Game Blog: 12/23 - Spurs vs. Blazers

[HarlemHeat37]

Matt Bonner=MVP of the Spurs..

[ducks]

tp has 6 shots
less then other players

[alchemist]

oh and the Blazers couldn't miss if the rims had a lid

[Mal]

What happend in lockroom ??

[Refocus]

Holy shit, I swear it seems Portland is shooting way better than 46%. Every J they shoot seems to be going in. :/

[lil_penny]

He is being double and triple teamed without the ball.

Good point.. my bad lol

[HarlemHeat37]

This is actually really embarrassing..REALLY embarrassing..

if we lose this game, there needs to be a change..no overreaction here..

[ducks]

manu 1-5 from downtown
keep shooting more threes manu

[Supergirl]

SPurs 3-14 from 3 pt land. STOP SHOOTING THEM

SPurs apparently unable to guard the Blazers, but the Blazers are able to pummel Duncan every time he touches the ball

[timtonymanu]

ugh the 3 pointer aint working so quit using it all the time.

[ducks]

What happend in lockroom ??

spurs struggle in 3 alot

[boutons_deux]

Spurs just suck, total mediocrity, they got nothing

[Duncan21kid]

Money ma$e

[HarlemHeat37]

Finally some good ball movement..simple basketball..

now please play some D..

[Mal]

Trade Parker go for Wall...

[Supergirl]

great Mason makes one, now we'll proceed to shoot and miss another 4.

[austN Spur]

allright mason/ keep it up. if only the spurs could get a stop

[timtonymanu]

there is no excuse to be losing at home against an injured team. NO EXCUSE!!! Spurs just plain suck.

[SCdac]

Bring Jefferson and George Hill in...

[ducks]

This is actually really embarrassing..REALLY embarrassing..

if we lose this game, there needs to be a change..no overreaction here..

more embarrassing then the cavs losing to dallas without dirk?

[HarlemHeat37]

Our p&r D and D off switches is BY FAR the biggest flaw of this team IMO..it kills us every game..

[Chieflion]

I swear shooting jumpers will not bust that Blazer zone defense.

[angelbelow]

Mase with another 3.

[HarlemHeat37]

more embarrassing then the cavs losing to dallas without dirk

definitely worse than that..

[wijayas]

Let's see if Hill can get teh job done...

[boutons_deux]

Spurs couldn't get the lead when they were outshooting Blazers, now the Spurs are cooling off, the Blazers heating up, and pulling away.

[blkroadrunners]

There u go Manu.

[Supergirl]

now that's more like it Manu

[Duncan21kid]

shamgod crossover from MANUUUUUUU

[Refocus]

Manu is showing some life with that move.. very nice.

[NZ Spurs]

Are the Blazers going to keep hitting contested jump shots?

[dbestpro]

See what a little pressure on the D can do.

[Chomag]

Manu cleared out on the LAy-up

[portpower_11]

more embarrassing then the cavs losing to dallas without dirk?


it's ok

Mavs have previously lost to a six-man team Warriors, and the scrub teams Wizard

[ducks]

foul them out

[angelbelow]

building a little momentum.

[HarlemHeat37]

every team just runs multiple screens against us and gets a matchup they want..the Spurs D is never able to recover when this happens..every team has started doing this more and more against us..

the Blazers have been doing this with Aldridge this entire Q, and it's opening up their offense..

[Libri]

Spurs on a little run.

[wijayas]

Keep it close Mace!

[austN Spur]

here we go..need another stop. lets go spurs..damm steve blake

[dbestpro]

Why is Manu playing off Blake?

[blkroadrunners]

I can't stand Blake and Howard's shooting releases, yet the ball goes in.

[angelbelow]

Mase is playing well again.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ok, that Blake shot was lucky as fuck..when that ugly scrub starts making those, you just have to start praying..

[portpower_11]

Webster had 4 fouls, Bayless was out,

What kinds of line-up will portland use in Q4? I am curious

[alchemist]

Timmy rushed it a bit thought he had less time on the clock

[HarlemHeat37]

Down 6 isn't too bad, I think we'll win..hopefully a huge 4th, because these first 3 quarters have been very discouraging..

[dbestpro]

No focus, no effort.

[wijayas]

the ball moves betters with parker out

[dbestpro]

Please Pop.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.
Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters. Crowd the shooters.

