Spurs vs. Nuggets Game Four -- Game Blog

[timvp]

Denver is calling this a must-win game. The Spurs need this win if they hope to close them out of Wednesday. Can the Spurs do it?

Discuss.

[stéphane]

Tim and Tony always responded after a poor showing. With them playing huge Denver doesn't stand a chance.

[E20]

To put in terms that most people were understand:

THE NUGGETS WILL GET OWNED

[Hook Dem]

The Nuggets will be so focused on Ginobili, that Tim & Tony will destroy them. Also look for Big Dog in this one.

[foodie2]

Did you just hear Kenny the Jet and Charles Barkley giving Manu props? They played the baby crying tape while discussing George Karl's remarks. Kenny said that Manu plays the game the way it should be played, and if that's the wave of the future as Karl says, that would be a good thing. Awesome.

[E20]

Kenny and Charles be my HOME BOYZ!

[Hook Dem]

Charles said, "San Antonio will win tonight and wind it up Wed. night". Charles knows basketball!

[Jdspur20]

Did you just hear Kenny the Jet and Charles Barkley giving Manu props? They played the baby crying tape while discussing George Karl's remarks. Kenny said that Manu plays the game the way it should be played, and if that's the wave of the future as Karl says, that would be a good thing. Awesome.

that baby crying bit was great :lol

[Jdspur20]

Charles said, "San Antonio will win tonight and wind it up Wed. night". Charles knows basketball!

well charles was right in 03 lets hope he is again :spin :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[td4mvp21]

I too think Denver is going to be too keen on stopping Ginobili that they will forget about TP and Duncan. Remember, they are only covering Duncan with one guy. His shots just didn't fall last game, and if those shots go in this game, Denver could be in deep crap. TP should have a good game, because he's been a no show so far.

[TwoHandJam]

I'm looking for us to win tonight and send a message to the Thuggets that this series is over. This game should actually be a must win for us if we aspire to be champions. A real champion steps on the competition's throat when they're down and the Thuggets are definitely down. If we want this to be a short series, we have to effectively end it tonight.

So far, this series is mirroring the series we had against the Suns in '03. We won it all that year but we were still very up-and-down in terms of closing out series. In that series, we let the Suns back into it in game 4 and had to close them out on the road. I want to see if we have the resolve this year to kick the opponent when they're down. That's the sign of a true champion.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

TP and TD will rock early. When they adjust on D to compensate, Manu and Brent Barry will light them up. I also look for Bruce Bowen to have a relatively big game offensively. Carmelo will be otherwise occupied. Denver will lose confidence early, and they'll never work up the emotion for more flagrants and ejections.

The Spurs won't just win, they'll crush them.

PS My two-year old is sick, so I won't be able to do play-by-play tonight. I hope someone will jump in like I did last time; I think we have a lot of folks overseas who wont' get to see this one.

GO SPURS GO!!!

[Samr]

my pre-approved game prediction:


The Nuggets don't have any mature veterans to steady the team or provide real leadership. They'll work off emotion and the crowd in the first quarter, jumping to a solid lead of maybe 9-12 points. This lead will send at least a few people into a mode of panic. But they'll run out of gas, and the Spurs will have a small, but respectable lead at the half. Maybe 5-6 points.

They'll both be about the same starting the 3rd, but one or two solid buckets by Manu and Horry will spark the big run to about halfway into the third. By the end of the 3rd quarter, the Nuggets will start letting their emotions get to them, turning the 4th into a sloppy foul-fest. They'll try to make one last run, but it will be too little too late. Spurs by 14-15. Small enough to let you know it was a game, but large enough to let you know IT'S OVER.

Really, it will come down to experience and, essentially, the veterans on the team. Denver lacks them. They Spurs don't. When the game gets emotionally charged, is when the weaker team revs up so high that they blow their clutch.

[stéphane]

PS My two-year old is sick, so I won't be able to do play-by-play tonight. I hope someone will jump in like I did last time; I think we have a lot of folks overseas who wont' get to see this one.
Take care of the little one. Kind of you to think about the fellow spurs fans who cant watch the game. Maybe Solid D is around he does some great play by play too.

