Game Blog: Magic @ Spurs - Nov. 22

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Matt Bonner leading rebounder for the Spurs!

[DPG21920]

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[Trill Clinton]

Great game

[GSH]

What's the best start in NBA history? The Mavs had the record a few years back, but I don't remember how many games into the season they counted.

[timtonymanu]

Game. 11 in a row.

Nelson, Howard, Redick, Lewis, fuck you!!!!

[Spurologist]

we beat the Magic at their game ---- making 3333333333333333333333

[ducks]

Both Parker and Manu with 9 assists. Nice.

tp 10

[smeagol]

It amazes me that people still doubt El Manu . . .

[Nathan Explosion]

tale of supporting casts. howar'ds cast gave them nothing. ginobli and parker got something like 50 tonight

Someone should show Miami this game (especially Bosh) and say, "This is what a Big 3 should do."

Nice all around game by our 3 leaders with some nice support from the others.

[siraulo23]

oh props to bonner

[ducks]

tp is perferct from down town 3-3 this season

[Texas_Ranger]

Manu just fucked all of you who bitched about his TO.

[DPG21920]

That was a massive win. They won that game without playing their best. They made plenty of mistakes, were penalized for them and still found a way to win.

[Trill Clinton]

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[DarkGinobili]

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LoL:lmao:lmao

[GSH]

Ahhh... the Rockets started 15-0 one year.

[Seventyniner]

My goodness...hell of a win. After the end of the 3rd, I didn't think the Spurs had this in them. Glad they made me eat crow!

[smeagol]

Silence people . . . ducks will now coment on manu's three TOs . . .

[Fundamental]

Matt Bonner leading rebounder for the Spurs!

and a win...who would of guessed that?

[boutons_deux]

Mavs went 14-0

[td4mvp21]

LOL I can't believe we won that game after the bad defense and rebounding. Spurs offense is unstoppable right now :smokin

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Got damn the Rockets suck

[DesignatedT]

Bonner played a monster game all around. This team just keeps finding different ways to win. Awesome.

[TampaDude]

Mavs went 14-0

Mavs are ringless. :lol

[DJ Mbenga]

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[spursfan1000]

What a great game! Spurs were hot from the arc. They need to work on their rebounding.

[Borosai]

Matt Bonner, welcome to the Big 5! :lol

[DJ Mbenga]

Someone should show Miami this game (especially Bosh) and say, "This is what a Big 3 should do."

Nice all around game by our 3 leaders with some nice support from the others.

maybe just show it to wade

[Fundamental]

Ahhh... the Rockets started 15-0 one year.

doesn't mean they didn't have a chance that year. but you're right...regular season triumphs do not equal post season triumphs. but damn it feels good

[ezau]

11 straight. I'm to starting to think that this team is something special

[Cessation]

By far the best and toughest win of the season, so close all game until last couple of minutes, very hard won, spurs showing what it takes to be a champ, they certainly on their way there

[024]

good win. orlando is a great team but the spurs will not be meeting them in the playoffs. now the spurs should look towards NO and dallas, good teams the spurs will be facing in the playoffs.

[Danny.Zhu]

Great game!

[CubanMustGo]

Pop sucks.
[/fabbs]

Manu sucks.
[/ducks]

The Spurs suck and Tony Parker can't keep his dick in his pants.
[/lakaluva]

I'm a mental midget, too.
[/sequ]

12-1, baby!
[/the rest of us]

[TampaDude]

Great win against a quality team tonight! Manu went nuts in the 4th to seal the deal, as usual. 12-1, bitches!!!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

81-1 book it :lol

[Barfunk]

I still say Splitter should play already if not start eventually.

[GSH]

Before they talk about Finals matchups, we should probably beat NO once. Great game, but wait for March for that kind of talk Sean.

[Osnofa]

Amazing game. Neither of the teams deserved to lose but we we're more clutch.

The referees were pretty bad and, sadly but fortunately, they kind of helped us.

