Game Blog: Kings @ Spurs - April 6

[Thomas82]

Put TP in he needs to score 10 straight pts, my vbookie account is hungry

Wouldn't be a bad way to close the game out.........

[LakerHater]

Fuckin Bonner!!!

[Thomas82]

...........still no Splitter

[Brazil]

lol we have 20 pts lead with 6 min left and manu is still there running like a rabbit

[timtonymanu]

Sit Manu already and put in Splitter.

[Mugen]

that manu pass was durrrrrrrty.

[Fireball]

The Free Tiago sign really pissed Pop off ...

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dallas losing, OKC winning.... How many games seperate them again? I'm lazy :D

[Thomas82]

Good shot Neal!!!

[DPG21920]

LA getting NO is a damn joke. Worst case scenario for the West. Likely going to have NO and DAL which is the easiest playoff path out of anyone in the league IMO.

[toki9]

Pop is just not going to play Splits, is he? Geez.

[timtonymanu]

LA getting NO is a damn joke. Worst case scenario for the West. Likely going to have NO and DAL which is the easiest playoff path out of anyone in the league IMO.

What else is new for LA?

[Ice009]

What number 1 seed has ever played a 25% three point shooter for the threat of his shot out there? Has anyone ever done that? Bonner's 3s have gone and he brings nothing.

[Thomas82]

Danny Green with the J............

[Capt Bringdown]

Splitter falls beneath Danny Green in the rotation. Any doubt now that Pop blames Splitter for the losing streak?

[Brazil]

tiago time

[L.I.T]

Danny Green is a damn fine young player.

[Thomas82]

Pop is just not going to play Splits, is he? Geez.

Doesn't look like it......

[Zelophehad]

Does Popovich have something personal against Splitter?

[Brazil]

Dallas losing, OKC winning.... How many games seperate them again? I'm lazy :D

one

[Thomas82]

Danny Green is a damn fine young player.

We better keep him!!

[Fireball]

Blair is hustling now, passing the ball and setting good screens ... very nice

[howbouthemspurs]

great hustle from blair! good finish by green! Spurs are rollin as they should be!

[Capt Bringdown]

LA getting NO is a damn joke. Worst case scenario for the West. Likely going to have NO and DAL which is the easiest playoff path out of anyone in the league IMO.

Depressing.

[Spursnlego]

Come on Pop 24 points isn't good enough.
Where is Splitter?

[Thomas82]

depressing.

+1

[Fireball]

We better keep him!!

until someone better wants to come over of course

[Uriel]

one
2, actually. 1, provided the Thunder win and the Mavericks lose.

[duncan228]

Pop jumped up and gave DeJuan Blair a fist pump after he went to the floor for that steal. As demonstrative as Pop has been all year.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Blair at least got garbage time when he was a rookie.....

[SA210]

Play Tiago. F*****!!!

[Libri]

Splitter is pensive.

[L.I.T]

Overshadowed with the Spurs shooting at such a blistering pace is them giving up 14 oboards.

[Thomas82]

until someone better wants to come over of course

yeah, but they all follow the money and the spotlight!!

[Brazil]

Come on Pop 24 points isn't good enough.
Where is Splitter?

forget splitter its over

[duncan228]

Now Blair gets a loving hug around the head from Tim Duncan. Everybody trying to keep the young buck engaged, it seems.

[alchemist]

is Pop testing Splitters mental health? that's the only thing that comes to mind because this is horse shit.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Bonner shoved to the floor, Kings trying to help us

[weebo]

blair shoots jump shots like someone who's never shot a jump shot before

[Thomas82]

OMG...Bonner with a steal!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

LMAO Novac coming in. Still no Splitter

[benefactor]

lol Novak in.

[CFH]

Novak comes in, still no Splitter

[timtonymanu]

Like I said, Pop would put in Novak before Splitter.

[Brazil]

2, actually. 1, provided the Thunder win and the Mavericks lose.

exactly

[Ice009]

Bonner just fucking stands there and lets Beno lay it up.

FUCKING TRASH Bonner.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

SPLITTER :lol

[CFH]

Splitter coming in?!

[weebo]

splitter in for mop up duty...great

[Thomas82]

Novak!!??!!

[Capt Bringdown]

The Turd towers combining for 8pts and 10 rebounds, which about what Splitter was averaging in Tim's absence.

[Zelophehad]

Popovich seriously must have something personal against Splitter.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Gary Neal for 22222222222

[Mugen]

seriously, it's not a Game Blog unless somebody says it:

Pop is such a faggot.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Man he looks so sad

[ShoogarBear]

WTF, how did Hill miss Green on the right wing on that break?