[Duncan21kid]

timmy should dominate in the 4th ... lets go spurs

[Supergirl]

Spurs showing some energy in the last 2 min of the game, and starting to take the ball inside instead of just shooting the 3. Hope they keep it up in the fourth. The only team that can beat the Spurs tonight is the Spurs.

[ElNono]

I can't believe these Portland announcers cry sommuch and they're winning! I can't even imagine the tears when they're losing...

[Chieflion]

The Spurs have busted that zone defense in the last few minutes. That is how a team with less talent can win games with zone defense. The bigs will also collect less fouls. Great strategy by Nate McMillian.

[TIMMYD!]

Wait, Roy isn't playing and we're losing :wow. (sorry, haven't been able to watch)

[007nites]

Ok, that Blake shot was lucky as fuck..when that ugly scrub starts making those, you just have to start praying..

You have to respect Blake's shot. Manu learned that the hard way.

[Chieflion]

Roger Mason for 3!

[Libri]

Mason 3.

Spurs down by 3.

[angelbelow]

Good D to start the 4th.

[HarlemHeat37]

You have to respect Blake's shot. Manu learned that the hard way.

I respect Blake's shot when he's catching it, not when he's creating his own shot..

[dbestpro]

Mason equals the Mini Bonner.

[007nites]

mason is on fire

[portpower_11]

I can't believe these Portland announcers cry sommuch and they're winning! I can't even imagine the tears when they're losing...


They are crying about losing Batum, Rody, Outlaw, Oden, Roy, Porpryze, and now Bayless,

They should stop to cry, otherwise Aldridge and Webster will be down soon

[angelbelow]

Good to see Mase playing well.

[Libri]

Ok, that was crap.

[dbestpro]

Timmy should be ashamed of his D tonight.

[ducks]

mason>finley

[austN Spur]

defense!!

[HarlemHeat37]

here comes Aldridge now..we have nobody that can guard him, as he's shown us for a while now..

[angelbelow]

wow..

[Chomag]

LOL @ small ball

[Chieflion]

Jefferson can't stop Aldridge. Bring on Dice.

[blkroadrunners]

Money Mase is on fire.

[portpower_11]

I just planned to say Mason is a Terry-type scrub,

he proved that I was wrong

he's ten times better than Terry

[angelbelow]

Timmay is schooling the Rook.

[Chieflion]

Mason is keeping the hope alive.

[Refocus]

Money Mase!

[dbestpro]

Now, crowd the shooter.

[Chieflion]

Duncan slam dunk. 79-78. Down one.

[Mal]

All on Timmy`s shoulders

[angelbelow]

We need to put in another big...

[007nites]

timmy actually dunked it?

[HarlemHeat37]

Typical George Hill, going for a layup instead of trying to dunk..

[Ice009]

Now this lineup is bringing it and Pop wants to fucking sub.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan has had more dunks this season than the last 4 seasons combined..

[dbestpro]

We need to put in another big...

How about a shot blocker to help the exterior D CROWD THE SHOOTERS!!!!!!

[Chomag]

Typical George Hill, going for a layup instead of trying to dunk..

Pop has taught him well. :lol

[blkroadrunners]

Damn, did yall see how Hill cupped the ball when going up for the layup? That would have been sweet if Penegraph (sp) didn't block it.

[Mal]

Guess what... Tony is benched and we have momentum

[Danny.Zhu]

Duncan already played 33 minutes...

[Supergirl]

Not to feed the flames of the anti-Parker contingency, but in this game Parker is -13. Hill is +17. That's despite Hill only scoring 3 pts and Parker scoring 11.

I think this is symptomatic of the Spurs still not being comfortable as a team. And not being good at making adjustments, being able to play with whoever is out there.

[wijayas]

I am afraid this is the typical night where Duncan iscores 20+ and we still lose...
BTW, keep parker out Pop.
THis line up is giving a fight

[Libri]

Mason is on fire. He needs to keep playing.

[lil_penny]

mason stepping up

[45 bank shot]

c'mon letz D 'em up

[angelbelow]

Nice accomplishment for Pop.

[HarlemHeat37]

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

[Chomag]

Dammit Pop! Put someone thats more then 6 foot 6 in

[Chieflion]

Fuck this, Pop. Blair is the biggest guy on the court for the Spurs.

[dbestpro]

Our tallest guy on the floor is 6-6. Pop, Pop, Pop.

