Game Blog: Spurs @ Lakers - Feb. 3

[Warlord23]

Why are they passing it to Dice for the mid range jumper?

[Cessation]

refs trying to bail out the lakers

[HarlemHeat37]

I love that the refs are letting them play on both sides, good, physical basketball..hopefully the 4th is officiated the same way..

McDyess is 0-4 on jump shots tonight..all wide open..

[spurspokesman]

Mcdyess stinking up the joint.

[100%duncan]

damn get the rebounds!

[hitmanyr2k]

[Bill Walton] Get a rebound....please [/Walton]

[Rummpd]

Some of these calls are BS

[CFH]

Terrible...

[007nites]

Neal and Blair have been really effective with there hands on defense tonight.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How the fuck was that a foul???

Been a lot of phantom calls tonight.

[Capt Bringdown]

We don't need weak-sauce jumpers from Dice, FFS

[100%duncan]

bad end

[timtonymanu]

Seriously? Bynum made both.

[tdunk21]

3 pt lead.....not good

[Rummpd]

Best big tonight in limited minutes was argueby Splitter drew charges and grabbed a few boards.l

[m33p0]

almost.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

HUGE storm here in Canberra right now:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR403.loop.shtml

This La Nina just keeps on coming!

[Capt Bringdown]

Do the Spurs want to win this game?

[Warlord23]

Duncan and Dice are a combined 3/17 from the floor :wow

[Pauleta14]

Hill should have passed the ball the Neal in the corner.....

[Banzai]

Anyone have any good remedies for sore throats? I know salt water is good. but is there anything else?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

time to show the spurs have got a better bench

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs should be up by double-digits, so many open jump shots..McDyess is supposed to be a mid-range specialist, he can't be going 0-4 on wide open jump shots..

Hopefully we get a close 4th, I don't expect to get a double-digit lead in the 4th over LA..

[Rummpd]

@#&# these refs period

[tmtcsc]

We are getting the Lakers B game again. Even if we win, it won't mean much. The Lakers have the size and talent to beat anyone but they aren't right mentally. We have a very good team but still seem reluctant to rise up and take the other team down with confidence. I hate games like this.

[awktalk]

this game was a trap. we were looking forward to SuckTown

[Cant_Be_Faded]

***********calling it now************


refs have been calling this game SUSPICIOUSLY EVEN thus far

expect kobe, gasol, 7 foot gary coleman, and odom Free Throw Parade for the final 4 minutes of this game.

It's going to be like Mavericks 2006

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dice's jumper is usually money. He's missed em all tonight, but that doesn't mean it's a bad option in general.

[Josepatches_]

Where is Splitter?

[Ice009]

I am disgusted with that finish to the quarter.

Spurs big men ALL SUCK OFFENSIVELY.

HELP OUT THE GUARDS.

Don't turn into a choker too against the Lakers Antonio. HIT A SHOT.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Do the Spurs want to win this game?

Duh.

Stupid comment.

[Fireball]

3 pt lead.....not good

Only because the lead already was larger ... but leading by three in L.A. after 3 quarters ist good. On the road you have to try to stay in the game and execute in the end ...

[EmantheSpursFan]

Fuck the officials!
Call it on both sides, if not swallow that fucking whistle!
Im not studying for my cal test bc of this game
GO SPURS GO!

[m33p0]

splitter should be put in in place dice.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Both teams playing very tight. Who will be the hero?

[SpurAddict561]

Heres to Pop not throwing this one out early 4th like he did in Portland!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Kobe is going to dance his way to 10 free throw attempts in the final Q, just watch

I don't remember the last time the refs called a game this fair in the Staples Center

[100%duncan]

poor d

[CFH]

Unlucky roll for Hill on that one

[timtonymanu]

Fuck

[100%duncan]

fuck the D

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

uh-oh

[Libri]

lead gone, dammit

[100%duncan]

Dice!

[AidanNelson2009]

lakers take the lead and they have been crap tonight, but so have we. nothing is falling for us, our shooting tonight has been bad.

[100%duncan]

dice doing his job

[Ice009]

Spurs simply play like little girls against LA. Little girls.

FUCKING MAN UP.

[tdunk21]

good db

[Brox6]

Manu 5-13
Kobe 4-13

are they guarding each other?

[CFH]

Blair!

[100%duncan]

Nice Blair

[Rummpd]

Kobe is going to dance his way to 10 free throw attempts in the final Q, just watch

I don't remember the last time the refs called a game this fair in the Staples Center


Refs have made good possession calls but some fouls on Spurs highly questionable

[tdunk21]

dice

[CFH]

Dice J, there you go!

