Playoffs Game Blog: Grizzlies @ Spurs - Game 5 - April 27

[Capt Bringdown]

If not for improbable 3's by Battier and Randolph...

[Beaverfuzz]

Ride them hard spurs in memphis, ride them hard!


No retreat, no surrender. Finish them daniel-san!

[ballhog]

Another game.....don't know if my heart can take it.

[Pauleta14]

lol mayo


loooool

[will_spurs]

This.

They've proven that they aren't discouraged. Hopefully this win makes the Spurs step up their level of play.

On the other hand they will be gutted by this loss. Now let's see if they can rebound.

[ginobilized]

Finally, the Spurs execute down the stretch and the Grizz are making more mistakes

[peskypesky]

It's over...

Fuck I love this game.....


wow

I'll remember this night my whole life....

Adrenaline is the best drug ever.....

me too. my heart stopped 4 times and half my hair turned gray.

[IronMaxipad]

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[Libri]

Hope this game has jump-started some of the Spurs.

[Spurs Brazil]

Thank you GARY NEAL for saving the season!

Props to the fight of the whole team.

Now

1.

[davethedope]

This was an awesome game. Good win for the Spurs. Now let's not follow
it up with a road blow out loss.

[NRHector]

yeah fuckers never underestimate the heart of a champion

[ArtVandelay]

grizzlies by 40 game 6
just have a feeling
great effort down the stretch tho
took long enough

[Pauleta14]

good call Pop

12 sec is still a lot...

[peskypesky]

Grizz are beasts by the way. I can't believe it. They were not affected at all by the moment.

i think their coach is the beast

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Jesus, what a fucking game!!

[timtonymanu]

Wow. This looked like a loss a few minutes ago. Finally the Spurs don't give up. One game at a time, guys.

[Killakobe81]

The thing that is ironic about all this, winning this way was the BEST outcome the Spurs could hope for.

1. They got the win.
2. They crushed their hopes of closing this out with no pressure ...
3. Maybe those shots linger ....if the game is close in Game 6 ...

Only negative is no way Spurs get that many FT's in the 4th at the Fedex forum ...

[Fireball]

If not for improbable 3's by Battier and Randolph...

and Manus injury ... and the TOs ... the list goes on and on ... Grizzlies lead 3-2 because they were better

[hitmanyr2k]

Quite the opposite. This loss might be so demoralizing to their psyche, they might never recover. Like that Duncan 3 against the Suns.

Maybe, I just get the feeling they're gonna come out pissed with a ton of energy. That crowd is gonna be rockin. The Spurs can't afford to come out flat and get behind early. They better be ready.

[timvp]

Manu just let them foul you.

Got damn.

[Capt Bringdown]

Neal =
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0905/this.day.sports.history.may20/images/mario-elie.jpg

[NewJerSpur]

Finally, the Spurs execute down the stretch and the Grizz are making more mistakes

What we've been waiting for. Hats off to the Grizz, they were right there. Hopefully this gives our role players some balls.

[ballhog]

Thank you TNT for doing live look-ins for basically the last 4 minutes of the 4th and all of overtime.

Anything to mute those fucking ass announcers.

[peskypesky]

Hope this game has jump-started some of the Spurs.

maybe they'll believe in themselves again

[100%duncan]

i think their coach is the beast
hollins>pop right now

[scampers]

Grizzlies are for real, that's for sure.
But you guys can win two more. It's totally doable. I'm rooting for y'all.

[spurspokesman]

What a game.
Yes. And somebody put something in brevin knights mouth

[moisaenz]

IN many ways its Grizzlies 3 Neal/Manu 2

[RashoFan]

daughtervp just learned how to say Go Spurs Go.

Good timing.

:tu
:flag:

[SpurOutofTownFan]

If there was a way for Memphis to lose a game, this wasn't it. This has to be a little disheartening for them. Maybe they got too cocky, like Odom cocky.

Before the game I'm sure they were ok getting blown out by the Spurs in Game 5 and that would have been ok but losing like this, I'm not sure where their heads are going to be.

[baseline bum]

Oh my fucking god.

[DPG21920]

Nice cheap shot at the end.

[davethedope]

Manu injured at the last second.

[Nathan89]

Chicken dinner

[NewJerSpur]

Thank you Spurs, COMPLETE opposite of Game 4.....what heart.