12-1 and another game (almost) without Splitter :(

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Big props to Dyess and his D!

[GSH]

Five players in double figures - again. The balance we have is awesome. That's going to make it tough on any team to defend.

[LeCrab]

Quick Question So how does NBA tv handle Brent Barry doing Spurs highlights on nba gametime tonight, when 90% of them involve Parker?

[angelbelow]

Five players in double figures - again. The balance we have is awesome. That's going to make it tough on any team to defend.

And we still have guys like Neal and JA who can light it up as well - really enjoying the offensive versatility and depth we have this year.

Btw no drunken rage from you tonight?

[ezau]

Seeing how well Bonner spread the floor tonight, I can forgive POP for not playing Splitter. Great win and this is definitely the toughest in this young season so far.

[ElNono]

manu 3 straight turn overs
fagot


damn ginobili you better fucking make it up and take over the 4th.

:lmao

[ElNono]

gg Orlando

[BanditHiro]

:lmao

love you manu.

[DAF86]

Please tell me somebody used the "Guy X shitting all over Spurstalk" line.

[DPG21920]

Ducks calling Manu that name is the icing on the cake.

I still wish someone out there would put Manu's head on the dog.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

gonna rewatch that 4th quarter...that shit was unreal :wakeup

[DPG21920]

Please tell me somebody used the "Guy X shitting all over Spurstalk" line.

I saw to it.

[AussieFanKurt]

Props to Bonner

[Nathan Explosion]

maybe just show it to wade

Definitely Bosh. Wade has the most hardware of the 3 (or most important at least) and is proven. Lebron is coming to a new team, but he's Lebron. We know what he can do.

Bosh needs to see this. Howard is a beast and Tim showed how to man up and still play. Howard will do his thing, but don't let him stop you from doing yours. I guarantee that Howard would eat Bosh for breakfast the way Bosh has been playing.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Such a great game

[GSH]

And we still have guys like Neal and JA who can light it up as well - really enjoying the offensive versatility and depth we have this year.

Btw no drunken rage from you tonight?


LOL... honestly, I didn't have a drop last game. I just thought people were acting like Chicken Little because we weren't blowing out Utah. And I really didn't start out talking about you - you just got the most upset about it.

This Spurs unit is legit. I never had a doubt they were going to finish off the Jazz. The Magic are a much better team. And, yeah, I wondered if we were going to be able to close it out against them. We had some great stops in the last few minutes. That was vintage Spurs.

Eventually we're going to lose another game. And mark my words, a bunch of people will act like the sky is falling, which is ridiculous. Once Tiago gets worked in, and Anderson gets back (hopefully) this team will make every other team in the league worry. Including the Lakers.

[DesignatedT]

Please tell me somebody used the "Guy X shitting all over Spurstalk" line.

It was used multiple times. :lol

[Nathan Explosion]

Definitely Bosh. Wade has the most hardware of the 3 (or most important at least) and is proven. Lebron is coming to a new team, but he's Lebron. We know what he can do.

Bosh needs to see this. Howard is a beast and Tim showed how to man up and still play. Howard will do his thing, but don't let him stop you from doing yours. I guarantee that Howard would eat Bosh for breakfast the way Bosh has been playing.

Of course, I type all of this, go to get my daughter dressed after her bath with MNF on in the background and hear that Wade goes 1-13 tonight. :lol

[Fundamental]

Of course, I type all of this, go to get my daughter dressed after her bath with MNF on in the background and hear that Wade goes 1-13 tonight. :lol

the power of overconfidence is strong in this one

[Fundamental]

81-1 book it :lol

:nope

can't say it hadn't crossed my mind... I'm only (Spurs fanatic) human

[timtonymanurich]

Great barometer of where the Spurs are, and maybe where the Magic are too. It kinda seems like Pop isn't sand baggin' in the first part of the season, then exploding into the playoffs. It seems like we're exploding now, and I hope we have a few more explosions left for the rest of the season.

