Game Blog: SAS vs. MIN 12-03-10

[TinTin]

Okay, didn't see a game blog so I thought I would start one. I dont know the procedure so it looks empty (a lot)

Game Start: 8:00 PM Eastern Time

[austN Spur]

lets get a W. go spurs go

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

well looks like everyone is excited about the game! :flag:

[TDMVPDPOY]

fck this im in spurschat if anyone wants to holla

[TDomination]

At this point, obviously every game is huge so today is a huge game! Lets play defense, limit the turnovers, play smart basketball and get the win!!

[Charles Sappa]

Go Spurs, we need to finish in 5th position as minimum

[TDomination]

So jefferson starts instead of Bogans. Maybe Manu will help him play well.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

So jefferson starts instead of Bogans. Maybe Manu will help him play well.

about to say....that bitch need to step up..

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ starting

[TDomination]

jefferson with a rebound, mcdyess with the shot. nice

[TDomination]

jeffersons misses are usually always way off

[Chieflion]

Nice pass by RJ to Tim. Duncan to the free throw line.

[TDomination]

haha wow how nice roll of the ball

[quentin_compson]

Yeah, nice free-throw by Tim. :hat

[Chieflion]

Darko is skilled!

[TDomination]

haha how thats a late call, duncan should have thrown it up

[Chieflion]

RJ dunk!

[TDomination]

i hate when i get excited about jefferson and his dunks lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol that was one late block call LOL

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ big DUNK!!!!!!

[Refocus]

Dick is showing some balls with that dunk. nice

[timtonymanu]

there ya go RJ!

[TDomination]

awesome! mcdyess block leads to a successful fast break

[Chieflion]

RJ to Manu dunk!

[timtonymanu]

loving how im hearing the spurs feed for now.

[Stringer_Bell]

RJ big DUNK!!!!!!

RJ is a bully, he always makes intense dunks on inferior teams. I wish he'd show up against the big kids when we really need him. :depressed

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice block, Manu dunk, Spurs up 3

[blkroadrunners]

Nice, 12-9 lead.

[quentin_compson]

Every dunk by Manu is a beautiful thing to see, because you can continue hoping that he really is fully back.

Looks much like veterans against youngsters right now.

[tothrowed]

rj showin naked ass tonight did he just throw dat down rj we need more of that

[ElNono]

Slow start, but they picked up the pace quickly enough...

[taps]

Everybody's dunking!

- Can't say i'm mad at pop for starting RJ

- 5 minutes into the game and no centerpiece

I am a happy T

:rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes :rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes

:hat

[TDomination]

jefferson should have drove, lane was wide open

[TDomination]

hey i like manu/jefferson fast breaks

[Chieflion]

Bill Land fucking up names today.

[Libri]

yes

[Spurs Brazil]

that was clean

[ElNono]

Dice brought the D...

[timtonymanu]

centerpiece is in.

[Chieflion]

Fucking centerpiece is in the game.

[TDomination]

Bill Land fucking up names today.

Sean probably just shakes his head lol

[Spurs Brazil]

TD with a bad start

[TDomination]

Whats up with Timmy? They playing that good of defense on him?

[ElNono]

Bogans with the instant foul off the bench...

[Chieflion]

CROFL Spurs. Wolves leading....

[alchemist]

Darko schooling Timmy

[TDomination]

centerpiece with a layup

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans layup

[DPG21920]

Bogans can do some nice things and his all around game is better than you think (not saying much) but he is just so inconsistent and fouly.

[Chieflion]

Bogans gets the layup cause no one bothers about him.

[DPG21920]

centerpiece with a layup

:lol I know everyone is saying it, but for some reason this made me laugh.

[TDomination]

Bonner is good with those one handers

[DPG21920]

Bonner has been using that shot a lot lately. Looks awkward but seems to work.

[Libri]

sandwich man with a hook shot

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:lmao the wolves dare bogans to make a layup

[Chieflion]

Bonner scores!

[quentin_compson]

Yeah, Matt with half a hook. :lol

Not pretty, but it counts. :toast

[TDomination]

Jefferson very active on the boards, i like

[DPG21920]

RJ has made some excellent passes today.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good pass Blair to RJ

[TDomination]

Manu sitting on some cushion or is it something so that he feels taller?

[timtonymanu]

No Mason, no hairston yet.

If Malik checks in before Mason, then we'll know Mason is gone.


And Shaq can hit free throws.

[urunobili]

loved the starting lineup :) finally RJ coming to life :)

[TDomination]

haha good d by bonner, stands his ground

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 22-21 after one

[TDomination]

Any shot further than 2 feet away from the basket, i don't feel good about when Jefferson shoots

[Chieflion]

It is the Wolves. Sean was making fun of their record then, he is making fun of them now.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

RJ needs the ball in his hands to do anything...

