Game Blog: Spurs @ Blazers - Feb. 4

[Ditty]

so finley wants to stand there and let the ball come to him please trade or release him but ginobili is playing well lets put them away in the 4th

[easy7]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuu is not bsing tonight.

[urunobili]

Finally Manu with back to back 3 pointers...

[ElNono]

15 point quarter :tu:tu:tu:tu:tu

Best of the season so far... Gotta keep the pace slow... Pop gotta go back to bigs ASAP

[Truckules]

Put this game away and make me look like an idiot for predicting a loss.

[carina_gino20]

Ole Manu :spin

[mazerrackham]

much better defense in the 3rd, hopefully they keep it up in the 4th. The rebounding was still sub-par though...

[DesignatedT]

I cant believe my eyes

Spurs win a 3rd quarter

Spurs play Defense

Manu hits 3.....

great news!!!

[Ice009]

Absolutely great ball movement..

I fucking love how Tony's playing tonight, he's made the right plays all game except for that little stretch in the 2nd..

Phenomenal game from Tony. He is playing beast mode tonight.

[duncan228]

...I give you Spurs basketball.

That's the frustrating thing. We see flashes of it and it feels so good. Then it disappears.

[SCdac]

Manu Ginobili, of all the players on the team, has really played with the most sense of urgency. When he said the other day he "wasn't used to losing 5 of 6 at home" or whatever exactly it was, he sounded so frustrated with just the idea of losing... Hopefully he's on our team come the playoffs. We need him.

[Supergirl]

so finley wants to stand there and let the ball come to him please trade or release him but ginobili is playing well lets put them away in the 4th

I'll point out that on the last possession on the 3rd it was all started by Fin's steal and defense. So, he's not entirely useless.

[benefactor]

Hopefully the team doesn't gas in the 4th.

[HarlemHeat37]

Now the key here..

keep the intensity on D up and DON'T STOP ATTACKING THE RIM!..

almost every time the Spurs build a decent lead this season, they start settling for jump shots and turning the ball over, losing all momentum and allowing the other team to get back in the game..

keep attacking, get some easy points at the rim and get to the foul line..control the game, keep the momentum..

[duncan228]

Ole Manu :spin

Glad you're watching. :)

[Blackjack]

You've got to be impressed with how sharp Tony is.:tu

Wonder if the young fella's career night got the ol' competitive juices flowing.:smokin

[TDomination]

That's the frustrating thing. We see flashes of it and it feels so good. Then it disappears.
extremely frustrating...but its why i will always have hope

[slick'81]

spurs got a shot in the arm on a back2back with tp9 portland not so lucky without roy

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

we didn't have one TO in the 3rd except for that finley " i need to past the ball to somebody"'s TO

[DDS4]

Transition D and not letting the Blazers have offensive rebournds will be the key in the 4th.

[TDomination]

spurs to start out the 4th small, we'll see how it goes

[easy7]

I hope defense is just not making a special presentation tonight. I liked what I saw in the 3rd quarter.

[ElNono]

Let's hope we have some legs for the 4th... Miller and Aldrige should be tired too though, the played last night too

[TDomination]

Dang, manu was feeling it

[HarlemHeat37]

They finally adjusted on D to the Aldridge pick and pop..

First shot attempt = 3-pointer..

[TDfan2007]

Tim's playing awful offensive ball right now.

God I hate microball...

good D by the Spurs though...actually great D.

[TDomination]

i like blairs aggression but he was just forcing it there

[slick'81]

tony parker

[Spurologist]

TP has the touch tonight....another J

[Truckules]

Manu's play determines how far the Spurs go this year.

[Chieflion]

Pop really wants to lose this game.

[TDfan2007]

Tony's jumper looks gorgeous tonight.

[HarlemHeat37]

Rudy is so explosive..

[Refocus]

2 quick fouls on Blair. :(

[DesignatedT]

WHY IN THE FUCK is BLAIR our onlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy fucking BIG?????????????????

