Game Blog: Heat @ Spurs - 12/31/2009

[Libri]

Blair looks like he's having a good time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Heat only 2 pts so far in the 3rd

[TIMMYD!]

Just one more board for Tim to get his dub-dub.

[Libri]

Bogans 3!!

[biziofromdowntown]

Wooooooooooow

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

[austN Spur]

nice play timmy bogans 333333

[Chomag]

LOL TP tryin gto drive on 5 players.

[quentin_compson]

Nice three by Bogans.

[anonoftheinternets]

:-) bogans three without hesitation .. lol

[TIMMYD!]

Tony trying to be a one man break against four and TOs it.

[austN Spur]

oh Dblair with a heck of a move

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair and one!!!!!!!!!!!!

[biziofromdowntown]

OMG, whata move by Blair nad +1

[lefty]

Blaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TIMMYD!]

Blair with the amazing AND1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Libri]

Wow, that was a cool move by Blair.

[quentin_compson]

OK, I admit Blair has the finesse to get it done.

[Muser]

Dejuan mofo Blair.

[lefty]

Dwayne Blair :D

[Chieflion]

I love Blair!

[TIMMYD!]

Beast 4 of 5 at the line.

[anonoftheinternets]

DAAAYUM whatamove ..

[austN Spur]

yeah. i like that Defense no easy baskets

[Muser]

18 points up, sit tim.

[lefty]

Goat

[Fundamental]

player of the monkey trucking decade yo

[biziofromdowntown]

Turnaround J from TD.

[Chomag]

Man, I didn't realize Miami was this bad of a team. they have a couple of good players but as a team they suck much.

[Muser]

Oh we're in the 3rd, I thought we were in the 4th :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 14

Time out

[biziofromdowntown]

C'mon, bring this W Spurs

[timtonymanu]

Man, I didn't realize Miami was this bad of a team. they have a couple of good players but as a team they suck much.

i thought their record was bad. they play worse than their record indicates.

[Refocus]

Pretty decent showing from the Spurs so far.

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs will have to make another move if they can because 'dice is just pitiful on the court.

[Fundamental]

Man, I didn't realize Miami was this bad of a team. they have a couple of good players but as a team they suck much.

have you not been watching them? they never do well. shaq was suppose to save their team, but instead he just bankrupt them. just like he did to the suns, and now the cavaliers.

[anonoftheinternets]

Spurs will have to make another move if they can because 'dice is just pitiful on the court.

give it time. He just needs some playing time.

[anonoftheinternets]

whoops jus saw ur name .. carry on then ....

[biziofromdowntown]

That was a regular block on Manu

[Fundamental]

ginobili is a monster tonight

[Technique]

Nice to see Ginobili with that confidence to drive again.

[Muser]

Clear goaltend.

[Libri]

Manu back to his old tricks.

[Chieflion]

Vintage Manu Ginobili.

[Libri]

20 point lead :tu

[austN Spur]

Laughing @ the heat. silly rabbits

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Oh we're in the 3rd, I thought we were in the 4th :lol

wouldn't it be even sweeter should it is 4th quarter already

[anonoftheinternets]

man hope January is as great as advertised ...

[lennyalderette]

wowq my spurs are playing incredible, i think the refs are on our side tonight!!! ill take it

[biziofromdowntown]

LOL 3 points game for Spurs

[TIMMYD!]

Wow, great tip-in from Tim off Hill's miss. Dub-dub complete.

[quentin_compson]

man hope January is as great as advertised ...

Barring injuries (knock on wood) I don't see why we shouldn't keep improving.

[Muser]

Manu!! :lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol damn imagine if manu didn't end the steal w/ a TO :P

[Fundamental]

McDeeezzzz nuts

[TIMMYD!]

'Dice gets his first bucket.

[quentin_compson]

Just gotta love that midrange-J by Dice.

[Chomag]

Spurs in easy mode. When are we going to get to see the Spurs play a good team? This is starting to get rather Boring. LOL

[Chomag]

Good to see the Fellas having fun out there though.

[quickerblade]

Wades playing like ass, why is he jacking up so many 3's he cant shoot them anyway.

Glen rice>>>>>>>>>>D.wade

[wijayas]

Spurs in easy mode. When are we going to get to see the Spurs play a good team? This is starting to get rather Boring. LOL

We still have to improve on the D-side of the business. GIving Miami almost 50% FG%? That's not the Spurs I know...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i thought grizzly missed a FT espn scoreboard shows 4-4

[austN Spur]

Yeah pop cracking on his suite

[Chieflion]

LOL Pop. Good shot at the suit.

[Solid D]

http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/images/artist/c/clinic/canon/501032_426x104.jpg

Clinic

[Libri]

Yeah pop cracking on his suite

Yeah, that was funny.

