Game Blog :: Spurs vs. Nets :: March 29

[Brazil]

No, Ian sucks in practice and against the Nets.

:lol thanks sometimes I forgot

[FeZZy]

if harris got by duncan and made it i would of killed him

[austN Spur]

first time we can use mason all season and his pinkie hurts

[AnthonyM]

Bonner will get the last shot and will miss.

[anonoftheinternets]

cmon over time ... we need this...

[Bartleby]

I guess it's up to Bonner or Hill. Wonder if the Nets will foul.

[CFH]

Now the Spurs just need a 3 for OT, oh boy...

[Crookshanks]

Spurs took the Nets for granted - and it seems Pop thought this was an automatic win. They played lackadaisical and let the Nets get confidence. Spurs have done this all season, and it's so frustrating! I don't want the Spurs to make history this way.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah, and you also think Manu deserves to play on a better team.

Maybe you deserve a worse team to be a fan of like say the Nets?

Why do the Blazers/Thunder "deserve" to go farther?

im not even gonna reply to your stupid homer ass.

[the crimson blur]

Pop don't fuck this up.

Please let Hill shoot this ball. Bonner and Mason will airball this shit.

OMFG I WANT FINLEY BACK.

[Thomas82]

did mcdyess even drain one jumper this game? he is honestly so useless this year.

I can honestly say that he has been a disappointment this year.

[Brazil]

the stop check
now the 3

[DPG21920]

People that keep begging for Dice to play need to have a reality check.

[Johnny RIngo]

did mcdyess even drain one jumper this game? he is honestly so useless this year.

Bogans and Dice played a combined 40 mins and had 1 point. Neither player would get more than 15 mins on any other playoff team.

[raspsa]

No excuses acceptable. still 2 of the Big 3 out, TD an ugly game..

[anonoftheinternets]

if harris got by duncan and made it i would of killed him

actually we got really lucky with that, that was a pretty simple reverse..

[Spurs Brazil]

What make me mad about this game is the Spurs played VERY LAZY

They missed all rotations and played soft D, the opposite of yesterday

[austN Spur]

I want a 3 puhleeese. i want a 3 plz

[AnthonyM]

im not even gonna reply to your stupid homer ass.

If I was a homer I would have thought we were going to blow out the Nets this game.

[DPG21920]

:lol Bon Bon looks terrified.

[dbestpro]

Bonner will do Horry's play.

[DPG21920]

Nice Tim

[Thomas82]

actually we got really lucky with that, that was a pretty simple reverse..

Yeah, he usually makes those.

[Bartleby]

What. The. Fuck.

[Budkin]

Obviously we follow up the best two wins of the season with one of the worst losses ever.

[Mal]

oh my god

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck, Duncan threw it away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cnyc3]

just wow

[Death In June]

Wow, Tim is playing so awful.

[Crookshanks]

What make me mad about this game is the Spurs played VERY LAZY

They missed all rotations and played soft D, the opposite of yesterday

Yep - they thought this would be an easy win. And truthfully, it should have been! :bang

[Chieflion]

Damn you, Timmy!

[anonoftheinternets]

ball is going to find bonner for the three and he will knock it down.

[CFH]

Are you fuckin' kidding me?!?! Wooooooooooooooooow...

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[boutons_deux]

church league bullshit.

[austN Spur]

Crap

[poop]

deep down we all knew this was going to happen.

[Creation88]

lol this is hilarious

[FeZZy]

tim duncan is a piece of shit

[Warlord23]

lolololololol

[anonoftheinternets]

lol this game.

[ShoogarBear]

I don't believe this.

[TampaDude]

HA HA...Spurs throw it away...we would've tied it, too...oh,well...no Manu, no win.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW spurs nice spurs very nice job...

[dbestpro]

Timmy really is struggling between the ears.

[pjjrfan]

Rats!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

darn it

[Thomas82]

yep - they thought this would be an easy win. And truthfully, it should have been! :bang

+1

[duncan228]

Omg. :(

[InK]

Heh, kinda amusing in a sad way...

[Refocus]

nah it's cool tim i didn't even want a shot attempt.

[anonoftheinternets]

good thing spurs have that clutch execution thing going for them.

[Bartleby]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a tidal wave of trolls in here.

[urunobili]

just fucking trade Manu.

[dbestpro]

So I got a brown bag and I don't know whether to wear it or throw up in it.

[Crookshanks]

Pa - the - tic... that's all I can say. Good night all.

[Mal]

Wow , Nets, really ...

