Game Blog: Lakers @ Spurs - Dec. 28

[Drachen]

Splitter sighting!

[007nites]

Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ is a bit hyper

[DPG21920]

Lets go boys, close out the quarter. Hill is a huge asset when he gets to the line.

[Dex]

Splitter in!

[BoricuaCJA]

Omg tiago is in!!

[spurspokesman]

Parker just keep penetrating.

George is superb so far

[DPG21920]

Bynum beasts on Tiago. Tough match up.

[Libri]

Splitteeeeeeeeeeeeer

Wow, Splitter is in. Something is obviously wrong with Pop. Notice the cut. :lol

[007nites]

Splitter can't handle Bynum

[DPG21920]

Good test for Neal/Tiago. Lets see how they do when staring down Kobe and co.

[NASpurs]

WTF kind of foul was that

[ace3g]

jeez Bynum almost decapitated Splitter there

[Pauleta14]

Anyone has a link with the spurs announcers please?

thks for PM

[CFH]

Stranglehold by Bynum there

[Libri]

Bynum tried to decapitate Tiago.

[lefty]

Bynum is gay

[TinTin]

someone want to pm a spurs side feed? Getting tired of the laker announcers saying duncan doesnt like to guard centers

[Tp9gospursgo]

That looked painful

[DPG21920]

Splitter is so tough. How that is not a flagrant is unreal. Hopefully that bad foul pisses him off.

[Rummpd]

Go Tiago!

[007nites]

splitter vs gasol

[Juanobili]

nice hustle

[TIMMYD!]

Neal with it. 333333333333333333333333333333333

[DPG21920]

Nice tough defense by Bonner. All you can ask for. Neal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[lefty]

Choooooooooooooooo

[NASpurs]

Choo choo!

[ace3g]

Neal 3!!!

[CFH]

Neal 3! Wide open :lol

[Juanobili]

thank you for making it haha

[Refocus]

Neal with it.

[007nites]

neal1!

[Rummpd]

Go Neal!

[Osnofa]

Neal

[Fermixalot]

Neal with IT!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

make the damn FTs

[ace3g]

big shot Bonner!!!

[DPG21920]

Great guard rebounding and Bonner with the clutch shot :lmao

[NASpurs]

Ginger!!!!

[TIMMYD!]

Bonner 333333333333333333 buzzer beater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lefty]

Bonner :lmao

[007nites]

Bonner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Juanobili]

Fuc kyeah1!11!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Oh MAMA~!!!

[Fermixalot]

Ftl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Osnofa]

omgggg BONNER

[CFH]

Bonner 3 at the buzzer, balliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! Great way to end the first quarter, Spurs up 9.

[Libri]

Bonner! :elephant

[Chieflion]

Bonner buzzer beater 3!

[NickiRasgo]

Neal and Bonner! :D

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

raining threeeeeeee

[TIMMYD!]

I could just tell that shot was gonna go in as soon as he released it.

[Trill Clinton]

What's with Pops nose? is it just me or does he remind anyone of Dan Akroyds character from "nothing but trouble"?

http://content6.flixster.com/question/57/99/15/5799156_std.jpg

Go Bonner:toast

[Texas_Ranger]

lol Bonner

[007nites]

All of our guys are hyped

[loveforthegame]

Gotta love this team. Crappy start but have been solid since.

[Capt Bringdown]

Now THATS how you finish a quarter!

[Dex]

Bonner with the buzzer beater. :wow

[timtonymanu]

That foul that Bynum had on Splitter should have been a flagrant.

[Cessation]

omg i love gary neal, hes so cold
bonner are you serious?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

OMG Bonner

[spurspokesman]

Neal and Bonner! :D

I luv it

[BoricuaCJA]

Thats how you finish a quarter!

[janetcn12]

what a game

[dbestpro]

Amazing how much better the Spurs played once Blair was taken out. Shame, shame, shame.

[Muser]

lol bonner shitting on L.A

[mcornelio]

there should be a tv show called sean elliott says the darnedest things... really wheres he come up with this stuff :lol

[024]

the defensive intensity is there but i don't know if the spurs have the tools to contain the lakers.

[oh crap]

nice close to the qtr for the spurs

[itzsoweezee]

Sweet play by Bonner. Keep it up

[timtonymanu]

Bonner >>>> Blair

[DPG21920]

When the Spurs play with energy, move the ball and rebound, they are an amazing team.