Here's to hope :wine

[NASpurs]

First win of the year where the Spurs trailed after three quarters.

[EricB]

Solid win.

Still don't like seeing Manu Tony and Duncan getting huge minutes.

Hopefully against Minnesota, Duncan and Manu see extremely minimal minutes.

Need a stretch of games combined with days to rest Duncan and the knees.

[DPG21920]

Duncan was straight nasty tonight. I mean, this is the best I have seen him play defensively in a long while.

[DPG21920]

Tim only played 28 minutes, which I am fine with. But Manu playing 34 was a bit too high. But it was necessary to get the win. Spurs don't have a back up SF either, so no choice. Hill playing better would help.

[EricB]

Tim only played 28 minutes, which I am fine with. But Manu playing 34 was a bit too high. But it was necessary to get the win. Spurs don't have a back up SF either, so no choice. Hill playing better would help.


Only 28? Man seemed like more.

Damn ideal for this time of year. 18 against Cleveland now 28 tonight.


but agreed, Manu 34 is ridiculous. I like the results but worry about the long term effects.

[The Btown Spur]

I was lucky enough to attend the game, and what a game it was. The game was played with playoff intensity. There was a stretch where both teams traded threes which was very exciting. I agree Timmys D was very good, which led to a few fouls early. Definitely a good test of where we are, and all in all we passed. I hope Minny isnt a trap game

[Mugen]

Only 28? Man seemed like more.

Damn ideal for this time of year. 18 against Cleveland now 28 tonight.


but agreed, Manu 34 is ridiculous. I like the results but worry about the long term effects.

no choice when Neal is suckin balls out there

[duncan228]

Post-Game Video:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166657

Post-Game Quotes:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166656


Surging Spurs outlast Magic for 11th straight win (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010112224)
By Paul J. Weber

Running down how the San Antonio Spurs won their 11th game in a row, Manu Ginobili threw in a mention of Richard Jefferson’s 3-pointer in the fourth.

“Thank you, Manu,” Jefferson piped up from the next locker over.

The timing was perfect. Just the way everything is going for the NBA’s hottest team.

Tony Parker had 24 points and 10 assists, and the Spurs continued their best start in franchise history with a 106-97 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night, improving their NBA-best record to 12-1 while surviving their stiffest test yet.

“The first five, six games were not against great teams,” said Ginobili, who scored 25 points. “But now we’ve beat Utah, Phoenix and now Orlando at home, which is always a tough matchup for us.”

Beating Orlando was a validating win on this streak for the Spurs, none of whom were about to declare themselves the NBA’s best team afterward.

Orlando (9-4), meanwhile, missed a chance for a reassuring victory of its own.

Dwight Howard had 26 points and 18 rebounds, and afterward, pinned the loss on a pair of costly giveaways in the waning minutes. Trailing 97-95 with under two minutes left, Jammer Nelson lost the ball out of bounds.

A minute later, down by four, Nelson turned the ball over again when he inadvertently kicked the ball off his foot while falling to the floor. Officials initially ruled that the Spurs last touched the ball, but after reviewing the video, gave possession to San Antonio.

“Turnovers,” Howard said. “That’s what killed us.”

Nelson, who had 15 points on 7 of 14 shooting, took responsibility for the mistakes.

“I have to do a better job, especially with the ball in my hand,” Nelson said. “I have to do a better job getting us shots. They made some 3s. When you don’t get a shot up when I turn the ball over, it’s tough.”

Eleven games is the longest winning streak in nearly three years for the Spurs, who have taken a training-camp goal of a fast start far beyond what they had in mind.

The Spurs can thank their long-range shooting for keeping this streak going.

San Antonio made 12 of 19 from behind the 3-point line, including all five of its attempts in the fourth quarter. None were bigger than Ginobili’s step-back 3-pointer with 2:09 remaining, putting the Spurs ahead for good with 2:09 remaining.

After many lead changes, the Spurs didn’t let Orlando get ahead again.

