Game Blog: Cavaliers @ Spurs - Nov. 20

[Muser]

God damn Splitter is a beast.

[Nathan89]

Splitter just plays smart. I like him a lot.

[GinobiliForTres]

Bonner. Get out. Can we get McDyess in please?

[TE]

bonner just sucks, other than his shooting, the guy just sucks.

[Osnofa]

bonner calm the f down :(

[Muser]

I love this team.

[Muser]

LOL Jamison

[BanditHiro]

another good defensive third quarter

[dbestpro]

Splitter with a smooth game tonight.

[TE]

wow, the Cavs are playing with alot of heat right now, and this is indicative by the score. They should be down by more.

[GinobiliForTres]

If only Splitter would rebound.

But hey scoring is enough for me. guy is a beast.

[Pauleta14]

Bonner. Get out. Can we get McDyess in please?

Let this warrior have a rest...

[dbestpro]

I love this team.

This..:toast

[BanditHiro]

wow fuck the cavs playing their starters while we are playing our bench

[Pauleta14]

shit my stream went off!!!

[GinobiliForTres]

we can't hit SHIT.

[LeCrab]

can green get some playing time bonner is horrible

[BlairForceDejuan]

Damn Neal is solid on O

[Muser]

Nice save by Manu.

[GinobiliForTres]

Lead down to 8.

[TE]

my stream is off, damnit.

[GinobiliForTres]

Flagrant 2!? what happened?!

[Libri]

Hollins ejected

[LeCrab]

hollins just went after splitters head

[Muser]

Fuck you Hollins, you piece of shit trash

[timtonymanu]

Ryan Hollins is still a bitch.

[ducks]

heat down 5 with 38 seconds left

[GinobiliForTres]

heat down 5 with 38 seconds left

This. This makes my night.

Nevermind. Down 2.

[Pauleta14]

Is Splitter ok?

[ohmwrecker]

Splitter is the shiz.

[Big P]

Hollins is a bum!

[BlairForceDejuan]

hollins what a bitch

[AussieFanKurt]

what did hollins do?

[Juanobili]

3333333333

[GinobiliForTres]

Bonner 3.

[ducks]

wade is not playing?

[duncan228]

Parker with such a pretty move.

[AussieFanKurt]

Red rocket

[LeCrab]

pop clear the bench please.....

[BlairForceDejuan]

what did hollins do?

Splitter had a wide-open dunk and Hollins contested it last second by going straight for Splitters nose with his arm. Flagrant 2

[ducks]

lead is 17
game over

[GinobiliForTres]

14 for Splitter.

[ohmwrecker]

Splitter looks really good. In shape and playing hard. No more BS, Pop. You gotta play the kid.

[ducks]

no duncan needed for 4 tonight

[Crookshanks]

Spurs win tonight and they will have the best record!

[TE]

heat lost at the buzzer

[Danny.Zhu]

Why are our starters still on the court?

[ducks]

Miami 95
Memphis 97
Final

[ducks]

heat lost at the buzzer

bosh with the big three
james with the dunk
but mem with the buzzer beater:lol:lol:lol:lol

wade did not play

[BlairForceDejuan]

oh man, gonna be fun watching splitter all season

[Capt Bringdown]

Duncan with 5 assists? Love this team!

[Libri]

Damn, that was a nice play between TP and Splitter.

[GinobiliForTres]

Splitter with 16!

[Crookshanks]

Cavs are falling apart!

[ace3g]

Splitter kicking ass (haven't been on much watching UFC 123)

[GinobiliForTres]

Flagrant 2 got us energized. 16-2 Spurs run.

[Muser]

God damn, Splitter is fucking great.

[Supergirl]

Has Duncan not been playing much because this game has been a blowout for a long time, or is something wrong? I just came in.

[Warlord23]

Ladies, gentlemen and ducks, Tiago Splitter has arrived!

[LeCrab]

splitter is awesome he takes a lot of punishment though with his style of play

[SCdac]

yet another charge taken by Splitter.

I love this guys game.

layups, dunks, slashes to the rim, goes for offensive and defensive rebounds, sets great screens.

nice to see him getting playing time tonight, we'll need it later on

[Solid D]

http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/images/artist/c/clinic/canon/501032_426x104.jpg

Clinic

[Nathan89]

Splitter shitting all over blair.

