Game Blog: Spurs @ Pacers - Jan. 7

[timtonymanu]

Seriously Blair? Dunk that shit.

[timtonymanu]

Fuckin Hansborough

[Crookshanks]

Blair you gotta make those gimme's.

[CFH]

Down by 5 just like that...

[InRareForm]

stupid blair sparks their 5-0 run

[timtonymanu]

God I hate Spurs defense. So bad.

[GinobiliForTres]

blair :vomit:

and here we go again.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:rollin spurs...just when i thought they can't be playing worse D

[Crookshanks]

Fuckin Hansborough

Only had 2 20 point games - and yet when he plays the Spurs, he looks like an all-star. :bang

[AidanNelson2009]

Fuck me, Pacers now have a 5 point lead, c'mon Spurs !!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Honestly Blair is hit and miss at this point. He can either have a great game or be a complete non-factor. I don't feel comfortable with a player like that and he shouldn't even be starting.

[Creation88]

why the hell is Blair even playing in this game? he's been terrible. in the theme of the Pacers and all their white guys, let Tiago Splitter play.

[Fireball]

that was sooooooo bad

[Capt Bringdown]

Looks like the wheels have come off the Spurs. Slump-city.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair is total CRAP. He should be with Grander. Put him in the doghouse. He's just to stupid to play

[Andy25]

This makes me want to smoke.

[ElNono]

Back to normal... then again, these mistakes wouldn't be so costly if we wouldn't have played fail lineups in the first half

[Crookshanks]

Looks like the wheels have come off the Spurs. Slump-city.

Too early to say that. But I sure don't know what happened to Blair since the Lakers game. He's been really bad.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

it is more like RJ not care enough to be involved in offense than " i am just the 4th option" BS

[ElNono]

Only had 2 20 point games - and yet when he plays the Spurs, he looks like an all-star. :bang

Our defense really makes him look great

[Tp9gospursgo]

fml

[Creation88]

pathetic on both ends right now.

[CFH]

Parker J

[Tp9gospursgo]

Of course. Fuck.

[Crookshanks]

ugghhhhhh 13-3 run. Crap, crap, crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Is it that hard to watch the perimeter? Good God.

[CFH]

Parker again, now if only the defense would step up...

[Creation88]

wtf is hill looking at the paint? cover your man.

[AidanNelson2009]

We really should be pumping a team like the Pacers.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

How many teams in a row do we play that we use the excuse "They were just really hot, every player was hitting shots" until we realize that the Spurs just are NOT anywhere NEAR as good as their record (used to) suggest

[Crookshanks]

oh man - now their 3's are falling. Spurs are in trouble!

[Budkin]

Fuck this game... this team got way too full of themselves with that record.

[Tp9gospursgo]

and Bonner doesnt even try to box out.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

How many games in a row where the opposition is "hot" and we are "totally out of rhythm offensively" until we realize this i saidd

[Rummpd]

offensive put back - horrible

[CFH]

Rebound FFS!

[Whisky Dog]

This is ugly ball, no energy at all.

[timtonymanu]

How many teams in a row do we play that we use the excuse "They were just really hot, every player was hitting shots" until we realize that the Spurs just are NOT anywhere NEAR as good as their record (used to) suggest

+1. This team has just been lucky they squeaked out wins earlier in the season. Now they're getting exposed.

[Budkin]

They have like 20+ points off offensive rebounds!

[ohmwrecker]

The Spurs are playing like they have 10lb weights on their arms and legs.

[ElNono]

Is Dice dead? Why is Bonner out there if we need defense?

[Crookshanks]

I really thought the Spurs would turn it up once they got the lead. But, they can't seem to do anything right or consistent now.

[Rummpd]

Cannot afford to miss FTs with otherwise terrible play

[Cant_Be_Faded]

+1. This team has just been lucky they squeaked out wins earlier in the season. Now they're getting exposed.

We could be lucky to get HCA in the first round after the Rodeo Road Trip if this keeps up.

Anyone check what teams we have to play during the RRT? It's freaking nasty.

[AidanNelson2009]

Another terrible performance by the Spurs, we are in really bad form. Blair should just take a seat, horrible display.