[ballhog]

Manu really got cracked on that last play.

[lurker]

I wish they'd stop calling this game epic. It's a good win for the Spurs, but it's not a game that anyone will be talking about a few days from now. :lol

[will_spurs]

Haha the announcers sound so butthurt now, I love it.

[CFH]

Crazy fuckin' game, gotta get the win in Memphis on Friday to keep the series going.

[Pauleta14]

where is the smile memphis?

[Fireball]

fucking Gasol hurting Manus neck at the buzzer

[Killakobe81]

Pop suckered Hollins by the playcalls BEFORE the big Neal 3 ...

Makes no sense the way they defended that play with that little time left ...

Neal should get a BIG boost of CONFIDENCE ...

[milkyway21]

Spurs run to title.

Horry 3!

now, Neal !

thank you for the Win Spurs. Leading early in the hame you deserve this W

now W on the road. Make it happen!

[milkyway21]

Spurs run to title.

Horry 3!

now, Neal !

thank you for the Win Spurs. Leading early in the game you deserve this W

now W on the road. Make it happen!

[NewJerSpur]

I'm numb.

[Spurs Brazil]

And one more thing. Welcome back Tony Parker!

[100%duncan]

best game of the season so far

[Nathan89]

I wish they'd stop calling this game epic. It's a good win for the Spurs, but it's not a game that anyone will be talking about a few days from now. :lol

TBH, this game will be talked about for years.

[mexicanjunior]

Gasol with the cheap shot on Manu at the end of the game...very Horry-Nash-esque.

[NewJerSpur]

I wish they'd stop calling this game epic. It's a good win for the Spurs, but it's not a game that anyone will be talking about a few days from now. :lol

Stop hatin'.

[LakerHater]

HOLY SHIT, what a rollercoaster!

[Crookshanks]

OMG - I take back everything bad I said about the Spurs tonight. Way to go guys! My heart is still pounding. I love Gary Neal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole team owes him a BIG debt!

Man, from the depths of despair to being giddy with happiness. Sometimes it's hard being such a die-hard fan.

[Borosai]

Pop suckered Hollins by the playcalls BEFORE the big Neal 3 ...

Makes no sense the way they defended that play with that little time left ...

Neal should get a BIG boost of CONFIDENCE ...

8/8 from 3 in game 6?

[Texas_Ranger]

Thanx Manu and Gary for those shots.

[NewJerSpur]

And one more thing. Welcome back Tony Parker!

:toast

WE MISSED YOU TONY!!

[007nites]

Pulled it off.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

I wish they'd stop calling this game epic. It's a good win for the Spurs, but it's not a game that anyone will be talking about a few days from now. :lol

keep losing man

[narmerguy]

Too much drama imo.

[Hemotivo]

You fuckers just don't die.

[oh crap]

fucking insane. great win, guys. crazy ending.

[will_spurs]

IN many ways its Grizzlies 3 Neal/Manu 2

Don't forget Parker being clutch in the OT. It was the Parker show, really.

[fotan2]

GREAT game spurs

[Fireball]

cmon Denver ...

[Mr Fundamental]

Fuck me NEaalllll !!!!!!!!!! :d:d

What a game !!!!!!!

[shingo_318]

now i am loving this game!

[tdunk21]

great D in overtime

[LakerHater]

Tony hitting shots in OT & NO BONNER down the stretch & into OT!!!!!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tony Parker was the reason why we won. Overtime he wasn't afraid of taking jump shots.

[NewJerSpur]

Tim with the clutch defensive boards in the 4th.

Dice with the clutch tip-backs in OT.

Hill with HUGE layups in the 4th and huge FT's in OT.

TP owning OT.

Manu bringing us close with a crazy shot.

TONY PARKER OWNING MIKE CONLEY AND THE GRIZZ IN OT!!

[Crookshanks]

TBH, this game will be talked about for years.

Oh yeah - especially when the Spurs go on to win the series! Highlights of this game will be shown over and over. Gary Neal will be a star! It's gonna be fun watching ESPN tomorrow!

[NewJerSpur]

Neal saving the season hands down!!

[ballhog]

Thanx Manu and Gary for those shots.

Blair or Neal much better start than RJ for the next game.

[RashoFan]

Believe.

Amen!!!

