Spurs vs. Suns Game Five -- Game Blog

[KC SpUr]

hello, finals

[myhc]

Give them the damn 2. Just no god damn 3s please.

[hump]

Yep, friggin Bill Walton developing the Suns theory right now

[Rummpd]

Damm this will be an impressive win over crowd, hot team, and shit refs.

[ballhog]

Pop some of those zits, Nash.....

[50 cent]

I've never witnessed such hope for another team by the announcers and refs buttfucking us. Way to play through it Spurs. That is a professional team we have.

[hump]

Go Spurs Go

[Dex]

I can hear it now.

Phoenix is gonna blame it all on a non-called goaltend.

Revenge is sweet. :lol

[conversekid]

noooooo don't foul bowen!! LOL!

[myhc]

Come on Bruce. Just 1 please!!!

[atlfan25]

this shit is basically over

[Dre_7]

Nice D Tony!!!

Bowen just needs 1. Comeon man!

[1Parker1]

Yaaaaaaaaaaay Manu!!!

[conversekid]

can we lobby to have bowen shoot his throws from the corner?

[ballhog]

Nash, bad half.

[50 cent]

WHAT??!?!??!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!

How do you like that Bill Walton and Mike Breen. And go fuck yourself Dick Bavetta.

[sanman53]

(From WV) Come on guys! Lets finish them! I am SICK of hearing about PX all season. Of course, even when we win, all we will hear about for two or three days is the season PX had. By the way, 16 seconds left, NOW we start getting fouls called! PITIFUL!

[conversekid]

just one !!

[WalterBenitez]

Bruce, go for them!!!
1 of 2 out
2 of 2 yes

[mrcoon29]

eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! That goal tend was payback for Amare shoving TP out from the rebound earlier, I say!

[KC SpUr]

game, set, match.

[50 cent]

Wooohoooooooo!!!!!

[Rummpd]

Bowen needs to just hit one. Quit crying Walton,

Missed first, hit this one. Clutch!!!

[conversekid]

yes! he hit one!

[myhc]

Finals! Here we come!!!!!

[ca®lo]

nash by 3!! miss! yeS!!

bowen shooting fts. oh no.. come on bruce just make at least one then im fine!!

low scoring game.. ill lose all my vbookie but who the hell cares JUST WIN SPURS!!!!!!

[Dre_7]

Nice Bruce!!!

100-93, 16.8 left!!!!!!

[ballhog]

Hey, Phoenix fans....how about that great block in the last game?

[myhc]

When we hit 100, we're almost unbeatable this season. Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[jalbre6]

some long faces on that PHX bench...

[Vashner]

OMG OMG OMG We going to the finals!!!

[hump]

Walton still developing the final strategy for the Suns

[ZStomp]

I think he is a monster. I would love to have him on the SPurs team.

I'm not taking anything away from him..I'm just saying I'm tired of his scoring. It's rare that someone does that to the Spurs....

[polandprzem]

But I lost 500$ vbookie (10 pts too less)

[Slo spurs fan]

yeeeeeesssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It Is Over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOLD YA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[conversekid]

They keep saying this series would have been different with Joe Johnson... well , if we win tonight, they are 1-2 with him. Much difference?

[Supergirl]

Bowen makes 1 of 2. 7 point lead, 16 seconds left. No way the Suns can win this, right? Play D until the last buzzer, Spurs!

[atlfan25]

these sons of bitches announcers, they coudlnt' be more biased

[sanman53]

DO YOU SMELL IT? FINALS!! HERE WE COME! Bring on the East!

[mrcoon29]

What's that smell??... Phoenix burning-out!! The sweet smell of the N.B.Freaking.A.Finals!! woot!!!

[KC SpUr]

does it even matter who we play in the finals.....no it doesn't. spurs champs x 3

[Dex]

Spurs overcame a very talented Suns team that played superb basketball tonight.

This is the stuff champions are made of.

Spurs in '05

[Tek_XX]

i guarantee you that if this game was close Bevetta would have given the ball to fenix

[ballhog]

Almost to the finals......11 seconds to go.

[50 cent]

What?!?!?!? Fuck The Refs And David Stern!

[hump]

Nba Champs Here We Come

[conversekid]

Folks. Let me be the first to send my congrats to the Spurs on making it to their 3rd NBA Finals. GO SPURS GO!

[JustSpurs]

Where is the guy with the "not in our house" sign???