[Chieflion]

Wade looked like he was about to cry.

[TIMMYD!]

Heat shooting 46% and only 13 points in the third.

[Chomag]

Wade looked like he was about to cry.

I would. LOL

[TIMMYD!]

i thought grizzly missed a FT espn scoreboard shows 4-4

Yeah, I noticed that also but not sure what's going on.

[austN Spur]

im buzzing already hope i make it till midnight. spelled suit, suite laughin at myself

[sportan73]

omg wtf Tony?

[wijayas]

Heat shooting 46% and only 13 points in the third.

Back-to-Back for Miami. No more legs.... But they do shoot high percentage. Spurs shoot higher... No D, except on Wade...

[itzsoweezee]

mavs lost. spurs can pick up a game on them.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol they playing I gotta feeling at the arena
"I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night"

[Spurs Brazil]

Well, it's 2010 here

Happy New Year

[Fundamental]

The Mace!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crc21209]

:lol at TP as John Travolta

[Muser]

Spurs up by 31, TAKE MANU OUT!!

[Chomag]

Is the heat even trying to play defence!?! lol

[Libri]

The Heat are getting worse.

[austN Spur]

blair being a beast whats new

[crc21209]

Blair to Manuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!

[Muser]

When was the last time the Spurs led by this much?

[biziofromdowntown]

we r slapping the Heat....

[austN Spur]

oh what a pass blair. happy new year.

[Fundamental]

This is awesome. Spurs usually tank on the national games, this time it's Miami who's tanking. I'm really enjoying this. GINOBILIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

[TIMMYD!]

Wow, Blair returning the favor to Manu.

[sportan73]

mavs lost. spurs can pick up a game on them.

gonna go ahead and put a W in the books for us here

[Chieflion]

21-1 run. Joel Anthony with the lone point.

[biziofromdowntown]

34 points....Unbeliveble!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair all smile :D and so are all spurs fan i am sure

[spurspokesman]

LOL Pop. Good shot at the suit.
Clear the bench pop. Rare oppurtunity

[robot89]

We are a F'in BEAST TEAM!

[Chomag]

When was the last time the Spurs led by this much?

I don't know buts it's 5 on 0 out there. Heat might as well sit down and let the Spurs run drills lol

[Fundamental]

This is awesome. Spurs usually tank on the national games, this time it's Miami who's tanking. I'm really enjoying this. GINOBILIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

"nationally broadcast games"

[austN Spur]

:downspin::downspin::toast:toast:toast:toast:toast :downspin::downspin:

[spurspokesman]

We are a F'in BEAST TEAM!
Let us see some of the end of the bench. This is a rare chance

[austN Spur]

if miami had coach taylor"Friday Night Lights" they could call this game on account of asswhoop

[Spurs Brazil]

Haislip will see a lot of time

[biziofromdowntown]

C'mon, give time to Haislip or Ian

[quickerblade]

Pat riley is going to fire the coach

[Refocus]

This is Spurs Basketball right here! Everyone is playing great.

[alchemist]

Duncan will end the decade with a double-double :toast

enjoy the show folks, next decade the show will end. :flag:

[timtonymanu]

Blair looks so happy.

[TIMMYD!]

Wow, we got Haislip, Ratliff, and Hairston on the floor together.

[quentin_compson]

Something tells me we won't be losing this ... :wakeup

[Muser]

Haislip and Hairston in, thank you Pop.

[Muser]

:lmao haislip.

[TIMMYD!]

No, we let them score!

[timtonymanu]

man Haislip show us some of those youtube highlights.


and Mavs just lost.

[crc21209]

Woooo J-Kidd choking the 3 :tu :lol

[austN Spur]

cancel your party plans Sixers vs Clippers next

[Muser]

I want to see a Haislip Windmill...

[crc21209]

Haislip 333333333333333333333333333

[Muser]

Haislip 3!

[Libri]

There's a Haislip 3.

[crc21209]

Haislip with the block! :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Haislip 3333333333333333

[Muser]

And a block!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

can we win if we don't score starting now? just wondering

[robot89]

sic block!@

[Muser]

Damn he's got seirous hops.

[Fundamental]

was that a haislip stuff that put beasley on the floor?

[austN Spur]

ooooooooo Haislip with a three then throws B easys weak shit out of there. beasley like i just wanna smoke a blunt already

[Chieflion]

Somehow, I saw this sequence before.

[Ice009]

Haislip just fucked up Beasley on that block.

[quentin_compson]

Even Haislip is looking great now.

[timtonymanu]

Poor Beasley. Guy played well tonight and his team is getting owned.

[biziofromdowntown]

Haislip is showin something...we should play him with Clippers and Sixers too

[crc21209]

And thats why Hairston doesnt get significant minutes...:lmao!