[Jdspur20]

Take care of the little one. Kind of you to think about the fellow spurs fans who cant watch the game. Maybe Solid D is around he does some great play by play too.

solid D does do great play by play.

[1Parker1]

Question: Anyone think that if the Spurs lose this one...Nuggets, especially Karl, will believe that their flagarant fouls and negative press conferences/mind games worked?

[Samr]

K-Mart starts the game with a jumper but Parker evens it at 10:00.
Miller uncontested at 9:30. Score 4-2. Someone do this, please.

Duncan fouled (by?) makes the first. And the second.
Score tied at 4-4

[Samr]

Buckner rims out a three. High rebound. Buckner tries again. Swish. 7-4.

Parker miss, rbd Nazr. Foul. Nazr to the line

[Samr]

Nazr drops first, and second. Score 7-6, Denver. 8:42 left.

Camby drops from the top of key. 9-6

Nazr fumbles in the lane, SLAMS it! 9-8

Martin slams it on the other end. 11-8.

[Samr]

Duncan tosses in an awkward one. 11-10 Nuggs

Anthony from top of key over Nazr. 13-10. Buckner pissing off Parker

Duncan shoots, misses. Camby rebound.

Duncan rebound on Nugg miss

Spur miss

Bowen steal

[Samr]

Miller miss, Nazr rbd.

Barry fast break, reverse layup scores. Spurs lead by one. Timeout.

Someone else want to step up and do this?

[indianspur]

Miller miss, Nazr rbd.

Barry fast break, reverse layup scores. Spurs lead by one. Timeout.

Someone else want to step up and do this?

You are doing a good job. Thanks!

[Samr]

Manu in for Brent

5:45. Spurs lead 14-13

Camby J, swish

Manu TRES!!!!! Spurs 17-15. 5:00

Melo drives, hits

Parker pullup. Swish. 19-17

Foul on Bowen. Was "holding" Melo

[myhc]

where is everybody? come on people let's get posting!

[ca®lo]

manu for 3!!!

[Samr]

Boynkins hits the J

Parker drives, fouled by Boykins. Must not have seen him. Foul on the floor

Blocking foul. Looked like O-foul on Horry. Refs must have read post-game comments by Karl

[myhc]

big shot bob again :blah

[indianspur]

Nuggets seem to be hitting most of their shots. Are they contested or we slow defensivly?

[Samr]

Horry baselin J, Manu asst

Nazr good D. Nazr blocks out of bounds

Beno in for Parker.

3:32. 21-19 Spurs Inbounds, Horry fouls before the shot. Officials calling a tight game

[Samr]

Boykins is short. Dribbles around top of key.

Nazr loose ball foul

Melo inbounds

[myhc]

looks like the cry baby got his wish. refs calling fouls like crazy

[Obstructed_View]

Looked like a block to me, but there's another chant of "bulshit".

[Samr]

Buckner out. Someone in.

Melo drives to the hole, hits

Manu across court. Timeout.

[myhc]

wow, both teams could break 100 tonight

[Obstructed_View]

Acting by Nene.

[Samr]

The crowd is assuming every foul is on Manu until the refs tell them otherwise. Typical

[infinite styles]

Nuggets fans are officially trash! Everytime Melo touches the ball and Bowen is near him their crying for a foul. I'm trying to figure who they are rooting for the Refs or the Nuggets.

[Obstructed_View]

They assume every whistle goes to them or they boo. Good dunk by Johnson.

[TMSKILZ]

we play no DEF!

[Spurminator]

Did we just try 4-down with Mohammed?

[Samr]

Pop goes serbian during timeout

medics called

Manu miss, Nazr rbd

Horry misses three

Boykins miss, Johnson slams it back hard

Nazr turnaround, no

Camby miss 23-21 Den

Beno 3, miss. Nazr rbd

Horry drive, hook shot. Swish

[Obstructed_View]

OMFG they just called an offensive foul on Melo!

[Spurminator]

And Anthony finally gets called for an offensive foul.

[Tobias]

yeah the crowds sounding real nasty

[Samr]

offensive foul on Melo. Cries.

Duncan layup

Manu almost steals, out of bounds. Den ball

[ca®lo]

manu lobs it to duncan! scores!