[Crookshanks]

Has Duncan not been playing much because this game has been a blowout for a long time, or is something wrong? I just came in.

He's not been needed. He played great in the first half.

[duncan228]

Has Duncan not been playing much because this game has been a blowout for a long time, or is something wrong? I just came in.

Duncan's fine. It's the second game of a back-to-back thing. Pop doesn't need him, let him rest.

[ducks]

Has Duncan not been playing much because this game has been a blowout for a long time, or is something wrong? I just came in.

he sucked the first 3 minutes went to the bench
splitter looked great got 7 points
duncan came in looked good

splitter playing well now

duncan needs to rest back to back game

[Capt Bringdown]

oh man, gonna be fun watching splitter all season
TP to Splitter, I hope we hear that A LOT this season.

[Ginobilly]

I'm starting to fall in love with the Parker/Splitter high screen pick n roll! With Spliiter's high bball IQ passing, I don't see anybody stoping it.

[Osnofa]

I hate the fact that there are sooo many spurs stream. Can't watch the 4th quarter :\

At least Splitter seems to be playing very well!

[Supergirl]

How long will the Spurs streak last...they are looking AWESOME.

[LeCrab]

green with another 3

[ducks]

can tp go over 20 for the 6 straight game?

[td_tp_manu]

Has Duncan not been playing much because this game has been a blowout for a long time, or is something wrong? I just came in.

Back to back

[Muser]

Another 3

[Pauleta14]

TP to Splitter, I hope we hear that A LOT this season.

They seem to have a good understanding of each other!

Tony seems to trust him ...

[Libri]

How long will the Spurs streak last...they are looking AWESOME.

undefeated the rest of the season :p:

[Supergirl]

Next 5 games:
Orlando
@Minnesota
Dallas
@New Orleans
@Golden State.

No B2B. NOH and GS on the road will be tough. Dallas and Orlando will be tough too.
Can we win them all?

[BlairForceDejuan]

blair and dice have been laughing their asses off all game :lol

[GinobiliForTres]

Splitter!

[ducks]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs:
42 FG
31 Assists

LOVE IT!!!

[ducks]

Next 5 games:
Orlando
@Minnesota
Dallas
@New Orleans
@Golden State.

No B2B. NOH and GS on the road will be tough. Dallas and Orlando will be tough too.
Can we win them all?
spurs will beat the hornets they want pay back:hat

[Crookshanks]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

Shut up!!!!!!!!!! Who jerked your chain?

[BanditHiro]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

stop trying to get people to pay attention to this

[Fundamental]

Splitter with 18/5/2 . I'd be interested to see what happens if Splitter took Blair's starting position for a couple games.

[Ice009]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

Shut the fuck up.

[Warlord23]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

Duncan > TP

[Fireball]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

wtf we are blowing these guys out ... who cares about that stat line :rolleyes

[Nathan89]

Duncan has an army.

[BlairForceDejuan]

haha look at splitter

[TE]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

:lol


w...o....w.

[Capt Bringdown]

duncan 17 minutes tonight
3-9 not impressive

5 assists in only 17 minutes

[Danny.Zhu]

Splitter with 18/5/2 . I'd be interested to see what happens if Splitter took Blair's starting position for a couple games.

Let's see how he handles DH next.

[LeCrab]

don't look now but chris quinn is a legit back up pg...

[ducks]

splitter 7-10 showing bigs how to shot

[Crookshanks]

Spurs are up by 21 and they're still hustling and working hard - good to see!

[BlairForceDejuan]

lol quinn fail

[Warlord23]

splitter 7-10 showing bigs how to shot

Splitter > TP

[Pauleta14]

Just AMAZING!!!

1 post from Ducks and 5 straight answers... :lol

[ducks]

:lol


w...o....w.
ball hog shots every 50 seconds on the court



















:downspin:

[siraulo23]

10 in a row!!

Spurs win!

[timtonymanu]

Either the Spurs played better D in the 2nd half or Cleveland came back down to earth.

I couldnt tell since I didnt have a working feed.