[raspsa]

"What's wrong with these guys, they don't drink their milk?" - Elliott LOL

[angelbelow]

"What's wrong with these guys, they don't drink their milk?" - Elliott LOL

Agreed. I wonder if team doctors act as nutritionists too. Not eating properly can easily contribute to on court injures.

[Refocus]

Hairston sighting.

[taps]

get lifted!

[alchemist]

http://i41.tinypic.com/aaaxck.png

never seen this before :lol

[Libri]

Malik in!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

omfg malik is in !

[Chieflion]

Mason lost his job, huh?

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes!!!

Malik in, Mason in the doghouse

[timtonymanu]

No Mason, no hairston yet.

If Malik checks in before Mason, then we'll know Mason is gone.

[Chieflion]

Eh, you fucking centerpiece. 4 point play for Ellington. Fuck you centerpiece.

[timtonymanu]

lmao centerpiece giving up a 4 pt play.

[quentin_compson]

Bogans, the defense god ... :lol

[Libri]

Crap! TO!

[alchemist]

how was that a foul on Manu????!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i am ready for a career night for ellington

[Libri]

Malik jumped on that fake.

[crc21209]

Hairston two fouls already...FML...:td

[Chieflion]

The fuck they calling? These refs are late at their calls. Hairston with two quick fouls.

[timtonymanu]

fuck u twolves. you trying to fuck up malik's minutes.

[DPG21920]

Wilkins playing with some energy.

[Libri]

Bonner 333333333

[crc21209]

Bonner 333333333333333333

[TDomination]

Bonner with the 3!

[Chieflion]

Bonner 3!

[crc21209]

Center-piece getting OWNED by Ellington...:lmao

[blkroadrunners]

Ellington already at his average.

[timtonymanu]

centerpiece can get owned by anybody.

[Chieflion]

Ellington scores on who? The centerpiece.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol centerpiece's D is a piece of shit

[Spurs Brazil]

Bogans bad D and bad pass

[alchemist]

Bogans only signed a 1-year deal right?

[timtonymanu]

this lineup blows.

[Chieflion]

And the centerpiece tries to act like he is Michael Jordan and loses the pass.

[DPG21920]

Malik just needs to be calm and do his thing. Not always going to go your way, just fight through it.

[crc21209]

Sloppy fucking offense....

[crc21209]

Bonner fucking sucks! STOP SHOOTING!!!!

[Libri]

another Bonner brick

[timtonymanu]

Bonner shooting like Bogans tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner can't hit shit so far

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

wow fuck the fouls...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

right now is spurs with no bench at its best...

[taps]

Bogner doing more harm than good out there. It's all good when he's making it rain but when he's clanking like this it creates easy transition buckets and he can't exactly protect the paint too well. might as well try the french center w/blair or td

[dbestpro]

Do not like Hairston and Bogans on the floor at the same time. Hairston needs to be more agressive or he will find himself back behind RMJ. Bonner is streaky. Right now he's on a streak of misses. Need to work it to someone else.

[timtonymanu]

And Malik stays in.

[alchemist]

12 fta?

[alchemist]

it's a wrap for Malik.

[crc21209]

BAD call on Hairston....seriously??!?!?

[dbestpro]

The team keeps going to Manu and standing around.

[Libri]

another foul on Malik :bang

[Spurs Brazil]

Malik still gets the rookie treatment

[siraulo23]

damn it, hairston

[taps]

i think malik may not yet have his teammate's confidence to get the pass for the open/corner 3

[Chieflion]

The fuck wrong with these fucking refs today? Late calls all over the place.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

oh wow....these fouls are killing malik

[dbestpro]

And Malik stays in.

And Malik goes out.

[timtonymanu]

Malik's playing too tense. He needs to calm down a little.

[dbestpro]

Time for RMJ. Malik let him back in on the rotation.

[HarlemHeat37]

Well, there goes Hairston..that's what he gets for overplaying mediocre players..

This is also what happens when NBA refs don't know you, which is why he should have received minutes earlier..

[timtonymanu]

Wolves with 14 points in almost 5 minutes.

Horrible.

[crc21209]

Rj 3333333333333333333

[Libri]

They didn't show the replay on Malik's foul. I would have liked to get a second look.

[blkroadrunners]

Rj 3333

[Chieflion]

Rj 3!

