Game Blog: Spurs @ Celtics - Jan. 5

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Hopefully the return of Anderson will mean more rest for Manu. I think he probably needs to sit a coupla games.

Problem is i honestly believe anderson won't return til nearly the end of the season and when and if he does, pop will limit his minutes hardcore

[Spurs Brazil]

Finally good D

[janetcn12]

Lets goooo Spurs...go Tp

[Tp9gospursgo]

Great defense there.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ugh, that was a good read by RJ to cut, miscommunication..

[Muser]

Von Wafer is garbage :lmao

[NASpurs]

OMG 24 shot clock violation. DEFENSE!

[janetcn12]

Yawning meaning not enough energy/oxygen...bad sign

[CFH]

Why'd Dice hesitate on that shot? He was wide open, just shoot it.

[NASpurs]

Dice fouled Shaq with his face apparently.

[Muser]

What's timmy doing?

[ShoogarBear]

How the hell does Tim let Shaq beat him down the court? :(

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lane violation really?

[NASpurs]

How the hell does Tim let Shaq beat him down the court? :(

Tim tripped at half court. No lie.

[Chieflion]

Shaq, you slow release motherfucker.

[CFH]

Ball don't lie twice

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tonys looking more aggressive now.

[CFH]

Parker floater, keep attacking Tony

[Texas_Ranger]

Thank god for the Mute button

[Ice009]

That was pathetic. Instead of extending a lead we play like dog shit and then give them and easy and 1 to tie it. FUCKING JOKE.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony!!!!

[CFH]

Parker has got it going on

[Muser]

Parkers floater is wet tonight

[Chieflion]

At least Parker came out gunning.

[Dex]

Rondo's going for 20 assists tonight.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Timmay.

[CFH]

Timmy!

[Spurologist]

TD and tp coming alive

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Die Ray Allen

[timtonymanu]

Parker has awoken.

[ShoogarBear]

Ray Allen is killing Hill. Hill is just holding him.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

hill wake up..

[Dex]

:lmao Boston at 66% shooting. :deadhorse

Maybe we just need to face it. This team's defense is terrible.

[Capt Bringdown]

Keep in mind that Garnett isn't playing.
And what do we do? Shoot jumpers all night.

[Muser]

lol at the celtics announcers complaining about spurs getting away with things when they've been getting away with the worst screens the past years.

[Spurs Brazil]

When we play aggressive D refs call some BS

[CFH]

Bailout

[timtonymanu]

I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but man I wish Bruce was playing. He would have made Ray his bitch.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Announcers suck balls.

[easjer]

I'm so pissed that I watched last night and can't watch tonight. Following box score just isn't the same.

Seems they're waking up here in the second? Yes?

[NASpurs]

George playing like shit.

[ShoogarBear]

Damn, George.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

oh c'mon hill wake the fuccccccccccccccccccck up

[Spurs Brazil]

Go strong Hill, damn

[HarlemHeat37]

Is Hill ever going to try to dunk?..he's athletic and he has a massive reach, you would think that he could try to go up strong once in a while..he's such a weak finisher for a guy with his physical attributes..

[Muser]

At least it's shaq at the line

[Chieflion]

Rondo is just the best there is at the PG spot in the league right now.

[Tp9gospursgo]

If Rondo could improve his shooting he would be even deadlier. He passes up so many open shots.

[Texas_Ranger]

Hill should dunk the ball wit Rondo.

[Capt Bringdown]

:lmao Boston at 66% shooting. :deadhorse

Maybe we just need to face it. This team's defense is terrible.

Actually it's down to 56% now.

Defense, what about our offense? Their best defensive player is not playing, why can't we take advantage?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

damn it hill....DAMN IT

[Ice009]

I could see that block coming a mile away. absolute crap.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD had a layup there

[ShoogarBear]

Phew, that could have been a moving screen on TD.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

who is teaming up with bill land tonight?

[Fireball]

:lmao Boston at 66% shooting. :deadhorse

Maybe we just need to face it. This team's defense is terrible.

Yeah, but where ist that great Boston defense everybody is talking about? Its not there either

[timtonymanu]

Is Hill ever going to try to dunk?..he's athletic and he has a massive reach, you would think that he could try to go up strong once in a while..he's such a weak finisher for a guy with his physical attributes..

it's all confidence with him. It pisses me off sometimes.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

TD was out of control there, you know whats gonna happen if TD try to lay it up...

