Game Blog: 2010 Playoffs Round 1 - Spurs vs. Mavs, Game 6

[ECZ]

I want to slap the shit outa Caron Butler. No joke.

[Mr.Robinson]

Dirk WOW

Good fucking D by Antonio. Sick shot by dirk.

[GSH]

George Hill with the hot hand, and they don't let him shoot? Asking to lose.

[RedRaider]

A score here will seal it.

[picc84]

I hope the Suns game is this good.

[Brazil]

TP has some major mfucking clutch jumpers in the 4th !!!!!!!!!!!!

[ShoogarBear]

Hit these free throws

[EmptyMan]

TP with the stripppppppppppppp


scrip club

[BigJoeD]

Go!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Thank you french rookie

[picc84]

Carlisle REDEEMED!

[CFH]

Oh my goodness, almost blew it...

[NewJerSpur]

The Rookie making silly mistakes in crunchtime.

[GSH]

Manu is seriously playing stupid in the last couple of minutes.

[resistanze]

Weak call there.

[DJ Mbenga]

roddy - ed, cest un bitch!

[ffadicted]

LMAO I want that Mark Cuban gif NOWWW

[Spurologist]

GIF of the year = CUBAN

:lmao :lmao

[Crookshanks]

Manu with the steal and then the foul! Woo Hoo!!! At least he's the best freethrow shooter we have right now. Make these 2 and we should have the game.

[Capt Bringdown]

Parker got away with a foul, nice

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lOOOOOOOOOOOOl cuban

[Rorschach]

Victory bitches!!!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Goodbye Dallas.

[KuntryDude]

Get in that ASS Spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tlongII]

Horrible call. Parker fouled him.

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK YOU Beubeau

WE GOT THIS SHIT

GO FISH DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[EmptyMan]

lol manu

[TDomination]

haha manu hit that! lol

[ffadicted]

*clap* *clap* *clap*

that's how teams respond to adversity baby

[Brazil]

good defense TP

[RedRaider]

Nice shot manu haha

[Horse]

Fuck dallas fuck dallas fuck dallas fuck terry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mVp]

bye dallas!

lol mavs

lol cuban

:lol

[DJ Mbenga]

wow the spurs seriously cannot miss! lol mavs had no shot

[TampaDude]

Too bad that wasn't continuation by Manu...LOL...

[bbarry]

hahahahahhaa MANU swooshes the half court three. LOL STOP IT MANU. DONT RUB IT IN!

[myhc]

Manu freakin CLUTCH

[polandprzem]

at the end he can kill mavs

[resistanze]

That's all folks!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol manu are you kidding me

[CFH]

Are we safe???

[windboy226]

Again congrats...only silver lining might be that Rick coached himself out of Dallas with this series.

[Pauleta14]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu u

[lurker]

Congrats to the Spurs. I don't have anything else to say right now.

[L.I.T]

no Spur is half the basketball player Dirk is

Weak. If that were the case Spurs would have been swept right out of the playoffs.

[EmptyMan]

Dirk, you are an amazing offensive player.

[timtonymanu]

Naa naa naa naa naa naa naa naa hey hey hey goodbyee!!!

[Dex]

Get ready for the Mavfan meltdown.

[BigJoeD]

Dammmmmmmmm another great game!!!

[TIMMYD!]

http://www.nba.com/media/playoffs2007/fishin07_mavericks_600.jpg

[NewJerSpur]

Congrats to the Spurs. I don't have anything else to say right now.

:toast

[KuntryDude]

Where r the Mavs trolls when u need em?

[Spurologist]

Parker got away with a foul, nice


Refs have decided not to call shit on both ends....im OK with that

[ezau]

Wow, TP is the clutch guy from the Spurs right now

[myhc]

Holy ginobili .

Holy crap.

We wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin

[lefty]

Revenge !!!!!


Buahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Juanobili]

What a fucking game... Jesus....

*biggest sigh of relief ever*

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

yes yes yes!!!!

[duncan228]

:elephant

[TDomination]

LOL @ the clock continuing to run while manu goes to the line hahaha

[ohmwrecker]

I want to see some tears!

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK Terry and his game 7

FUCK YOU TERRY. Go play a one-on-one game 7 with CUban

FUCK YOU DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

NO rings and never will win one

[NewJerSpur]

Let's go Blazers....extend the series!!!!

[DubMcDub]

Nice win folks. Hell of a team you've got down there.

