Game Blog: Spurs vs. Cavaliers

[OldSilentHill]

Can we sign Manu extension at the half?
:lol

[alchemist]

Pop yelling at RJ....he still cares :lol

[8FOR!3]

RJ's got no excuse tonight sucking on D from the PF position. We all know Jamison is a natural SF, he should be a tolerable matchup for him.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill, RJ, Mason, Blair, difficult to know who is playing worst D

[ElNono]

Y'all laugh... but Manu is auditing for the Cavs tonight... specially if they manage to resign Lebron... :stirpot:

[DesignatedT]

rj back to playing uninspired ball.

[Blackjack]

Manu . . .

xlTH7ulledQ

Do it! :hungry:

[Manu-of-steel]

Cavs draining it from downtown

[Ice009]

Darn it I didn't want to get on George about his defense like I did the whole second half of last season for Mason Jr.

DO NOT BE My new Mason Jr. George. Please start playing like you are capable of on the defensive end.

[Johnny RIngo]

Manu, Duncan, and Hill have scored 38 of the team's 43 points. Manu himself has more than half of the points.

[Manufan909]

I'd like to see Ian and Hairston double their PT by the end of the game, or at the very least have Blair play 20 min before fouling out.:downspin:

[Brazil]

Tbh I'm more disappointed by Dice than RJ

[Refocus]

That would have been a nice poster lol.

[bigdog]

That would have been beautiful is RJ pulled off that slam.

[DesignatedT]

there we go rj. play aggressive

[timtonymanu]

there ya go RJ! Stay aggressive.

[Chieflion]

RJ trying to send a message. He goes to the line. He almost put Jamison on the poster of the season.

[Ice009]

come on Rj hit one please.

[Sisk]

look at dick fly!

great aggressiveness

[DAF86]

RJ make your goddamn FT's at least.

[Death In June]

Ticky-tac call.

[ElNono]

what foul?

[Libri]

They're now double teaming Jamison.

[Chieflion]

Ball don't lie!

[alchemist]

how was that a foul on Bogans?

[ElNono]

damnit with the stupid fouls.. Pop, HE'S NOT BOWEN

[Ice009]

How about putting some fucking height out there Pop??????????

[Warlord23]

The only good thing that can come out of this stretch of smallball is for Bogans to foul out

[DesignatedT]

Manu, Duncan, and Hill have scored 38 of the team's 43 points. Manu himself has more than half of the points.

glad manu is showing he can still do this. he hasnt had a game like this in 2 years.

[Chieflion]

Ball don't lie!

Quoted again to reiterate my point.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan needs to stop facing up, he's much stronger than Hickson..

[DesignatedT]

why is mason on the floor. guy is useless.

[blkroadrunners]

And 1 Ma$e

[DAF86]

Put Manu for the last minute.

[Chieflion]

Mason and 1!

[Libri]

Mason and 1

[Refocus]

lol mason.. i'll take it.

[timtonymanu]

lmao mason and 1.

[ElNono]

Hill slammajamma!

[DPG21920]

Hill coast-to-coast. If Mason is going to throw up bricks, Malik needs to get time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill DUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs finally double teamed Jamison with Duncan down low, should be doing that every time..

[Chieflion]

George Hill coast to coast dunk!

[DesignatedT]

wow mason wow. wide open

[Ice009]

Come on Mase.

Great defense and finish HILL.

[Refocus]

iupui'd

[Brazil]

47 pts allowed to the cavs w/o lbj at half is not good at all

[Sisk]

hahaha mason..

[OldSilentHill]

glad manu is showing he can still do this. he hasnt had a game like this in 2 years.

He didn´t have to. He´s almost always on the bench, what do you expect?

[Libri]

The Cavs' transition D was pathetic and Hill made them pay for it.

[Manu-of-steel]

Jamison going berserk against the spurs. Defense!

[Chieflion]

Hahahaha, George Hill with that shit again.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 52-49 at the half

[Dex]

Interesting half.

[Refocus]

Decent half.

[ElNono]

All things considered... :tu

[DesignatedT]

He didn´t have to. He´s almost always on the bench, what do you expect?

hes played no more minutes today then what he usually does.

[Ice009]

Great play Spurs.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

about time for the spurs to realize that the cavs have no one to really protect the paint (like us)

[anonoftheinternets]

man if only mason was hitting shots like last year... we ahve no shooters whatsoever....

