Playoffs Game Blog: Grizzlies @ Spurs - Game I - April 17

[DPG21920]

MEM is not running their offense like they normally do. Zbo with a three, Sam with a quick shot. Lets hope they lack the discipline they showed all year.

[100%duncan]

lol conley

[TE]

wtf that's not a blocking foul. Stupid calls

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Keep up the energy

[ffadicted]

Alright let's slow down here....

[spurspokesman]

Refs are either shitty or going to reward us later

[NewJerSpur]

Good decision by Conley to push back. Much improved.

[TE]

Geez, I fucking hate Conley. Definition of a scrub who tries way to hard.

[NewJerSpur]

Please. Please. Please keep shooting 3's, Zach.

:tu

[100%duncan]

fuck tp is cold

[TE]

A lot of pushing going on inside.

[DPG21920]

TP has to get something going. He is off to a very slow start.

[ffadicted]

lol I thought that foul was on mcdyess and I was about to freak out about the refs

[Libri]

Neal in early.

[mosdef17]

Can't believe I'm so awake given the time!


Haha same, wide awake

[Brox6]

3:20am here in Australia! haha



10pm here in Dubai :downspin::downspin:

[AnthonyM]

Allen in foul trouble early. Great.

[Fermixalot]

2 on Allen! Fuck yeah George.

[100%duncan]

keep being aggressive guys! tony got 2

[MannyIsGod]

Tony Allen to the bench! You can't be the Xfactor from the bench.

[ATXSPUR]

In and out...damn

[NewJerSpur]

Not worried about the misses as long as we keep getting good penetration and looks.

[TE]

Turning the ball over now. smh

[DPG21920]

Conley really outplaying TP to start. Randolph with the good pass, like I have said. He has improved a lot recently.

[spurspokesman]

Parker looks scary

[100%duncan]

fuck something's wrong with tp

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Is Dice wearing the '96 Jordans?

[Muser]

Loving Dice's play.

[Capt Bringdown]

Don't need Dice to think he's Bernard King

[DPG21920]

Memphis playing great. Playing fantastic defense and getting easy baskets. They lead.

[BanditHiro]

fuck bonner time

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Bonner is in, let the Grizz 10-0 run begin

[AnthonyM]

This is your moment of truth Bonner.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner :(

[TE]

Bonner in now :(

[ffadicted]

Goddamn, Bonner in, randolph goes for 60

[100%duncan]

tp is dead, smh

[WeNeedLength]

Gary Neal's shooting 412% from the 3!!!!! lol

[Libri]

OK folks, Bonner is in.

[ATXSPUR]

Fuck...Bonner

I'm going to get some alcohol.

[DPG21920]

Spurs down two when Bonner checks in. Lets see how it goes.

[NewJerSpur]

Grizz committing some cheapies that are going to have SA in the bonus early.

[100%duncan]

hill drawing fouls

[DPG21920]

Lets see if the Spurs can move this ball, sink some 3's and open up this MEM defense.

[TE]

Make your damn FT.

[BanditHiro]

we can't make a shot

[Spurs Brazil]

It'd be nice to call some post plays for TD. Nothing so far.

[ATXSPUR]

Damnit! You gotta make that Hill.

[NewJerSpur]

Don't need Dice to think he's Bernard King

:lol:rollin

[CFH]

Need these free throws come on Hill

[Muser]

In the bonus, Spurs need to drive at will.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Duncan pissed at Bonner, about time lol

[DPG21920]

Great ball movement by Memphis. Damn. They are playing very well.

[concken]

Gary neal is shooting 412 % from 3pt?

[100%duncan]

bonner and tp :(

[TE]

Tim is mad today. Bonner got an earful lol

[Sisk]

Tim wasn't too happy with bonner just then

[InTheCrust]

Everybody is comin for dat Matt Bonner Azz..... :depressed

[NewJerSpur]

Nice ball movement by Memphis. Battier was a great pickup.

[WeNeedLength]

I fucking hate Matt Bonner...

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs are gonna have a hard time if Parker is getting outplayed by Conley's bitch-ass..

Duncan should be seeing the ball on every possession..

Neal and Bonner both need to make their first shots, for obvious reasons..

[Sisk]

Wow bonner

[spurspokesman]

Bonner looks like A programmed robot I swear

[Hooks]

lmao wtf was that

[BanditHiro]

bonner could not shoot over mayo

[TheProfessor]

:lol Bonner bailed out...

[100%duncan]

bonner bailed out fuck him

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit Bonner....

[DPG21920]

Holy heck, Spurs cannot get anything inside. Memphis closes EVERYTHING off.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

At least the refs are on our side.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol What a stupid foul from OJ Mayo, Bonner was passing it to the crowd..

