Game Blog: Spurs vs. Nuggets - Jan 31

[alchemist]

this is what I hate about reffing, Hill clearly fouled the guy way up near the Spurs basket. NO CALL. Billups was clearly fouled. NO CALL. But any little skin contact during any other part of the 47 minutes the Spurs create = automatic foul :bang :bang :bang :wakeup

[ulosturedge]

lol Kmart of all people goes off on us.

[Killakobe81]

GTFO!!! Kmart with the 3!! Just like Damp's ...wow!

[siraulo23]

lol martin, reminds me of that 3 by dampier

[crc21209]

Unnecessary three there by that thug...

[Ace9]

Wow. Absolutely pathetic. The Spurs fucking suck. :(

[timtonymanu]

well thanks for wasting one hour of my precious sleep, spurs. fuck this gutless team.

[Chieflion]

Adding insult to injury is Kenyon Martin. This team wasting my sleep.

[Mal]

Manu for Josh Howard is on the table for 1 week only...let Pop know please :elephant

Howard suck even more. Barea and Brisouis or whatever this B rookie is kick him out from s5. No way.

[Amarelooms]

Adding insult to injury is Kenyon Martin. This team wasting my sleep.

you are truly a loser if you are going to be asleep at 2pm. :elephant

[Johnny RIngo]

Unnecessary three there by that thug...

We've been owning these teams for years now so this is their way of getting payback now that we suck. Just gotta deal with it.

[Ice009]

Well what is Pop going to say now.

Instead of fighting looks like the Spurs gave up tonight.

[timtonymanu]

you are truly a loser if you are going to be asleep at 2pm. :elephant

some of us arent from the states but you wouldnt know that because you dont know shit.

[easy7]

well good news is that LOST is on in 2 days :elephant

Well, tell us abut it since you saw it yesterday with Portland. :elephant

[Mal]

you are truly a loser if you are going to be asleep at 2pm. :elephant

lol @ everyone aren`t from US

[marini martini]

So was this the cussing Blog???:lmao

[Chieflion]

some of us arent from the states but you wouldnt know that because you dont know shit.
Exactly. He doesn't know shit. It is 4.25 am over here and I need my damn sleep. I bet he doesn't know the Earth rotates either.

[Bukefal]

Damn, they play nervous, messy. It's a moment by moment team. One moment they are a blast and then they go downhill again. Something has gotta change.

[Amarelooms]

Exactly. He doesn't know shit. It is 4.25 am over here and I need my damn sleep. I bet he doesn't know the Earth rotates either.

if it's 4am and you are up watching a dumb bball game in JANUARY you need to re-think your life :elephant

[Bukefal]

you are truly a loser if you are going to be asleep at 2pm. :elephant

:lol mavsfan typically

[Ice009]

if it's 4am and you are up watching a dumb bball game in JANUARY you need to re-think your life :elephant

You seem to spend more time here than anyone else. Who gives a fuck what time it is.

Why are you on the board so much? Go re-think yourself.

Oh btw I wouldn't give you Manu if you offered Dirk for him. Go shove that Josh Howard trade up your ass.

[alchemist]

Unnecessary three there by that thug...
I actually enjoyed that bucket, that equates to spitting in the Spurs faces which they deserve.

No heart = you deserve to get the score runned up on you.

[Chieflion]

if it's 4am and you are up watching a dumb bball game in JANUARY you need to re-think your life :elephant
This coming from a poster who posts in a Spurs-Nuggets game blog just to post the same diarrhoea about a Manu for JHo swap and having that lame ass pink elephant walk.

[LakerHater]

Man if Spurs cant hold serve at home, against a team w/o their all star, they're in trouble on the road!!!

[Amarelooms]

You seem to spend more time here than anyone else. Who gives a fuck what time it is.

Why are you on the board so much? Go re-think yourself.

Oh btw I wouldn't give you Manu if you offered Dirk for him. Go shove that Josh Howard trade up your ass.

lol you couldn't get Dirk for Duncan let alone Manu :elephant

[crc21209]

Man if Spurs cant hold serve at home, against a team w/o their all star, they're in trouble on the road!!!

We were missing one of our best players as well....:lol

[alchemist]

btw, Hollinger was in town today. Expect the complete ESPN.com treatment later (Unless Kobe breaks a knee or something)

[timtonymanu]

if it's 4am and you are up watching a dumb bball game in JANUARY you need to re-think your life :elephant

says the guy trolling on a spurs board. you need a life. perhaps a girlfriend. maybe you could finally get laid instead of jacking off to the mavs spurs series of the past.

besides any true fan would watch an early game . its common. so your point isnt a good one.

[Chieflion]

We were missing one of our best players as well....:lol
No excuses, the Nuggets were missing their BEST player, period.

[Allanon]

F.............ck, I worked the night shift last night and missed the game.

