Game Blog: Pacers @ Spurs - Oct. 27

[CFH]

Hill with the TO, bleh.

[ffadicted]

hill looking rusty

[timvp]

Hill needs to break out of his preseason slump. Hopefully he hits a shot soon.

[NASpurs]

Man Hill looks bad so far in like two minutes.

[BoricuaCJA]

Our D is mostly awful.

[timtonymanu]

Very discouraging performance from Hill.

[angelbelow]

Hill still looking a little lacking.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Hill looks horrible....:depressed

[spursfan1000]

Blair is playing beaslty! RJ is slipping a bit though

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

What the Hell Hill?

[024]

hill has been disappointing all pre season. looks like he's continuing it.

[8FOR!3]

RJ's doing fine lol, the one I'm concerned with right now is Hill.

[GSH]

Hibbert is the big surprise to me so far. He's lost weight, and he's moving a lot quicker than he used to.

[Nathan89]

George hill is the new rj:(

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

NOOOOOOO Bonner :(

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Yay Rj attacking

[ace3g]

Bonner first big off the bench...

[ffadicted]

lovin jeffys play tbh just make the FTs

[timvp]

Not sure why the Pacers are closing so hard on RJ.

[angelbelow]

RJ being aggressive.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If we play this way all season we'll win 50 games and lose in the first round.

But I'm sure the season plan invloves playing D at some point. ;) :lol

[timtonymanu]

RJ still needs to work on his free throws.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

George hill is the new rmj:(


Fixed

[GSH]

RJ needs to finish some of these, and shoot and-1's

[Texas_Ranger]

RJ looks way better on offense.

[CFH]

Like that RJ is getting to the line, wish he could hit 2/2 though.

[TIMMYD!]

Tim is automatic!

[ace3g]

Duncan's J is pure tonight

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice J Timmy

[DesignatedT]

perfect rj. perfect. him and blair have been incredibly aggressive

[Dex]

Duncan with another jumper :smokin

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tim is looking good. the jumpshot is fallin'

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Make a freakin FT, RJ you nonce.

[Dex]

omg Bonner rebounded!

Annnnd Classic Tony Parker.

[CFH]

Nice drive by TP, untouched!

[angelbelow]

Duncan is making those jumpers look easy.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Tony P!!!! Let's trade him :lol just kidding

[angelbelow]

Bonner with the rebound!! yes!!

[easjer]

Since when has the D ever been any good in October? Or, hell, November?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Mcdyess and Bonner :(

[Dex]

Dice and Anderson in for Duncan and Jefferson.

[timtonymanu]

god my feed is shit

[ace3g]

Mr. Anderson in

[CFH]

Let's see what Anderson can do.

[timvp]

James Anderson in the rotation.

Nice.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dice with the 2222222222222

[CFH]

Nice J by Dice

[8FOR!3]

If we play this way all season we'll win 50 games and lose in the first round.

But I'm sure the season plan invloves playing D at some point. ;) :lol

When you score 40 points in a quarter you don't need to play D. :lol

[easjer]

First viewing of Anderson. Hm.

[Dex]

Anderson with a tough first assignment in Granger.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Anderson on Granger.... :(

YAY turnovers

[ogait]

RJ looked good, active on defence and seems to know what he's going to do with the ball as soon as he catches on offence, let's hope he makes his shots.

[ace3g]

bad pass from Anderson and he needs to work going through screens on defense

[TIMMYD!]

We start pulling away and then we make dumb mistakes to let them back in.

[easjer]

Nice, George.

[GSH]

There's George Hill!

[Chieflion]

That is why Paul George was top 5 on my draft prospects.

[Rummpd]

Break up the Suns I mean the Spurs with close to a 40 point quarter

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Did the Pacers announcer just say ALL 72 regular season games are now in HD.

[easjer]

While I don't expect much D, ouch.

[widowmaker]

Why is league pass so choppy?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Granger, Hibbert and George look like cousins.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Cool this lineup BLOWS

[TIMMYD!]

Offense looking good, but our defense is awful.

[CFH]

Like the offense, the defense, not so much

[Death In June]

Bonner...still sucks.

