Game Blog: Nuggets @ Spurs - Dec. 22

[Bukefal]

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Wednesday: Denver Nuggets (16-10) at San Antonio Spurs (24-3)



Game Preview: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168781

Time: 08:30 PM ET/02:30 AM CET
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
TV: League Pass, ASE, FSSW-SA, WOAI, KCKK



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http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o282/dembeatz/spurs_win.jpg

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[Bukefal]

http://i.imgur.com/1SBkx.jpg

Tim Duncan on the team ahead of wednesday's game:


"We feel pretty good about ourselves right now. But I think we still have a lot to build on, honestly,"

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[Texas_Ranger]

Tough game. Lets win this one and start this hard schedule with 10th straight.

[Texas Chili Dog]

Will y'all lose a damn game already? :lol

[NASpurs]

lol Nuggets

ppA1rN141Qo

[100%duncan]

Go SPURS Go :flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

[Darkwaters]

Denver has been looking to this rematch since the game winning charge went against them. You know they had this one circled on their calendars. Hold it together and keep some in the tank for tomorrow night.

[tdunk21]

tough back to back games.....although magic still sucks after the blockbuster.....

[024]

rather the spurs win this one than against the magic. nuggets might still be a playoff team in the west while the spurs will never meet orlando in the playoffs.

[Sense]

lol Nuggets

ppA1rN141Qo

WOW... that was the dullest fucking video I've ever seen...


and they call Duncan boring.

[sa_butta]

Hope the Spurs are CHARGED UP for this one...

[ajballer4]

Melo is out tonight

[Dex]

Melo is out, but Nuggets were able to hang tough without Billups and Martin in Denver, and they'll probably be in uniform tonight. Still should be a good contest.

[boutons_deux]

The best Ws are when the other team is full strength.

Really bad Ls are @ATT and to competitive teams missing 3 starters.

Tough luck for Melo, but could be good luck, since he avoids being ass-kicked again. :)

[TIMMYD!]

Even with Melo out I still expect them to give it all they got against us. We still win of course. :D

[Spurs Brazil]

Game is on ESPN here in Brazil

[biskvito]

Denver could be so much better if they didn't forget to defend. They also seem to have trouble closing games against clutch teams.

[ducks]

with melo out it would be nice if spurs could rest duncan and manu in the 4 quarter tonight

pop might try to get them to blow them out

[ohmwrecker]

Is Hill still out?

[Libri]

Spurs win! :D

[Mugen]

condolences to Melo and his fam.

[Libri]

There's a remote chance that Kenyon Martin will play. If he does play, I don't think he will be much of an impact. He's not in game shape and will probably get less than 15 minutes.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Will y'all lose a damn game already? :lol


This is very painful for me to admit, but it is becoming harder and harder not to conclude that Boston and Dallas are better than us. And I am concerned about our upcoming stretch of games which are likely to hand us multiple losses.

Is George back for this game ?:flag:

[Mavs<Spurs]

condolences to melo and his fam.

+ 1

[Mavs<Spurs]

George Hill is out per media guide notes

:bang

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/notes.pdf

[EVAY]

+ 1

+1 for condolences to the Anthony family.

But Nuggets will try to win this for him.

They will play very physically because they believe that in the past we have not been willing to match their physicality. I think we can do so now.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Lucky game thread!

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

George Hill is out per media guide notes

:bang

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/notes.pdf
:bang

[Ross Parrot]

Hopefully Hill will be back when they face the Lakers.

[GSH]

One of my Christmas presents came out early. Bitchin tickets for the game tonight, behind the visitor's bench. I'll be harassing the hell out of some Nuggets. If you see J.R. Smith go postal and charge into the stands, look for a post about it tomorrow.

[Mavs<Spurs]

One of my Christmas presents came out early. Bitchin tickets for the game tonight, behind the visitor's bench. I'll be harassing the hell out of some Nuggets. If you see J.R. Smith go postal and charge into the stands, look for a post about it tomorrow.

