Game Blog: Thunder @ Spurs - Feb. 23

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

man i luv dice

[Spurs Brazil]

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

[eightG4]

Neal the momentum guy !!

[DesignatedT]

now were playin ball. dice is playing physical and boarding hard. love it

[ginobili fan]

Man I love Neal

[Budkin]

He's totally a Jaren Jackson type of player... love him!

[Crookshanks]

It's a good thing it's almost halftime cuz this is getting kinda chippy.

[CFH]

Spurs looking a lot better after the altercation

[MannyIsGod]

LOL @ that flagrant call.

How the hell was that a flagrant?

OKC got hosed on that call.

[m33p0]

laughable as those techs were including the flagrant... it was a good call by refs nonetheless. westbrook was taking it personal.

[Spurologist]

Westbrook will slow down in the 2nd and spurs will make a run

like clockwork with these spurs

[Warlord23]

This game turned the moment Pop pulled Bonner and put in Dice. Hope to see more of that during the stretch run

[Spurs Brazil]

Dice with a great job on the boards after the 'fight'

[Mal]

Spurs looking a lot better after the altercation

No wonder, as Pop used to take techs to motivate team :)

[Budkin]

This Spurs team just keeps it coming.

[Pauleta14]

What does Parker expect going to the basket surrounded by big men?


Where have you been those last 10 years?

S.C.O.R.E

[Muser]

Dice with a great job on the boards after the 'fight'


Yeah he looks pissed, nobody is gettin' that ball except him.

[spurastic]

More shit about Mellllllllloooo. Shut up! I'm sure that ESPN wanted to cancel the Spurs game so they could do the Melo/knicks game. So they just decided to filll every spare moment and then some with Mellllllooooooo.

[Budkin]

Great pick n roll

[InTheCrust]

that is one UGLY jumpshot by westbrook

[Rummpd]

Manu with a nice move Spurs were down 8 can now go up 7 - good work!

[Spurologist]

Are the fans chanting "Ole ole ole" with manu at the FT line????

[Rummpd]

These refs blow

[Budkin]

Bullshit fouls!

[CFH]

Bullshit

[MannyIsGod]

LOL

Jesus these refs are so bad tonight.

[m33p0]

you can't touch durant with a 10-foot pole.

[Warlord23]

So this is how Durant gets his points. BS call after BS call

[CFH]

Ball don't lie

[Spurologist]

ball don't lie

[CFH]

Hill 3333333333333

[InTheCrust]

what a drive and kick!

[Spurs Brazil]

Those refs are AWFUL

[m33p0]

should be an and1

[Spurologist]

Hhhhhhhhiiiiilllllllll 333333333333333

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice pass Gino!

Hill for 33333333333

[Budkin]

Hill 33333

[DPG21920]

Spurs are scorching hot from 3. Damn.

[Budkin]

Really takin it to em now!

[Spurologist]

DAMN! What a sick crossover by Neal to setup the drive for tp

[Libri]

Shitty refs.

[MannyIsGod]

Amazing pass by Manu on that 3.

Great job getting the lead to double digits before the half. Great job closing out this quarter.

[m33p0]

hill and rj had really made the corner 3 their own. :tu

[Budkin]

Timmmay!!!

[InTheCrust]

GTFO Duncan!!!

[m33p0]

2 blocks by timmay!

[CFH]

B2B blocks by Duncan

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Timmy with 2 blocks!

Parker limping......

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

why you fucking refs

[Rummpd]

Spurs beating 8 to 5

[DesignatedT]

refs are terrible. game changed when dice entered the game.

[Spurologist]

I could've seriously done better job of reffing this game in the first half....horrible both ways

[Libri]

LOL

Jesus these refs are so bad tonight.

Pop was laughing at them. :lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Noooooooooooooo neal!

[CFH]

Neal down, fuck

[Pauleta14]

Fucking refs....


No foulf on Parker and then bad call on D... wtf

[Budkin]

Fuck

[Cherry]

NO! Gary!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fuck refs FUCKERS

[InTheCrust]

Fmlfmlfml

[MannyIsGod]

How the fuck is that not a foul?????

[ace3g]

Neal bleeding

[m33p0]

shit

[Spurologist]

Fuck Neal is hurt

[DesignatedT]

it looks like Neals ear.

[m33p0]

elbow to the face... inadvertent though.

[Budkin]

Hes ok... maybe some stitches.

[blkroadrunners]

Hope Neal's alright.

[Muser]

Damn crazy end to the Q.

[DesignatedT]

lol its not a knee or an ankle so its fine. looks like his ear was bleeding.