[TampaDude]

Wow...I got home and turned on the game just in time to see the Grizz have to NEAL WITH IT!!!!! :hat

All the pressure is on the Grizz now. If they don't close it out in Game 6, there is no fucking way the Spurs lose Game 7.

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Tony Parker was the reason why we won. Overtime he wasn't afraid of taking jump shots.

If TP's jumpshot (midrange) returns and we play defense.....

[milkyway21]

did we experience just a few seconds on Spurs on brink of elimination??? OMG! My hearbeat stopped that time

[ballhog]

That Hill twisting layup near the end of regulation still has me turned around.

[cornbread]

Brevin Knight and the other shitty Grizzlies announcer jinxed them when they kept on saying Neal's shot earlier was all luck.

And lol @ Z-Bo's premature shhhing of the crowd.

[Uriel]

Gary Neal's 3 is on YouTube already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcB_jbNw_Ys

[objective]

I'm proud of all the players who ROSE up when the season was on the line.

The players we knew we could count on, the big 3: Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker.

The role players who stepped up: McDyess, SPLITTER, Hill in the i believe the 4th, and GARY NEAL.

The other players, and you know who they are, once again showed their true nature by disappearing.

Thank God for the other players, the REAL SPURS.

[Fireball]

Oh yeah - especially when the Spurs go on to win the series! Highlights of this game will be shown over and over. Gary Neal will be a star! It's gonna be fun watching ESPN tomorrow!

actually this game will only be remembered if the Spurs somehow win this series ... history is written by winners only

[Whisky Dog]

I don't know what to say. This thing is actually winnable as there is no way to know how a team full of guys who had never been in this position before will take this loss. Also, no way to know how the Spurs will bounce back in 2 days.

Livin' life 4 quarters at a time.

[Dartherus]

I can't believe a lot of fans bitching Manu during the game.

He had mistakes, 6 TO, yes, but hell, he had 33 pts, 6 rbds, 6 asts, 4 steals....he had a +10 (again, the best of the team) WITH ONE HEALTHY ARM!!!!!

What else do fans want from Manu, could they explain?

[milkyway21]

what a classic game !

now I declare GARY NEAL as untouchable. we win the title or not :toast

[Fireball]

Gary Neal's 3 is on YouTube already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcB_jbNw_Ys

Admiral celebrating as well ...

[NewJerSpur]

I'm proud of all the players who ROSE up when the season was on the line.

The players we knew we could count on, the big 3: Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker.

The role players who stepped up: McDyess, SPLITTER, Hill in the i believe the 4th, and GARY NEAL.

The other players, and you know who they are, once again showed their true nature by disappearing.

Thank God for the other players, the REAL SPURS.

Props to Splitter for the boards, rebounding, movement without the ball leading to layups....have to work on the PnR defense, but he did pretty admirably in the 3rd.

[Spurtacus]

Great game tonight. Stressful second half but we got it.

One lucky shot deserves another. Another for us. Ginobili and Neal ftw!

[Banzai]

1 game at a time. this series reminds me of the Spurs/Hornets series back in 07.

[rwb]

Once Neal saved the season it was like everyone seemed to finally get a jolt of energy and refuse to let this one go. Amazing how even rookies can make some good things happen if your let them play. Right Pop?

[Fireball]

I can't believe a lot of fans bitching Manu during the game.

He had mistakes, 6 TO, yes, but hell, he had 33 pts, 6 rbds, 6 asts, 4 steals....he had a +10 (again, the best of the team) WITH ONE HEALTHY ARM!!!!!

What else do fans want from Manu, could they explain?

no clue ... Manu was a beast tonight and without his shot there would have been no overtime as well

[NewJerSpur]

If we lose in Memphis, hats off......but this game could very well turn things around if the old guys still got gas left.

[CubanMustGo]

Admiral celebrating as well ...

And Bonner doing what he does best ... cheerlead from the bench.

[ballhog]

Great game after the last one ended with a thud.

[ThePop]

Does anyone have the neal video with spurs announcers? Please upload it if you do, the grizzlies announcers make the video feel lame.

[DPG21920]

What a series of amazing plays. I am very happy with the win, but after calming down, Memphis still did their job.

I don't see this having any affect on MEM as far as them being upset or crumbling.

[DPG21920]

What a series of amazing plays. I am very happy with the win, but after calming down, Memphis still did their job.