[45 bank shot]

what an ugly game

[anonoftheinternets]

that was hills fault for faking tim out .. tbh ...

[Johnny RIngo]

It has been so effing painful watching Duncan these past few weeks.

[DPG21920]

just fucking trade Manu.

:lol GTFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Chieflion]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a tidal wave of trolls in here.

Implied trolling is enough for the retarded shit this game.

[DesignatedT]

lol wow. duncan just might be done... its finally here

[FeZZy]

im so fucking mad everybody is shit

[dbestpro]

Time to leave Spurstalk and let the trolls rein free for a couple of days.

[DPG21920]

Duncan deserves the beat down he is going to get tonight on here. It is going to be brutal.

[Death In June]

What's wrong with Tim exactly, why arent there are reports on his health, on his recent string of horrible games? Fucking SA sports journalism....

[cnyc3]

Why did we call another TO???

[Libri]

Wow , Nets, really ...

Yup, badge of shame.

[Mal]

what the fuck pop ?

[Brazil]

lol

Even against the Nets you have to respect your fucking opponents, these guys are no scrubs and Lopez is a stud

[AnthonyM]

:lol gtfoooooooooooooooooo

stfu mannnnn the spurs dont deserve manuuuuuu

[Spurs Brazil]

Stupid, now no timeouts

[anonoftheinternets]

ok i will feel better if they knock down this three with clutch execution .. even if we dont win this game.

[pjjrfan]

Bonner almost gets a 5 sec. violation, then Tim throws it away. What is wrong with this team. They looked leaderless out there. I could go on all day about the things the Spurs did to not win this game. but no. 1 was not playing smart.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

congrats to the nets for avoiding the title of worst team ever and the spurs for not making a 50+ W season.

[ShoogarBear]

Why did we call another TO???

To set up a really impressive turnover.

[Mal]

pathetic

[anonoftheinternets]

WHAAAAA? why did we burn that timeout? we needed it real bad.

[Chieflion]

Lose, 1.6 seconds not even enough for the ball to hit the rim.

[VBM]

Manu's asking price just went up another $2mil

[TampaDude]

Might be time for Timmy to hang it up...seriously.

[The Btown Spur]

well this is embarrassing...

[Spurs Brazil]

P.Holt should fine all the players and coaches.

This is PATHETIC

[ManuTastic]

Can we play the Celtics again?

OK, so without Manu we can't win shit. Great.

[FeZZy]

throw fucking confetti from the stands you got 10 wins bitches

[austN Spur]

that hurts.

[anonoftheinternets]

ok i will feel better if they knock down this three with clutch execution .. even if we dont win this game.

never mind

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

that was absolutely crap, mofo

[WeNeedLength]

Manu = Spurs. Everyone else is just fillers as this game just showed. Great job Fucking up Spurs. Fuck.

[easy7]

Spurs without Manu = Worst than shit.

[Bartleby]

Might be time for Timmy to hang it up...seriously.

That's fucking idiotic. Seriously.

[qiuyizeng]

I feel manu gonna go

[anonoftheinternets]

umm ... based on this game, manu shud win a max contract.... there goes all the negotiating chips ...

[Jeremy]

Thank you so much, Spurs! I was scared to death for months that the Suns would end up being the team to give the Nets their 10th win!

[CFH]

I guess this pretty much sums up the whole season. Oh well...

[TampaDude]

Without Parker and Ginobili, the Spurs are a .500 team at best.

[twincam]

One word, and one word only.

EMBARRASSING

[FeZZy]

laker sweep here we come....................................

[Johnny RIngo]

P.Holt should fine all the players and coaches.

This is PATHETIC

The same Holt that probably cost the Spurs a few championships with his frugality during Duncan's prime years? I never understood why the fans are always bitching about Holt and his money.

[it's me]

Thank you so much, Spurs! I was scared to death for months that the Suns would end up being the team to give the Nets their 10th win!

yes 10th.................. fucking scrubs................

[FeZZy]

the nets mothafucking nets

[DPG21920]

Without Parker and Ginobili, the Spurs are a .500 team at best.

Not saying this loss is excusable, but if you take 2 of a teams best 3 players out, most teams will suck.

[TampaDude]

That's fucking idiotic. Seriously.

No, that's fucking reality. Seriously.

[TheChillFactor]

Just so much fail......mcdyess, bogans, RJ, mason...goddamn!

[qiuyizeng]

spurs fucking unbelievable!

