Game Blog: Spurs vs. Knicks

[DesignatedT]

The stupidity in this forum is staggering.

Roger Mason is not a creator he is a spot up shooter. Tossing him the ball with 5 seconds left on the shot clock is going to end in a turnover almost every time.

This team needs a goto guy who can create offense, Jefferson should have been that guy but hasn't.

lmao mason is shooting 35% from three.... he cant even hit a shot this year. even bogans is out shooting him from the arc at a lousy 37%

[Manudona]

lol douglas owning ghill the defensive stopper

He must be the centerpiece of the Knicks

[DPG21920]

Oh Shit Malik!

[slick'81]

booyah

[siraulo23]

ohhhhhh malik

[cnyc3]

Malik!

[Spurs Brazil]

Malik!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ice009]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh maliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!!!!!!

[easy7]

MaliKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[DPG21920]

Then he makes a great rotation. Well done Malik :tu

[Juanobili]

Dejavu Malik!!

[TJastal]

I could let his inability to facilitate slide if he could actually hit an open shot with plenty of time on the clock, which he's had NUMEROUS times this game.

Yep yep yep..... its a bad slump we all know he can shoot though just needs to get his rhythym

[DesignatedT]

hairston yes!!! he is a motherfucker

[Doe]

Nice Malik!

[dbestpro]

Blair needs to wake his lazy rookie ass up!

[angelbelow]

Wow Malik.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

hairston's body language is so much like evans'

[phxspurfan]

Hairston Hongry

[it's me]

why Malik... you killed all your chances with that dunk

[slick'81]

g$$$$

[TJastal]

Hairston looks impressive already, what an athlete

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill and one!!

[Juanobili]

Youth and athleticism saving the game lol

[angelbelow]

Retro Manu

[Fpoonsie]

:lol

Over/under on the number of "Fuck you, Pop! PLAY MALIK!" threads that pop up after that follow-up slam?

[alchemist]

wtf was that Blair????

[DesignatedT]

there we go. manu to george... wake up guys

[qiuyizeng]

mason garbage!

[Ice009]

Damn Hill has been getting burned badly the last few games on D.

I've been talking about how bad Hill's defense has been the last couple of weeks.

Are you guys now just noticing this??????

[dbestpro]

Blair just reaching and not moving his feet.

[Manudona]

It looks that league pass is way delayed, reading the posts spoils the plays

[slick'81]

do it dejuan

[DPG21920]

Stupid match up Hill on Al. Not fair to Hill.

[Juanobili]

Manu pissed

[alchemist]

lol Net blowing their load

[ElNono]

Manu is pissed off... And too many fouls

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This lineup sucks

[Doe]

I've been talking about how bad Hill's defense has been the last couple of weeks.

Are you guys now just noticing this??????

Nope, I've been harping on it for a while. He's been way too inconsistent on D this year.

[TIMMYD!]

Harrington is getting every single call down-low.

[siraulo23]

who was manu yelling at?

[TJastal]

I've been talking about how bad Hill's defense has been the last couple of weeks.

Are you guys now just noticing this??????

maybe its cuz he's guarding 6'9" 250 lb guys?

[slick'81]

yummy milf lol

[DesignatedT]

finley 4-6 from the field today. 2-3 from 3 pt land in 13 minutes

[slick'81]

sic cross over its manu time

[siraulo23]

omg, manu is amazing

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[DPG21920]

:wow Manu just destroyed Danillo.

[Spurs Brazil]

refs sucks

[dbestpro]

Manu will have to save us from this lazy bench.

[Juanobili]

fuckin sickkkkk

[alchemist]

it's a god damn shame that an old timer Ginobili is putting every young gun on the Spurs to shame...fucking pathetic!

[siraulo23]

oh this is ugly, no manu

[slick'81]

finally timmy

[ElNono]

Ugh.. No Manu or Tim...

[Chieflion]

Where is Tim Duncan? What is this small ball dogcrap?

[dbestpro]

Pop with one of his famous "lets prove a point and lose" lineups.

[ElNono]

Theres Tim

[siraulo23]

oooh malik block

[024]

oh shit, nice block hairston.

[slick'81]

rotfl malik rocks al's world

[cnyc3]

Nice block malik

[ohmwrecker]

Where is Dice?! He was having a good game.

[DesignatedT]

hairston yes

[Ice009]

Hairston rocks!

SICK BLOCK. Like Sean Elliott said he is hungry for playing time.

[slick'81]

nice the centerpiece for 2

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 4

timeout

[ffadicted]

Hey did anyone else forget Tim Duncan exists? cuz I did

[ElNono]

Hill didn't help again...