[myhc]

How many clutch plays were made in the 4th quarter tonight? parker, ginobili, mcdyess, hill. Lots of heroes tonight.

[Cherry]

r e v e n g e

bye bye dallas ;)

[blkroadrunners]

Fish-face is about to got fishing.

[EmptyMan]

lol ian the cigar

[lefty]

Oh man, this ..... this feels good !

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nana na na

[CFH]

Bringing in the scrubs :D

[blkroadrunners]

Ian and Roddy!

[Pauleta14]

It's 4.37 AM in Paris, and my neighbours NOW know I'am AWAAAAAAAKKKEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy, I though I could have died a couple times during the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE OUR SPURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ffadicted]

Feels good to win a playoff season again :)

[m33p0]

:flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::f lag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

[Spurologist]

Wow, TP is the clutch guy from the Spurs right now

He's added to the list.....elephant balls

[NewJerSpur]

Thank you Spurs. G-Hill for MVP.

[AnthonyM]

Tim walking off thinking, "nothing to see here, just us beating a team we're supposed to beat"

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

tim duncan thanks for sticking with it :)

[LnGrrrR]

Good win Spurs.

[lefty]

Eva WTF

She looks like she just gave a blowjob to her makeup products

[Crookshanks]

Hey Cuban - go drink some water from the Riverwalk. Maybe it'll make you feel better. :lmao

[Capt Bringdown]

Series MVP has to be George Hill.

Really stupid that we've avoided getting him the ball the last few possessions, but damn what a win!

The Mavs monkey is FINALLY off our backs.

[ffadicted]

omg Reggie, George Popovich, really?

[NewJerSpur]

Nice win folks. Hell of a team you've got down there.

Great series man, that was a close shave.

[DJ Mbenga]

mavs have nothign to be ashamed about. they said duncan and ginobli you arent beating us so when hill, parker, and dice are making jumpshots you live with the poison you chose

[oh crap]

game time!!!! ahhahahahahahaha..... fucking beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[EmptyMan]

Respect to Dirk.

[blkroadrunners]

Gotta give props to Dirk Nowitzki. The guy's a freakin warrior - a top 20-30 player in the NBA history easily.

[Spurologist]

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! hard fought

Reggie Caps it off with "George Popovich"

Classic announcing

[InK]

Good game Dallas, this was a hard hard series

[TampaDude]

We just made HISTORY!!!!! We're the first #7 seed in NBA history to win a 1st round series!!!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[NewJerSpur]

omg Reggie, George Popovich, really?

Dick Stockton rubbing off on him. :lmao

[boutons_deux]

fricking Spurs, playing with us.

SUPERB UPSET, couldn't happen to a more classless team

[Sir Loin]

feels good to be back to the secon round good game from the mavs they showed heart

[Chieflion]

On to the second round!

[angelbelow]

feels great to get this win..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

(hide the exercising bikes)

[DespЏrado]

First western conference team to close out their series and we did it as the seventh seed.

[KuntryDude]

Hill is one bad MF!!!!!!!!!! Get it Dude! Great future ahead of U!

[45 bank shot]

yatta!!

[Refocus]

Awww yeah son!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Dice and Hill

[lefty]

OMFG FInally !!!!


paovfbnawerkojfbgvaljbnvkjgdfkVRBKBGFKEGHCVRLOvhbr lBH

[timtonymanu]

Dallas really needs to avoid being the SW champs. It's gotten them two first round exits.

[td4mvp21]

Revenge feels so fucking good.

[easy7]

WTF, no confetti?

[oh crap]

seriously guys, NOTHING makes me happier in the post season than seeing the mavs choke again

[SPURadic]

Tony Parker was cold-blooded out there late in the game helping G-Money take the game home tonight!!

[Death In June]

Incredible series. Now, hopefully this suns/blazers thing goes 7 games and gives the team some time off.

[Crookshanks]

First western conference team to close out their series and we did it as the seventh seed.

:toast :lobt2: :flag:

[Capt Bringdown]

G-Hill is many folks new favorite Spur. I reckon he might be mine.

Dude was killer clutch, can't say enough about him. Awesome.

[CFH]

It's finally over!!! On to the 2nd round!!! :flag:

[carina_gino20]

Oh man, I am officially -5 yrs old after that game tonight.

[fred33]

tony 10 7 8 and 2 steal not much adress but all the rest with tony on the court the spurs were better!!!!!!