[Juanobili]

Lakers were stuck at 16 for a long ass time... and now theyre at 18.. damn

[Spurs Brazil]

Good 1st quarter, especially on D

[loveforthegame]

Hope the guys can keep up the intensity. Don't want to fall asleep on the Lakers.

[Fireball]

the defensive intensity is there but i don't know if the spurs have the tools to contain the lakers.

defense is a team thing and if you bring enough energy and intensity, thats all it takes ...

[DPG21920]

Good hard foul there guys. Nice ball movement by LA.

[ogait]

Rebounding against the Lakers makes all the difference. We didn't gave them any other second chance opportunity after the early time out.

[Fireball]

We're playing good defense but in all fairness Kobe wasn't playing the last couple minutes.

Lakers won't win if Kobe is the only one scoring ... I'm fine with that

[DPG21920]

I like Bonner/Tiago so much more than Blair/Bonner.

[TIMMYD!]

Ball movement is great.

[CFH]

Come on Neal, shoot that!

[Juanobili]

ahhh man

[Supergirl]

Loving Hill's energy...he seems to be all better from his injury.

[DPG21920]

Come on ref. Are you kidding me?

[spurspokesman]

OMG Bonner

Would neal just pull the trigger

[mcornelio]

gimme that!

[TIMMYD!]

Splitter gets no respect.

[Supergirl]

Refs must have looked up and realized the Spurs were in the lead...whole lot of make up fouls calls

[DPG21920]

Great defense from Tiago, but Spurs give up a three on the kick out.

[TIMMYD!]

I hate those fuckers that cheer when the Lakers make a shot.

[TIMMYD!]

5 quick ones for the Lakers. Fuck.

[spurspokesman]

Come on ref. Are you kidding me?

Spurs getting sloppy

[Dex]

And the birds start chirping.

[loveforthegame]

I'd rather get killed by Kobe than Brown and Blake.

[Drachen]

I hate those fuckers that cheer when the Lakers make a shot.

Laker fans?

[TIMMYD!]

Now we can't score.

[CFH]

Tiago block!

[spurspokesman]

5 quick ones for the Lakers. Fuck.

Splitter block

[DPG21920]

TP needs to come back in and soon. I wonder if Pop is going to stick to the low minutes schedule?

Tiago with a great defensive play.

[Libri]

Great help defense by Tiago.

[Supergirl]

wtf refs have decided Splitter should not be on the floor.

[Trill Clinton]

Tiago's offense is painful to watch

[CFH]

Come on Spurs...

[TIMMYD!]

Splitter has 3 fouls already.

[Texas_Ranger]

lol Blair

[BoricuaCJA]

Nice block TIAGO!

[spurspokesman]

Tiago block!

Gasol pushed splitter

[007nites]

Fuck worst lineup against the biggest front court in the NBA

[mcornelio]

shit here comes blair...

[CFH]

There you go Blair, nice pass by Manu

[DPG21920]

Good two man by Manu/Blair. That is how Blair can be effective. Too many fouls right now.

[Supreme_Being]

Nice one Blair.

[Dex]

No Dice?

[Supergirl]

refs must have gotten promised some cash by the Lakers at the last timeout. wtf

[CFH]

So many whistles, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh...

[Spurs Brazil]

Not a good start of the 2nd

[itzsoweezee]

these guys look scared to shoot. you got the open three, shoot the damn ball!

[loveforthegame]

Let's hope that gets Blair going. He needs to give us something tonight.

Sick of the whistles.

[VivaPopovich]

pop, are you really gonna play matt bonner every fucking minute

get it together you ugly fucking idiot, get mcdyess out there

[Cry Havoc]

This game thread is 15 pages long already. :wow

Gonna set a regular season record.

[024]

yeah.. splitter will not be able to help at all in the playoffs against the lakers. this pretty much decided it. wondering where mcdyess is though. all the other bigs are trash defensively.

[itzsoweezee]

This officiating has been horrible so far.

[loveforthegame]

No Dice?

I've noticed Pop likes to save him for the 2nd half some games. This might be one of them.

[BoricuaCJA]

wtf refs have decided Splitter should not be on the floor.
Well he actually did foul bynum and Gasol. 2 of the times he was pinched wayy into the paint.

