Game Blog: Hornets @ Spurs - Oct. 30

[Pauleta14]

If we lose that one, we'll have a lot of regrets...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fuck....imagine RJ made that last three....

[timtonymanu]

i dont care if we end up losing, im just loving the effort now.

[Spurs Brazil]

fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[AussieFanKurt]

shit

[210Max]

fuck 1-1 isn't terrible right

[024]

kind of strange that pop is letting that 5 finish the game. parker and duncan should be back in there no matter how badly they played.

[maddnezz]

Lay upssss pleaseeeeeeeee!!!!

[AussieFanKurt]

gotta think how it got to 18 with the blokes playing like thius

[EmantheSpursFan]

Damn

[HarlemHeat37]

Jefferson should have taken that shot, he needs to have some balls there..

Wow, Chris Paul with an amazing play..

[ace3g]

damn you CP3!!!

[CFH]

That's gonna do it...

[BRHornet45]

the best fucking point guard in the world!

[lefty]

RJ you pussy

WTF was that, shoot the fucking ball

[emanueldavidginobili]

damnnnnn cp3 that was NASTY wow wtf

[angelbelow]

Damn good game. Encouraging 4th quarter come back the the glaring mistakes prior need to be addressed.

[maddnezz]

I ment us not them guys!! dang it!

[AussieFanKurt]

that was good defense hill

[timtonymanu]

Well thats game.

Parker and Duncan should be disappointed in themselves right now.

[Dex]

The backbreaker was the missed three by Jefferson. If he hits that shot, could be an entirely different outcome.

As it stands, looks like its Good Game Hornets.

Can't fault the effort, though. If it weren't for Jefferson (and Neal), Spurs wouldn't even be in that position.

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs turned it on too late..if they played with this kind of urgency and energy all game, they would have won..Duncan played terribly, and too many horrible shots by everybody on the team..obviously the D was poor as well, but that's expected with the current Spurs..

Again, the Hornets aren't too far behind the Spurs, they're almost as good..the West is very close together after LA..

[Pauleta14]

too much gamble on D for Hill, if he hadn't try to steal the ball, Paul wouldn't have been able to penetrate...

[cjjr72984]

Thorton with the goods. No disrespect but if Paul is best PG in the NBA why doesnt he do the same 2 hill?

You were saying??

[Josepatches_]

the best fucking point guard in the world!


At least a lot better than our PG

[Spurs Brazil]

Like Harlem has been saying Blair and TD don't work well together.

I'd rather see Dice or Tiago starting

[Quiet Strength]

i dont care if we end up losing, im just loving the effort now.

Same here. I'm glad they played hard and came back. Blair made alot of mistakes though but yeah this loss isn't bad.

[EmantheSpursFan]

Wtf

[Ice009]

Jefferson should have taken that shot, he needs to have some balls there..

Wow, Chris Paul with an amazing play..

MAN. everything RJ did tonight was great, even if he missed that last three, but to not even take that one really fucks it up for him. He had to take that shot, make or miss he had to take the shot.

[Killakobe81]

Now THAT was atop PG play ...been waiting for that the whole 4th ...

hill reached, Paul teached. ball game.

Congrats BR i am impressed with Rox likely losing again tonight the Western conference maybe wide open for the hornets to move up, if they get balanced scoring both home and away ... kudos.

[CFH]

Why did Pop put TD back in the game so late?

[timtonymanu]

wow Tim!

[Pauleta14]

I hope Tony is only "punished" and not injured...

[Chomag]

what happned too TP?

[timtonymanu]

Blazers are a team to watch out for as well. They're 3-0 now.

[Ice009]

Tim getting rim rejected. WOW. he has NO vertical at all, ZERO VERTICAL.

[Duncan2177]

Rj should of made that 3 he was open all day. You gotta make those wide open. :bang

[ace3g]

Well if this game shows Pop anything, he can't go with the starting 5 and 3 guys off the bench; have to use at least 4 -5 guys.

He gave Neal a shot tonight and he produced

[Spurs Brazil]

Props to RJ, he bring us back

TD was horrible

[Trejo]

That's all folks. Well least we fought back in the 4th..

[peskypesky]

well, the down side is we lost. upside is RJ starting to look like the dude we all were so excited about when he was signed. and its only the 2nd game of the season so let's not turn into Chicken Littles.