[timtonymanu]

Finally Dice

[HarlemHeat37]

Blair clearly got fouled there, should have been and-1..

McDyess finally makes a jump shot..hopefully he heats up now, he's usually money..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dice finally hits a J. Watch him hit 2 more.

[007nites]

LO is dangerous when he drives. We have no answer for him driving.

[100%duncan]

Lol

[100%duncan]

Neal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CFH]

Neal!

[tdunk21]

good shot neal

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I love the second team. So often they give us a great start to the 4th Q. :toast

[spurspokesman]

Neal

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

manu distributing goods

[BoricuaCJA]

Neal is my favorite player on the Spurs this year. So confident and he just doesn't look nervous.

[Fireball]

LO is dangerous when he drives. We have no answer for him driving.

nobody has ...

[Warlord23]

There are some subtle calls going against us
- A couple of BS calls when they were fighting for rebounds
- Blair getting held on his layup, should've got an FT
- Artest making heavy contact with Manu and getting away with it

[TDfan2007]

Our guys have played fantastic D this game. Forcing LA out of their comfort zone all night. Would like to see better shooting from Manu and Tim though. This is the second game in a row against LA where Tim has been MIA offensively.

[AidanNelson2009]

5 pt lead, now to extend that lead. go spurs

[007nites]

Kobe is going to come out storming after this time out.

[Cessation]

laker home refs, biased?? no wai1!

[Manu-of-steel]

Up by 5. Defense!

[jestersmash]

Phil not taking any chances letting his players "play through" this game. He's taking timeouts early and often when Spurs start to get a bit of momentum.

[ChuckD]

Smart plan so far in the second half. The guards are calling for a high pick, but not using it, just drawing a big out of the lane. The Laker big then cannot trap the ball handler.

[Capt Bringdown]

Good aggressive jumper by Neal. Now we need to get RJ in the mix.

[Pauleta14]

We are getting the Lakers B game again. Even if we win, it won't mean much. The Lakers have the size and talent to beat anyone but they aren't right mentally. We have a very good team but still seem reluctant to rise up and take the other team down with confidence. I hate games like this.


I'm not sure the Lakers are getting the Spurs A team tonight...

Both teams obviously need a break and there won't be the same intensity on BOTH sides during the PO!

[100%duncan]

go spurs go!

[Cessation]

seems like spurs are getting a read on these lakers

[tdunk21]

take advantage of laker turnovers

[100%duncan]

good to see manu attacking the rim

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Miller with the fucktarded "Manu is a lefty" call. :rolleyes

[CFH]

Gotta rebound...

[HarlemHeat37]

I love the second team. So often they give us a great start to the 4th Q. :toast

Without the best 3-point shooter on the team, and essentially without the promising rookie, too..

[CFH]

Rj 33333333333333

[tdunk21]

damn fuckin good RJ

[100%duncan]

thats it RJ!

[spurspokesman]

Rjjjj

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:rollin artest

[tmtcsc]

RJ Sighting !

[100%duncan]

no foul?

[hitmanyr2k]

Artest sealing that trade :lol

[Rummpd]

Get a double digit lead darn it

[CFH]

Dice with the stone hands

[Cessation]

oh my dick j is so clutch!!

[100%duncan]

sloppy

[tmtcsc]

Awful foul

[007nites]

Jefferson I think just hit on of the most important shot in the game

[L.I.T]

Artest starting to let the bone headed plays slip in again

[spurspokesman]

Sheesh Blair killing us

[100%duncan]

why cant we let go, LAL always seem to comeback

[Warlord23]

Blair plays like an idiot sometimes

[Rummpd]

Bad possesion leads to LAL score and a 1 coming

[CFH]

Ouch...

[tmtcsc]

Crap. Tim coming back in.

[Capt Bringdown]

Dammitt

[HarlemHeat37]

Blair with a stupid pass on one end, then a stupid foul on the other end..he's so fucking frustrating..

He kills the momentum on a frequent basis..

[Ice009]

What a joke.

WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE THE SPURS DOING ON OFFENSE.

GET BLAIR OUT. FUCKING HORRIBLE DEJUAN. GO SIT THE FUCK DOWN.

[Pauleta14]

Why can't we make a REAL break???!!!!!?????

[100%duncan]

Damn, I dont like this shit

[tmtcsc]

Horrible fouls. Stay out of the penalty !

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

c'mon defense

[tdunk21]

bonner sighting

[BanditHiro]

no our momentum T.T

[CFH]

Another foul? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan...