[TDomination]

Tony's jumper looks gorgeous tonight.
this was him all of last year, would love to see him return for good

[easy7]

Small ball again...hope it does not backfire.

[Libri]

alright, Spurs hustling

[TDfan2007]

great hustle Spurs!

[TDomination]

alright, Spurs hustling
and when you hustle, you get rewarded.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair playing his heart out...but gotta be more alert on D

[HarlemHeat37]

Good hustle by Bogans and Blair..

now we need Parker, Manu or Jefferson to get in the paint on the next possession..

[Refocus]

Did Mason really piss Pop off or something? Or is he on a shooting slump?? I've missed a couple games.

[ElNono]

I can't say enough good things of Blair... Bonner is a hard worker, but this kid just has flat out talent

[Supergirl]

Blair getting the rookie treatment from the refs now...apparently they forgot he was a rookie earlier. Gotta put him in his place. You can only get away with playing tough when you're an old fart like Juwan Howard.

[ohmwrecker]

Did Mason really piss Pop off or something? Or is he on a shooting slump?? I've missed a couple games.

He sucks.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Did Mason really piss Pop off or something? Or is he on a shooting slump?? I've missed a couple games.

He's going to be traded

[toki9]

Did Mason really piss Pop off or something? Or is he on a shooting slump?? I've missed a couple games.

i bet Pop feels that Mason is a little too focused on getting his numbers given that this is his contract year...

[urunobili]

Did Mason really piss Pop off or something? Or is he on a shooting slump?? I've missed a couple games.

bout to be traded... Fin is starting to get his minutes back...

[slick'81]

hill owning blake there

[ffadicted]

Veteran play by hill, nice to see

[HarlemHeat37]

Wow, Hill picked something up from Billups..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol @ hill

[Truckules]

George did the same thing to Blake that Billups did to him.

[Supergirl]

Hill gets 3 freebies...and misses the first one. And the third one.

[Spurologist]

Damn...did anyone see how high Hill was on that jumpshot?

[HarlemHeat37]

There's Jefferson with the Fab volleyball tip..

Tony forced it there..

[TDomination]

jefferson finally doing well on the glass

[timtonymanu]

cmon Hill you gotta make those.

[ohmwrecker]

RJ is cleaning up!

[HarlemHeat37]

Blair with some poor plays in the past few minutes..sub him off..

[slick'81]

fck

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lmao at stretching "RJ with two consecutive rebounds!! "

[slick'81]

tim for blair

[ffadicted]

45%, 25%, 67%.... thank god our defense decided to show up tonight

[HarlemHeat37]

Cunningham is so ugly..

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs offense is forcing it now..get Duncan and Manu back on the floor..

[Spurologist]

:lol Man I love Blair....if you get in his way, he will eat you

[Supergirl]

Timmy should be coming back in soon...

[slick'81]

dyess and manu in

[Truckules]

Blair makes em both.

[ffadicted]

Ginobili, will you marry me

[slick'81]

manu jumper

[slick'81]

sigh

[slick'81]

blair with 5

[Libri]

Crap! Another foul on Blair.

[HarlemHeat37]

Horrible call against Blair..

[TDfan2007]

bullshit foul...

[TDomination]

haha im sorry but how is that a foul???

[Supergirl]

Blair getting robbed with these foul calls :(

[slick'81]

duncan in

[Ice009]

Too many mistakes man. Shit.

Come on DeJuan.

[slick'81]

ginoooooobli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ffadicted]

Ginobili, seriously, will you marry me?

[TDomination]

heck yes Manu!

[Truckules]

Manu!!!

[Refocus]

Manu Fucking Ginobili!

[Chieflion]

Oh my. Take Blair out now.

[ohmwrecker]

More Manu!

[Ice009]

SuperMANU.

[HarlemHeat37]

How the hell is Juwan Howard doing this?..he just threw that shit up..

[slick'81]

get off batum

[slick'81]

craptacular

[TDfan2007]

Tim getting schooled by Juwan fucking Howard...

[slick'81]

still up 6 lets go defense

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs need to close this one out strong, we haven't had good results down the stretch this season..