[superjames1992]

Keith "Centerpiece" Bogans!!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lmao dick running like a fucking chicken on the court

[DPG21920]

Damn, that had to be the slowest most predictable cut ever by Bogans and he still got wide open.

[alchemist]

Why did Fabo have to have a heart condition? Dude would feed off Tim for those layups (like Centerpiece just did)

[TJastal]

Damn, that had to be the slowest most predictable cut ever by Bogans and he still got wide open.

I think defenders just forget he's there 90% of the time

[smeagol]

IS Mason going to have another 0-x shooting night?

[Ice009]

maybe its cuz he's guarding 6'9" 250 lb guys?

So the last two weeks he has been guarding all 6'9" players huh? He hasn't guarded one PG or SG in that time. His D has sucked against almost every elite PG this season.

He has been destroyed by Deron Williams, Steve Nash, Billups and also by a lot of average players like Bayless to name one.

He's relied on his length a bit too much and his feet don't seem to move.

At least TP can contain some of these players. I haven't seen TP when healthy and focused on D get destroyed like Hill has against some of those guys this season.

He needs to pick up his defense. Whether or not it's a familiarity thing as George hasn't played much against the guys he has to pick it up.

[slick'81]

fck good look but no cigar

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

IS Mason going to have another 0-x shooting night?

why do you care?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Get Bogans off the floor


And f*ck small ball

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why the fuck hasn't Hairston been gobbling up Bogans' minutes all season long???

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Question: Does it even matter if we win tonight?? We've played like crap!

[slick'81]

shit

[slick'81]

what the fck was that gallo

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great D by Hairston. Lucky shot by Gallo.

[slick'81]

centerpiece!!!

[TimDunkem]

Crazy layup by Gallo. Lol

[cnyc3]

wow we're just giving this away

[slick'81]

6'10> 6-5

[ffadicted]

*sigh*

[Spurs Brazil]

Thank you Mason, you started all that shit you SOB

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck

[Fpoonsie]

Hoe. Lee. Shit.

[DPG21920]

Tie game folks.

[urunobili]

CROFL Spurs about to lose at home to this team

[birdy219]

6'10> 6-5

Where is Mc Dice?

[slick'81]

spurs still up1

[smeagol]

why do you care?

Huh?

[DPG21920]

Jinx magic.

[jdev82]

fun fact: george hill has not attempted 20 shots in a game this season :0 im not sure about last season, but he hasnt attempted more than 16 shots in a single game this year.

[ElNono]

This is sad... come on Manu and TD win this one for us

[DesignatedT]

this cant turn out good. why is jefferson so shitty. would be nice to see some of that 20ppg action right now.

[cnyc3]

RJ sits..goose egg

[DPG21920]

Tim is so bad a clutch gimmies. Misses them all the time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[slick'81]

put this game away sa

[siraulo23]

malik!!!!

[slick'81]

time out knicks

[Fpoonsie]

Malik!

:lmao

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

what a fucking weird game :rollin

[024]

please make hairston a rotation player.

[Ice009]

No one on the team has the will to win these games in crunch time apart from Manu. Wow are these guys soft.

FUCK YES MALIK.

MAYBE MALIK IS ONE that wants it.

[DPG21920]

Malik earning minutes.

[Chieflion]

Hairston 2! Spurs up by 5!

[ElNono]

That's how you do it

[Spurs Brazil]

Malik!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YOU MASON

[alchemist]

happily eating crow on Malik, I'd take Finley over Mason right now.

[slick'81]

glimpse of the future??

[dbestpro]

Hairston deserves some blow.

[cnyc3]

Welcome to the rotation Malik.

[birdy219]

Where is Mc Dice?

Oh, I see now. I left away from the tube. :lol

BTW... I love Manu. :toast

[urunobili]

Welcome to the rotation Malik.

god bless son

[DesignatedT]

play malik!!!!! fuck!!!

[Fpoonsie]

Yeah...we're gonna need a Hairston sticky after tonight's game.

[DPG21920]

Malik has the makings of a potential solid role player. Need to see him hit the 3 at this level and to score, but initial signs look good.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I like our future with Hill, Blair and Hairston... imagine if we'd added Thomas to that at the deadline? :bang

[Doe]

Woooo Hairston!!

[L.I.T]

If anything...I hope Malik has finally convinced Pop he deserves Mason's minutes.

[Manufan909]

Hairston has contributed more in his last two games as a Spurs than Mason in his last ten. WTF Pop???

[45 bank shot]

malik

[DAF86]

I miss the good old days at the beggining of the season when we could at least blow the bad teams up.

[rascal]

Awful game from both teams. Wow!

[dbestpro]

RMJ has just played his way out of the rotation. Welcome to the rotation Malik.

