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

[Dex]

Miami Heat @ San Antonio Spurs
12/31/09
6:00PM Central / 7:00PM Eastern
TV: TNT, TheScore
Radio: WOAI

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The San Antonio Spurs have been on a bit of a roll, having won nine of the last eleven. The Miami Heat are coming off the back-to-back and were on a bit of streak themselves until falling to New Orlean's last night. The Heat are probably looking for a bounceback win, but hopefully their legs won't be up to the task, as this is probably as easy as a win against a "winning" opponent as the Spurs are going to get. Let's hope they finish the decade in style.

Game Previews: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143195

[phxspurfan]

yay Spurs on national TV!

[Dex]

Let's hope that they can finally get a win on TNT. :tu

[anonoftheinternets]

man why has tnt stopped doing that .. camera thing where they have one following the player, and the mosaic mode on the website? they had that for hte 2008 POs.

[Muser]

:ihit

[anonoftheinternets]

Miami Heat @ San Antonio Spurs
12/31/09
6:00PM Central / 7:00PM Eastern
TV: TNT, TheScore, NBALP
Radio: WOAI



Its not on NBA LP ... because its on national tv, it has been blacked out on NBA LP.

[Dex]

Its not on NBA LP ... because its on national tv, it has been blacked out on NBA LP.

good point, nice catch.

[alchemist]

:flag:

[phxspurfan]

cool to see the whole TNT crew on for tonights show, considering its NYE

[sportan73]

Kenny and Charles have to be drunk

[Dex]

Barkley back on the Spurs bandwagon.

"GINOBILIIII!"

[Refocus]

Chuck is still my favorite from TNT.

GINOBILI!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

about time to win on nationalTV

[HarlemHeat37]

great, Barkley just jinxed us tonight..

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Kenny knows his stuff :smokin :lol

[Chieflion]

GINOBILI, always nice to hear that.

[Dex]

:lmao Yeah, Chuck has got to be a little lubricated tonight.

"It's not Vinny Del Negro's fault they suck!"

[Muser]

Happy new year from England, just reached midnight here :toast

[Chieflion]

Charles: It is not Vinny Del Negro's fault they suck.

[Dex]

Happy new year from England, just reached midnight here :toast

:toast

[Chieflion]

On T-Mac: "That's why they shouldn't let fans vote." -Charles Barkley

[Xylus]

Go Heat! Need some separation from the Spurs.

[HarlemHeat37]

I have to leave before 9, I really hope this isn't a close game, hopefully a Spurs blowout..I hate following games on my phone, it's too nerve-racking..

[emanueldavidginobili]

Let's go manuuuu,block Wade again!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

I have to leave before 9, I really hope this isn't a close game, hopefully a Spurs blowout..I hate following games on my phone, it's too nerve-racking..

Me too, midnight here will be in the start of the 4th

[Muser]

Barkley is damn funny :lmao

[DPG21920]

:lol Charles

"My new years resolution is to lose 50lbs and learn spanish".

[Chieflion]

"By the end of the season, I am going to lose 50 pounds and learn Spanish." -Charles on his new year resolution. Funny guy.

[Refocus]

I should try to (re)learn Spanish too. If the Spurs win tonight, I'll do it.

[anonoftheinternets]

ok cmon lets get a blowout

[Dex]

After the Dick Bavetta race, I wouldn't be surprised to see Chuck try to do it.

[Death In June]

Can someone pm me a link to the game?

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice already in

[Chieflion]

Dice in for Blair.

[Dex]

Miami starting out hot. Spurs need to step up the D.

[Chieflion]

Beasley is owning the Spurs.

[Dex]

I can't believe Ray Ramano got a coaching gig.

[Refocus]

I can't believe Ray Ramano got a coaching gig.
:rollin

Nice block by RJ.. Beasley is going off though.

[DPG21920]

TP shredding them early. Does anyone else think that Tim looks painfully slow right now?

[HarlemHeat37]

The usual tweener big man giving us problems..

