REVENGE: Knicks @ Spurs Game Blog

[benefactor]

Flirting with a Quadruple Double.
Good to see you Bo. Long time.

[Capt Bringdown]

Mark Jackson on teams passing on Blair: "didn't give enough credit to his hawt..."

[ohmwrecker]

What's with all these 3's ?? no one can hit em'.

Duncan is on the bench.

[tdunk21]

come on manu...u can do better than that

[Fireball]

yeah I meant hawks thx. Nobody is speaking about Horford but he is playing great bb

he is not an all-star by fault

[CFH]

Manu trying to do too much, pass it around

[Brazil]

Manu is struggling....

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

ball not moving :td

[Capt Bringdown]

Humor is not JVG strong point...hey, what exactly is his strong point?

[benefactor]

Too much watching Manu. Need more ball movement.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu with some bad shots

[ohmwrecker]

Mark Jackson on teams passing on Blair: "didn't give enough credit to his hawt..."

What he lacks in ligaments, he makes up for in hawt.

[tdunk21]

Humor is not JVG strong point...hey, what exactly is his strong point?

even he has no idea....

[Fireball]

Humor is not JVG strong point...hey, what exactly is his strong point?

i like his humor ... him and Mark Jackson together are fun to listen to

[SpursIndonesia]

Manu is in Kobe mode, the chucker mode. :lmao

[jestersmash]

No honestly I'd like Ginobili to keep shooting. He needs shots if he wants a chance to regain his rhythm.

[Fireball]

both Manu and TP are hogging the ball in the 2nd half ... we need better ball movement to close out this game

[Spurologist]

Quinn is doing absolute nada out there. Tp needs to check in

[tdunk21]

i like his humor ... him and Mark Jackson together are fun to listen to

isnt mark jackson the one who says hand down man down?

[Warlord23]

Duncan/TP/Blair have 49 points on a combined 20/32 from the field
The rest of the team has 32 points on 12/36 shooting

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

felton self promotion :rollin

[Spurologist]

Humor is not JVG strong point...hey, what exactly is his strong point?

huh?

Maybe you need a sense of humor. Mark Jackson/JVG form one of the best tandems in the league

[Fireball]

isnt mark jackson the one who says hand down man down?

yes he is ... and he is right with that

[tdunk21]

felton self promotion :rollin

lol....

[CFH]

Turnover, yuck...

[Fireball]

Duncan/TP/Blair have 49 points on a combined 20/32 from the field
The rest of the team has 32 points on 12/36 shooting

Its not die by the three this time ...

[BlairForceDejuan]

manu, just stop

[CFH]

Wake up Spurs

[Capt Bringdown]

Get dice outta there!

[Warlord23]

Need to get the ball out of Manu's hands. He's got nothing going for him so far

[timtonymanu]

Manu wake up

[Spurologist]

manu in solo mode and he's forcing it

[CFH]

Parker!

[tdunk21]

oh man .....small lineup again

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

douglas stripping and stealing whole game

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu!!

[BlairForceDejuan]

take it over tp

[Texas_Ranger]

RJ is Galinari's bitch.

[lefty]

Gallinari is dirking on us

[benefactor]

Alley-oop didn't do much for RJ.

[timtonymanu]

We're getting nothing outside of Timmy, Tony, and Blair

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Manu!!

what game r u watching?

[Spurs Brazil]

Gallinari is owning RJ

[GinobiliForTres]

RJ is Galinari's bitch.

Gallo's already a pretty big bitch so RJ must be a pretty huge bitch.

[Tp9gospursgo]

what game r u watching?

It sent late...:depressed

[AidanNelson2009]

Not good !! lead cut to 4, not another close one :/

[BlairForceDejuan]

nice rj

[CFH]

Rj

[tdunk21]

good RJ..keep it going

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nice Rj.

[Capt Bringdown]

huh?

Maybe you need a sense of humor. Mark Jackson/JVG form one of the best tandems in the league

One man's hilarity is another man's corny jokes and long-winded anecdotes and analogies.