[anakha]

Mahinmi played pretty decent in what I've seen so far. Can't hurt to give him some more minutes, if only to preserve Blair's fouls.

[DesignatedT]

this cleve team is still a good team without LBJ. id say it was a good half overall. not sure what the ian/hairston sighting was about.

[Brazil]

Decent half.

what ??? cavs are scoring 50 pts at half w/o their major player and w/o shaq at 51% you call that decent ? offensively no doubt, defensively it's just awful

[Manu-of-steel]

Spurs not playing good defense. What could have happened if lebron played? We have to pick up the defensive intensity.

[DesignatedT]

whats going on with dyess. started then got no more minutes. think that knees still hurting him and pop could tell?

[DesignatedT]

mason 0/5 from 3

[ElNono]

I just wouldn't take for granted that Manu will score another 23 in the second half... so we better step it up a notch or two...
It's interesting that the Cavs are protecting the 3 point line pretty well, but we can't make them pay inside either...

[DesignatedT]

I just wouldn't take for granted that Manu will score another 23 in the second half... so we better step it up a notch or two...
It's interesting that the Cavs are protecting the 3 point line pretty well, but we can't make them pay inside either...

cavs are doubling duncan in the post every time. our shooters have to hit.

[ElNono]

cavs are doubling duncan in the post every time. our shooters have to hit.

They're staying put with Bonner at least... he had to put the ball to the floor almost every time... I don't think he even has an attempt from downtown...

[iminol]

have you seen it? Coach Brown laught at the end of 2 quarter after calling foul on G-Hill. Why it's not technical foul?

[ShoogarBear]

I missed most of the first half. Mahinmi and Hairston got minutes???

[AnthonyM]

Hill coast-to-coast. If Mason is going to throw up bricks, Malik needs to get time.

Get out of here with that common sense...

[ElNono]

I missed most of the first half. Mahinmi and Hairston got minutes???

They did. Today we learned that Ian can't set a screen without fouling the opposing team player and most likely his own teammate too... :lol

[ShoogarBear]

Good to see RJ stepping up. :lol

[DAF86]

The Cavs scored only 21 pts in the second.

[AnthonyM]

I missed most of the first half. Mahinmi and Hairston got minutes???

Yep. Jamison was giving McDyess problems and Hickson was too.

Mahinmi played good weakside defense, decent overall. Hairston had a nice putback dunk and played ok defense.

Both made some mistakes though, I think Hairston picked up two fouls and Mahinmi traveled on the offensive end...

Edit: I also think Hairston passed up a couple of shots that he should have taken...

[DesignatedT]

They did. Today we learned that Ian can't set a screen without fouling the opposing team player and most likely his own teammate too... :lol

:lol

[ShoogarBear]

They did. Today we learned that Ian can't set a screen without fouling the opposing team player and most likely his own teammate too... :lol

Looks like between Ian and Blair it was a comedy of errors.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Good to see RJ stepping up. :lol

:vomit:

[DPG21920]

Ian played solid defense, but he just rolled on every offensive screen. He was doing better with his screens last time he played (a chunk of minutes), but not good today in that regard.

RJ has not played that bad. Decent on the boards, had some aggressive moves. He lost the ball a couple times trying to drive, but he just needs to keep at it.

[ShoogarBear]

Seriously, how did he get zero FGA in 13 minutes? I saw the one drive where he got the FTs.

[silverblk mystix]

I thought Ian was good on defense...it was good to see a spur actually intimidating and changing shots...

i would definitely say he needs minutes more than anything else...

he will improve on offense once he calms down and realizes that he has time----IF pop will take a chance and give him minutes...

[Chieflion]

Looks like between Ian and Blair it was a comedy of errors.

At least Ian plays good defense. Blair has no positive out there. He looks totally overwhelmed.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

lipreading Popovich after Jamison scores an easy layup with Jefferson guarding him:

"The fuck you're doing?" as he calls a time out.

huddling with coaches, shaking head: "Unbelievable."

[ShoogarBear]

I see Manu is ballhogging. /ducks

[DPG21920]

Mason, Dice, Bogans, RJ, Blair: 1-9

[DPG21920]

Great closeout by Dice there :tu

[AnthonyM]

lipreading Popovich after Jamison scores an easy layup with Jefferson guarding him:

"The fuck you're doing?" as he calls a time out.

huddling with coaches, shaking head: "Unbelievable."

