2010 Playoffs: Round 1, Game 2 - Spurs vs Mavs Game Blog

[Shastafarian]

RJ is hot as fuck

So many places one could go with this one...

[itzsoweezee]

Bogans - 0 minutes
Mason - only 5 minutes

[jdev82]

how much you wanna bet that after game 1 pop told RJ "If you dont shape up i will make you a clipper before you can say DNP"

[silverblk mystix]

how will the spurs handle success in the 2nd half?


i hope they go for the throat...

do it!

[picc84]

Every spurs player being aggressive going to the basket and looking for offense. Start the 2nd half with a good dose of Timmy and try to get him going.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

so i was wondering why butler keeps passing out those three pointers right...so i checked espn and he is a career .312 3PT shooter and .290 this season!!!

[Refocus]

Hopefully RJ brings it in the 2nd half.. he tends to disappear. GOSPURSGO!

[Libri]

Nice energy, Jefferson with the big half. Gonna still need Hill to step up big in 2nd half because too much to ask Jefferson to throw in 34 pts for the game.

One more half, own the 3rd quarter, win the game.

Spurs can't afford any second half failures. Keep throwing the punches. :ihit

[TJastal]

Butler<<<<<<<<<<<<<Howard. Great defense of that last shot and it exemplifies the effort in the 1st half. Can't tell if George is babying the ankle or if he's really hurt but he refuses to turn the corner and slash to the hole. I think he should rest more in this game as well and get geared up for the rest of the series.

I think it's obvious he's not 100% yet.. hasn't been an issue in this game yet however so might as well keep resting him

[oh crap]

now i'm no spur fan, but it sure is fun watching any team whoop up on the mavs. looking good out there, san antonio

[Mal]

A for Pop, for doing his homework perfectly.

Dogs involved - check
Rebounds - check
FT`s - check
limited TO`s - check
no Bogans - check
stop Dirk - check

so far so good. Keep it going

[Cherry]

We must win this game!

[fred33]

tony has maintained the spurs alive in the 2nd with bonner mason blair in the roster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blackjack]

For the first time in a Spurs uniform, Richard Jefferson determined how effective he would be. He wasn't relying upon being spoon-fed his offense or capitalizing off opportunistic breaks, the guy actually went out there, brought the energy, effort, intensity and he played with a purpose.

Congratulations, RJ. For one half, you took the bull by the horns. :tu

Now finish . . .

[HarlemHeat37]

Great half and they fixed pretty much everything I complained about after game 1..

-Not overplaying Kidd and forcing him to drive the lane..Kidd is a horrible finisher, most of his scoring comes from spot-up shooting, so good strategy to make him shoot..

-Unforced turnovers..they've done a good job limiting these, unlike last game..

-Jefferson and/or Hill showing up..RJ has showed up in a big way..

-One of the limo guys showing up..Bonner has played decent ball, I can live with what he's done..


Now hopefully the Spurs can keep this up and avoid foul trouble as well..Spurs obviously go through massive droughts and the Mavs are an explosive team, so that will be interesting..

Hopefully Pop continues to stick with McDyess over Bonner for tonight, 'Dice is playing the most active ball he's played all season..hopefully very, very little of Mason as well..

Hill looks good defensively IMO, but he's still very passive offensively..one play in particular where he beat his defender and decided to take a step-back J instead of driving the baseline..very telling IMO, he usually goes strong to the basket..

Hopefully the Spurs can sustain and avoid a large drought..

[DesignatedT]

not seeing much from hill or blair out there. mason was terrible as always of course in his liited time.

everyone else gets a big :tu

[NewJerSpur]

I think it's obvious he's not 100% yet.. hasn't been an issue in this game yet however so might as well keep resting him

He just doesn't seem to be as aggressive on either end of the floor like we're used to seeing. Better he get as healthy as possible than to keep playing on the ankle with no results imo.

[DesignatedT]

not seeing much from hill or blair out there. mason was terrible as always of course in his limited time.

everyone else gets a big :tu

[timvp]

One more half, RJ, and you'll be forgiven.

[SpursTillTheEnd]

This is the RJ the Spurs have been waiting for all year. Better late than never.

[Libri]

Great half and they fixed pretty much everything I complained about after game 1..

-Not overplaying Kidd and forcing him to drive the lane..Kidd is a horrible finisher, most of his scoring comes from spot-up shooting, so good strategy to make him shoot..

-Unforced turnovers..they've done a good job limiting these, unlike last game..

-Jefferson and/or Hill showing up..RJ has showed up in a big way..

