12/27/09 - Spurs at Knicks - Game Blog

[widowmaker]

Gallinari is the next Larry Bird.:hat
Come on now? :nope

[biziofromdowntown]

Play Theo Pop!

[quentin_compson]

Manu!

[biziofromdowntown]

poor shot choise....poor us...only J's from downtown...

[widowmaker]

Pop is stupid to not go deeper to his bench early. These players are tired.

Tired or not they need to compete, They arent the only ones that play 82 games.

[Brazil]

Manu 3 !

[Spurs Brazil]

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

Spurs up 2 after the 3rd

[siraulo23]

manu tres1 finally!

[timtonymanu]

and that's a manu tres!!!!!!!!!!

[Brazil]

Pop is stupid to not go deeper to his bench early. These players are tired.

with bonner and finley out I don't why pop is not playing hairston, Ian, Theo o even Haislip. If they aren't good enough waive them...

[biziofromdowntown]

wow, C'land with 5 TO's with Houston...and we'r killin by TOs

[dbestpro]

Outside shot for the most part are off. players are tired. We will be hard to bring it in the fourth quarter. Pop should have given minutes early to Hairston, Theo and Haislip. Why even have these guys on the team if you can't even use them for occasions like these. To put anybody in now would be too late and they would be totally out of the flow of the game.

[Josepatches_]

It's no excuse but Duncan just looks tired to me.

The problem is that he always is in the top of the key.He had like 4-5 balls in the post and he made the last 2 there.

[widowmaker]

Wow no freethrows in the 3rd? Something is fishy

[widowmaker]

Good shit Manu!

[blkroadrunners]

Manu's heating up...

[biziofromdowntown]

Gino 333333333333

[Muser]

Manu coming through when it matters

[Muser]

Holy shit! We win and Houston loses we got 2nd seed. :lmao

Dallas has the 2 seed?

[Rummpd]

Good defense

[widowmaker]

13 TO's not good

[biziofromdowntown]

3ps, 3ps, we live n die by 3 points line...holy shit.

[Rummpd]

good hustle by Hill

[Refocus]

Hill is doing way better than the last two games. Awesome.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great job Hill

[biziofromdowntown]

Good rebound GH

[timtonymanu]

Did Hill really make a 50 foot 3 pointer?

[Libri]

Blair with a mess up.

[biziofromdowntown]

OMG, what's that lineup???!

[angelbelow]

Dejuans gotta make some smarter plays.

[quentin_compson]

Still a lot of work to do to get this one.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair will listen on this time out

[urunobili]

Did Pop just sub Dice for RJ leaving da Beast as the C? WTF?

[Chomag]

Lol @ making the Knicks look like a playoff team.

[sportan73]

Why does Hill (and other guards for that matter) feel compelled to pass to Blair in the high post with like 5 seconds remaining on the shot clock?

[widowmaker]

TO's is the rel problem this year, thats why it's tough to hold any lead what so ever. The more turnovers the more chances teams have to stay in the game.

[Spurs Brazil]

Did Hill really make a 50 foot 3 pointer?

nope

[biziofromdowntown]

Beast,RJ,Manu,Hill,Money....WTF is thaaaaat Pop??? r u bullshittin us?

[Chieflion]

Lol @ making the Knicks look like a playoff team.
The Knicks should be making the Eastern Conference playoffs this season. They are 8-4 in December.

[biziofromdowntown]

What team is a bad passer tonight?

[Muser]

I love Blair's reverse layup

[widowmaker]

Drive the fucking ball and put them in the penalty.

[biziofromdowntown]

Beast,RJ,Mase,Hill,Parker.



Fantastic.

[widowmaker]

Ol boy is gonna foul out huh?

[timtonymanu]

No true big out there. Not even at least Ratliff. Cmon Pop!

[angelbelow]

fuck

[Spurs Brazil]

Refs are terrible today, the worst I see in the Spurs games this season

[Chieflion]

That is 5 fouls on Jefferson.

[dbestpro]

Maybe worst call of the game against RJ.

[biziofromdowntown]

hahahahaha...let's try with Beast,Manu,Mase,Hill,Parker now!

[Rummpd]

Get Manu, Duncan, and Parker back out there.

[Libri]

wide open Knick 3

[Chieflion]

Harrington was WIDE OPEN.