[boutons_deux]

shitty defense, shitty offense

6/23 3Gs, Spurs lose.

[Tp9gospursgo]

At least we've done better than we did at the beginning of last season. its just 2 games.

[timtonymanu]

get ready for lmao spurs threads from phillip and luva threads.

[AussieFanKurt]

Well done Hornets. Not so bad Spurs

[CFH]

Well great effort at the end but came up short. Looking forward to Monday to hopefully see Splitter in his debut.

[Spurs Brazil]

Also good game for Neal

[blkroadrunners]

Better luck against the Clips.

[Budkin]

Damn we need these early home games, especially against bad teams.

[timtonymanu]

How can Tim follow up such an amazing game with this trash?

It was unlike him to have such a crappy game early in the season.

[Ice009]

the best fucking point guard in the world!

I don't like his attitude at times, but I do like his game. Great PG CP3.

Great win Hornets. Spurs deserved that loss for not showing enough respect IMO. I really do think they though NO would be a rollover tonight.

[Muser]

From what I say RJ is beasting, and I love Neal's game, He's got balls.

[maddnezz]

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[mingus]

As bad as Duncan and Parker played, the Spurs were still in this game. The Hornets were playing like they were in the playoffs tonight.

[CFH]

Also good game for Neal

Indeed, he deserves more play time after this game.

[Giuseppe]

:lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

I really hope Tiago can make our D better

Pacers FG-53%, Hornets FG-50% and 7-11 from 3PT

That's horrible D and they got a lot of layups

[Ice009]

How can Tim follow up such an amazing game with this trash?

It was unlike him to have such a crappy game early in the season.

You guys don't know Tim Duncan.

The MVP Tim Duncan used to start off slow when he was at his best and have lots of crappy games at the start of the season. I would much rather the MVP Duncan who starts off slow and then DOMINATES the second half of the season and playoffs.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao

:lol

[timtonymanu]

You guys don't know Tim Duncan.

The MVP Tim Duncan used to start off slow when he was at his best and have lots of crappy games at the start of the season. I would much rather the MVP Duncan who starts off slow and then DOMINATES the second half of the season and playoffs.

True but I didnt think it would happen this fast. I wont hold this performance against him. Actually he could have been coasting because the next game is Kaman and Griffin. :wow

[redzero]

Good game, kids.

[maddnezz]

Tp new contract and still forgets how to drive and kick. Am I wrong on that or does he forget his teammates sometimes?

[HornetLoveJones]

GG fellas

[Ice009]

Rj should of made that 3 he was open all day. You gotta make those wide open. :bang

That's a tough shot to make. I am OK with that miss. RJ shot it with confidence.

I am really disappointed though that he passed up the three the next time he had a shot. That is a step back IMO and did NOT like it at all. He had to take the next one with confidence again, but he passed it up. He really undid a lot of good work by passing up the next one. Apart from that GREAT overall game.

TP and Manu though did not play smart in the first half. They both played a poor first half and even third quarter just jacking up shots. Poor team play from both. I also hated some of those off balance jumpers TP took. That is not his shot so I have no idea why he was taking them.

Pop may have just slapped me in the face too because he is right. It's up to the players if they want a better start to the season, not on Pop. The players gotta play better if they want a better start.

[rayray2k8]

Tp new contract and still forgets how to drive and kick. Am I wrong on that or does he forget his teammates sometimes?

That's his game though. I remember back then people complained that he didn't attack the basket enough, now he doesn't give up the ball. Can't win I guess. :rolleyes


Great effort by the Spurs and was impressed by the Hornets being able to hang on and get some clutch shots at the end.


And wtf pop? What was the point of bringing in Duncan??

[peskypesky]

goddamn i hope Splitter can help us. we need it bad.

[BRHornet45]

King Paul only had to play 31 minutes tonight. that is huge for us

[maddnezz]

Tim, you need to ride 1/4 mile sprints on a bike without sitting down to get them calves tighter bro. Ya vertical looks like your about 45 yrs old! (And i should know!)

[dunkman]

The Spurs bigs (Duncan, Blair and Dice) defended and rebounded, but their scoring was awfully inefficient in the paint.