[timtonymanu]

I seriously feel bad for Splitter. If Blair or Bonner ever is in the doghouse, I won't ever feel bad for them.

[Mugen]

:lmao Sean is such a fucking homer.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Splitter is in, Pop has seen the light! Our playoff rotation is set!!

[Brazil]

Originally Posted by JMcDonald_SAEN
Now Blair gets a loving hug around the head from Tim Duncan. Everybody trying to keep the young buck engaged, it seems.

meanwhile nobody gives a fuck of Tiago

[Thomas82]

Well look whos in the game............

[Libri]

Tiago doesn't look to enthusiastic. Can't blame him.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Spliiter with the hook!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Splitter just said fuck you POP

[TIMMYD!]

Splitter comes in and immediately scores. :lol Pop.

[Fireball]

Splitter must be so cold ... don't pull a muscle

[Thomas82]

Good shot Splitter!!

[Mugen]

Tiago should have sat on the bench and just flipped Pop off when he got called in.

[Ice009]

The last man off the bench Tiago. WOW. LOL.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Splitter has already gotten 66% of Bonner's scoring output of tonight's game in less than 20 seconds.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Hey Tiago you might as well jack up some threes man....

[benefactor]

Tiago should have sat on the bench and just flipped Pop off when he got called in.
:lol

[Capt Bringdown]

Splitter may not be the Spurs savior, but he is definitely NOT a garbage player. If I were him, I'd want to be moving along.

[Brazil]

I really hope and I'm sincere here that Tiago will sign with another team and will have a similar impact than Scola

[Fireball]

Splitter has already gotten 66% of Bonner's scoring output of tonight's game in less than 20 seconds.

this hook shot was a beauty ... but no three

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Tiago should have sat on the bench and just flipped Pop off when he got called in.


:lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago doing much better in the post now. He was terrible at the begging of the season

[L.I.T]

Jump hook, plays a little havoc in the lane. *sigh*

[silverblk mystix]

Pop treating Splitter like the worst fuckin' scrub on a d-league team...

Unfortunately, Splitter might remember this when his contract expires in a couple of years...

[rwb]

If this was a made for TV movie everyone would be chanting Splitter's name right now and music would be swelling, then Pop's stone heart would crumble and he would see the light.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

this hook shot was a beauty ... but no three

He's already 2/3 of the way there.

[SA210]

The Turd towers combining for 8pts and 10 rebounds, which about what Splitter was averaging in Tim's absence.

:pctoss


If you dont mind, I'm mentioning that to Jeff McDonald

[Tp9gospursgo]

lol Timmy singing Journey

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Splitter 2 points 1 rebound.....He'll be great on another team

[Thomas82]

Splitter may not be the Spurs savior, but he is definitely NOT a garbage player. If I were him, I'd want to be moving along.


I really hope and I'm sincere here that Tiago will sign with another team and will have a similar impact than Scola

There is nothing worse that can happen to a team than to not play a player, let him get away, and reach his full potential with another team.

[Thomas82]

Aww come on Splitter, make your FTs!!!

[Capt Bringdown]

:pctoss


If you dont mind, I'm mentioning that to Jeff McDonald

Go for it, Jeff McDonald who?

[Thomas82]

Novak with the offensive rebound!!

[TIMMYD!]

Thinking about how much Tiago could have helped in some games earlier this year makes me want to punch Pop in the nuts.

[Libri]

:lol Splitter just said fuck you POP

And yet it will have no effect on Pop.

[Thomas82]

And yet it will have no effect on Pop.

None whatsoever!!

[alchemist]

I'm hoping LA loses so Pop can rest Tim and play Splitter these next 3 games

[SA210]

Go for it, Jeff McDonald who?


http://twitter.com/#!/JMcDonald_SAEN

[TampaDude]

NEAL with it, bitches!!!!!

[TE]

If Splitter is to play, it'll be at the expense of Dejuan Blair.

Pop wants that inside/outside presence from the frontline. The only time Splitter will be seen with Duncan is when they play the likes of LA.

I don't see Pop playing Splitter a significant amount of time until the Laker series (WCF).

[Capt Bringdown]

Thinking about how much Tiago could have helped in some games earlier this year makes me want to punch Pop in the nuts.

Getting Splitter into the rotation has NO DOWNSIDE. Pop fucked up royally, but most likely the story will be written about what a great job he did this year.

[Mugen]

:lol i fucking hate that I'm pissed even when the Spurs blow the other team out....

It must be so awesome to be a blind Pop Homer.

[Thomas82]

I'm hoping LA loses so Pop can rest Tim and play Splitter these next 3 games

Wouldn't be bad at all!!