[Chieflion]

Who is the jerk screaming and 1?

[angelbelow]

Damn our defensive rebounding still needs to focus a bit.

[Libri]

nano ball

[TD 21]

What type of stupid fucking lineup is this; no McDyess? Pop's obsession with playing as small as possible and seeing how much the Spurs can get away with it is ridiculous. It's killing the team and wearing out Duncan.

[dbestpro]

Pop loves to lose this type of game so he can tell his players I told you so.

[Chomag]

STOP the fucking small ball dammit!!!!

[blkroadrunners]

Who is the jerk screaming and 1?

Bayless.

[angelbelow]

Who is the jerk screaming and 1?

Bayless himself.

[Mal]

Why Parker is in again....

[wijayas]

super small ball line up
oh man....

[Ice009]

Hit the fucking shot Parker.

[007nites]

Parker shooting 3's from the baseline??

[Refocus]

Who is the jerk screaming and 1?

Bayless screamed that last one. Nice bucket by Blair!

[SCdac]

Spurs cold afford to throw in a fullcourt or halfcourt trap here in the next few minutes IMO.

[Chieflion]

Aldridge can't be guarded. Not close. Rasheed Wallace like release.

[siraulo23]

pop screwing the lineup that worked, now subbed in duncan back in

[timtonymanu]

damnit Pop, you just ruined it by subbing. wait till the game is out of reach then u can do your retarded lineups.

[007nites]

I'm kinda confused on why Pop took Duncan out when we were only behind by 3 points...

[Mal]

Down by 1. >> Parker in >> down by 7

[dbestpro]

Timmy is flat on D.

[HarlemHeat37]

Mason had a layup and passed it up..

Pop's subbing really took the momentum away..

[blkroadrunners]

Argh, Mason had the layup/dunk!

[HarlemHeat37]

Mason had a layup and passed it up..

Pop's subbing really took the momentum away..

[dbestpro]

Pop is really screwing the pooch in this one.

[timtonymanu]

i knew when that sub happened we'd be screwed. Fuck you Pop!

[angelbelow]

Horrible offense.

[007nites]

Timmy just needs to go buckwild here for us to win.

[Chomag]

RJ is not a freaking PF Pop.

[HarlemHeat37]

Wow, this is embarrassing..

[Chomag]

Horrible offense.

Agreed, funny that its during small ball.

[Supergirl]

This line up should stay in for the rest of the game: Duncan, Jefferson, Parker, Manu, Mason. With Bogans subbing in for defense.

[timtonymanu]

Good job Blazers. It's sad that the Spurs have no heart.

[45 bank shot]

this is terrible, we were down 1 now 7 again

[Mal]

Portland with 4 players on lineup would win it. Unfortunately they have 8 players...

[Spurs Brazil]

Bayless is OWNING Hill BIG BIG BIG time

[boutons_deux]

Spurs aren't gonna do it, they got nothing

[Ice009]

Mason had a layup and passed it up..

Pop's subbing really took the momentum away..

I said that about 5 minutes ago.

We finally got a team that was playing well and Pop immediately subs.

[Libri]

inconsistency is a killer

six minutes left for a run

[Supergirl]

init2winit, Mason is arguably the reason we're even still in this game

[TD 21]

They did it again, it's another loss against a plus .500 team. Duncan is killing himself singlehandedly guarding the basket AND having to help out virtually every other Spur defensively, because they're too small to effectively guard their man. This is ridiculous, this team has basically become a lesser version of the mid-decade Suns.

It would be nice if Ginobili fucking did something one of these games. If this keeps up, I don't give a fuck what he's done for the franchise, his contract is valuable and to me it's more important to get Duncan more help for one more championship than it is being loyal to a guy who looks to be little more than a role player at this point.

[pawe]

The fuck is happening with this team. Pop is screwing up the momentum by these idiotic subs.

[portpower_11]

I could not believe that Juwan howard had good back-back games against the Mavs and Spurs!

[dbestpro]

We should have won this game going away by pounding the ball inside. Theo would have created the edge we need on D. Pop throws the game playing small ball against a team the has only small players. The players are imbarrassed, Manu says we should have player better, blah, blah, blah.

[Ice009]

The Cadillac Anderson team had more heart than this fucking overpriced team.

[alchemist]

Duncan attacking and not getting calls, not good.