25 - 23 spurs by 2!

boykins with the ball.. to melo.. jumpshot.. misses rebounded by nene!

nene misses layup. foul TD!

nene shooting 2..

[Obstructed_View]

It was on Horry.

[ducks]

has horry moved in front of the rotation with rasho?

[Samr]

Melo miss, Duncan tries for rbd. No

Horry foul. 25-23 SA

Nene hits first FT. Melo out, Andre in. 51 secs left

Nene drops second as well. 25-25

Manu booed, drives, spins, out of bounds. Spurs ball

[Obstructed_View]

What are they chanting at Manu?
BOOOO

Three by Beno

[ca®lo]

nene makes first.

whoops. foul s n horry. not on TD.

nene makes both. game tied 25.

manu.. screen by rasho. manu drives.

ball outside. spurs ball..

udrih for 3! YES!!!

spurs by 3. 28-25

[Obstructed_View]

Turnover by Beno

[Samr]

Duncan to Beno

Corner three, IN! 28-25

Boykin floater, banks, in. 28-27

Confusion, 8-second violation on Spurs. 5 secs left

[Samr]

Denver sets up

offensive foul on Melo. MANU takes the charge. Crowd throws beer

[Obstructed_View]

KMart just slammed Manu to the ground and complained to the refs that it was a "fucking flop". Replay shows he hipchecked him to the floor. Fucking punks.

[Samr]

Beno last second shot

Miss. No call (I think he got fouled)

Spurs 28-27 to end 1st

[Spurminator]

LOL... Just saw Martin mouth, "Fucking flopper." Forgetting, I suppose, the foul he drew on Duncan two days ago.

[TwoHandJam]

Hey Martin, take a seat... BITCH.

2 fouls on K-tard.

[TMSKILZ]

Whats Up, We Play No Def Anymore?

[Tek_XX]

Denver fans are pricks aren't they, jesus so some class. Obviously they have no clue how to act like they've been here before.

[Obstructed_View]

LOL... Just saw Martin mouth, "Fucking flopper." Forgetting, I suppose, the foul he drew on Duncan two days ago.

I don't know how he could think that Ginobili could change direction that fast. He clearly was hit hard. It's not even a question. They are just losers. If they think that's a flop they can't possibly stay in this game.

[Samr]

notes:

K-Mart 2 pts 2 fouls

Manu doing well, still has energy

the crowd is booing Manu like he personally bombed the Rocky Mountains

[Tek_XX]

"FUCKING FLOPPER"

This is George Karl for ya, teaches them how to bitch and act like victims

[Obstructed_View]

Terrible defense, and the Nuggs are hitting jump shots. They won't hit those all day, but the D needs to step way the hell up.

Basket by Duncan

[TMSKILZ]

ANY SPORT YOU'LL HAVE CLASSY HARDCORE LOYAL FANS, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THUGS/PUNKS/LOW LIVES IN THE CROWD JUST WANTING TO ATTEND A SPORTING EVENT TO DRINK, GET DRUNK & ACT A FOOL & TRY GETTING A FEW SECS OF FAME ON tv!

[Spurminator]

Denver, Colorado: Hippies with Attitudes.

[DaNang]

Should be no brainer. Spurs should win by 10 :smokin

[myhc]

Tim tearing Denver a new one tonight

[Samr]

Brent bounce to Tim

baseline J, IN

Boykins misses over Beno, Rasho rbd

[Obstructed_View]

Way to contest that shot, Rasho!

[Samr]

Nene out of bounds, Spurs ball

Manu drives, patented weird contortion, IN

Nene fouled (Duncan?)

hits first, misses second

32-28 Spurs

[Spurminator]

Good defense by Rasho on that possession. Need to get the rebound though.

[Tobias]

heh. Manu "pus his head down and runs in the lane". Elliott calls it "a beautiful move"!

[Samr]

Beno 3, miss

Boykins shoots, fouled, scores

And-1 opportunity, foul on Barry

[Obstructed_View]

Bad defense on Barry. You knew he was going to do that pull up jumper. Dammit.

[ducks]

rebound fools

[Samr]

Boykins completes, 32-31 Spurs

Duncan miss

Camby drives, hard foul Manu

[Obstructed_View]

Now THAT's the way you do a hard playoff foul. Camby to the line, nobody hurt.