[Darthkiller]

lmao making hansbrough looking like an allstar

[Budkin]

I can't watch this crap anymore. It's making me too angry.

[Crookshanks]

lmao making hansbrough looking like an allstar

His first career double-double tonight. Why not - after all, he's only playing against the team with the "best" record in the NBA.

[Rummpd]

Horrible

[timtonymanu]

Ugh. Wake me up when you give a shit again, Spurs.

[Whisky Dog]

That said, this team was going to struggle at some point during the season. They'll inevitably get hot again and fo on more runs as well.

[Creation88]

what the hell is this?

[CFH]

This is pathetic...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The Pacers dominating us in rebounding is a direct result of their big lineup on the floor.


George Hill deserves to be benched after that pass. BENCHED.

WTF does it take for George to get into Pop's doghouse these days?

[spurtech09]

is malik rose bad luck or something

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

soft in defense AND offense, just great

[timtonymanu]

It looks as if this team got too comfortable with their record that they could challenge other teams and play soft and lazy. It sure looks like it.

[AidanNelson2009]

Hahahaha, looking more and more likely like another loss, 9 points down FFS.

[L.I.T]

It's unreal how bad this team looks. The guards are making some unbelievably stupid decisions on offense and as bad on defense.

[ElNono]

Been shitting the bed this entire quarter...

[Creation88]

Fuck malik rose

[InRareForm]

shoot me now

[Spurs Brazil]

Thank you Blair. You killed the team and is downhill since the

[Crookshanks]

god this is so ugly - and so infuriating. It's like someone drugged the Spurs on New Years Day.

[Rummpd]

Pure and unalderated BS

[Muser]

Pop I know you've got a hard on for Hill but the guy has been total dog shit lately, bench the fucker.

[ElNono]

It looks as if this team got too comfortable with their record that they could challenge other teams and play soft and lazy. It sure looks like it.

I don't even think they can flip a switch on D... they just came back to earth on the offensive end.

[Fireball]

The Big Three are still fine ... but the rest of the team lost its confidence completely

[Budkin]

Get ready for the troll convention on SpursTalk tonight...

[ElNono]

lol Bonner 5th big
lol Bonner 15 minutes a night
lol Bonner spacing the floor

[Sean Cagney]

This team sucks now damnit :( They are flat out horrible on D since that New years day game.

[Fireball]

Now just wait for the "LMAO Spurs" thread to be opened by a Mavs fan ... we deserve it

[ElNono]

WHAT'S THIS LINEUP POP!!!! :pctoss

[Crookshanks]

The Big Three are still fine ... but the rest of the team lost its confidence completely

Bad decisions, turnovers, taking bad shots... yeah I'd say the rest of the team is in complete meltdown. So what can be done?

[Fireball]

Get ready for the troll convention on SpursTalk tonight...

you beat me on that one

[ElNono]

just wow

[024]

everyone gets their career highs against the spurs!

[timtonymanu]

This is clearly the 09-10 Spurs. Bullshit team.

[ElNono]

Really? Back to Blair and Bonner?

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair and Bonner together again

WTF POP??????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????

[Rummpd]

Unreal bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[noles1983]

fuck you spurs

[Tp9gospursgo]

Im glad hansbrough is having a career night.

[ElNono]

lol Dunleavy stilin' on our asses...

[Creation88]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? WHITE GUYS CLOWNING THIS TEAM. FUCK this bs

[spurtech09]

what the heck is going on....BS...spurs look like shit

[AidanNelson2009]

Unbelievable really, down by 13, how the fuck did that happen ??

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

pop wasn't kidding when he said he had no idea how the high scoring are generated

[Muser]

lol not calling timeout when the team is in shambles.

[Rummpd]

Double the above

[Crookshanks]

This game is quickly getting away from the Spurs. Kori said she hoped the Spurs lose the next 4 games - they're less than 13 minutes away from a 3-game losing streak. Damn!

[timtonymanu]

LMAO stacked team

Only the big 3 give a shit again. The rest are a bunch of pussies except McDyess.

[noles1983]

this team is an embarrassment, there record is a complete fluke.