[Thomas82]

getting splitter into the rotation has no downside. Pop fucked up royally, but most likely the story will be written about what a great job he did this year.

+1

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I dream of Splitter and TD on the court together....

[Thomas82]

I dream of Splitter and TD on the court together....

You and me both!!

[Brazil]

now i'm going to see the lakers loose on purpose against GSW

[Mugen]

Splitter goes to the free throw line more times in one game than Bonner does in a whole month.

if only he could make em :lol

[ShoogarBear]

:lol that FT was turrrrruble.

[Thomas82]

Splitter with the steal!!

[alchemist]

Kings would've scored if Blair was there

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol still shooting threes

[SA210]

I dream of Splitter and TD on the court together....

[SA210]

Splitter goes to the free throw line more times in one game than Bonner does in a whole month.

if only he could make em :lol

[timtonymanu]

Seriously what does Blair do better than Splitter? Blair's free throws are just as shitty.

[Fireball]

its NBA Green Week

[alchemist]

I dream of Splitter and TD on the court together....
I wouldn't I would rather Splitter be the 1st big off the bench, that won't happen until next year though :bang

[SA210]

What is Tiago's stat line vs Bonners :lol

[tdunk21]

:chestbump

[Fireball]

Splitter was fuckin effective ... Blair has nothing on him

[Spurs Brazil]

Good win. Just need one more

[birdy219]

Somebody stop and tweet George Hill right now and talk about his mama. He has been great since "the tweet". :lol

:flag:

[Brazil]

bonner 19 min 4 pts 4 reb 2 stl
splitter 3 mn 4 pts 2 reb 1 stl

:lmao

[howbouthemspurs]

Great game by the Spurs!

[silverblk mystix]

:lol i fucking hate that I'm pissed even when the Spurs blow the other team out....

It must be so awesome to be a blind Pop Homer.

This.

The most unsatisfying winning season for the spurs, for me as a lifelong fan...

I hope I am proven wrong and I hope that somehow this Pop /Bonner/Splitter--situation does not bite the spurs in the ass...

[Mugen]

Bonner: 20 mins, 3pts, 4 rebs

Splitter: 3 mins, 4 pts, 2 rebs

:lmao:lmao:lmao

:flag:

[SA210]

I won vbookie :tu

[Fireball]

Bonner is the only one with a negative plus minus .... in a 32 point blowout ... thats an eye opener (no pun intended)

[DPG21920]

Getting the one seed is huge, but honestly that only comes into play with LA. Getting MEM/OKC is brutal if that holds true. LA cake walks to the WCF in 10 games max if they draw NO/DAL.

[Mugen]

bonner 19 min 4 pts 4 reb 2 stl
splitter 3 mn 4 pts 2 reb 1 stl

:lmao

:lol beat me to it but you spotted Coach B an extra point!

[Ice009]

Tiago looking good anytime he is out there now. He's really improved IMO since he got those starts. Pop is a moron.

Danny Green has been very good too. I had no idea why the cut him the first time around.

[Mugen]

who has the tie breaker between OKC and DAL???

[DMC]

Pop: "Matty, if you can hear me, hold up your right arm... no your other right arm... ok good... now Matty, we really really need you back out there. Can you suck it up and walk it off champ? The team needs you, don't let us down..."

[SA210]

bonner 19 min 4 pts 4 reb 2 stl
splitter 3 mn 4 pts 2 reb 1 stl

:lmao

:lmao

[Brazil]

:lol beat me to it but you spotted Coach B an extra point!

:lol

[DesignatedT]

Getting the one seed is huge, but honestly that only comes into play with LA. Getting MEM/OKC is brutal if that holds true. LA cake walks to the WCF in 10 games max if they draw NO/DAL.

Looks like OKC is only 1 game behind Dallas now for the 3 spot.

[Brazil]

LA is going through the west like a knife on hot butter

[DMC]

Getting the one seed is huge, but honestly that only comes into play with LA. Getting MEM/OKC is brutal if that holds true. LA cake walks to the WCF in 10 games max if they draw NO/DAL.


The cake walk stops here... (hopefully)

[Fireball]

Getting the one seed is huge, but honestly that only comes into play with LA. Getting MEM/OKC is brutal if that holds true. LA cake walks to the WCF in 10 games max if they draw NO/DAL.

Spurs rarely catch a break regarding playoff seeding ... I mean last year it would have been Dallas, Phoenix and LA ... toughest road of all ... Spurs really need to take advantage of home court and hopefully Dallas gives them a good series

[easy7]

Dallas is about to lose to the thuggets...