[crc21209]

So does anyone wanna guard that drug addict Beasley? :lol

[sportan73]

lets go small and put RJ at the 4 and bring in Manu

[Chieflion]

Beasley was rejected by RJ!

[Spurs Brazil]

Beasley is killing us

Small ball would not be bad today

Put RJ on Beasley

[ffadicted]

Heat Bigs shitting on the spurs. Fuck

[biziofromdowntown]

put Bowen on Beasley

[DesignatedT]

TP shredding them early. Does anyone else think that Tim looks painfully slow right now?

no

[biziofromdowntown]

Let's go small today. TP,Hill,Bogans,RJ and TD

[HarlemHeat37]

I want to see RJ on Beasley too..Pop should be all for it, it's a small-ball opportunity..

[crc21209]

Craig Sager's outfits are a joke...:lol. What does this guy think when he gets dressed like that?

[Chieflion]

I love the NBA defense commercial although it was a little corny.

[anonoftheinternets]

man mcdyess better heat up...

[crc21209]

OK who's the dumbass who threw a bounce pass to a big streaking down the lane?

[anonoftheinternets]

goddamn i cant watch mcdyess out there

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm kind of worried that Wade hasn't tried to do anything yet..

turnovers hurting us, as usual..

[Chieflion]

Dice got pushed, period.

[biziofromdowntown]

Stupid TOs

[Refocus]

Mcdyess with two TOs? :/

[anonoftheinternets]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu mcdyessssss

[crc21209]

Damn RJ's got some hops..:tu

[crc21209]

Beasley using his off arm right there on TD..Hmm...

[Chieflion]

Ginobili is ready to check in.

[crc21209]

Alright Manu...come on...

[biziofromdowntown]

Beast in again

[Spurs Brazil]

Our interior D is horrible

TOs after TOs also killing us

[crc21209]

TP to Blair niiiice :tu

[crc21209]

The Beeeeeeeeeeeaaaaassssssttt!

[biziofromdowntown]

DeJuan!!!!!!!!!

[Refocus]

Awww yeah!

[Muser]

The beast taking over.

[crc21209]

How is that NOT a foul? :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

ewwwww Carlos Arroyo?!..

we aren't getting any calls so far, as usual..

[anonoftheinternets]

awesome blair ...

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

damn, duncan looks good tonight

[crc21209]

TD with the steal! He is the fucking MAN! :tu

[Libri]

Alright Tim!

[biziofromdowntown]

Blair again!!!!!!!

TD with a steal!

First lead

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL what a pass!..

[timtonymanu]

lol duncan telling blair "im fine. just go run the defensive play."

[Chieflion]

Blair, you fuckin rule. Nice hands.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tim Duncan is damn great

[crc21209]

tim duncan is damn great

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000

[biziofromdowntown]

Who's on Beasly now, RJ, right man?

[ffadicted]

lol seemed like Duncan was pissed at blair for tripping over him

[Dex]

Nice little Spurs run as soon as Manu hits the floor.

Duncan is playing great right now. It's almost surprising to see the difference between Duncan in the groove, and Duncan sans practice like he was at the start of the season.

Makes you realize how much of a difference it makes when you are playing basketball day in and day out.

[Spurs Brazil]

TNT will show Blair no ACLs again

[Chieflion]

Who's on Beasly now, RJ, right man?
No one is on Beasley. He is on the bench. Erik Spoelstra was always an idiot.

[Dex]

Oh, and the Spurs were lucky as hell to get Blair.

Immediate role player for 37th pick? Thank you, 29 NBA teams.

[Dex]

Oh, and the Spurs were lucky as hell to get Blair.

Immediate role player for 37th pick? Thank you, 29 NBA teams.

[Libri]

The knee diagram. lol

[Refocus]

Good D on Wade so far.

Damn that was a great move by Manu.. too bad he didn't finish.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

good hustle guys

[ducks]

no mason
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Rummpd]

Blair did not lose ACLS due to surgery he Congenitally did not have any! Learn the facts TNT

[phxspurfan]

everytime Blair hits the ground hard I cringe. Like a few years back when Manu was doing those things

[crc21209]

Tim Duncan is fucking amazing....