[crc21209]

Hill 33333333333333333

[Refocus]

I'm willing to bet RMJ is finally gonna make some shots this game and take Malik out of rotation.. :(

[Libri]

Hill 3

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill 3333333333333333333

[TDomination]

I love that corner 3 by hill

[alchemist]

They didn't show the replay on Malik's foul. I would have liked to get a second look.
it was a good call, Malik definitely fouled him.

[Chieflion]

Hill 3!

[timtonymanu]

Hill and RJ making up for Matt's missed opened 3's.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol spurs worst than dleague team

[crc21209]

RJ cleaning up RMJ's shit! :lol

[blkroadrunners]

RJ's playing well.

[timtonymanu]

why cant RJ play like this consistently?

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ with 11pts

[dbestpro]

Funny, RJ keeping the Spurs in the game.

[taps]

duncan turning in a truly vintage effort on the defensive end. for a 7-footer his body control is second to none

[Chieflion]

Sean speaking the obvious. "When the Spurs make some shots, they are going to blow this game wide open."

[blkroadrunners]

RJ: 11 pts, 5 rbs, 3 asts w/ 5 min left in the 1st half

[TDomination]

LOL Sean with the breakdown of Twolves transition D

[Libri]

pretty good move by Hill

[TDomination]

Ghill with the and 1

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill and one!!!!

[TDomination]

Awkward looking by Duncan but he makes it so im happy

[quentin_compson]

Nice move by Tim.

[Libri]

excellent transition play by RJ

[crc21209]

Thank god RJ didnt pass it up to Mason on that break or he would've missed a layup most likely...:lol

[Chieflion]

Rose in the TNT commercial: What? You trying to kidnap me?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

excellent transition play by RJ

sure...relatively to mason's

[quentin_compson]

Well, from what I've seen, as of late RJ does look much more committed.

[raspsa]

Dice misses a gimme..

[cnyc3]

vintage Duncan defense

[blkroadrunners]

What the devil...

[murpjf88]

Mcfluff is pathetic.

[blkroadrunners]

Solid 1st half.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 51-43 at the half

[raspsa]

Spurs with a couple of dangerous cros-court passes.. a littlw sloppy at the end.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:lol dice still can't catch a pass from manu

[ElNono]

Good to see Richard bouncing back with a good outing...

[mingus]

can't wait till rj can dot his against a good opponent.

[kjhip1]

We have to remember this is against the TimberWolves, but still its good to see RJ hustling and attacking the rim more. As someone stated earlier, RMJ looks like he has no idea how to make a bucket. He had what 2 seconds to take that baseline shot and missed horribly. I think his confidence is shot. I would not mind to see more of Hairston. I am a little ashamed of getting after Bonner. Although his shot is not really on, he does play hard D...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Good to see RJ playing well

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

OTOH,thank godness mason still can't hit a shot, otherwise malik will probably be back in pop's doghouse again...

[Manu20]

Hill is rapidly becoming my favorite player.

UIPUI!

[TD 21]

Decent 1st half..hopefully Hairston gets another chance, we'll see if he learned something..

This one has to end in a double-digit win, the Wolves are just beyond horrible..they barely have any talent at all, especially without Love and with Al Jefferson underachieving all season..

Nice to see Jefferson playing really well against one of the worst teams in the NBA, it seems to be his M.O..

I like Hairston, but hopefully he doesn't get another chance unless this turns into a blowout. His defense was sloppy, his handle shaky, but more importantly, the Spurs need to win this game and need to do so without wearing out Duncan, Ginobili and to a lesser extent, McDyess and Hill.

Mason, even with no confidence and the inability to make a shot, still offers more ball handling and the likelihood that at some point he's going to get hot from the outside.

That lineup to start the second quarter was ridiculous. Ginobili with Hairston and Bogans. Hairston and Bogans should never be on the court at the same time, save for in a blowout. They're too similar in that neither is serious threat from the outside and they're both sub-par ball handlers. To put that much ball handling/play making responsibility on Ginobili is foolish, as it's more likely to wear him out. As soon as Pop realized that, he rushed to put Hill back in before he should have.

Hairston can take Bogans' minutes, but not Mason's. It's not that I'm favoring Mason over Hairston, it's just what the Spurs need. More ball handling and at least the threat of making an outside shot.

[taps]

if malik gets a chance in the second half and he steps up - going forward that says a lot about what he can do for us now.

If Pop doesn't even give him that chance - that says a lot too

[Libri]

oooh, RJ dunk

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

mason, mason, mason... hm hm hm

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ dunk!!!!!!!!!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

corey brewer doesn't look like he give a shit about ANYTHING

[crc21209]

Good run to start the half! :tu Hell yeah...

[dbestpro]

Why is Blair not rebounding the ball any more?

[ElNono]

Puppyfan is probably wondering why everybody says RJ sucks for us...

