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

[DPG21920]

Time for another 3 ball.

[CFH]

Damn, just gave the 3 right back

[Killakobe81]

Memphis not playing very smart right now. Let's hope this continues throughout the series.

It probably will. They normally pound it but their decision making has been shaky.

[TE]

How in the fuck was that a foul????????????????


That was a bad fucking call.

[100%duncan]

the refs suck ass fuck

[weightlifter316]

Omfg

[spurspokesman]

Sheesh. Awful call

[ATXSPUR]

Wow, seriously refs?

[DPG21920]

Come on, ref. That is fing bush league.

[TampaDude]

Okay...these refs are fucking pathetic...

[ffadicted]

Neeeeeeeeeal

[VBM]

Neal!!!

[Fireball]

can somebody take a charge there please

[100%duncan]

Neaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!!!!

[TE]

Neal comes back with a prototypical fuck you three.

[peskypesky]

NEAL again!!!!!! for 3!!

[Spurologist]

Nnnnneeeeeeeaaaaaallllllll 33333333333333333

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal for 333333333333333333 ICE BABY ICE

[CFH]

Gotdamn Neal!

[NewJerSpur]

Nice move by Conley. Neal's stroke waking up.

[TampaDude]

Neal feelin' it!!!!!

[spurspokesman]

neal heating up

[ATXSPUR]

Neal!!!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Neal with that shitttt

[Juanobili]

I love you Gary!!!

[Capt Bringdown]

just like that, the lead's sliced in half

[Libri]

Neal 3333333333333333333333333333333

[Refocus]

Mother fuckin' Gary NEAL!

[peskypesky]

refs fucking Duncan

[VBM]

Make a 3, then give up a 3 point play...fuck

[CFH]

Gasol verbal flopping

[DPG21920]

Wow, quick fouls on Tim.

[Bill_Brasky]

OMFG. Fucking bullshit faggot grizz are getting fucking touch and 1's...........fucking bullshit calls.

[MannyIsGod]

Duncan has picked up SEVERAL bullshit fouls this quarter.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Horrible call. Duncan with 3 :(

[timtonymanu]

Fuck this scrub Gasol.

[100%duncan]

this is a cheat seriously

[Juanobili]

Refs shitting on our parade!!! FUCK

[boutons_deux]

Refs trying to foul Tim out, letting Gasol foul like a hitman.

[peskypesky]

FUCK you, refs!!!! Muthafuckas!

[ATXSPUR]

Good thing Duncan was foul-less in the first half. Sit him for the rest of the 3rd.

[spurspokesman]

can somebody take a charge there please
this

[Killakobe81]

LOL marc verbal flopped tim in to that and 1 ...

[WeNeedLength]

are you fucking KIDDING MEE!!!!!>!?!??!!?!? Timmy getting disrespected by the refs. This is fucking terrible.

[DPG21920]

Very ticky tack fouls on Tim. For a superstar, he gets very little respect.

[velik_m]

1 <3 Neal

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK the refs

[ffadicted]

Neal is soooooooo baller

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan needs to step up his 1 on 1 D..Marc Gasol is not a good player, he shouldn't be able to create his offense successfully twice in 1 quarter(although the first was obviously a push-off)..

[tlongII]

Good call.

[NBA Champs]

If the Grizz can't get it done with Gino playing..they don't have a chance this series. FACT!

[MannyIsGod]

Imagine if Bonner had a fraction of Neals balls. :(

[lefty]

Even McHale thinks it was a shitty call

Old school is always right

[Reck]

David Stern at work.

[Donkeybong]

he got him on the right elbow. both were good calls.

[100%duncan]

refs are cheating the grizz out of the game

[Spurologist]

Calls are not consistent.....some of those fouls on TD are legit but Gasol is getting away with murder

[slick'81]

fckn gasol nice move though

[Chieflion]

That is not a fucking foul.

[TampaDude]

Tim didn't even touch him!!! This is some serious WWE shit going on right now.

[Cry Havoc]

Good call.

lol first round exit

[BanditHiro]

this is getting riddikulus. i guess the lakers farm team gets the same calls as the lakers so they can get use to how much shit they are going to get away with

[TE]

Very ticky tack fouls on Tim. For a superstar, he gets very little respect.

[DPG21920]

LOL marc verbal flopped tim in to that and 1 ...

Runs in the family.

[Duncan2177]

The refs are retarded.

[Capt Bringdown]

Heat check time, FEED NEAL

[lefty]

Good call.

Lol Blazers

[DPG21920]

Imagine if Bonner had a fraction of Neals balls. :(

That would be boss. Neal, even in his misses, doesn't give a damn. He's firing.