-One of the limo guys showing up..Bonner has played decent ball, I can live with what he's done..


Now hopefully the Spurs can keep this up and avoid foul trouble as well..Spurs obviously go through massive droughts and the Mavs are an explosive team, so that will be interesting..

Hopefully Pop continues to stick with McDyess over Bonner for tonight, 'Dice is playing the most active ball he's played all season..hopefully very, very little of Mason as well..

Hill looks good defensively IMO, but he's still very passive offensively..one play in particular where he beat his defender and decided to take a step-back J instead of driving the baseline..very telling IMO, he usually goes strong to the basket..

Hopefully the Spurs can sustain and avoid a large drought..

I would add that limited minutes from Mason and Bogans has helped.

[Waps1980]

Pop let the Dog out and I think he got the message, outstanding halftime numbers.
Good to see he can take it and respond.

[DesignatedT]

Pop should consider calling out RJ after every game... win or lose.

[alchemist]

Dirk will obviously attack more in the 2nd half, Spurs have the lead and are in control. They smell blood and know that going back to SA tied 1-1 is HUGE!. I don't expect a letdown in the 2nd half.

[timvp]

Can't have any turnover-fueled runs by the Mavs. If the Spurs give away 6-8 points, it'll be tough to hold on and win.

Attack. Smart. Win.

[KuntryDude]

great job not picking up that 3rd foul before half TD & Gino.

[Spurologist]

I'm waiting for Charles to bring back GINIBILIIIIII!!!!!!!

[carina_gino20]

Please, Spurs. Get this win. :flag:

[angelbelow]

hope we come out with the same energy and consistency

[DesignatedT]

expect a big half from dirk.... but also expect manu and duncan to do the same. if the spurs play smart they will win this game. keep it up guys

[DPG21920]

Good half, but I still have some worries. Hill looks bad, mavs are still getting some good looks & offensive boards and Dirk has been quiet. They are doing some nice things and Tp looks great so that is good. Dice and RJ are playing well but I want to see if it can be sustained. Mavs are missing some easy looks, but so are the spurs.

[boutons_deux]

Hey Spurs, game is 48 minutes, not 36.

[NewJerSpur]

I'm waiting for Charles to bring back GINIBILIIIIII!!!!!!!

:hungry:....just have to finish.

[GSH]

Get ready for a steady dose of Nitwitzki looking for whistles.

[silverblackfan]

Hey big props for RJ in the first half! Even if he doesn't score another point and keeps hitting the boards hard, he will have done his job.
That bench unit allowed a run by the Mavs to lose most of the early lead, but at least Matt is hitting those 3s. That bodes well for the team if he can get that confidence going again and hitting those.

[beallionaire]

we got this shit


ALL THE WAY TURNED UP BABY

RJ wreckin shop

[duncan228]

Believe.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/4-21-10.jpg

[NewJerSpur]

2nd half coming up.....

[ffadicted]

Spurs: 6 - 11
Mavs: 11 - 12

The free throw line has been a big difference in this game too, as well as second chance opportunities. Gotta clean that up

[BOHOLANO#21]

One more half, RJ, and you'll be forgiven.

:toast

[NRHector]

ok now the refs are going to make their adjustments

[GSH]

Spurs: 6 - 11
Mavs: 11 - 12

The free throw line has been a big difference in this game too, as well as second chance opportunities. Gotta clean that up

If the Spurs get their share of whistles and miss the FT's, that's their problem and they deserve whatever happens. As long as FTA's are close, they'll win this game.

[Beaverfuzz]

Have no problem with Hill sitting out the rest of the game getting ready for Friday.

[timvp]

This is going to be a looooooooooong 24 minutes.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i have a feeling the mavs are gonna play barea and haywood a lot more the second half...gotta be ready

[slick'81]

3rd quarter here we go

[Libri]

So all it took was for RJ to be called a dog?

[Killakobe81]

No time to let up. I have had my debates with Spur and Mav fan. But I live in Dallas now and someone needs to smack these cocky pricks back 2 reality.

I had co-workers talking sweep. And I replied sweep? Over tim manu and Pop?

no respect for the 4x champions? and they laughed tlking about how they gonna crush the Lakers.

Please remind them of who you guys are.

I am no spur fans but hate these cocky sob's dont get me wrong some Spur fans are cocky too but AT LEAT yall have 4 reasons to be.

For at LEAST tonight ...go spurs go!

[spursjustice]

3rd quarter. Come on Spurs!!!!!!!!

[ffadicted]

Oh jesus, here we go...

[qiuyizeng]

RJ figure out!