[45 bank shot]

c'mon make ur shot dice

[timtonymanu]

im sorry but tim is pissing me off today.

[ohmwrecker]

This game should not be this close with Roy and Outlaw out.

[DesignatedT]

love how bonner continuously gets called out for his soft D and blair just pulls the same shit.

[benefactor]

Trade Manu for a big!

You bunch of stupid fuckers get on my nerves.

[hoopdreams11]

howard is getting away with a moving screen on every pick

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Trade Manu for a big!

You bunch of stupid fuckers get on my nerves.


:lol

[urunobili]

where is Turnobili?

[Supergirl]

Dice 4 pts 8 reb, RJ 8 pts 4 reb. One of these guys needs to pick it up. One of them needs to make a key shot, just to keep the Blazers d honest.

[ohmwrecker]

Tim getting schooled by Juwan fucking Howard...

He really gets in Timmy's head.

[Supergirl]

This game should not be this close with Roy and Outlaw out.

How many times do we have to be reminded - WOUNDED TEAMS ARE DANGEROUS. It is a cardinal law of basketball.

[Blackjack]

3 rebounds for RJ this half and two were actually impressive; he's actually a +5, FWIW..

[TDomination]

ugh, i wish the time would just run out already

[slick'81]

oh come on

[Libri]

:bang

[slick'81]

miller lucked the fck out there

[ffadicted]

Oh my god, why is Duncan getting owned on defense all night?

[Ice009]

FUCK HOW MANY AND 1s are we going to give them.

[HarlemHeat37]

Why does every team make unlikely, lucky ass shots against the Spurs?..

Juwan Howard just made a turnaround hook shot off the dribble, and now Andre Miller makes an and-1 when he isn't even looking at the net..

[TDfan2007]

George can't hit that corner 3 right now...

[urunobili]

la concha de tu madre :pctoss

[slick'81]

spurs ball up 4

[ezau]

We just need to pull this one off and we're going to be fine

[Chieflion]

How the fuck did Miller hit that?

[TDomination]

finally, tim!

[slick'81]

duncan over howard

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan uses his left and it goes in..what a surprise..

[TDfan2007]

lol wow how hard was that Tim?

[ohmwrecker]

How many times do we have to be reminded - WOUNDED TEAMS ARE DANGEROUS. It is a cardinal law of basketball.

We used to mercy kill wounded teams.

[Spurologist]

Great post move by TD.....with the left hook

[TDomination]

my goodness that was excellent d, alrdige just hit that

[slick'81]

aldridge may be a pussy but that pussy can shoot

[ezau]

Jesus we have to hold on

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs going to choke again down the stretch?..

[slick'81]

2 point game

[Ice009]

Pathetic.

[timtonymanu]

goddamnit it never fails.

[ffadicted]

Goddamn it Ginobili is so fucking clutch

[Cant_Be_Faded]

and here we go...

[slick'81]

ginobli!!!

[slick'81]

1 point game

[TDomination]

pop pissed, freaking no rotation

[Ice009]

Fucking joke.

[NickiRasgo]

Lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan needs to grow some balls..

[ezau]

2 point lead

[Refocus]

Another team shooting lights out down the stretch.. awesome..

[slick'81]

blazers take the lead

[Truckules]

Oh man If the Spurs lose this one...

[Ice009]

What a joke this team is.

[HarlemHeat37]

Aldridge is one of the biggest chokers in the NBA, but obviously he makes clutch contested shots against the Spurs..

[ezau]

fuck!

[slick'81]

timeout pop

[timtonymanu]

ok we lost.

[Supergirl]

Refs helping the Blazers out here...hmmm, close game, refs suddenly swallow their refs against the Spurs...yet again...it's almost like someone's gettin' paid...

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu with a horrible shot..

[slick'81]

pleases stop the bleeding and get tp in

[Cant_Be_Faded]

ROFL
ginobili wtf were you thinking

[Chieflion]

Can't get a fucking stop.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan settling for a J..Tim is really choking in this game..