“We wanted to give the fans their money’s worth,” said Spurs forward Matt Bonner, who made all four of his 3-point attempts and finished with 15 points.

Parker was 9 of 15 from the field and made both his 3-point attempts, including a crucial one with under four minutes left in the fourth quarter to put the Spurs briefly up by one.

“Matty’s been on fire. Richard hit a big one. Manu had been great all season long,” Parker sad. “We’ve been shooting the ball well. Ball movement has been good. Everyone’s taking good shots.”

Tim Duncan added 15 points and George Hill had 10 for the Spurs.

Rashard Lewis scored 14 points for the Magic and was 3 for 3 from behind the arc. J.J. Redick scored 11 points off the bench.

“I think these are statement games,” Lewis said. “It went down to the wire, but we weren’t able to pull it out. Sixteen turnovers against a good team won’t get the job done.”

Notes: Howard picked up his fifth technical foul of the season in the first quarter, protesting that officials should’ve tacked on a foul shot with a lay-in over Duncan. A player gets an automatic one-game suspension after 16 technical fouls. …The Spurs are 19-4 at home against Orlando.

[ace3g]

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[duncan228]

Notes on a scorecard: Why it’s sometimes nice to be lucky and good (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/22/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-its-sometimes-nice-to-be-lucky-and-good/)
Tim Griffin

...The Spurs are going to be a very tough team when Ginobili (25 points, nine assists) and Tony Parker (24 points, 10 assists) combine to have the kind of game they had Monday night. Both had strong offensive games, but their defense down the stretch was strong as well. Parker helped harrass Jameer Nelson into two late turnovers. And their offense was responsible for a late 10-0 run that put the game away.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/22/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-its-sometimes-nice-to-be-lucky-and-good/

[duncan228]

Fast and Furious: New-look Spurs demonstrate olds-school dominance (http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/11/23/10/Fast-and-Furious-new-look-Spurs-demonstr/landing.html?blockID=358898&feedID=3742)
By Mike Piellucci
FOXSportsSouthwest.com

For three quarters of Monday’s 106-97 win over the Orlando Magic, the San Antonio Spurs looked an awful lot like the 2009-10 edition.

The Big Three of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan led them in scoring and provided the vast majority of their offense. Richard Jefferson looked every bit the player that led NBA observers to label him washed up at 29. The unsung heroes of the Spurs resurgence – Matt Bonner, Gary Neal, and Tiago Splitter – were nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, their peanut butter-and-jelly style of play, predicated on isolations when they have ball and grinding out stops when they don’t, was in full effect. Like the length of John Stockton’s shorts, you could have substituted it in for any game in the Duncan era and it wouldn’t have looked an inch out of place.

Except for one little detail; heading into the fourth quarter, the mighty Spurs were losing.

Then the fun started and by game’s end, the new go-go Spurs had notched their eleventh straight win in their newly atypical style built around dizzying ball movement and long-range bombing. The league’s most consistent team of the past decade extended its franchise-best start to 12-1, and did it in a manner completely antithetical to how they built four title-winning teams.

How, and why, has this happened?

It starts with one unassailable truth: after years of being the ageless wonder, Duncan is finally running out of gas. At 34, the old warhorse is averaging career lows in points, rebounds, field goal percentage and minutes, with the latter dipping under the 30-minute mark for the first time in his career. As a result, while interior defense is still among the league’s elite, his erosion on offense and his worn-down body have forced him into a peripheral role in San Antonio’s game plan.

Case in point, Duncan has five single-digit point games in thirteen contests this year; last season, it took until March to reach that mark.

Like many great inventions, then, the Spurs' new look has been borne out of necessity as much as anything.

The offense now fully runs through Parker, who amidst personal turmoil is enjoying arguably the finest season of his career, averaging 19.1 points per game on 54 percent shooting as well as dishing out a career-high 7.7 assists per game. Granted, he put up equally gaudy numbers in 2008-09, the first season Duncan began the gradual process of passing the baton to the flashy point guard, but the 28-year-old has been given liberty to influence the team’s style of play with his fast, frenetic game rather trying to weave his magic within the more structured attack that ran through Duncan.