Awesome. You're one of my favorite posters here, esp with all the stats. I learn a lot from your posts. Have a great time ! And don't let up on the nuggets - especially as they keep talking about how "they owe us a lot of payback!" - that is a direct quote from one of their players.

:toast

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[DieHardSpursFan1537]

One of my Christmas presents came out early. Bitchin tickets for the game tonight, behind the visitor's bench. I'll be harassing the hell out of some Nuggets. If you see J.R. Smith go postal and charge into the stands, look for a post about it tomorrow.
That's how ya do it! :toast

[angelbelow]

One of my Christmas presents came out early. Bitchin tickets for the game tonight, behind the visitor's bench. I'll be harassing the hell out of some Nuggets. If you see J.R. Smith go postal and charge into the stands, look for a post about it tomorrow.

Have a good one!

[duncan228]

Spurs (non) injury update. G. Hill won't play tonight, won't make trip to ORL. J. Anderson still looking at mid-January at earliest.

Look out below: J.R. Smith will start in place of Carmelo Anthony for Nuggets vs. spurs tonight.

Chauncey Billups back in the starting lineup tonight for Nuggets. Kenyon Martin will play, and could start.

[Jason R]

Should be easy on the Spurs, keep us rested for tomorrow. Hopefully.

[janetcn12]

More opportunities for Spurs with Melo out. Go Spurs Go. TP whack the Nugget...

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

One of my Christmas presents came out early. Bitchin tickets for the game tonight, behind the visitor's bench. I'll be harassing the hell out of some Nuggets. If you see J.R. Smith go postal and charge into the stands, look for a post about it tomorrow.

Haha nice man, have fun

[angelbelow]

Im hoping for a blow out as well. Would be ideal to rest our guys for tomorrow's game.

[janetcn12]

Almost game time. Go Spurs. Make it our day

[Fireball]

Spurs call .... whew

[duncan228]

Spurs call .... whew

:spin

[Spurs Brazil]

Sean and Bill, GREAT

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Spurs need a blowout here! :flag:

[Tp9gospursgo]

lol that doesnt look like jr smith in the lineup

[Fireball]

that did not look like JRS in the photo of the starting lineup

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Tipoff! :clap

[Tp9gospursgo]

manu misses a gift.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Meh......

[TIMMYD!]

Manu 333333333333333333333333333

[CFH]

Manu tresssssssssssssssssss!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu tres!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Manu!

[Spurologist]

mmmmmmmaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnuuuuuuu 3333333333333333333333

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Tony!

[TIMMYD!]

Manu another 3333333333333333333333

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!

[CFH]

Manu tressssssssssssssssssss!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu again!

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Oh yes! Another tres!

[Spurologist]

mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaannnnnnnnnuuuuuuuuu 333333333333333333

[Spurs Brazil]

2 on Blair already

[Tp9gospursgo]

That looked like a clean swipe to me.

[CFH]

Dejuan with 2 early fouls, uck...

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

NeNe's hair is really fucking annoying.....

[TIMMYD!]

Blair has 2 fouls already...

[ace3g]

Splitter in early!!!!

[TIMMYD!]

OMG! Splitter is getting early burn with Tim!

[CFH]

Splitter in early

[Tp9gospursgo]

Splitter with Timmy! Uh oh!

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago and TD together!!

[Spurologist]

Brazilian Matchup

[duncan228]

Splitter early!

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Here comes Splitter!

[BlairForceDejuan]

holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Splitter and TD at same time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dex]

Splitter AND Duncan! :wow

[angelbelow]

Here what we were all waiting for. Splitter + Duncan at the same time!

[CFH]

Parker jumper

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

All Tony and Manu this game so far......

[duncan228]

:(

[Drachen]

DAMN DAMN DAMN! Splitter and Duncan together at last and I am at work. Please be detailed in letting me know how it goes. PLEASE!

[suitedkings]

nice quick screen.

[CFH]

What happened?

[angelbelow]

Fail flop?

[ShoogarBear]

WTF that was some weak shit by Splitter.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nice Tony!