[Fireball]

who is teaming up with bill land tonight?

most likely Malik Rose ... Boston is too cold for Sean Elliott

[Tp9gospursgo]

who is teaming up with bill land tonight?

Malik Rose.

[Manu-of-steel]

Nice game so far. Bonner is having a good time.

[Capt Bringdown]

We're gonna need more than 0-4 from Hill, 0-2 from Manu and 0-1 from Blair.

[angelbelow]

Damn Bonner may have been fouled there

[Spurs Brazil]

DAMN Bonner

[Bender]

who is teaming up with bill land tonight?
malik rose

[NASpurs]

What a bullshit foul

[Spurologist]

:lmao

Announcers dreading missing out on TD

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD

[CFH]

Timmy!

[quentin_compson]

Yeah, but where ist that great Boston defense everybody is talking about? Its not there either

Well, their most important defensive player is missing.

[Capt Bringdown]

Getting destroyed by Glen Davis - now THAT'S a f'n disgrace.

[Ice009]

Is that all the Spurs could get out of a fucking time out?????

AN AIRBALL 3 fucking pathetic.

Then Bonner gives up the And 1.

STUPID PLAY.

[Tp9gospursgo]

I expect a way more aggressive manu the 2nd half.

[Creation88]

no call on bonner's 3 was bs

[Andy25]

These fucking commentators in Boston are terrible.

[Fireball]

Tommy continues to fuck the Refs

[quentin_compson]

Boy, Manu ist getting abused on D tonight.

[Ice009]

Great defense Manu. After all that shit you basically gave him an open shot

[angelbelow]

Getting destroyed by Glen Davis - now THAT'S a f'n disgrace.

Even though i fucking these celtics announcers they arent necessarily wrong... Bonner IS a poor defender and Big Baby IS too strong for him. I just hope Bonner shits on them with 4 more 3pointers.

[duncan228]

:lmao

Announcers dreading missing out on TD

:lol They've never gotten over it.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

[ohmwrecker]

problem is i honestly believe anderson won't return til nearly the end of the season and when and if he does, pop will limit his minutes hardcore

wtf?!

[Creation88]

too many TOs in the 1st half. gotta clean that up .

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Boy, Manu is getting abused on D last couple of games.

[Andy25]

Someone please hook me up with the Spurs feed... this Celtics commentators are worse than the Lakers ones.

[slayermin]

Heinsohn is the epitome of homerism.

[Tp9gospursgo]

lol Big Baby listening in.

[Warlord23]

Heinsohn can go eat a bag of dicks

[Tp9gospursgo]

:lol They've never gotten over it.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

:lol

[Capt Bringdown]

Still can't comprehend why the Spurs won't capitalize on Garnett's absence.

[Tp9gospursgo]

What a move by Tony!

[DPG21920]

I want to punch these Boston announcers in the face. WORST.EVER.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great plat Tony

Spurs up 2 at the half

[CFH]

Parker with the spin

[NASpurs]

Great aggressive move by TP to finish the half.

[Spurologist]

what a move to end the half by tp there

[Bukefal]

Sweet move TP

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ah fuck..

[Dex]

2 point lead at the half. I'll take it.

[timtonymanu]

Jesus Christ, these Celtic announcers are pussy. Everything to them is a foul.

[Fireball]

what a move to end the half by tp there

but he walked :lol

[Fireball]

I want to punch these Boston announcers in the face. WORST.EVER.

Finally we agree on something

[Spurologist]

Heinsohn is the epitome of homerism.

:lmao

Tp didn't even finish his spin move but Heinsohn interjects "OH HE WALKED!"

[Dex]

Still can't comprehend why the Spurs won't capitalize on Garnett's absence.

Shaq, Davis, and O'Neal are not necessarily scrubs in the defensive post, especially in a system as solid as Doc's.

Sure, the door may be cracked with KG out, but it's far from blown wide open.

[Libri]

:lmao

Announcers dreading missing out on TD

There still crying about it? :lol

[Capt Bringdown]

What a shitty half. Spurs look to have lost a lot of their mojo after the Dallas game, I guess that was our finals.
NY was missing one of their scorers, Boston is missing their defensive anchor and we can't capitalize. Frustrating.

[Muser]

Still can't comprehend why the Spurs won't capitalize on Garnett's absence.