[anonoftheinternets]

omg parker .. yuck ...

[biziofromdowntown]

Duhon 10 assit, TP 2

[biziofromdowntown]

Lee's gonna make 40

[Rummpd]

Lets go Spurs!

[dbestpro]

Crowd the shooters.

[biziofromdowntown]

We need a big here, why no Theo Pop? why is here if u never play him?!

[Pauleta14]

good D Tony!

[quentin_compson]

Hard to believe Harrington actually passed up a shot. :lol

Way too many second-chances on that possession for the Knicks though.

[angelbelow]

Blair is having a nice game

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 1

5:11 to go

[Chieflion]

LOL at Harrington passing up a shot. He never does. Why start now?

[toki9]

Parker, Hill, Mase, Duncan, Blair? Duncan and 4 under 6'6"? What kind of line up is that?

[urunobili]

god we need this fucking win

[biziofromdowntown]

Blair is having a nice game

not for me...bad D and too much TOs

[45 bank shot]

c'mon move the ball around and play D

[Brazil]

good D Tony!

:wow

[Libri]

Tim's first free throws?! WTF?

[widowmaker]

They in the penalty now

[blkroadrunners]

Are they seriously playing that Ole Ole song?!

[Brazil]

not for me...bad D and too much TOs

and 4-12 FGs

[biziofromdowntown]

Tied again

[widowmaker]

Tim's first free throws?! WTF?

The reffs suck

[quentin_compson]

Great shots by Timmy!

[blkroadrunners]

Lee is killin us.

[widowmaker]

Fuck man this is gonna be a close game

[Libri]

Manu jumper!

[urunobili]

clutch

[biziofromdowntown]

Is Lee really so good or what's wrong?!

[Chieflion]

Is Lee really so good or what's wrong?!
Duhon and Lee pick and roll killing us.

[angelbelow]

i think Lee is a solid player, but hes looking for big time money.

[widowmaker]

Slow down!

[Brazil]

Is Lee really so good or what's wrong?!

Lee is really good

[murpjf88]

nice job!!!!

[biziofromdowntown]

Duhon and Lee pick and roll killing us.


Duhon 12 dishes...unbeliveble.

[blkroadrunners]

Is Lee really so good or what's wrong?!

Lee's a good player but 10-11 from the field is ridiculous.

[Refocus]

Nice TP. I was getting nervous there for a second.

[Brazil]

yesss tpppp

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

sweet run.

[spurspokesman]

Manu jumper!
Nice move tp and gino

[duncan228]

:cheer

[ducks]

that was a sweeet shot tp

[quentin_compson]

Tony and Manu taking over. :toast

[Brazil]

manu and tp like in the old times

[Rummpd]

What the Spurs could have done all night against a soft team.

[Ya Vez]

Manuuuuu...

[urunobili]

clutch again... both TP and Manu laying it all out when it matters

[Chieflion]

Coming up in the clutch. Tony and Manu.

[Fpoonsie]

that was a sweeet shot tp

:lol Sure was.

I coulda sworn on the replay, Timmy mouthed the word "Wooow".

[blkroadrunners]

manu and tp like in the old times

:toast

[urunobili]

on a side note... lol Colts

[Libri]

Lee is a good player. The dude has some skills.

[sportan73]

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

finally got a couple stops, and I like the push by Tony and Manu!

[biziofromdowntown]

+7 take this home spurs!

[angelbelow]

I just noticed, Blair took a good deal of shots tonight.

[ducks]

What the Spurs could have done all night against a soft team.

they got their at 4 am and early game
just be glad they got the w on the back to back

[Chieflion]

Chris Duhon, 11 assists and 0 turnovers.

[Pauleta14]

this should count as an assist for tony!!!!
what a play!! they're back!! lol

[ducks]

I just noticed, Blair took a good deal of shots tonight.

he missed alot of layups
spurs could have been up by more

[biziofromdowntown]

Chris Duhon, 11 assists and 0 turnovers.

12 assists

[45 bank shot]

Chris Duhon, 11 assists and 0 turnovers.

every dog has his day

[Chieflion]

I just noticed, Blair took a good deal of shots tonight.
He took those off offensive rebounds. He should have passed it out and let the offense reset. This is not nba 2k10.

