Game Blog: Spurs @ Mavs - March 18

[Bukefal]

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Friday: San Antonio Spurs (54-13) at Dallas Mavericks (48-20)



Game Preview:http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174828

Time: 08:30 PM ET/02:30 AM CET
Location:American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TV: LEAGUE PASS, FSSW-SA, FSSW-DAL, WOAI, KESN



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[Bukefal]

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Tony Parker on how the Spurs are playing :


The way we are playing now, it will be a quick exit in the playoffs. We need to forget about our record and go back to playing good Spurs basketball.”




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[Fpoonsie]

31g0YE61PLQ

[Shank]

Burritos v. BBQ
Dried-up Trinity River v. Riverwalk
JFK v. Alamo
Fake boobs v. Saggers
Ripley's in desolate Grand Prairie v. Ripley's downtown
Irving MacArthur v. San Antonio MacArthur
Luke and Owen Wilson (and Futureman) v. Tommy Lee Jones

Mavs by 8.

[Giuseppe]

It's inherently counterproductive, but, I hope the Mavs make you sorry your Daddy ever squirted your ass out.

[clambake]

tip for the spurs:

save your energy. just let barea run around and dribble until he turns it over.

[easy7]

It can go either way, depending on which Spurs team shows up.

[nkdlunch]

It most definitely can go either way, but most likely it will either be a blowout on the mavs favor or a close up and down game, classic Mavs vs. Spurs

I am hoping for the latter.

[Dex]

GD, I hate the fucking Mavericks.

That is all.

[MavDynasty]

Not saying much but the Mavs are 0-2 without Dirk vs the Spurs but they are 1-0 with him. Should be a close game and maybe Terry will step up this time. He has choked dick against the Spurs for a while now

[Spursnlego]

Should be a good game!
And maybe a good night in the standings if we can beat the Mavs and some how, some way the T-pups beat the Fakers in LA.:tu

[Mugen]

it would just be nice to see the Spurs show a pulse against a good team.

[DesignatedT]

I'm anticipating a close one. Both teams should come out hungry for this game. Going to be playoff like physicality and atmosphere. Cant wait.

[gameFACE]

The Spurs better win tonight, goddammit. If they don't they have some 'splaining to do............

[DPG21920]

I'm worried Spurs lose big tonight. They haven't been playing well and Dirk is shooting lights out. The way the Mavs are talking, they really want/need this one.

[Obstructed_View]

Dallas has burritos? I know they don't have barbecue.

[DPG21920]

^ This is true. Dallas has some good restaurants, but they aren't known for anything in particular.

[Shank]

^ This is true. Dallas has some good restaurants, but they aren't known for anything in particular.

We have pretty damn good burger joints up here.

[DPG21920]

I live there, and like I said, Dallas has some amazing places to dine, with all types of food, but they aren't known for any one food in particular. Memphis for Barbecue...

You can find really good burger places everywhere pretty much.

[nkdlunch]

wait... this game is not on national TV????

what the fuck...

[DesignatedT]

wait... this game is not on national TV????

what the fuck...

Didn't even notice that until now. Glad I'm in SA for Spring Break.

[nkdlunch]

:pctoss

and I wanted to see spurs kick ass on night b4 my bday

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs will win 95-91

[TIMMYD!]

I'm worried Spurs lose big tonight. They haven't been playing well and Dirk is shooting lights out. The way the Mavs are talking, they really want/need this one.

Yeah, probably.

[Warlord23]

I'm looking forward to the Dirk vs Bonner matchup ... has there been a contest as intriguing as this since Magic vs Bird?

[alchemist]

all I want is a convincing win.......lets make it happen boys.

[Budkin]

I'm worried Spurs lose big tonight. They haven't been playing well and Dirk is shooting lights out. The way the Mavs are talking, they really want/need this one.

That's how I felt the last game and it happened. After all the preparation this week that won't happen again. If we lose it will be close.

[jay_shs]

Manu will score 30+ tonight.


Spurs 105
Mavericks 103

[DPG21920]

That's how I felt the last game and it happened. After all the preparation this week that won't happen again. If we lose it will be close.

I hope so. It's important to see if this team can actually refocus, or if they hit a wall and peaked too early.

[jay_shs]

Is rocketfanYAO another h2b alt?

[Juggity]

:pctoss

and I wanted to see spurs kick ass on night b4 my bday

Spurs lose when they're on national TV

[jay_shs]

Spurs lose when they're on national TV
Not ESPN. Only when it's a national-exclusive game like on TNT or ABC.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

This is a must-need win right here.....