[BlairForceDejuan]

these refs blowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

nene chicken winged splits

[Darkwaters]

Splitter on the floor WITH Duncan. Nice.

[Spurs Brazil]

Nuggets getting a bunch of calls

[TIMMYD!]

So suddenly Nene is drawing fouls like LeBron or what the fuck?

[spurs1990]

Tiago has a long way to go just to be a bad NBA player.

[ace3g]

manu on fire

[angelbelow]

Ahh.. it must be because theyre television this game in Brazil.. Pop making a political move here?

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manus got it goin!

[CFH]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Good to see he's got it going early for once.

[duncan228]

Gonna be Manu's night.

[Spurologist]

manu is on fire

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Another Manu shot! Keep making 'em!

[Supergirl]

So suddenly Nene is drawing fouls like LeBron or what the fuck?

well, when he's up against rookie, yeah.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago with 3 boards already

[BlairForceDejuan]

it is nice having two 7 footers in the paint again

please do well Splitter so we can see this more often

[Tp9gospursgo]

Splitter not looking to bad.

[Supergirl]

did tony just miss both FTs or just one?

[CFH]

Damn, Parker missed both free throws

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Ahh.. it must be because theyre television this game in Brazil.. Pop making a political move here?
Either that or Pop's been reading this forum for the past month about everybody wanting Tim and Tiago together.

[Darkwaters]

Ginobili hot early. Good news there.

[TIMMYD!]

Nene draws his 4th foul already. We're in the penalty.

[Supergirl]

whistle happy refs . grrrr.

[Fireball]

Ahh.. it must be because theyre television this game in Brazil.. Pop making a political move here?

thought so as well

[angelbelow]

4 fouls drawn just by nene.

[CFH]

Already over the limit with 6:16 left, agh...

[ohmwrecker]

Splitter isn't doing himself any favors right now.

[TDMVPDPOY]

fck nene drawing all these fouls on our bigs,

give duncan the ball an draw some fouls

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

And here goes the timeout.....

[Spurs Brazil]

Too many fouls

[Tp9gospursgo]

It was good to see Pop bring in Splitter instead of Bonner.

[Spurologist]

good timeout by pop. Spurs rushing shots too early in the shot clock...need to settle down

[Darkwaters]

Nene is the king of drawing ticky tack crap fouls.

[BlairForceDejuan]

wtf does Pop expect outta Tiago when he has barely even played imo


Splitter looks as clumsy out there as Bonner did his first two spurs seasons

[SplitterHook]

well, when he's up against rookie, yeah.

If I'm not mistaken all of your 5 fouls were on Nene...

[Fireball]

Nene is the king of drawing ticky tack crap fouls.

it really should be the other way around ... without Nene they would not stand a chance

[LatinLover69]

Splitter needs to be traded for lebron james.

[Darkwaters]

If I'm not mistaken all of your 5 fouls were on Nene...

Two on Blair
One on Splitter
One on Ginobili

I'm probably missing one. Can't get the up-to-date box loaded.

[TIMMYD!]

Manu yet another 33333333333333333333333333333333

[ace3g]

manu tres!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manus on fire!

[CFH]

Manu tressssssssssssssssssssss! He is on fiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Spurologist]

manu is GOD

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Guess who? MANU FOR TREES

[TIMMYD!]

Two on Blair
One on Splitter
One on Ginobili

I'm probably missing one. Can't get the up-to-date box loaded.

Yeah, it's been at 11:00 for like 10 minutes.

[CFH]

Blown fastbreak...

[BlairForceDejuan]

notice how Nene doesnt go to the basket with Tiago on him like he easily did with Blair

[Tp9gospursgo]

WTf refs giving no respect to our bigs.

[Supergirl]

Martin just gets away with clobbering Splitter. Lovely.

[BlairForceDejuan]

hahaha beautiful!

[Spurologist]

Does splitter need to get murdered to draw a foul....WTF???

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Splitter!

[ace3g]

manu to timmy to Splitter!!!

[duncan228]

Nice

[CFH]

Timmy to Splitter! :D

[angelbelow]

Nice..