[DJ Mbenga]

seriously guys, NOTHING makes me happier in the post season than seeing the mavs choke again

lol did you watch the game? they didnt choke they allowed parker, dice, and hill to shoot jumpshots and they went in

[jdev82]

Dirk chokes yet again i told everybody in the room that he would miss when the clock goes under a minute

[Texas_Ranger]

Yeaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KuntryDude]

Fuck Cuban! Hate on that Biaaaaaaaaaaatch!

[Snaq O'Meal]

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! hard fought

Reggie Caps it off with "George Popovich"

Classic announcing

He can't get George Hill out of his mind. :lol

[emanueldavidginobili]

Wow great win!

[windboy226]

Good luck to you guys...Dirk was awesome this series and deserves to win a championship somewhere. Roddy has a bright future.............as long as Rick isn't the coach and JJB isn't on the team.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nana na na, nana na na, HEY HEY HEY, Goodbye

[NewJerSpur]

feels good to be back to the secon round good game from the mavs they showed heart

Yeah, feels like it's been forever and a day. :flag:

[Obstructed_View]

Get your tickets now, kids. The opening home game at AAC next year*.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/GeneralPurpose/Spurstalk/MavsBannercopy.jpg

*unless the opening home game is against San Antonio.

[easy7]

:flag::flag::flag:

[easy7]

First 7th seed that takes out a 2th seed in the new 7 game format.

[pjjrfan]

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I love it. but please Spurs please don't make them so close. But of course this is Spurs basketball, grind it out grind it out. GO SPURS GO

[easy7]

:elephant :lmao

[birdy219]

:downspin::ihit:flag: We are still jumping up and down and screaming. :flag:

[Cherry]

http://i44.tinypic.com/2jg9icx.jpg

[TD 21]

Now let's hope the Trail Blazers take the Suns to a game seven (I doubt it) and the Spurs get an extended rest. If the Suns win tonight, that series could start Sunday. I'd like to see it put off until Tuesday. Duncan, Ginobili and McDyes, in particular, need an extended break.

[The Franchise]

Great win for the Spurs. I hope they're able to keep it going at this level, and stun a lot of doubters in these playoffs. I didn't think they had it in them this year, but I should know better by now. Keep it up!! :toast :flag: :lobt:

[Rorschach]

Go Portland!!!!!!!!!

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Hill basically said may Portland win tonight so we can rest for 4 days in the interview

[Budkin]

My lord that was a nerve wracking game... I can't believe we choked away a 20 pt lead but was thrilled that we fought back after that and finished them off... whew!

[Libri]

Go Spurs Go!! :elephant

[Horse]

I want phoenix, portlands size scares me and for whatever reason phoenix is not allowed to beat us in the playoffs.

[Texas_Ranger]

http://i552.photobucket.com/albums/jj352/TEXAS_RANGER_2009/Breznaslova2.png

[Obstructed_View]

My lord that was a nerve wracking game... I can't believe we choked away a 20 pt lead but was thrilled that we fought back after that and finished them off... whew!

The combination of Bonner, Bogans and the NBA conspiracy that replaced the officiating crew with Mark Cuban's dopplegangers in the second half were just designed to make the audience stay tuned for the second game. CIA Pop at its finest.

[mVp]

http://i552.photobucket.com/albums/jj352/TEXAS_RANGER_2009/Breznaslova2.png

:lmao

[Silverheart80]

Yeah, baby!!!! :downspin:

GHill and Dice played macho tonight. I did not think Dice had that kind of game left in his tank. Fantastic play on both ends by him.

Wow....wow....wow.....so happy. On to the West semis!!! :toast

Go Portland tonight.....get our guys some rest!

[200 miles]

This one's for you, Plaschke (ya dumb bastid).

FYI: L.A. Times' Bill Plaschke said on ATH that the Mavs will win games 6 & 7 easily.

[Avitus1]

Go spurs go!

[Sisk]

SPURS!!!!!!!!!

i see some GREAT gifs tomorrow of cuban

"are you fucking serious"

[Sisk]

SPURS!!!!!!!!!

i see some GREAT gifs tomorrow of cuban

"are you fucking serious"

[MarceloM!]

Go spurs go!!!! Next!

[shingo_318]

fireworks!

[Spurs Brazil]

http://i44.tinypic.com/2jg9icx.jpg

FUCK YOU Cuban

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

[BoricuaCJA]

Go SPURS GO!!!

