Game Blog: Mavs @ Spurs - Nov. 26

[slick'81]

wtf call was that

[jimo2305]

wasted foul..

[jestersmash]

I've said it before I'll say it again, I fear every time Dirk shoots the ball. I don't feel the same about other superstars in the league like Kobe, Durant, etc.

[falconqb1234]

ahahahhahahahahaha gh3 tippy toe

[100%duncan]

G hill!!!!!! Best play of the night!

[NASpurs]

OMG what a play by HILL!!!!!!!

[CFH]

Hill!

[slick'81]

sic play by hill

[falconqb1234]

then turrible transition d

[lefty]

Yes !!!













Fuck !!!!

[L.I.T]

Get back on defense

[ace3g]

its not the defense its just dirk can't miss but maybe Splitter's length maybe able to disrupt the shot somewhat

No, like the previous game haven't been able to watch the game, so I was wondering if he guarded him at all tonight and if so how did he look.

[slick'81]

lol marion is a ritard

[100%duncan]

fuck did not notice marion. c'mon

[BanditHiro]

szfjkljflfsd;fjsjd;

fucking marion

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Dear George Hill,


Please play like you are tonight every game. Thank you.


NICE SHOT BY HILL!

[jimo2305]

lol hill carried.. :-\

[Osnofa]

noooooooooo.

[carina_gino20]

IUPUI! And F Marion

[NASpurs]

TP sucking a big fat one

[100%duncan]

what the hell tony

[falconqb1234]

tony should have taken the first shot

[Danny.Zhu]

Hill 19 points.

[CFH]

Bad possession

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Ouch, that's a tough clock violation there. C'mon Spurs

[BanditHiro]

dammit marion killed us

[100%duncan]

damn it

[lefty]

Fuck TP ballhog

[slick'81]

god dammit

[Cherry]

just shot Tony

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Auggggh

[Texas_Ranger]

Parker sucks tonight

[falconqb1234]

damn turnovers. take the layup

[100%duncan]

meltdown

[CFH]

Wow :lol

[lefty]

Bring Bonner back in !!!!

[100%duncan]

I hate parker. Worst game of the season for him

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

C'mon Tony, sink these 2 and we're back to a 1 point game.

[falconqb1234]

foul. dont complain marion

[lefty]

http://i43.tinypic.com/2q01uh4.gif

[Danny.Zhu]

RJ sucks tonight.

[slick'81]

haha manu get an elbow in marions ugly mug

[jimo2305]

shiiiiitt..

[100%duncan]

shit

[BanditHiro]

meltdown

marion having a career day this is darkoesque

[falconqb1234]

good d on timmy

[CFH]

Not the time to miss shots

[100%duncan]

ughh

[falconqb1234]

gotta move faster on d

[Capt Bringdown]

Remarkable sucky consistency against the Mavs over the years. I still don't know how we beat them last year.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Fuck this game.

[Chomag]

Why the Hell is pop going small ball right now!!!

[BanditHiro]

game over we can't make shots anymore

[falconqb1234]

melting down.

[NASpurs]

Fucking turnovers turnovers turnovers

[slick'81]

meltdown

[siraulo23]

why small ball

[100%duncan]

Ok. we lose?

[CFH]

These goddamn turnovers...

[Death In June]

More TOs...

[L.I.T]

Ouch. Spurs killing themselves right now.

[boutons_deux]

Ball thru Tim's legs, that's game. Spurs -5.

[Refocus]

fuck how about we just shoot instead of turning it over :|

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

no one can handle the ball tonight..

[Osnofa]

...fuck this. We have no chance.

[Spurologist]

:pctoss

[Cessation]

spurs hesitating to much in this game

[loveforthegame]

Of all the teams to lose to. Shit.

[100%duncan]

Game over

[Warlord23]

Playing smallball when our guards are turning it over, and Parker sucking in general = bad idea

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Looks like Utah is winning right now.....kill the Lakers.

[BlairForceDejuan]

Spurs have no in-between game.

It's either 3 point shot or picknroll drive.

[NASpurs]

Game's not over. Fuck this shit.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yuk. Here comes our 2nd loss.

[Danny.Zhu]

And the streak ends...

[bluebellmaniac]

18 TOs resulting in 23 pts for Dallas.... no bueno...

[Death In June]

why small ballSmall ball is the answer to all basketball problems.

[ShoogarBear]

Parker and Jefferson picked a bad time for their worst games of the year.

[boutons_deux]

Mavs' defense is a big part of the Spurs' problems.

[Nathan89]

:depressedwe lose. Here comes "lol spurs" threads.

[Spurs Brazil]

TOs KILLING

Where's Tony and RJ????

[Texas_Ranger]

Small ball... that's what fucked the game Pop

[BanditHiro]

damn chandler and marion absolutely killed us. the refs called to many ticky tacks fouls for chandler...it was going to end someday but not against the mavs we are going to get trolled so bad after wards and they are going to think they are some kind of streak killers

[Horse]

What's up with Timmy's hands Fuck!

[100%duncan]

I cant believe this

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Of all the teams to lose to. Shit.
Yeah not too happy either.

