Game Blog: Spurs @ Hornets - Jan. 18

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Well, Tony's still got it.

From page 3:


Tony's PF looks okay tonight.

[Ice009]

Where the fuck is BLAIR.

WHY go small?????????????????

[BRHornet45]

As I have said many times the more aggressive team gets the calls.

son are there more blacks on the Spurs than the Hornets? (since its MLK day) ... I'm just trying to understand why the refs have given you guys 16 more free throws today? that's a bit much.

[angelbelow]

sons wow ... no wonder you guys are leading. I just noticed how much the refs have been helping out. you guys have 14 more free throws

Spurs 26 freebies
Hornets 12 freebies

Yup. You hit it right on the nail.

[dbestpro]

You notice how easy it is to score against small ball.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

West has killed Timmy off the dribble tonight.

[Ice009]

Where is Blair??????

[BRHornet45]

LMAO reading some of your replies ... the Spurs are up by 11 points with 2 minutes left! you guys are acting like a huge meltdown is going on. stop acting like Maverick fans. you are better than this. sons where is that butthurt report form? some of you need it.

[angelbelow]

Where the fuck is BLAIR.

WHY go small?????????????????

I wonder if hes winded... or he messed up an assignment? Don't see a good reason to sit Blair right now.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great board Manu

[Ginobili2Duncan]

who else would come up with the big rebound? GINOBILI!!!!!!!!!

[anonoftheinternets]

cluitch rebound ... tg

[DPG21920]

Sons, imagine if the Spurs had Lebron. It would be 93 points off of FT's.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

son are there more blacks on the Spurs than the Hornets? (since its MLK day) ... I'm just trying to understand why the refs have given you guys 16 more free throws today? that's a bit much.

Attacking the basket. Blair on the boards.

[Ice009]

Everytime Pop switches to small ball the other team goes on a run. I don't like it at all. Of course the game is almost over, but why put Bogans out there? West gets an eay bucket inside.

[BRHornet45]

31 free throws compared to 12 ... wow ... kinda hard to win whenever the refs are that lopsided.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu loves big rebounds. :D

[td4mvp21]

Unacceptable defense this fourth quarter.

[boutons_deux]

1:42Tim Duncan misses layup92-83 1:40George Hill offensive rebound92-83 1:16Tony Parker misses three point jumper92-83 1:15 92-83David West defensive rebound 1:10 92-85Marcus Thornton makes layup (Peja Stojakovic assists) 0:49Tony Parker misses 16-foot two point shot92-85

[timtonymanu]

cmon guys hit the freebies. hornets warming up now.

[Chieflion]

How the hell did the Spurs let them back in? Oh well, I am happy with any road win at this point.

[Warlord23]

Lol @ Chris Fall

[Technique]

Game.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great Hill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cnyc3]

lol paul

[timtonymanu]

WOOHOO George Hill!!!!

[AussieFanKurt]

welll done george, well done

[dbestpro]

That was really a good call. I am surprised.

[Libri]

Paul fouls out.

[anonoftheinternets]

lol cp3

[AussieFanKurt]

son one of my favorite moments was last season whenever the Spurs were in town and they showed Eva Longoria on the big screen and she got booed lol

:lol
nicce

[Behrooz24]

GTFO cp3

[TJastal]

Refs giving George Hill BIG respect call there.

[Warlord23]

Our team sucks hind tit in 4th quarters on the road. Lucky the Hornets didn't come to play in the first 3 quarters

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 4th qtr 16 - 27

What a joke

[dbestpro]

31 free throws compared to 12 ... wow ... kinda hard to win whenever the refs are that lopsided.

The more aggressive team gets the calls.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Who decided to abbreviate New Orleans with NOLA?

[BRHornet45]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.

[anonoftheinternets]

Refs giving George Hill BIG respect call there.

i think that seals his reputation as a defender ...

[superjames1992]

What's going on with Manu's FT shooting lately? He's only 3-6 today and really has been struggling lately. He was shooting 90% from the line just a week or so ago.