[Cry Havoc]

These refs are literally trash.

[MannyIsGod]

Neal will get some stitches and will be fine. Don't know how that happened but he did get fouled on the last play and should have gotten free throws.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great 2nd quarter

Big props to Neal and Dice to bring great energy to start the run. TD playing nice D and Tony doing a great job attacking all the time

REFS SUCKS

[Budkin]

Tony's limping too? Ugh.

[boutons_deux]

The refs are way in over their heads.

[InTheCrust]

hope gary's alright. parker a little gimpy now, hopefully this isn't the start of a trend.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Fuck these refs. I hope Spurs demolish the Thunder in the second half.

[Cane]

These refs have been god awful on both ends.

[Spurologist]

Neal will get some stitches and will be fine. Don't know how that happened but he did get fouled on the last play and should have gotten free throws.

The play looked clean. Even if it was a foul, the refs aren't calling them on both ends

[DesignatedT]

tony already had a light bruise on that knee. hopefully he didn't bang it too hard again.

[ginobili fan]

Is Tony hurt?

[ginobili fan]

Oh shit it starts again

[DesignatedT]

The play looked clean. Even if it was a foul, the refs aren't calling them on both ends

he got cut on the play earlier. im guessing a fingernail ripped his ear or something.

[Splits]

D was definitely lacking, but not everything was at the rim. They made a lot of jumpers. They'll cool off, I predict a 16pt 2nd quarter for the Thunder

Great 2nd quarter. 8-11 from 3 is just sick.

[m33p0]

Is Tony hurt?

just a stinger. he'll be fine after some ice.

[DesignatedT]

Mcdyess changed the game in the first half.

[Stringer_Bell]

dammit, I changed the channel for a minute and then next I see is Neal laying on the court with the commentators saying he's bleeding. I hope it's a cut and not his eardrum bursting or brain damage or somehow related to breaking a bone in his hand/foot. fuck i'm in panic mode :/

[mazerrackham]

The play looked clean. Even if it was a foul, the refs aren't calling them on both ends

it didn't look too bad at full speed but on the replay, harden clearly went through his off arm to get to the ball. They have been letting it be a little physical though, so as long as their consistent it's not the worst thing in the world. The problem is they're not.

[703 Spurz]

The play looked clean. Even if it was a foul, the refs aren't calling them on both ends

The play looked clean? What the flying shit are you talking about? He never swatted the ball out of his hands, the shot was missed b/c Neal's arm was hacked.

Are you insane?

[DesignatedT]

just looked at the replay. looks like hardens elbow hit neal right in the ear on that 3 pt miss right before the half.

[tlongII]

Looks like Dick Jefferson came to play tonight.

[Cane]

Hopefully the ear thing was just a flesh wound.

[DesignatedT]

Thunder's last field goal was with 5:14 left in the 2nd quarter. great defense there at the end of the quarter.

[m33p0]

$35 a month for a mobile phone subscirption? damn you're being robbed.

[Spurologist]

The play looked clean? What the flying shit are you talking about? He never swatted the ball out of his hands, the shot was missed b/c Neal's arm was hacked.

Are you insane?

always

[mazerrackham]

just looked at the replay. looks like hardens elbow hit neal right in the ear on that 3 pt miss right before the half.

yeah, harden was trying to draw a foul and whacked him it seemed

[703 Spurz]

always

:toast

[howbouthemspurs]

great defense in the second ! But its getting a little scrappy in there

[Spurologist]

just looked at the replay. looks like hardens elbow hit neal right in the ear on that 3 pt miss right before the half.

:tu

Hopefully he gets patched up and is good to go

[TampaDude]

Spurs had it on lockdown in the 2nd quarter...let's hope that continues.

[easjer]

Crazy game. WTF? Techs on Durant and Duncan? How often are you EVER going to see that?! I loved Brooks and Pop standing together laughing about it.

I want whatever the refs are smoking; seems like some good shit.

[Crookshanks]

Wow - Neal got 5 stitches

[easjer]

Crazy game. WTF? Techs on Durant and Duncan? How often are you EVER going to see that?! I loved Brooks and Pop standing together laughing about it.

I want whatever the refs are smoking; seems like some good shit.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

terrible flop there Lmao

[InTheCrust]

lol @ ginobili fail flop

[DPG21920]

Absolutely amazing defense from Thabo right there.

[m33p0]

waiting for a "but" statement from jeff...

nothing.

[TampaDude]

Timmy!!!

[m33p0]

lol rj passing it to blair for the outlet.