[itzsoweezee]

gotta stop going to tim. he cannot get you a basket with the game on the line anymore. i thought the spurs had figured this out.

[Hemotivo]

Small ball... that's what fucked the game Pop

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fuck Dallas

[loveforthegame]

2 losses to divisional rivals. Nice.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Still plenty of time. Keep fighting hard Spurs!

[Mav-elous Man]

Active hands by Mavs helping to disturb passing lanes and angles. Maves play VERY well in 4th qtrs on defens. Maybe the best in the league. But if you have watched this rivalry long enough, you know this game is FAR from over.

[100%duncan]

we cant shoot

[slick'81]

needing a stop here is an understatement

[jimo2305]

why the 3 on a fast break?

[CFH]

Agh!

[Fireball]

What's up with Timmy's hands Fuck!

this was bad pass ... in between a normal and a bounce pass

[Death In June]

More bonner, cause that's what this fucking game needs.

[BanditHiro]

we just can't make shots

[lefty]

Hill too late for a pass


FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[L.I.T]

Dirk just ended the game.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Some defense by Bonner. Fuck him.

[100%duncan]

It;s over dirk cant miss

[slick'81]

Dirker dirker

[CFH]

Dirk just can't miss

[Sean Cagney]

Anyone could see this fukkin shyt about to happen, who else would beat us? F IN BULLSHYT.

[Horse]

Why force the fucking 3?

[siraulo23]

dagger from dirk

[Texas_Ranger]

Why 3???????????

[KapitanTutan]

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/images/stories/LAND/LAND_new/nuclear_bomb.jpg

[BanditHiro]

Some defense by Bonner. Fuck him.

dirk can't miss there is no defense for that

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

C'mon spurs fight fight fight

[MavFan6488]

Spurs just got DIRKED

[Obstructed_View]

I remember when we were afraid to put Duncan on Dirk because he'd score 60 points a game and Duncan would foul out in ten minutes. Now we've got Bonner covering him one on one with under two minutes to go. :bang

[NASpurs]

Ok game over

[slick'81]

game

[100%duncan]

ok. GAME OVER

[BlairForceDejuan]

fukin gusher head terry

[Capt Bringdown]

Throw back night. Spurs look exactly like last year's team, including the Udoka sighting.

[CFH]

That's game...

[boutons_deux]

Lose the streak at home and to the Mavs.

[Pauleta14]

I'd rather have lost against the wolves and bounce bck tonight...

What an awfull game...

[BanditHiro]

lol spurs time

[Horse]

And one are you fucking kidding me?

[loveforthegame]

Good thing we have Splitter warming the bench.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Parker and Jefferson picked a bad time for their worst games of the year.

Yep.

And now Pop is going with Bonner on Dirk in crunch time... really Pop? REALLY? :pctoss

[carina_gino20]

Damn the Mavs. :lol

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

dirk can't miss there is no defense for that
Now that I think about it, your right. Dirk can be sooo frustrating sometimes.

[Refocus]

Time for a miracle.

[Spurologist]

:pctoss :pctoss

[Chomag]

Pop threw this game away with that small ball line up.

[Hemotivo]

where's splitter?

[arodz]

Hate to say it, but Timmy is the reason we lost this game.

[100%duncan]

we lose.

[LeCrab]

Forcing the ball to duncan = turnovers

[L.I.T]

Have to give props to the Mavs. The defense is much improved over last year

[024]

i blame amuseddaysleeper.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony with a F---------------------------- game, pathetic

[BanditHiro]

Hate to say it, but Timmy is the reason we lost this game.

no he's not and you are fucking stupid if you think so...

[Mav-elous Man]

Dumb foul by Marion on Ginobli. Nice and 1 by JET. Looking good for Mavs right now!!!

[Hemotivo]

wtf tony, why foul

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Why is Popobitch playing Bonner at this time of the game?

[Chomag]

Yep.

And now Pop is going with Bonner on Dirk in crunch time... really Pop? REALLY? :pctoss

Just trying to give us aplayoff pre-view

[falconqb1234]

tp with 0 steals 4 to. terrible game

[BlairForceDejuan]

Spurs have shitty defensive rotations.

Too much reliance on the 3-ball and guard drives. They didn't spread the floor and pass enough tonight.

[carina_gino20]

I'd rather have lost against the wolves and bounce bck tonight...

What an awfull game...

A dilemma. Do you want to lose a game you were supposed to win, or a 50-50 game to your greatest rival? :depressed

[itzsoweezee]

Throw back night. Spurs look exactly like last year's team, including the Udoka sighting.

totally. parker and jefferson playing like shit. bonner getting starter minutes and playing like the opposing team's best player. it's lke the spurs have regressed completely.

[Texas_Ranger]

11 assists?? Wow, that sucks.

Jefferson and Parker with a lot of shit tonight.

Well, fuck. :P

[Spurologist]

http://i.imgur.com/qkDqh.gif

[ace3g]

fuck chandler, thinking he is all bad ass after that foul from Manu

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oh well, can't win em all. Disappointing loss though.