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

nice

[biziofromdowntown]

TD+1....he's GOLD

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one!

[Libri]

Td!

[Muser]

Duncan and 1, :lol @ people saying he's done.

[Rummpd]

boy does Duncan look good!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

holy shit he looks good tonight

[biziofromdowntown]

OMG TD again

[TIMMYD!]

Can I get a link, please?

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

he's excited about D West

[Rummpd]

Miami cannot miss but they will eventually.

[Chieflion]

Manu Ginobili with the nice assist.

[biziofromdowntown]

Wade with 2 F on him?

[Rummpd]

Bad play Great Play Manu

[biziofromdowntown]

Horrible pass, good D Manu

[Muser]

I like the play, shut Wade down and force the others to beat you with jump shots.

[Chomag]

I'm not liking the pace of the game so far. Spurs seem a bit shaky with the ball. Hope it wont be another sloppy game. God I hope not!

[Spurs Brazil]

Tie at 26 after one

We need to do a MUCH better job on PnR D, much better

[Libri]

13 pt quarter for Tim :downspin:

[Dex]

That last play was pretty lame. With 4 and a half ticks left, you need to move the ball with a pass, not the dribble. Getting the ball to Manu is a good idea, but not for a contested 26-footer off-the-glass off-the-dribble.

Spurs are hanging tough, though. As long as they keep the offense going, the Miami Heat should fade as the goes on.

[biziofromdowntown]

that last play was pretty lame. With 4 and a half ticks left, you need to move the ball with a pass, not the dribble. Getting the ball to manu is a good idea, but not for a contested 26-footer off-the-glass off-the-dribble.

+1

[Chomag]

Blair did not lose ACLS due to surgery he Congenitally did not have any! Learn the facts TNT

LOL @ TNT Fail.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

the heat has not miss the shots given to them but that will change

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

he dont look like an nba coach
in fact he makes stan van gundy lookl like pat riley

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 3333333333333

[biziofromdowntown]

GH3 with 3

[Libri]

Good ball movement.

[biziofromdowntown]

Ginooooo +1

[Refocus]

Ginobiliii

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

oh yeah manu !

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu and one!

[Muser]

Manu :D

[timtonymanu]

Manu and 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chomag]

Pop Going super Small ball of course...

[biziofromdowntown]

Wow, Beasly is good

[HarlemHeat37]

nice pass from RJ to Hill..Jefferson needs to learn how to flop, Beasley threw his shoulder into him on that last shot he made..could have drew an offensive foul..

[Libri]

Pop Going super Small ball of course...

uh oh

[Spurs Brazil]

Good to see Hill playing so agressive

[Muser]

Loving Hill at the moment, attacking the basket and getting to the line.

[biziofromdowntown]

What's happen? OF against us?

[Chieflion]

G-Whistle getting to the line.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

our bench shall dominate

[MiamiHeat]

Beasley is garbage on defense

[Chomag]

G-Whistle getting to the line.

NBA ref Check working as intended. :lol

[MiamiHeat]

wow manu

LUCK

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

bam diggity

[Spurs Brazil]

OMG Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[biziofromdowntown]

What a move Gino!

[Libri]

Manu is at it again.

[Chieflion]

Manu Ginobili is back!

[Chomag]

We don't even use bigs anymore lol

[biziofromdowntown]

What da fuck is that Manu???? TOTAL airball

[Refocus]

Replay made it look even better.

[Chomag]

We need shot blockers in there!

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 39-36

Time out

[biziofromdowntown]

C'mon Beast, jump!

[sportan73]

What da fuck is that Manu???? TOTAL airball
it was blocked, ball went to them b/c Blair touched it

where is Tony? He played great in the 1st 8 minutes and now Pop sits him for like half an hour?

[TIMMYD!]

I'm so dumb, you can watch the game on NBA.com.

[austN Spur]

go spurs go Happy New Year. :toast

[Chomag]

it was blocked, ball went to them b/c Blair touched it

where is Tony? He played great in the 1st 8 minutes and now Pop sits him for like half an hour?