[MannyIsGod]

Fuck man, that attempted pass just pissed me off. Wide open for a fucking 3 and he's looking to pass?!?!?!?

[TheProfessor]

"Team Role: Make 3's"

[ffadicted]

Bonner always looks surprised when his free throws go in, wtf is up with that lol

[Sisk]

Alright, Bonner has seen the ball go in. Let's keep it that way.

[Fermixalot]

Like Tim, Bonner deep into playoff mode.....

[InTheCrust]

At least the refs are on our side.

Joey Crawford? Offensive foul Bonner!

[TE]

Damn Battier

[timtonymanu]

Fuck that POS Battier.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Timmy!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Duncan got fouled there.

[100%duncan]

Tim!

[TE]

Grizzlies just making everything. Fucking scrubs

[Hooks]

Fuck no

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz is packing the paint. Tony having a hard time finishing at the rim

[HarlemHeat37]

Memphis has made some fluky shots so far, tbh..hopefully it evens out..

[InTheCrust]

This game is Memphis' to lose.

[DPG21920]

Tim looking great, but a few things:

1) MEM dominates points in the paint and the Spurs struggle. That is holding true.

2) Spurs dominate 3's and MEM struggles, but that is not holding true.

This team is tough. Very tough.

[BanditHiro]

the grizzles just have way to much confidence. fucking lakers FO asking the grizzles to tank

[timtonymanu]

Spurs need to play like this is the team that disrespected them. Bully them.

[alchemist]

Spurs look lost out there, the offense is terrible and they still over-help too much on the defensive end.

[spursbird]

What's up with TP? He's been cold so far

[spurspokesman]

Spurs are gonna have a hard time if Parker is getting outplayed by Conley's bitch-ass..

Duncan should be seeing the ball on every possession..

Neal and Bonner both need to make their first shots, for obvious reasons..

Exactly heat. He raped parker the last time we played.

[100%duncan]

tp, bonner, defense factors that are still dead

[boutons_deux]

Can Spurs get 20 pts in the first playoff qtr?

7 FG, 3 TO

[siraulo23]

Duncan looks amazing

and it seems like we're playing playoff speed

[timtonymanu]

Allowing 58% shooting. Gross.

[TE]

Fuck, the Grizzlies better stop making all these fluke shots or it'll be a long afternoon.

[itzsoweezee]

Tony's playing like a scrub. WTF.

[NewJerSpur]

:lol What a stupid foul from OJ Mayo, Bonner was passing it to the crowd..

Counting on those type of plays from an overaggressive Grizz team to keep us in it while we establish a rhythm. :tu

[Fireball]

Weird rotation ... Neal in early for RJ ... now RJ back for TP

[Spurs Brazil]

Keep giving the ball to TD in the post

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs need to speed this game up

[TheProfessor]

"El Contusion" - Not as funny as it used to be...

[TE]

Tim with the hook!

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs better not f around, this could be a tough game to spend trying to climb out of a hole.
We don't look that good.

[noles1983]

Lol most teams give out shirts, we get ghetto paper clappers

[100%duncan]

lucky shot Tim FTW!

[BillMc]

It's early. No worries yet.

[DPG21920]

Tim is allowed to get mugged. Dirk is shooting FT's there.

[Libri]

Vintage Tim!

[ffadicted]

lol that looked so weird from timmy, but I'll take it :D

[Muser]

Give the ball to Timmy everytime.

[AnthonyM]

No reason Tim shouldn't touch the ball on every possession right now.

[DPG21920]

Offensive rebounds. Spurs have done well early, can't let up.

[100%duncan]

bonner cant help tim out there

[Sisk]

There we go TP. Attack.

[Fermixalot]

Bonner/Blair.

Its all downhill from here...

[HarlemHeat37]

Marc Gasol is a slightly above average player, the Spurs can't be allowing him to look like a fucking All-Star..all of his points are coming off the catch, too, where's the help?..

[TE]

Parker! There you go.

[CFH]

There you go Parker

[WeNeedLength]

Bonner/Blair FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[100%duncan]

Damn TP

[BanditHiro]

bonner blair front court

[Sisk]

With timmy sitting right now.. TP needs to attack and finish or kick out every possession.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

There we go TP

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner Blair combo....

[remingtonbo2001]

We need Spiltter...

[TE]

Bonner/Blair.

Its all downhill from here...

:lmao

[NewJerSpur]

Memphis's size may helping on the boards, but it sure isn't helping with their interior defense right now.