[Dex]

At least it's not a trap game.

[DarkGinobili]

:flag:

[Ditty]

lol at the db.com homers saying that the mavs are a bad match up for the spurs, they said the same shit last year and we ended up wooping there ass. This ain't no rival when one team has absolutely dominated the other, the only thing the mavs have done to the spurs was preventing the spurs from going back to back in 06. Mavs fans(most of the mavs fans on here are cool though) have the biggest penis envy for the spurs, and they try to make at a rival, the rockets are more than a rival because they have actually won something that has mattered.

[ajballer4]

Spurs only have one losing streak all season. This game is a W

[LakerHater]

Almost TIP-OFF :hungry:

[Tp9gospursgo]

Lets go Spurs! Manu > Dirk

[Tp9gospursgo]

Does the clock say 11 minutes!!!! AHHHHHH!

[Fireball]

Is rocketfanYAO another h2b alt?

he sounds like a broken record to me ...

[duncan228]

Dallas call.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Dallas call.

:depressed Good thing I have FSSW. GO SPURS GO!

[Tp9gospursgo]

I still wish DB still started. We won so many games with him starting.

[duncan228]

:cheer

[Fireball]

cmon, start the game ...

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck, white on the road again

[Tp9gospursgo]

Dayum Dirk.

[duncan228]

Pop with the quick time out.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

gay ass white and gay ass first defensive trip

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu!

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop time out

[Tp9gospursgo]

Hopefully Manu keeps driving like that.

[Fireball]

ohhh ... defense and an offensive rebound ... whats going on?

[duncan228]

Duncan alive.

[Nathan89]

Timmy needs to do that move more often.

[Tp9gospursgo]

lmao flagrant on Dirk.

[Nathan89]

He can get that shot off against the big defenders, but he continues to turn the wrong way. At least more often than not.

[Warlord23]

That wasn't really a flagrant

[Tp9gospursgo]

Spurs playing pretty good right now.

[Spurs Brazil]

rebound, damn

[ohmwrecker]

French Allah!

[carina_gino20]

What is up with Timmy and not jumping for rebounds...

[Tp9gospursgo]

Go at Dirk.

[Warlord23]

Awful rebounding

[DarkGinobili]

Tony!

[ThePop]

Can someone pm me a link?
thanks

[Tp9gospursgo]

Rjjjjjj 33333333

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs need to go inside to TD

[Cessation]

wow i hate that mave fan with the 2 pink flags

[duncan228]

Hearing Spurs fans there. :tu

[Nathan89]

George hill coming in to fuck everything up.

[Crookshanks]

I'm so pissed! This game is blacked out also! I'm in Bossier City, LA, so I don't understand why it's blacked out on league pass. I'm watching another link, but there's no announcers, so it's really boring. Anyone got any other ideas?

[Spurs Brazil]

Rebounds awful again

[Fireball]

wow ... they cant grab a fucking rebound ...

[Pauleta14]

French Allah!

?? :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Very good start on offense. Defense is also fine but rebounds terrible again. Guards need to help

[Warlord23]

Dallas leading 5-1 in offensive boards ... this will get ugly soon if we can't grab a fucking rebound

[Fireball]

Dallas missed 7 shots and the Spurs only have 3 rebounds ...

[Fireball]

Very good start on offense. Defense is also fine but rebounds terrible again. Guards need to help

good defense ends with possession, so no rebound means it wasnt good defense after all ...

[Fireball]

they want to hack Haywood for sure

[DarkGinobili]

LOL Haywood

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

duncan bouncy :tu

[Brazil]

man if we could be just decent at rebounding

[DarkGinobili]

Tony!!!!!

[Nathan89]

No worries guys bonner is in the game.

[DarkGinobili]

Tony again

[Cessation]

lol1!!!! ratface choking already and it isnt the fourth quarter yet!!!

[Pauleta14]

Wow Tony is scary fast.... lol

[ogait]

Rofl Beuabois trying to guard Parker

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cessation]

i think with rody mav d has taken a hit

[Fireball]

Jason Terry brought his A game ...lol

[Nathan89]

LOL Haywood

Lol Dallas giving haywood a huge contract

[Fireball]

i think with rody mav d has taken a hit

+1

Peja does not help there as well :lol

[DarkGinobili]

Neal!