[Pauleta14]

:wow


that was on a specific moment against david lee when he finaly draw a fault against Lee in the post...

[Chieflion]

12 assists
Make that 12. Could be a solid backup but he is starting.

[biziofromdowntown]

Lee 28 points, Duhon 13 Asts

[blkroadrunners]

Gallinari scared me.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[biziofromdowntown]

Gallinari is cold now, good 4 us

[Rummpd]

TP great play

[widowmaker]

Good shit TP!

[Libri]

Tp!

[Brazil]

tp to close the shit

[urunobili]

TP Clutch!

[timtonymanu]

TP and1!!!!!

[quentin_compson]

Bad D after that inbound pass by the Knicks.

But Tony with a good answer on the other end.

[biziofromdowntown]

1 minute more...what a difficult win.

[ducks]

why iS LEE HAVING A SEASON HIGH AGAINST THE SPURS

[Brazil]

on a side note... lol Colts

on a side note lol houston and lol Indiana

[sportan73]

my broadcast said Manu's was a 2, then a 3, then back to a 2. How did that all go down?

[Rummpd]

Close wins are also important to build confidence that it can be done in the clutch and this Knicks team is a better team than I thought going into this game.

[ducks]

He took those off offensive rebounds. He should have passed it out and let the offense reset. This is not nba 2k10.

yeah how dare he shot a layup
if he made the layup you would be praising it

[biziofromdowntown]

why iS LEE HAVING A SEASON HIGH AGAINST THE SPURS

Worst P'n'R' defense EVER /period.

[ducks]

Nice d tp

[Fundamental]

These "ending five" are much more important than who the "starting five" are.

[Refocus]

Duhon with the fail.

[ducks]

Who says tp can not play d

[Rummpd]

Stupid team not fouling those Knicks

[blkroadrunners]

Good 4th by Manu and TP.

[Mal]

Knicks are so dumb

[biziofromdowntown]

It's over. Good W

[murpjf88]

spurs lucked out big time their. Pathetic defense

[blkroadrunners]

Yay, Spurs win!

[Spurs Brazil]

Great win

Nice to see TP attacking

[widowmaker]

Fuck it it was a good win. Especially a back to back win.

[Refocus]

Wasn't pretty.. but hey we won back to back. :)

[biziofromdowntown]

Oki ppl, we won, n i'm gona sleep, 2.30 am here. C ya from Europe.

[Brazil]

good W New York is playing well recently and lol at those who are figuring out that Lee is a great player.

[anonoftheinternets]

phew

[Chieflion]

good W New York is playing well recently and lol at those who are figuring out that Lee is a great player.
Lee shot about 90% this game. Pick and roll defense needs to be addressed ASAP.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair 8pts 10rebs 2blks

[Bukefal]

Parker is back! He did pretty well today. Maybe because of Eva sitting courtside. :lol

But we had much TO's in the beginning.

[Brazil]

Lee shot about 90% this game. Pick and roll defense needs to be addressed ASAP.

Lee since the beginning of the season is shooting 57 % ! It's not like he is a scrub showing up only against us. Now I agree the p&r defense is quite awful

[DAF86]

17 pts, 4 rbds, 3 assts, 2 stls for grandpa.

[lennyalderette]

woa did i just see a flash of the old tp? man it was good to see him be aggresive, eva must be helping at home hahaha, no but seriously he looked better than he has all year. man i love the way pop's trusting blair with so many minutes, i think hes actually going to use him in the playoffs , things are getting more consistent, one of em being turnovers, which sucks but at least its not 20something a game

[TD 21]

All in all, a good performance. When you consider that there was about nineteen hours between the end of the Bucks game and the start of the Knicks game, the fact that the Spurs only played nine guys, played severely undersized for much of the game (against a team loaded with long combo forwards) and kept almost every single players minutes down (only Blair, Ginobili and Mason exceeded their averages, which isn't a concern because none of them play major minutes generally). It wasn't pretty, but considering the circumstances it wasn't going to be. The thing I like is that it didn't take scoring over a hundred to win this game. Instead, it was a grind-it-out type victory.

[benefactor]

It's always a good night when you hold the Knicks under 90 and make them shoot 2-16 from distance.