Because all the over big men on the Celtics are scrubs :rolleyes

[janetcn12]

The beast in TP has woken up....Great. Go Spurs Go. Eva look what u missed

[ElNono]

Tommy making sure everyone knows how he feels on every call... it's such comedy to listen to that guy every season :lol

[Fireball]

Shaq, Davis, and O'Neal are not necessarily scrubs in the defensive post, especially in a system as solid as Doc's.

Sure, the door may be cracked with KG out, but it's far from blown wide open.

And 51 points against the Cs is not bad either, but we have to play defense to win the game ... even if its only for one quarter

[Manu-of-steel]

Spurs with a 2-point lead at half time. Considering how bad we played, i'll take this.

[Muser]

God damn even these half time guys are fucking douchebags.

[angelbelow]

Still can't comprehend why the Spurs won't capitalize on Garnett's absence.

With or without KG, we were gonna go with Bonner as the big who plays the 2nd most minutes. Surely, this wasn't a surprise to you?

With Shaq and JO, pounding the paint isnt the easiest jobe in the world.

[loveforthegame]

Thank goodness for Parker and some help from Duncan, Jefferson, Bonner, and Neal.

Going to need Ginobli and Hill and maybe Blair to help though.

[ElNono]

BTW, the defense is just as sucky as last night... Boston just isn't an up tempo team... But if somebody can figure out how to stop Allen or Pierce, raise a hand...

[Chieflion]

Matt Bonner, our leading shot taker at the half. Number one option!

[Mugen]

my main man Tommy trollin Spurstalk, love it.

[Spurs Brazil]

Celtics FG at the half: 56%

[Fireball]

McDyess played good so far ... I wanna see him with Timmy on the court if its a close game at the end

[ElNono]

They also seem like they're going to go to big baby against Bonner pretty much every fucking time... I can't believe big baby is giving us trouble...

[DPG21920]

Tommy is a raging Boston douche.

[Capt Bringdown]

Sure, the door may be cracked with KG out, but it's far from blown wide open.

Who said anything about blown wide open, the Spurs haven't even tried to attack the basket? Manu 0-2, has he lost the ability to drive? Hill 0-4.

[Manu-of-steel]

What should we expect from these announcers, they are for the Celts. Celts may also call Bill Land and Sean douchebags.

[ElNono]

You guys keep focusing on how many shots we missed... them shooting 50%+ is no big deal... :lol

[easjer]

Off-topic, but it's the half - oi, Muser - you're a Blues fan? I've got an acquaintance who's a big, big Blues fan, so I've followed them a bit this season. Another acquaintance who's a big AV fan, and another who's a big Tottenham fan. Makes it vaguely interesting. All of that to say I was proud to recognize your avatar, :lol

[Spurologist]

Ray Allen's movement off the ball is unreal and Pierce is making shots without any air space in the area. If one of them cools off, we have to make a run. It needs to be manu time in the 2nd half. He's only taken 2 shots :wow

[Bartleby]

What should we expect from these announcers, they are for the Celts. Celts may also call Bill Land and Sean douchebags.

most announcers are homers, but Tommy Heinsohn takes it to a whole other level. The dude is insufferable.

[ShoogarBear]

Manu and George need to pull their heads out of their rectums this half.

[NRHector]

BTW, the defense is just as sucky as last night... Boston just isn't an up tempo team... But if somebody can figure out how to stop Allen or Pierce, raise a hand...bring the wheel chair

[ElNono]

No excuses, but they're obviously focusing on stopping Manu... there's always one of the bigs cheating every time he drives. That left RJ and Neal open a couple of times.

[Fireball]

But if somebody can figure out how to stop Allen or Pierce, raise a hand...

Many have tried and failed ... they both are just damn good :bang

[suitedkings]

Malik Rose is struggling.

[awktalk]

5 of 11 on 3s is what kept us in the first half, let's hope RJ, Bonner and Neal can continue their shooting. Manu and Hill both need to be more aggressive offensively.

Not sure how to stop Ray Allen coming off of double screens down low. His quick curl out of those picks and insane release time are going to be difficult to stop.

[angelbelow]

What should we expect from these announcers, they are for the Celts. Celts may also call Bill Land and Sean douchebags.

Nope. The douchery of the boston announcers are well documented around the league. They arent just homers, theyre completely hypocritical when it comes to rules, claiming the Celtic players are always being fouled on the offensive end and never commiting one on the defensive end.