Surprised by the blowout kind of score though.

[Chieflion]

F.............ck, I worked the night shift last night and missed the game.

Surprised by the blowout kind of score though.
Score was close until the last 3 minutes when Kenyon Martin took over the game after JR hit yet another clutch 3.

[timtonymanu]

F.............ck, I worked the night shift last night and missed the game.

Surprised by the blowout kind of score though.

it was actually pretty close until the last 2 mins when the spurs gave up.

[Ice009]

So does anyone want to trade Parker still???

[Chieflion]

So does anyone want to trade Parker still???
No way. Parker is the only person who knows how to throw a proper entry pass to Tim Duncan.

[alchemist]

No excuses, the Nuggets were missing their BEST player, period.
That's debatable.

[Ice009]

lol you couldn't get Dirk for Duncan let alone Manu :elephant

I wouldn't trade any of the big 3 for Dirk. No go fuck off because I'm sick of reading your lame homosexual trade Manu for Josh Howard crap. Wishing your team would lose so you can do a trade almost every game. PATHETIC.

[Flux451]

wasn't a blowout. but good win by nuggets. we lost because of three % and perimeter defense.

[Allanon]

Score was close until the last 3 minutes when Kenyon Martin took over the game after JR hit yet another clutch 3.


it was actually pretty close until the last 2 mins when the spurs gave up.

Thanks guys. I thought it was a blowout just looking at the score...didn't know it was lost in the last couple of minutes.

That's a tough loss...was hoping the Spurs would give the Thuggz a beatdown.

[timtonymanu]

I wouldn't trade any of the big 3 for Dirk. No go fuck off because I'm sick or reading your homosexual trade Manu for Josh Howard crap. Wishing your team would lose for a trade. PATHETIC.

its pointless arguing with amarelooms. it's like arguing with a retarded kid you feel sorry for. he cant do anything about his stupidity you just have to deal with him.

[timtonymanu]

Thanks guys. I thought it was a blowout just looking at the score...didn't know it was lost in the last couple of minutes.

That's a tough loss.

it was. but i expected it. spurs just cant execute when needed.

[Flux451]

it was actually pretty close until the last 2 mins when the spurs gave up.

gave up? more like couldn't close out...the usual.

[Ice009]

:elephant

Here's the exit : http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145561

[kobyz]

Mason should not be in the rotation, he is the worst defender in the NBA, he has no BB IQ, he is not NBA level, like him there 100 in Europe and they all not worth NBA roster.
it's bad that he is getting minutes even if once he has a good shooting night he has a lot more damage that he made, particularly for the long run it's bad that he is gettin minutes !!!

[Quiet Strength]

Blair shot 4 of 4.. maybe pop should have went to him on offense a little more.. Just saying..

[BackHome]

To me we lost the game when we went three happy......I don't know how many airballs we shot during the first half. I totally understand that we are a very good team this year but the way players are playing and some of the rotations Pop is doing is reminding me of when Hill was a coach.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Pop is so stupid, gosh. What do we have to do to get rid of this guy!? seriously, he has been brain fucked or something.


ahh i get it now
youre a troll

:downspin:

[ohmwrecker]

The Spurs are in BIG trouble, friends. This should have been a statement game. No excuses. No excuse for RJ not scoring 20+ with Melo out. No excuse for Affalo going off. No excuse for letting that piece of shit J.R. Smith treat the Spurs like a shooting drill. No excuse for Manu not stepping the fuck up. No excuse for getting 0% bench production. No excuse for Bonner getting minutes over Blair. Nobody stepped up. Not one player had a decent game. Just a pathetic performance all the way around.
If the Spurs can't pull this shit together on the road trip, it's over.
There is no trade out there that is going to turn this thing around. It's too late for that.
I thought a rant would make me feel better, but it doesn't.

[temujin]

Mason should not be in the rotation, he is the worst defender in the NBA, he has no BB IQ, he is not NBA level, like him there 100 in Europe and they all not worth NBA roster.
it's bad that he is getting minutes even if once he has a good shooting night he has a lot more damage that he made, particularly for the long run it's bad that he is gettin minutes !!!

Mason won one of the only two games Spurs won in the homestand.

[temujin]

The Spurs are in BIG trouble, friends. This should have been a statement game. No excuses. No excuse for RJ not scoring 20+ with Melo out. No excuse for Affalo going off. No excuse for letting that piece of shit J.R. Smith treating the Spurs like a shooting drill. No excuse for Manu not stepping the fuck up. No excuse for getting 0% bench production. No excuse for Bonner getting minutes over Blair. Nobody stepped up. Not one player had a decent game. Just a pathetic performance all the way around.
If the Spurs can't pull this shit together on the road trip, it's over.
There is no trade out there that is going to turn this thing around. It's too late for that.
I thought a rant would make me feel better, but it doesn't.