[DMC]

I just heard that Bonner just made it into the dressing room. He was out there still trying to draw a charge, didn't realize the Kings were huddling and the game was over.

[Admidave50]

Looks like OKC is only 1 game behind Dallas now for the 3 spot.

What's the tiebreaker between OKC and Dallas? Dallas tough opponents are Rockets and NO while OKC is playing Denver and Fakers

[ElNono]

one more...

[Spurs Brazil]

who has the tie breaker between OKC and DAL???

Dallas

[Stringer_Bell]

This game would've counted as a loss if the Spurs didn't win by 20, tbh

[Amuseddaysleeper]

OKC just one game of the Mavs, own the tie breaker.

Even the Mavs want the Spurs :lol

[Capt Bringdown]

I'm flat-lined after this win. Bonner & Blair. Splitter the last player off the bench. Shooting 60% from downtown.

Fool's gold has become a cliché, but it is an unavoidable conclusion about this season IMO.

Maybe I'll be proven horribly wrong, but everything I believe about basketball tells me that you can't trump defense and rebounding with small-ball gimmicks and 3 pointers.

Not that it hasn't been tried, but it doesn't work. Ever.

[Mugen]

Dallas


OKC just one game of the Mavs, own the tie breaker.

Even the Mavs want the Spurs :lol

You niggaz are killin me! :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

[boutons_deux]

Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!! Rudy!!

[Mugen]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

I think this is correct.

[Spurs Brazil]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

This may be right. But Dallas won the season series 2-1

[Mugen]

btw, 60 Win Ecstasy!

:flag:

[Pauleta14]

LA getting NO is a damn joke. Worst case scenario for the West. Likely going to have NO and DAL which is the easiest playoff path out of anyone in the league IMO.


The way it's going, the Lakers could face Portland in the 1st round then the Thunder... :lol

[TampaDude]

We're BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[DesignatedT]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

This seems correct.

[Mugen]

We're BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

:lmao welcome back.

[Splits]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

According to ESPN, this is correct: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/matchups

[DPG21920]

Amuse is correct. I still see it finishing as is which sucks.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Amuse is correct. I still see it finishing as is which sucks.

Wouldn't be the first time :hat

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Amuse is correct. I still see it finishing as is which sucks.

Mavs are going to rest Chandler and Kidd down the stretch, let's see what happens.

[Mugen]

Amuse is correct. I still see it finishing as is which sucks.

Dallas does have a cupcake schedule.

But i do think they try to tank as much as possible. Makes sense for them to avoid POR and LA.

OKC has to win that Laker game though.

[HarlemHeat37]

The division rule hasn't been applied in a few years..a division winner has to be in the top 4, but it's meaningless to the order..

[DPG21920]

If they are tied, div winner gets tie breaker

[duncan228]

Some post-game quotes.


Spurs roll through Kings to win No. 60, near West's top seed (http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310406024)

Manu Ginobili knows fortunes can change quickly in the NBA.

Last week, the Spurs were in jeopardy of losing the top seed in the Western Conference to the Los Angeles Lakers after dropping six straight games.

Now San Antonio is on the brink of home-court advantage throughout the West playoffs after Ginobili scored 25 points in a 124-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

"We knew we weren't going to lose every single game (the rest of the way)," Ginobili said. "We had a few good games we just couldn't win. We had a better schedule over the last three games. We won an important game in Atlanta and we got lucky that the Lakers lost to the Jazz."

The Spurs improved their NBA-best record to 60-19 and can clinch home-court advantage throughout the West playoffs with their next victory or loss by the Lakers.

George Hill scored 12 of his 19 points during the third quarter, when the Spurs outscored the Kings by 20 in their best offensive quarter of the season.

"(After the first half), I knew we needed some fire coming off the bench," Hill said. "I just tried to be aggressive and give a spark. I think it helped and got other people involved, too."

Tyreke Evans led the Kings with 16 points and rookie DeMarcus Cousins added 15 points and 10 rebounds.

San Antonio held Sacramento to 36 percent shooting in the third (9 of 25) and 40 percent for the game.

"We didn't make shots and they did and they got a lot of points off the fast break," Evans said. "They're a veteran team and they know how to finish. They make a lot of high percentage shots. They cut hard and swing the ball side to side. They set picks and make the defense move side to side. It's hard."

The 32-point victory is the largest for the Spurs this season, surpassing the 30-point win over Miami in March.

San Antonio has won three straight after losing six in a row to fall into jeopardy of losing the top seed to the then-streaking Lakers. San Antonio has a 3 1/2-game lead over the Lakers in the West and a two-game lead over the Chicago Bulls for the NBA's top seed.