[100%duncan]

damn this game. fuck tony fuck rj and cant believe im saying this F tim

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

There goes the 12 game winning streak. Need to bounce back against Hornets.

[sribb43]

Really was hoping to see the Cardinal/Bonner matchup tonight

[Death In June]

Fuck you pop.

[Horse]

We were in position Duncan usually has great hands we're not gonna win then all fuck it we still have the best record in the nba and can get revenge on n.o. sun.

[Chomag]

spurs gotta find ways to win when a team takes everything away from you with D. This is what happnes in the playoffs. You cant just live on hot shooting

[Warlord23]

Jefferson has come crashing back to earth

[DBMethos]

Just in case he had tricked anyone into thinking otherwise, this is the Bonner that will show up for the playoffs...again.

[Spurologist]

I hate losing to the mavs.....mainly because they are assholes. Cuban can jerk off tonight...FUCK EM

[CFH]

Just have to bounce back on Sunday

[Texas_Ranger]

Hate to say it, but Timmy is the reason we lost this game.

Did you see Bonner, Jefferson or Parker????

[blkroadrunners]

Fuckin Bonner, he had that.

[L.I.T]

TP and Jefferson had horrible games. Bonner went into playoff mode.

[itzsoweezee]

dive for the ball you fucking worthless Boner.

[Borosai]

I don't remember game threads being full of so many challenged, repetitive, spastic whiners.

[ace3g]

anyone? Did Splitter guard dirk tonight, if so, how did he do (didn't see anything but 9 min mark of the 4th quarter)

[Capt Bringdown]

Hate to say it, but Timmy is the reason we lost this game.

Nope, save for Manu, it was another 360 degree shitty performance against the Mavs. Tons of blame to go around.

[KapitanTutan]

:pctoss

i can imagine someone literally doing that right now

[jimo2305]

welp! lookin forward to beatin' the hornets

[jag]

Really was hoping to see the Cardinal/Bonner matchup tonight

[Texas_Ranger]

Next time leave Bukefal's game thread¨!!!!!!!!

[blkroadrunners]

anyone? Did Splitter guard dirk tonight, if so, how did he do (didn't see anything but 9 min mark of the 4th quarter)

He didn't really guard him. They just put Dice or Bonner on Dirk if he was on the court.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dice has to be the option late in the game. He destroyed Dirk in last year's playoffs. Has Pop forgotten that?

[blkroadrunners]

Next time leave Bukefal's game thread¨!!!!!!!!

:tu

[100%duncan]

omg. bad lost. in the home. against the mavs. and the end of our winning streak. were doomed

[Horse]

It sucks to lose especially to the mavs, but c'mon people we just won the last 12 straight!

[carina_gino20]

Would've been nice to pull ahead of the Lakers. NO better lose tonight.

[Chomag]

I don't remember game threads being full of so many challenged, repetitive, spastic whiners.

This is a game blog bro. It's expected when people are passionate about the game

[arodz]

Did you see Bonner, Jefferson or Parker????

I don't expect shit out of Bonner anyway. But the bottom line is Timmy had three turnovers and missed his only shot in crunch time.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Jefferson has come crashing back to earth

Yeah, his hot start has cooled considerably. Maybe I should retract my apology? :lmao

[RoddyBukkake]

good game guys we would've lost if Dirk didnt go 12-14

[Russ]

It'd be nice to see more Splitter against the Mavs. At some point they have to see how he plays against potential playoff matchups.

[Chomag]

Agree with Y'all. Of all the games to lose it had to be against the fucking mavs

[Warlord23]

So Duncan leads the team in FG%, rebounds, assists, blocks and he's the reason we lost? Bonner stinking up the joint on both ends of the floor, Jefferson completely disappearing, and Parker sucking on all fronts is just incidental, eh?

[Fundamental]

on the bright side... we have some more tape of the Spurs losing this year to watch and study and improve on

[Mav-elous Man]

So far the Mavs have ended two 5-game win streaks (Boston, OKC), an 8-game win streak (NOH), and now a 12-game win streak (SAS). Good job fellas. Mavs defense comes through in the 4th qtr again. Good game Spurs. Another good battle.

[Spurs Brazil]

Props to Manu and Hill

Tony and RJ were pathetic

Pop was stupid playing Bonner and Dice after Tiago good run in the 2nd quarter

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I don't remember game threads being full of so many challenged, repetitive, spastic whiners.

You haven't seen many game threads then... :lmao

[TDMVPDPOY]

gary neal fkn how many turnovers did he had, this clown should not be anywhere on the court in 3-4 quarters

[Shank]

I'd wager the next matchup looks nothing like this one. Lots of weird, little things that didn't seem common for either team.

[jag]

Mahinmi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[L.I.T]

When a team has 17 TOs and 14 assists, they will lose the game. And that's a credit to the Mavs defense.

[sribb43]

Spurs cannot allow Chandler to beast like that

[spurs1990]

So Duncan leads the team in FG%, rebounds, assists, blocks and he's the reason we lost? Bonner stinking up the joint on both ends of the floor, Jefferson completely disappearing, and Parker sucking on all fronts is just incidental, eh?