[DarkGinobili]

Spurs playing good so far!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

nealwit

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill playing aggressive D on Terry. Good to see

[Fireball]

hopefully Marion stays cold ... I hate his weird shots

[Nathan89]

it

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

pop couldnt wait to put my nemesis in
wow guys our frenchie makes their frenchie look really bad

[Fireball]

Hill playing aggressive D on Terry. Good to see

yeah, but as soon as there is a screen Hill is stuck ... thankfully Timmy was there with the blocked shot

[Mal]

Ok, whats wrong with this homo cowboy with pink gloves ?

[Pauleta14]

i think with rody mav d has taken a hit

Yep, but remember last PO, when he is hot, he is unguardable (and he has the 3pts too)...

[DarkGinobili]

Neal 3!

[Juggity]

Can we sustain this intensity through 4 quarters? Looking good so far, but the spurs have been known to let things get away from them

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner will guard Dirk now

[DarkGinobili]

Tim!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Dirk is just ridiculous.

[duncan228]

Duncan looks pretty good.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

crofl chandler

[DarkGinobili]

LOL Chandler

[Nathan89]

hill dominates the mavs for some reason

small team

[DarkGinobili]

Bonner with the board

[Death In June]

Hill still sucks

[Fireball]

Tony, good move ... finish that

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

haha whenever i see TC now, all i can think of is the ST troll that wants to beat everybody up

[Tp9gospursgo]

Who fouled Dirk? he just fell down

[Refocus]

Bonner Blair Hill lineup. :vomit:

[Hooks]

lol @ Dirk falling by himself=foul on Spurs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Rebounding is still a major issue for us.

Mavs commentators as douchey as usual. Paraphrasing: "everything the Spurs do is lucky, everything the Mavs do is AWESOME!!!". :rolleyes

[DarkGinobili]

Anderson in

[FaM0us Skins]

that was close

[Juggity]

lol @ Dirk falling by himself=foul on Spurs

I dunno, Bonner had a hand in there

[Spurs Brazil]

Good 1st quarter

TD and Tony were great

[Fireball]

nice to see that Chandler was no factor as in the first game this season

[ajballer4]

Great quarter. Aggressive D

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fuck these commentators and their "yuk, yuk, Ginobli always goes left" bullshit. So many commentators make that ignorant call. :rolleyes

[Fireball]

I dunno, Bonner had a hand in there

clear foul ...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Brenda & tyra :rollin

[Spursnlego]

good first, have to keep it up though...

[Pauleta14]

Who fouled Dirk? he just fell down


lol @ Dirk falling by himself=foul on Spurs

:lol

Come on guys, that was awfull/bull D by Bonner...

[Fireball]

Fuck these commentators and their "yuk, yuk, Ginobli always goes left" bullshit. So many commentators make that ignorant call. :rolleyes

well, he goes left most of the time ... but most defenders can do shit about it anyway

[shorttotry]

LUCKY quarter. I like the intensity, but the defense/rebounding needs to shown and proven for me to be happy.

[Warlord23]

TD and TP will likely hit the bench. Time to see what a lineup with Hill, Bonner and Blair can do.

[Hooks]

Blair!

[Cessation]

nice pop adjusted the blair bonner shit lineup, now he took dice out early so he can play with blair instead

[shorttotry]

EPIC PASS under Dirk

[Hooks]

lol Jim Carey

[Hooks]

33333!

[Fireball]

Dirk and Manu flopping party

[Juggity]

Manu!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

lovin this D
keep it up guys

[leemajors]

step away from the whistles

[Refocus]

Hill playing with some confidence again.

[Cessation]

I like the blair dice lineup, hopefully pop plays it more.

[Spurs Brazil]

I love the intensity on D. Great job so far. And now Manu is there helping on the boards

[Warlord23]

The defense is looking good so far

[Fireball]

good game ... why is George able to play PnR with Blair but not Splitter ...

[Death In June]

Why do McDonalds commercials exist? I know what a McDonalds is.

[Brazil]

good moment for the spurs

[Mal]

Is Dallas >0.700 team ?

[ajballer4]

Hill playing with some confidence again.

He ALWAYS has confidence when playing Dallas. He gets a good matchup

[Pauleta14]

As the (anoying) mavs commentators said, all started with Pop's first 20sec timout...

Good focud by the whole team until now, let's hope it continues

[tdunk21]

good 1st half......

[itzsoweezee]

Lol, Carlisle even makes the same facial expressions as Jim Carey.