[TIMMYD!]

Lopsided refereeing this game.

[Jason R]

Lots of play for Tiago tonight huh?

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Fuck

[janetcn12]

Shit Ref

[TIMMYD!]

Just like that we're down 2.

[Spurs Brazil]

we can't get a fucking call

[TIMMYD!]

Splitter tip-in!

[ace3g]

Splitter tip in

[CFH]

Tiago putback

[Tp9gospursgo]

I can't believe were not getting ANY calls.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Nice tip-in from Tiago.

[Supergirl]

Splitter playing like he wants to see more playing time. :)

[Crookshanks]

Okay - what is it with the refs when we play Denver? They were lousy last week in Denver, and they're starting out really crappy tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago with a good start

[Spurologist]

Splitter with a nice tip in......playing well....instant energy

[Chieflion]

Tiago! Tiago!

[janetcn12]

TP where r u..

[BlairForceDejuan]

once Tiago gets good at getting open under the basket on Parker/Manu drives, we are golden

[TIMMYD!]

Motherfucking boxscore, load up!

[TDMVPDPOY]

spitfire on fire with 4pts and a couple boards

[angelbelow]

4 points 3 boards for Splitter. He looking OKAY though. Not great not bad. More playing time would help I think.

[Darkwaters]

Splitter needs to be traded for lebron james.

Glad to see you have nothing better to do.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Anyone know whats wrong with the Spurs tv companion on Spurs.com?

[BanditHiro]

sweet jesus they are trying to make up for that charged called at the end on the previous game

[Supergirl]

if the refs wanna keep up this BS calls, Pop should send Dice in to shove the shit out of Kenyon "Thug Bitch" Martin

[SplitterHook]

we're getting robbed blind. Nene and Martin are the new Wade/Lebron

[duncan228]

Something's wrong somewhere...box scores weird, LP Broadband says 4-0 Nuggets...

[Fireball]

obviously the Refs know that this game is televised in Brazil and Nene gets a field day ... someone should tell them that Splitter is from Brazil as well

[angelbelow]

I don't like Bonner matching up with Martin. Even though Kenyon is much older and has lost much athleticism, hes loves guarding stretch 4s and usually eats them for dinner.

[Blair420]

how many O Fouls is Nene gonna get away with?

[Supergirl]

sweet jesus they are trying to make up for that charged called at the end on the previous game

Oh yeah, that's right. Probably why they're giving Nene the star treatment too. Stupid refs.

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOB refs

[TIMMYD!]

Bullshit! Bullshit! Foul on Neal.

[CFH]

Late whistle, don't agree with that call

[Crookshanks]

Something's wrong somewhere...box scores weird, LP Broadband says 4-0 Nuggets...

Yeah - it's not working.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

that's a good call against Neal

[Tp9gospursgo]

This is seriously, already, one of the worst officiated games.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

More fouls....ugh.

[Supergirl]

Refs call a phantom call on Neal

[janetcn12]

Hahaha boxscore not working..

[TDMVPDPOY]

shitty refs tonight

[Fireball]

if the refs wanna keep up this BS calls, Pop should send Dice in to shove the shit out of Kenyon "Thug Bitch" Martin

:lol

but Martin does not move well, doesn't he?

[TIMMYD!]

Neal says fuck you refs 33333333333333333333

[ace3g]

Neal 3

[BlairForceDejuan]

Gary Neal man.

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal 333333333333333333333333333333333333

[YoMamaIsCallin]

boom -- neal for 3

[CFH]

Neal with it!

[Crookshanks]

This is gonna be a looooooong game if we have to play 8 on 5.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Neal with it!

[Darkwaters]

Way too many bail out fouls by the refs.

[Spurologist]

Neal with it 33333333333333333333333333

[Capt Bringdown]

4 points 3 boards for Splitter. He looking OKAY though. Not great not bad. More playing time would help I think.

I don't think anyone was expecting Splitter to be the second coming of Hakeem Olujawon. OKAY is exactly what we need from him.

[TIMMYD!]

Holy shit. A foul that's not on us.