How many touches did Tim get down the stretch?

One, and he bricked an ugly turn-around.

Tim is a role player on offense.

[100%duncan]

depressed right now

[Spurs Brazil]

So far the Mavs have ended two 5-game win streaks (Boston, OKC), an 8-game win streak (NOH), and now a 12-game win streak (SAS). Good job fellas. Mavs defense comes through in the 4th qtr again. Good game Spurs. Another good battle.

Dallas D is very good this season

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

When a team has 17 TOs and 14 assists, they will lose the game.

This.

And let's not be too hard on Tony - this is his first poor game of the year. He has been ELITE except for tonight, no other word for it.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

No worrys. I'd rather have them win 12 and lose 1 than lose 11 and win 1.

Looking at the upcoming schedule, they're facing the Hornets at New Orleans, then they'll play Golden State 2 times, and the Wolves, and the Hornets at Spurs, and the Hawks at San Antonio. (That isn't in order) I'm thinking Spurs can win 6 out of 7 of those games, but they've got to prove themself's at Hornets on Sunday.

[Refocus]

Can't win 'em all. Onto the next one.

[HornetLoveJones]

Dirk 12-14 FG wtf? lemme guess. Bonner with that 1 on 1 D?

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

When a team has 17 TOs and 14 assists, they will lose the game. And that's a credit to the Mavs defense.
Yes, that's unacceptable for a team like the Spurs. Gotta bounce back against NOH.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Can't win 'em all. Onto the next one.
Agreed.

[jag]

It's hard to be upset with this loss after that kind of win streak.

Pop needs to work with this team on ball movement against the zone. The Spurs have always had trouble when the Mavs switch to zone. Manu and Hill play well against it because they can shoot the 3 and drive the lane. The rest of the Spurs need to figure it out.

[carina_gino20]

Pop's weird rotations didn't help either.

[Warlord23]

How many touches did Tim get down the stretch?

One, and he bricked an ugly turn-around.

Tim is a role player on offense.

We didn't lose this game in the last 2 minutes, we lost it because we kept turning it over and giving the Mavs easy fastbreak points. Yes, Tim is taking a backseat this season, but the guy who's supposed to be an MVP contender (Parker) sucked ass all night. Jefferson was MIA, and Bonner was set up for failure by Pop again.

[siraulo23]

at least the streak didnt end against the wolves

[arodz]

So Duncan leads the team in FG%, rebounds, assists, blocks and he's the reason we lost? Bonner stinking up the joint on both ends of the floor, Jefferson completely disappearing, and Parker sucking on all fronts is just incidental, eh?

First off, Timmy and Manu both had the same number of assists (4). And since he's the only seven footer on the team, he should lead them in rebounds. My point is, when it's nut cutting time, Timmy didn't come through. And I think we all expect more from Timmy than Jefferson or Bonner.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

at least the streak didn't end against the wolves

Honestly, I'd rather it end against the Wolves then the Mavs.

[Mugen]

Regular season vengeance! Argghhhhh

[Borosai]

Here's some insider info: Dirk is really tall, and shoots fadeaways like it's nothing. Nobody's going to block his shot.

[Bender]

the whole team sucked, except for manu & hill.

btw, what was Neal's 2nd TO for? the first one was a DD, and then a little later he got called again for something out on the arc...

[diego]

what was with pop's wacky rotation today?

[Warlord23]

First off, Timmy and Manu both had the same number of assists (4). And since he's the only seven footer on the team, he should lead them in rebounds. My point is, when it's nut cutting time, Timmy didn't come through. And I think we all expect more from Timmy than Jefferson or Bonner.

Have you been under a rock all season? This isn't 2003. Tim is the #3 option on offense. He got 1 shot down the stretch and missed it. You think that was the key play in the game? You don't think the Spurs having 13 assists to 17 TO had more to do with this loss?

[Sean Cagney]

Dirk 12-14 FG wtf? lemme guess. Bonner with that 1 on 1 D?

Dirk did that in game one last year as well in the playoffs, he missed two f in shots.

[Spurs Brazil]

the whole team sucked, except for manu & hill.

btw, what was Neal's 2nd TO for? the first one was a DD, and then a little later he got called again for something out on the arc...

travel with Marion guarding him

[Mav-elous Man]

I don't remember game threads being full of so many challenged, repetitive, spastic whiners.

Cuz you guys have been on a win streak. typical Spurs fan to whine when they don't get what they want.

[jag]

Cuz you guys have been on a win streak. typical Spurs fan to whine when they don't get what they want.

So only spurs fans whine when their team loses?

[spurs1990]

We didn't lose this game in the last 2 minutes, we lost it because we kept turning it over and giving the Mavs easy fastbreak points. Yes, Tim is taking a backseat this season, but the guy who's supposed to be an MVP contender (Parker) sucked ass all night. Jefferson was MIA, and Bonner was set up for failure by Pop again.

I beg to differ. The score was 91-88 with about 3 min left when Tim took his only shot of the entire 4th quarter! I mean that's not taking a backseat, this guy is not even in the discussion offensively anymore. He is supposed to be Ben Wallace. He can't score on Ian Mahimi? really?