[Killakobe81]

And sure those were some borderline calls ...but you can not say the refs are screwing you ...you got most of the calls in the first half.

These things even out and down the stretch the home team, especially proven ones like the Spurs, will get the benefit of the doubt.

[Fireball]

lol blazers

+1

[TE]

Imagine if Bonner had a fraction of Neals balls. :(

Balls deep Bonner would be the nickname.

[100%duncan]

fuck the scrubs fuck the refs

[FvckMavs]

Great loss last night!


Good call.

[Killakobe81]

Runs in the family.

I was waiting ...yessir!!!

[angelbelow]

Spursftw

[Chieflion]

These refs are not even unfair. They are just plain incompetent.

[HarlemHeat37]

The foul was a good call, Duncan got him, even though it was ticky tack..however, like DPG said, Duncan doesn't get reputation calls anymore, it has been a few years..Marc Gasol is allowed to get away with murder, while getting superstar calls on the other end, even though he's a role player..

[100%duncan]

wow gasol has 18

[peskypesky]

ugh...we've lost momentum

[peskypesky]

good D from Bonner. yeah, i said it.

[slick'81]

lol down goes bonner

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Ok Neal calm down.... :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Neal needs to relax a little, 2 bad shots in a row:lol..giveth/taketh..

[TE]

Lol Bonner flew into the crowd.

[Splits]

Great D by Bonner on Arthur. Then gets the foul call on him.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

bonner is gone rofl

[lefty]

Bonner :lmao

[resistanze]

lmao Bonner

[spurspokesman]

Neal is soooooooo baller
this

[ATXSPUR]

Holy shit. Bonner just flew all the way to Austin.

[100%duncan]

memphis motherfuckin dirty bitches grizzlies

[NewJerSpur]

Timmy is housing the Grizz in the paint on both ends.

[BanditHiro]

wow 5 or so more games of cheap shots

[TampaDude]

LOL Bonner with the circus flop...hey, 2 FTs coming for the Spurs...

[MannyIsGod]

Bonner ends up in the 4th row and Arthur says it was a flop!?!?!?!?!?

LOL

[DPG21920]

Good tough defense by Bonner, but then lol at him getting thrown into the locker room on the other end.

[Killakobe81]

LOL bonner flop ...he acted like he was shoved by Dwight or Shaq ...

Well maybe Bonner is THAT weak ...

[Libri]

Nobody goes to help Bonner up. lol

[Chieflion]

Bonner, bailed out again.

[Fireball]

Red Rocket flying ...

[peskypesky]

Bonner with both ft's.

[NewJerSpur]

Holy shit. Bonner just flew all the way to Austin.

:lol

[itzsoweezee]

Neal's playing stupid.

[DPG21920]

This reminded me of Bonner:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9200/chrispaulanimation8.gif

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Ugh Blair, still makes rookie mistakes.

[100%duncan]

c'mon blair

[HarlemHeat37]

These last 2 minutes are crucial for the Spurs..their current lineup is severely limited on the defensive end, hopefully they can survive this stretch..

[Muser]

It's disgusting how little respect Duncan gets.

[NewJerSpur]

Great anticipation by Blair.

[peskypesky]

Defense!!!

[TE]

Mchale is light years better at color commentation than the shit that ESPN uses.

[slick'81]

lets go

[rascal]

What an ugly game with all the fouls.

[100%duncan]

great d blair

[TampaDude]

I smell a 3 coming.

[Killakobe81]

Zbo has been very trick or treat today

[NewJerSpur]

Damn.

[peskypesky]

ughhhh Blair?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit Blair

[slick'81]

get that shit boy damn

[CFH]

Dammit Blair

[TampaDude]

LOL Blair...gutsy rebound and then throws away a wide open 3 chance. :lol

[ATXSPUR]

Damnnnnnnnnnnnn!

[Whisky Dog]

Blair and Bonner frontcourt.

[DPG21920]

Blair. FML.

[HarlemHeat37]

Blair is the ultimate good/bad player:lol..

[resistanze]

Damnit Blair...

[VBM]

Dammit Tony can't get the bounce

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner Blair..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo

[spurspokesman]

this lieup is shit

[peskypesky]

fuck. tony driving like a madman, but shit's not falling.

[100%duncan]

fuck all the unlucky rolls

[DPG21920]

Put Hadaddi in Hollins.

[NewJerSpur]

Tony starting to carve up the Grizz.

[100%duncan]

we got a lead to 10 and now .....