[Capt Bringdown]

Neal, meet Mason. Mason, meet Neal.

[Budkin]

Holy shit this is embarrassing. I bet Pop just sits the starters for the entire 4th.

[Crookshanks]

don't think I can watch this anymore. It's not good for my blood pressure.

[Cessation]

pacers clowning the spurs

[Fpoonsie]

Well, here's hopin my Ags can win tonight...

:depressed

[timtonymanu]

I normally dont turn off games but if the Spurs are gonna play like this, whats the point in watching? They look like they dont care anymore. LMAO November-December champs. Thats all they cared about.

[Rummpd]

Spurs scored 4 straight stop the presses!

[ElNono]

Only the big 3 give a shit again. The rest are a bunch of pussies except McDyess.

Who barely plays...

[Crookshanks]

Spurs out scored by 12 in the 3rd - pathetic!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Spurs showing some life.

[Refocus]

Game's not over yet fellas...

[Spurs Brazil]

Pathetic 3rd quarter

[Rummpd]

And that included 4 in the last 13 seconds.

[Cessation]

Who is Tyler Hansborough? This games scrub having a career game against the spurs, nothing new here.

[024]

neal = mason 2.0?

even mason didn't start his slide until after the all star break.

[timtonymanu]

Who barely plays...

Exactly. Yet Pop loves playing a watered down version of Big Baby and T-Rex arms.

[Fireball]

No, pull the plug and empty the bench now ...

[ElNono]

Hill has turned into a piece of shit... we're still in this game because it's the Pacers, nothing else.

[biskvito]

let the 4th for Splitter, Quinn, etc...

[Muser]

lol people counting the Spurs out already.

[ElNono]

Really? Neal is the problem? I thought he played ok. He's not going to bail you out every night...

[Crookshanks]

I just don't understand what happened to this team. They were really good against the Lakers and the Thunder - and it's like they just don't give a damn now. It's so frustrating, and Coach Pop has to be close to a coronary - nothing seems to be working.

[spurtech09]

looks 2011 not going to be a good yr for the spurs:(

[Creation88]

fucking bs steal/foul call.

[Fireball]

lol people counting the Spurs out already.

just going with the flow :lol

[ElNono]

Did Pop wave the white flag already and we didn't notice?

[Tp9gospursgo]

I don't understand Blair and Bonner together.

[Crookshanks]

I don't understand Blair and Bonner together.

Pop's version of ebony and ivory :lmao

[Tp9gospursgo]

Choo-Choo!

[Chieflion]

Thank heavens for Gary Neal!

[spurtech09]

finally neal making some shots:)

[carina_gino20]

Neal with it!

[Muser]

9 Straight points

lol some of you fuckers imploding

[Refocus]

Neal, meet Mason. Mason, meet Neal.

Nope.

[Creation88]

I don't understand Blair and Bonner together.

Pop prefers this line up over the more bizarre Duncan/Splitter.

[InRareForm]

9-0 run!

[Cessation]

NEAL WITH IT SONS1!! Our own scrubs startin to heat up, give hansborough a taste of his own medicine!!

[024]

wow, neal just made me look stupid.

[CFH]

Thank you Neal

[Rummpd]

Down by 6 at least still in the game

[timtonymanu]

Well thank God someone either than Tim or Manu is showing life. Hill has got to stop being a pussy. Blair needs to play smart. RJ needs to stop hiding in his 09-10 form.

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal 333333333333333333333333333333

[Creation88]

still an idiotic line up. gotta get size out there.

[spurtech09]

no more smallball.....we need to see a duncan and splitter line up....plz pop

[ElNono]

Really? Neal is the problem? I thought he played ok. He's not going to bail you out every night...

I take that back... :lol

[Fireball]

Hopefully Pop does not think he's a genius now ... but good that Neal stays aggressive and continues to shoot the ball

[spurspokesman]

Until the spurs find a true interior defender outside of duncan it will be more of the same.The spurs can win it all. If we shoot 50% from downtown thru the playoffs. I hate to see what we look like when we have to rely on our interior game:depressed

[objective]

Even before the 4th Q, there was no good reason to bash Neal in this game as some sort of Mason.