[easy7]

RJ is on...bring your bags. :lmao

[crc21209]

Dice with the steal and the dunk! :tu Woooooo!!!

[Refocus]

lol dice! hell yeah.

[Libri]

Dice with a steal and layup.

[Chieflion]

Too many dunks. I hope Pop isn't watching. He might get a heart attack.

[timtonymanu]

notice how much better the starting lineup looks w/o bogans.

[spectator]

starters are killing MIN; our bench is horrible; just horrible

[crc21209]

Manu to Dice for the jumper....

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice dunk, Dice J

[crc21209]

Manu to Hill alley-oop!

[timtonymanu]

damn is this the most dunks we've had in a game?

[Chieflion]

Manu to Hill alley-oop! Pop is being sent to the hospital now.

[taps]

dunk of the game so far.
reminded me of '05 manu ooping to Tim

[taps]

dare i be confident we keep blowing it out and pop gives mahinmi a chance in garbage?

[TDomination]

RJ with the dunk!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

o no...i see a drought coming...

[taps]

bogans is the complete opposite of manu in every way and pop is subbing him in.

i hope the twolves don't cut into the lead

[Libri]

Bonner lol

[timtonymanu]

Matty's been really working hard on his inside game.

[quentin_compson]

Matt surely is lucky with his hook shot attempts. :lol

[raspsa]

Bonner going to the basket surprising the defense.

[Libri]

Cedric Jackson in

[timtonymanu]

Cedric Jackson sighting.

[blkroadrunners]

CJack!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Jackson scores!!

[Chieflion]

Cedric Jackson? The fuck?

[bbarry]

CJ for an easy rebound and a 2 pter

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol is that pass to the blackboard?

[dbestpro]

Cedric coming in showing Malik you need to come to play.

[timtonymanu]

Bring on the 30 million threads for Cedric to play.

[Refocus]

lolwhat

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

cedric mofukin jackson

[Chieflion]

Look, after he scored, then the Spurs players don't even pass him the ball even though he is wide open. :lol

[taps]

this is one of the 2 or 3 worst teams in the league.

when will mahinmi get a chance?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol RJ trying to be the big brother

[Chieflion]

Goddamn it, put Ian in.

[alchemist]

he's quick and can handle the rock, hopefully he gets more burn.

[dbestpro]

I almost forgot what a point guard looked like.

[raspsa]

Nice having a real PG handling the ball. CJ looks to be a pesky defender too..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pity we only seem to look good against poor teams.

[urunobili]

PLz Pop no more Manu neither Duncan for the rest of the game... signed, urunobili

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

I almost forgot what a point guard looked like.

:lol

[urunobili]

Some Mahimni wouldn't hurt too...

[BuzzerBeater]

I almost forgot what a point guard looked like.

:lol

[ulosturedge]

I almost forgot what a point guard looked like.

:lol

[taps]

and pop if you put ian in, for god's sake, don't run the offense through him10 times in a row plz

edit: part in bold

[Chieflion]

Cedric Jackson = Jacque Vaughn?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's interesting that we look a better team since TP has sat. I guess that has to do with continuity in the rotation... with his pf and other injuries, Tony was in and out of the lineup like a rabbit on the job! :lol

[dbestpro]

This is not a good lineup.

[TDMVPDPOY]

shooting to many 3s damn it

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

shooting to many 3s damn it

you want bonner to penetrate don't you...

[blkroadrunners]

Stephen Jackson's little brother w/ the 2 FTs.

[alchemist]

he attacks the paint unlike the current backup PG's

[crc21209]

This Jackson kid has some good court vision....and better handles than RMJ! So I'll take it! :tu :lol

[dbestpro]

Blair just is off.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

What??? How is that an off foul???

Grizzly gets so many terrible calls against him.

[dbestpro]

WTF Bogans just watching the ball on the floor.

[timtonymanu]

Blair has sucked lately.

[BanditHiro]

wow is bogans lazy get the damn ball it is right infront of you

[alchemist]

:lol well he's not a 3pt shooter but he attacks the paint.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 15 after the 3rd

[Chieflion]

Is Pop allergic to guys like Ian playing in a game like this?

[HarlemHeat37]

Bogans might be the worst player on the roster at getting loose balls, he misses so many every game..he's supposed to be a hustle player..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

darn can't hit the three tho...just like mason and bogans and companies

[dbestpro]

One of Jackson's problems where ever he has been is he does not shoot for a high percentage. I guess that hasn't changed.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

I still dont get the offensive foul on Blair, and then Bogans wtf was that?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

hard to believe the last FG was the follow up by Jackson @ 4:03