[mavsfan1000]

I said they would win it. You all got worried for nothing. :lol

[ballhog]

Stoudemire and Nash are good...but that's it for this team.

[Dex]

I called Spurs in 5 all along, for the record.

*waits for his vBucks*

[Slo spurs fan]

I won! Spurs in 5!!!

[Tek_XX]

That guy went to his house

[mrcoon29]

After the Suns..I'm not feeling skeered about any other team. Remember when KJohnson was the PG for Phoenix..I've not liked them since that long!! Like Utah and L.A.

WTG SPURS!!! Y'ALL ROCK!!

[conversekid]

if the spurs catch the ball and throw it as high as they can... will it stay up for 11 seconds?

[polandprzem]

Tralalala zajebiscie

[mrcoon29]

This ending is taking way too long.

[exstatic]

In Your House X 3, Beeches!!

[smackdaddy11]

Fuck You Bavetta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WalterBenitez]

Manu made 1 of 2
Manu missed 2 o 2

Amare dunked, lol

[atlfan25]

spurs are officially western conference champs

[conversekid]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaw!!!!

[WalterBenitez]

yes, yes, yessssssssssssssssss

[50 cent]

FUCK YEAH! That is all. :elephant

[ShoogarBear]

:fro

:elephant :elephant :elephant

[conversekid]

if not for .4, we would be going for a 3 peat

[polandprzem]

It will be a goooooooooooooood day

[atlfan25]

Who kicked who?
some son of a bitch kicked duncan

[Dex]

Suns fans stick it out to the end and give both teams their applause in the end.

Still the classiest fans we've come across in this postseason.

[Ginofan]

Hell fucking YES MAN!!!

[ca®lo]

FINALS HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

yes!!!!

nice brotherly love duncan and amare!

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIOSHIPS SUNS!

now do your chicken dance now sarver!! now go suck it all up!!!!!! u stupid fuck

[Vashner]

I am gonna stake out my spot for the river parade.. 4 more wins..

[ballhog]

Duncan---quietest 31 pt and 15 rebounds ever.

[exstatic]

Also, Phoenix under 100 for the second time this series, and third time this season against SA.

[Ginofan]

Anyone else thought that Jim Gray was going to ask Tim if his balls hurt?

[50 cent]

I want my props too. I invested good money to ensure this victory.

I'm up $2000 in the playoffs, so it was the least I could do to spend $300 to jinx the Suns.

[jalbre6]

wow, time for ESPN news

[mrcoon29]

Turn to WOAI TV..better than ESPN

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

For making the adjustment of the game and sliding Bowen over to guard Joe Johnson.

[spurster]

Makeup call on TD's goaltend

[50 cent]

You tried to fuck us and the boys said, "FUCK YOU". :elephant

[Tek_XX]

Check out Amare acting like he could care less whatever Duncan was trying to tell him. Dude we know you're 15 and all but act like a professional.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

LOL, I was just screwing with Jim for a minute.

[50 cent]

...or was he just as nervous as I was and pounding a bunch of shots.

:drunk :drunk :drunk :drunk :drunk :drunk :drunk

BTW, my family is close to the Holt family and that is no dig whatsoever.

[Xolotl]

Makeup call on TD's goaltend

:lol Yeah Duncan got away with that one.

[exstatic]

http://www.nba.com/media/exclusives/finals_logo.gif

[Experiment2100]

some long faces on that PHX bench...


I don't knoiw why, it's not like they did anything.

[50 cent]

No biggie...I wanted props to for investing in the Suns to jinx them.

:lmao

[ballhog]

Timmy can rest his testicles for a few days now.

[Rummpd]

Props to these Spurs, this was a tough set of series.

[ca®lo]

ok now i can go back to work!

THANK YOU SPURS!

CONGRATS TO ALL OF US!!!

now on to the finals we go!!!

[Pandaemonaeon]

That kick to the groin would be an addition to his 4-page portfolio along with "tremendous upside potential" and "weakside shotblocking".

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/9500/pandafish2jp.gif

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Hell Yeah!!!!! Finals Here We Come!!!!

[leemajors]

i really liked amare shoving parker with the ball. even walton admitted that one. amare gets jordan treatment and he hasn't won shit.

[Sense]

It was Hunter kicking Duncan I believe.

[Mr. Body]

Yes... Now the hard part?