[slick'81]

timeout blazers up 1 with ball

[ffadicted]

Jesus fucking christ pop, about time you call that time out

[45 bank shot]

fuck here goes the lead

[ezau]

jesus. still close but the guys need to close this one

[TDfan2007]

Tim is playing like ASS this game. Just face his ass up and shoot the fucking jumper.

And how many fluke shots can one team hit?!

[Ice009]

POP had to call time out like 2 minutes ago.

WHAT THE FUCK.

[NickiRasgo]

This is nice.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

we totally had this under our control and in one quick sequence we are choking our road trip mojo

[dolacheck]

Wow why do the spurs suck SO BAD this year

[hitmanyr2k]

There's nothing McDyess can do really. His defense has been perfect but Aldridge is making some tough shots. The Spurs' transition defense has been garbage tonight though.

[ohmwrecker]

Fuck it all.

[timtonymanu]

im angry with tim right now. i dont care if he's carried us all season. at this point i dont care who it is but everyone's gotta play well down the stretch.

[jhuan16]

lol we suck.

[Ice009]

POP had to call that time out about 2 minutes ago and get Parker in.

THIS TEAM, THIS COACH, THESE PLAYERS ARE SO FUCKING RETARDED.

come on TP. I AM PUTTING THIS GAME IN TP'S HANDS.

[slick'81]

spurs need to work some of that defensive mojjo here

[Spurologist]

Refs helping the Blazers out here...hmmm, close game, refs suddenly swallow their refs against the Spurs...yet again...it's almost like someone's gettin' paid...

Blazers are making shots and the spurs are playing pussy ball

[ElNono]

We're running on fumes... but Pop needs to call a TO when they cut the lead in 5 and draw a play...

[lil_penny]

Aldridge is one of the biggest chokers in the NBA, but obviously he makes clutch contested shots against the Spurs..

Choker? No.
More like 4th qtr ghost. Sometimes you can't tell he's even playing lol but since he got called out the other game he's started to step up a little.

[024]

lol spurs.

[ulosturedge]

Here we go lol.

[bless1187]

man, this is just ridiculous... why trade for RJ if you are just gonna plant him in the corner for the whole 4th quarter as if he's a B. Bowen or M. Finley... i don't get how he only touched the ball once or twice in the 4th quarters...

[Blackjack]

They're playing like a tired and almost braindead team.

Unfortunately, that Hill corner three looks to be the killshot that's eluded them too often this season..

[timtonymanu]

spurs follow a great 3rd with a shit 4th. fuckin inconsistent bitches!

[TDfan2007]

Tim's mind: "okay let's do this. I can just take over here. Shoot a banker and open up the drive"

Tim's body: "LOL really? Yeah buddy that's not happening."

[SCdac]

that LaMarcus Aldridge shot was really tough, I don't know how much better that could have been defended...

Spurs should try more hi-low with McDyess like earlier in the first half, rather than just throw it into Timmy and let him get doubled or go one on one.

[HarlemHeat37]

Lamarcus Aldridge is a 12% jump shooter in clutch time this season..yes, you read that correctly, 12%!..he's a 40% overall shooter in clutch time..

Of course he's going to make contested shots vs. the Spurs in clutch time though..our D isn't good, but we've had so much bad luck with these types of shots..

[boutons_deux]

Spurs' other way to lose, go stone cold in 4th qtr. 13 pts in 10 minutes

[Supergirl]

Martell Webster 4-4 from 3 pters - that's the reason the Blazers are still in this. Oh, and the fact that the refs have decided they get to run over anyone in their path to the basket.

[benefactor]

Outside of Duncan and McDyess, the rebounding has been awful. Hill has ONE rebound in 35 minutes.

[urunobili]

Juwan Howard making TD his personal bitch all fucking night long...

[slick'81]

pop irate on a spurs missed rotation

[easy7]

Small ball once again giving up leads, damn.

[slick'81]

defense defense

[Ice009]

wow POP SMASHED THAT TABLE ON MCDYESS' MISSED ROTATION.