[Spurologist]

there you go RJ!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

need more of that RJ a lot more

[BlairForceDejuan]

Db son db

[CFH]

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeast!

[lefty]

Bbbbbbbbb

[tdunk21]

dejuan blair

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair blair woot

[duncan228]

Pretty Blair!

[Spurologist]

tp to BLAIR!!!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

I just noticed that Anderson is dressed...:wow

[tdunk21]

DB needs a new nickname.....grizzly is now kinda overused

[DesignatedT]

wow. I almost forgot that RJ could drive and finish like that..... and BLAIR is a fucking man out there tonight! Great game DB.

[Spurs Brazil]

It would be nice to see RJ attacking more

Blair in full beast mode

[BlairForceDejuan]

DB just said what can Gunn Honda do for youuuuuuuuuuuu

[Cant_Be_Faded]

DB needs a new nickname.....grizzly is now kinda overused

Think of a better one and I will gladly use it.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

I just noticed that Anderson is dressed...:wow

so was last game

[tdunk21]

I just noticed that Anderson is dressed...:wow

yeah but he wont see any minutes today as per jeff mcdonald

[Fireball]

I just noticed that Anderson is dressed...:wow

just because Bonner is inactive

[ohmwrecker]

I just noticed that Anderson is dressed...:wow

In case of emergency . . . break glass.

[KenziE]

In case of emergency . . . break glass.


that made me laugh

[Spurologist]

Don't remember tp ever getting a triple double.....always close but short.

[Fireball]

give Timmay the triple double ...

[tdunk21]

damn gallinari...that was difficult

[ohmwrecker]

Think of a better one and I will gladly use it.

Caboose?

[Fireball]

Don't remember tp ever getting a triple double.....always close but short.

tonight he might get one with Turnovers

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

amare :cry

[BlairForceDejuan]

awesome pass

[CFH]

Blair to Timmy!

[tdunk21]

great pass DB

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

blair nice find

[CFH]

Rj j

[timtonymanu]

there we go RJ

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

RJ about time

[benefactor]

Where was this earlier in the game?

[BlairForceDejuan]

Gary Neal is the truth.

[tdunk21]

i am not gonna lie....i miss red rocket...and the funny way he runs

[EricB]

This second half Richard Jefferson is the one that was playing earlier this year.

Glad to see it.

Blair and Neal, unreal.

[urunobili]

RJ clutch

[tdunk21]

lol amare

[Spurs Brazil]

DB just amazing tonight

[Malice]

LOL Blair "No ACL's" out jumps Amare...huge play.

[Spurologist]

RJ clutch

Galinari's face was also clutched :lol

[Warlord23]

Big minutes for Blair, as well as Duncan and Parker. The Hornets on the other hand coasted to an easy victory with rest for all their starters. Tomorrow's game will be doubly tough.

[Pauleta14]

Don't remember tp ever getting a triple double.....always close but short.

:lol

[Fireball]

RJ clutch

That shows he just is not getting as much shots as early in the season. He is a little bit more passive, but still not afraid to take and make big shots in the end of a game ... RJ 2.0

[BlairForceDejuan]

man rebound by rj

[CFH]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[BlairForceDejuan]

how does manu miss a left handed layup

[Warlord23]

Please, not Manu again

[tdunk21]

tonyyyyyyy

[CFH]

Parker with the dagger 3!

[timtonymanu]

Tony!!!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tp3!!!!

[Spurologist]

tttttppppppppppppppppp 333333333333333333333333333333333333

[resistanze]

Game.

[Refocus]

TP with the dagger.

[AidanNelson2009]

Tp 333333333333333333333

[Brazil]

Tppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ppppppppppppppppppppppppp

[Pauleta14]

Not even a corner 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:lol:lol

[Malice]

LOL Knicks with a "Moral" victory according to Jackson.

[DesignatedT]

sick ass 3 ball tony

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop called 4 down

TD draws double, TP 333333333333333333333333333333333333

[carina_gino20]

Tony!!!!

[Brazil]

should be ball game, tp showing his clutch touch

[rasho8]

That's it. Now we need to get to NO and get some rest.