[Timoha]

As long as its not the ankles....cause those are more importnat :)

[yeahone]

i just llove these spurs second finals in three years spell it beatrchhh

[mrcoon29]

:elephant :elephant :elephant That was a hard fought game. Nice composure overall by the Spurs. :elephant :elephant

[Dex]

Now we have all sorts of dumb, new statistics to bust out.

Spurs are 2-0 in their trips to the NBA Finals.

That's an amazing 100 percent!!!!

[IceColdBrewski]

some son of a bitch kicked duncan

Yep. Duncan took a good one to the ol' twig and berries. Nobody was really sure why Duncan was on the ground. After seeing the replay, Walton was the only guy with the guts to say anything. "Right in the groin. A verrrrry effective defensive technique."

[Tek_XX]

It looks like Tim's little girl is going to be an only child.

[SirChaz]

Please.. just one...


Duncan first.

[50 cent]

4

[GoSpurs21]

a big FUCK YOU to all the nay sayers

[T Park]

Fuckin El Paso sucks ass.

No ESPN in the Super 8 motel..

Relying on a fading in and out WOAI on a small clock radio, using a dying cell phone to agonize over a shrinking and growing lead in the 4th quarter.

Oy....

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Bump, for all the chickenshits who say I never give the man any props who can't bother to show up on this thread.

[50 cent]

Also, props to Pop for not even getting T'd up in that game. I would have been run in the 2nd quarter.

As I speak, Pop spills his Dasani!!!!
:lmao

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

As I speak, Pop spills his Dasani!!!!

Maybe we need to sign the Dasani bottle in the off-season, the league's coaches seem baffled. :lol

[smackdaddy11]

No ESPN in the Super 8 motel..

You have money, WTF??? Super 8?????

That's your fault.

[T Park]

The dasani is like Jack Bauer.

Bad mofos.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He called two crucial timeouts before PHX made runs tonight. Key word: "before"

Yep, at least he learned from game 4.

He also had enough faith in Beno to give him more run tonight. Beno was 3-3, 2-2 from the 3 pt line, had 8 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 0 turnovers

[DDS4]

Must admit that the Spurs came to play under hostile conditions. Winning on the road is much harder.

[Sense]

I think you talk alot of shit when we lose or while losing...


But when we win you like to be on someone's balls.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

I don't knoiw why, it's not like they did anything.

Rack :lol

[T Park]

Eh, its the only thing out here on the border of Texas and New Mexico.


Its all good. I dont know how the fuck Im gonna get Western Champions gear.

[DDS4]

You're not going to hear from them.

They only come when the Spurs lose.

Just like cockroaches.

[50 cent]

He spills it all over the right side of the table and said he meant to spill on the left side.

[T Park]

damn Beno was money tonight.

Impressive.....

[50 cent]

We have never been so fucked on calls and it didn't even phase us. Major props to the ultimate professional team we all love.

[Experiment2100]

Dasani with a KO in the sixth round.

[JUUOT]

parker pushed for beno to come and IMO they will be the best PG pair next season Mark it

[50 cent]

Spurs: 4
Dasani: 2
Suns: 1

:lmao

[JUUOT]

this is great that spurs finally show road toughness in the postseason. they were called for not being aggressive, not tough (boutons all year) and they were rught but post season is a new face!
with the 2-3-2 format of the final this is really important

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I think you talk alot of shit when we lose or while losing...
But when we win you like to be on someone's balls.


Actually if you go to the game blog and look on game 4, I was begging Pop to put Bowen on Joe Johnson.

I'll just ignore the childish insult, it goes right in line with your nonsense in chat.

[smeagol]

I think you talk alot of shit when we lose or while losing...


But when we win you like to be on someone's balls.
Sense makes no sense.

[1Parker1]

I think you talk alot of shit when we lose or while losing...


But when we win you like to be on someone's balls.

True. Whatever, AHF, we are going to the FINALS!!! Clearly Pop has been doing something right these past 90 games or so, and not just tonight.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

You should have seen chat smeagol.

I think the best comment out of "sense" was something along the lines of "Tony is playing like a pussy, it's not Pop's fault he's still in the game".

And the expanded thought on that was that Pop doesn't coach the team, he lets the players do their own thing. :lol

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

1parker1,

This is where I expect us to be every year. I bleed silver and black, it doesn't mean I have to kiss everyone's ass 24-7.

Someone's gotta balance out all the homer love on this site.