[TMSKILZ]

Y do we shoot so many 3's?

[ducks]

beno needs to go the bench

[Samr]

10:00 left in 2nd

Camby hits first, 32-32

Swishes second, 33-32 Nuggs

Barry losses, out to Parker.

Camby hard block on Bowen

[Obstructed_View]

Bruce needs to give that up when Camby leaves Duncan.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Bowen doesn't look like he is in the game tonight, he's not there on defense or offense.

We need to be running more plays for Manu.

And now Pop with a fucking stupid inbounds play. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.

POP, YOU'VE GOT MANU, FUCKING USE HIM.

[Obstructed_View]

Another block by Camby. Time to take the air out of this team, guys.

[Samr]

Duncan turnaround

Camby block, 24 sec violation

Boykins drive, floats, hits. 9 pts Earl

Parker drives, blocked

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

And now TOny is playing fucking stupid. Wake up kid, you don't hvae to score every time.

[TMSKILZ]

We need OFF, y won't Pop put in Big Dog & Devin for a little spark?

[Spurminator]

Spurs, meet Marcus Camby. He can block shots. Remember it.

[Tek_XX]

Denver on a run

Spurs answer

[Samr]

Barry floater, in 35-34 DNV

Earl looses, Barry steal

Parker fastbreak, fouled by Andre. AND1!

Timeout. Man, it's hard to keep up with real time! :lol Oh well

[Supergirl]

Put Manu back in on BOykins!

[TMSKILZ]

oh NO! TP @ the FT line, watch him miss!

[Tobias]

..Barry just got a steal on Boykins tho...

[Tek_XX]

TP has got to be the worst shooting FT guard in the league

[TMSKILZ]

Samr, I bet, but you're doing a great job, I'm trying to keep track on ESPN game track, but it's been slow the past 2 weeks & lagging behind, thanks to people like you here I can keep better track. Thanks.

[Spurminator]

oh NO! TP @ the FT line, watch him miss!


I'm kind of okay with a missed free throw if it follows a basket and a foul. Call me crazy...

[ducks]

oh NO! TP @ the FT line, watch him miss!



watch duncan get the rebound and stuff it

[Samr]

Parker converts. 37-35 SA

Rasho good D, steal

Boykins steal, throws off TP. DEN ball

[ducks]

tp hit it!

[TMSKILZ]

who is Boykins gaurding? We need to post his midget butt up & play physical on him, put him in foul trouble!!!

[Tobias]

"...there's Carmelo, complainin' about it" -- Elliott :lol :lol

[Samr]

Bowen called for holding Melo, foul

DEN inbounds

foul on Rasho

Melo to the line. Hits first, second. 37-all

[TMSKILZ]

there goes Rasho with stupid fouls!

[Spurminator]

OH DAYUM, Manu just swatted Carmelo's shit!

[Samr]

Duncan left hand, in

K-Mart miss, Parker rbd

Parker TO

Melo drive, MANU BLOCK

Karl pissed

loose ball, Nugs ball

[myhc]

why is boykins owning us? :pctoss

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Someone put that little fucking runt Boykins on his ass please.

Parker shoots FTs worse than Shaq, it's pathetic.

Boykins runs Manu over, Denver ball. Not sure how.

[TMSKILZ]

Tp got his shot blocked by Boykins? LOL

[Samr]

Big Dog in for SA

Boykins fouled by TP

[indianspur]

We should get K-mart to pick another foul and get his sorry ass on the bench!

[Tek_XX]

How many turnovers does TP have now?

[Tobias]

Put T Mass out there

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Tony is getting punked by Boykins. Fucking pathetic. It's like the Germans showed up on his doorstep or something.

Come on Tony, fucking step up.

[Supergirl]

That's at least 3 shot clock violations by the Spurs, according to Yahoo. What's going on? They're usually better than that...

[Experiment2100]

why is boykins owning us? :pctoss


We have this curse where we let backup point gaurds with the first name of Earl play above par.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Holy shit, Glenn Robinson is back from the dead.