[Gagnrath]

Wow I know tony isn't a jump shooter but leaving any nba player save for shaq 3 seconds at the top of the key like that is moronic.

[urunobili]

TP in assassin mode

[timtonymanu]

Pop is hot at Neal.

[tdunk21]

wow...gary earful from pop

[timtonymanu]

Duncan dunk!!!!!!

[tdunk21]

timmmmmmyyyyy dunk

[blkroadrunners]

Timmy Flush!

[CFH]

Duncan with the slam!

[rasho8]

Stupid knicks.
OH SHIT TIMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

[duncan228]

Duncan looked great tonight.

[ezau]

LOL D'Antoni owned again by POP. Huge by three by Tony and damn, good win. :flag:

[Spurologist]

http://www.ehpcarico.com/images/image/Dasani.jpg

I'm waiting for you D'antoni!!!

[BlairForceDejuan]

Splitter TIME

[ShoogarBear]

Good game, good win. Knicks played pretty well.

[tdunk21]

44th consecutive FT for manu

[Spurs Brazil]

Very good win. Defense was solid

TD and Blair were GREAT

TP played well but too many TOs

RJ did a good job in the 2nd half after a terrible 1st

Owens and Quinn with good minutes

[janetcn12]

Congrats...Spurs what a win...Blair u are awesome tonight

[tdunk21]

standing O for DB

[DesignatedT]

lol pop is just not letting it go tonight.

[Pauleta14]

I haven't seen that look very often in Timmy's eyes...

[Malice]

Love me some Pop, laying into people long after the game is decided...

[BlairForceDejuan]

look at neal, he is living the dream.

All of those years overseas and now he is laughing w/ Timmy D in the huddle. Good times.

[timtonymanu]

I was looking at the wins from last year and the Spurs got their 37th win against NY at home. Go figure.

[Brazil]

Good game, good win. Knicks played pretty well.

and they are a tough match up for us, good win let's kick hornets ass now

[Spurs Brazil]

TD hugging Neal in the timeout. He saw Pop was very mad at Neal :lol

[Fireball]

very good win without Bonner and Hill ... now take the momentum and continue the streak on the road !!!

[SpurAddict561]

Teams are really kicking themselves watching Blair in this game.

Tough game tomorrow night I'll be super impressed if we win it.

[shingo_318]

congrats spurs and manu~

[rasho8]

Why didn't the ball advance?

[007nites]

Timmy took us back to 2003 on that Dunk lol

[EricB]

With a Lakers loss tonight Popovich clinches being the Western Conference head coach at the All Star game.

Hope the reporters don't say it, itll piss him off more.

[tdunk21]

too bad for amare...he will harassed by serge ibaka tomorow.....lol

[Pauleta14]

Felton taking care of his stats...

[SpurAddict561]

Great win without arguably our best bench player

[timtonymanu]

TD hugging Neal in the timeout. He saw Pop was very mad at Neal :lol

That was funny. It's like "I've been hearing it for 13 years. Don't take it personally."

[EricB]

Pop pissed off because he can be...

[urunobili]

Blair beastin'

Manu personal best 44 str8 free throws.

TD mediating so that Pop tones it down with Neal

RJ skying up high for rebounds in the last 3 minutes

TP showing his new found long range on the clutchest shot of the game

Good night sleep with a smile on my face

Thank you San Antonio Spurs I truly love you guys

[BlairForceDejuan]

monster rebound by splitter

[tdunk21]

yay....tiago 1 rebound

[jimo2305]

why was pop mad at the end?

[timtonymanu]

With a Lakers loss tonight Popovich clinches being the Western Conference head coach at the All Star game.

Hope the reporters don't say it, itll piss him off more.

I got the feeling they will, but they should know better.

[Budkin]

Go spurs go!

[TiMMeH*faN*frOmNY]

Blair threads ftw

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

why was pop mad at the end?

at dantoni for being a stupid fk

[rasho8]

monster rebound by splitter

It was huge for us tonight. We had to have it.