RJ was very aggressive, Manu as usual great in the end, the team played some P&R defense in the 4-th. After being down for a long time, it was a 90:93 with the Spurs ball, RJ took a 3 from the corner but missed, it seems he doesn't shot well from there, and the Spurs couldn't score again.

Neal can play, has good shot mechanics.

The Hornets shot the lights out for many possessions, it's usually impossible to win a game against a team that shot like that. Plus they have interior presence too. That's a very solid team with high payroll (Paul, West, Okafur, Ariza).

[maddnezz]

That's his game though. I remember back then people complained that he didn't attack the basket enough, now he doesn't give up the ball. Can't win I guess. :rolleyes


Great effort by the Spurs and was impressed by the Hornets being able to hang on and get some clutch shots at the end.


And wtf pop? What was the point of bringing in Duncan??:toast
True dat Rayray. he's just so damn fast if he could balance out the pass vs attack he would be unstopable!:clap

[peskypesky]

CP3 may have mad skills, but he's a dick and I can't stand him.

[Pauleta14]

Tp new contract and still forgets how to drive and kick. Am I wrong on that or does he forget his teammates sometimes?


Actually, that's the opposite (today), he was tentative from the start of the 3rd and was only passing the ball when we would have needed his scoring!

I don't know what happened exactly, why Pop didn't play him the whole 4th, but I'm sure he wouldn't have benched him as easily if he hadn't sign an extention... :lol

[Texas_Ranger]

that was just bad.

[maddnezz]

Tim, trust me bro,try this>:bike: It will help dem calves! lol

[TJastal]

Well, this is what happens when you play only 3 bigs, and only one of them can score and create for himself and others (Tim Duncan). And the other is drastically undersized. It makes the team not have nearly enough of a post game and forces your perimeter players to chuck up shots that aren't there.

This would have been the perfect time to bring in Splitter, but I guess not. I don't understand how two more days of rest would have been all the difference, especially since he's been out for like a month and a half.

Just be patient son, its all part of Pop's master plan ya know

[silverblk mystix]

Good game by the whorenets.

Spurs have a ways to go but there are a couple of bright spots.

At least the spurs tried to win this early in the season....last season Pop would have thrown in the towel when the spurs were down by 18.

This attitude will lead to at least 6-9 extra wins.

[maddnezz]

Well the comeback unit that was on the floor really will have the confidence the next time a situation like tonight occurs and I for one am excited despite what I post! (I love them guys do or die!):fight

[maddnezz]

Rangers YEA!!!! Keep it goin Texas!!!!!!

[TJastal]

Tp new contract and still forgets how to drive and kick. Am I wrong on that or does he forget his teammates sometimes?

This.

Let's not forget his brother either. 2-11 from deep is atrocious. When these two get teammates involved, spurs win. When they suddenly become a pair of Lloyd B Free's spurs usually go down.

[ElNono]

First half was competitive, even if sloppy for both teams... after that, we just lost to the better team right now. We only made it close once West walked off injured.
We have a lot of work ahead of us.

[duncan228]

San Antonio Spurs 90, New Orleans Hornets 90: From “sloppy to poor”, Spurs fall in 3rd quarter (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER–Having whittled an 18-point lead to three, Richard Jefferson lined up an open three-pointer from the baseline with a little over a minute left–his only missed shot of the fourth quarter, and one that would have completed a furious comeback.

“It looked good, I was already on my way back to celebrate a little bit,” George Hill said. “That’s how it goes though, you’re going to make some and you’re going to miss some.”

Mostly it was the San Antonio Spurs missing tonight, shooting a meager 38.8% from the floor, compounded by a 6-for-26 night from behind the three-point line.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-90-new-orleans-hornets-90-from-sloppy-to-poor-spurs-fall-in-3rd-quarter#more-10597)

[BRHornet45]

San Antonio Spurs 90, New Orleans Hornets 90: From “sloppy to poor”, Spurs fall in 3rd quarter (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER–Having whittled an 18-point lead to three, Richard Jefferson lined up an open three-pointer from the baseline with a little over a minute left–his only missed shot of the fourth quarter, and one that would have completed a furious comeback.

“It looked good, I was already on my way back to celebrate a little bit,” George Hill said. “That’s how it goes though, you’re going to make some and you’re going to miss some.”