[TampaDude]

Thank you so much, Spurs! I was scared to death for months that the Suns would end up being the team to give the Nets their 10th win!

Hey, Jeremy...guess what song I'm listening to RIGHT NOW??? :lol

[FeZZy]

someone needs to be fire i dont care who....the towel boy GONE!

[DesignatedT]

What's wrong with Tim exactly, why arent there are reports on his health, on his recent string of horrible games? Fucking SA sports journalism....

because he doesnt make excuses.

[DPG21920]

No, that's fucking reality. Seriously.

I am going with idiotic.

[FeZZy]

tim = kjshfa;islzktujwpoiejtsrmgkwel;dsvmad;ls

[Amuseddaysleeper]

someone needs to be fire i dont care who....the towel boy GONE!

:lol

[Johnny RIngo]

Duncan's running on empty. He was great in the first half of the season but it looks like his age has caught up with him. Seems like he's breaking down faster than last season.

[TampaDude]

The Lakers are getting blown out by the Hornets, too...Spurs can't catch a break...

[easy7]

Well, for all you mofos that want Manu gone, hope you enjoyed the game.

[Johnny RIngo]

Not saying this loss is excusable, but if you take 2 of a teams best 3 players out, most teams will suck.

The Spurs went up by 9 twice in the game. They should have easily won this one but they let the Nets get back into it, giving them all the confidence they needed in the 4th. HORRIBLE coaching from Pop.

[TampaDude]

I am going with idiotic.

Duncan will retire after this season. Book it.

[carina_gino20]

Manu needs to go loco on this team.

[TampaDude]

The Spurs went up by 9 twice in the game. They should have easily won this one but they let the Net get back into it giving them all the confidence they needed in the 4th. HORRIBLE coaching from Pop.

+1 This loss is 100% on Pop. NFW the Nets should've won this game.

[DPG21920]

The Spurs went up by 9 twice in the game. They should have easily won this one but they let the Nets get back into it, giving them all the confidence they needed in the 4th. HORRIBLE coaching from Pop.

What does that have to do with what I said? If you take 2 of the 3 best players off of every team, do they suck?

[TampaDude]

What does that have to do with what I said? If you take 2 of the 3 best players off of every team, do they suck?

It was the NETS!!! At least we won't have to face them in the playoffs... :lol

[Johnny RIngo]

What does that have to do with what I said? If you take 2 of the 3 best players off of every team, do they suck?

You talk like we got blown out. We didn't need Parker or Manu to beat the Nets. Even with Tim's awful execution, the Spurs were leading most of the game. Pop, like usual, overthinks these games and ends up mismanaging the team into a loss.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Blair should've played a lot more. he had 11 and 11 in just 17 minutes

[DPG21920]

You talk like we got blown out. We didn't need Parker or Manu to beat the Nets. Even with Tim's awful execution, the Spurs were leading most of the game. Pop, like usual, overthinks these games and ends up mismanaging the team into a loss.

Answer the question.

[TD 21]

This loss falls on Duncan and to a lesser extent, Pop and McDyess.

Pop for being overly cautious with Ginobili and thinking the Spurs could win this game anyway. Instead of playing him for 15-18 minutes and having this most likely be a win, instead it turns into a costly loss and undoes the Celtics win.

Also for his not pulling Jefferson at the 2:55 timeout in the 3rd, resting him then and bringing him back to start the fourth with Hill taking a break. Instead, he pulled the only consistent sources of offense the Spurs had in this game at once with the game in the balance.

McDyess needs to be benched, Blair needs to play more and Bonner needs to shoot better. Right now, this front line is a disaster.

I have no idea why the Spurs didn't continue to go to Jefferson in the fourth. Instead they stood around and relied on Hill to be Ginobili, Parker, etc., which is obviously ridiculous.

Mason, when the team needed him most and he could have played significant minutes, sits with what amounts to an injury that's probably slightly more severe than a paper cut. That fucker Bryant can play with his entire body breaking down and yet on this team, when someone has the slightest injury, they're automatically out.

[alchemist]

WTF??? Pathetic is an understatement.

[santymrc]

+1 This loss is 100% on Pop. NFW the Nets should've won this game.

No way man... This was poor executing from TD. Too many unclutch TO's from him and Bonner missing to many 3's -finally got one-. Can't blame Pop on this one, goes all the way to TD. And I love TD, just this one goes on him.

[santymrc]

+1 This loss is 100% on Pop. NFW the Nets should've won this game.