TP for west? Ok, just kidding.

[biziofromdowntown]

it was blocked, ball went to them b/c Blair touched it

where is Tony? He played great in the 1st 8 minutes and now Pop sits him for like half an hour?


Oh, oki, i saw an airball. Sorry.

[Chomag]

Manu is causing alot of havoc for the Maimi's defence. I'm liking that!

[boutons_deux]

Spurs suck if they can't detach from these losers

A boring, sleepy half

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

oh snap, guees what i saw

[Chieflion]

it was blocked, ball went to them b/c Blair touched it

where is Tony? He played great in the 1st 8 minutes and now Pop sits him for like half an hour?
The ball went to them cause it was a 24 second violation, not because Blair touched it.

[biziofromdowntown]

Stop Blair on Beasly

[Chomag]

ISdice in Pop's doghouse? did Pop actually open up his dog house!?! lol

[austN Spur]

its looking like we might get a nail biter to end the season...errrr year

[Rummpd]

tear drop!

[timtonymanu]

the defense needs to pick up.

[TIMMYD!]

Spurs suck if they can't detach from these losers

A boring, sleepy half

If my Spurs are playing, it's not boring.

[biziofromdowntown]

The ball went to them cause it was a 24 second violation, not because Blair touched it.


I saw that too

[biziofromdowntown]

Good J RJ

[austN Spur]

spurs ball.

pop a top again

[Chieflion]

Did the Spurs completely seal off Wade's offense?

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

better check who you're foulin that hard wade

[biziofromdowntown]

r 2 on Dwade, not 3?

[Spurs Brazil]

TD 2FTs

Spurs up 7

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

LOL sixers clippers next

[Libri]

free throw shooting looking good

[boutons_deux]

Spurs' defense holding Heat to only 58% FG

[biziofromdowntown]

Spurs' defense holding Heat to only 58% FG


Still too much

[austN Spur]

LOL sixers clippers next

even david stern wants to get his party on, and not worry about missing anything cool

[Chieflion]

Erik Spolestra with the "You can't see me."

[Spurs Brazil]

TP on the break!!

[biziofromdowntown]

Wow, TP is driving!

[biziofromdowntown]

JON is really really bad.

[Chieflion]

D-Whistle getting all the calls as usual.

[Chieflion]

Fuck that bullshit. What kind of call was that?

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

Booyahkasha

[TIMMYD!]

Ginobili behind the back and jumper.

[Libri]

Good fast break for a Manu layup.

[timtonymanu]

RJ to Manu!!!!

[austN Spur]

was that manu shot over Wade...what a shot by manu and now manu again
hells yeah

[biziofromdowntown]

10 Pts leads...take it for the half

[lefty]

It's not the 2006 Finals, Miami

Stop bitching

[TIMMYD!]

Everything runs a whole lot smoother when Tony focuses on passing first, scoring second.

[Chomag]

TP just got owned

[Muser]

Ouch, nasty dunk by wade.

[biziofromdowntown]

LOL @ DWade pumping himself with a dunk

[Dex]

That dunk by Wade was sick.

[austN Spur]

good half. whats pop upset about?

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 9 at the half

[lefty]

I'm not sure what's funnier, Manu speaking English as if he had a dislocated jaw, or Craig Sager's outfit

[Chomag]

Manu and TP looking pretty good thus far.

[robot89]

I really think Our Team is starting to come together!:flag:

[Chomag]

good half. whats pop upset about?

I think it was about letting Wade get that dunk. You are playing with fire if you let a player like that get himself pumped up.

[Chieflion]

Someone needs to guard Beasley.

[lefty]

Man, poor Barkley :lmao


Oh, and Jaynobleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[anonoftheinternets]

bogans passed up every three with a lame pump fake, and then screwed up the offense.

[Libri]

Kenny calling for Manu to start.

[Chieflion]

Come on Kenny, why did you do that? I want to hear Charles speak.

[anonoftheinternets]

mcdyess was jus terrible in the first quarter....