[Fireball]

yeah.. splitter will not be able to help at all in the playoffs against the lakers. this pretty much decided it. wondering where mcdyess is though. all the other bigs are trash defensively.

what are you talking about? it should only be 2 fouls on Splitter at max. his defense was nice ...

[024]

defense is a team thing and if you bring enough energy and intensity, thats all it takes ...
that is not the case at all. see second quarter. intensity is there but spurs are outmatched physically.

[remingtonbo2001]

Tiago still has a long way to go.

[HarlemHeat37]

I missed the 1st quarter..is McDyess playing?..

I didn't give my thoughts before the game..I think the Lakers are going to win this game(although it obviously wouldn't be shocking if the Spurs won), they're motivated after a few losses, they always go hard against the Spurs, and the Spurs haven't been playing good basketball for about 2 weeks now..

Who has been covering Rapist?..

[itzsoweezee]

yeah.. splitter will not be able to help at all in the playoffs against the lakers. this pretty much decided it. wondering where mcdyess is though. all the other bigs are trash defensively.

Splitter's played fine. He's been the victim of horrible officiating, but he's shown good signs on both ends of the court. Not sure what game you're watching.

[TIMMYD!]

Bonner 333333333333333333333333333

[CFH]

Bonner 3!

[BoricuaCJA]

Duncan has not been in b/c Kobe is not in.

[007nites]

good shit bonner

[remingtonbo2001]

Matt Bonner came out to play.

[024]

what are you talking about? it should only be 2 fouls on Splitter at max. his defense was nice ...
he had 3 fouls in two and a half minutes. that's almost mahinmi like defense.

[Supreme_Being]

WTF Bonner. Ha.

[DPG21920]

Great defense. Neal with a smart double team.

[TIMMYD!]

I missed the 1st quarter..is McDyess playing?..

I didn't give my thoughts before the game..I think the Lakers are going to win this game(although it obviously wouldn't be shocking if the Spurs won), they're motivated after a few losses, they always go hard against the Spurs, and the Spurs haven't been playing good basketball for about 2 weeks now..

Who has been covering Rapist?..

Which one? JK

GH3 has been covering him

[Supergirl]

naturally, blair can't get a foul call either

[loveforthegame]

Keep hitting those 3s Bonner.

[coachmac87]

When Bonner starts missing he will see the bench. But that man is the best shooting big outside Dirk.

[Texas_Ranger]

Can Manu shoot just threes??????????????

[NASpurs]

Manu is in full clank mode

[DPG21920]

Manu can't hit. Keep shooting.

[TIMMYD!]

Manu's shot is way off today. 1 of 6 from the field.

[Capt Bringdown]

Manu sucks tonite, 1 for 6.

[Supreme_Being]

WTF Manu. Ya gotta sink those gimmes.

[CFH]

Nice move by Parker

[DPG21920]

What a freaking move by Tony. Outstanding.

[TIMMYD!]

TP posting up. Don't think I've seen that before.

[Supreme_Being]

Nice up and under TP!

[HarlemHeat37]

Wow, Manu can't make anything..obviously can't win games when he's playing like this, he's too valuable to this team..these are open shots too, not tough and contested..hopefully he wakes up soon, or at least in the 2nd half..

[loveforthegame]

We need some scoring from Ginobli.

[Libri]

TP showing some magic and Ducks gets wet.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

c'mon manu

[DPG21920]

Blair is having a rough go of it. Can't give up easy and 1's.

[Texas_Ranger]

Blair is just bad

[Dex]

Manu picks a great night to be off.

[NASpurs]

Apparently having a sore threat makes a big difference. Who knew.

[BoricuaCJA]

Nice post move Parker.

[Spurs Brazil]

Please, sit Blair, he's too dumb and too short to play

[Supergirl]

Considering the Lakers getting all the foul calls and Spurs can't really make a shot this quarter, I'm still feeling pretty good about our chances. Unless the refs decide to foul Duncan and Manu out or the Spurs let the refs get into their heads.

[TIMMYD!]

Wow, Manu can't make anything..obviously can't win games when he's playing like this, he's too valuable to this team..these are open shots too, not tough and contested..hopefully he wakes up soon, or at least in the 2nd half..

We all know he's going to bring his game in the second half.

[stealthjbravo]

Where the FUCK is Manu?

[007nites]

What are we trying not to play Timmy for the entire 2nd?