This was a good, grind it out win on very, VERY short rest. We hung around the whole game and put it away late. It felt a lot like Spurs basketball.

[Bukefal]

I hope he continues to play like this. Like he was and should be. Attacking with his speed. He is the fastest player in the league, we need to use that.

Eva should attend more often. Today I was just thinking before the start of the game, why is Eva never attending games anymore. And then they showed her. :lol

[Muser]

It's always a good night when you hold the Knicks under 90 and make them shoot 2-16 from distance.

This was a good, grind it out win on very, VERY short rest. We hung around the whole game and put it away late. It felt a lot like Spurs basketball.

Agree, Manu and Duncan looked tired but that's expected, nice to see the young guys like Hill step up.

[benefactor]

Oh...and for those complaining about Lee going off...so what? We did a great job on all the other offensive options. Outside of Lee the Knicks shot 30% from the field.

[duncan228]

NBA TV is re-airing the game in an hour (8:30 CST).

[benefactor]

I'm never happy

[TD 21]

Oh...and for those complaining about Lee going off...so what? We did a great job on all the other offensive options. Outside of Lee the Knicks shot 30% from the field.

There's that and the fact that Duncan (as is both customary and necessary against lesser competition) was clearly taking it easy in this game. He didn't exert a great deal of energy defensively or rebounding wise and only looked to score when he had to, which is precisely what he should be doing in games like this.

[duncan228]

Updated.

Parker, Ginobili power Spurs past Knicks, 95-88 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009122718&prov=ap)
By Brian Mahoney

The newcomers haven’t come around as quickly as hoped, causing San Antonio’s so-so start to the season.

Good thing the Spurs can rely on their championship trio of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan until the new guys figure it out.

Parker scored 22 points, Ginobili added 17, and they made the key plays in the final minutes to power the Spurs to a 95-88 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night.

“Down the stretch they know exactly where to go and how to execute,” Knicks center David Lee said. “That’s from years from playing together. They did that tonight. Parker hit a couple of tough ones down the stretch and so did Ginobili.”

Duncan finished with 13 points while being outplayed by Lee, but Parker and Ginobili combined for all of San Antonio’s points after the game was tied at 84 with under 3 1/2 minutes remaining. The Spurs won for the eighth time in 10 games following a three-game skid earlier this month.

“David had an excellent game and my shot wasn’t falling, but T.P. stepped up, Manu stepped up, we had a lot of guys step up and play well,” Duncan said. “So we got enough done to get the win.”

Lee matched a season high with 28 points on 11-of-13 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds, but the Knicks finished 3-2 on their five-game homestand after losing the last two. Danilo Gallinari and Al Harrington each scored 19.

The Knicks held an opponent under 100 points for the 10th straight time, the first time they’ve done that since a 19-game stretch from Feb. 18-March 26, 2001. But they wasted that effort with another poor night from the perimeter, going 2 for 16 from 3-point range.

“We’re playing a really good team that’s playing well, so you’ve got to give them credit, but at the same time we missed two fouls shots, missed a layup (and) wide-open 3s,” Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. “If you don’t make those against this team, you’re not going to have many chances to beat them.”

Expected to be one of the league’s top teams after bringing in players such as Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess during a busy offseason, the Spurs instead started slowly, with coach Gregg Popovich admitting it’s taken his team longer than he hoped to grasp his system. They were only 9-9 following their three-game losing streak, but are now 17-11 and usually play better in the second half of the season.

“The whole season is about jelling for us, try to adapt to all the new guys,” Parker said. “We changed more than half of the team, so it’ll take some time.

“It’s different, because we’ve got a lot of new guys and everybody’s trying to do the right thing, trying to play unselfish, and moving the ball and I think it will take some time. But I think we’re going to the right direction. I think we’re on the right track.”

Ginobili snapped an 84-all tie with a long jumper with 3:25 remaining—it was originally called a 3-pointer but overturned by video review—and after Chris Duhon missed a pair of free throws, Parker and Ginobili scored on drives to the basket to make it 90-84 with 2:12 remaining. Parker answered Lee’s basket by converting a three-point play, extending it to 93-86 with 1:06 to go.