[Capt Bringdown]

Nothing less than a legendary performance by Duncan tonight. So glad I got to see it.

[BoricuaCJA]

I enjoyed this game a lot. Love how Blair played and vintage Duncan!

[Refocus]

Feel good win. :)

[Tp9gospursgo]

Good Job Spurs.

[CFH]

Great game, tomorrow night will be tough

[EricB]

why was pop mad at the end?

Missed rotations.

Pop never lets up.

[ezau]

Good win. We're fucking deep and talented needless to say. And damn, DB is getting really comfortable out there.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bucher asks a lot of stupid questions

[SpursIndonesia]

Very good win. Defense was solid

TD and Blair were GREAT

TP played well but too many TOs

RJ did a good job in the 2nd half after a terrible 1st

Owens and Quinn with good minutes

Shouldn't leave the assessment of one more starting player.

Manu is sucking. :rolleyes

[jimo2305]

at dantoni for being a stupid fk

no he pulled blair aside and was chewing him out or something

[tdunk21]

Bucher asks a lot of stupid questions

ESPN crew have lot in common

[dbreiden83080]

How much do you love Timmy in the Post Game??

No boasting about his performance

"Just another night" All class baby.. All class..

[timtonymanu]

Didn't realize Hornets were on a winning streak as well. Interesting to see how the Spurs come out tomorrow. 37 wins already before the all-star break. Awesome.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

So, the game in NYK was the abberation it looked to be at the time.

Another quality win, Spurs. You are so much fun to watch this year! :D

[dbreiden83080]

Nothing less than a legendary performance by Duncan tonight. So glad I got to see it.

You'll see more of em in the playoffs. Big man just pacing himself baby..

[easy7]

Good game, now ready to see Melo-drama and the fakers...

[Killakobe81]

So what was the opinion of Mark Jackson and Van Gundy? All finals there was A LOT of bitching about Jackson slobin' Kobe ...how is it when They slob duncan, parker and Manu? LOL

BTW great game Spurs you guys are playing great ball.

[jimo2305]

Missed rotations.

Pop never lets up.

lol wierd.. he seemed hardcore fired up..

[EricB]

So, the game in NYK was the abberation it looked to be at the time.

Another quality win, Spurs. You are so much fun to watch this year! :D


They added Gallinari we subtracted Bonner and Hill.

Even more impressive.

[Fireball]

Didn't realize Hornets were on a winning streak as well. Interesting to see how the Spurs come out tomorrow. 37 wins already before the all-star break. Awesome.

This will be a test. Hornets are back after their slump in December. But it looks like we have figured them out defensively, so if the Spurs have enough energy the will win it ...

[EricB]

lol wierd.. he seemed hardcore fired up..


He's gotta pick his spots in a 37-6 season.

[urunobili]

He's gotta pick his spots in a 37-6 season.

:lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Ny fg% - 37.8%

[hater]

REVENGE motherfuckers!!!!

what???? what???????

[Spurs Brazil]

@RicBucher NYK trims SA lead at end of 4Q, Pop forgets he has quarter interview. Reminded by PR, does it masking how much he wish he wasn't. No

[spyder]

Blair and Duncan were beastin..revenge never tasted so sweet..like Jay-Z said "On to the next one" Go Spurs!!

[nkdlunch]

good thread OP

Amare came out of that game tasting blood

[TheSpurglar]

Didn't the Spurs end Amare's run of 20+ point games as well? That's what I'm talking about... Cheers, Timothy. :toast

[Killakobe81]

"...the Spurs' greatness is taken for granted, like Duncan's greatness..."

Best comment all night.

You guys like this guy when he slobs on Duncan but he is hack when sucks off the Lakers?

[birdy219]

You guys like this guy when he slobs on Duncan but he is hack when sucks off the Lakers?

Aren't the lakers playing a game right now? Why are you on the Spurs game thread talking nonsense about the commentators? Who Cares what they say?

You don't have to worry about anybody on BSPN giving the Spurs credit for anything. They will continue to kiss up to the lakers, heat, and celtics.