[BanditHiro]

fuck small ball

[100%duncan]

Just now I realized that we dont have bonner, and yeah fuck small ball

[Warlord23]

Small ball. Fuck.

[tmtcsc]

Good time out.

[Capt Bringdown]

Suckage...pivotal point in the game.

[100%duncan]

Why do we have the small ball? damnnnnnn

[HarlemHeat37]

McDyess and Blair are playing some low IQ basketball tonight..so many bad fouls and bad turnovers from these guys..

Fuck, small ball..here comes the predictable meltdown..just put Splitter in the game, he played well when he was out there..it's better than Gary Neal guarding Kobe..

[dbreiden83080]

3 pt game

Gotta have some O from Timmy and great play from Tony and Manu

[carina_gino20]

Fuckin Pau is flopping all over the place.

[L.I.T]

The fouls from our bigs are getting frustrating. Dice and Blair have killed momentum here.

[EmantheSpursFan]

ugh...

[timtonymanu]

3 pt lead again. This is frustrating.

[BanditHiro]

we need boner back so badly

[Fireball]

going small against the Lakers? great stuff

[bongraider]

small ball1!!!!! fckkk

[Capt Bringdown]

Pop goes with small ball for too long for the second straight game.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

neal on kobe is a badddd idea

[Ice009]

What in the fuck is Pop thinking going small????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??

[Pauleta14]

I don't understand Pop...

WTF??!!

[Libri]

Neal on Koby? This is where I would have liked to see what JA could do defensively. To bad he's not 100%.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I fucking called it

here comes the LA free throw parade.

We should have built a lead when the game was being called fairly. Gasol comes into the game with his lilly pussy factor and gets 2 calls in 2 seconds

So fucking predictable

[jestersmash]

This is not the team to go small against.

[CFH]

Gotta come out and score after this timeout

[007nites]

Small Ball :(

[Ice009]

WAKE UP POP.

STUPID call to go small and have Neal on Kobe.

You deserve to NOT coach the all star game for that shit.

[Pauleta14]

Phil Jackson must be so thankfull...

[Fireball]

Pop goes with small ball for too long for the second straight game. that was the first time tonight ... 20 seconds ... but I don't like that either

[Warlord23]

Playing Splitter is better than going small against a team with LA's size. WTF is Pop smoking?

[tmtcsc]

3 pt lead with a 6 point game. Poor games by Dice, Blair and Tim and we still have a lead. Unbelievable. Unless one of those guys shows up on O we are going to lose.

[bongraider]

next thing ya know Pop's gonna pull everyone out and play quinn owens splitter engelland and himself

[4down]

Fuckin Pau is flopping all over the place.

This. Dude just takes a fall and the whistle blows.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Lamar Odom is the Laker MVP this season. That fat whale bitch Kardashian must be sucking him off at a world class level.

[100%duncan]

damn

[BanditHiro]

lol i love the refs so much.

[Warlord23]

Here come the refs

[tmtcsc]

Tim's an old, slow turnover machine.

[100%duncan]

fuck duncan is killing us

[CFH]

Can't be turning over the ball

[CFH]

Rj 333333333333

[timtonymanu]

RJ is clutch.

Tim has to wake up.

[tdunk21]

fuck yeah

[100%duncan]

R clutch!

[ffadicted]

lmao huge elbow

[HarlemHeat37]

Manu fouled with no call, even Kevin Harlan mentions it, pathetic..

Duncan with a horrible pass, his offense has been atrocious tonight..

RJ's balls are hanging right now, hopefully they stay on the floor..

[spurspokesman]

Thank u RJ. TO'S killing us.

[tmtcsc]

Thank God the Lakers have decided to let RJ have open shots.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

RJ has huge balls, i knew it

[100%duncan]

where is the fucking D

[AidanNelson2009]

c'mon manu, wide open, gotta hit em.

[tmtcsc]

Buckle down on D and get good shots. That 3 by Manu was a bad shot.

[hitmanyr2k]

Spurs can't hit that hard right to the jaw. They keep sizing up for it.

[tmtcsc]

Laker size.

[Capt Bringdown]

FU Manu, FU, FU, FU!

[CFH]

Fuck me, can't rebound for shit

[100%duncan]

Get the fucking rebound

[spurspokesman]

Nice rejection TD

[AidanNelson2009]

fucking gasol getting the rebounds and the put backs, damn.

[tmtcsc]

Yes ! And 1.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

and 1 TP !!

[CFH]

Parker AND 1!

[100%duncan]

Tppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spurspokesman]

Tp

[HarlemHeat37]

Small ball:lol..