The best part of all of that was Pop's solution: Put Bogans on him.

[DPG21920]

Hell yeah, Dice with the J.

[ShoogarBear]

At least Ian plays good defense. Blair has no positive out there. He looks totally overwhelmed.

Well, one weakness of Blair is that he needs to show he can come back after a slow start. With him, it seems he's either bad or good the whole game.

[Chieflion]

Dice finally doing something right.

[DPG21920]

Oh shit, Dice man. After giving great effort on that closeout, he drains two j's. He looks into it.

[ffadicted]

Great start to the 3rd

[ShoogarBear]

^Like Dice is doing now.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Dice and Bogans!

[ElNono]

It's gonna rain tomorrow... Dice hit two shots and Bogans had a good defensive play..

[Refocus]

Woah.. came to play it looks like.

[Libri]

Alright, Dice with a couple of jumpers.

[urunobili]

we need this win :pctoss

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

no way!!! did bogans just ran a fast break???? no fucking way

[ffadicted]

At least Ian plays good defense. Blair has no positive out there. He looks totally overwhelmed.

Which is weird he should be dominating the center-less Cavs

[AnthonyM]

WTG Dice, He probably got pissed when Pop pulled him early in the 1st and put RJ and Bogans on Jamison when Jamison hit a few threes only to see Jamison just back both of them down and make 'em look silly.

Pop's gotta live with Jamison taking three's than attacking the rim...

[ShoogarBear]

It's gonna rain tomorrow... Dice hit two shots and Bogans had a good defensive play..

And rarest of all, Spurs come in the third looking good.

[Chieflion]

Which is weird he should be dominating the center-less Cavs

You can't dominate the next Karl Malone.

[ElNono]

Hope they don't let up now...

[Mel_13]

Dice looks like he was born to wear silver and black.

[ShoogarBear]

Dice thought that one was down, too.

[Dex]

Antonio jumped at a fake that never happened.

[ElNono]

Manu en fuego

[ShoogarBear]

Manu got his legs into that three. :wow

[DPG21920]

Yikes, Manu flipped the beast switch.

[ffadicted]

GINO TRIIIIIps

[Chieflion]

Manu tres again!

[AnthonyM]

Antonio jumped at a fake that never happened.

Yeah, that was very uncharacteristic of him...

[ElNono]

And Hill keeps on getting schooled by Mo Williams... :pctoss

[DPG21920]

Too many easy baskets inside.

[Chieflion]

This ain't 2k10, Spurs. Play some defense.

[ElNono]

Cavs not guarding Bogans again... :lol

[BanditHiro]

fuck here comes the drought

[Death In June]

Bogans should never attempt another shot. Just accept your role as "center piece," and don't waste a possession.

[Crookshanks]

Since this game in on NBA tv, I can only listen. However, it seems like the Cavs are getting a lot of calls - I guess that's to be expected since Joey Crawford is on the floor.

But man - DeJuan Blair is getting hammered by the refs.

[DPG21920]

Man, what a bad decision by Bogans on that pass to Hill :lol. Very lucky.

[ElNono]

Come on Georgie... wake the fuck up

[kobyz]

Hill is a bad defender period!

[ShoogarBear]

Counting this game, Keith Bogans has hit 1 or fewer shots in 5/6 games.

[ElNono]

:wow

[timtonymanu]

seriously Hill.

[Ice009]

FUCK IT GEORGE two missed free throws and lets Williams score a fucking easy too.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ghill wtf

[AnthonyM]

Man, as soon as everyone started praising Dice on his jumpers he started missing 'em...

[Crookshanks]

man - did someone put Saran wrap on the basket?

[Libri]

excellent team work between Manu and Tim

[Spurs Brazil]

bad foul

[Chieflion]

Jamison is going to the locker room.

[ElNono]

No Jamison now... no excuses

[ffadicted]

Jesus, if we don't blow out a Lebron-less, Shaq-less, Big Z-less, Jamison-less Cavs, I honestly will be worried to miss the playoffs

[Ice009]

George hill.

Step it up man.

Your defense has vanished. Do not be roger mason jr.

[urunobili]

now that Jamison is gone... they'll go ape shit on us just look...