I don't see this having any affect on MEM as far as them being upset or crumbling.

[kjhip1]

This had to be a sign for all signs...win in memphis, win in SA...SPURS IN 7..Go get done!!!

[Fireball]

And Bonner doing what he does best ... cheerlead from the bench.

for gods sake make Bonner squad leader of the Silver Dancers ... but do not let him on the floor anymore in this series

[Hemotivo]

did ZHO jinx them with his dumb quiet down to the crowd in the 4th
:lol

[kuato]

Videos ! I need videos of this game !!!

[moisaenz]

Videos ! I need videos of this game !!!

Memphis announcer is ridiculous, on the neal shot, stating that shot needs to be reviewed....:lol

[Crookshanks]

Memphis has been pretty calm and poised this series; but they're still a relatively young team with very little playoff experience. I wonder how this will affect them? They have to be feeling pretty down right now. They had the game, and the Spurs just snatched it away from them. They have to be feeling a little less confident now.

[milkyway21]

Splitter 3-3 no miss :D

watching the video looks like they thought #3 (Hill) going to take that 3.

nice execution. Neal is at least a yard away from the line :wow

[GrandeDavid]

Pop typically being a selfish, cantankerous ass in the press conference. It's high time he moves on if he's so miserable in his job.

[pjjrfan]

We've learned some things so far in this series, Splitter can help, and Neal is clutch and they need to run some plays for him ala Allen and Miller. The guy can hit those shots.

[Trainwreck2100]

Pop typically being a selfish, cantankerous ass in the press conference. It's high time he moves on if he's so miserable in his job.
lol some memphis retard must have asked him a dumb question

[TampaDude]

Did you see that Grizz player thwack Manu in the head at the end of the game when Manu grabbed the final rebound? It's not wise to make Manu angry, Memphis! :lol

[Obstructed_View]

lol some memphis retard must have asked him a dumb question

NBA TV douchebag asked him about the play and then followed up with who was the first option. Pop asked him if he was a coach, and he said he was just wondering. Pop told him to keep wondering. Fuck NBA TV and fuck the league. Showing that .4 commercial when it looked like the Spurs were done was fucking unforgiveable.

[Ice009]

Once Neal saved the season it was like everyone seemed to finally get a jolt of energy and refuse to let this one go. Amazing how even rookies can make some good things happen if your let them play. Right Pop?

This is a GREAT post.

Good win from the Spurs. I think the Spurs have found something tonight, found their real selves.

[Fireball]

Durant beats Denver on his own ...

[Whisky Dog]

NBA TV douchebag asked him about the play and then followed up with who was the first option. Pop asked him if he was a coach, and he said he was just wondering. Pop told him to keep wondering. Fuck NBA TV and fuck the league. Showing that .4 commercial when it looked like the Spurs were done was fucking unforgiveable.

A bg reason why the NBA is in such dire financial trouble is because they fuck up their marketing big time. They have had a team who exemplifies all the qualities of the throwback champions who the fans with money identify with yet they completely ignore them and do stupid shit like that commercial. The league is retarded, they've had something great and just shit on it yet wonder why the white middle aged fan with money doesn't relate to the league anymore.

[milkyway21]

NBA TV douchebag asked him about the play and then followed up with who was the first option. Pop asked him if he was a coach, and he said he was just wondering. Pop told him to keep wondering. Fuck NBA TV and fuck the league. Showing that .4 commercial when it looked like the Spurs were done was fucking unforgiveable.

really!

next time we win they will be showing the the game 5 .2 commercial to Memphis :p:

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

i agree , my man splitter and neal were the heros of todays game besides super manu whos just amazing! but what im saying is once duncan saw splitter stopping gasol and memphis bigs it gave him something to work on

when you have bonner letting everyone score on him while he looks a pop like" its not my fault pop i swear, please dont take me out" oh my god i just want that dude to drop dead. anyway splitter and neal play like fucking men and thats what we need im sorry if i offend the gay community but Rj and bonner play like some big flamers!!

[Obstructed_View]

I have less trouble with Bonner's minutes when he's getting shots. It's a good adjustment. I'd rather see more Splitter, but I'd rather see less Dice as well.

[biskvito]

there was an important layup by Hill at the end too...