No way man... This was poor executing from TD. Too many unclutch TO's from him and Bonner missing too many 3's -finally got one-. Can't blame Pop on this one, goes all the way to TD. And I love TD, just this one goes on him.

[HarlemHeat37]

Pop played Hairston, Bogans and Temple together way too long..the 3 of those guys should never be on the floor at the same time..Hairston and Temple should never be on the floor together for obvious reasons, both too inexperienced..

The Spurs had a lineup without any key players for a long stretch in this game, that can't happen..

[Johnny RIngo]

Answer the question.

Yes, they would but not enough to lose to this year's Nets(one of the worst teams of all-time).

[NFGIII]

This is absolutely pathetic! the Spurs deserve to lose this game. I watched it and most of the time I saw individuals looking for what they wanted to do. Rarely did I see a team concept. Without Manu or even to a certain extent TP this team does not have a leader. New Jersey!!!! Tim Duncan!!! Yes, I'm calling TD out for his lack of leadership. Unfortunately he won't/can't be more vocal because that isn't his makeup.This team just went through a very good run of 5 top teams ( admittedly with Manu though) only to lose to one of the worst in NBA history? If this up and down performaqnce continues then they don't have much of a chance to make the WCF much less get out of the first round.

Yes, I'm bitching but come on people what are we to expect from this team? Though I liked that many a bench player got to play but there wasn't much cohesion out on the court. Pop has n't a lot to deal with and with the PO in the near future this team needs to figure out what they need to do.

[duncan228]

Updated.

Nets get 10th win, avoid share of NBA’s worst mark (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010032917&prov=ap)
By Brian Mahoney

The roars of the crowd and the shouts from the public address announcer made it feel like this was a huge win.

For the New Jersey Nets, though, there wasn’t much celebrating. Just relief.

Relief at having removed their name from the line in the record book no team wants to be on.

The Nets notched their 10th victory Monday night, avoiding any chance of tying for the worst record in NBA history by beating the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 90-84.

“You don’t thank God, but you don’t want to go down as the worst team in the history of the game,” reserve guard Keyon Dooling said. “Absolutely it’s a relief, you don’t want to go down in history as the worst team ever.”

Brook Lopez had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets, who grabbed control with a 15-4 run late in the fourth quarter to improve to 10-64. The 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who went 9-73, will remain in the books as the league’s worst team.

Public address announcer Gary Sussman shouted “We got 10! The Nets win!” after New Jersey snapped a 14-game losing streak in the series, committing a franchise record-low four turnovers—none in the second half—in beating San Antonio for the first time since the 2003 NBA finals.

“It’s a big relief. It’s a big relief,” guard Courtney Lee said. “Now we can go out and ball and have fun and play.”

With Manu Ginobili (lower back spasms) joining Tony Parker on the injured list and Tim Duncan struggling through a poor shooting game, the Spurs had few answers on the second night of a back-to-back following an impressive victory at Boston on Sunday.

George Hill scored 19 points and former Net Richard Jefferson finished with 16 after a strong start for the Spurs, who fell out of a sixth-place tie in the Western Conference with Oklahoma City and Portland.

Jefferson said the talk of the Nets’ record was more on the minds of the media than the players.

“There’s no feelings for them or thoughts on it, it’s just kind of we’re all professional athletes,” he said. “They have enough talent over there to win some games, but you don’t really go into it thinking about it too much.”

New Jersey has been in danger of the worst record ever since opening the season with an NBA-record, 18-game losing streak. But the Nets have now won three of four, taking the pressure off the remainder of their schedule—while acknowledging that improving to 54 games under .500 isn’t exactly cause for a party.

“We don’t want to be a part of the worst team in history, so it’s exciting to get 10 wins, but it is 10 wins, you know what I mean?” point guard Devin Harris said. “It’s fun. We haven’t won that many games, so we are excited to win. We are continuing to move forward.

“We’re not going to jump through the roof because we won 10 games.”

They were helped Monday when Ginobili, the reigning Western Conference player of the week, had such trouble with his back that he had trouble putting his pants on in the morning. Then reserve Roger Mason Jr. was forced to sit out the second half with a sprained right pinky knuckle.

Duncan finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds but missed eight of his first 12 shots before finishing 6 of 15 from the field. San Antonio was just 11 of 20 from the foul line.

Lee scored 19 points and Harris had 17 points and nine assists for the Nets. Terrence Williams had 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter.