[ace3g]

TIMMY with the steal on the inbounds

[slick'81]

yes lets go spurs

[slick'81]

back to back turnovers there

[ace3g]

and then TO right after that

[HarlemHeat37]

what the fuck is Manu doing?!..

wow, this team is not clutch anymore..

[Johnny RIngo]

Wow why do the spurs suck SO BAD this year

Jefferson's infected the rest of the team with his loser mojo. Still think it's hilarious that there was a large contingent of Spurs fans that thought he was better than SJax.

[slick'81]

good defense spurs ball down 1

[urunobili]

Turnobili sighting

[timtonymanu]

that was crucial manu damn it.

[Refocus]

wow this is some physical basketball.. i like it

[ffadicted]

Jesus christ Duncan...

[slick'81]

wow just wow

[Spurologist]

Let's at least get a fucking shot up......DAMN

[slick'81]

howard all over timmy

[Ice009]

Tim duncan.

Fucking idiot.

[TDfan2007]

Our 4th quarter execution has been awful...

[Leetonidas]

Tim Duncan is a fucking turnover machine. Why does he bring the ball down like 5 times a game and get it swiped???

[ElNono]

Zero execution :pctoss

[ulosturedge]

Oh well. I'm spent with this Spurs team this year lol...

[timtonymanu]

tim fucked us tonight.

[hitmanyr2k]

Does Duncan know how to keep the ball high? I swear to God he gets stripped more than any other player I've seen....EVER.

[45 bank shot]

fuck just fuck

[slick'81]

jump ball coming up time out spurs

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Ugh Spurs

man

[hoopdreams11]

come on tim

[HarlemHeat37]

I bet if I look up the numbers, Duncan probably does worse against the inferior defenders that he goes up against..he's torched pretty much every good defender he's faced this season, but he seems to struggle against average defenders like Howard for some reason..

[DDS4]

Horrible.

[slick'81]

duncan v webster for the tip

[Ice009]

Man this whole team is to blame. From pop to tim to everyone.

If you want to win tim you got to fucking bring it, not play sloppy and lazy.

[timtonymanu]

Duncan. Manu. Parker. McDyess. Jefferson. Finley.

Veterans that cant execute down the stretch. How pathetic!

[ShoogarBear]

Spurs are looking scared on offense.

[HarlemHeat37]

If we get the ball here, give the ball to Tony and move out of the way

[easy7]

Spurs 3 turnovers in first 3 quarters, and 4 turnovers on the 4th... man,

[Libri]

no more stupid plays, please

[NickiRasgo]

Nice Parker! lol

[slick'81]

this is it

[Truckules]

Have to get a stop now

[slick'81]

game

[NickiRasgo]

Nice Blazers! Go!

[Truckules]

That's it

[benefactor]

Game over.

[lil_penny]

Webby!!!!

[hitmanyr2k]

Dagger lol. The ONE guy who you didn't want to see shoot the 3 ball.

[45 bank shot]

game over man

[Libri]

:pctoss

[ElNono]

Another close game lost... we played good enough defense to win this...

[phxspurfan]

Well that sucks

[slick'81]

over.

[boutons_deux]

Blazers can't miss, Spurs fuck up with horrible shots, bad execution.

[Spurologist]

unreal

[ffadicted]

What a fucking joke

[Juanobili]

Game.

[Ice009]

Wow this team is done.

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[DDS4]

Par for the course. Not surprised not one bit.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

sigh

[noles1983]

get on the bus and gtfo you bunch of pussies

[slick'81]

another epic meltdown when it mattered most complete and utter meltdown

[Supergirl]

Martell webster just having a lucky ass game. Seriously. Not much the Spurs can do about that. He's a scrub most nights, but on a b2b, playing for a team that's wounded and playing for pride, he's getting lucky. He's not half as good as his box score looks tonight.

<sigh>

[Truckules]

Webster is 5-5 from 3. Whoever has been defending him has been awful tonight.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

and that shot puts the Spurs at 1-1 for the RRT