[easjer]

How funny, our LP was shit last year, which is why we decided against it this year. But since it's the free preview and opening night, we turned it on.

Smooth as butter. Go figure.

[angelbelow]

High scoring game

[Tito_Trinidad]

37-31 only 1st QUARTER!!! wow,,,,,,,,, San Antonio Suns. There is no D at all. It doesn't look good.

[spursfan1000]

VERY bad quarter for Anderson. He dosen't look comfortable with the ball and is playing terrible defense.

[timvp]

James Anderson shell shocked. George Hill in a funk. Defense not in existence.

Everything else is pretty decent, though.

[timtonymanu]

Great 1st from the San Antonio Suns... I mean Spurs.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

In other news, the cotote is still hilarious! IMHO, he's the best thing apart from the basketball at the AT&T. ;)

[GSH]

We didn't finish the quarter very well, which has been a problem the last few seasons. I hope we aren't going to see another 3Q collapse too. I really want that to be a thing of the past.

[DesignatedT]

the d has to play better although the influence on the running game is clearly noticeable. That means higher scoring games as well.

[Sisk]

Why is league pass so choppy?

I was wondering the same thing. Put it on my TV from my computer and it was terrible. Just watching it directly on here now..

[Tito_Trinidad]

This kind of game is good for ESPN highlights, but not for a title run. Pacers scoring 31 in the 1st quarter like visitors. Can you imagine Heats, LaL, Nuggets or Magics,,,even Celtics...sad

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs perimeter D looks terrible, Indiana is doing a lot of damage in the mid-range and perimeter..they went to the rim more when Duncan went out..

Parker and Hill look pretty bad, especially Hill..he looks really slow and doesn't have any confidence..

The bench doesn't look good so far, Anderson looks slow..

[Spurs Brazil]

O looks good, nice to see RJ attacking

D is very bad

[Libri]

connection established :downspin:

[The Btown Spur]

Not sure why bonner was running our end of quarter play

[Nathan89]

I don't know about D.Blair's jumper but his free-throw is looking much improved. That could win us a few game this year.

Duncan mid range shot is looking great, now lets see some post up moves.

Rj free throw is discouraging. The team defense also sucks.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Big crowd in Cleveland is great to see! Looks like a sellout. Also looks like their fans are determined to move on from LBJ's bastardry and enjoy their basketball. Good stuff. :tu

BTW, JJ Hickson, who I have in 4/6 fantasy leagues, is looking the goods. :D

[CFH]

Dice J

[timtonymanu]

Dice 2222

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

My League Pass is running smooth

[NASpurs]

Hill needs to get his head out of his ass.

[timvp]

Hill keeps passing up shots :td

[Tp9gospursgo]

Why didn't Hill take that?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Shoot the damn Ball GH3

[HarlemHeat37]

Hill needs to take these fucking open jumpers..

[BoricuaCJA]

Hill has to start shooting already.

[Dex]

Drive, dish, drive, dish, drive, dish....

Somebody's gotta shoot it.

[CFH]

Hill still struggling

[Texas_Ranger]

George sucks.

[Barfunk]

Hopefully Ginobili doesn't get benched because of Goerge Hill's "confidence".

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow, what happened to George Hill? :wow :(

[Ice009]

What the fuck is Hill doing?????

[NASpurs]

JA for threeeeeeeeee

[TIMMYD!]

Anderson 33333333333333333333

[widowmaker]

Must be my stupid laptop looking for updates at wrong time lol.

[CFH]

Anderson for 3!

[timtonymanu]

Anderson nice 3

[HarlemHeat37]

Bonner with a beautiful pass to Anderson..

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I'm hoping Bonner is playing Splitters minutes rigt now.

MR. Anderson for 333333333333333333

[BoricuaCJA]

I like when Bonner does that b/c people aren't expecting it.

[Dex]

Hopefully that will calm Anderson down.

[GSH]

A lot of deflections have gone right to the Pacers. They could easily have a dozen turnovers already.

[angelbelow]

Smooth!