And influence he has. Heading into Monday, San Antonio’s mark of 107.8 points per game ranks second in the league and a full half-dozen points more than last year’s mark of 101.4. No one has benefited more than the newly resurrected Jefferson, who averages 16.3 points per game to place third on the team in scoring, primarily due to his timely cuts to the rim being rewarded by savvier, and more frequent, distribution.

Meanwhile, the three-pointer, previously a supplementary weapon in the Spurs’ arsenal, now takes center stage. The Spurs are fourth in three-point attempts with 8.7 per game and rank second three-point shooting percentage at 43 percent; by comparison, no Spurs team in the past decade has ranked higher than sixth in attempts.

Certainly, the bulk of the credit goes to Bonner, who leads the league in three-point field goal percentage, but Neal has proven to be yet another find unearthed by the Spurs' front office. Between the two, as well as the typically proficient Ginobili, San Antonio has shored up the weakness that was their primary downfall in the five-game drubbing by Phoenix in the second round of last season’s playoffs.

Monday’s fourth quarter proved to be a microcosm of how that reconfigured style has devastated opponents in the campaign’s early going.

Trailing 77-74 entering the period, Ginobili sparked a 7-2 run that put the Spurs back on top with a slashing layup before assisting on the next two Spurs buckets. This is the type of run that has characterized San Antonio in the early going: quick, efficient and more likely to result in a net gain of six points than 16, but also much easier to replicate several times throughout a game.

Sure enough, they used a similar spurt to ice the ball game. After Bonner, Jefferson and Parker combined to the next 16 Spurs points, 12 of which come on three pointers, Parker set up a cutting Duncan for the go-ahead layup that doubled as the first points of a 7-0, two-minute long run that put the game out of reach for Orlando, and an 11-3 streak to end the game.

Given that the Magic led 95-94 as late as 2 minutes, 30 seconds remaining in the game, the final run was nothing short of dominant and, after an early part of the schedule that raised questions about whether the aging Spurs core could still hang with the NBA’s elite, should serve notice that the hot start is far from a mirage.

Ultimately, Monday’s win was a paradox for Spurs fans. It didn’t look like a traditional Spurs game, nor did it feel like one. But the result, and the Spurs’ perch atop the Western Conference, is all too familiar.

Whatever the case, their identity has changed. If they plan on adding to their gaudy win total, they'll have to keep it that way.

http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/11/23/10/Fast-and-Furious-new-look-Spurs-demonstr/landing.html?blockID=358898&feedID=3742

[angelbelow]

LOL... honestly, I didn't have a drop last game. I just thought people were acting like Chicken Little because we weren't blowing out Utah. And I really didn't start out talking about you - you just got the most upset about it.

This Spurs unit is legit. I never had a doubt they were going to finish off the Jazz. The Magic are a much better team. And, yeah, I wondered if we were going to be able to close it out against them. We had some great stops in the last few minutes. That was vintage Spurs.

Eventually we're going to lose another game. And mark my words, a bunch of people will act like the sky is falling, which is ridiculous. Once Tiago gets worked in, and Anderson gets back (hopefully) this team will make every other team in the league worry. Including the Lakers.

haha, i wasnt angry, if you actually read my comments you'll realize i was just really curious cause it seemed like you were talking to yourself.

We really couldn't be happier with our current record. With the clippers victory (pretty exciting game too) we now own the best record in the league. I think most of the fan base hoped that we remain under the radar and possibly catch some teams on trap games but now it doesnt matter.