[Fireball]

I like the blair dice lineup, hopefully pop plays it more.

Big and Smallz have chemistry as well ... normally Blair was subbed out when George got in the game

[birdy219]

I'm so pissed! This game is blacked out also! I'm in Bossier City, LA, so I don't understand why it's blacked out on league pass. I'm watching another link, but there's no announcers, so it's really boring. Anyone got any other ideas?

Do you have Fox sports? It's on channel 34 in Shreveport. :flag:

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

well, he goes left most of the time ... but most defenders can do shit about it anyway

No, he goes right a lot of the time too and comes back to his left with a crossover or spin. He likes to finish with his left, but he can also finish with his right and does regularly.

The commentators like to imply that he's hopelessly left-handed, but its simply not the case, which is repeatedly borne out by the fact that few players can stop him from getting where he wants to go even knowing that he's a "dominant lefty".

[Tp9gospursgo]

Oh. My. God. Manu.

[Tp9gospursgo]

That shoulda been a foul on dirk too actually.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Where's Brewer? I thought they'd stick him on Manu.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

urgh blair, got too excited there.

[Spurs Brazil]

Keep moving the ball. Bad shot by Blair

[Fireball]

good timeout ... do not let the Macs get going ... they trailed 20+ in Golden State and still won

[Warlord23]

This is the problem right here ... they seem to get lulled and lose concentration. Going under the pick against Barea, BS shot by Blair and then nobody getting back on transition

[Killakobe81]

Mavs on a run ...

[Fireball]

No, he goes right a lot of the time too and comes back to his left with a crossover or spin. He likes to finish with his left, but he can also finish with his right and does regularly.

well, as you said, maybe he starts going right, but he will try going back left ... defenders know this and still cannot stop it

[Cessation]

wow hill is useless running a team

[Tp9gospursgo]

Hill never knows where the shot clock is at.

[Brazil]

we need to attack Dirk inside he is in foul trouble this a golden opportunity

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

wow geroge hill unbelievable

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

urgh blair, got too excited there.

He's really got to learn to go to the counter move sometimes, rather than spinning every time. A reliable up-and-under move would really improve his game.

[duncan228]

Ugh. Messy.

[Warlord23]

smh @ Hill struggling with the pick and roll

[Spurs Brazil]

Hill: the ball stopper

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

wtf

[Killakobe81]

I am a big Hill fan but he has not progressed as much as I would of thought ...thought he would be a great fit on the Lakers (in triangle) since he would not be required to be a pure PG.

[Brazil]

At that point I think Neal would do a better job than Hill at running the point but I fear the RMJ syndrom

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

wow that was crazy

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

god damn it fucking momentum all but gone now

[Juggity]

come on...we stole the ball twice there and couldn't turn it into a layup

[Tp9gospursgo]

Thank God Tony hot that shot.

[Nathan89]

Guess pop doesn't want duncan to play.

[Brazil]

tp is sharp tonite

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Mavs commentators really make me want to :vomit:

They're smarmy and smug in their homerish ignorance, like those arsehole Tea Party boosters on Fox.

[Juggity]

Parker still unstoppable...what the hell would we do without him

[Brazil]

lol kidd horrible under .400 FG all season long and tonite 3/4

[Thompson]

Lol, Carlisle even makes the same facial expressions as Jim Carey.

What's with his hair? Does he actually think the thinning long buzz cut is a good look?

Granted he looked more like Jim Carey with the longer hair, but at least he didn't look so terrible.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

lol TC

[itzsoweezee]

Chandler's been doing that all game. About time they called it.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

refs lettin em play like a mug

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ther's one Mav I really like, and two I respect. Guess who is who. :D

[Cessation]

wow tp on whole mav team, and scores lol

[Killakobe81]

Now? Not so sure about Hill and it's not just this game either ...

There is some horrid defense at times in this game by the Mavs. Sometimes it's great offense by spurs but no way Mavs should come out flat defensively in a big game (relatively) like this ...

LOL Thinking Mavs can beat Lakers for Spurs. Spurs will have to do their own dirty work.

ROFL JET Terry ....Yall own that clown. Dont know why he runs his mouth about SA ....

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tony > Entire Mavs team

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

tp is murdering dallas RIGHT NOW
hope he can keep this up

[Cane]

Parker going 1 v 5 out there :)

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

wow george hill, how could you let jason fkin terry shit on u?