Mostly it was the San Antonio Spurs missing tonight, shooting a meager 38.8% from the floor, compounded by a 6-for-26 night from behind the three-point line.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-90-new-orleans-hornets-90-from-sloppy-to-poor-spurs-fall-in-3rd-quarter#more-10597)

son the score is the same lolz

[duncan228]

I only correct something if someone spells Elliott's name wrong. :lol

They'll catch it.

[duncan228]

Post game video here (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164942).

More post game quotes here (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164941).


Paul scores 25, Hornets beat Spurs to open 3-0 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010103024)
By Paul J. Weber

Tony Parker began the day by signing a $50 million contract extension. He ended it on the bench in the fourth quarter, watching Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets remain unbeaten.

Paul scored 25 points and New Orleans emerged as the only undefeated team in the Southwest Division, beating the San Antonio Spurs 99-90 Saturday night for a 3-0 start under first-year coach Monty Williams.

Any pressure to keep this up?

“You don’t have to tell me. I’m too young for all this stuff,” said Williams, pointing to his goatee. “This thing will be white by the time the season is over with.”

Williams beat his former coach and mentor, Gregg Popovich, who benched Parker and Tim Duncan after a miserable third quarter that ended with the Spurs trailing 76-60 after being down just one point at halftime.

The bench is probably not where Parker imagined he would be after agreeing to a four-year extension hours earlier.

But instead of Parker and Paul facing off in the fourth quarter in a matchup of three-time All-Stars, Parker sat while Paul blew past George Hill on a crossover dribble and hit a tough running bank shot to seal the win with 49.7 seconds left.

“Man, you have no clue how good it feels to play basketball again,” said Paul, who missed 37 games last season after surgery on his right knee. “Last year sitting on the sidelines, you hear all this different stuff, and you just want to compete. This is what I do.”

Parker finished with 13 points and missed five of his last six shots. He did not speak to reporters after the game.

Paul, saying he knows how Popovich works, wasn’t surprised by Parker and Duncan sitting in the fourth in favor of an energized second-unit that eventually cut the deficit to three. That included Gary Neal, a rookie who logged just 1 minute in San Antonio’s opener but played the entire fourth period against the Hornets.

Manu Ginobili, who led the Spurs with 23 points, has been with Popovich long enough to know he’ll stick with the group that works.

“What made it tough,” Ginobili said, “was that it was both Tim and Tony out.”

Duncan finished with seven points on 2 of 10 shooting.

“If a group is rolling, Pop is going to keep with that group until the car stops,” said Hill, who shot 2 of 7 and finished with six points.

The Hornets are off to their fourth 3-0 start in the last five years, this time after a summer spent picking up two products of the Spurs’ system to make New Orleans competitive again. Williams played and coached as an assistant under Popovich, and new general manager Dell Demps was plucked from the Spurs’ front office.

The way New Orleans shut down San Antonio defensively in the third quarter, it looked as though the Hornets took Popovich’s most valued fundamental with them. After leading for nearly the entire first half, the Spurs shot 6 of 24 in the third.

David West had 18 points and Marcus Thornton added 17 off the bench for the Hornets.

It was the first 20-point game of the season for Paul, who was 8 of 15 from the floor. He also had five assists.

Richard Jefferson scored 18 points for the Spurs, including 10 in the fourth.

The Hornets beat the Spurs for the first time in five tries, including getting swept by San Antonio last season.

“Am I surprised? No, I’m not surprised,” Paul said of the Hornets’ unbeaten start. “I like it, but I’m not surprised.”

Notes: Williams said he’s still not set on the Hornets’ rotation despite their strong start, saying New Orleans still needs rookie Quincy Pondexter in the mix. … Spurs F Matt Bonner is expected to be out through at least next week with a right ankle sprain.

[duncan228]

Notes on a scorecard: Why Parker sat only hours after signing a set-for-life contract (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/10/30/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-parker-sat-only-hours-after-signing-a-set-for-life-contract/)
by Tim Griffin

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/10/30/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-parker-sat-only-hours-after-signing-a-set-for-life-contract/

[Pelicans78]

As bad as Duncan and Parker played, the Spurs were still in this game. The Hornets were playing like they were in the playoffs tonight.