Mark Jackson will be back on kobe's jock the moment that he comments on them again.

:flag:

[Pelicans78]

You guys like this guy when he slobs on Duncan but he is hack when sucks off the Lakers?

Well, Lakers aren't worth writing home about right now. Plus, they're title team last season wasn't too great and barely survived. They're still a strong team, but overrated a bit due to their back-to-back titles.

[Pelicans78]

This will be a test. Hornets are back after their slump in December. But it looks like we have figured them out defensively, so if the Spurs have enough energy the will win it ...

Whorenets play great defense, but don't have enough firepower to keep up with the Spurs. Plus, they're winning games, but barely surviving except for tonight which was mostly about the Hawks being pathetic.

[Killakobe81]

Aren't the lakers playing a game right now? Why are you on the Spurs game thread talking nonsense about the commentators? Who Cares what they say?

You don't have to worry about anybody on BSPN giving the Spurs credit for anything. They will continue to kiss up to the lakers, heat, and celtics.

Mark Jackson will be back on kobe's jock the moment that he comments on them again.

:flag:

Are you new here? Read any thread on here aboutthe lack of media attention the Spurs get. Im just pointing out the hypocrisy that people love those comments but hate when they gush over Kobe.

As for my team I am a multi-tasking. I ama multi-tasker. Lakers will lose tonight anyway ...

[EricB]

sportsguy33 (http://twitter.com/#%21/sportsguy33) Bill Simmons



@ricbucher (http://twitter.com/ricbucher) The next time you interview Pop, you should just start with a curveball like, "So, what do you think of the iPad?"


Bill Simmons to Ric Bucher :lmao

[Pelicans78]

Are you new here? Read any thread on here aboutthe lack of media attention the Spurs get. Im just pointing out the hypocrisy that people love those comments but hate when they gush over Kobe.

As for my team I am a multi-tasking. I ama multi-tasker. Lakers will lose tonight anyway ...

These aren't Shaq/Kobe's Lakers. They're gonna need HCA to win it all. These current group has only won with HCA.

[EricB]

Class move by Richard Jefferson here...

poundingtherock (http://twitter.com/#%21/poundingtherock) PtR



Actually, one more thing. Jefferson gave Owens a special gift post game - the final stat sheet. Owens scored his first NBA points tonight.

[DesignatedT]

sportsguy33 (http://twitter.com/#%21/sportsguy33) Bill Simmons



@ricbucher (http://twitter.com/ricbucher) The next time you interview Pop, you should just start with a curveball like, "So, what do you think of the iPad?"


Bill Simmons to Ric Bucher :lmao

:rollin

[duncan228]

San Antonio Spurs 101, New York Knicks 92: DeJuan Blair scores, but the most promising sign was a miss (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER — DeJuan Blair had his share of the spotlight in the San Antonio Spurs 101-92 win over the New York Knicks with 18 points and 13 rebounds — although 21 points and 13 assists from Tony Parker, and 21 points, 16 rebounds eight assists and five blocks courtesy of Tim Duncan might have had a greater effect on the outcome.

And despite going 8-12 from the field, it was one of DeJuan Blair’s misses that might have been the best sign for the Spurs offense.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-101-new-york-knicks-92-dejuan-blair-scores-but-the-most-promising-sign-was-a-miss#more-12496)

[MeesterMarcus]

Revenge fulfilled. What an awesome game for Blair and Duncan. That was so much fun to watch. Such AUTHORITY.

[Blackjack]

Didn't the Spurs end Amare's run of 20+ point games as well? That's what I'm talking about... Cheers, Timothy. :toast

Yup. Stopped him from getting his 27th 20-point game in a row. It was the Knicks' third longest streak in team history and longest since Ewing had 28 consecutive in '90.

[duncan228]

Post-Game Video

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170873

More post-game quotes here.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170868


Spurs stop slumping Knicks for 8th straight win (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011012124)
By Paul J. Weber

DeJuan Blair says he no longer thinks when he plays. It’s exactly what the San Antonio Spurs, who’ve built championships on brains, want to hear.