Why be concerned with the previous 45 minutes when the Spurs could have still won the game in the last 3. Instead they basically decided to let Manu take the keys, which he proceeded to drive us into a ditch.

Outside of that, Dallas is ridiculously stacked, and we'll have our hand full beating them in the remaining 3 games this year.

[arodz]

We didn't lose this game in the last 2 minutes, we lost it because we kept turning it over and giving the Mavs easy fastbreak points. Yes, Tim is taking a backseat this season, but the guy who's supposed to be an MVP contender (Parker) sucked ass all night. Jefferson was MIA, and Bonner was set up for failure by Pop again.


Yes, the game was lost in the last minutes because the game was tied with 4:41 left. And the Mavs were scoring in the half court down the stretch. Yeah, I know Tim's taking a back seat, but damn it, why does he have fucking butter fingers every time he get's the ball down low. I'm not hating on Timmy, cause I don't expect him to win the game for us. Just give it away.

Any yes, Jefferson reverted back to being Dick Jefferson and Tony wasn't agressive enough.

[Mugen]

I beg to differ. The score was 91-88 with about 3 min left when Tim took his only shot of the entire 4th quarter! I mean that's not taking a backseat, this guy is not even in the discussion offensively anymore. He is supposed to be Ben Wallace. He can't score on Ian Mahimi? really?

Why be concerned with the previous 45 minutes when the Spurs could have still won the game in the last 3. Instead they basically decided to let Manu take the keys, which he proceeded to drive us into a ditch.

Outside of that, Dallas is ridiculously stacked, and we'll have our hand full beating them in the remaining 3 games this year.

:rollin

[HankChinaski]

Dallas D looks improved from last season.

Spurs played a different type of ball game that they've been playing all season.

Too many players trying to dish out a pass as they're up in the air. Poor passing decisions majority of the time. Other times recipient just wasn't looking for the ball or took their eyes off to trying and deliver something quick and drop the ball.

Hill showed improvement from previous games.

Bonner despite being off on his shot tonight looked really aggressive out on the floor was fighting out their with the minutes he had. Partly why I think Pop stuck with him.

Overall the first half blunders really ruined the spurs chances on having a comforting lead going into the half.

If there was a game to lose like this with poor bball decisions, it's going to be against the mavs. Dirk just wouldn't miss tonight. I'm surprised at how much Chandler improved his free throw shooting...well haven't watched previous games but he was delivering on the line tonight. Jumpers were not falling for our spurs tonight from key players.

I liked Neal's hustle D on Terry. Really swarmed him the majority of the time.

Dice has had two back to back terrible games. Not sure what his deal is, but he just looks a step off or tired/lazy.

Tiago had some good minutes, would have liked to see him tossed in place of dice.

Blair was playing well, just undersized in his match up to play dirk. When Dirk placed his back to Blair via post blair seemed to really be able to aggressively manage against him then. Sucks that he got pulled out the rest of the game, he did a decent job and really didn't make any big defensive mistakes.


Overall, With only our 2 lose of the season. I'm sure the coach staff is going to show a lot of film on the miscues from our boys in silver and black.

[Venti Quattro]

Duncan had pretty stupid turnovers in the fourth. I recall one pass that he wasn't able to catch and one that he fumbled.

[Obstructed_View]

Dejuan Blair makes a few really good plays on Dirk in a row, and is immediately subbed for Bonner, and neither he nor Splitter make another appearance.

BTW, I move that we should referring to any three guard lineup featuring Bonner as a three guard lineup, and call it what it is: a four guard lineup. When Bonner can't use his size against Shawn Marion, he's not a big.

On the bright side, Pop had Blair in as a small forward...for six tenths of a second.

[arodz]

Instead they basically decided to let Manu take the keys, which he proceeded to drive us into a ditch.

Outside of that, Dallas is ridiculously stacked, and we'll have our hand full beating them in the remaining 3 games this year.


Ok let's not get stupid now. Manu has had "The Keys" all season and it's lead us to 12-1. So back the fuck off on that.

And as far that he Mavs: This is a division rival. The Mavs are rediculously stacked? Isn't that said about the Mavs every year? It's one game. It was close and I don't fear this team anymore than any other year.

[Warlord23]

The only reason the score was tied with 4:41 to go was the Mavs missing a dozen or so FTs, while the Spurs somehow shot 93% from the line. Without that, the Mavs would have been leading comfortably throughout. This type of game will get us beaten 99 times out of 100 against elite teams, whether or not Tim misses his only shot attempt late in the game.

[L.I.T]

This.

And let's not be too hard on Tony - this is his first poor game of the year. He has been ELITE except for tonight, no other word for it.

Yeah, I agree. I think the Mavs did a great job throwing some different looks at the Spurs to disrupt their offense. And Marion did a pretty good job on Manu in the 2nd half. But, the Spurs flaws on offense on fixable.

One area where I wish the Spurs had tried to exploit more was the man-to-man defense of the Mavs bigs, specially when Splitter was in. Splitter in his 8 minutes did a great job finding open areas and getting good position, would have liked to have seen him play more minutes.