[Muser]

Hairston nice hustle.

[Libri]

Hairston looked like a torpedo. lol

[dbestpro]

Beasley tried to fake an injury to get out of the game and Miami coach wasn't having it.

[Refocus]

Hairston cracks me up.

[Rummpd]

Damm this is a deep Spurs team.

[biziofromdowntown]

Hairston is a poor man right now

[dbestpro]

There will be some bad calls the rest of the way to make the score closer.

[crc21209]

Come on guys keep em' in the 70's let's lower that Opp. PPG avg. down...

[alchemist]

:madrun this C team is giving up too many points!!!!

[The Franchise]

I was watching the Mavs Rockets game and just turned to a Massacre!!! The Heat must prefer syrup. :lol

[Fundamental]

Haislip is proving his worth

[austN Spur]

100

[Purch]

RJ did all the little things tonight. He Hustled, Rebounded,assisted, Blocked shots, got steals, And helped this team without having to score.

[Muser]

Haislip again.

[dbestpro]

Haislip just needed some burn.

[crc21209]

Wow Hairston sucks tonight...:lol

[Chieflion]

Pop does not like Haislip cause he creates his own shots.

[biziofromdowntown]

Haislip >>> Hairston LOL

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

haislip nice fade away

[dbestpro]

I like how Haislip matches Beasley physically.

[austN Spur]

hmmm should i go to downtown austin? or house party

[wijayas]

Let's keep Miami under 80!

[Dex]

Damn, that was an ass-kicking. I almost started to feel bad for the Heat for a while.

I love it when that happens. :smokin

Happy New Decade, everybody!

[quentin_compson]

If Manu can continue his recent play we really might be on to something.

[sportan73]

I'm surprised Wade didn't come back in to score a garbage 10-15 points

[biziofromdowntown]

hmmm should i go to downtown austin? or house party

i think will bring this W! :lol

[robot89]

Same too you man!!

[Libri]

It would be good to see a Haislip dunk.

[crc21209]

let's keep miami under 80!

+1

[Chomag]

And thats why Hairston doesnt get significant minutes...:lmao!

Manu, and TP do the same thing at times. =P

[austN Spur]

Selllllllabraaaaation cmon

[crc21209]

Mason 3333333333333333333

[quentin_compson]

Craig Sager's suit :lol

[dbestpro]

Pick your poison tonight.

[alchemist]

:lol feel bad for these commentators, they clearly have their minds elsewhere :lmao

[crc21209]

Beasley's ready to go get some of that green stuff...:lol

[dbestpro]

Miami leaving Beasley in to keep the game close.

[quentin_compson]

Magloire was an All-Star once ...

[dbestpro]

Hairston looks like he's ready to go back to the D-league.

[biziofromdowntown]

Wow, Theo really sucks too!

[dbestpro]

<80.

[Chieflion]

Magloire against Ratliff, good old days.

[timtonymanu]

Spurs end the decade with a win! Thanks for the 3 titles in the decade, Spurs!

[biziofromdowntown]

Goooooooood win, hope next year will starts like the end of this one!

Happy New Year Brothers!

[Rummpd]

Nice friggin win - will be interesting to see where Spurs fit on point differential with a win like this adding to + column.

[anonoftheinternets]

awesome win ... thanks guys ..

[Fundamental]

just keep that up. what we saw tonight, lets see that again next game.

[tomtom]

Great overall game. Defense on Wade was superb and Manu looks back to normal. And...

HAISLIPPPPPP! Haha, sick block on Bease

[alchemist]

Portland woke up the sleeping Giant.

[Chomag]

Great overall game. Defense on Wade was superb and Manu looks back to normal. And...

HAISLIPPPPPP! Haha, sick block on Bease

Poor Bonner, the man might not even have a job by the time he gets back.

Heh, who am I kidding, but a man can dream right?

Happy New years everyone!!!!

[wijayas]

+1

The boys did it!
Now that we won by 30, we'll rise up in Hollinger Daily Power Ranking: at least to #4.:toast

[Refocus]

Feels good to win to finish off the year. Have a fun and safe night everyone! :toast

[wijayas]

Nice friggin win - will be interesting to see where Spurs fit on point differential with a win like this adding to + column.

With this win, SPurs point differential will be +6.58 (up from +5.58), displacing #5 Orlando who has +6.00 point differential. We are just a tad under #4 Cleveland (+6.70).

[ElNono]

Great game! Happy New Years everyone!

[peter_slb]

Excelent game, best performance of the season by far.