[angelbelow]

LMAO reading some of your replies ... the Spurs are up by 11 points with 2 minutes left! you guys are acting like a huge meltdown is going on. stop acting like Maverick fans. you are better than this. sons where is that butthurt report form? some of you need it.

:lol

[024]

work on your free throws spurs...

[boutons_deux]

Spurs missing 50% of FTs in crunch time.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

does anyone know if any of the spurs wear a mouthguard??

[Mal]

60% from the line...... 14 missed FT...

[Israel_Manu]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.
you made your freaking point.

[superjames1992]

Who decided to abbreviate New Orleans with NOLA?
New
Orleans
Louisiana (LA)

That makes sense.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

darn it someone give grizzly his dub dub

[dbestpro]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.

The more agressive team gets the calls.

[Ice009]

Edit : Off topic.

[cnyc3]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.

cmon BR i know you're better than that. No one is trying to Tyson Chandler anyone here.

[angelbelow]

i think that seals his reputation as a defender ...

agreed. even Sean sounded a little surprised that Hill got the call.

[Chieflion]

Clear path foul!

[TJastal]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.

The calls really went the spurs way in the 2nd half. I thought that jump ball call was terrible, and was a huge blow to the hornet comeback, because it negated an easy basket.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lmao clear path foul

[td4mvp21]

Glad we won, but this fourth quarter was shit. Thank God we built the lead up.

[timtonymanu]

I don't threaten posters. I vent on the people actually on the court. I have already explained myself, but hey take more shots at me if you like.

did you even read my post clearly? i never said you threaten posters. you do it to the players.

[duncan228]

Great win.

[DPG21920]

Spurs had 3 TIMES the amount of freebies from the line. pathetic.

Sons, tonight the Hornets were like Ghazi watching the refs (Tyson Chandler) give the Spurs some love.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good win

[dbestpro]

Having two bigs on the floor most of the time has helped. Pop couldn't force RJ to play PF tonight.

[siraulo23]

a bit shaky in the end

but im happy with the win

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Not bad on tired legs.

[timtonymanu]

Great win although that 4th qtr sucked.

No RJ
Hornets 15-3 at home

Solid.

[Refocus]

Yay we won.

[HarlemHeat37]

Very good W, the lead was never really threatened for the most part..

[angelbelow]

Overall, good win.

[Bukefal]

Too bad it came so close in the end, but, we won. Tony did pretty good, well done.

[ffadicted]

Excellent game by the spurs despite the shitty first 3 mintues of the 4th

[Ice009]

Not bad on tired legs.

Do you think the Hornets simply didn't show up though? Do you think the Spurs had a hand in that or was it mainly on NO?

I really don't know how good of a game this was because I don't think NO even showed up.

[Chieflion]

Any road win against an above .500 record team is satisfying.

[DPG21920]

Very good W, the lead was never really threatened for the most part..

Exactly. Teams are going to make runs. Even though it would be great to dominate from start to finish, it was a solid margin of victory.

[ersinert]

Solid defence until the 4th, nice win against a hot team. :clap:clap:clapAnd free throws, its nice to see old spurs are back:toast

[Ice009]

Exactly. Teams are going to make runs. Even though it would be great to dominate from start to finish, it was a solid margin of victory.

Yeah, you are right.


I like that Dejuan got minutes for most of the 4th quarter too. Sometimes the vets bring nothing and Pop plays them too long in the 4th.

[timvp]

Good win on really tired legs. Everyone should have kind of expected a bad 4th quarter. The starters tried to put the game away early so they wouldn't have to come back in the 4th, but the reserves couldn't hold it. Tony/Tim shouldn't have had to come back on the floor.

-Kori

Parker:Hill starting backcourt - 1-0

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

BTW, I called this win on the Kori show the day before yesterday. :D

[bbarry]

Spurs with another shitty game. If hornets actually showed up in the 1st, they win this game EASILY in a blowout. Spurs were also lucky to be on the upside of a +26 FT discrepancy.