[resistanze]

Marc screaming louder than Pau :lol

[KuntryDude]

i wish the refs would let these guys play.....to many whistles this game

[peskypesky]

nice. travel call on Zach

[Fireball]

Turd Towers in ... layup drill for Mayo

[peskypesky]

blair with nice D again

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Woah Tp :lol

[100%duncan]

poor shot TP fuck it

[TheProfessor]

The calls are so inconsistent right now.

[ATXSPUR]

Parker should of kicked that out.

[resistanze]

Sloppy basketball on both ends.

[DPG21920]

Blair is hustling, but his decision making needs to improve obviously.

[Refocus]

I'm pretty sure a minute hasn't gone by where some sort of whistle has gone off. Fucking ridiculous tbh. I wanna watch some basketball.

[slick'81]

fck u oj

[DPG21920]

2 4 1

[TE]

Damn. Fucking stupid unlucky rolls.

[peskypesky]

fuck. grizz getting close and parker not lucky with the rolls....

[VBM]

Can't get an and-1 at all

[CFH]

Damn, Spurs can't get the rolls

[HarlemHeat37]

Tony hasn't been able to get his usual rolls on the rim tonight, everything is rimming out..

[timtonymanu]

Just cant get an And-1. But Grizz get all the lucky bounces.

[ffadicted]

McHale preachin'

[100%duncan]

ball isn't falling fuck

[ATXSPUR]

Parker is drawing fouls. He can never quite get the and 1 though.

[Killakobe81]

With Manu this game is probably not even close. Grizz want this to be a series ...have to play smarter.

[slick'81]

tony parker FTW!!!

[TampaDude]

Damn...TP not getting ANY fucking rolls...at least we're getting the whistles.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Make those Ft's

[Capt Bringdown]

Turd towers, doing their thang

[BanditHiro]

fuck now he is missing FTs

[MannyIsGod]

Wow Danny Green gets time but Tiago doesn't.....

:lmao :( :( :(

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Danny Green ahead of Tiago hahahaha amazing

[remingtonbo2001]

If Bonner ain't going to shoot, please put in Splitter.

[DPG21920]

Get a stop and a score to end the quarter guys.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Danny Green over Splitter :lol

[MannyIsGod]

Wow Danny Green gets time but Tiago doesn't.....

:lmao :( :( :(

[Fireball]

Tonys layups just do not fall ... 2 possible and 1s

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner you fuck face

[peskypesky]

ugh. too close for comfort.

[Whisky Dog]

Bonner... Got damn son

[DPG21920]

Lots of FT's for the Spurs this quarter. Lets hope that continues.

[timtonymanu]

LMAO Bonner misses open shot

[100%duncan]

bonner garbage

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Ok, let's get this lead back up to 10. A win without Manu would be huge, especially considering the field day the Grizz frontline has had today.

[MannyIsGod]

Good quarter for the Spurs. If we can keep the lead until Timmy comes back we'll be in good shape. That quarter has to be "extremely disturbing" for the Grizz.

[TE]

wow 19 fta in the third quarter.

[TampaDude]

Nice play to finish the 3rd...too bad the 3 didn't fall...oh, well...we got the lead...time to finish it, boys!!! :toast

[45 bank shot]

Tony needs to finish at the rim

[Capt Bringdown]

+6 for the quarter, up 4 for the game.
Big quarter from Neal

[spurspokesman]

It's disgusting how little respect Duncan gets.
Thats an understatement.

[NewJerSpur]

Bonner got shaken out of his shoes and socks on that Conley stepback, lol. Would like a larger lead, but at least Tony is starting to get it going while Tim gets rest.

[ATXSPUR]

One last quarter. Spurs need to keep the intensity up and take this one.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Good quarter for the Spurs. If we can keep the lead until Timmy comes back we'll be in good shape. That quarter has to be "extremely disturbing" for the Grizz.

:lol

[spursfanincolorado]

Wow Danny Green gets time but Tiago doesn't.....

:lmao :( :( :(

Splitter is too soft and will get abused down low- Green at least might make a 3 or something.

[MannyIsGod]

Bonner actually playing pretty damn good defense this game. Would be nice if he hit a 3, though.

[Spurs Brazil]

Up 4 after the 3rd. Tony looks damn tired. I hope we have the energy to finish this one

[weightlifter316]

Put them away in the fourth and make it sting

:flag:

[TampaDude]

Ok, let's get this lead back up to 10. A win without Manu would be huge, especially considering the field day the Grizz frontline has had today.

WERD...we need a "ref proof" lead in the 4th. :lol

[100%duncan]

It's so frustrating that we ahd a 10 point lead but we have a 4 point lead now comng into the fourth

[Kuestmaster]

matt bonner utterly sucks... well, he is in playoff form. no surprises here

[carina_gino20]

Wow Danny Green gets time but Tiago doesn't.....