He was drawing fouls. He was 2-5 and hit a couple of baskets. He wasn't the biggest problem. Unlike Mason.

[Spurs Brazil]

Well thank God someone either than Tim or Manu is showing life. Hill has got to stop being a pussy. Blair needs to play smart. RJ needs to stop hiding in his 09-10 form.


I've been waiting for more than 100 games to see it

[Tp9gospursgo]

Fuck you Blair.

[Fireball]

even before the 4th q, there was no good reason to bash neal in this game as some sort of mason.

He was drawing fouls. He was 2-5 and hit a couple of baskets. He wasn't the biggest problem. Unlike mason.

+1

[InRareForm]

blair omg

[AidanNelson2009]

Finally we start making some shots, 9-0 run, keep it going.

[Creation88]

horrible shots by Blair and Neal. absolutely horrible.

[Cessation]

lol blair posting up, serious?

[Tp9gospursgo]

Rj needed to take that.

[Creation88]

fuck this line up. terrible. getting bailed out and cant make a smart shot.

[timtonymanu]

Too much hesitation there. No one wanted to shoot.

[Cessation]

wow spurs shoot it

[CFH]

Those last 2 shots were terrible

[spurtech09]

spurs shouldn't be in this position....spurs better than this...no more small ball

[spurtech09]

get bonner outta there

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill must stop passing those open shots

[CFH]

Travel? Dammit Bonner

[Tp9gospursgo]

Wow Bonner. Just wow.

[HarlemHeat37]

You guys don't know how happy I would be if Blair and Bonner were traded for a decent big man..

[InRareForm]

blair and bonner wtf you doing making high school bonehead mistakes/shots

[ElNono]

Good.. take Bonner out... he didn't do jackshit all night... just put RJ in there if you want to stay small

[Creation88]

every opportunity and no capitalization.

[AidanNelson2009]

Down by 5, a 10-0 run. Good come back so far, but we shouldn't be in this position AGAIN !

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

oh fuck

[spurtech09]

drive it to the rim damn.....fucking foul on the three

[CFH]

Great, 3 free throws coming up for the Pacers, ugh

[Tp9gospursgo]

Ahhh. Tough call on Neal.

[ElNono]

Here comes career-night... Let's put Matty on him!

[Chieflion]

Neal fucked up at the worst possible moment...

[CFH]

Now Dice and Duncan come in, why didn't Pop do this earlier?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

dice is in :worthy:

[spurtech09]

is parker hurt

[Hemotivo]

lol @ the announcers
ginobili lovers

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner in playoffs mode already

[MannyIsGod]

Really fucking sick of all the extra passing tonight. Shoot the open jump shot. God damn.

[Fireball]

is parker hurt

he was ill ... and Eva has a new boyfriend

[Spurs Brazil]

is parker hurt

He's sick

[spurtech09]

r u serious with that trip

[CFH]

Dammit Manu

[Tp9gospursgo]

What happened there?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

mother fuckkkkkerr

[ElNono]

:pctoss
:pctoss

[Cessation]

Are you kidding me?

[noles1983]

lmfao hansbrough...fucking scrub

[InRareForm]

wtf!!!

[ElNono]

I swear we deserve to lose this

[Rummpd]

Back in then three straight stupid possessions on defense, offense, defense

[timtonymanu]

You guys don't know how happy I would be if Blair and Bonner were traded for a decent big man..

I'm not sold on Blair anymore. He's pretty much hit or miss at this point. I would much rather have Big Baby.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

career high :rollin

[024]

spurs mentally collapsing. neal got greedy trying to get that rebound.

[CFH]

Turnobili

[Tp9gospursgo]

Bull shit!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

nooo not the turnobili not at the 4th noooooo

[Spurs Brazil]

Unbelievable

[timtonymanu]

God I would kill for Roy Hibbert to be a Spur.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Neal trying to steal a rebound from McDyess, ends up losing it..right after fouling Dunleavy for 3 free throws..

I like Neal, just saying, you can't be making mistakes like that..


Ginobili is playing some horrible basketball, it has been a while now..I'm guessing we will have to deal with this for a while, it usually comes in streaks, hopefully he's playing All-Star basketball when it matters..