[CFH]

Parker with the J

[BoricuaCJA]

Parker with the jumper.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Anderson WOW :(

[ogait]

Anderson having a tough time defending Granger

[NASpurs]

Pop giving the rookie shit now :lol

Welcome to the Spurs.

[TIMMYD!]

Anderson WOW :(

Yeah, that sucked.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Hopefully that will calm Anderson down.

Nope :lol

[Tp9gospursgo]

Anderson got a little too excited...

[Dex]

Or not.

[DBMethos]

LOL @ Bonner's penetration & kick

[BoricuaCJA]

Anderson WOW :(
Rookies. O wait, everyone has done that before.

[Death In June]

Jesus, that was awful looking, even with the jacked up feed.

[Spurs Brazil]

great move by TP, awful shot by Anderson

[Tito_Trinidad]

This game is sad because:

1- Spurs D is ZERO!
2- Pacers is not a high scoring team, and just look the scoring so far
3- Spurs offensive won't be like this all games
4- Spurs offensive looking good only because Pacers D is not even near average.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Looks to me like Hill is trying to hard to be a PG and not just playing his game. Pop has gotten into his head in a bad way somehow.

Go back to what you do best, George. Score, and if it's not there dish.

[DesignatedT]

Anderson having a tough time defending Granger

who doesn't.

[Nathan89]

:lmao Everyone hates george hill now. Couple months ago everyone thought he was the truth.

[Libri]

Were going to see some growing pains from Anderson but it's good to see that Pop is giving him some playing time.

[timvp]

Bonner with the no-look jumper.

[CFH]

Bonner for 3!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lol Bonner made it

[ffadicted]

San Antonio Suns

[HarlemHeat37]

Bonner, the regular season star..

[Pauleta14]

Pop is going to test Anderson toughness ... :lol

[NASpurs]

Manu!!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Thank you for Manu :)

[CFH]

Manu tres!

[Libri]

That 3 by Manu was pure.

[NASpurs]

Anderson for three!!!!!

[TIMMYD!]

Anderson 3333333333333333

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu then Anderson!!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

There you Go Anderson....

[Chieflion]

Anderson 3!

[ffadicted]

ok... enough 3s lol

[CFH]

Anderson for 3!

[HarlemHeat37]

Hopefully Anderson is gaining some confidence now, that's all that matters to me early on in the season..

To be fair, Indiana has made some contested shots from the perimeter, they probably won't usually make those(Granger will, not the others)..

[timvp]

Keep shooting, JA.

[angelbelow]

Anderson again.

[TIMMYD!]

Fucking Granger...

[NASpurs]

I didn't like the shot by RJ but the result was good.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nice J by RJ

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

RJ for 222222222222

[CFH]

RJ jumper

[jiggy_55]

Anderson 333!

[TinTin]

What % are the pacers shooting at?!

[GSH]

That 3 by Manu was pure.

Unfortunately, so was the one by Granger.

[TIMMYD!]

Bonner should at least get his hands up to contest a shot.

[angelbelow]

RJ is looking good so far, hope he keeps it up. His FT efficiency still needs some work though.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

The Beast is hungry, put him back in

[TIMMYD!]

What % are the pacers shooting at?!

55, but we're at 66.

[timtonymanu]

Hopefully Anderson is gaining some confidence now, that's all that matters to me early on in the season..

To be fair, Indiana has made some contested shots from the perimeter, they probably won't usually make those(Granger will, not the others)..

Get ready for another season where teams make unusual shots against the Spurs.

[timvp]

Interesting rotation so far. Pop needs to figure out a way to jumpstart Hill, though.

[Sisk]

Just waiting for some fucking moron to start a trade Hill thread..

[siraulo23]

too much offense

[easjer]

Really impressed with Granger, may have to pick up a couple more Indy games this year.

[DesignatedT]

Just waiting for some fucking moron to start a trade Hill thread..

at least the "trade parker, hill is better" threads won't be around.

[Nathan89]

Both teams are hitting a insane amount of jump-shots. You can blame the defense if you want though.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

RJ dead?

[NASpurs]

lol @ the fan pushing Granger off

[Pauleta14]

Strange that Pop is playing Tony so much...