[Warlord23]

Watching this half, I feel the Spurs need to get back to the drawing board when it comes to defending teams with good jump shooters. It's easy to beat the Thunder, Blazers, Hornets type teams by denying them easy shots in the paint. But the last 2 games are a blueprint for good jump shooting teams to beat the Spurs.

[Fireball]

Malik Rose is struggling.

I wish I could listen to his struggles ... most of us are struggling with Tommy

[NASpurs]

Bruce Bowen made Ray Allen his bitch plus others. I miss Bruce. :(

[ElNono]

Boston shooting exactly the same percentage as the Knicks last night... is Pop going to send another message? :rolleyes

[slayermin]

Man, I miss Bruce Bowen.

[Fireball]

Boston shooting exactly the same percentage as the Knicks last night... is Pop going to send another message? :rolleyes

As long as the Spurs lead the game I doubt he will open the bench

[ElNono]

Watching this half, I feel the Spurs need to get back to the drawing board when it comes to defending teams with good jump shooters. It's easy to beat the Thunder, Blazers, Hornets type teams by denying them easy shots in the paint. But the last 2 games are a blueprint for good jump shooting teams to beat the Spurs.

It's a carbon copy of what happened against the Suns last playoffs...

[TampaDude]

Spurs got this. No worries.

[janetcn12]

Can't wait for the 2nd. Love to see the @spurs defeat the Celtics. Go Spurs Gp

[Fireball]

Spurs got this. No worries.

smellin' something already?

[easjer]

Spurs got this. No worries.

Less worried about this game individually than what appear to be trends. I want them to play really well, and they've got lots of room to improve.

[Warlord23]

It's a carbon copy of what happened against the Suns last playoffs...

Exactly right. It seemed so much easier back in the day to assign Bruce Bowen to shut down Nash or Allen or Billups. But with this roster, I have no idea how Pop is going to figure this one out

[NASpurs]

Rondo's assists are so over rated.

[CFH]

Blair!

[Libri]

good move by Blair

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD!!!

[CFH]

Timmy!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD again!!

[CFH]

Timmy again!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Timmay

[Libri]

Tim jumper :)

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck Allen can't miss

[CFH]

Goddamn, Ray Allen can't miss

[DPG21920]

Tim looking sharp offensively tonight.

[NASpurs]

Horrible shot by TD

[Spurologist]

:pctoss

Ray Allen can't miss

[DJ Mbenga]

Tommy is a raging Boston douche.

the sky is also blue

[timtonymanu]

Fuck off Ray

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair is really stupid

[ohmwrecker]

Damn Blair! Don't just collect the foul, put Pierce on his ass!

[DPG21920]

Spurs defense is really struggling. Boston with good ball movement and shooting.

[Texas_Ranger]

Love how Manu did nothing in this game.

[Spurs Brazil]

Take Blair OUT

[janetcn12]

Oh no...it's even

[CFH]

Manu putback

[DPG21920]

Great catch by RJ, good follow up by Manu.

[Spurologist]

maybe that'll wake manu up

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair :bang

[DPG21920]

Good defensive possession there. Blair did a lot of good individual work. Manu as well.

[CFH]

Good defense on that possession

[DPG21920]

It would be nice to see Manu get his 3ball back.

[NASpurs]

Spurs were going for the lob but the Celtics read it. Obvious

[CFH]

Damn turnovers...

[DPG21920]

Great ball movement from Boston. They are playing stellar right now on the offensive end overall.

Tim with another good looking jumper.

[Crookshanks]

I hate Rondo

[CFH]

Timmy J

[Spurs Brazil]

TD J

Rondo playing great

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tim is on fire.

[Andy25]

Fuck. The Spurs better win just to piss off these dumb fuck commentators.

[Spurologist]

Damn TD is fucking on faaaaaiiiiyyyyyaaaaa from the outside

[CFH]

Hill draws the foul on Shaq

[DPG21920]

RJ wet son.

[NASpurs]

RJ for threeeeeeeeeee

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ from 3333333333333333333

[Tp9gospursgo]

Rj!

[CFH]

Rj 3!

[Libri]

Rj 3333333333333333

[Spurologist]

rrrrrrrrrrrrrjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 333333333333333333333

[timtonymanu]

Great ball movement from Boston. They are playing stellar right now on the offensive end overall.

Tim with another good looking jumper.

I wish the Spurs had that. Instead people wait on the perimeter and hope someone makes it in.