Hairston looked so bad:(

[lennyalderette]

who was the dumbass saying haislip was a bust? im telling u if we played that guy he would be sick. i see pop getting more comfortable with him

[lennyalderette]

if pop's stubborn ass plays haislip and he plays good for us we can def. make it to the finals!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Duncan's double-double gives Spurs 10th win in 12 games

SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat a winning team for the first time in a month with a 108-78 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.


Manu Ginobili added 18 points for the Spurs, who have won 10 of 12. But the Heat are the only winning team among those victories, a fact not lost on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.

Before the game, Popovich said he's been "not quite as impressed" as the streak may suggest since the Spurs have only been dominant against weaker competition. Nonetheless, San Antonio won its fourth straight.

Miami, meanwhile, was dealt its most humiliating loss this season. Michael Beasley scored 26, and Dwyane Wade had 16 before watching the blowout from the bench in the fourth.

The Heat fell on the road for the second consecutive night. Back-to-back games have been trouble for Miami, which is 1-7 whether playing on the first or second night.

Miami made just 10 field goals in the second half.

Duncan scored 13 in the first quarter, but the Spurs didn't need him much after leading 58-49 at halftime. He shot 10 of 13 from the field as San Antonio cruised to its biggest victory of the season.

The Spurs have leaned on Duncan as their leading scorer in seven of their last 12 games. Even with the overhaul San Antonio underwent this summer to give its aging All-Star help, Duncan has continued to carry the Spurs during their best stretch so far.

That stretch finally includes a victory over a winning team -- which the Spurs hadn't done since Nov. 27 against Houston.

Between then and now, the Spurs withered against division leaders Boston and Denver, lost to Utah and Phoenix and couldn't beat Portland despite the banged-up Trail Blazers playing without Brandon Roy.

All told, even though San Antonio finally looks to be in a rhythm after a 9-9 start, the Spurs are 3-10 against teams that had winning records entering Friday.

"If all nine (recent) wins were against Cleveland, Orlando, Phoenix or the Lakers, I'd be pretty impressed with us," Popovich said before the game. "But that's not the case. Hence, I'm not quite as impressed."

Tony Parker had 15 points and rookie DeJuan Blair had 14 for the Spurs.

Beasley and Wade were the only Heat players in double-figures.

Game notes
The Heat fell to 2-21 all-time in San Antonio. ...The Spurs are slowly getting closer to getting their full roster back. F Matt Bonner (broken hand) is expected to miss another two weeks, and F Michael Finley (ankle) has resumed shooting baskets and conditioning.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=291231024

[ManuTP9]

This game was good. Since we won on TNT does that mean the curse is over?

[pjjrfan]

I was intrigued by Fratello's remark that he found it curious that Pop didn't show Manu any trust earlier in the season. I think Fratello was basically saying that Pop's lack of confidence in Manu held him back in some way. Whatever was going on, I figure Pop was playing it safe cause in the interview with starry starry night he again made the statement that without Manu we're not going to get where we want to.

[Brazil]

Where is the thread praising TP for being unselfish and dishing 9 assists ?

[Brazil]

Happy new year !!

[rwb]

Mike Fratello and Marv Albert also spent about 10 minutes talking about Fratello's Facebook page and how he chose his tie instead of them paying attention to the game and doing the play-by-play. Seriously, they even went back and talked about Twittering in the last quarter. Do we really care what these guys say? Just because Fratello's a former coach doesn't make him an insider on how the Spurs do things.

I think Fratello is confusing Pop's decision to keep Manu as a bench player as some kind of insult, which it would be if Manu wasn't a team-first player. I guess Fratello's been brainwashed by his own players over the years. Kind of sad.

[marini martini]

YaY!!! Great Game!!!:ok:

Happy New Year!!!

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[galvatron3000]

"If all nine (recent) wins were against Cleveland, Orlando, Phoenix or the Lakers, I'd be pretty impressed with us," Popovich said before the game. "But that's not the case. Hence, I'm not quite as impressed."


Happy New Year!!!

[The Franchise]

I want to see a Haislip Windmill...

You want to see a fucking miracle. :lol

[Muser]

You want to see a fucking miracle. :lol

Hell i'm the least athletic guy you'll ever see but I could dunk it on that Miami Defense.

[JustinJDW]

Great game by the Spurs. It's about time we get a win over a .500+ Team, and it doesn't hurt to get a blowout on National Television against the Heat. Great victory. The best part about these games is that we can still win by a big margin, but we don't even have to play our players big minutes like other teams. Not a single person on the Spurs roster played over 29 minutes in that game! Now that says a lot.

Anyway, the Spurs have won their 4th straight, and have won 10 out of their last 11 games. My Spurs are finally turning around, and it feels great. I hope people keep underestimating them and counting them out. The Spurs always work better under the radar.

Anyway, Happy New Year! And here is to 2010 and the new Decade! :toast