[Libri]

RJ eating leather.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This game is sad because:

1- Spurs D is ZERO!
2- Pacers is not a high scoring team, and just look the scoring so far
3- Spurs offensive won't be like this all games
4- Spurs offensive looking good only because Pacers D is not even near average.

Pacers are a high scoring team.

However, I agree that our D is non-existent.

[GSH]

Both teams are hitting a insane amount of jump-shots. You can blame the defense if you want though.


When you give NBA players uncontested shots, they make a lot of them.

[easjer]

Well, obviously we need to trade Hill. One bad game (or a small streak) is clearly indicative that he's peaked. Get rid of him while value is high! Think of the superstars he could bring in!

/sarcasm

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

RJ, Hibbert just stole your soul. :rolleyes

[ulosturedge]

Like what I see so far. Defense obviously needs work, but kind of expected that to be lacking to start the season. Eager to see Tiago get some burn too. Soon enough I suppose. :)

[Sisk]

Did that fan just push granger and granger get pissed off?

[Libri]

Pretty good move by Hibbert.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Timmy with some shake'n'bake.

[TIMMYD!]

Not liking this half even if we are up.

[Death In June]

So, it'd be nice if they played some defense at some point.

[easjer]

No, seriously. Someone legitimately expected the D to exist at this point? Why? It's never there this early.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu GINOBILI

[CFH]

Manu tres!

[Ice009]

Wow Spurs have let the Pacers back into it.

Crap finish to the half.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Trade Hill for Hibbert? ;)

[easjer]

Crap finish to the half? There are still 4 mintues to play.

Good lord you people are antsy.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Love Hibbert's work. He and Hickson are the real deal this year. Have both in most of my fantasy teams.

Anderson's stroke looked sweet.

Manu looks fantastic. I said he looked in "mid-season form" in the first minute, Sean Elliott! :lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

F you Collison

[NASpurs]

haha you can see how scared the players are to show any kind of expression after a foul

[BoricuaCJA]

How many fouls has Jefferson forced? I like his aggressiveness.

[Death In June]

The crowd seems very confused by what they're seeing.

[Tito_Trinidad]

if this Nuggets vs Suns , sorry, Pacers vs Spurs game keeps this pace, it easily a 150 pts game

[Ice009]

Good play RJ. I don't care if he's not geting AND 1s. Drawing fouls and getting free throws is always a good thing.

[timvp]

Ginobili with the steal-it-from-himself move. He looks healthy and ready to roll.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu playing well

[timtonymanu]

Crap finish to the half? There are still 4 mintues to play.

Good lord you people are antsy.

Expect it every game. Btw, I dont care that the defense is 100% good right now. I do have a problem seeing that the Pacers already almost have 60 points and it's not even halftime yet.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu's just toying with people. ;) :lol

[DesignatedT]

Everyone looks alright offensively. The defense definitely needs work. Not sure what's going on the ghill.

[easjer]

I'm not bothered. It's too long a season to get worked up over game 1. I'm liking a lot of what I see, and it's pretty clear where the improvement is needed. Won't show up overnight.

[BoricuaCJA]

if this Nuggets vs Suns , sorry, Pacers vs Spurs game keeps this pace, it easily a 150 pts game
Yeah, I fucking hate our D right now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

F you Collison

Why? Kids a good player and getting better.


Good play RJ. I don't care if he's not geting AND 1s. Drawing fouls and getting free throws is always a good thing.

Yeah, he hasn't been too bad today. Some poor decisions, but he has attacked the rim and tried on D, so I have to be nice. :D

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Boooooooooooooo

[CFH]

Gotta come down with the rebounds

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We aren't playing D, but let's see what happens in the 4th.

Also, first game of the year - this is the worst it will be. It can only improve from here.

[Pauleta14]

The more the game goes on, the more I dream about Splitter...

I hope he's up to what we expect/heard of him because if we're not big enough against the Pacers...

[easjer]

The one benefit to dropping the lead is that they have to be clear on why they dropped it and try to make adjustments at the half. They can't disillusion themselves that they've played brilliantly or anything.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Woah Blair, WOAH

[TIMMYD!]