The Spurs had their best-shooting quarter of the season in the third to push past the visiting Kings, scoring a season-high 41 points and shooting a season-best 82 percent (14 of 17) to outscore the Kings by 20 and take a 92-70 lead.

San Antonio, which made just one 3-pointer against Atlanta on Tuesday, shot 63 percent (12 of 19), with Ginobili going 4 of 6 from beyond the arc.

The Spurs were aggressive, attacking the basket more against the Kings, and used good ball movement to find the open man for high-percentage shots.

"In the first half, everything was working," Sacramento center Samuel Dalembert said. "That's how the game goes. The Spurs weren't missing anything and they pulled away from us."

Dalembert finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Rookie Gary Neal added 14 points off the bench for the Spurs.

With the Spurs clinging to a two-point lead after Dalembert's jumper early in the third, Ginobili's 3-pointer ignited a 20-6 run that was the turning point in the game.

The Kings held a four-point lead late in the second, but Ginobili scored on consecutive dunks off turnovers by the Kings and fed a wide-open Hill under the basket that helped the Spurs regain a 51-49 lead at halftime and fueled the third quarter surge.

Ginobili said Saturday's game against the Jazz is huge to keep the momentum going and keep the confidence level high in the locker room.

"We know we have a big chance on Saturday against the Jazz," he said. "We were a little worried (during our losing streak). We knew it wasn't the end of the world to finish second, but at the same time after the kind of season we had, we wanted it. We got a great opportunity, it's not over yet, and we definitely want to get the next one."

Tony Parker scored 15 points and Tim Duncan had 12 points for the Spurs.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310406024

[duncan228]

San Antonio Spurs 124, Sacramento Kings 92: Lackluster first half, big second half (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER — On the very first play of the game — the opening tip, in fact — Richard Jefferson fell asleep (not literally, that’d be uncanny) and watched as Francisco Garcia, Jefferson’s defensive assignment, caught the opening tip and went to the hoop for a layup.

The first half produced some similarly lackadaisical plays, and some spectacular, as the Spurs led just 51-49 at halftime. Another 24 minutes of game time later, the Spurs headed to their locker room with their largest margin of victory this season in a 124-92 win.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-124-sacramento-kings-92-lackluster-first-half-big-second-half#more-13555)

[The Truth #6]

Bonner over Splitter. Green over Anderson. Like a lot of supposed geniuses, Pop can be really stupid sometimes.

[crc21209]

Bonner over Splitter. Green over Anderson. Like a lot of supposed geniuses, Pop can be really stupid sometimes.

Anderson just hasnt been the same since he's been back anyway, might as well give Green some burn....

[ace3g]

manuginobili Manu Ginobili
Ya tenemos el #1 del Oeste seguro! Veremos si llegamos al 1 gral. ~ Today we clinched the #1 in the West. Now going 4 the league's 1.

[crc21209]

Imagine what would have happened to ST tonight if the Spurs would have lost tonight's game.....:lol

[LakerHater]

Imagine what would have happened to ST tonight if the Spurs would have lost tonight's game.....:lol
Woulda balanced out with fLakers losin!

[Sean Cagney]

manuginobili Manu Ginobili
Ya tenemos el #1 del Oeste seguro! Veremos si llegamos al 1 gral. ~ Today we clinched the #1 in the West. Now going 4 the league's 1.

Oh they are not playing now! THey are going for that #1 now! GO SPURS GO!!!!!! GO GET IT!!!!!!!

[kuato]

The team was resting, getting into the playoffs as "the candidates" is not this team style.

[Obstructed_View]

OKC would be a division winner which would make them a top 3 seed I believe, should they tie the Mavs.

Yep, division winner is the first tiebreaker, though it's kind of stupid that they do it that way. Teams like the Bulls and Lakers shouldn't deserve tiebreakers for feasting on abysmal divisions.

[Strategic]

Teams like the Bulls and Lakers shouldn't deserve tiebreakers for feasting on abysmal divisions.




:(:(:(:whine :vomit: :whine :(:(:(

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Glad to see the 1st seed is locked up for Spurs. Homecourt will be HUGE in playoffs.

[duncan228]

Out of the Timeout: Big man cross screen (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Andrew A. McNeill
48 Minutes of Hell

In our Out of the Timeout (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/category/out-of-the-timeout) series this week, finally making its triumphant return to 48MoH, we take a look at a play from the Spurs win over the Kings (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-124-sacramento-kings-92-lackluster-first-half-big-second-half) on Wednesday night. In it, Antonio McDyess sets a screen for Tim Duncan, but Dice is the one who’s open for a shot.

Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/out-of-the-timeout-big-man-cross-screen#more-13630)