[ElNono]

Pop is hard to decipher sometimes... We make a run and close it to 1 point and he sits Duncan and Manu? Killed any momentum we had right there...

[Mal]

"All - star PG" with -19 vs Bayless... impressive

[Chomag]

They did it again, it's another loss against a plus .500 team. Duncan is killing himself singlehandedly guarding the basket AND having to help out virtually every other Spur defensively, because they're too small to effectively guard their man. This is ridiculous, this team has basically become a lesser version of the mid-decade Suns.

It would be nice if Ginobili fucking did something one of these games. If this keeps up, I don't give a fuck what he's done for the franchise, his contract is valuable and to me it's more important to get Duncan more help for one more championship than it is being loyal to a guy who looks to be little more than a role player at this point.

Also you can't denied how short handed the Blazers are missing most of their key players..... This is just sad.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan is missing chip-shots tonight..nobody else stepping up..not good..

[wijayas]

This is beyond embarassing. Holt should ask Pop to rebuild now.

[Danny.Zhu]

No Oden, no Roy...

[Libri]

:bang

[Mal]

2-10 since Parker in..... Only I am seeing it ?

[timtonymanu]

Every game against .500 teams. Just mark it as a loss.

[Chieflion]

Aldridge has killed us. That is ball game.

[HarlemHeat37]

Pop STILL has small ball out on the court..

[itzsoweezee]

popovich is a fucking moron

[pawe]

Yo Spurs, way to up the confidence level of the wounded blazers. Shit, the west standings will be tight this year and they are letting this team stay in the thick of things.

[Chieflion]

Mason for 3.....

[blkroadrunners]

2-10 since Parker in..... Only I am seeing it ?

No, u r not alone.

[007nites]

Get out the Salami and Cheese MAMA because this ball game is over!

[ElNono]

Richard on Aldrige was useless in the 3rd quarter already...

[Chomag]

No Oden, no Roy...

No outlaw,or Przbilla the list goes on.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan having his worst game in over a month..they have to go to somebody else..but who?..

[ducks]

duncan sucks

[Chieflion]

Just let Mason have every shot.

[Duncan21kid]

fuck this is over

[blkroadrunners]

At least Tps picking it up....somewhat.

[ducks]

pass the ball do not force it
idiot

[wijayas]

get a stop please

[Chieflion]

91-87. Spurs down 4. Jefferson slam.

[timtonymanu]

Duncan was bound to have a bad game sometime. Unfortunately it was the game where no one else stepped up.

[wijayas]

get another stop please

[austN Spur]

what a game.

[angelbelow]

Nice.

[Ice009]

Man that play from Parker just shows how he is screwing up the team.

There is so many opportunities for that with RJ if we had a real PG.

[alchemist]

giving Bayless space = fail

[Supergirl]

91-87 Spurs have apparently decided to only play the last 2 minutes of the quarters this game. Perhaps they thought since the Blazers only have 25% of their roster they only had to play 25% of the game.

[HarlemHeat37]

Bayless gets calls like a fucking superstar..somebody needs to fix his face..

[Ice009]

Easy points to be had, but we have no distributors on the team.

[dbestpro]

The refs remind me of the WWW. The good guy gets hit and they look the other way.

[wijayas]

TP can't guard anybody

[mystargtr34]

Parker = Steve Francis.

[pawe]

The Spurs just cant get off the ground. their morale is so low with all these losses from playoff caliber teams.

[ducks]

5 fouls on tp

[Mal]

Parker`s 5th PF. One more

[ElNono]

We have a shot, we just don't deserve to win this...

[TD 21]

Ginobili should be on the bench; McDyess should be in the game. The Spurs are in constant help/rotation/scramble mode defensively...you can't do that for this long and expect to be successful. It's not realistic. As ridiculous as the notion sounds, it's as if Pop is sabotaging this team.

[itzsoweezee]

fuck small ball and fuck popovich

[007nites]

Duncan was bound to have a bad game sometime. Unfortunately it was the game where no one else stepped up.

20 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 assists is a bad game?

[wijayas]

Also, is this the season where we finally trade Manu? 3-9 from the field 1-5 from 3pt

[ElNono]

What happened with the guys that played defense for us? Theo, Bogans?

[timtonymanu]

20 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 assists is a bad game?

no im just replying to the people that are saying that.

[Chieflion]

Mason missed a shot....

[Refocus]

Bayless is KILLING us.