I had so many Maverick fans start to call and text me when the Mavs came back tonight talking shit to me(live in Dallas btw). I didn't start talk shit first and now I can't wait to go to work to collect the $200++ that people owe me and my brand new Tim Duncan jersey. I'm gonna talk so much shit at work tomorrow now!

All I gotta say is Good job Spurs and I can't wait for the 2nd rd.

[SpurAddict561]

If you're a die hard like me login to NBA.com right now and make yourself a FUCKING Hill jersey


NOW!

[SpurAddict561]

We would be out the playoffs 4-2 right now with the fishing poles if it wasn't for this kid!

[duncan228]

Updated.

Spurs squander lead but recover to knock out Mavericks (http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=300429024)

Manu Ginobili stepped off the podium and bumped into Dirk Nowitzki. They shook hands. Nowitzki gave his longtime foe a congratulatory slap on the back and Ginobili disappeared down the hallway.

He was off to celebrate a playoff series win. Just like old times for the Spurs.

"We're thrilled that we beat them," Ginobili said. "We're really proud of it."

Nowitzki then sat down for a playoff ritual of his own -- dissecting yet another first-round failure by the Mavericks.

Ginobili scored 26 points and San Antonio survived blowing a 22-point lead to finish off the Mavericks 97-87 in Game 6 on Thursday night, getting payback after Dallas eliminated the Spurs a year ago in the opening round.

The Spurs will play either Portland or Phoenix in the West semifinals that start Monday.

The Mavs, meanwhile, slump away into another too-early summer.

Dallas lost in the first round for the third time in four years. The Mavs head into an interesting offseason for a team that's won 50 games for 10 straight seasons, but has only one trip to the NBA finals to show for it.

"Going into the playoffs as a No. 2 seed, it is all we could have wanted," Nowitzki said. "We just happened to see a tough No. 7 seed that got rolling at the right time."

Said Mavs guard Jason Terry, "As of right now this season is a failure."

Nowitzki nearly carried the Mavs to an unbelievable comeback, getting 25 of his 33 points in a remarkable second half. But George Hill, the hero for the Spurs in Game 4, scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter to keep the series from going back to Dallas.

The Spurs continue their roll after coming off their worst regular season in the Tim Duncan era, which perhaps makes this series all the more impressive.

It will technically go down as an upset. San Antonio is only the fifth No. 7 seed to win a first-round series, and the first since the opening round became a best-of-7 in 2003. It hadn't been done since New York beat Miami in 1998.

But with a healthy Big Three and a championship pedigree, the Spurs could hardly be called underdogs.

And with no clear favorite in the West, they might be as good a finals pick as any.

"The only reason (the Spurs) we're the 7 seed is because they've been hurt all year," Mavs center Brenden Haywood said. "This could have been the Western Conference finals. The teams are that good. This isn't like a monumental upset or anything. You all are talking like this is the NCAA tournament and the 15 seed just beat the 2."

As for the Mavs, it was yet another early playoff disappointment.

It comes three years after the Mavs came into the postseason as the No. 1 seed, only to be knocked out by No. 8 Golden State. The Mavs were the NBA's best road team in the regular season, but went 0-3 in San Antonio and couldn't pull themselves out of a 3-1 deficit.

This one is especially tough for team owner Mark Cuban, who plunked down an extra $30 million for a deal at the trade deadline that brought Caron Butler from Washington.

Cuban, who needled San Antonio earlier in the series by saying he hated the Spurs, congratulated them afterward and said he'd root for his Texas rivals the rest of the way.

He followed that up with a cryptic comment.

"I'm not proud of the NBA. I'm not proud of my inability over the last 10 years to have an impact like I want to have," Cuban said. "So I kind of feel like I owe fans an apology. But that's just the way this business goes."

Cuban declined to elaborate.

Butler scored 25 points and rookie Rodrigue Beaubois had 16. But aside from them and Nowitzki, no other Dallas player scored more than six points.

Among the questions facing the Mavs is Nowitzki, who could choose to become a free agent this summer. He's steadily said he won't, but after the game, Nowitzki was noncommittal about his future.

"I haven't really thought about my future," he said. "I guess I have some time now to think about my future and think about my options."

He and the Mavs will have a long time to sulk over this one.

Plagued by slow starts in this series, Dallas got off to its worst yet when it mattered most. The Mavs trailed 22-8 after the first quarter, hitting just four of their first 18 shots. By halftime it was 47-34, a franchise playoff low for Dallas.