The Nets tied it at 72 on Williams’ 3-pointer with 8:13 remaining, but Hill scored before setting up Matt Bonner’s 3 for a 77-72 lead with 6:12 left. New Jersey answered with eight in a row to regain the lead, and after a rare basket by Duncan, Lopez slammed down Harris’ alley-oop pass for an 82-79 edge with 3:27 to play.

A free throw by Lopez and a basket by Williams pushed it to 85-79, but San Antonio was back within three after Bonner’s 3-pointer with 34 seconds left. The Spurs got the ball back after Harris’ miss, but Duncan threw away a pass and the Nets closed it out from the foul line.

“We just didn’t have anybody who could score. If you are not scoring, you need to make free throws, which we didn’t, or at least you have to take care of the ball, which we didn’t,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “So bad from the free throw line, bad handling the ball and found nobody who could score.”

This appeared to be a tough week for New Jersey to get win No. 10, with San Antonio, Phoenix and New Orleans all coming to the Izod Center. But the Spurs who showed up Monday hardly looked like the team that was coming off victories over Cleveland and Boston.

“A team in a situation like that, you try to take them out of the game early and not make it a ballgame, and they have skilled ballplayers,” Duncan said. “Despite their record, they have a lot of guys who are very good, so we gave them the confidence to stay in it and they made the plays more than we did.”

Jefferson scored 10 points in the first quarter, when the Spurs shot 54 percent and opened a 33-27 lead. It was ugly from there, as the teams combined for 29 points with neither shooting above 35 percent in the second before San Antonio took a 46-43 lead into halftime.

Hill and DeJuan Blair each scored eight in the third—the rest of the Spurs managed only four—and San Antonio was up four heading to the final period.

NOTES: Ginobili said he was feeling better after treatment and expects to play in the next game. … Jefferson is third on the Nets’ career scoring list. … The Spurs signed swingman Alonzo Gee from Austin of the NBA Development League. He recently played 11 games for the Washington Wizards.

[Libri]

Jefferson's post game comment: "The way the Nets played, they could have beaten any team tonight."

[TD 21]

Pop played Hairston, Bogans and Temple together way too long..the 3 of those guys should never be on the floor at the same time..Hairston and Temple should never be on the floor together for obvious reasons, both too inexperienced..

The Spurs had a lineup without any key players for a long stretch in this game, that can't happen..

This lineup to start the fourth and Mason not playing because of a minor injury did the Spurs in. Pop was too dumb to realize that he couldn't afford to sit Jefferson and Hill at the same time and when he did, the game was lost.

Blair should have played more. He's the only big on this team who doesn't look dead legged and can actually finish around the rim.

Hairston is looking worse by the game. I know two of the three are fringe players, but how the fuck can Bogans, Hairston and be either in or on the fringe of the league and be this poor handling the ball? On top of that, they can't shoot. What an atrocity.

Too many players on this team making mistakes and looking nervous in crunch time. How many times this year have they thrown it away late because they're panicking? How hard is it to just hold the ball and/or call a timeout in this situation?

[Bartleby]

This loss falls on Duncan and to a lesser extent, Pop and McDyess.

Pop for being overly cautious with Ginobili and thinking the Spurs could win this game anyway. Instead of playing him for 15-18 minutes and having this most likely be a win, instead it turns into a costly loss and undoes the Celtics win.


:lmao

Last night you made about half a dozen posts bitching about how Manu was playing too many minutes and he was going to get hurt. And how the fuck does a loss "undo" a win?

[Vinnie_Johnson]

I get my Pistons losing to the nets because they suck. What the hell happened to your spurs? Playoff teams don't lose to 9 win teams.

[bresilhac]

Don't tell me wagering doesn't play a part in NBA games. How many people actually bet on the Nets tonight prior to the announcement that Manu would not play? This is the only logical explanation for benching Manu tonight. To guarantee a New Jersey win.

If you disregard all of that however. Then it's a just a dumb, stupid move on the part of Pop. I have never, ever questioned Pop's reasoning as a coach until tonight. In light of the super-importance of the remaining games, why the fuck does Pop bench Manu tonight? Take away 24 points a game and it's no wonder the guys lost. And this loss had nothing to do with the play of Tim. I'm very angry tonight.

[TD 21]

:lmao

Last night you made about half a dozen posts bitching about how Manu was playing too many minutes and he was going to get hurt. And how the fuck does a loss "undo" a win?

And what happened, genius? HE GOT HURT!