[ElNono]

Good game and good win. Beggars can't be choosers, we needed a good win on the road and we got it.

[alchemist]

Do you think the Hornets simply didn't show up though? Do you think the Spurs had a hand in that or was it mainly on NO?

I really don't know how good of a game this was because I don't think NO even showed up.
the game hasn't even been over for 5 minutes and we already have our first complaint of the W. :lmao

Spurs with another shitty game. If hornets actually showed up in the 1st, they win this game EASILY in a blowout. Spurs were also lucky to be on the upside of a +26 FT discrepancy.
and another

[murpjf88]

Not bad on tired legs.

yeah, but NO was just as tired as we were.

[EricB]

Damn good win for a team playing it's 5th game in 6 1/2 days.

[Slomo]

http://www.cikava.com/gallery/albums/Photoshop_madness/Raid.jpg

[DPG21920]

I like the Hill/Parker back court and I think it should continue.

[DPG21920]

Hill brings very solid ball handling, nice offense, good rebounding and the ability to make big defensive plays; like when he drew the charge on cp3.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Do you think the Hornets simply didn't show up though? Do you think the Spurs had a hand in that or was it mainly on NO?

I really don't know how good of a game this was because I don't think NO even showed up.

No, it wasn't a great win, but given how tired we were I'll take it.


Not bad on tired legs.


Good win on really tired legs. Everyone should have kind of expected a bad 4th quarter. The starters tried to put the game away early so they wouldn't have to come back in the 4th, but the reserves couldn't hold it. Tony/Tim shouldn't have had to come back on the floor.

-Kori

Parker:Hill starting backcourt - 1-0

:tu :)


yeah, but NO was just as tired as we were.

Really? How many games have NO played recently? 5 in 6.5 days? Or were they just on a b2b?

[Ice009]

the game hasn't even been over for 5 minutes and we already have our first complaint of the W. :lmao

and another

It was a legit question. I expected this game to be like any game against Dallas.

Why did NO not show up?

What do you think?

[DPG21920]

Sons, why does timvp keep co-signing his posts with Kori?

[Budkin]

I really can't believe we won that game and actually led by a lot for most of it. I was honestly expecting to get blown out after the way we stomped them on opening night.

[Michi_Germany]

Good win tonight. The final result looks closer than the game was. Props to George Hill- great game!

[timvp]

Sons, why does timvp keep co-signing his posts with Kori?

:lol We are on the same computer and I (Kori) don't feel like signing out/back in.

[Bruno]

Spurs weren't at full strength and they were playing their 5th game in 6 and a half day against a team that was 15-3 at home. It's a damn great win. :tu

[alchemist]

It was a legit question. I expected this game to be like any game against Dallas.

Why did NO not show up?

What do you think?
I don't care if they showed up or not, these guys have one of the top home records in the league. They apparently showed up for 83% of their home games before today.

[DPG21920]

Spurs weren't at full strength and they were playing their 5th game in 6 and a half day against a team that was 15-3 at home. It's a damn great win. :tu

What do you think of the Hill/Parker back court?

[DPG21920]

:lol We are on the same computer and I (Kori) don't feel like signing out/back in.

:smchode:

[Ice009]

Spurs weren't at full strength and they were playing their 5th game in 6 and a half day against a team that was 15-3 at home. It's a damn great win. :tu

Weren't you expecting more of a Dallas like game against these guys tonight though?

Maybe I can't fathom an easy win these days against a team over .500 on the road.

[alchemist]

Weren't you expect more of a Dallas like game against these guys tonight though.

Maybe I can't fathom an easy win these days against a team over .500 on the road.
I didn't see this as an easy game, the Spurs did a tremendous job on Paul which slows down the entire Hornets team.

-edit: oops thought you had quoted me :lol

[Ice009]

Is it a good or bad thing that no one hardly even mentioned RJ in the game thread? I kinda forgot he was even on the team.

