

Should put Blair or McDyess back out there.

[DPG21920]

Duncan has to grab that board. I know he is doing everything else, but that was a big board.

[Darthkiller]

Ridiculous home-cooking in this game. It's cost us about 8pts in the second half.

spurs just got the same call with the duncan and 1. get that homerism out of here.

[Libri]

That Suns' offensive rebound was a killer.

[Creation88]

are you kidding me ref? that is bullshit

[DPG21920]

LMAO at that offensive call.

[Johnny RIngo]

It's too bad Jefferson, Manu, and Parker chose the same night to play like crap. Duncan's carrying the team and no one else is helping.

[timtonymanu]

See Tony and RJ! Look at Tim. This is how you do it!

No more of this "it's a process," shit, RJ!

[Death In June]

Nash getting Dirk like calls.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:( :( :(

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck small ball

[NostalgicSpursFan]

These calls suck...

[ElNono]

Goddamit...

[austN Spur]

Defense!!

[Spursox]

We need some ball movement instead of this one on one..

[itzsoweezee]

these refs fucking suk

[Interrohater]

woooooow. The dealer's getting 20's again.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Charge!? :lmao

Wrong lineup, Pop. Go back to what worked in the 3rd.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol nash>fisher in flops

[Admidave50]

Flopping Nash..?

[siraulo23]

lets get a stop spurs!

[DesignatedT]

hill over manu? i think not pop

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck that Dragic motherfucker!!!!!!!!

[Libri]

Timeout!

[Chomag]

Just like that back to 10...

[Supergirl]

hnnn, naturally, Amare gets allowed to do whatever the hell he wants to anybody trying to guard him, it's pretty easy to score that way? WTF? Why are the refs in Amare's pants anyway?

[DPG21920]

Dragic > Parker+Blair+Malik?