[DesignatedT]

we need an RJ sighting in the 2nd half

[ElNono]

Dice needs to sit down

[timtonymanu]

Mo and Andy will singlehandedly bring the Cavs to victory while the spurs miss everything.

[DesignatedT]

wow dyess.

[Libri]

Dice is ice cold.

[BanditHiro]

god i hate this team they are left open and still can't make shots

[ShoogarBear]

Nice work by Manu to get that ball to Hill.

[ffadicted]

Holy shit Nash Ginobili with that assist

[kobyz]

Hill is one of the worst defender in the NBA, he can't move is feet on defense at all!

[ShoogarBear]

Too many threes getting jacked up while the Cavs get into the paint.

[DPG21920]

Just attacking Bogans.

[HarlemHeat37]

Jawad Williams? really?..Jawad Williams?..the Cavs' announcer clowning Bogans now..

[ElNono]

Centerpiece not stopping anybody again

[Chieflion]

Jawad Williams is killing us.

[Spurs Brazil]

lol Bogans

[timtonymanu]

lmao even the cavs know bogans has shit defense. he's getting lighted up by some guy named williams.


Bogans, do this team a favor and please sign elsewhere in the offseason even if Pop requests you come back.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol

[Death In June]

I know we have zero depth at that position, and realistically, Malik isn't a much better option, but Bogans simply isn't what pop desperately wants him to be. Delusional fuck.

[anonoftheinternets]

lol bogggans ... Defensive stopper ...

[Brazil]

fuck ! I'm not liking that. shaq lbj jamison I can see cavs pulling a huge effort

[DesignatedT]

hes playing williams like hes being told to play him. let him shoot 18 foot jumpers.

[ElNono]

Too many threes getting jacked up while the Cavs get into the paint.

Though to make plays when 5 guys are defending 4 guys..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

cavs' role players> spurs role players

[Chieflion]

It will be epic if Mo Williams can get a triple double here. He now has 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

[ShoogarBear]

"He's a bulldog." :depressed

[KidCongo]

What happened to Jamison?

[Johnny RIngo]

Fuck Bogans.

But he's our centerpiece!

[Ice009]

FUCK ME. IMAGINE BOGANS IF LEBRON WAS PLAYING.


LOL BOGANS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. You'd still be able to use him next year too because Lebron would light him out so bad he'd still be shining next Christmas.

[OldSilentHill]

hes played no more minutes today then what he usually does.

Even Kobe or Lebron are used to make 23 pts in a Half so often, you are implyng Manu should do it? Is not normal for any player.

[DPG21920]

Spurs missing 3's, so bring in two more 3 point shooters.

[urunobili]

cavs' role players> spurs role players

it doesn't take much to realize that... :rolleyes

[ElNono]

lmao

[TheProfessor]

lol Jawad Williams

[Ice009]

Lol jawad clowning bogans.

[Chieflion]

Jawad Williams again.

[Libri]

Bogans getting burned.

[timtonymanu]

ding ding ding

we have a winner.

Congrats Jawad Williams for being the player that lights up the Spurs.

[Libri]

:bang

[HarlemHeat37]

Even when Williams misses, Bogans just gives up and lets him cut to the basket for an and-1..

[BanditHiro]

omfg who the hell is that fucking spurs killers

[Warlord23]

Bogans getting lit up like a Christmas tree

[DPG21920]

That's what happens when you don't board.

[Chieflion]

Jawad Williams scorching the Spurs.

[TheProfessor]

You can't stop Jawad Williams! You can only hope to contain him!

[Spurs Brazil]

Jawad Williams is killing us. Can you believe?????????????

[Ice009]

Fuck this shit.

Now jawad just got a 3 point play on td because that fucker bogans has let him go off.

[Brazil]

lol guys going against bogans are shooting 99% lol

[Crookshanks]

I've never heard of Jawad Williams - but he's playing like an all-star against the Spurs.

[ElNono]

Georgie showing some backbone here

[ffadicted]

I can't believe we're getting raped by the Cleveland Scrubaliers

[DAF86]

Malik for Bogans now.

[j.dizzle]

Come on sons, how they letting this WHODOFUCK player go ape shit? SA making it a lot harder then it should be..This Cle team on the court is worse then the clippers

[DPG21920]

RJ with a little more length.