:lmao :( :( :(

Blair's gonna have to foul out before Tiago gets any playing time.

[Chieflion]

Watching the Free Throw Shooting Playoffs.

[duncan228]

Mercifully, an 18-foul third quarter is over. Spurs lead 74-70. Were 51-3 in reg season when leading after third.

[Fireball]

Good quarter for the Spurs. If we can keep the lead until Timmy comes back we'll be in good shape. That quarter has to be "extremely disturbing" for the Grizz.

Good quarter indeed, but I just looked and the Grizz still got 25 points while the defense of the Spurs looked really good. Thank god the offense was even better ... now close them out by getting Timmy in early.

[Ice009]

LOL like that Bonner shot had any chance of going in. It was a miss all the way.

DO NOT PLAY BONNER IN THE $th

Get it Pop? 4th = $ and Bonner is broke. Never play him in the 4th.

[timvp]

Come on, keep pounding. Can't afford any lulls. If the Grizzlies are going to keep being physical, get them in the penalty again in the fourth and live at the line.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Splitter is too soft and will get abused down low- Green at least might make a 3 or something.



NO :nope

Splitter>>>>>>>>>>> Bonner

[san antonio spurs]

Bonner actually playing pretty damn good defense this game. Would be nice if he hit a 3, though.

That was his first attempt I believe, maybe he will in the 4th

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i don't see the spurs pull away by a big margin tbh, its gonna be a grain-out but win this shit !!
GSG!!

[NewJerSpur]

Pop's a funny guy.

[CFH]

Gonna be a looooooooooooong 4th quarter if there's that many whistles

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

How can a guy (Bonner) play sixteen minutes and have zero baskets and only two rebounds?

What a fucking scrub.

[slick'81]

god damn pop

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs offense picked up a lot that quarter. Unfortunately, Marc Gasol is getting superstar treatment by the refs.

[TampaDude]

LMFAO @ Pop... :lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Rj lay-up

[100%duncan]

nice drive rj that was big

[slick'81]

we have an rj sighting

[Kuestmaster]

if we don't see splitter when mcdyess and blair are each with 4 fouls...

[peskypesky]

ok, let's hit a 3 and get the lead to 9!!

[NewJerSpur]

Good decision by Rich not to shoot the 3 on that layup.

[100%duncan]

its time calls be at our side

[CFH]

we have an rj sighting

He has been pretty good today

[100%duncan]

Fuck!

[DPG21920]

Spurs fell asleep and OJ hits a 3.

[slick'81]

damn neals a bit shaky today

[BanditHiro]

damn gary neal needs to calm down now

[Capt Bringdown]

OK, Neal's shooting us out of the lead

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Bonner and Blair front court to start the fourth.

Watch how quickly Memphis erases our six point lead.

[Splits]

Bonner solid D on Gasol, Neal leaves Mayo for 3. Then jacks up another miss at the other end. Neal playing like a rookie to start the 4th.

[DPG21920]

Blair was just standing there with his arms straight up.

[ATXSPUR]

Blair with 5. Splitter please?

[100%duncan]

wow refs are just utterly fucking us

[NewJerSpur]

Conley with the good decision on that drive.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Neal needs to pass now and again

[itzsoweezee]

Gasol with another gift from the refs.

[slick'81]

gasol just straight punishing spurs down low

[timtonymanu]

Neal's becoming a black hole. Need some ball movement.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Bonner and Blair front court to start the fourth.

Watch how quickly Memphis erases our six point lead.

Yup

[resistanze]

I still can't believe Bonner is part of any team's playoff rotation. Pull his ass out.

[Spurologist]

Bonner on Gasol....it will always happen in this series I guess....but for how long??????????

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs need a 2-point lead, at least, by the time Tim comes back in the game..

[DJ Mbenga]

its time calls be at our side

are you being sarcastic?

[100%duncan]

close game

[DPG21920]

Monster games from Zbo/Gasol. Scary.

[CFH]

Don't settle for jumpers Parker

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fuck.... Not a good time to go cold....

[spurspokesman]

pop yelling at dyess

[Fireball]

get Timmy back in before its too late

[Ice009]

Bonner and Blair in the 4th? Not in the fucking playoffs Pop. You're a fuckwit.

[MannyIsGod]

Grizz taking advantadge of Duncan resting.

[resistanze]

Parker needs to penetrate to the rim.

[Libri]

Bonner guarding Gasol is comedy.

[Muser]

lol bonner

[Capt Bringdown]

Toxic Spurs lineup

[NewJerSpur]

Props to the Grizz for braving the storm.