[Fpoonsie]

Fuck. this. game.

Manu, seriously, what the fuck...sick or not, you can't make shit plays like this.

[spurtech09]

can't watch anymore....70 points....

[flox]

Neal you rebound whore let a big man get that one.


Ginobili looks tired.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manus got to get his head in this game. Now.

[CFH]

Dice J

[Capt Bringdown]

Manu reminding me why he's my least favorite Spur.

[Creation88]

fucking idiotic shots on offense. drive the damn ball.

[spurspokesman]

Is it a coincidence that mostly all the players having career nights or close to are interior players

[Fireball]

the ball just slips through their hands on every rebound

[CFH]

Spurs can't get a stop now

[AidanNelson2009]

agh !!!!!!!!!!I don't think we would even beat the Nets at the moment, games over, goddamit Spurs, terrible stuff !!!

[urunobili]

MANU playing like garbage.

I cant watch this.

they're losing again

[ElNono]

White flag alert

[spurtech09]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww:O

[objective]

:lol Neal trying to steal a rebound from McDyess, ends up losing it..right after fouling Dunleavy for 3 free throws..

I like Neal, just saying, you can't be making mistakes like that..



I rewatched it three times, and that looked like Neal's ball, he was in perfect position for it. He had it, McDyess was the one reaching for it and messing up the board instead of boxing out Hansborough.

And that's after he tripped Manu.

[ElNono]

You don't think we could have used Dice D on Hansbrough early and his J on offense?

[Fireball]

God I would kill for Roy Hibbert to be a Spur.

he only looks good against the Spurs

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Manu reminding me why he's my least favorite Spur.

:wow

[biskvito]

live by the 3pt...

[noles1983]

you almost have to try and be this bad. Hansbrough career high, give me a fucking break

[Ditty]

trade MANU!!! :lol

[spurtech09]

looks like spurs are going to drop another game.....first it was the defense and now the offense :(

[Crookshanks]

Looks like the Pacers are going to end their 7-game losing streak against the Spurs. Spurs are just god awful since New Years Day. WTH happened to them?

[spurspokesman]

You don't think we could have used Dice D on Hansbrough early and his J on offense?
:toast

[Cessation]

Chandler had the career night when spurs played knicks was a wing. Yes, it does help them when they know they can get a practice shot off, since bonner/blair will be guarding them.

[ElNono]

Hibbert is extremely raw. Ofcourse if you put Bonner/Blair on him he's going to look awesome.

[024]

even a mediocre frontline like the pacers' are raping the spurs.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol fkn hibbert

[Tp9gospursgo]

Phantom foul call.

[timtonymanu]

he only looks good against the Spurs

better than Blair thinking he's Hakeem and Bonner's t-rex arms.

[ElNono]

Hill being mediocre again...

[objective]

Another DNP/garbage-time game for Splitter.

Because we all know meaningless DEC-JAN games are no time to get someone ready for the playoffs.

[CFH]

Timmy J

[spurtech09]

is malik bad luck?

[spurspokesman]

Two young talented players and future of the pacers. Boy it sucks to be a pacers fan. Damn drunk announcers

[Crookshanks]

I think Pop is trying to make sure he doesn't have to coach the all-star game!!

[CFH]

Manu steal and fastbreak

[Tp9gospursgo]

There we go.

[Cessation]

manu mugged that guy lol

[ElNono]

Manu playing D

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ginooo

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[InRareForm]

2 pt game! wow

[spurtech09]

???????????

[CFH]

Manu tressssssssssssssssss! He's alive again!

[Refocus]

Fuck yeah

[Muser]

Once again, lol at people imploding when the game is still close.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

gino is mad active on both ends!

[Cessation]

fuck yeah manu, shitting all over spurs talk :)))

[024]

it's kind of amazing how bad the offense looks without parker's penetration. at least ginobili is making something happen.

[suitedkings]

Lets get this one!!!!!!!!!!!

[L.I.T]

Yeah, Spurs may have gotten a 3 off a broken play. But that shot by TP was god awful.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Thank God we have Manu. Nuff said.

[Chieflion]

Manu singlehandedly brings the Spurs within 2!