[Fundamental]

amazing! keep it up Spurs! 10 in a row!!! :lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:.....:lobt2:?

[timtonymanu]

Wow it's been forever since we had a double digit win streak.

And it's not even close to SPAM yet.

[ducks]

Either the Spurs played better D in the 2nd half or Cleveland came back down to earth.

I couldnt tell since I didnt have a working feed.

flagrant foul
ticked spurs game was kind of close then
after that blowout

[Crookshanks]

don't look now but chris quinn is a legit back up pg...

He looks like he's about 14 years old :lol But hey, if he can continue playing like he did tonight, who cares!

[NickiRasgo]

9 TO, 10 Steals, 5 Blocks, Cavs' FG% 47.5%

[Ice009]

I like that Quinn didn't look to shoot all the time and he passed the ball around. The first couple of games he got court time in he jacked up shots and didn't get anyone involved.

[Pauleta14]

don't look now but chris quinn is a legit back up pg...


We've only seen him in garbage time...

Hard to draw any solid conclusion

[Crookshanks]

Spurs have the best record, and by far, the longest winning streak. I'm lovin it!

[skinsfan1]

Whos the new guy green?

[FilSpursFan]

Good job, Spurs! :tu

[ace3g]

was watching UFC 123, how did Green look

[xmas1997]

Yeah, how did Green look?

[peskypesky]

Duncan has an army.

:toast

[YODA]

I missed the game...Heard Tiago played alot. Did he start??

[LeCrab]

Yeah, how did Green look?
green looked ok he hit his first 2 three's and then missed badly on the next 2 his defense was ok

[ChumpDumper]

was watching UFC 123, how did Green look


Yeah, how did Green look?He can shoot threes, so we'll see him again.

[xmas1997]

He can shoot threes, so we'll see him again.


But how was his defense?

[ChumpDumper]

But how was his defense?He shot some threes.

[Nathan89]

Yeah, how did Green look?

Looked better than Alonzo Gee. To soon to tell on his defense but it looked decent tonight.

[bigdog]

Pop also praised Green's willingness to play defense before the game. Pair that up with his ability to shoot the 3 and he could get some playing time.

[duncan228]

I missed the game...Heard Tiago played alot. Did he start??

Didn't start, but played 26 fairly impressive minutes. 18 points (7-10), 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals, 1 turnover. He was fun to watch, glad he's finally here.

[DPG21920]

About to watch the game. Glad to see Tim got a lot of time off and the Spurs are still winning. They have been fortunate to do that a few times this year.

This was also a trap game and the Spurs pulled it out. Good stuff.

[duncan228]

Some post-game quotes.


Spurs win 10th straight with rout of Cavaliers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010112024)
By Paul J. Weber

Stockpile wins early: That’s what the San Antonio Spurs emphasized in training camp after paying the price for a lumbering start last year.

But they probably didn’t imagine this.

Tony Parker scored 19 points and the Spurs won their 10th in a row, improving their NBA-best record to 11-1 with a 116-92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, keeping the best San Antonio start in franchise history rolling.

“Great run for us,” Spurs forward Tim Duncan said. “It’s a good start for us. There’s going to be some ups and downs this season, but this team is built on what we did last year.”

Reaching the Western Conference semifinals, where they were swept by Phoenix, happened no thanks to an uneven start in November. The Spurs were 6-6 at this stage last season, ultimately taking so long to hit their stride that the No. 7 seed in the West was the best they could muster.

Rookie Tiago Splitter, in the 7-footer’s biggest game since the Spurs made him their marquee addition this summer, scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Richard Jefferson scored 14 points and Manu Ginobili had 13.

“We need the wins early this year compared to last year down the stretch,” Ginobili said. “In March and April, we put a lot of pressure on us.”

Mo Williams scored 21 points and Daniel Gibson had 17 for the Cavaliers, who played a night after losing on the road to New Orleans—the only team to beat San Antonio so far.

The Hornets are 10-1, which made for a grueling back-to-back for the Cavaliers, who have lost four of five.

“We wanted to use these two games as a measuring stick,” said forward Antawn Jamison, who scored 12 points. “We showed signs, but it’s just not consistent 48 minutes to be able to compete against these two teams.”