[Dex]

Allen and Davis pretending to be fricking Knicks.

[DPG21920]

Spurs might want to guard Ray.

[NASpurs]

I wish Bonner would have contested that instead of watch Allen shoot that.

[Capt Bringdown]

Glen Davis with 15, will Pop pull the plug?
After all, when the going gets tough, it's time to quit.

[Texas_Ranger]

Ray Ray is great.

[Spurs Brazil]

Boston ball

[Crookshanks]

I hate Rondo AND Ray Allen

[Dex]

Doc pulls out his pouty face and refs turn over the call.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Should've been an offensive foul...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

damn allen...

[ffadicted]

Cant let a nigga like ray allen get hot

[timtonymanu]

THAT WAS A FOUL!!!

God I wanna shoot this guy.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This defense is just way too poor for this team to get past the second round.

[Spurologist]

Neal needs some more burn pop

[NASpurs]

Ray Allen 10-13 :lol

[Crookshanks]

Cant let a nigga like ray allen get hot

too late - he's been hitting shots at a pretty good percentage tonight already

[tdunk21]

hill and manu did a good job on kobe....why are they sucking at defending allen??

[ElNono]

I forgot how many moving screens Boston gets away with on every game... maddening...

[janetcn12]

This gonna be a close game

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Manu once again MIA

[angelbelow]

THAT WAS A FOUL!!!

God I wanna shoot this guy.

The rest of the league is in agreement.

[NASpurs]

When their bench comes into the game, I hope the Spurs build up their lead a bit.

[Fireball]

hill and manu did a good job on kobe....why are they sucking at defending allen??

Kobe is not running off screens, but creates his shot himself

[Warlord23]

The biggest cliche in the NBA is "eventually they'll miss a few jump shots ... can't keep making them at that rate". They'll need to add a disclaimer to that statement: [Note: except when playing the 2010-11 Spurs]

[Spurologist]

:lmao

Lawrence Frank getting blown up by Shaq

[CFH]

Parker J

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tony!

[DPG21920]

Spurs with terrible offense and TP bails them out with a jumper.

[senorglory]

THAT WAS A FOUL!!!

God I wanna shoot this guy.

great when replay showed Rondo slash his arm across the front of Parker to knock Parker off his dribble so that Rondo came away with the "steal," and Tommy oohed and ahhed over Rondo's sublime touch.

[DPG21920]

:lol Fat Baby can't be stopped.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Gosh, I hate Spurs fans on this board sometimes.

[Libri]

Davis again :/

[Spurs Brazil]

Davis killing us WTF

[Crookshanks]

Big Baby Davis looks like a black Baby Huey. Man - that guy is a chubby dude.

[Dex]

"Ya know, I'm getting perturbed"

[Warlord23]

18 assists for Rondo. Let me guess, 10 of them are Ray Allen jumpers and 8 are Glen Davis jumpers.

[loveforthegame]

I like Glen Davis but this is ridiculous.

[CFH]

Parker takes the charge

[Tp9gospursgo]

nice Parker.

[DPG21920]

Celtics playing some serious defense.

[ffadicted]

lmao obvious offensive foul is SOOOO obvious, and all of boston still cries

[DPG21920]

Damn, Tim. Sick.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tim is on fire.

[CFH]

Timmy!

[Dex]

18 assists for Rondo. Let me guess, 10 of them are Ray Allen jumpers and 8 are Glen Davis jumpers.

It seems like the only offense Boston has is Rondo Pass -> Shot. No wonder he's averaging like 15 assists.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD great shot

[ElNono]

:cry:cry:cry

:cry:cry:cry

[MannyIsGod]

FML. Audio at the bar was Leauge Pass on TV and it was Bill and Malik. Come home to find out the audio on LP Broadband is the Boston Homer fucks.

[NASpurs]

Tony should pass the fucking ball one day.

[DPG21920]

Pierce right in Hills face. Amazing. Can't believe that shot.

[Dex]

Parker forcing the spin move, bad shot leads to the fast break three.

[Crookshanks]

According to Doc Rivers and the fans - Celtics never foul

[angelbelow]

Fucking pierce..

[Libri]

:bang

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nice T.O pop

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck YOU Tony STUPID WEAK SHOT

[timtonymanu]

Damn, Tim. Sick.

At least you're not worried tonight.

[CFH]

Goddammit, Hill was right in Pierce's face and still makes the 3...