[Fireball]

Tony Parker ... 1 guy against four on the fast break and he still finishes ... wow

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony playing great

[Warlord23]

Hill needs to take a seat. He's come up small again in a big road game

[Brazil]

Tony doesn't want spurs loose the lead

[Brazil]

good job by the spurs at limiting TOs

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

wow we are exhibiting some stellar passing this game

[Killakobe81]

How does Jet celebrate after making one shot after several bricks?

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

frikin bonner getting abused

[Death In June]

Does Matt know the playoffs havent started?

[Chomag]

Sit freaking bonner!!!!!!! YOu don't defend just walking backwards

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fuck you Bonner

[Cessation]

wow bonner getting ready for playoffs

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Mavs shooting 50% at the half.

[Dex]

Terrible close to the quarter. Pretty much all the good work done in that first half was negated in that last 2 minutes.

[ElNono]

Couldn't make a wide open 3 at the end... we had 3 in a row...

[4>0rings]

:lmao Bonner

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fuck. Make the open 3s and we're up 20. :pctoss

[Spurs Brazil]

Bad finish.

Bonner sucks. Marion Killed him and on O he missed a 3 and then passed a shot. Sit him the rest of the game

[Nathan89]

Post up tim and slow the game down. This game to quick and it is benefiting the mavs.

[Brazil]

No regret here, mavs are fucking lucky here they let wide open 3 3s in a row too bad we couldn't have converted but if spurs keep on playing like that win is for us

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

well, idk why we went away from duncan in the last few mins?

[tdunk21]

terrible close....

[OoOoOoOoOoO]

getting killed on the boards AGAIN...

[Pauleta14]

The way/confidence Marion faced Bonner was insulting...

Bonner should be ashamed

[ElNono]

lol best 3 point shooter in the NBA can't make them when we need them...

[Cessation]

loser fag ratface celebrating making his first shot in 8 tries, as if he won the championship, lol

[Fireball]

Again ... I hate Marion ... not Bonners fault, we have nobody to match up with Marion.

Missing 3 open threes did not help to end the quarter ... SHIT

[Chomag]

Sorry to those that are Bonner fans but Bonner is more a liability out there then useful for this team.

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

psssh matt bonner being matt bonner when its actually an important game....
can you imagine a game 7 ?

[Killakobe81]

wow knew Mavs run was coming but Spurs squandered almost entire lead ...

[Fireball]

terrible close to the quarter. Pretty much all the good work done in that first half was negated in that last 2 minutes.

+1

[ElNono]

The way/confidence Marion faced Bonner was insulting...

Bonner should be ashamed

It's not just Marion...

[ogait]

No regret here, mavs are fucking lucky here they let wide open 3 3s in a row too bad we couldn't have converted but if spurs keep on playing like that win is for us

[Man In Black]

If you ain't making 3's can you at least play a semblance of Defense?
D-E-F-E-N-S-E.

[siraulo23]

what????

I missed the first half???

I thought the game would start just about now?

[01Snake]

RJ is worthless

[LakerHater]

Fuckin blew a 18 point lead... DAMMIT!

[Pauleta14]

Couldn't make a wide open 3 at the end... we had 3 in a row...

this.

the transition 3 after Parker missed his was the turning point, but we had 2 other oportunities missed...

mavs should feel blessed

[Cessation]

bonner making marion look like an allstar out there

[Killakobe81]

Post up tim and slow the game down. This game to quick and it is benefiting the mavs.

This. Duncan was playing well ...bank and some post-ups on Chandler. Tim Tony and Manu all had big moments ... rest of the team was iffy ...

[Warlord23]

Marion/Terry scoring the last 11. Thanks Bonner and Hill.

[itzsoweezee]

LOL @ Jefferson getting benched.

[tdunk21]

bench screwin up things....

[alchemist]

missing wide open 3's are bad enough, why didn't Pop post Duncan again after he came back from his break???!!!

[moisaenz]

If bonner can't hit an open 3 he should be on the bench.

[Chomag]

Who was it that said give the ball to whoever Bonner was guarding a couple of seasons ago?

[Spursnlego]

great first half...

last 5 minutes- absolutely horrible...

[Killakobe81]

loser fag ratface celebrating making his first shot in 8 tries, as if he won the championship, lol

I laughed at that too ...

[RobSM64]

Who was it that said give the ball to whoever Bonner was guarding a couple of seasons ago?

Rasheed Wallace

[Fireball]

this time the breakdown came with Timmy on the floor ... no fucking excuses there