The Cavaliers trailed 64-57 at halftime. Back in the locker room before the third quarter, coach Byron Scott let his players decide how to defend San Antonio’s pick-and-roll.

Scott said it was the first time he’s left that decision to his players.

“It might be the last, too,” Scott said.

Aside from adding Splitter—a first-round Spurs pick in 2007 who stayed in Europe until now—the roster for the Spurs didn’t change much since a year ago.

But they certainly don’t look the same.

The second-highest scoring team in the NBA behind the Los Angeles Lakers, the Spurs pulled away with a barrage of 3-pointers and a 14-6 burst in the third quarter after Cleveland trailed by seven at halftime. The 24-point win was the most lopsided Spurs victory this season.

Williams was 9 of 15 and had six assists, but was the only starter in double figures for the Cavaliers.

The Spurs made 12 of 25 from behind the 3-point line and had a season-high 32 assists, including nine from Parker. Matt Bonner, who hit four 3s, had 12 points.

The way the Spurs are scoring, Jefferson said it reminds him of the Suns.

The way they passed the ball against the Cavaliers, meanwhile, reminded him off his former team.

“That’s a lot. That’s up there with New Jersey, and we had Jason Kidd,” Jefferson said. “With him, when our best player is probably one of the top two or three passers in the history of the game, it become contagious.”

Cleveland led by one going into the second quarter, but couldn’t keep up while the Spurs shot 63 percent heading into halftime. Ginobili scored all of his 13 points in the second quarter.

Notes: The last time the Spurs won 11 in a row was late in the 2008 season. Their longest streak a year ago was five games. … Cavaliers center Ryan Hollins was ejected in the fourth quarter when he brought down Splitter with his forearm. Said Scott after the game: “In 1980s that’s a regular foul. Get up and play. I know what the league is trying to do and I understand that.” Splitter didn’t seem to mind, either, saying, “I don’t care.”

[BoricuaCJA]

Does anyone know if someone will have the game recorded or posted online so I can watch it again? I was only able to watch 1 quarter. :(

[TampaDude]

I know it's still early, but right now we have the BEST RECORD IN THE NBA.

This team looks really good.

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[duncan228]

Notes on a scorecard: Why the Spurs offense keeps humming along (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/21/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-the-spurs-offense-keeps-humming-along/)
by Tim Griffin

...One factor that again was impressive was San Antonio’s offensive balance. Six different players scored in double figures, matching a season-high. Tony Parker had 19 to lead them, but easily could have piled up more with additional playing time. Three other players had eight points apiece. Every San Antonio player had at least one assist except for Danny Green. And all of the players scored except for Chris Quinn. It was a night to showcase the firepower in the San Antonio lineup as the Spurs piled up their most points in a game this season.

...Gregg Popovich did a nice job of managing his roster Saturday night. No Spur played more than 28 minutes with Parker and George Hill both reaching that level. None of the other starters played more than 27 minutes. And Tim Duncan played only 17:12 in his shortest stint of the season after his big night Friday in Utah. That rest, as well as skipping practice on Sunday, should leave them in good shape for their game Monday night against Orlando.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/21/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-the-spurs-offense-keeps-humming-along/

[duncan228]

San Antonio Spurs 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 92: Where the Spurs frontline is deeper than yours (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER–A year ago, the fourth quarter of a blowout win presented ample opportunity for a post on the long term potential of Ian Mahinmi or DeJuan Blair. Tonight, as the San Antonio Spurs inched ever closer to garbage time, a sudden realization hit: Matt Bonner and Tiago Splitter are currently the fourth and fifth bigs in the Spurs’ frontline rotation.

Granted, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a recently fallen team, but their end-of-the-bench counterparts in Ryan Hollins, Jawad Williams, and Leon Powe are pretty standard fare for most NBA teams. And while there is something to be said about quality and quantity–the Los Angeles Lakers offering a better but top heavy frontline–how many teams can claim their last two options on the frontline are both NBA quality rotation players?