Nowitzki, who had four fouls in the first half, shrugged off the foul trouble and put Dallas ahead 57-56 with a 3-pointer midway through the third quarter. But Ginobili immediately fired back with a 3-pointer, and Dallas never led again.

"I think we took a lot of their energy, a lot of their effort getting back into it after being so far down," said Duncan, who had 17 points and 10 rebounds. "Hopefully we used that against them and closed the game out."

NOTES: Spurs rookie F DeJuan Blair ran his car off the interstate on the way to the game when he hit a guard rail, swerving into a ditch and deploying the air bag. He wasn't injured, and a Spurs staffer picked him up and took him to the arena. "It's questionable for the next game," Blair joked about his car. ... The dismal first quarter for the Mavs was just one point better than their franchise playoff low.

[pad300]

4 Down, 12 to go! Next Opponent Please...

[bdictjames]

Yay! So happy!

[Horse]

What a great game for gayson terry after the stupid fuck made the guarantee.

[Doe]

The curse of Finley is finally over. It's no coincidence the Mavericks skull fugged us during the years he was here and we promptly eliminate them was his ass his gone. Whottt was right... :smokin

[Horse]

I want the suns they have no answer for our guards and no answer for Timmy if:flag: we play our pace we can win.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

what was the link to watch the post game conf on nba.com?

[Cherry]

http://www.nba.com/media/espanol/4_najera_cuban.jpg :lmao:flag:

[SASPURS09]

7>2 bitch. phx next

[duncan228]

what was the link to watch the post game conf on nba.com?

http://www.nba.com/playoffs2010/live1/

[team-work]

Great win over a quality opponent! Go Spurs Go!

[peacemaker885]

Is there a replay of this game?

[Avitus1]

Great game. Thanks Spurs!

[VBM]

Mad late...just got back from the sports bar. Spurs win. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

[J_Paco]

Man, I love all of the Spurs (other than Keith Bogans). But, can people (read: the media) stop saying that either Tony (last year) or Manu are the best player on the team. Last time I checked Timmy's the one blocking shots and grabbing rebounds. He isn't the same player anymore, but he's still the best on this team.

[velik_m]

Great win :tu

[RADECK]

:flag::flag:

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[carina_gino20]

Bowen on Twitter (http://twitter.com/Bowen12/status/13112123919)


@Jhellis978 You sound like a MAVS fan. I played hard, something your squad don't know about. I didn't hit former teammates below the belt.

:lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Bowen on Twitter (http://twitter.com/Bowen12/status/13112123919)



:lol

This deserves its own thread guys come on

would have totally missed this greatness

Bowen on twitter? had no idea

(lol those dirty Ellis')

[ThaiFanofSpurs]

I love the Spurs. Thank you for the win. Please go all the way this year and bring us fans another ring. Also, thanks the Mavs for a great series. Go Spurs Go!

[slick'81]

YES GOSPURSGO the mavs are dead on to the valley of the sun

[spurs10]

Go SPURS GO!!!

I had so many Maverick fans start to call and text me when the Mavs came back tonight talking shit to me(live in Dallas btw). I didn't start talk shit first and now I can't wait to go to work to collect the $200++ that people owe me and my brand new Tim Duncan jersey. I'm gonna talk so much shit at work tomorrow now!

All I gotta say is Good job Spurs and I can't wait for the 2nd rd.
Good on you brother and get your well deserved $$$$:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[benefactor]

Less than 4 hours of sleep...and stuck at work for 12. It's gonna be a great day.

[VivaPopovich]

good win spurs

we're going to go on and beat the suns too

better luck next season mavs!

[dude1394]

Congrats spurs....heck of a hotly contested one last night. Good luck and kick some phoenix rear ends.

[SpurAddict561]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b284/dc2ITR/Mavs.jpg

[MeesterMarcus]

What an awesome game. The whole atmosphere in the stadium was electric, and there were plenty of great moments. Spurs all the way!

[TampaDude]

On to Phoenix!!!!! GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Spursmania]

Thursday's game was awesome!! Catching up on some well needed rest now. But the At @ T Center rocked when we needed it too. Some fans embellished the Spurs look by putting tape on their noses.:lol

I was disappointed that they didn't give have t-shirts for all the fans through the entire series, though. I kept hoping to get to a game in the MAV series and see the shirts on the chairs, but I guess HEB or AT@T decided not to donate any t-shirts this year. The place looks awesome when all the fans have their t-shirts on.