[Samr]

Shorty hits first, second. 39-all

Manu 3, miss

Camby rbd

Boykins travel

[Experiment2100]

Robinson's in

[myhc]

I ask again, why is Boykins owning us? :pctoss :pctoss

[TMSKILZ]

TP needs to grow some nut sacks & realize Boykins no match for him on DEF & take it to him!!!! Put that little runt in foul trouble!

[Samr]

Duncan on the block, powers it in, AND1!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

That's at least 3 shot clock violations by the Spurs, according to Yahoo. What's going on?

Yahoo sucks. That's what. If you want to follow the game, go to cbs.sportsline.com, and click on the NBA scoreboard.

[TMSKILZ]

Can we please hit the boards better guys? thanks, geez we're giving them 2nd chances!

[milkyway21]

:wtf don't send Boykins to the free throw line,guys!

[ducks]

tp has 0 turnovers!

[myhc]

Was there ANY DOUBT Tim would come back?

[TMSKILZ]

Def! Def!

[Samr]

Duncan to the line, foul Camby

Duncan miss, Rasho collects

Manu travel

[Spurminator]

What is with the complaining about Parker's Free Throws? He's 1-1. Unless I missed something...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Well it looks like George Karl's fucking crying about Manu is working. They're killing Ginobili with the whistles.

[Samr]

Horry for TD

Manu foul. Refs need to die

[TMSKILZ]

mYHC, ACTUALLY THERE WAS, HE'S HURT & STRUGGLING THROUGH HIS INJURY!

[Tobias]

wtf, are the refs breaking in their whistels??

[TMSKILZ]

To's TO's TO's & poor FT's! never ends with this Spurs team!

[Tobias]

"Heres the plan tonite guys. Ginobli gets near the ball, whistle him"

[vsnba]

Rasho and Duncan playing today no one playing good

[Spurminator]

I ask again, why is Boykins owning us?

Maybe he's due. After sucking for 3 games and all. He is, like, kind of good and stuff.

You guys act like you're shocked that Boykins is playing well in 1 out of 4 games... I would expect you to be somewhat surprised, but after all of the whining about Mike Wilks getting left off the Playoff roster, I expected a different kind of surprise.

[milkyway21]

tp has 0 turnovers!he just heard LeBron is looking for a team next season...:lol
just kidding.

Duncan=0 fouls? i thought he had 1.:rolleyes

[Experiment2100]

Nugs last 6 points from line

[milkyway21]

Big Dog is in :elephant

watch out coach Karl. Go Glenn...

[Samr]

6:00 left, Melo to the line

Gets first, and second. 41-all

G-Rob miss

Boykins three, miss. Manu rbd

Parker wide open lane, hits

43-41

[ducks]

N. Mohammed enters game for T. Parker wtf?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The problem is Boykins is scoring in the lane. When he gets in the lane, he either needs to get the shit blocked out of him or decked.

[TMSKILZ]

Y are we giving up 2nd chance REB's?

[Samr]

Boykins airball as 24-clock expires

Parker slowly brings it up

Parker fouled, acts it out really well

Foul on Boykins

[Spurminator]

Boykins has not made one shot in the lane yet. Check a shot chart if you've got one.

[TMSKILZ]

FT's here we go again!

:sighs:

[Samr]

Parker drops first, misses second

44-41 SA

Camby miss, good D

Manu rbd

Horry 3, DRAINS!!! 47-41

[Tobias]

Big Dog doin pretty well on D

[myhc]

big Shot Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tek_XX]

Refs are trying to charity strip the nuggs to a win

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Glenn Robinson is the new Corn Row Ho Stopper.

[Samr]

Melo miss

Horry rbd

Parker floater, out

Glenn Rob steal

blocking foul on Boykins, goes flying like Mini Me

Search for Boykins continues

[Experiment2100]

Duncan's back in, let the hurtin commence

[TMSKILZ]

YES 3 by Big shot rob!

3 fouls on the little rugrat!

[Samr]

Manu inbounds

G-Rob pull-up, fouled

Camby gets 3rd foul, 3:04 left.

[ducks]

glen steals boy and get boykins to pick up his 3 foul

and big dog can not play d

[spur219]

Rasho is really hustling out there and I love the way he is taking advantage of his few minutes. He is really clogging the lane and grabbing boards. Lets hope he keeps it up. Go Spurs lets go 3-1 baby!