Earlier in the week we established the possibility that the San Antonio Spurs might have the top backcourt in the league with a three-guard rotation of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and George Hill, with Parker again doing much of the heavy lifting tonight (19 points, 9 assist on 7 -11 shooting). On the receiving end of many of Parker’s passes, rookie center Tiago Splitter may have made a case for the Spurs also employing the NBA’s deepest frontline.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-116-cleveland-cavaliers-92-where-the-spurs-frontline-is-deeper-than-yours#more-11300)

[CFH]

Damn, I missed Tiago's breakout game. :( Glad to see the Spurs got the win though. :flag:

[angelbelow]

couldnt catch the game today but the boxscore looks great! we got lots of rest for our starters which is ever so important on a B2B.

[Leonard Curse]

hey i went to the game and what a perfect one to go to they played my guy tiago a crap load and he did not dissapoint. now hopefully pop sees tiagos defense/toughness and falls in love

[LeCrab]

why didn't the assistant coaches try to catch manu when he came diving into the bench? that was lame how they jumped out of the way.

[Dex]

Views from the other side:


San Antonio dominates second half, rolls past Cleveland Cavaliers, 116-92
Published: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 10:46 PM
Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 12:16 AM
Mary Schmitt Boyer, The Plain Dealer

SAN ANTONIO -- The Cavaliers headed into the weekend knowing full well the enormity of the task they were facing: The best two teams in the league (at least by win-loss record) in the New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs, on their home floors, on back-to-back nights.

For the most part, the Cavs gave a good accounting of themselves. But for the second night in a row, the better team won as the Spurs pulled away to an 116-92 victory on Saturday night at the AT&T Center.

The Cavs don't expect anyone to feel sorry for them after completing the toughest trip in the league right now.

"Everybody has one of those stretches,'' said Antawn Jamison, who finished with 12 points as the Cavs fell to 5-7, 3-3 on the road. "We knew that this was going to take place before the season started. We didn't know these two teams would be playing the best basketball in the NBA. We've got two playoff-caliber teams on two nights where they're outplaying everybody in the NBA.

"We can't make excuses. We dealt with it. We've got to learn from these mistakes we made.''

While the Cavs were doomed by a horrible second quarter at New Orleans, on Saturday night it was an amalgamation of mistakes, according to coach Byron Scott.

"I really don't feel we gave ourselves a fair chance in either game because of the mistakes that we made,'' he said. "You're playing against the two best teams in the league, and the one thing you can't do is make a ton of mistakes -- physically as well as mentally. I thought we did that in both games, especially tonight.''

The Cavs committed 17 turnovers on offense and missed lots of assignments on defense, in spite of the fact that Scott asked them -- for the first time ever -- how they wanted to defend the pick-and-roll in the second half.

"Might be the last time, too,'' he said, as the Cavs failed to do what they requested.

As a result, Tony Parker had 19 points and nine assists and Tiago Splitter added 18 as the Spurs improved to 11-1 overall, 6-1 at home. With the Cavs failing to switch on Matt Bonner, he hit four wide-open 3-pointers for 12 points.

"Tonight our mistakes hurt us big time and they took advantage of it,'' said Mo Williams, who led the Cavs with 21 points and six assists. "Playing against teams like this _ playing the best basketball in the NBA -- we have to be clicking on all cylinders. We can't have any mistakes. We've got to look like a seasoned veteran team. We showed our youth at times. We made mistakes. That's what we can learn from and try to go forward.''

Jamario Moon scored all of his eight points in the second quarter and the Cavs were within 64-57 at halftime. But the Spurs put together a 19-10 run for an 83-67 lead.
As if to show they were not backing down, for the second night in a row the Cavs were called for a flagrant 2 foul. This time it was on Ryan Hollins, who went to block a shot by Splitter and whacked him in the head instead with 8:52 left in the fourth quarter and the Spurs ahead, 91-81.

Hollins, who committed a flagrant 1 at New Orleans, was ejected, and Splitter made both free throws. Then Bonner hit a 3-pointer on the resultant possession and all of a sudden San Antonio's lead was back to 96-81.

Scott wouldn't say he was pleased or displeased with the flagrant fouls, but when asked if it showed the Cavs were going down fighting, he smiled and said, "I guess if I'm going to look at it one way or the other, that's the way I'm going to hope to look at it when I watch the tape.''

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/11/san_antonio_dominates_second_h.html