[ohmwrecker]

Anyone know who does the song on that Jack Daniels commercial?

[taps]

Hairston is demanding Pop listen by eradicating Keith Bogan's mistakes with vicious blocks and all out heart and great playing. Meanwhile, the centerpiece logs bloated minutes with unimpressive stats.

[phxspurfan]

I love D'''''Antoni. I wish we could play a team coached by a hybrid of him and Don nelson every game.

[45 bank shot]

happily eating crow on Malik, I'd take Finley over Mason right now.

ye guy scored 10 for boston tonight

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Popovich: you are blind if you can't see that Roger Mason is psychologically done. And Malik Hairston wants all his minutes and will make something happen.

Mason just played one of the worst stretches I've seen in a long, long time. He looked completely lost, like he wandered in off the street and someone asked him to sub into a good team.

Malik is doing great work on offense, and he's ACTUALLY PLAYING DEFENSE. Which Mason was doing none of.

[urunobili]

solid game by Dice too :toast

[ElNono]

I thought it was a stupid foul... But I'll take it

[siraulo23]

Manu!!!!!! tres

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[siraulo23]

good d malik!

[ElNono]

Manu taking us home

[Ya Vez]

I like this line up..

[Ice009]

Manu 3 and GREAT D from MALIK.

[DPG21920]

Malik with more good defense.

[silverblk mystix]

hairston....

I'm NOT the kind of guy that would say....I told you so...

...but....

[Spurs Brazil]

Great D for Malik

[ffadicted]

GINOBILI!!!!!! and malik!

[DPG21920]

I like Malik and Manu on the court. Active defense.

[siraulo23]

omg, damn manu missed both

[DesignatedT]

manu is simply amazing.

[DPG21920]

Dice just quietly going about his biznass

[ElNono]

That's the game

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice doing a great job on the boards

[OldSilentHill]

wow, the score in this game and the NJN - Dallas game is almost identical and the time left similar...

[TimDunkem]

We already knew Malik could do all these things. Why did it take so long for him to get some serious PT?

[Chieflion]

Dice with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

[Budkin]

Hope Malik gets some more burn soon.

[ElNono]

Good to see Pop got his head out of his ass when it comes to Malik

[L.I.T]

Well done Dice.

[DesignatedT]

there we go!! it was an ugly win. thats for sure... nice to see hairston contribute

[Manudona]

Pop talked with Hill and hill came saying "No more bullshit guys"

[urunobili]

CROFL RJ benched and Hairston getting some burn on crunch time

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Gotta close this one out.

[Ice009]

Good D and rebound Malik.

[siraulo23]

duncan 3!!

[DPG21920]

Tim raining 3's again.

[alchemist]

Malik just earned somebody's minutes. RJ or Mason will be upset :lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

TD for 33333333333333333333333333

[TIMMYD!]

Tim with a 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

:lol

[smeagol]

Awful game from both teams. Wow!

At least Manu had a decent game, huh rascal?

[Juanobili]

Duncan 3 pointer!!! LOL

[TinTin]

LOL someone make a gif of that

[siraulo23]

Yay, we beat the Knicks!

[TIMMYD!]

That stroke looked sweet!

[Spurs Brazil]

Thanks Manu and Malik!

[blkroadrunners]

Good game. Malik and Manu played great.

[45 bank shot]

timmay 3 in D'antoni's face yet again lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We already knew Malik could do all these things. Why did it take so long for him to get some serious PT?

Join the club.

The answer: Benophobia - Pop's fear of playing young guards.

[ffadicted]

LMAO Duncan fucking D'antoni in the ass again with a 3, thinking it's '08

[superjames1992]

LOL, Duncan from downtown!!!

It seems like Duncan makes a lot of these threes (of the few he takes). He's made a couple this year and of course he made the one against Phoenix two years ago. I really wonder if he may be able to drill those somewhat consistently from the perimeter.

[Spurologist]

:lmao

I think D'antoni had a flashback there

[TIMMYD!]

timmay 3 in D'antoni's face yet again lol

Oh, yeah. :lol

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

hell yeah

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

timmay 3 in D'antoni's face yet again lol

:lmao

Nice call.

[TIMMYD!]

Behrooz, we need you on this one.

[urunobili]

:lmao

I think D'antoni had a flashback there

would pay for a youtube of that

[DesignatedT]

timmy for 33333

[it's me]

We want more MALIKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[birdy219]

I am glad we won, but seriously what is Pop's obsession with small ball? :nope

[DesignatedT]

timmay 3 in D'antoni's face yet again lol

:rollin

[ohmwrecker]

Malik just earned somebody's minutes. RJ or Mason will be upset :lmao

At least RJ is contributing on the boards and D. Mason is worthless.