[Crookshanks]

Stupid play by Parker

[TampaDude]

How was that not a foul????

[DesignatedT]

lol these refs are fucking horrible tonight.

[Warlord23]

Can they calm down a bit and execute?

[Crookshanks]

Pop needs to call a timeout - Spurs need to regroup

[CFH]

So sloppy...

[Libri]

freaking crazy

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

uggghhhh rebound

[TampaDude]

Thunder came out scrapping!!!

[Arc]

blair sucks tonight. SPLITTER WHERE ARE YOU!?!!?!?!

[DPG21920]

Thabo is really causing havoc on defense.

[InTheCrust]

wtf is this shit? we're getting greedy and the refs are letting us get manhandled. WTF?

[TIMMYD!]

Shitload of opportunities but bad execution killed it.

[m33p0]

turrible execution on the fast break.

[Warlord23]

3 turnovers and 1 field goal in this quarter so far

[DesignatedT]

blair sucks tonight. SPLITTER WHERE ARE YOU!?!!?!?!

hurt

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs playing dumb in the 3rd. Blair horrible game

[Crookshanks]

blair sucks tonight. SPLITTER WHERE ARE YOU!?!!?!?!

Still injured

[c whata11]

any word on neal?

[ginobili fan]

Really Parker need to train fastbreak

[eightG4]

Bad bad 3 quarter start.

[Spurologist]

Thunder with a lot more energy than the spurs right now.....horrendous passes don't help. Keep it simple stupid

[Crookshanks]

any word on neal?

He needed 5 stitches, but they said he's gonna play

[m33p0]

rj outlets to blair...
parker going on his own even though he had duncan with great position...
bad pass...
ugh.

[TampaDude]

Spurs need to slow this game down a bit and get some quality shots.

[c whata11]

He needed 5 stitches, but they said he's gonna play

thanks, did it end up being his ear that was cut?

[Chachachango]

Damn, Escalate died RIP

[CFH]

Hill being aggressive but just can't get the ball in the rim

[maddnezz]

Im probably gonna get griped about this but Toney is one dumb mofo sometimes. He just flat out refuses to give up the ball when the oposing point gaurd is putting up numbers to match his own. It bites us in the ass every time. When your on the break with 2 other team mates give it up boy!

[Crookshanks]

thanks, did it end up being his ear that was cut?

Yes, he caught an elbow on that missed 3 by the Thunder.

[Spurs Brazil]

I think Hill is 0-10 in layups in the last 3 games

GO STRONG

[CFH]

Offense has gone cold

[DesignatedT]

were getting good shots. just wont fall right now.

[Warlord23]

Poor shot selection

[m33p0]

can't buy a basket.

[TampaDude]

Looks like it's gonna be one of those quarters...nothing is going in for the Spurs.

[TIMMYD!]

Just can't hit shit, that's the problem.

[Crookshanks]

Spurs are 1-10 UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

WTF Spurs.

[JohnnySixString]

Spurs doing what they always seem to do, lol.

[CFH]

Neal back in, get it going Gary

[TampaDude]

Timmay!!!!!

[m33p0]

Poor shot selection

good wide open shots coming from set plays bad selection?

[CFH]

Tim dunk!

[Warlord23]

Neal is so much more comfortable making decisions with the ball tonight

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal comes in and makes an impact right away.

[DesignatedT]

great d george.

[Libri]

Tim dunked. A rare sighting indeed.

[Crookshanks]

Timmy with the dunk!

Looks like Neal was cut right in front on his ear.

[Ice009]

I've gotta comment on Manu's shooting. WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED MANU.

You can't shoot this bad for this long.

[Ice009]

I've gotta comment on Manu's shooting. WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED MANU.

You can't shoot this bad for this long.

[Warlord23]

good wide open shots coming from set plays bad selection?

Manu shooting a 3 off balance? Bonner pulling up from 18 feet? None of those are high-percentage shots

[DesignatedT]

bullshit foul. terrible ticky tack shit

[Chachachango]

Come on putos

[TIMMYD!]

Tim from Neal!!!!!

[CFH]

Neal finds Timmy again

[m33p0]

nice play by neal.

[Spurologist]

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2928/screenshot20110223at845.png

[Chachachango]

Neaaaaaaaaaaal.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal to Duncan again

[RGMCSE]

Holy Shit! Neal, is going to be a real mother for us in the playoffs!

[TIMMYD!]