[legend of united]

Good win .. Go Spurs So

[Ice009]

I didn't see this as an easy game, the Spurs did a tremendous job on Paul which slows down the entire Hornets team.

Alright I will say it was a good win. You've turned me around. Maybe we had a hand in the Hornets not showing up. That's what the Spurs used to do when they were at their best. Take away the other teams weapons and neutralize them.

[murpjf88]

No, it wasn't a great win, but given how tired we were I'll take it.





:tu :)



Really? How many games have NO played recently? 5 in 6.5 days? Or were they just on a b2b?


Quite the semantics. They played 5 in 7.5 days. Not that big of difference.

[VivaPopovich]

rebounds DeJuan rebounds

i love it

[Ikstomi]

Boring game tonight. 25 - 15 :)
Parker finally shows his game, Timmy is standard...Next against Jazz,

[Ice009]

Well Kori always did like a Parker and Hill back court and it did alright tonight.

[Bruno]

What do you think of the Hill/Parker back court?

Parker and Hill have played well together but I would continue to start Bogans at the 2.
If you start Hill, you will face some ugly situations like Bryant being defended by Hill at the start of a game.

[alchemist]

Boring game tonight. 25 - 15 :)
Parker finally shows his game, Timmy is standard...Next against Jazz,
:hungry: payback time

[quentin_compson]

Good win, encouraging game. Could have been a lot easier if we had hit our FTs.

[Jason R]

Which Hill did a decent job with last time.

[Ikstomi]

:hungry: payback time

we have 0-3 against jazz this year??

[duncan228]

From twitter before the game.

Manu Ginobili: Almost game time, 5th in 6 1/2 days. Can I borrow a pair of legs from 1 of you? Just kidding, we’ll be fine

Bruce Bowen: @manuginobili you can have mine hermano, and they are FRESH!!!!!!

Manu Ginobili: @Bowen12 mmmm. Not sure if it’s a good deal… But considering the circumstances, I’ll take them 4 a day! Then u can have them back.

[quentin_compson]

we have 0-3 against jazz this year??

I'm afraid so.

[duncan228]

Parker leads Spurs past Hornets, 97-90 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010011803&prov=ap)
By Brett Martel

Tony Parker scored 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs handed the New Orleans Hornets a rare home loss, 97-90 on Monday.

Tim Duncan added 21 points and 14 rebounds, while George Hill scored 16 points and Manu Ginobili had 11 to help the Spurs snap a two-game losing streak.

David West scored 18 points for New Orleans, which lost for only the second time in its last 15 home games. Chris Paul, who fouled out in the final minute, had 18 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton scored 16 points.

Hill started in place of Richard Jefferson, who sat out with lower back pain.

San Antonio led by double digits for most of the game, going up by as many as 21 points when Duncan hit one of two free throws to make it 76-55 late in the third quarter.

The Spurs went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, which the Hornets quickly trimmed with a 7-0 run to open the period. Thornton’s fast-break layup made it 78-68 and the Hornets pulled to 80-72 on Darren Collison’s free throws with 7:06 remaining.

New Orleans missed several chances to get closer and still trailed by eight when Parker’s driving scoop made it 84-74 with 4:40 to go. Parker scored seven more points in the final minutes.

San Antonio outrebounded New Orleans 50-38 and was the more forceful team drawing fouls inside. Despite missing 14 free throws, the Spurs still outscored the Hornets 24-10 from the foul line. The Spurs were 7 of 18 from 3-point range with Keith Bogans hitting three. New Orleans went only 4 of 13 from long range.

Ginobili’s 3-pointer made it 24-12 at the end of the first quarter. The lead got as large as 18 in the second quarter on Hill’s reverse layup, which capped a 9-2 run and made it 47-29.

Parker had 16 points by halftime, when the Spurs led 56-41.