[Samr]

Big Dog hits first FT,and second. 49-41 SA

Denver calls timeout

[Manu20]

Who said Big dog can not Play D.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

and big dog can not play d

I hope that was your bad grammar. He's doing a better job on 'Melo tonight than Bowen (and I love Bowen's D).

[Tek_XX]

bIG DOG STAYS IN THIS GAME

[ducks]

big dog got camby to pick up a foul to
BIG DOG NEEDS MINUTES!

[vsnba]

good see Big Making Play

[vsnba]

good see Big dog Making Play. He has attack so that Anthony get tired

[TMSKILZ]

We need to go in for an early choke hold here in the few mins of the 2nd Qtr, that way we setup the kill shot in the 2nd 1/2, we can't fumble this lead, run away & let the Thuggets close the 1st 1/2 on a run to pull close or even!

[ducks]

I hope that was your bad grammar. He's doing a better job on 'Melo tonight than Bowen (and I love Bowen's D).

I was being scarcastic

his d is a little underrated here

[milkyway21]

Bowen w/ 3 fouls already? Easy Bruce, that bitch "Jello" might get excited over us in the 2nd half....EASY.:cry

BTW, is Devin available? he can be a big support to Bruce on Anthony.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

True dat. If nothing else he's got 240 pounds of baby fat to bang on Carmelo with.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

'Melo gets the bullshit foul call on Big Dog. Whatever stripes.

[Samr]

Melo fouled

misses first, hits second. 49-42 SA

Big Dog foul away from the play. Bad call.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

WTF? Offensive foul on GRob, while Buckner is dry humping Tony out on the perimeter. Suck an egg, ref.

[ducks]

bowen has 2 fouls

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Carmelo walks from one side of the lane to the other without taking a dribble, gets the foul call. :lol

I give up.

[Samr]

Robinson gets 3rd foul, Melo to FT line

hits first, second. 49-44

Manu drives hard, fouled by Miller

[TMSKILZ]

I'll say it again only Ref's worst than the back line judges (secondary) Ref's of the NFL are the NBA Ref's!

[Spurminator]

NBA can't have Carmelo get embarrassed... otherwise that NBA Store commercial will just look like a strange 30 seconds of awkward homoeroticism.

[Samr]

Manu makes first, misses second. 50-44

Duncan rebound, foul on Miller. It is most deffinately NOT miller time

Duncan rims in first FT, second. Surprised Sam takes a moment to reflect life

52-44

Russel shoots, fouled by Horry. 3 shots

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I hate to make an issue of it, but the officiating is ridiculous. they're calling every single little fuckign thing on the Spurs.

Denver has shot as many FTs as the Spurs have taken FGs this quarter. Fucking ridiculous zebras.

[ducks]

this refs are stupid

[TMSKILZ]

stupid fouls comitted by Spurs nada new.

[Samr]

hits first FT, second, third. 52-47

Barry in

2 min left

Duncan passes, knocked out of bounds. Spurs ball

[Samr]

Manu fouled by Buckner. HA!

[Spurminator]

LOL

Nice flop, Manu. Hippies gotta hate that.

But dammit, make those FTs...

[TMSKILZ]

Ft's Ft's Ft's! This is ridiculous man!

[Samr]

Manu misses first, crowd orgasims.

Hits second. 53-47 Spurs

Boykins dribbles off Parker's foot

[Samr]

Melo airmails

Barry fastbreak

HARD foul by Buckner

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

We aren't getting whistled for stupid fouls. We're getting whistled because Goerge Karl was a whiny little cunt after game 3.


WTF? Buckner just cracked Barry in the face. THanks for having your head up your ass, ref.

[TMSKILZ]

Oh NO! we're back @ the FT line!

::closes eyes::

[myhc]

This game is getting ugly. Free throws out the wizzo

[Samr]

Barry predictably hits both

Melo miss, out of bounds

Spurs ball

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Can someone explain why Tony Parker keeps giving Earl Boykins the drive to his right when Earl is right handed?

Please, anybody?>

[milkyway21]

Bowen just 2 fouls?:D thanks, Ducks...