[BanditHiro]

T.T please ginobili why tonight

[CFH]

Hopefully this means Manu will be draining shots left and right in the 2nd half, usually when he has a bad first half he makes up for it in the second

[itzsoweezee]

Duncan needs to be in the game. What is Pop thinking?

[Warlord23]

Why isn't Pop playing Dice? Blair vs Gasol is an automatic white flag

[BoricuaCJA]

Manu sucks tonite, 1 for 6.
and a few of them were wide wide open.

[Dex]

Are all superstars as manic depressive as our Big Three?

It seems pretty rare these days that all three are in a groove at the same time.

[DPG21920]

I missed the 1st quarter..is McDyess playing?..

I didn't give my thoughts before the game..I think the Lakers are going to win this game(although it obviously wouldn't be shocking if the Spurs won), they're motivated after a few losses, they always go hard against the Spurs, and the Spurs haven't been playing good basketball for about 2 weeks now..

Who has been covering Rapist?..


Dice is not playing. After a really bad first 4 minutes from the Spurs, pop subbed in Bonner as the first big off the bench. TP started to take over and the team defense, shooting and pace picked up along with the rebounding.

Manu started on Kobe and they went to Kobe for 10 shots in the first quarter; he hit 4 of his first 5 or 6. Then RJ did some work on him and Hill. Manu started to force some TO's on him. They didn't send any doubles and Kobe is 4-10.

[NASpurs]

Manu's defense has been really good imo. At least that's a positive.

[Cessation]

Blair is plain terrible, lol homers

[CFH]

That was nice by Parker

[Libri]

Nice recovery by TP.

[ogait]

yeah.. splitter will not be able to help at all in the playoffs against the lakers. this pretty much decided it. wondering where mcdyess is though. all the other bigs are trash defensively.

Yea less than 5 minutes against the league best frontline for the first time ever, is just enough evidence of that :bang

[TIMMYD!]

Blair jumper. :lol

[CFH]

Blair jumper

[Libri]

A rare jumper by Blair.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

manu and duncan definitely need to play better

[NASpurs]

Kobe Cryant!!

[CFH]

Awwwwwww snap!

[DPG21920]

Tim just can't get anything going offensively. He basically needs to just rebound and defend. He looks really slow lately and his jumper is continuing to miss.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

A rare jumper by Blair.

yup..end of shot clock,tho

[TIMMYD!]

GH3 and KB heating up. I like it.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Kobe's a pussy, nice of Hill not to back down..Kobe can't handle physical play without complaining and crying, keep it up..

[Supergirl]

I love George Hill

[Libri]

Kobitch is frustrated.

[DPG21920]

Why didn't Kobe come to Tiago's rescue with the Bynum chokehold?

[ace3g]

Rj!!!

[CFH]

Rj!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

RJ that was nice :tu

[DPG21920]

Spurs defense has a knack for letting guys who suck (Artest) score.

[Supergirl]

Spurs starting to get some offensive rebounds...thanks in part due to BLAIR, all you haters

[DPG21920]

Spurs with wide open misses damn it.

[CFH]

Not hitting the 3's, agh...

[timtonymanu]

These missed shots are hurting us so bad.

[Supergirl]

Refs continue to suck the Lakers' dicks, I see...

[TIMMYD!]

We're getting so many open looks, it's not even funny. Now if we could just hit one of those every once in a while we could open this game up.

[BanditHiro]

we are cursed to forever let scrubs shoot well against....are fucking kidding me artest

[ace3g]

no Udoka in !!!

[Juanobili]

Udoka!!

[Texas_Ranger]

Tim and Manu will you do something???

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs shooting 10% better than the Lakers and still losing.

This will not end well at all.

[DPG21920]

If the Spurs continue to foul at this rate it spells trouble, especially with the cold shooting.

[NASpurs]

Can you imagine if the Spurs were shooting these threes at a 50% clip? This game would have been a blow out already.

[Capt Bringdown]

We can't stop Gasol.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ron Artest is making shots tonight..typical scrub that can't shoot making shots against the Spurs..always happens..

[024]

duncan is really the one that needs to wake up on the offensive end. good job by phil to keep him out of the game through double teams though.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nevermind, had the stats backwards

[spurspokesman]

Fuck worst lineup against the biggest front court in the NBA

Add scrub udoka to the mix

[DPG21920]

Spurs shooting 10% better than the Lakers and still losing.