NOTES: Jefferson had not missed any of the Spurs’ previous 39 games. … James Posey and Parker were called for double technical fouls in the fourth quarter. … New Orleans is 15-4 at home. … The Spurs are 8-9 on the road. … This was the second of four meetings this season between San Antonio and New Orleans. The Spurs won the first, 113-96 at home. … Paul’s CP3 foundation announced that the guard had made a $61,616.61 donation to relief efforts in Haiti. The amount was to honor his grandfather, who was slain when he was 61.

[BRHornet45]

NBA Officials lead Spurs past Hornets, 97-90 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010011803&prov=ap)
By Brett Martel

The NBA officials helped push the San Antonio Spurs over the New Orleans Hornets 97-90 on Monday. It was a relatively close game until the officials working the game decided to take control and award the Spurs with 38 free throws compared to the Hornets 12 once they received the go ahead from NBA commissioner David Stern.

Tony Parker scored 25 points and Tim Duncan added 21 points and 14 rebounds, while George Hill scored 16 points and Manu Ginobili had 11 to help the Spurs snap a two-game losing streak.

David West scored 18 points for New Orleans, which lost for only the second time in its last 15 home games. Chris Paul, who fouled out in the final minute, had 18 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton scored 16 points.

Hill started in place of Richard Jefferson, who sat out with lower back pain.

San Antonio led by double digits for most of the game, going up by as many as 21 points when Duncan hit one of two free throws to make it 76-55 late in the third quarter.

The Spurs went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, which the Hornets quickly trimmed with a 7-0 run to open the period. Thornton’s fast-break layup made it 78-68 and the Hornets pulled to 80-72 on Darren Collison’s free throws with 7:06 remaining.

New Orleans missed several chances to get closer and still trailed by eight when Parker’s driving scoop made it 84-74 with 4:40 to go. Parker scored seven more points in the final minutes.

San Antonio outrebounded New Orleans 50-38 and was the more forceful team drawing fouls inside. Despite missing 14 free throws, the Spurs still outscored the Hornets 24-10 from the foul line. The Spurs were 7 of 18 from 3-point range with Keith Bogans hitting three. New Orleans went only 4 of 13 from long range.

Ginobili’s 3-pointer made it 24-12 at the end of the first quarter. The lead got as large as 18 in the second quarter on Hill’s reverse layup, which capped a 9-2 run and made it 47-29.

Parker had 16 points by halftime, when the Spurs led 56-41.

Duncan commented after the game, "Anytime you can get the kind of help that we received today its a blessing".

NOTES: Jefferson had not missed any of the Spurs’ previous 39 games. … James Posey and Parker were called for double technical fouls in the fourth quarter. … New Orleans is 15-4 at home. … The Spurs are 8-9 on the road. … This was the second of four meetings this season between San Antonio and New Orleans. The Spurs won the first, 113-96 at home. … Paul’s CP3 foundation announced that the guard had made a $61,616.61 donation to relief efforts in Haiti. The amount was to honor his grandfather, who was slain when he was 61.

son fixed.

[TD 21]

This teams inability to not only hold a lead, but hold it for any semblance of time, is alarming. I know this isn't new, that it's a longtime staple of the franchise, but it makes no sense. In the past, for a lot of years, this was a low scoring team. Now, they are one of the better offensive teams in the league and even though their defense is much maligned, they're also one of the better defensive teams in the league. Turnovers have been down over the last month, as well. There really is no overall (obviously, the offense has ground to a halt the last three games) statistic that you can point to that makes sense of this.

The sense of inevitability and lack of confidence once the opposition get's back-to-back baskets while trailing by double digits is especially alarming. The Spurs collectively hang theirs heads, look tentative to the point where they struggle to complete even the most basic of passes and have the look of a team that is powerless.

I don't care how well they've been playing or what they've done at home recently, up 17 entering the fourth against the Hornets, who looked disinterested and sapped for energy for the vast majority of the first 3 quarters and on top of all of that, despite having a top five player, have amongst the worst talent in the league and limited size and yet they were able to make this a game until virtually the end? Again, alarming (and telling). Once again, the big three had to be run into the ground.