Hornets were in the second game of a back-2-back and CP3 only played 31 minutes and West missed most of the 4th quarter. Honestly, Thornton and Green were big reasons why the Spurs lost.

[BRHornet45]

sons can someone plz make me a nice gif of the last shot by Paul in this clip? thx in advance

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[analyzed]

Í know this is just one game, but the way TD played does not give me the confidence we can go to him in the playoffs. I know he is no longer dominant and can't bring it every game. However I am hoping we can depend on him in clutch situations in the playoffs , much like we depend on Manu to make the big plays. With how poorly he finished plays , I'm not confident he can. Hopefully we can mitigate TD's decline with Splitter delivering immediately.
BTW I have a question for everyone : Do you think TD this year will be better than David Robinson in his last year (2003) ? I have a bad feeling , that he can't approximate the Admiral's last season especially on the defensive end. TD's decline is also more prononced as he dosen't have a young dominant big man to support him, like Robinson had.

[jestersmash]

Saying that Ginobili is a ~40% 3 point shooter is deceptive

Really - he's a 70% 3 point shooter on some days, and a 20% 3 point shooter on others. At the end of the day it all balances out to around 40.

He was 6-8 in 2 point field goals, and 2-11 in 3's. I guess he made the decision to live or die by the 3 tonight.

Consider that Ginobili really didn't get to the line much at all. More than half of his free throws were from defense 3 second violations - not from getting fouled going to the hole.

[jestersmash]

I forgot to get to my point. My point is - people already know that Ginobili is a threat driving to the basket. He's a proven slasher. They know he'll finish if his shot is not contested, and this in turn makes Ginobili very amenable to getting fouled while driving to the hole.

Sometimes the lanes simply aren't there - I understand that. Instead of shooting 3 pointers to open the lanes up, I'd like to see Ginobili step in for 2 point jump shots from time to time. Just a thought.

[BRHornet45]

will someone plz make my gif!

[tuncaboylu]

We grabbed more rebounds and much more offensive rebounds from Hornets.
We dished more assists than Hornets.
We turned ball over less than Hornets.
We took more free throws than Hornets.
We blocked the ball more than Hornets.
But they beat us, because they shoot the ball very well and score more points. That's the summary of boxscore.

[DPG21920]

This one is on Timmy. It happens. Hopefully this is just an outlier and not the norm.

[Bruno]

Spurs defense has to be better. A good defense can allow you to overcome these bad shooting games (Spurs were 6/26 from 3 points land). While Spurs don't have the roster to be a great defensive team, they cans surely be better than that. Splitter will help in that area but a rookie won't solve the whole problem. Some players had to play better D.

[benefactor]

Spurs defense has to be better. A good defense can allow you to overcome these bad shooting games (Spurs were 6/26 from 3 points land). While Spurs don't have the roster to be a great defensive team, they cans surely be better than that. Splitter will help in that area but a rookie won't solve the whole problem. Some players had to play better D.
Pop is stressing running this year. Running teams win championships.

[chazley]

Pop is stressing running this year. Running teams win championships.

Made me lol.

However, he wants us to pick up the pace, not be a running team. Big difference. We have more athleticism on this roster than we have had in a very long time(2003 probably), don't see how picking up the pace would hurt us. It is getting back in transition and our perimeter/help defense that is sucking. The offense will come.

[duncan228]

The second half run that doomed the Spurs (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER — It was a quiet home locker room in the AT&T Center last night, and for good reason. The San Antonio Spurs, who hoped to get out to a better start this season than last, thanks to a favorable early season itinerary, put in a terrible third quarter of play and fell 99-90 to the New Orleans Hornets (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-90-new-orleans-hornets-90-from-sloppy-to-poor-spurs-fall-in-3rd-quarter).

“It was a 22-7 run over time,” Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich said after the game. “I thought during the 22-7 run in the second half, we played poorly.”

What was so bad about that run? Well, after the postgame interview concluded last night I rushed home to re-watch the Spurs’ abysmal third quarter and bad start to the fourth, and look at the breakdowns. Let’s go through this play-by-play style, starting at the 10:58 mark of the third quarter, when the Spurs got their last lead of the game.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/second-half-run-by-new-orleans-hornets-doomed-san-antonio-spurs#more-10606)