Spurs coach has just lost it.
Roedo trip or not this team goes nowhere.

[duncan228]

Updated.

Anthony sits again, but Nuggets still beat Spurs (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010013124&prov=ap)
By Paul J. Weber

After revealing that Carmelo Anthony would miss a fourth straight game Sunday, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl joked he would beg the NBA’s leading scorer one last time to play.

They didn’t need him. Denver is still winning just fine.

Kenyon Martin scored 27 points and Chauncey Billups had 25 points and 11 assists, leading the Nuggets past the San Antonio Spurs 103-89 without Anthony, who took another day to rest his left ankle that he injured more than a week ago.

Denver will likely get Anthony back Monday against Sacramento. But if not, they’ll be OK if they keep playing like this.

“We know how important Melo is to us,” Karl said. “But I’ve always believed that injuries are windows of opportunity, and I think our guys have understood that the strategy’s going to be a little different, but we can still be a good team.”

In January, the Nuggets were one of the best. They went 12-3 for the month and 3-1 without Anthony, getting their lone blemish in a blowout Friday at Oklahoma City that snapped an eight-game winning streak.

“Most of the sets are run for Melo, so I just make myself more available,” said Martin, whose 27 tied a season high. “I can do it when he’s there, but my job is facilitating.”

The Spurs were missing their own star in Tony Parker, who sat out a second game with a mild left ankle sprain. But unlike Anthony and Nuggets, San Antonio can use all the help it can get.

George Hill had 17 points in place of Parker, and the Spurs finished a disappointing six-game homestand at 2-4. If there was a season the Spurs needed their annual Rodeo Road Trip to come together, this would be it.

Parker’s timetable for a return is unknown, but San Antonio will want him back for what comes next: An eight-game, 3 1/2 -week road trip that figures to weigh heavily for the underachieving Spurs. Once the Spurs get back, they’ll have just 12 home games the remainder of the season.

San Antonio went 8-8 in January and seemed to show that its problems run deeper than just breaking in a slew of new faces. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has lately deplored the lapses in San Antonio’s usually trademark defense.

Popovich took aim at the offense after this loss.

Denver shot 54 percent from the field and made 9 of 12 from behind the 3-point arc. The Spurs shot 43 percent, hitting just three of 17 3-pointers.

“People need to step up and start making shots,” Popovich said.

Tim Duncan had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs. Manu Ginobili added 14 points. After the game, in a question-and-answer with season ticket holders on the court, even Ginobili tried directly reassuring fans things would improve.

Ginobili didn’t dwell on Parker not playing.

“It didn’t mean much,” Ginobili said. “We lost Tony, they lost Carmelo.”

Karl expects Anthony to try and play Monday against the Kings, when Denver returns home following a three-game road swing.

Before the game, Karl said the expected fast pace of the game held Anthony out much as anything. He said Anthony still wasn’t comfortable making sharp moves.

Karl was right: The Spurs did push the ball, but the Nuggets ran away by the end. Antonio McDyess hit a 19-foot jumper with 3:24 left to get the Spurs within 87-85, but the Nuggets scored on their last seven possessions.

“It was a great trip for us, especially without our best player,” Billups said.

NOTES: Spurs F Michael Finley played for the first time since Dec. 5, when he injured his left ankle in a loss to Denver the last time the Nuggets were in town. He missed two shots in 6 minutes. …The Spurs used their 15th different starting lineup, with Hill and Roger Mason Jr. starting in the backcourt together for the first time.

[5in10]

Can we stop letting nuggets-fan stop making game threads!?

[Allanon]

it was. but i expected it. spurs just cant execute when needed.

This is one of the oddest things I've noticed.

Every year that I can remember, the Spurs were one of the best teams in the 4th quarter.

But this year, the late 4th quarter execution is a big reason for the losses because the Spurs are usually in the game.

And it seems to me, the problem is that the Spurs can't get stops when they need them. I don't know if that was what happened in this game though.

[Phonzie20]

Man, that amarelooms guy is pretty freaking annoying.

[Amarelooms]

Man, that amarelooms guy is pretty freaking annoying.

the smart people in life are often calling annoying....your opinion is meaningless :elephant

[slick'81]

damn no melO and we still lost what a way to wake up this afternoon lol :bang

[Phonzie20]

the smart people in life are often calling annoying....your opinion is meaningless :elephant

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[z0sa]

this loss didn't improve my hangover

[NugzFan]

You seem to spend more time here than anyone else. Who gives a fuck what time it is.

Why are you on the board so much? Go re-think yourself.

Oh btw I wouldn't give you Manu if you offered Dirk for him. Go shove that Josh Howard trade up your ass.

you gotta be kidding me.

the spurs would be all over that trade in a second.

anyways, good game guys. exciting finish.