[NewJerSpur]

Good GOD grab a board!!!

[slick'81]

clean up the glass sa

[Beaverfuzz]

Duncan!

[CFH]

Nice cleanup by Timmy

[NewJerSpur]

Nice cleanup Tim.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD

[ffadicted]

I like seeing RJ stay aggressive even though he missed the shot. No pussy here, this is a legit Dick out there in the court

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice move Hill, make them both.

[CFH]

Good job Hill, now hit your free throws.

[slick'81]

nice drive George

[NewJerSpur]

Outstanding save and battle by McDyess.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

georgie looks slow but at least hes attacking :)

[Killakobe81]

Clean up the boards and make Ft's and this series has a GOOD chance to be yours spurs ...

[GSH]

Damp had Tim's jersey stretched out... RJ got hit going to the rim. Nice to see timmy clean it up.

[cnyc3]

a lot of Orebs for the mavs. fortunate they missed

[timvp]

McDyess playing like a man like homo erectus.

[HarlemHeat37]

Outstanding close-outs on Kidd in this game..I can't say enough about how well the Spurs have played him so far, just keep it up..

[Refocus]

Dice shoulda knocked out a camera man for Hill. :P

[slick'81]

lol butler out terry in

[NewJerSpur]

I can't believe they're allowing us to play Dirk straight up, IT'S A MIRACLE!!

[Beaverfuzz]

Feed him the ball Seymour!

[CFH]

Hill with another drive, going to the line again.

[spursjustice]

FTs... sigh hahaha

[timtonymanu]

Hill getting to the line :tu

[ffadicted]

Fucking free throws man, 54%

Way to be aggressive Georgyy

[HarlemHeat37]

Hill finally being aggressive..keep it going, they can't stop him on the perimeter..

[Ice009]

Attack, george!

[Killakobe81]

Hate to see hil falling in to the camera guys ...

Gosh i would love to have Hill on the Lakers

[slick'81]

spurs defense in general has been much better

[Libri]

Damn those photographers. Hill is stepping all over them.

[timvp]

The cameraman need to back dafck up.

[NewJerSpur]

George looks like he's beginning to loosen up. Perhaps he has just been babying the ankle a bit out of fear he might aggravate it....hopefully so.

[picc84]

Always nice to see Cuban shitting bricks. :lol

[slick'81]

sean elliott is livid on the camerman in bigD

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

cuban and his buddy :lol

[Spurologist]

C'mon make those FT Hill

[slick'81]

lead is 16

[ffadicted]

8 - 15 fhree throws :madrun

[Killakobe81]

giving away too many free points FT's and Blair blown layups and offensive boards ...that could come back to haunt you guys ...

[NewJerSpur]

Smart move pulling up by Kidd.

[slick'81]

lol terry getting the crowd going and kidd get a break away

[Death In June]

Weak sauce.

[gaKNOW!blee]

what a bullshit call

[Killakobe81]

Kidd caused that contact should not been clear path

[cnyc3]

bad foul RJ

[slick'81]

2 plus possession

[Ice009]

Darn that was stupid play from MANU to turn that ball over.

FUCK.

[ffadicted]

Damn, clear path...

[CFH]

Dice J

[Admidave50]

wtf is that

"Clear path foul on R. Jefferson"

[Killakobe81]

kidd stopped in front of him vet move ...but refs should of seen that ...i did.

[Horse]

If Jefferson is even with kidd how the fuck is it clear path foul?

[NewJerSpur]

LOL, Dirk touching the ball over the cylinder and the Mavs fans complaining.

[slick'81]

terry heating up

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck!

We have to stop Terry.

[ffadicted]

Man, Dice has really picked it up in the playoffs so far

[j.dizzle]

Lead should be atleast 25, 10-12 can go away in 2 min

[Spurologist]

DICE to TD!!! love the fuckin hustle

[CFH]

Dice to Duncan, nice!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Wow, McDyess looks like Blair out there, lol.

[timvp]

Props to homo erectus.

[slick'81]

dice is ballin

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

D i c e !!!!!!!!!!

[ffadicted]

Time to put tony back in the game, we're getting a little flat

[Libri]

Dice again hustles for the rebound. *clap*

[slick'81]

terry to the line 3 on timmy

[Mr.Robinson]

LOL, Dirk touching the ball over the cylinder and the Mavs fans complaining.
Refs trying to fuck us.

[j.dizzle]

dice is hustling bigtime..POP should just keep him in, fuck rest in the playoffs..When Blair is in, they just drive to the rim.