[HarlemHeat37]

It's not even just the point that Williams is killing him..it's the fact that the Cavs are actually running ISO plays against our centerpiece with a scrub player..they're going out of their way to run plays for him..

Jefferson stopped him on the same play with his length..

[TheProfessor]

LOL, change defenders on Jawad and he instantly misses

[ShoogarBear]

LMFAO Bonner

[Chieflion]

Bonner with the nice move inside.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[superjames1992]

Bonner with his Manu Ginobili impersonation.

[ElNono]

Bogans sit down, we make a run... :lmao

[anonoftheinternets]

wow what a mve by bonner ..

[DPG21920]

RJ with the board as well. He has hit the boards very well lately. Now we need him to take shots.

No more Jamison.

[DesignatedT]

there we go guys. were playing aggressively.

[timtonymanu]

Jamison's done for the night.

[Gino2882]

Hill has been really good on offense tonight. The Cavs announcers are talking up his offensive game pretty good.

[SpurCharger]

Air Bonner!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Jamison is done for the night

[Brazil]

I'm loving this bonner showing to the others the points are that way guys in the paint

[superjames1992]

LMFAO Bonner
I'm not sure if I'd laugh my ass off; he's done a few of those moves in the last few games, so perhaps it is a move of his that he is starting to develop. It would certainly be beneficial to his game as it would keep defenders from rushing to close out on him when he's shooting a three-pointer because of his threat to drive right past them.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

play aggressive that is !!!!

[spurspokesman]

Jawad Williams scorching the Spurs.

Sad that the spurs are paying 14 million Dollars for what clevelands getting for less than half.

[Johnny RIngo]

Bogans is probably the worst player in the league to get 20 mins a night.

[raspsa]

I really love how Bonner has added to his game... no longer a one-dimensional offensive player.

[ElNono]

floppy gets the call

[anonoftheinternets]

:( varejao pump fake ... really? twice?

[DPG21920]

Spurs defenders are dumb. No wonder Blair jumps at Varejao's pump fakes. He learns it from Tim.

[ElNono]

I really love how Bonner has added to his game... no longer a one-dimensional offensive player.

two dimensional? :lol

/kidding

[timtonymanu]

If Hill couldn't shoot, everyone on ST would hate him as much as Bogans, Bonner, and Mason.

[Chieflion]

It is that shitty lineup with Blair and Bonner together again.

[ElNono]

Mason handles suck

[blkroadrunners]

Argh, Mason..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair redeem yourself lets go

[Juanobili]

damnnn Roger

[ElNono]

Blair needs to wake up

[Spurs Brazil]

Mason is terrible and Blair sucks tonight

[DesignatedT]

mason blows. blair continues to play terribly

[ElNono]

red rocket!

[blkroadrunners]

Bonner 3!

[anonoftheinternets]

bonnneeer

[Libri]

rainbow 3 for Bonner

[Chieflion]

Bonner 3!

[Crookshanks]

thank you Red Rocket!

[DesignatedT]

bonner 3

[jag]

"Splash landing for the Red Rocket," is what my radio feed just said to me.

[ElNono]

WTF matt???

[Juanobili]

ouch Matt, ouch

[ShoogarBear]

Holy crap

[DPG21920]

Bonner, what a girl. Turn in your man card.

[Libri]

WTF happened there?!

[Chieflion]

Bad mistake by Bonner.

[Warlord23]

LMAO Bonner

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

thank god for manu

[j.dizzle]

LOL where the reach in's & over the backs?

[timtonymanu]

god those redheads love screwing up the inbounds.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 76-72 after the 3rd

[superjames1992]

Well, Manu sure cooled off that quarter with only three third-quarter points. Hopefully, he can heat back up in the final frame of play.

[Ice009]

i WANT TO HIT BONNER FOR FUCKING THAT REBOUND UP AND GVING THE CAVS A FREE TWO POINTS. FOR FUCKS SAKE BONNER.

[urunobili]

wasn't that a fucking goaltend?

[ElNono]

The scoring has been there... we just can't stop anybody

[Crookshanks]

Bill Schoening said Bonner really got hammered, but the refs wouldn't call it.

[kobyz]

Mason suck

fix

[ShoogarBear]

If the Cavs make it to The Finals without LeBron, Shaq, and Jamison, the Spurs have a chance.