[tdunk21]

good and 1 tp

[ffadicted]

Give the laker 4 chances to score

Good plan to win

[Ice009]

Thanks for the fucking rebound small ball

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

come on guys titan it up

[007nites]

PArky

[100%duncan]

Fuck

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

c'mon.....odom from beyond 3 pt line to layup??

[tmtcsc]

Manu is turning the ball over like crazy.

[Libri]

Dammit Manu

[slick'81]

wow bad turnover fck

[CFH]

Another turnover, oy vey...

[hitmanyr2k]

Lakers are acting like they want this game. This is playoff level intensity. Some sloppy passing on both sides.

[slick'81]

turnovers and 2nd chance points fck me

[AidanNelson2009]

terrible pass manu, c'mon. No one can stop Odom's driving lay-ups.

[BanditHiro]

please get a another big in there

[100%duncan]

gasol is an effin flopper

[timtonymanu]

Goddamn turnovers

[bongraider]

lakers P.A. guy boring as hell

[Texas_Ranger]

Fuck this shit

[4down]

why dont you just go shoot in their basket, Manu? Pau saw that pass 3 seconds before it happened.

[dbreiden83080]

Terrible execution

[Capt Bringdown]

Manu killed us

[tmtcsc]

Here we go. Free throw line time.

[024]

ginobili with his signature fuck ups. now hopefully he comes through with his signature flip off to spurstalk.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Damn it Manu

[ffadicted]

Turnovers turnovers turnovers

42- 30 points in the paint too, this is awful

[100%duncan]

turnovers killing us

[spurspokesman]

Come on spurs.

[carina_gino20]

you've got to be kidding me

[Ice009]

Piss poor play Manu.

FUCKING horrible. If Manu is an All Star then TP is too. No way that TP is NOT an All Star if Manu is.

[Thompson]

One of the commentators yelled that Artest elbowed Ginobili in the face, and of course they won't show a replay.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Kobe can't keep missing forever

He's going to start making those jump shots


Fucking spurs giving up easy second chance points to the Lakers is exactly why noone gives us a chance against them in a 7 game series

[Fireball]

The Spurs only have 10 overall TOs ... that is very good against such a defensive team! But now is a bad time to add more ...

[Capt Bringdown]

Turnovers and abysmal shot selection = another night at the office for Manu

[4down]

ginobili with his signature fuck ups. now hopefully he comes through with his signature flip off to spurstalk.

:rollin :makemyday :flipoff

[100%duncan]

damn it, manu playing like shit

[tmtcsc]

We win games by playing smart. We're not tall enough to win games playing stupid.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How good are we? How much does this team believe in each other? That's the question being asked right now.

[ffadicted]

we win games by playing smart. We're not tall enough to win games playing stupid.

qtf

[HarlemHeat37]

This would be a heartbreaking loss..there's no reason for the Spurs not to win this game, they have played better than LA, they're hurting themselves..Manu needs to be the usual clutch time hero, none of these fuck ups..

[dbreiden83080]

Turnovers and abysmal shot selection = another night at the office for Manu

Yeah they are 40-8 because Manu just sucks

[slick'81]

kobe going for a trip dub

[tmtcsc]

Manu with a rare tough game. I still trust him to pull this game out though.

[100%duncan]

damn, free throws

[Rummpd]

Gasol misses a FT what a gift

[Pauleta14]

.423% (33-78) for both teams...

[Fireball]

I love Conan ... that interview was pretty funny

[tdunk21]

timmmyyyyyyyyyy

[timtonymanu]

Duncan clutch shot

[slick'81]

fck off gasol

[CFH]

Timmy!

[100%duncan]

Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rummpd]

Keep going inside!

[hitmanyr2k]

Treat that flopper like a toilet seat Tim :lol

[spurspokesman]

Timmy

[duncan228]

Duncan! :)

[Libri]

Tim with a huge shot.

[BanditHiro]

oh my god gasol flopping even before duncan is backing in

[100%duncan]

Fuck you gasol period

[Fireball]

Gasol has a black eye after Dice hit him ...

[Rummpd]

Lets win this game!

[007nites]

Timmy finally posting up

[ffadicted]

Timmy gotta own pauliioooo

[100%duncan]

Its ok with that miss, we have to keep going down to tim

[slick'81]

big shot

[Rummpd]

Shit Odom is good

[tmtcsc]

Saw that ODom 3 coming. Manu time.

[CFH]

Saw that coming...

[hitmanyr2k]

Lamar playing his "I should have been an all-star" game :lol

[AidanNelson2009]

odom hits the 3, fucking hell, lead cut to 1.

[100%duncan]

this is a thriller

[007nites]

Gasol is pissing me off