[Chieflion]

Ouch. Bayless for 3. It is over.

[Ice009]

Parker is nash on defense.

[pawe]

Son of a bitch man! This sucks!

[boutons_deux]

Fitting that Bayless drives the dagger 3 deep, Spurs dead

[ElNono]

Bayless right in Tony's grill...

[Supergirl]

96-89 with under 2 min to go...I think it's too late.

[wijayas]

GAME OVER folks
sad as it is, we are lifeless

[Mal]

Career high for Bayless. Not even suprised

[timtonymanu]

Bayless 3333333333333333333333!

Oh shit he's not on the Spurs.

[Supergirl]

96-92 if TP makes his FT

[Chieflion]

Why is this team always giving me hope? And then always breaking it.:bang:bang:bang

[alchemist]

:lol on a night like this I thought that was an automatic charge.

[Supergirl]

need a stop

[Mal]

and thank you admin....

[pawe]

go go go go!!!!! 30secs left! you can still pull this off, team.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs simply got no game

[dbestpro]

Its time to stay away for a while and take the Spurs serious when they decide to play serious.

[ducks]

tp set rj up but tp will get the blame for rj missing it

[Supergirl]

4 pts down 37 seconds to go. Spurs need a quick basket and a steal. If they actually won this one - well, they wouldn't deserve it. But I'd take it.

[siraulo23]

geez, if we win this one...

[portpower_11]

Miller sucked badly,

Aldbrige should not rush the shot

Portland is too yong and inexperienced

Spurs still has chance on this one!

[Mal]

It`s time for moves. Do some trades. This is not going to work at all

[HarlemHeat37]

it's tough to stay positive when you see this poor D and Pop's uncharacteristically horrible coaching..

[Ice009]

what a huge waste of time.

High IQ players like Horry, Bowen and Barry are so valuable. It sucks not having that IQ on the team anymore.

[ElNono]

We're sorely lacking penetration... Both Manu and Tony...
Manu needs to man up and go now or he's going to be riding the bench...

[dbestpro]

20 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 assists is a bad game?

His D has been atrocious.

[007nites]

Duncan was bound to have a bad game sometime. Unfortunately it was the game where no one else stepped up.


and thank you admin....

the admin does it on purpose

[ElNono]

We're sorely lacking penetration... Both Manu and Tony...
Manu needs to man up and go now or he's going to be riding the bench...

[Supergirl]

96-94

[austN Spur]

Defense!!!!!

[Crookshanks]

Manu was MIA again tonight. And the Spurs really sucked from beyond the arc. We should've creamed this young team.

[HarlemHeat37]

nice play by Mason..now we need some luck with Portland's FTs..

[Chieflion]

There is still time.

[Ice009]

Roger is playing PG very well lately.

Nice stuff from Mason Jr.

[Supergirl]

Spurs need a steal. this should be Manu terroritory

[ElNono]

We're gonna have to foul...

[dbestpro]

Foul Howard and make him win the game.

[angelbelow]

Nice.. just gotta get a stop.

[Ice009]

Get a stop and get it to Mason Jr. for the win.

[The Truth #6]

Mason is our best distributor this year. That's not a good thing.

[hommeaetage]

so we can't beat a team without their two bigs and their star player?

[HarlemHeat37]

We're not going to win this game..teams like the Spurs rarely win these types of games where nothing is going right..I'd be absolutely shocked if we won with how poorly this team has played tonight, and with how poorly Pop has coached..

Lakers and Celtics win these types of games, not above average teams..

[Jason R]

7 points from Manu in 33 minutes of play.

[Chieflion]

Don't foul. A shot can be created in 3 seconds.

[pawe]

double team Bayless, he's gonna be the go to guy.

[ElNono]

Pop said no foul...

[007nites]

We're not going to win this game..teams like the Spurs rarely win these types of games where nothing is going right..

You have to believe

[Crookshanks]

This is a depleted team on the second night of a B2B - it never should've been this close. And to let Bayless get over 30 points - geez Tony - could you play some defense?

[wijayas]

Parker out. That says something on his D.

[HarlemHeat37]

wow..missed a rebound..this team is really embarrassing..

[pawe]

shit. fucking team blows!

[portpower_11]

Blazers should miss ROY now

[austN Spur]

damm that hurts.

[ElNono]

That's game...

[Chieflion]

What the fuck? Lost the game because we can't grab the board?