[TIMMYD!]

Tim was probably trying hard not to say: "Deja vu, huh" to D'Antoni.

[8FOR!3]

LOL, Duncan from downtown!!!

It seems like Duncan makes a lot of these threes (of the few he takes). He's made a couple this year and of course he made the one against Phoenix two years ago. I really wonder if he may be able to drill those somewhat consistently from the perimeter.

He's like 20% career from 3 and he's only made 25 out of over 150, but I wonder the same thing, I doubt he has enough arc though.

[Johnny RIngo]

I like our future with Hill, Blair and Hairston... imagine if we'd added Thomas to that at the deadline? :bang

Yeah, it's too bad our front office sucks at trades though.

[duncan228]

LOL, Duncan from downtown!!!

It seems like Duncan makes a lot of these threes (of the few he takes). He's made a couple this year and of course he made the one against Phoenix two years ago. I really wonder if he may be able to drill those somewhat consistently from the perimeter.

Duncan has said he's a better three-point shooter than people think he is. It's not something we're going to see on the court, but I guess he can hit them at an okay clip in practices/messing around.

He played around with three's in this year's scrimmage.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/multimedia/091004_practice.html

[duncan228]

Updated.

Knicks set franchise losing record against Spurs (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010031024&prov=ap)
By Paul J. Weber

Losing Tony Parker hurt, just like when Manu Ginobili went down around this time last season.

Parker picked up the slack then. Ginobili is doing the same so far.

Ginobili scored 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won for the fifth time in six games with a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks, who guaranteed themselves a franchise-record ninth consecutive losing season.

They might have postponed the clinching loss if it wasn’t for Ginobili. After carrying the Spurs with 38 points in a loss Monday at Cleveland, Ginobili shined again in his second start since Parker broke his right hand, which likely ended his regular season.

“It depends on how the opponents guard you,” Ginobili said. “The last two games I had the opportunity to score more, some others I’m going to pass. It’s about everybody doing a little bit more.”

David Lee led New York with 21 points and 10 rebounds. The Knicks (22-42) haven’t finished with a winning record since 2001. They can take some comfort in this season likely not being their worst, since New York needs just two wins to surpass its 23 victories in 2005-06 and 2007-08.

Starting a five-game road trip, those wins might not come easily.

The Knicks go to Memphis on Friday before coming back to Texas to face Dallas. But they didn’t leave San Antonio without a fight.

“Whether we win or not … everybody wants to win, but the objective is, we’d better be competing,” Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. “And that’s what we did tonight.”

The Knicks whittled a 15-point deficit to four early in the fourth when Al Harrington took a pass deep under the basket and went over Matt Bonner for an easy layup. After Danilo Gallinari coasted by Duncan to make it 81-77, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sharply signaled a timeout and Duncan bounced the ball hard in frustration.

Gallinari wasn’t done. He slipped along the baseline for a layup two possessions later to make it 83-81, then went to the foul line with a chance to tie—but made just one of two.

That was as close as New York would get. Coming back into the game between Gallinari’s free throws, Ginobili calmly hit a running floater, then hit his second 3-pointer of the night to all but seal the win.

“I just find myself watching him,” Spurs forward Keith Bogans said of Ginobili. “He’s fun to watch.”

Ginobili finished 10 of 18 and also had six rebounds. Tim Duncan had 18 points, Antonio McDyess had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and all Spurs starters were in double figures.

The Spurs will try building more momentum against Minnesota and the Los Angeles Clippers before entering their toughest stretch of the season: a span of seven games that includes Orlando, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, the Lakers, Cleveland and Boston.

They’ll have to do it without Parker, who isn’t expected to be back until the playoffs. The Spurs had lost three straight with Parker out of the lineup, but climbed back to 6-6 this season without him.

Last year it was Ginobili who was knocked out late in the season because of a bad right ankle, which also kept him out of the playoffs. Parker’s injury isn’t believed to be that severe.

Gallinari finished with 14 points and Wilson Chandler had 17 for the Knicks. Eddy Curry didn’t make his Knicks return, which D’Antoni hoped would come Wednesday.

Curry hasn’t played since having left knee surgery on Jan. 18, and sat on the bench in uniform. He said afterward he was bothered by a right calf pain and will take it game by game.

NOTES: Richard Jefferson was scoreless in 18 minutes off the bench, the first time he has not scored in a game since Jan. 8 2006, when he played just two minutes in a New Jersey win. …The Spurs signed G Cedric Jackson on Wednesday to a 10-day contract. Jackson played for the D-League’s Erie BayHawks and is the first Spurs addition since waiving Michael Finley last week. …The Knicks lost their seventh straight in San Antonio, having not won here since 2003.