Six game home stand up coming, but not a gimme in the bunch. Spurs need to blow out either Jazz or Rockets relatively early and get the big three off their feet.

[Bruno]

From twitter before the game.

Manu Ginobili: Almost game time, 5th in 6 1/2 days. Can I borrow a pair of legs from 1 of you? Just kidding, we’ll be fine

Bruce Bowen: @manuginobili you can have mine hermano, and they are FRESH!!!!!!

Manu Ginobili: @Bowen12 mmmm. Not sure if it’s a good deal… But considering the circumstances, I’ll take them 4 a day! Then u can have them back.

:lol
Thanks for posting it, 228.

[duncan228]

Updated with quotes.

Parker leads Spurs past Hornets, 97-90 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010011803&prov=ap)
By Brett Martel

The nagging pain in Tony Parker’s left foot lingers, so he tries to play through it as best he can, with some days better than others.

Unfortunately for the Hornets, Parker felt pretty good on Monday, then went out and scored 25 points as the San Antonio Spurs handed New Orleans a rare home loss, 97-90.

“I’m in surviving mode. It’s tough,” said Parker, who only recently revealed that his foot was bothering him. “I can’t look at myself in the mirror and say I can’t play. It’s just like nagging injuries. … It’s good days and bad days. I felt pretty good today.”

Parker said his back was stiff two nights ago when he scored only four points on 2-of-8 shooting at Memphis, which was San Antonio’s second straight loss during a four-game road swing that concluded in the Big Easy.

Against New Orleans, he routinely drove hard to the hoop, losing defenders on screens and finding lanes to the basket.

“I was trying to be very aggressive early on and I tried to redeem myself,” he said. “We had to bounce back.”

Tim Duncan added 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Spurs, while George Hill scored 16 points and Manu Ginobili had 11.

David West scored 18 points for New Orleans, which lost for only the second time in its last 15 home games. Chris Paul, who fouled out in the final minute, had 18 points and nine assists for the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton scored 16 points.

“It comes down to us starters. We have to come out with more energy and set the tone,” Paul said. “They really kept us in front of them. They never really let us get to the basket. We didn’t get to the (free throw) line much at all. It’s been the story for us. We’ve got to figure out other ways to win other than just making shots.”

Starting in place of Richard Jefferson, who sat out with lower back pain, Hill drew the primary defensive assignment on Paul and helped get him into early foul trouble.

“George did a good job playing defense on him, but you know it takes the whole team to contain him,” Parker said. “I thought overall we paid attention and made sure we’re not giving him anything easy. Then it was my job on offense to try to get him tired and attack him.”

San Antonio led by double digits for most of the game, going up by as many as 21 points when Duncan hit one of two free throws to make it 76-55 late in the third quarter.

The Spurs went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead, which the Hornets quickly trimmed with a 7-0 run to open the period. Thornton’s fast-break layup made it 78-68 and the Hornets pulled to 80-72 on Darren Collison’s free throws with 7:06 remaining.

New Orleans missed several chances to get closer and still trailed by eight when Parker’s driving scoop made it 84-74 with 4:40 to go. Parker scored seven more points in the final minutes.

San Antonio outrebounded New Orleans 50-38, with DeJuan Blair grabbing 13 for the Spurs, including five on the offensive end. The Spurs were the more forceful team drawing fouls inside. Despite missing 14 free throws, they still outscored the Hornets 24-10 from the foul line.

“We got to the line a lot and unfortunately we missed a bunch of them, but it paid off for us,” Duncan said. “Just good aggressiveness on our part. It was a big difference in the game.

“DeJuan did a great job on the boards, just not giving them second shots and getting some easy stuff on the offensive glass,” Duncan added. “That’s going to be big for us throughout the season.”

The Spurs were 7 of 18 from 3-point range with Keith Bogans hitting three. New Orleans went only 4 of 13 from long range.