Neal 33333333333333333333333333333

[Arc]

Neal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

the neal show damnnn

[Spurologist]

Nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllll 333333333333333333333

[CFH]

Neal With It! Just what the Spurs needed

[Libri]

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaal!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gary MOTHER FUCKIN NEAL

[Chachachango]

Tgvhghjbmkllnbdshjlknjffjvkhdyllloxnjhbbgtjkshjp

[Warlord23]

Now these are good, wide-open shots

[Refocus]

nealll with it

[TampaDude]

'bout motherfucking time, guys!!!!!

[InTheCrust]

yall can REALLY neal with !!

[Crookshanks]

Even with 5 stitches - Neal is hot!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

I have to say it: Neal is our best bench player.

[DesignatedT]

Gary NEALLLLLLL BITCH. our passing is just fucking wonderful. beautiful execution on the break.

[m33p0]

you knew that was going in. no way neal misses a 3 tonight.

[phxspurfan]

Neal with it?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Tgvhghjbmkllnbdshjlknjffjvkhdyllloxnjhbbgtjkshjp


:lol :toast

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

neal made me log in
choo-choo baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333

[ginobili fan]

Neal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i hope dice is the first big off the bench comes playoff time, please please

[Splits]

Neal back in, get it going Gary

Oh did he ever.

[Manu20]

Where would the Spurs be without Neal in this game?

[m33p0]

lakers and thunder on sunday. i say thunder.

[DPG21920]

Has Manu played too many minutes this year?

[Ice009]

Gary NEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brazil]

I'm lovin' da neal

[eightG4]

Neal just amazing!

[WeNeedLength]

Neal singlehandedly bringing that lead back up. NEAL WITH IT!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol That "Dunk of the Night" was whack.... Fuckin Melo nut huggers

[CFH]

Was that a Bonner block?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

GH3 makes me sad

[spurastic]

Some dude signs in and calls Neal "choo choo" and then Neal travels. Stop.....

[CFH]

Hill just keeps struggling

[DPG21920]

Thabo is freaking dominating defensively tonight in isolation.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal with some nice passing

[Spurologist]

manu back in

[TampaDude]

That 1-10 crap run really hurt us...we need points, NOW!!!

[InTheCrust]

gary has some real bounce in his step tonight. what was in his gatorade.

[RGMCSE]

Neal is growing up right before our eyes. What impact player from past spurs squads would you compare him to?

[Crookshanks]

:lol That "Dunk of the Night" was whack.... Fuckin Melo nut huggers

I think it's funny that both George Karl and the Nuggets owner were saying how sad they were that Chauncey had to be included in the Melo trade. Not really sad to see Melo go. :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill bad play is hurting us. Can't finish can't create. He must wake up

[TIMMYD!]

Neal 33333333333333333333333333333333

[InRareForm]

Thunder just hovering around within 5-7

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gar Neal for 3333333333333333 :lol

[CFH]

Neal 3333333333333

[RGMCSE]

Holy Shit!!!! NEAL!!!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

lmao neal baby neal wit it

[Chachachango]

Oooooooooooooooooiiooooppppppooooooooop

[Spurologist]

Nnnneeeeeeaaaaaalllllll 3333333333333

[TampaDude]

Neal with the circus bounce 3!!!

[m33p0]

what did i tell you? what did i tell you? neal can't miss a 3 even if he tried.

[Rummpd]

Spurs need to rebuild the lead

[DesignatedT]

neal is so sick.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit Bonner and your short ass T-rex arms

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

George Hill for 3333333333

[CFH]

Hill 333333333333

[TampaDude]

Hill for 3!!!!!

[Spurologist]

Hhhhhhhiiiiiilllllllll 3333333333333333

[Crookshanks]

Finally Hill!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Hill big shot

[m33p0]

hill for 3!

[Chachachango]

Why filling not?

[DPG21920]

Is no one else amazed with Thabo?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Matt Bonner for 22222222222

[TampaDude]

Red Rocket!!!!!

[Rummpd]

Bonner with a wierd two that should be a three

[m33p0]

Bonner: "Don't forget about me!"

[WeNeedLength]

Neal with it MOFOS!!! ahahahahah

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Neal is ridiculous

[TIMMYD!]

Holy Shit Neal

33333333333333333

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

neal is RIDICULOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[CFH]

Neal 333333333333 Oh my Lord, keep shooting!

[DesignatedT]

Lol neal.

[Warlord23]

Gary muthafucking Neal

[TampaDude]

Get the fuck outta here!!!!! NEAL!!!!!

[RGMCSE]

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Neal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Neal is such a fuckin badass.

[Refocus]

Neal.. that boy is cold blooded.