[BillsCarnage]

That was the best defense Hunter has played all season! LOL

[Experiment2100]

As long as its not the ankles....cause those are more importnat :)


I think Tim's wife would disagree.

[Horry For 3!]

Pop was solid as he is most of the time.

[englishspursfan]

training tomorrow has been postponed. (it got a laugh in the chatroom)
dont ya just love em.
well done guys.

[Dex]

He's more squeaky than the fry kid from The Simpson's

(Postgame on FoxSports for you cable people, as always)

[SPARKY]

Well thank God they decided to show up.

[exstatic]

He's got a cold, and has almost lost his voice. I tend to think it was from screaming at the refs when his team was up by 8-10 points in game 4.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Apparently the writer was at an Amare Stoudemire circle jerk, and the Spurs managed to find time to win a game somewhere in there.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=250601021

:rolleyes

[T Park]

Yeah Anthony fuckin Texas, New Mexico, I dont know.

Tommarow night Ill be in Yuma AZ shithole of shitholes.

Its all good, Ill be sportin my SPURS gear tommaraH!!!!

WHOOOO HOOOOO.

BTW, when I get out to Cali there are two guys that jumped on the bandwagon that I work around that I am REALLY gonna give the shit to.


OOOOO I LOOOOVEEEEE Being THAT guy lol.

[Dingle Barry]

Seems like a fair article. Stoudemire is a fucking Beast and Im glad we are done with him.

[Tek_XX]

Geez this guy was screaming all game long on Monday....every freaking call....extremely annoying.

[cqsallie]

Fuckin El Paso sucks ass.

No ESPN in the Super 8 motel..

Relying on a fading in and out WOAI on a small clock radio, using a dying cell phone to agonize over a shrinking and growing lead in the 4th quarter.

Oy....
That makes you a true Spurs fan. I've done that and been there, but you can congratulate yourself on your stick-to-it-tiveness. That could very well be why Spurs Fans Rule!!!!!
Next time, check out the damn motel. I once had the same experience and had to hike a couple of miles to a bar and beg the barkeep to turn the Spurs game on. Last time I ever stayed at one of those cheap-ass motels, which aren't all that cheap in the scheme of things.
The worst part was hiking back from the bar to the el-cheapo motel with a few too many beers under my belt. Being a Spurs fan is not always easy...

[2centsworth]

Anyone notice every time Phoenix even sniffed a run Pop immediately called timeout.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Wonder if AHF will call him out tonight?

[Rynospursfan]

14 games into the 99 season I wanted his ass fired. He obviously proved me wrong. Since then I have had nothing but the upmost respect for Greg Popovich. Amazing he was able to maintain composure with all the bizzare calls the refs were making tonight.

[2centsworth]

I wouldn't bitch if the spurs lost, because i hate excuses. But was that one of the worse officiated games you have ever seen? totally lopsided in favor of the suns. Ed Rush is a freakin joke.

[Dex]

...did you READ the Game Blog?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Wonder if AHF will call him out tonight?

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17352

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17352

Congrats on manin' up.

[Tek_XX]

Jesus he kept his cool more than i would. Three straight ticky tack offensive fouls, i would have been trying to kick bavetta in his head.

[ShoogarBear]

WTF was up with Pop in the dorky bank baseball cap for his pregame sound bite?

[Solid D]

WTF was up with Pop in the dorky bank baseball cap for his pregame sound bite?

:lol It was a San Antonio Food Bank hat. That's Pop all the way and a nice community gesture. I remember on draft night in June last year, Pop was wearing a CSKA team hat, showing his international flavor. :hat

[Solid D]

Pop appeared to pull out a 3-2 or 1-2-2 zone (couldn't quite tell) in the 2nd half and it really disrupted the flow for PHX a few times. Nice adjustment. Perhaps he purposely saved that one for after the half.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This is interesting, from the ESPN Daily Dime:

The most ingenious trick the Spurs used to keep the Suns from playing at their usual breakneck tempo: switching on the Suns' pick-and-roll plays in the third quarter.
Maybe you noticed how many times Steve Nash found himself guarded by Tim Duncan or Robert Horry on the perimeter, or how many times Amare Stoudemire found Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili attempting to check him in the post. Most sound-principled defenses don't switch because it creates easy opportunities for a quick guard to drive or pull up on a slower big man and a forward or center to back down a puny opposing guard.