Ginobili’s 3-pointer made it 24-12 at the end of the first quarter. The lead got as large as 18 in the second quarter on Hill’s reverse layup, which capped a 9-2 run and made it 47-29.

Parker had 16 points by halftime, when the Spurs led 56-41.

NOTES: Jefferson had not missed any of the Spurs’ previous 39 games. … James Posey and Parker were called for double technical fouls in the fourth quarter. … New Orleans is 15-4 at home. … The Spurs are 8-9 on the road. … This was the second of four meetings this season between San Antonio and New Orleans. The Spurs won the first, 113-96 at home. … Paul’s CP3 foundation announced that the guard had made a $61,616.61 donation to relief efforts in Haiti. The amount was to honor his grandfather, who was slain when he was 61. … Saints running back Reggie Bush and his girlfriend, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, sat in courtside seats across from the Hornets’ bench.

[duncan228]

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[carina_gino20]

From twitter before the game.

Manu Ginobili: Almost game time, 5th in 6 1/2 days. Can I borrow a pair of legs from 1 of you? Just kidding, we’ll be fine

Bruce Bowen: @manuginobili you can have mine hermano, and they are FRESH!!!!!!

Manu Ginobili: @Bowen12 mmmm. Not sure if it’s a good deal… But considering the circumstances, I’ll take them 4 a day! Then u can have them back.

Speaking of Twitter and Bowen:


Bruce: @marcel_mutoni Dirty? Old? Slow? Is that the best you and @BrettEP can do? You could say Tony Manu and Bruce have 3 Championships..........
:lol

[Ice009]

LOL Bruce is kinda giving it to people on twitter.

[Spursmania]

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Posey's a jerk for trying to trip/kick Duncan.:ihit

[benefactor]

It wasn't pretty...but we got the job done.

lol Hornets. They didn't even look like they wanted to be there until they started dominating our bench players in the 4th.

[TJastal]

Posey's a jerk for trying to trip/kick Duncan.:ihit

The refs are even bigger jerks for not calling a foul on Posey.

[Budkin]

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http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/1-18-1010.jpg

Dude Tim Duncan would flat out stomp Posey's little ass all over the place.

[elbamba]

Biggest disappointment was the heavy minutes logged by the big 3. Please give Ime a few minutes and rest our superstar. The Spurs will be no where if Duncan can't play.

[alchemist]

we have 0-3 against jazz this year??
that's why it's payback time :lol

[Chomag]

Biggest disappointment was the heavy minutes logged by the big 3. Please give Ime a few minutes and rest our superstar. The Spurs will be no where if Duncan can't play.

Fair enough, however it might be a bit hard for the Spurs to find playing time for Ime, him being all the way in Sacramento and all.

[Chomag]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/1-18-109.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/1-18-1010.jpg

Posey Don't want none from Duncan.

[redzero]

Posey Don't want none from Duncan.

Obviously, he does, or he wouldn't have jawed at Timmeh in the first place.

[HarlemHeat37]

Posey's pretty much done in the NBA anyways, he doesn't really provide anything to a team anymore..he might as well try to get some dirty shots in, he can't offer anything else..literally, the guy is shooting 37% this year and can barely move like he used to..

[superjames1992]

Biggest disappointment was the heavy minutes logged by the big 3. Please give Ime a few minutes and rest our superstar. The Spurs will be no where if Duncan can't play.
Ime? Ime Udoka doesn't play for the Spurs anymore...

I think one reason the Big Three played so much was because of Jefferson's injury.

[BestPFInTheGame21]

Ime? Ime Udoka doesn't play for the Spurs anymore...

I think one reason the Big Three played so much was because of Jefferson's injury.

What up man? this is 24th. I figured you were somewhere around these parts....lol

[BRHornet45]

sons I am just waiting for Posey to end Kobe or Lebron's career with a cheap shot ... waiting, hoping, and praying!!!

[superjames1992]

What up man? this is 24th. I figured you were somewhere around these parts....lol
Hey there, man! Good to see you! :)