Bowen bitching Jello, again :elephant. Go Bruce

[ducks]

pop took mnau out so he does not pick up his 3

[Guru of Nothing]

Barry smacked in face - SPURS WILL WIN!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

This just in, Carmelo still sucks :lmao

[myhc]

good ole reliable Timmy :spin

[TMSKILZ]

Spurs DEFenders must realize REF's calling tight game for both sides, must be wise & not be too aggressive & get whistled!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

If Parker goes one on five I'm going to be pissed.

[Samr]

goaltending by Anthony, gives Spurs highest lead. 57-47

Anthony miss, gets it, puts it back

Parker dribbles for last shot

Forgets to dribble, travels instead

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Popdamnit Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've got teammates.

[myhc]

I knew that was coming. :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The only thing bullshit about Tony's travel was his stubborn insistence at the end of quarters to try and go one on five. He's been doing it all year.

Wake up Tony.

[Spurminator]

How the fuck does Tim Duncan not block Earl Boykins?

And did the clock start late? That seemed like a lot longer than 3.6 seconds...

[Samr]

Boykins layup, does it beat the buzzer?!?!

yeah, it's in

Spurs lead by 6 at the half

[ducks]

his first t.o all night CHILL!

[Tek_XX]

i like when the spurs give momentum back to there opponents....classic

[TMSKILZ]

thanks TP! yet another stupid TO & you getting schooled again this time by a midget!

[myhc]

his first t.o all night CHILL!

actually 2nd

[TwoHandJam]

You see, this is the kind of shit that Parker pulls that fucking drives me insane. A terribly timed turnover right before the half when we had all the goddamned momentum.

Bullshit.

[Spurminator]

Just watched it again. Clock started on time. Boykins is just fast.

[TMSKILZ]

yea & TP was just plain mentally handicapped on that TO!

[ducks]

yahoo.com has 1
cbssportline does not list t.os

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Tim Duncan is playing like a big steaming pile of monkey crap

his timing is even worse this game than last

what is wrong with you timmy??!?!?!?!?!

[vsnba]

Only Duncan is playing good today. TP not playing good

[TMSKILZ]

You mark my words, DEN going to feed off this late 2 QTR run in the 2nd 1/2, reminiscent of Game 1!

[Spurminator]

I can remember two for Parker, at least.

Not a bad half for him, all told, just an unfortunate last few seconds.

[ducks]

nba.com has one turnover!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Tony does this at the end of every quarter he has the fucking ball in his hands. I can count the number of times it hasn't resulted in a bad shot or a turnover on one hand.

He's got teammates, he needs to use them. What's worse about his fuckups are that he does it with too much time left on the clock and gives the other team a chance to get a shot off at the end of quarters, typically resulting in a 4 point swing.

Tony didn't take just a little half step, he took a good four steps while spinning. That's such an easy travel call for the refs to make.

[Manu20]

10 points 4 assists and 1 Turnover for Parker that is a pretty solid half for him.

[TMSKILZ]

cant be faded which game u watching? game 1& 3 or 2nites game 4? TD playing good!

[TMSKILZ]

Foo hope you're right!

just hate giving these bums any light of hope to be in this game & win!

[stéphane]

TP bad on D people bitchin... TP bad on off. people bitching...
10pts 4ass 1TO - boykins 3pf what a bad hald

[Samr]

ok, I can't keep this up for the second half. Something else came up. Somebody please take over.

[ducks]

I want them to have hope at halftime
then get their hearts ribbed out of them in 3 quarter!

[Spurminator]

Earl Boykins has made 3 friggin shots with Tony Parker on the floor. A 13 foot shot, a 17 foot shot, and the layup that Duncan should have blocked. You guys act like he's going Andre miller on Parker or something.

So selective.

[ducks]

every knows boykins and miller would have to be guarded by tp
he would have to log big minutes
beno can not guard boykins

tp is the only one that can
wilkins is not on playoff roster

[Warlord23]

Wilkins?

[warri0r]

earl sucks.

our offense sucks with earl baggins on the floor.

[TMSKILZ]

Wilks who? please don't make that scrub out to be somethign special.

I'm ripping TP for his carelessness with the ball during crucial moments. letting Boykins & Den score on the last shot is a boost for them & will carry over into the 2nd 1/2.