[100%duncan]

Bonner Blair

[alchemist]

bonner/blair = it's game over

blair sucks (get mad lone blair fan)

[BanditHiro]

fuck he is fine

[DPG21920]

Blair/Bonner and no Tim. These are crucial minutes. As good as Tim has played, Spurs lose the opening quarter at home.

[VBM]

Bonner Blair combo....

:depressed:depressed:depressed

[Sisk]

The fuck is randolph doing?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

that was a good defense there blair...too bad for the "foul"

[MannyIsGod]

Bonner Blair......

Fuck man. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.




FUCK.

[TE]

Ball don't lie.

[MannyIsGod]

Bonner Blair......

Fuck man. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.




FUCK.

[BanditHiro]

hack a randolf

[100%duncan]

tp needs to attack with timmy sitting

[Spurs Brazil]

damn, the Turd Towers

[Fireball]

good ... put this fucker Randolph on the ground

[4>0rings]

Did the Spurs forget about pick and rolls?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

RJ nice rebound

[DPG21920]

Spurs can't win with this TP. There has to be a drastic change.

[Libri]

Good idea to have TP with the second unit.

[NewJerSpur]

Damn that was close.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Come on TP

[100%duncan]

fuck in and out fuck

[TE]

Goddamn I hate randolph.

[DPG21920]

Randolph dominating.

[HarlemHeat37]

TP is having one of his worst games in a while..great timing..

[ffadicted]

Damn, shitty end to the quarter, hope we can pick it up in the second

[itzsoweezee]

Tony Parker fucking sucks. God you're a fucking scrub.

[Muser]

Neal!

[Sisk]

wow. wow.

[TE]

That was an and one.

[LakerHater]

Gary Neal!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Should that count?

[lefty]

What?

[Capt Bringdown]

Gasol and Randolph ripping a hole through our "defense."

[Hooks]

Grizz making EVERYTHING

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fuck you Mayo

[tlongII]

three!

[Muser]

omg

[TheProfessor]

That three from Mayo just deflated the crowd. Wow.

[100%duncan]

fuck the scrubs i fucking hate them fuck

[WeNeedLength]

Fucking fluky shots going to do us in. Fucking bullshit....

[Spurologist]

Fuck

[Juanobili]

Fuck

[TE]

Fuck you Mayo.

[BanditHiro]

two bs shots after another and neal was fouled on that play

[VBM]

Parker needs to fucking play ball

[CFH]

Lame

[timtonymanu]

Fuck!

Memphis making some fluky shit against us as always. Step up TP. Or else we're losing this.

[DPG21920]

Wow. Spurs smacked right in the mouth in the first quarter. Memphis is a fantastic team.

[ffadicted]

fuck

[Splits]

Who the fuck is the Spurs clock keeper? That fucking thing didn't start for a full second after the inbounds

[Muser]

Mike Conley is gonna be the 07 Baron Davis

[Reck]

LOL that happens 100% of the time to the Spurs.

[boutons_deux]

Grizz defense too tough

[Chieflion]

This is bull mothershit. They are making everything.

[Giuseppe]

Mayonaisse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Once Parker wakes up, we'll get this

[100%duncan]

fuck the grizz fucking scrubs tp is looking like one too

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Wow

[IronMaxipad]

Fuck yeahh mayoo!

[baseline bum]

Tony looks like shit. I'm glad to see Tim facing up and attacking off the dribble though; he's a much more devastating player doing this than playing back to the basket every possession.

[Sisk]

Tony Parker fucking sucks. God you're a fucking scrub.

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[NewJerSpur]

Looked like Mayo didn't get that off but have to see the replay. Nice job effectively attacking the rim. MEM's offense looks shaky outside of Randolph's offense in the paint.

[Fireball]

fuck ... thats a killer ... would not have happened if the fucking refs had given Neal the And 1 he deserved for his play

[HarlemHeat37]

Wow, terrible end, nothing you can do there..

Memphis made a lot of fluky shots in that quarter, they won't be able to sustain it IMO, but Parker really needs to get going, and the Spurs need to find a way to get some stops, which is much easier said than done for this team..

The help on Gasol has to come earlier, that has been the primary problem on D, so far..Randolph will get his, but you have to shut down the other players on the team..

Hopefully Duncan goes for 30+, because that might be the only way to win this game, with Manu out..

[ElNono]

Fuck you Pop... one of Dice or Tim have to guard ZBo...

Fucking turd towers

[xtremesteven33]

Spurs need to grind this game out. Every game is going to be this way

[spurspokesman]

omg
:wow say it aint so

[spursbird]

Fuck Mayo

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck, that was a foul on Neal and then Mayo with a luck shot

Blair has no chance against Z-Bo. He must go back to the bench for Dice to start the 2nd.