This will not end well at all.

I think you got that wrong.

[Dex]

Udoka in. :bang :bang :bang :bang :bang :bang

[NASpurs]

Duncan and Manu need to step up. Horrible games.

[TIMMYD!]

Tim and Manu are a combined 1 for 11 this game. Not good.

[itzsoweezee]

spurs aren't hitting open shots. fuck

[timtonymanu]

great. we got 4 and 4 duncan tonight.

[spurspokesman]

Ron Artest is making shots tonight..typical scrub that can't shoot making shots against the Spurs..always happens..

And duncan can't make 1

[Supergirl]

Duncan 0-4...Spurs missing wide open shots...

FINALLY a foul call on the Lakers...it took Fisher knocking TP down, though.

[CFH]

Come on Spurs, get a run going

[loveforthegame]

Duncan and Ginobli are 1-11. Not going to work.

[Spurologist]

Nice of TD and Manu to step up against the defending champs

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu and TD must help Tony; they're horrible so far

[Warlord23]

Spurs shooting 10% better than the Lakers and still losing.

This will not end well at all.

Actually the Lakers are shooting 50% to the Spurs' 39%

[Dex]

Score plz kthxbye

[BanditHiro]

dammit it sucks we can never make open shots

[Texas_Ranger]

We can only shoot threes. Thank god that Tony came to play.

[007nites]

C'mon Timmy shoot the 3.

[DPG21920]

Ron Artest is making shots tonight..typical scrub that can't shoot making shots against the Spurs..always happens..

People still not worried about Tim?

[024]

this has always been phil jackson's game plan against 3 pt shooting team. lock down the interior and dare the other team to beat you through jump shots. it's been pretty effective against the spurs. duncan's inability to score in the post will hurt the spurs a lot.

[NASpurs]

Lakers are basically telling the Spurs to beat them from the outside. The best 3pt fg% team in the NBA can't even hit for shit. Sad.

[remingtonbo2001]

Spurs need to regroup offensively. Despite the fouls, our defense has been suffecient.

[tomtom]

Someone needs to step up Tim and Manu sucking ass

[Capt Bringdown]

Duncan and Manu have bricked us out of the lead. Everyone else playing OK.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

People still not worried about Tim?

Don't go there pleasee :(

[Tito_Trinidad]

What da fukk is Duncan doing in the floor? He is a literal mommy out there. He is just a two-legs with a Spurs uniform running up and down like a headless chicken. Sit down this zombie robot.

[itzsoweezee]

Either Neal or Bonner need to be in the game. These other guys simply can't hit a shot from the outside.

[HarlemHeat37]

The good news is that the Spurs are only down by 3, despite Duncan and Ginobili playing horrible, and the Lakers shooting 11% better than the Spurs from the field..the Spurs are also getting any shot they want, for the most part, but missing them..

The bad news is that the Spurs haven't really shown any ability to stop the Lakers tonight..there's no reason to believe that this will change..

[loveforthegame]

I know we have a stronger supporting cast now but I never thought we'd only be down 3 points with Ginobli and Duncan laying eggs offensively.

Finish the quarter strong and hopefully they regroup at the half.

[NASpurs]

Bonner and TD pick and roll? Sad.

[DPG21920]

Spurs brought energy (except for the first 4 minutes), but their defense is and offense is bad. LA shooting way too well from the field.

[Spurologist]

Fuckin manu.....wake the fuck up

[ace3g]

johnhollinger John Hollinger
Not sure I get the Udoka substitution right here. Spurs offense imploding and they turn to him? Fouls not an issue either.

[CFH]

Tough shot by Bonner, wow

[DPG21920]

What da fukk is Duncan doing in the floor? He is a literal mommy out there. He is just a two-legs with a Spurs uniform running up and down like a headless chicken. Sit down this zombie robot.

Don't be stupid. Tim needs to be on the floor. He just needs to play smarter. He is struggling right now (past 7 games), everyone goes through bad stretches.

[tomtom]

wtf

[itzsoweezee]

Why does bonner keep putting the ball on the floor?!?!

[Supergirl]

"Bynum went over the back..." Um, shouldn't that be an over-the-back foul? No, naturally, this game it's a foul on the Spurs. :(

[DPG21920]

Tim not even boarding now. Really hurting the Spurs at the moment.