I know Pop threw Bonner in to try and break the zone, but none of his shots looked good at all. Bonner (expected) and Dice did not to an acceptabl job rebounding the ball.

[Texas_Ranger]

:lol @ it's Tim's fault we lost.

And it's 1 loss. Who really cares. Are some of you really so mad about it??

[Mav-elous Man]

I hope the Spurs kick the crap out of the Hornets.

[Mugen]

btw, props to the Mavs. Much improved defensively and Dirk still plays the Spurs like its Games 1-2 of the 2006 finals.

Should be a pretty dangerous team once they get Beaubois back.

[spurs1990]

Ok let's not get stupid now. Manu has had "The Keys" all season and it's lead us to 12-1. So back the fuck off on that.

And as far that he Mavs: This is a division rival. The Mavs are rediculously stacked? Isn't that said about the Mavs every year? It's one game. It was close and I don't fear this team anymore than any other year.

I'm not hating on Manu - just stating facts on his play in the last 3. I'm not expecting him to bail our asses out every game.

And to the poster who's wondering why I'm all worked up about this loss. It's the Mavericks. Cuban. Notwitiski. Terry. They came into SBC and ended our 12 game streak. Doubled our loss total for the season. I mean if that doesn't annoy you, no loss can.

Fuck it. Let's start another 12 game streak.

[pjjrfan]

tony and RJ mailed it in and Neal lost it after that double dribble turnover. Tim had his moments but he missed a lot of easy shots. And couldn't handle the ball the whole game.And Manu ran out of gas.

[EricB]

Sloppy play Parker and Jefferson not showing up lost this game. That simple..

[Simple Jack]

Mavs and Spurs are 2 and 3 in the West no order yet.

You guys have to admit, Dirk is still a top 5 player today and the best PF. And you guys can't really bitch on him. He doesn't do anything bad at all, he just plays the game.

Once Beaubois gets back, we will be contenders for the WCF.

I still have alot of respect for SA and think Duncan and Ginobili are both top 20 players in the game.

[ducks]

tp sucked tonight
tp has one bad game out of 15
that ratio is really good

and this is the first game he faced the zone more and the early fouls did not help him either

[The Truth #6]

Question: do people think RJ sucked tonight or do people think the other players didn't get him the ball enough tonight?

Sean suggested the latter, though obviously both issues could coincide.

[ohmwrecker]

BTW, I move that we should referring to any three guard lineup featuring Bonner as a three guard lineup, and call it what it is: a four guard lineup. When Bonner can't use his size against Shawn Marion, he's not a big.

It's like having a 6'10" Steve Kerr on the team. If he wasn't such a gigantic doofus, everyone would love him. His only make was, quite possibly the ugliest shot I've ever seen go in.

[JustinJDW]

Crazy that Tyson Chandler has 19 points but he only scored 3 field goals. That's just crazy.

But yeah, I'm not going crazy over this lose. We all know we were going to lose eventually. That's just basketball. We're not going to win them all. And to be honest, I'm glad that we lost against a good team. Better to have the Mavs end our streak then the Wolves. Because lets be honest, Spurs aren't going to learn shit from loosing to the Wolves. But when you loose against an elite team, you learn and study from it.

On that note, Pop needs to set a solid rotation and start using that. Stop switching minutes around, and play Tiago for once. But I can't wait for Anderson to come back. His size and 3-point shooting just makes our team better. Playing Neal at SF doesn't help at all. There were a couple of floaters that Marion got over Neal that Neal just had not shot of contesting.

But yeah, I'm not doing any type of BS full anaylsis right now, cause I gotta take a shit, lol. Spurs will bounce back better against the Hornets, and hopefully we can get a big win on the road. They should still be mad about the Hornets giving us the first loss of the Season, just like how you can tell the Mavs were still mad about the Playoffs last year, and came back with loads of energy. Anyway, Go Spurs Go.

But when the hell is Anderson coming back? December?

[duncan228]

Notes on a scorecard: Why a Spurs shooting slump was inevitable (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/26/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-a-shooting-slump-was-inevitable/)
Tim Griffin

...Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle praised Ginobili as playing as well as any big guard in the league this season. That praise was understandable after watching him slice through the Mavericks for 16 points in the first quarter en route to a game-high 31. But the tenor of the game changed when Ginobili went to the locker room with a bloody nose late in the third quarter. He returned to score nine points, but missed a couple of 3-pointers that could have brought San Antoino back into the game.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2010/11/26/notes-on-a-scorecard-why-a-shooting-slump-was-inevitable/

[duncan228]

More post-game quotes here:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166975

Post-Game Video:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166970


Unlucky 13: Mavs halt Spurs’ win streak at 12 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010112624)
By Paul J. Weber

The San Antonio Spurs were going to lose eventually.

But the Dallas Mavericks seemed to enjoy being the ones who finally ended their four-week unbeaten streak more than most.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points and the Mavericks ended San Antonio’s winning streak at 12 games, beating the Spurs 103-94 on Friday night. It was just the second loss of the season for the Spurs, who had been perfect in November.