I fucking hate Hibbert and Granger, they always seem to play their best against us.

[CFH]

Roy Hibbert is killing the Spurs.

[Sisk]

I forgot how insane this place gets.. overreaction city tbh

[angelbelow]

hibbert looks great, very patience play there.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

At least Manu's 3 point shooting looks good :D

[The Btown Spur]

No interior D by the spurs theyre getting the ball inside everytime

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Gotta come down with the rebounds

Is your avatar a photoshop? If not, where did you find it? Hilarious! :lol

[CFH]

Damn, Manu has been hitting those all night when the Spurs need it.

[superjames1992]

MANU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flag:

[angelbelow]

Ginobili!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DesignatedT]

lol manu

[timtonymanu]

I love Hibbert. Seems like such a class act and a hard worker.

[ShoogarBear]

Mike D'Antoni called. He'd like to see some D.

[HarlemHeat37]

Pacers are going to be a good offensive team, but this is the problem with the Spurs..

Adding Splitter will help inside, but that won't change the fact that the opposing team's perimeter players penetrate at will..the Spurs have terrible perimeter defenders, which is what a lot of us have been saying all Summer..

[easjer]

I forgot how insane this place gets.. overreaction city tbh

Not at all! You aren't biting your nails down to the quick over the defense in the second quarter of the first game of the season?

WHAT KIND OF FAN ARE YOU???

[Libri]

Manu is ready to play no matter what style the Spurs use.

[CFH]

Is your avatar a photoshop? If not, where did you find it? Hilarious! :lol

It's from an H-E-B commercial shoot, I think Manu posted it on his twitter. :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It looks like 2005-08 Manu again. Just wow. :wow :D

[HarlemHeat37]

Collison has sodomized Parker in this half..

[NASpurs]

I fucking hate when Tony has the ball before the quarter ends.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lol.... at the Pacers announcers

[superjames1992]

Defense looks like shit tonight.

[easjer]

Lol.... at the Pacers announcers

To be fair, they admitted it on replay.

[Texas_Ranger]

I hope they'll try to play defense in the 2nd half.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tony doesn't have his legs yet, not for elevation anyway. The speed is there, the finishing is not.

[CFH]

Jesus, 66-65 at the half. Man, that's insane. :wow

[Libri]

Blair with only 2 rebounds.

[DesignatedT]

wow. a lot of scoring

[angelbelow]

Bobby Simmons is just a bench warmer so far, probably better to keep it that way.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I hope they'll try to play defense in the 2nd half.

I suspect Pop may have something to say about that. :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

I liked Manu, TD and RJ

But defense looks damn bad

[Seventyniner]

Indiana was second in the league in pace last year, so offensive numbers might be inflated. However, the Pacers are shooting 56.8%, which is unacceptable.

[BanditHiro]

god dammit where the hell is our centerpiece of the defense???!?!?!?!

[Barfunk]

It's alright. It's the first game. Early Season jitters. There will be a few of these 120-115 type games.

[Spursmania]

Did you guys see the big three HEB commercial?
I hadn't seen it. Hilarious:lol

[Tito_Trinidad]

Blair is a rebounder SF with post moves.

[Spursmania]

I liked Manu, TD and RJ

But defense looks damn bad

Really bad...

[Texas_Ranger]

god dammit where the hell is our centerpiece of the defense???!?!?!?!

He plays against Durant. And he's playing great D. :wow

[Tp9gospursgo]

I love the offense so far...I hope the defense gets better the second half.

[Libri]

Each team with 7 steals. It's not surprising, considering the pace of the game.

[wildbill2u]

Scoring reminds me of the glorious ABA days.

[easjer]

Get use to it, Spurs did little to get bigger and we will pay for it all year. Baring a trade we will need to score in the 115 range every night or we will be a lotto team.

Indy may be the worst team in the NBA this year and they are beating us on our home court on opening night.

My guess is Blair wont be starting for long.

:lol

Wait, that was sarcasm, right?

[emanueldavidginobili]

manu looking good