[anonoftheinternets]

evertthing else was awesome

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lmao rox up 14 on the mavs

[itzsoweezee]

and then screwed up the offense.

a little bit of hyperbole there

[quentin_compson]

Just tuning in to the ILP. How was the first half? Spurs up by 9. :tu

And happy new year to all of you (it's 2.30 am in Germany). :toast

[Chomag]

Gotta give TNT props. They haven't brought up the Spurs win margin against +.500 teams. Or did I miss it?

[Chieflion]

Gotta give TNT props. They haven't brought up the Spurs win margin against +.500 teams. Or did I miss it?
They brought it up pre-game many times.

[anonoftheinternets]

a little bit of hyperbole there

guilty as charged ... :lol

[anonoftheinternets]

but its just that bogans takes those agaist bad teams and makes it. If hes going to start, he needs to be more cold blooded against good teams as well.

[Chomag]

They brought it up pre-game many times.

ahhh, just when I started to like them lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

happy new year quentin

[quentin_compson]

happy new year quentin

Thanks. :toast

[Spurs Brazil]

Just tuning in to the ILP. How was the first half? Spurs up by 9. :tu

And happy new year to all of you (it's 2.30 am in Germany). :toast

Happy New Year

20 minutes to go here

[Chieflion]

ahhh, just when I started to like them lol
Stilll the second best team in the West, so Charles says.

[Technique]

Charles just mentioned that he thinks Spurs are the best team of the decade easy. Interesting.

[Muser]

Just tuning in to the ILP. How was the first half? Spurs up by 9. :tu

And happy new year to all of you (it's 2.30 am in Germany). :toast


Half 1 here :toast

On the topic of 2010 I hope we meet you guys in the World Cup Final :toast

[quentin_compson]

I see Tony has 13/6 with just one TO. Very nice.

[austN Spur]

just had some good ass ham at halftime. im fed. hopefully the spurs start this quarter right

[biziofromdowntown]

Happy new year from Italy too!

[quentin_compson]

Half 1 here :toast

On the topic of 2010 I hope we meet you guys in the World Cup Final :toast

I'm a fan of England and I don't like the German team very much, so I hope those teams won't meet in the Final (England hasn't looked that good against Germany most of the time). :toast

[Spurs Brazil]

TD layup!

[Refocus]

Great start to the half!

[biziofromdowntown]

Good hustle boys

[Spurs Brazil]

TP!!!!!!!!!!!

D much better now

[Libri]

The Heat looking crappy. Spurs need to take advantage.

[Technique]

Good double team by TD and TP

[austN Spur]

oh yeah go spurs go

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

TP is pulling many bunnies out of his hat :D

[alchemist]

Wade looks like he has a foot out of Miami already.

[biziofromdowntown]

Wade looks like he has a foot out of Miami already.


Yeah, like: "Hi guys, i'm gonna to NY or Chicago, see ya shits"

[quentin_compson]

TP with a nice drive to the rim.

Somehow, watching Jermaine O'Neal nowadays is sad. This guy has tremendous abilities and physical premise, yet he is an underachiever. Granted, he has been injured quite a bit, but I think he also lacks determination.

[robot89]

we are playing great we better not let up
TP is ballin!! GoSpursGo!!!

[crc21209]

Wade looks like he has a foot out of Miami already.

Either that or he's waiting till the off-season for Miami to get him some help...

[peskypesky]

is it just me or are the defensive rotations starting to look decent?

[TIMMYD!]

Must be awesome sitting next to D-Rob at one of the games, those people are lucky mofos.

[Libri]

The Heat have gone cold.

[biziofromdowntown]

we'r hot

[biziofromdowntown]

Good moves Beast, now go with Fts

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans doing a good job on Wade

[TIMMYD!]

Chip is doing well with DJB at the line.

[austN Spur]

Must be awesome sitting next to D-Rob at one of the games, those people are lucky mofos.


Yup

[quentin_compson]

Blair always trying to get it done with finesse. He should try physical strength as an option from time to time.