The last time the Mavs were in San Antonio was April—when their season ended in Game 6 in their first-round series to the Spurs, after Dallas entered as the heavily favored No. 2 seed in the West.

This time, Mavs guard Jason Terry left asking: What streak?

“We didn’t know what the streak was,” Terry said. “This is what the rivalry is about. We play them three more times and probably in the playoffs again.”

Manu Ginobili had 31 points for the Spurs, 16 in the first quarter alone. But two nights after rallying from 21 points down on the road to beat Minnesota, the Spurs couldn’t stop Dallas on a 14-2 run during the final five minutes.

The Mavs scored 32 points in the fourth. Shawn Marion scored 11 of his 19 points in the quarter, including the 3-point play that put the Mavs up for good.

“The last few games we were executing great down the stretch and making shot, but today they did,” Ginobili said. “It was pretty clear they made all the shots they needed and we didn’t.”

Tyson Chandler also had 19 points for the Mavs, and nearly all from the foul line. Chandler, a career 62 percent free-throw shooter making his debut in the Dallas-San Antonio rivalry, hit 13 of his 16 foul shots.

Yelled Terry across the Mavs’ locker room afterward: “We know who’s shooting our technical free throws.”

George Hill scored 21 points off the bench and gave San Antonio what would be its final lead with 4:45 left after a steal and tiptoe in front of the scorer’s table before coasting in for a layup.

Mavs coach Rick Carlisle and his bench erupted, screaming that Hill had stepped out of bounds. Turned out Dallas had nothing to worry about.

After Hill’s basket put the Spurs ahead 88-86, San Antonio turned the ball over three times on their next four possessions.

“You can blame it on the little turkey or whatever,” Hill said. “But it happens it’s been a good journey so far. The only thing we can do is focus on Sunday.”

At 13-2, the Spurs still have the best record in the NBA but not their longest winning streak in three seasons. Next up for San Antonio: New Orleans, the only other team to beat the Spurs this season.

Tim Duncan had 15 points for the Spurs, and Tony Parker had just nine points on 4 of 12 shooting.

The Mavs returned to San Antonio for the first time since their season ended in Game 6 of a stunning playoff elimination last season. Dallas was seen as a legitimate threat the Lakers’ supremacy in the West, but instead couldn’t get past the first round.

This one could have passed for Game 7. The fourth quarter saw five lead changes and one tie before the Mavs pulled away.

Neither of the Texas rivals retooled their rosters much since their playoff series in April. But they don’t look entirely like the same, either.

The Spurs entered Friday as the second-highest scoring team in the NBA, averaging 108.0 points—their highest since the 1987-88 season, and nothing like the stifling, defense-first Spurs that have defined them since coach Gregg Popovich took over.

Nowitzki, the NBA’s second-leading scorer, was 12 of 14 from he floor and made both his 3-point attempts.

But Nowitzki was happiest about the shots he didn’t have to take.

“Offensively, there were times in the past where we would force-feed the ball to me,” he said. “But we haven’t done that the last couple of games. We kept moving the rock.”

The Mavericks won this one without backup center Brendan Haywood, who was suspended by the team before the game for an undisclosed violation of team rules. Carlisle said Haywood’s suspension was only for this game but refused to say why the 10-year veteran was disciplined.

Haywood traveled with the team to San Antonio but was not at the game. The Mavs announced the suspension about an hour before tipoff.

“Everyone is held to a high level of accountability,” Carlisle said.

Notes: The Spurs are still off to their best start through 15 games in team history. … Nowitzki has averaged 34 points in his last three games. … Spurs F Richard Jefferson scored just two points and missed all four of his field goal attempts.

[jiggy_55]

Lakers lose and we're still 1 :).

[crc21209]

Well the sun shines on a dog's ass sometimes...:lol. We were bound to lose a game soon...

[duncan228]

Dallas Mavericks 103, San Antonio Spurs 94: Where we see that Tony Parker can have a bad game (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER — If Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves was the ugliest game of the season (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-113-minnesota-timberwolves-109-the-spurs-get-an-a-for-persistence-not-much-else), Friday night against the Dallas Mavericks was the slightly better looking sister who shut you down. Not as ugly, but way more stuck-up. Definitely not a night you would brag to your friends about.

San Antonio’s 12-game winning streak finally came to an end at the hands of the rival Dallas Mavericks. In some early-season evidence that the Spurs can have an off-night offensively, San Antonio got only 13 assists on 31 field goals. The Mavs assisted 28 of their 39 field goals.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/dallas-mavericks-san-antonio-spurs-tony-parker-mavs-defense-wins-it#more-11498)

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It's like having a 6'10" Steve Kerr on the team. If he wasn't such a gigantic doofus, everyone would love him. His only make was, quite possibly the ugliest shot I've ever seen go in.

Except Steve Kerr could play defense.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Crazy that Tyson Chandler has 19 points but he only scored 3 field goals. That's just crazy.