Because, if you consider the Cavs and to a lesser extent, Celtics wins as unexpected wins, then this was an unexpected loss (given the situation it wasn't, but if you had look at the schedule a few days ago it would have been), so it basically undoes one of those wins and takes away the positive vibes surrounding the team. In other words, this teams expected record coming out of this stretch is exactly where they are now, they didn't move up or gain any ground on anyone, because what good they did, they gave it all back with this loss.

[TampaDude]

I get my Pistons losing to the nets because they suck. What the hell happened to your spurs? Playoff teams don't lose to 9 win teams.

Betcha the Nets lose all their remaining games, too...just watch. :lmao

[Bartleby]

And what happened, genius? HE GOT HURT!



So Pop should have played Manu 15-18 minutes tonight?

[TD 21]

Why not? He was more than likely well enough to play, this was flat out Pop being an idiot. Last night, he should have been kept to 30-32 minutes given how the game played out and tonight, if he plays 15-20, the Spurs win this game.

[spurs10]

Losing all that momentum and confidence is what bothers me the most. This game was an insult to the, literally, back breaking play by Manu of late. I think it will be hard to come back from this because so many weaknesses were exposed.

[ElNono]

Well, that was terrible. Two hours driving under heavy rain, and I get this shit?
First time ever I go see them against the Nets and we lose.

[kaji157]

10-2 run and 13-2 run in the 4th for the Nets....

That wouldn´t have happened with Manu (on the bench and playing sporadically).

That Manu injury is fake and we all know it. He didn´t even talk about it in the press nor in the facebook. Pop will try to say he was, but i bet you Manu won´t take any more nights off and won´t have any more "ghost" back spasms.

[TampaDude]

CIA Pop...he WANTS the Lakers in the first round!!! :D

[Sean Cagney]

We are utter fukkin trash this year.. A new low to add to our bad year.

[Sean Cagney]

10-2 run and 13-2 run in the 4th for the Nets....

That wouldn´t have happened with Manu (on the bench and playing sporadically).

That Manu injury is fake and we all know it. He didn´t even talk about it in the press nor in the facebook. Pop will try to say he was, but i bet you Manu won´t take any more nights off and won´t have any more "ghost" back spasms.

Yep and this cost us a key game we should win being cute sitting him out! Good going idiots! We lost to a 9 win or now 10 win team! Good fukkin shit there, we are utter garbage now again after that huge win last night.

[peskypesky]

We are utter fukkin trash this year.. A new low to add to our bad year.

that trash just beat Cleveland and Boston in the past week.

[Ice009]

I just watched the game now on replay and I AM DISGUSTED.

This is inexcusable losing to the Nets.

PATHETIC TEAM, PATHETIC PLAYERS, PATHETIC COACH and PATHETIC PERFORMANCE.

No Manu = Can't even beat one of the two worst teams in the NBA.

Horrible performance by a lot of choking players the Spurs have.

[DesignatedT]

I just watched the game now on replay and I AM DISGUSTED.

This is inexcusable losing to the Nets.

PATHETIC TEAM, PATHETIC PLAYERS, PATHETIC COACH and PATHETIC PERFORMANCE.

No Manu = Can't even beat one of the two worst teams in the NBA.

Horrible performance by a lot of choking players the Spurs have.

why dont you just do everyone a favor and stop watching the games.

[mytespurs]

My, my.....what a difference a day makes!!! Yesterday, it was all wine and roses and talk of Spurs possibly reaching the WCF....today, it's....
"they suck", "Fire Pop", "Trade Duncan" "Don't sign Ginobili"...wah....wah....wah!!!

Despite impressive wins this past week against OKC, Cleveland, Boston, the Spurs are who I thought they were: an 8th seed team. I'll admit I was getting caught up in the hype a bit but then you never know which Spurs team will show up from game to game.

Surprised-No, Disappointed-Yes Heck, I forgot this was a b2b for them.

Now we're looking up from the 8th spot......Spurs still have a chance to move up a spot or two if they can string some good wins together down the stretch.

[Sean Cagney]

that trash just beat Cleveland and Boston in the past week.

yeah they did! Then we sit Manu now and then lose to the worst team in the league!!!!!!!!! Good way to follow up those wins there!!!!!! Good way when we dropped to 8th now where we will stay IMO and face LA! Thats what we wanted lol.

[kaji157]

Pop´s mistake was basically not having Manu available. Many here think Manu whould have played 15-20 mins.
I think 10 minutes at most would have do it. He would have just to enter the game for a couple of spurts where the team wnt stagnant on offense.
3 minutes in the second quarter, 3 to close the third, and 4 to close the fourth, that´s a win.

[Russ]

OKC beats the Celtics. :(