TP needs to wake up. He's playing horribly

[lefty]

Manu > Parker

And Devlin > Breen

[Libri]

Mayonaisse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tee hee?

[MannyIsGod]

Tony can't find separation. We will need to find spacing with threes in order for that to be the case.

[DPG21920]

Spurs did some good things obviously, but Memphis clearly imposing their will and playing to their strengths. The things they do well are evident and consistent. Spurs have not shown any of that to start this game.

[spurspokesman]

fuck ... thats a killer ... would not have happened if the fucking refs had given Neal the And 1 he deserved for his play
this

[Spursmania]

Duncan is playing like the man.
The other Spurs need to get going.

[TE]

Tony needs to wake up. Did he forget Manu was out? And plus, you have either Conley or Mayo on you, drive to the lane and if so kick out to open shooters. Quit playing like a little bitch man, it's the playoffs.

[weightlifter316]

Keep giving the ball to RJ and Timmy. Let the hot hands shoot

[Muser]

Not worried, Spurs got this.

[spurspokesman]

fuck, that was a foul on Neal and then Mayo with a luck shot

Blair has no chance against Z-Bo. He must go back to the bench for Dice to start the 2nd.

TP needs to wake up. He's playing horribly
I concur

[carina_gino20]

They stopped moving without the ball. Too much standing around waiting for the ball. It seems like Memphis' game plan is to let TD do the damage and shut down the shooters.

[Admidave50]

Tony needs to stpe up

[itzsoweezee]

So much for the Griz being bad at defending the three.

[Nathan89]

Randolf just shooting right over the 6-5 scrub.

[siraulo23]

-Duncan is playing terrific
-TP, why cant he beat who's guarding him? he's so slow right now
-Spurs overall calling more plays for Duncan and playing half court basketball, something pop said he didnt want to happen but who knows if its by design. I hope they push the ball more the rest of the game or imo its going to be a struggle

[DPG21920]

Tony can't find separation. We will need to find spacing with threes in order for that to be the case.

Going to be tough. Memphis plays great team defense. Their spacing is almost perfect right now on that end. Even with ball movement, Memphis is pretty close to their guys and they don't allow very much inside.

[Splits]

Blair/Bonner lineup actually held their own. If that fluke 3 doesn't go at the buzzer it's a 2pt game.

[Spursmania]

Fuck you to Hollins:lol

[BlackSwordsMan]

early playoff exit will give manu the rest he needs for his elbow

[ArtVandelay]

if i didnt kno any better i'd think this site was a forum for spurs haters pretending to be spurs fans

[BillMc]

Hopefully we come out with a sense of urgency in the 2nd. Tony and George 1/7 3 points isn't going to do it (especially without Manu).

[100%duncan]

bonner blair fuck pop

[TE]

Neal with it

[spurspokesman]

Neal is nice

[spursbird]

if i didnt kno any better i'd think this site was a forum for spurs haters pretending to be spurs fans
+1

[TIMMYD!]

Neal with it!

[100%duncan]

bonner wont shoot

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

neal!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal has already out preformed RMJ and Bonner combined

[TE]

bonner blair fuck pop

:lol

[Muser]

Gary motherfuckign neal

[NewJerSpur]

Neal needs to stay aggressive and look for his shot.

[ffadicted]

Neal wiiiiiiiiit iiiiiiit

[Capt Bringdown]

Neal came to play

[TE]

Good shit RJ. RJ needs to keep attacking.

[MannyIsGod]

Even DPG has to be happy with RJ so far today.

[DPG21920]

RJ is rebounding well, moving well. Good stuff from him.

[NewJerSpur]

Jefferson altered Mayo's shot on that last sequence by cutting off the baseline. Great job.

[100%duncan]

RJ will be the manu tonight, imo

[spurspokesman]

RJ found a set. Yay

[HarlemHeat37]

It's alarming how other teams have made it a priority to close out on Bonner on every play..it has made him virtually useless..

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

god Jefferson thank you.

[DPG21920]

Even DPG has to be happy with RJ so far today.


RJ is rebounding well, moving well. Good stuff from him.

Ha cha cha.

[Muser]

RJ driving, I like it

[ohmwrecker]

Spurs did not come out and make the statement they should have. Very disappointing.

[Fermixalot]

RJ found a set. Yay

:downspin::lobt2:

[Fireball]

RJ looks good ... aggressive ... rebounding

[Spurs Brazil]

I like RJ so far. Going hard after boards and attacking

[alchemist]

lol blair

[BillMc]

Dick's playing hard. On viagra.

[Chieflion]

Jefferson looks like he has turned the playoff switch.