But yeah, I'm not going crazy over this lose. We all know we were going to lose eventually. That's just basketball. We're not going to win them all. And to be honest, I'm glad that we lost against a good team. Better to have the Mavs end our streak then the Wolves. Because lets be honest, Spurs aren't going to learn shit from loosing to the Wolves. But when you loose against an elite team, you learn and study from it.

On that note, Pop needs to set a solid rotation and start using that. Stop switching minutes around, and play Tiago for once. But I can't wait for Anderson to come back. His size and 3-point shooting just makes our team better. Playing Neal at SF doesn't help at all. There were a couple of floaters that Marion got over Neal that Neal just had not shot of contesting.

But yeah, I'm not doing any type of BS full anaylsis right now, cause I gotta take a shit, lol. Spurs will bounce back better against the Hornets, and hopefully we can get a big win on the road. They should still be mad about the Hornets giving us the first loss of the Season, just like how you can tell the Mavs were still mad about the Playoffs last year, and came back with loads of energy. Anyway, Go Spurs Go.

But when the hell is Anderson coming back? December?

I think he's coming back in January unfortanetley. Maybe December.

[Dex]

Views from the other side:


Mavs halt Spurs' win streak with 103-94 victory in San Antonio
01:31 AM CST on Saturday, November 27, 2010

By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]

SAN ANTONIO – They have a Ripley's Believe it or Not across from the Alamo down here, but the real odd-itorium was at AT&T Center Friday night.

Strange stuff was going on all over the place – the traditionally slow team trying to win racehorse style and the gunners trying to grind one out.

The Mavericks had their first internal hiccup with suspended center Brendan Haywood. And, by the way, the San Antonio Spurs are no longer Tim Duncan's team.

But the biggest piece of weirdness was the Mavericks handing the Spurs just their second loss of the season, riding Dirk Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler and Shawn Marion to a 103-94 victory.

It ended the Spurs 12-game streak.

"It was a game of will and we survived," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We really tried hard and had great spirit."

Not to mention a 9-0 run to tilt the game in their favor late in the fourth quarter. Down 88-86, Marion hit a three-point play and Jason Terry and chandler each scored. Nowitzki finished off a grand shooting night with a 16-foot fadeaway that made it 95-88 and the Spurs were effectively done with 1:44 to go.

Marion did a terrific job on Manu Ginobili, who burned the Mavericks with 16 first-quarter points but only got 15 the rest of the way.

"That's two games in a row (Kevin Durant in Oklahoma City on Wednesday) that Shawn has gone toe-to-toe and battled one of the top players in the team," Carlisle said. "The rest of the group fed off that."

Said Marion: "Everybody was supporting each other and doing what we had to do to get some stops.

"This is a big week for us, a challenge for us. And we're stepping up. And we got another big one."

The Mavericks seem to play hugely entertaining games on a nightly basis now. That trend figures to continue tonight when the circus that is LeBron James , Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat make their only Dallas visit of the season.

It'll have to go some to top Friday's action, which started with news that backup center Brendan Haywood was suspended for Friday's game for "a violation of team policy," Carlisle said.

"I'm not going to expound on it any more than that," he said. "It's going to remain an internal matter. The only thing I'll say is in two-plus years, one thing I've grown to respect and admire about Mark (Cuban) and this franchise is that everyone's treated great and everyone is held to a high level of accountability. We expect a lot and we're going to make sure things are right."

That set the tone for an off-beat night. To see the San Antonio Spurs hoisting up 3-pointers like coach Gregg Popovich is getting in touch with his inner Don Nelson, it was an unusual night. The Spurs shot more threes, made more and also had more turnovers (18).

Neither side led by more than six points through three quarters. Nowitzki was sizzling throughout the game, making his first six shots and finishing 12-of-14.

But Ginobili was just as good – until the fourth quarter when Marion hounded him. It was the second game in a row the Mavericks dominated the fourth period, holding the Spurs to 37-percent shooting and Ginobili to 2-of-5.

The Mavericks shot 72 percent in the fourth and they could credit their defense and ball movement. They had 11 assists on 13 buckets.

"The coaches put together a great plan and did a great job of communicating it and making sure we understood it," said Chandler, who had 19 points (13 from the foul line) and eight boards. "That's what we need from Shawn. I don't care how many baskets he makes, he makes so much happen out there on defense – and on offense. He definitely earned his nickname tonight – the Matrix."

Briefly: When Jason Terry and Dirk Nowitzki both were on the court early in the second quarter when a technical foul was assessed on the Spurs, it was Terry who shot the free throw, not Nowitzki, as usual ... Alexis Ajinca was activated for the first time this season. Because of Haywood's suspension, he also saw his first action in the second quarter.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/112710dnspomavslede.26caf00dd.html

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Spurs still #1 thanks to the Fakers losing against Jazz.

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Interesting note: Guess who was the co-host of the Dallas Mavericks postgame show last night? Mike "I love Dirty Mexicans" Bacsik.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Maybe Heat will beat the Mavs...............

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Not likely. Tyson Chandler is beasting the Heat, and it's only going to get worse. Tim Duncan deserves WAY more credit for his play against Chandler than he's gotten.