Blair had 18 points and 13 rebounds in his usually spry and rambunctious fashion, and the Spurs took revenge on the slumping New York Knicks to win their eighth in a row, 101-92 on Friday night.

“I’m just not thinking,” said Blair, explaining his third double-double in his last four games. “I was thinking too much at the beginning of this season.”

Tim Duncan had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Tony Parker added 21 points and 13 assists, and the Spurs avenged one of only six losses this season. That was in New York earlier this month, when the Knicks wore out the NBA’s top team and put up a season-high 128 points on them.

New York sputtered in the rematch and tumbled to a fifth consecutive loss, despite moving Ronny Turiaf back into the starting lineup over Wilson Chandler.

The switch didn’t instantly pay off like coach Mike D’Antoni wanted. Moving Turiaf off the bench made the Knicks bigger, but it didn’t help New York against Duncan and the undersized but indefatigable Blair who, at just 6-foot-7, has been San Antonio’s starting center all season.

“Got to win a game. That’s all it is,” Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire said. “We’re fine, we’re fine. We’re in a slump, but we’ll be all right.”

Stoudemire’s night summed up the Knicks’ struggles. The starting lineup change moved Stoudemire back to his preferred position of power forward, but he scored 18 points on a dismal 8-of-25 shooting and had his streak of 20-point games snapped at 26. He also had 15 rebounds.

Raymond Felton led the Knicks with 23 points.

San Antonio (37-6) won its 17th straight at home, but the Spurs won’t see much of the AT&T Center between now and March.

Having finished this perfect four-game homestand, San Antonio plays 12 of its next 13 on the road, largely thanks to its annual Rodeo Road Trip that begins Feb. 1 in Portland.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who admonished his defense after the Knicks ran them up and down the floor in New York on Jan. 4, was in a better mood this time after holding New York to just 38 percent from the field.

“The bigs tonight, especially Timmy and DeJuan, were fantastic with Amare,” Popovich said

Turiaf had 10 points and 10 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup, but Chandler was ineffective off the bench. The Knicks’ second-leading scorer this season scored just six points.

It was the third double-double in four games for Blair, who scored 22 in a victory over Toronto on Wednesday. Blair was 8 of 12 from the floor, none bigger than his twisting, driving layup with 5:44 left that had an exasperated D’Antoni signaling timeout.

“I love playing pick-and-roll with him,” Parker said. “He’s running to the basket and his timing is great.”

New York had shaved a once 14-point deficit down to four just moments earlier. It was as close as the Knicks would get, and left New York tasked with trying to avoid matching its season-high losing streak on Saturday night against Oklahoma City.

D’Antoni hoped a shake-up to the starting lineup would pay immediate dividends.

He changed up the starting five, in part, because the Knicks had been 5-1 with the lineup of Turiaf, Stoudemire, Danilo Gallinari, and Landry Fields and Felton in the backcourt.

D’Antoni said he was just trying what worked before.

“We are playing like when we started coming out of the 3-8 start,” D’Antoni said. “We play this hard and good things will happen.”

Manu Ginobili scored 16 points and Gary Neal added 10 off the bench for the Spurs.

Notes: Spurs G George Hill was a late scratch due to a sprained right thumb. It left the Spurs without two of their top reserves, as F Matt Bonner missed his third consecutive game with a sore right knee. Popovich was at a loss to explain why Bonner isn’t recovering faster. … The Knicks lost for the eighth consecutive time in San Antonio, a skid that dates to 2003.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011012124

[duncan228]

Notes on a scorecard: Embarrassment played a role in Friday’s revenge win (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2011/01/22/notes-on-a-scorecard-embarrassment-played-a-role-in-fridays-revenge-win/)
Tim Griffin

The Spurs haven’t been humiliated or humbled very often during a record-setting start this season.

But to a man, the Spurs have remembered their Jan. 4 mugging in the Madison Square Garden where New York hung more points on them than in any previous regulation game since 1993.

The images of the end of that game remain vivid — particularly Manu Ginobili angrily slamming down a towel when he was pulled from the bench as Gregg Popovich conceded that loss.