[Spurologist]

wtf is that

"Clear path foul on R. Jefferson"

it was a good call

[Kriz-Maxima]

Oh Antonio, I miss you.

[Ice009]

Man that was a bad foul.

George Hill looks like he is lagging on defense a little. COME on George!

[angelbelow]

dice really playing well tonight too

[DesignatedT]

manu needs to step up now

[Brazil]

Hill being torched by JET it costed a foul for Tim

[TIMMYD!]

These FT's are killing us.

[ffadicted]

Fucking Terry is gonna get hot on us....

[CFH]

Td!!!

[slick'81]

timmy!!!

[BanditHiro]

it was a good call

not really it was a good play by JKidd the refs should not fall for that though

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

timmy!

[j.dizzle]

LOL thatb faggot cuban keeps standing up & yelling

[ohmwrecker]

Can Bogans come in for just a minute to punch Jason Terry in the face?

[slick'81]

and 1 ooooh

[NewJerSpur]

Foul him out timmy!!!

[angelbelow]

lol duncan with the nice draw

[timvp]

Come on keep it up.

[TDomination]

duncan better hit these, i'm getting tired of missed ft's

[Spurs Brazil]

Almost TD, make those

[Bob Lanier]

:lmao

I guess Duncan's learned how to draw fouls from Dirk.

[ffadicted]

Make these fuggin' FTs timmy

[Spurologist]

we must have had 10 turnovers by this time last game..

4 TOs now.....Big factor thus far

[slick'81]

clank

[CFH]

Come on Timmy, gotta hit the ft's

[picc84]

TD still cant shoot ft's.

[TIMMYD!]

Make these fucking FT's...

[DesignatedT]

come on tim.

[Ice009]

FUCK, TIM, you gotta make them.

[FromWayDowntown]

I've never understood how the principle of verticality can support calling a foul on a defender when a shooter leans backwards (or forwards) into him.

[slick'81]

spurs 50% foul shooting

[ffadicted]

Fuck man, 8 free points thrown away

[Killakobe81]

Make those you make at leats 4 of the 8 missed it's a blowout

[NewJerSpur]

LOL, keep shooting Shawn.

[Spurologist]

manuuuuuuu 33333333

[angelbelow]

really loving dices energy and defense

[Death In June]

Manu kicks ass.

[TDomination]

manu tres!!

[Crookshanks]

The one weak spot tonight - freethrows. This would be an almost 20-point lead if the
Spurs could hit their freethrows.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

marion's shoots are just flat out fucking ugly

[slick'81]

thats a manu tres time out dallas

[CFH]

Manu tres!!!

[DesignatedT]

manuuuuuuu tres!

yessir

[Libri]

Manu is a killer!

[timvp]

I fvcking love Shawn Marion.

[GSH]

Matrix that!!! Manu 3 over Marion.

[picc84]

Manu face-fucking the Mavs and Marion. :lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

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

[angelbelow]

TD still cant shoot ft's.

he improved this year =p

[NewJerSpur]

Man we look good tonight, REAL good.

[slick'81]

spurs by 16

[TIMMYD!]

:lmao

I guess Duncan's learned how to draw fouls from Dirk.

He still doesn't get half the calls Dirk gets in plays like that.

[Supergirl]

srsly, do the announcers have to say "it's a manu tres" EVERY time? could we get a little creative?

still, nice playing by the Spurs. keep it up, boys.

[resistanze]

Manu!

[superjames1992]

Manu!!! 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333~!!!!!!!!!!

[Ice009]

Yes manu!

[007nites]

That was a killer shot by ginobili. He almost iced that shit.

[ffadicted]

lol i was saying in my head "no... noooooo" as ginobili held that ball outside the three point line... he fires up contested and i go "noooooooooooooo"

He nails it

THAT is why I love watching this guy

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4470/manumav300effect3.gif :lmao:lmao:lmao

[Mal]

What is the word, when you totaly own your rival ? Ownage ?

[Drachen]

Hell yeah MANU!

[Kriz-Maxima]

Manu is cold blooded.

[4001 STEREO SPUR]

"They continue to fatten their lead and this is Spurs basketball"

You got it Sean

[TIMMYD!]

Pop better not screw this up by going small like he always does to end the third and start the fourth. :bang

[Juanobili]

Loving this game

[Supergirl]

fyi if the Spurs were making their fricking FTs this game would be a blowout.

[Kobulingam]

Lead should be larger... i am nervous as hell

[angelbelow]

hopefully we get to see manu and splitter pick and roll next year.

[Death In June]

You know what's great about this game? No bogans.

[sammy]

Manu!