TD should have blocked that shot, but i'm sure his ankle ahd something to do with that & also knowing these corny REF's are calling BS fouls on us didn't want to risk a shooting foul.

[Lady M]

TP bad on D people bitchin... TP bad on off. people bitching...
10pts 4ass 1TO - boykins 3pf what a bad hald
what are you doing here
you're on TP chat
:elephant

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

No one's pissed about Tony's overall game, just him letting a right handed player go right while overplaying the left hand every time.

And the last 6 seconds of the first half, where Parker pretty much gave Denver a four point swing at about the worst possible time.

[stéphane]

our offense sucks with earl baggins on the floor.
:lol at the JRR ref.

[nkdlunch]

Boykins is so cute out there. He looks like a little puppy. He's the only Nugget I respect

[Spurminator]

also knowing these corny REF's are calling BS fouls on us didn't want to risk a shooting foul.

So Duncan gets a pass for letting Boykins shoot a layup under him because of the refs? Why doesn't Parker get the same benefit? What was he supposed to do, hold him? He slowed him enough for Duncan to have time to get there, and Duncan let him score.

And maybe we should give Boykins some credit too, since it was a tough shot and all...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He looks like a black Verne Troyer :lol

[stéphane]

No one's pissed about Tony's overall game, just him letting a right handed player go right while overplaying the left hand every time.

And the last 6 seconds of the first half, where Parker pretty much gave Denver a four point swing at about the worst possible time.
re-read the blog and count the number of posts complaining about TP...
worst shooting PG ever, etc etc

[Warlord23]

Spurs shooting 50% to Denver's 41%
Spurs have less TOs and more assists
Free throws taken are similar

We should be up 10+

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Why doesn't Parker get the same benefit? What was he supposed to do, hold him?

Howabout not repeatedly overplaying the LEFT hand of a RIGHT handed player?

Just a thought.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

stephane, I love Tony. I even have a jersey signed by him from a game earlier this year.

That doesn't give him a free pass for shooting FTs as bad as he does. He's a guard, not a center.

[TMSKILZ]

yea we give Td a pass b/c he's earned it, TP hasn't come playoff time.

besides we killed TD last game when he stunk it up, we're getting on TP b/c he allowed a 4 pt swing in DEN's favor!

[ducks]

so if you are a center you can suck from the free throw line?

[Dex]

Holy crap. They almost just started raving in Denver.

:oops

Go Spurs.

[nkdlunch]

He looks like a black Verne Troyer :lol


I hope he doesn't piss on the corner next to the nugget bench :lol

[Spurminator]

He wasn't overplaying it, Boykins was running around him. He's faster. Parker drove him right under the basket, in fine position for a challenged shot.

Watch where Boykins catches the pass, he's already basically full stride and parallel to Parker running toward the basket. There's no way Parker could have suddenly gotten around to his other side.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

I have a minute to check in.

The Nuggets are done. Crispy. The only offensive strategy they have is to put Anthony at the line. Boykins has been solved (except when the refs let him double dribble). Defenisively, Denver is also screwed. Duncan is on his game enough that Camby can't handle him. They are going to have abandon the 1 on 1 strategy if they want to slow him down. If they do that, our guards are going to wreak havoc.

I like the Spurs defensive strategy. Let Melo have the ball and then make him take shitty shots. He's 4 of 10. If the fouls continue to pile up on Bowen though, they're going to have to get Brown some time on him. Big Dog's defense has been solid. And how about Beno on Boykins? That steal was too cool.

Lastly, I can't believe Denver is continuing to allow Horry to have so many open looks. I guess they still "wasn't expectin' that to happen."

[Spurminator]

yea we give Td a pass b/c he's earned it, TP hasn't come playoff time.


Cop out.

I dub thee a "hata."

[myhc]

That's bowens 4th foul.

[TMSKILZ]

We make games closer than they should be b/c we commit stupid fouls & TO's in the worst moments in games & b/c of the sad Ft shooting. Watch the box score after 2night show us something like 19-32 @ the FT line!

[ducks]

Howabout not repeatedly overplaying the LEFT hand of a RIGHT handed player?

Just a thought.

dude the assist coaches and coach need to point this out to him

they are suppose to tell the players how to guard people

but it is tp's fault of course