That game provided a blueprint of what the Spurs didn’t want to do in Friday night’s rematch. And they accomplished their defensive goals, holding them to 37.8 percent.

Keep Reading... (http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2011/01/22/notes-on-a-scorecard-embarrassment-played-a-role-in-fridays-revenge-win/)

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2011/01/22/notes-on-a-scorecard-embarrassment-played-a-role-in-fridays-revenge-win/

[duncan228]

View from the other side.


Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs dismantle Amar'e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton and Knicks in 101-92 win (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2011/01/21/2011-01-21_tim_duncan_san_antonio_spurs_dismantle_amare_st oudemire_raymond_felton_and_knick.html)
BY Frank Isola
Daily News

Amar'e Stoudemire lost a critical jump ball Friday night to perhaps the smallest power forward in NBA history and moments later was schooled by perhaps the greatest power forward in league history.

DeJuan Blair and Tim Duncan roughed up Stoudemire in ways few teams have this season, and the end result wasn't pretty for Stoudemire and the Knicks.

Stoudemire failed to score at least 20 points for the first time in 27 games as Duncan, Blair and Tony Parker led the San Antonio Spurs to a 101-92 victory. The loss was the Knicks' fifth straight and their sixth in their last seven heading into Saturday night's game at Oklahoma City.

"Teams are definitely going to key in on me every night," Stoudemire said after the Knicks fell to 22-20. "Pretty much their whole defensive strategy is to figure out how to stop me out there."

For the second straight game, Stoudemire was defended by a smaller, physical defender and he struggled to find his rhythm. Houston's Chuck Hayes got the better of Stoudemire for the second time this season on Wednesday, while Blair, generously listed at 6-foot-7, was energetic and physical from start to finish.

"A lot of guys are playing very, very physical towards me and I'm starting to get injured a lot," Stoudemire added. "My shoulder, arms, hands are starting to get banged up a lot out there. It's frustrating."

Stoudemire made just eight of 25 shots and finished with 18 points, which included going scoreless in the first quarter, and 15 rebounds. He picked up two fouls in less than five minutes and spent the remainder of the opening period on the bench.

He still played 39 minutes and attempted only two free throws, a statistic not lost on Mike D'Antoni.

"(Blair) has great hands and I couldn't tell if he got his hands on the ball all of the time, but they said he did," D'Antoni said. "They guard him well. I don't want to take away from the defenders because they are great and they put their heart and soul into it."

Blair had three blocked shots to go along with 18 points and 13 rebounds while Duncan was in top form with 21 points, 16 rebounds, eight assists and five blocks.

"Timmy and DeJuan were fantastic with Amar'e," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after his club improved to a league-best 37-6.

One of those losses was earlier this month in New York when the Knicks beat the Spurs 128-115, which included the Knicks scoring 72 first-half points. Friday night, they didn't hit 72 until Stoudemire's two free throws with 9:59 left in regulation.

"I think Pop maybe chewed them out about the loss in New York and they came out focused," Stoudemire said, "as we should have done."

Focus probably wasn't the Knicks' problem as much as it was their inability to make shots. D'Antoni elected to start a lineup that is his weakest offensively - Ronny Turiaf at center and Wilson Chandler as sixth man - and it cost them.

Chandler scored 28 on Jan. 4 against San Antonio, but Friday night he attempted only 10 shots, making three. Overall, the Knicks shot 38% and were 6-for-15 on three-pointers. Danilo Gallinari shot 5-for-13 while Raymond Felton's slump gained momentum as the point guard missed 13 of 21 shots. Parker scored 21 on 9-for-14 shooting.

The Spurs led over the final 32 minutes and went ahead by 14 in the first half. Gallinari's free throws with 6:44 left got the Knicks to within 83-79, but they scored just four points over the next five minutes while Blair, Duncan and Manu Ginobili pushed the lead back to 10.

"There is a reason they are the best team," D'Antoni said. "I think we had a shot at them. We just didn't make crucial shots."

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