I think as long as we play with our current amount of energy and intensity we'll continue to be in great shape. :toast

[Bukefal]

Wow Bonner, Manu and TP 24 pts 10 assists!!! :clap

:flag::flag:

[duncan228]

Baseline to Baseline recaps: Where the Spurs are legit (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/23/baseline-to-baseline-recaps-where-the-spurs-are-legit/)
Kurt Helin

What you missed while freaking out that there are flying snakes (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40325717/ns/technology_and_science-science/)…

The Clippers with the upset of the Hornets is our Game of the Night (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/23/game-of-the-night-clippers-keep-paul-in-check-stun-hornets/)…

Spurs 106, Magic 97 (http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gamecode=2010112224&home=24&vis=19&final=true): The Spurs are legit. Not sure they can beat the Lakers in the playoffs, but if that’s the standard then no other team in the NBA may be legit. But the Spurs — if they can stay healthy — look like the one team in the West that can push LA. San Antonio racked up an 11-1 record against one of the softer schedules in the league, but they came into Orlando and knocked of the Magic and looked good doing it.

The Spurs got fantastic guard play — Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili combined for 49 points on 53 percent shooting, 5-9 from three and they had 19 assists. It was a counter to the Magic, who early on tried to establish Dwight Howard inside — and if you think he has one move you need to watch him again. He has developed some shots. He’s not Hakeem, but there are some different shots and he used them on Tim Duncan. Howard finished with 26 points and 18 boards.

But in crunch time the Spurs were making the plays. —Parker, Ginobili and Richard Jefferson all had key late threes. And just before that, Matt Bonner hit a shot from roughly El Paso. Then at the games key moment Ginobili shocked the world by going to his right got the and one. Meanwhile the Magic were turning it over. The Spurs are back, baby.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/23/baseline-to-baseline-recaps-where-the-spurs-are-legit/

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haha, i wasnt angry, if you actually read my comments you'll realize i was just really curious cause it seemed like you were talking to yourself.

We really couldn't be happier with our current record. With the clippers victory (pretty exciting game too) we now own the best record in the league. I think most of the fan base hoped that we remain under the radar and possibly catch some teams on trap games but now it doesnt matter.

I think as long as we play with our current amount of energy and intensity we'll continue to be in great shape. :toast

ESPN may not notice, but all the other NBA teams certainly did. It'll be really interesting to see how the Spurs play now that they're getting everyone's best shot each game. I imagine the Spurs got Orlando's.

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"they came into Orlando and knocked of the Magic and looked good doing it."

[Solid D]

"they came into Orlando and knocked of the Magic and looked good doing it."

Yeah, Mr. Kurt Helin must have been reading the Box Score and Play-by-Play instead of witnessing it first hand.

[Solid D]

How many people noticed that Manu actually went to his RIGHT on that last drive? He shot left-handed...but he didn't weave back to his left.

[Manu20]

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Big Game From Spurs Backcourt

From Elias: Tony Parker had 24 points and 10 assists and Manu Ginobili had 25 points and nine assists for the Spurs on Monday. Over the last 15 years there has been only one other non-overtime game in which a team's starting backcourt each had at least 24 points and nine assists. Robert Pack and Michael Finley did it for the Mavericks against the Suns in 1999.
about 9 hours ago | Elias Sports Bureau

Can you say best back court in the NBA :wow

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San Antonio Spurs 106, Orlando Magic 97: the Popovich plan (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER — Suffocating defense in the last five minutes? Check. Timely 3-pointers? Check. Sprinkle in a little Manu Ginobili in at the end for good measure and this victory over the Orlando Magic looks oddly familiar yet so, so, different.

Several years ago, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich started transitioning the team, making contingency plans for Tim Duncan’s eventual decline. Gone were the days of playing 4-on-5, or 3-0n-5 on offense for the sake of keeping an extra defensive player or two on the court.

Perhaps knowing that at some point Duncan would no longer be able to compensate for their offensive deficiencies for 35+ minutes a night throughout the season, and eventually that lack of offense would put too much pressure on the defense, Popovich started making changes.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-106-orlando-magic-97-the-popovich-plan#more-11349)