Ginobili added a pair of free throws with 15 seconds to go as the Spurs pulled out their second victory in less than 24 hours, having won at Milwaukee on Saturday night. The victory delighted the many international fans who turned out to support Parker and Ginobili, with Parker waving to a large group of cheering fans after completing an interview on the court after the game.

“I’m very happy with the way I played the last two games and the way the team played,” Ginobili said. “It’s going to be a nice trip home.”

The Knicks need to win their final two games, at Detroit and New Jersey, for their first 10-win month since going 10-8 in January 2003.

The Spurs took a 21-20 lead after the first quarter, then began to solve the Knicks’ defense in the second. San Antonio shot 65 percent in that period, but Lee made all seven shots for 14 first-half points and the Spurs led only 50-47 at the break.

New York got the first basket of the third quarter before the Spurs ran off nine straight points to take the game’s first double-digit lead at 59-49. The Knicks caught up by the middle of the period and the lead seesawed from there, with Ginobili’s 3-pointer with 9 seconds left giving San Antonio a 70-68 edge entering the fourth.

NOTES: Asked for his take on a schedule that had the Spurs tipping off in New York less than 24 hours after the start of their game in Milwaukee, Popovich said: “It makes a lot of sense. I think that any team that can get in night before a back-to-back, go to bed at 4 or 4:30 in the morning, then play at 6 the next day, I think that’s a good thing. I think more of us should do that. Really puts a good product out on the floor. … The Knicks’ 93-87 loss to Miami on Christmas earned a 2.0 overnight rating on ESPN, a 33 percent increase over the New Orleans-Orlando matchup in the same time slot last year. … The last two matchups in New York had gone to overtime, each team winning once.

[quentin_compson]

Well, not the prettiest of wins, but I'll take it - especially considering we were b2b with an early tip-off tonight.

[myhc]

Parker, Ginobili power Spurs past Knicks, 95-88 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009122718&prov=ap)


NOTES: Asked for his take on a schedule that had the Spurs tipping off in New York less than 24 hours after the start of their game in Milwaukee, Popovich said: “It makes a lot of sense. I think that any team that can get in night before a back-to-back, go to bed at 4 or 4:30 in the morning, then play at 6 the next day, I think that’s a good thing. I think more of us should do that. Really puts a good product out on the floor. … .

:rollin

[timaios]

Oh...and for those complaining about Lee going off...so what? We did a great job on all the other offensive options. Outside of Lee the Knicks shot 30% from the field.

You forgot the 25 ft the Spurs gave to the Knicks ! That's a lot !

[boutons_deux]

Pop dumping shit on the abomination of B2Bs.

Go get 'em, Pop.

B2Bs suck for players and fans.

Players need to go on strike against B2Bs. The NBA oligarchy is fucking them over.

[Pauleta14]

The Torrent of the game is available on torrentz.com

http://www.torrentz.com/0cd03c3fb9c180c0af631b5cb8ebf851bd18093c

[benefactor]

You forgot the 25 ft the Spurs gave to the Knicks ! That's a lot !
Gallinari had half of those. It seemed like anytime that anyone got close to him the whistle blew.

Anyway...25 isn't a horrible number against the Knicks. They average about 21 per game.

[NFGIII]

I agree with benefactor that this game felt like old style Spurs BB. One of those grind 'em out affairs the Spurs win in the later moments of the 4th Q. Hopefully the Portland game was a wake up call that the Spurs have heeded. They are in a position to get the next 5 or so games and establish some kind of consistency.

Slowly turning the corner?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

just got back from the game .
it was awesome... TP really came thru for us at the end :D

[Manudona]

17 pts, 4 rbds, 3 assts, 2 stls for grandpa.

I am sure I saw Manu blocking a shot too, but is not in the boxscore

[Budkin]

Back to back win on the road? Awesome.

[silverblackfan]

That did seem like an old style Spurs road game. Keep close and close it out at the end.
Nice plays by Tony and Manu to finish it.

[superjames1992]

I just saw the box score. How come Ratliff didn't play?

[TJastal]

I just saw the box score. How come Ratliff didn't play?

Prob because it was a bad b2b where the spurs got stranded at the airport, I still would have played him 10 mins, Harrington gave McDyess, Duncan & Jefferson some problems at times.

[biziofromdowntown]

i expected theo too, but oki, Pop gave him rest...and we won. I take this one.