The Spurs did switch, though, for long stretches of the game, and it was bait the Suns couldn't help themselves from taking. Time and again, they found themselves with a mismatch, spaced the floor and allowed Nash or Stoudemire to go to work.

The problem: it burned time, dragged the overall tempo, and lulled the Suns into playing a style that didn't get their crowd going or the Spurs tired.



"That did it," said Suns assistant coach Alvin Gentry. "Every time we saw a mismatch, we'd back the ball out and pound it trying to take advantage. That slowed us down as much as anything. It was truly smart on Pop's part."

The third quarter, of course, is the only period the Spurs outscored the Suns, taking an eight-point lead they never relinquished.

– Ric Bucher, in Phoenix

I was once a Pop hater (back in 2001-2 when we were repeatedly destroyed by those Laker teams), but everything I've seen in 2003-5 says towards good things. He is one helluva lot better than most people know.

Most of all, he has the trust and respect of his players which makes a huge difference to their performance, and even their recontracting decisions. I'm glad he is one of us.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

Through we go. Sweet.

Should be one helluva finals. Oh how I wish I could be in sweet San Antone...

GO SPURS!

[ChumpDumper]

I thought all that switching bigs onto Nash was faulty, but then I saw that it was turning Nash from a distributor into a scorer. Now Manu and Bruce did great jobs on Q and Marion respectively, but the switching made things even easier since their point guard wasn't looking for them as much as usual.

[gospursgojas]

For sure one of the best in the league, but he never gets no credit. I guess bc he has a great team with the best player on it....well Phil had the greatest ever his first run, and the 2 greatest at the time his second run, and every one is always all over him.

Ps.... Is it Pop or Adelman who is the longest tenured coach now???

[gospursgojas]

ahhh Salon.... I forgot all about him

[mavsfan1000]

I wish Avery Johnson could've done some of the tactics that Pop made during the Dallas series. Avery is a rookie coach but couldn't find any tactics to slow down the suns like switching on the pick n roll with Henderson.

[Sense]

You should have seen chat smeagol.

I think the best comment out of "sense" was something along the lines of "Tony is playing like a pussy, it's not Pop's fault he's still in the game".

And the expanded thought on that was that Pop doesn't coach the team, he lets the players do their own thing. :lol


I think you need to quote me right next time..

You didnt even get the shit right when it was infront of your face.

The best thing was...that your ass never admitted that I was right..instead you were putting words in my mouth.


I seriously think you have ego issues.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

PHOENIX SUNa suns season ins

*insert mouse explosion picture here*




OVERRRRRRRR

[ZStomp]

Bump, for all the chickenshits who say I never give the man any props who can't bother to show up on this thread.


Hey, I've been at work AHF.

Props to AHF!

[ZStomp]

Also, props to Pop for not even getting T'd up in that game. I would have been run in the 2nd quarter.

As I speak, Pop spills his Dasani!!!!
:lmao


Pop has been rather calm this post season.

[smeagol]

You should have seen chat smeagol.
I remember him making huge contributions in the chat room back in November/December (right at the time VK was making an ass of himself in the chat room too).

Then he went quiet for a couple of months.

Now he is back with a vengance :lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

All i can say is that beno fucking owned partially to night and that i seroiusly think parker was saving his energy for the fourth but ended up using it all gradually on defense, and duncan fucking saved us with his bad ass feild goal percentage, also bowen and barry's threes were unfathomably huge

[smeagol]

All i can say is that beno fucking owned partially to night and that i seroiusly think parker was saving his energy for the fourth but ended up using it all gradually on defense, and duncan fucking saved us with his bad ass feild goal percentage, also bowen and barry's threes were unfathomably huge
Agreed.

Plus Manu hit two clutch FTs (Manu had a very quiet (ineficient) game, but nice stats though: 19/8/6).

Cant_Be_Faded, who was Kori talking about in the quote in your sig? (LOL indeed!)

[Cant_Be_Faded]

For making the adjustment of the game and sliding Bowen over to guard Joe Johnson.



AHF do you rememeber when bowen fucking had his stupid ass and forced a shot clock????? LOL!!!!!!

[Dre_7]

MAD PROPS to AHF!!!

Word!!

[ObiwanGinobili]

Way to go Pop, you the man!

Also, thank you for not getting T'd up... wow! your really making progress.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Sense you're amazing. The minute I called your ass on your idiocy in chat, you started back tracking.

I see it hasn't stopped.

[nkdlunch]

thank you Bowen