[angelbelow]

No hesitation at all, nice.

[CFH]

A call, FINALLY!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Finally we get a call.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

yeah Splitter with excellent boxout on Nene

[BlairForceDejuan]

Splitter looking much more comfortable with the second squad.

[Spurs Brazil]

finally a call

[Spurologist]

Nene = Splitter's bitch

[TDMVPDPOY]

bout time nene got a foul, fkn

[Darkwaters]

Gary Neal...back at work.

[ace3g]

dang Splitter, almost took the rim down on that one

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Nice D by Spurs! THey are paying attention now.

[Crookshanks]

OMG - you mean they FINALLY call a foul on Nene

[Jason R]

Tiago blows the dunk!

[Darkwaters]

Nene finally gets a foul called on him. Should be about 5.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony!

[CFH]

Tony nice drive

[ShoogarBear]

Tiago allows himself to get pushed around too much.

[BlairForceDejuan]

Tiago needs to quit playing behind/under the basket. Get open dude!

[TIMMYD!]

TP hesitating too much in the lane. 3 seconds.

Udoka in. Bad sign.

[CFH]

Udoka?!?! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Nooooo ime
yeahhhh quinn

[angelbelow]

I don't think anyone was expecting Splitter to be the second coming of Hakeem Olujawon. OKAY is exactly what we need from him.

I think he has room to grow and play more comfortably with more playing time. You're right, not many are expecting him to be the Dream. I'm expecting him to have a defensive impact and play with smart basketball.

[Spurologist]

Elliott: I thought Birdman got that name cuz he was a tad cucu

:rollin

[Crookshanks]

Birdman is one scary lookin dude!

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck you Udoka!

[Darkwaters]

I think the wheels just fell off.

Udoka in.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Udoka fails as usual.

[Fireball]

Birdman is uglier that Popeye Jones

[Libri]

Ime wide open, brick.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Ime you were wide freakin open! Why did you rush the shot????

[Jason R]

Classic Ime.

[justinandimcool]

ROFL Udoka stays at 0%

[Dex]

Ime Udoka: still completely useless.

[CFH]

Down by 1 at the end of the first, meh...

[Texas_Ranger]

Ime Udoka should go fuck himself.

[Spurs Brazil]

Ime can't hit shit

D not good in the 1st and too many fouls

[Spurologist]

Is Udoka gonna contribute anything this season?

[YoMamaIsCallin]

omg watching the spurs dancers in the santa outfits.... hotttt...

[angelbelow]

hah, would have been nice for Ime to hit that shot..

[TimDunkem]

Ime almost threw a fake. :rollin

[Crookshanks]

Melo not playing - but they got Birdman, Martin and Billups back. I think it's going to be a rough night. Especially if these refs keep calling these BS fouls.

[CP48107]

I can't stand Udoka anymore, his shot barely touched the rim. That is just sad.....

[Darkwaters]

ESPN's boxscore actually working:

http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=301222024

[Spurs Brazil]

Nuggets 55% FG

[Darkwaters]

Is Udoka gonna contribute anything this season?

He would have been useful soaking up some of the Nene bludgeoning fouls....too bad.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

don't worry Spurs will wake up and clamp down on defense

2nd quarter they will win by 5...

[Crookshanks]

hey guitardude - calm down man. It's only the end of the 1st quarter.

[BlairForceDejuan]

Bonners trex arms completely useless for the rebound/loose ball

[CFH]

At least Udoka isn't in to start the quarter

[YoMamaIsCallin]

oooh -- that should have been an offensive foul on Manu

[Fireball]

ESPN's boxscore actually working

but not the allocated minutes

[SplitterHook]

damn, just noticed that only 4 spurs players have scored in the first hehe..

Tiago did well, 4(2-3)/4/1. still looks lost on the court.

[angelbelow]

I think he has room to grow and play more comfortably with more playing time. You're right, not many are expecting him to be the Dream. I'm expecting him to have a defensive impact and play with smart basketball.

Actually, I think he looks more comfortable already, a little bit more physical as well.