[timvp]

Let Dirk shoot long contested twos at this point.

[resistanze]

Duncan + Manu + TP + Dick = 60 points

[Drachen]

WTF is up with those chicks, LOL!

[Ice009]

OK. I still want to see RJ AGGRESSIVE and attack!

[DesignatedT]

ALL THE WAY TURNED UP BABY

RJ wreckin shop

you already know playboi :lobt2:

[NewJerSpur]

It's like the 2009 Spurs Mavs switched places and now Dallas' offense looks predictable while our ball movement has been outstanding to this point....AND we're not turning the ball over.

[anonoftheinternets]

keep it going spurs ...

[dbestpro]

Its up to the bench now to hold this thing.

[jestersmash]

we officially are witnessing the a "Big 4" for the spurs now. Welcome to the club Jefferson.

[KuntryDude]

You know what's great about this game? No bogans.


:toast:toast:toast

[Spurologist]

:tu for crowd noise

[Amuseddaysleeper]

From Garcia's twitter:

ArtGarcia_NBA

Richard Jefferson expected to sign contract extension at halftime. #nbap10


haha

[ffadicted]

Duncan + Manu + TP + Dick = 60 points

The Big 4 we all hoped for in the offseason

[Supergirl]

dangerous stretch here, Butler back in and Duncan out

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ref didn't call the foul on hill?

[Crookshanks]

It's like the 2009 Spurs Mavs switched places and now Dallas' offense looks predictable while our ball movement has been outstanding to this point....AND we're not turning the ball over.

From your mouth to their ears... they have to keep it up and crush the Mavs. And I love seeing the lemon-sucking grimace on Cuban's face.

Butler in - Spurs gotta step up the defense

[NewJerSpur]

Caron still owning RJ 1 on 1.

[Spurs Brazil]

DMAN Pop

Going Bruce LA 08 on TD now

[GSH]

Kidd may be smart, but Manu is smart and a badass!

[Drachen]

Crafty vet move by Manu, giving Kidd a bit of his own medicine.

[slick'81]

dammit blair

[pad300]

As much as I love the makes Manu, quit shooting jump shots and DRIVE. Pile the fouls on them! They cannot keep us from high percentage shots or free throws if we make a concerted effort to drive!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

come on blair!

[BigJoeD]

Maybe Pops should have called out Dick earlier in the season and we wouldn't have been the 7 th seed.

[j.dizzle]

blair is playing like shit

[Death In June]

Blair needs to start playing better. He's certainly capable.

[slick'81]

kidd all over manu

[Libri]

I'm seeing that RJ is making quick decisions, instead of waiting. He needs to be decisive.

[NewJerSpur]

Damn, good play by Kidd getting up into Manu with the clock running down.

[CFH]

Duncan coming back in already.

[Killakobe81]

Blair playing like harden did last night ...

[timvp]

Don't give away this lead.

Please?

[j.dizzle]

LOL holy shit POP actually did something smart, blair would of killed the lead

[CFH]

Manu tres!!!

[TIMMYD!]

Manu 3333333333333333333

[4001 STEREO SPUR]

Manu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slick'81]

thats a manu tres

[timvp]

Suck it, wife beater.

[Beaverfuzz]

Ginobli!!!

[spursrocksocks]

manu ring the fucking bell

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

manu ~!

[Killakobe81]

Manu juevos grande!

[Spurs Brazil]

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

[GSH]

Manu and Kidd 2-man game. Manu wins.

[Supergirl]

that was a quick shot by manu...nice

[ohmwrecker]

You know what's great about this game? No bogans.
Just one minute. Come in, knock the shit out of Terry, get ejected. One game suspension. It's a win win.

[angelbelow]

oh man manu is fucking crazy

[picc84]

Damn Manu, dont hurt em.

[BigJoeD]

Gsg!!!!!!

[Refocus]

Blair just needs to calm down IMO. Manu tre was beautiful!!

[ffadicted]

Ginobili (noun): 1. a stone cold killer

[NewJerSpur]

Nice tap Dice.

[007nites]

Ginobili is lights out

[Supergirl]

nice strip by manu

[DesignatedT]

nice D manu!

[slick'81]

terry is such a punk bitch

[picc84]

Holy shit Manu is everywhere.

[Mr.Robinson]

Damn, good play by Kidd getting up into Manu with the clock running down.

Manu!

[anonoftheinternets]

nervous abt parkers prediliction to shoot contested jumpers ..

[Juanobili]

Muck the favs!

[TIMMYD!]

Ginobili (noun): 1. a stone cold killer

That's going in Urban Dictionary. :lol