[Manudona]

Did you see that Grizz player thwack Manu in the head at the end of the game when Manu grabbed the final rebound? It's not wise to make Manu angry, Memphis! :lol


It was Gasol, quite dirty move if you ask me

[siraulo23]

Memphis cant defend high pick and roll at the top of the key
We have to call that play more often

Thats how we got to the lane again and again in the first half, and how tp got open jumpers in rhythm that he knocked down

[Obstructed_View]

there was an important layup by Hill at the end too...

Sure felt like a waste of shots like that when Manu's shot was announced as a two.

[InRareForm]

Memphis cant defend high pick and roll at the top of the key
We have to call that play more often

Thats how we got to the lane again and again in the first half, and how tp got open jumpers in rhythm that he knocked down

they ranked dead least in p'n'roll defense this season. I agree

[marini martini]

Yeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!:tu

[duncan228]

Post-Game Video:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178390

Quotes:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178392


Neal’s buzzer 3-pointer keeps Spurs alive (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011042724)
By Paul J. Weber

Just 1.7 seconds is all that remained for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker in what has been a wasted and humiliating dud of a playoff run.

An undrafted rookie didn’t let them go down that quickly.

Catching the inbounds pass with 1.7 seconds left, Gary Neal forced overtime with a spectacular 3-pointer in the face of O.J. Mayo as time expired, and the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs staved off elimination by stunning the Memphis Grizzlies 110-103 on Wednesday night.

“It felt good. I knew I had good legs going into it,” Neal said. “It felt good. I followed through and it went in.”

The eighth-seeded Grizzlies still lead the best-of-seven series 3-2. They will host the Spurs on Friday night, but left town knowing they missed a knockout punch.

“They’re down by three, you’ve got to run them off the 3. You can’t let nobody shoot an open 3,” Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph said. “You’ve got to contest the 3, you’ve got to deny the ball.”

The straightaway 3-pointer was the second of two remarkable San Antonio baskets in the final 2.2 seconds of regulation. Manu Ginobili, who scored 33 points, hit the other with a long corner jumper while falling out of bounds in front of the Spurs bench, in what was originally ruled a 3.

A video replay confirmed Ginobili’s left toe was on the line. That left the Spurs still trailing 95-94, and after two free throws by Randolph, San Antonio needed another miracle.

Ginobili? Parker? Duncan, in perhaps a repeat of his memorable tying 3-pointer with 3 seconds left against Phoenix in the 2008 playoffs, before the Spurs went on to a double-overtime win?

Nope.

They drew it up for Neal, a 26-year-old rookie and former European journeyman who the Spurs signed this season after giving him an audition on their summer league team.

“You really don’t think about the magnitude of making or missing it, you just think about trying to get the best shot that you can get,” said Neal, who finished with seven points. “It went in today, but I think it’s the best shot I could have got in that situation.”

Randolph led Memphis with 26 points and 11 rebounds. He scored 18 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, but the Spurs assured a Game 6 in the overtime behind Parker, who scored 6 of his 24 in the extra period.

Only eight teams in NBA history have ever come back from a 3-1 deficit. The Spurs, who were the NBA’s winningest team for most of the season, are desperate to join that list in what may be their last good shot to win a fifth championship in the Duncan era.

Memphis remains on the verge of becoming just the fourth No. 8 seed in NBA history to win a playoff series. Not since Golden State upset Dallas in 2006 has a No. 8 seed toppled a No. 1 in the first round.

Marc Gasol had 11 points and 17 rebounds for Memphis, while Mike Conley scored 20 points and Sam Young added 18.

Duncan began the game in vintage playoff form, looking keenly aware of the stakes. He scored 11 points in the first 9 1/2 minutes, but scored just two the rest of the way. He had 12 rebounds.

Randolph, whose 3-pointer at the end of the Game 3 win gave the Grizzlies the momentum, hit another big shot with 13.7 seconds left in regulation. His 18-footer over Antonio McDyess put Memphis ahead 93-91, prompting Randolph to put his finger to his lips, hushing the crowd.

But the Spurs weren’t going down that quietly.

“Come on, we’re on the road. It wasn’t going to be easy,” Grizzlies forward Shane Battier said. “And we needed 48 minutes. We didn’t need 47 minutes and 59, 58 seconds and three-tenths. We needed the full 48 to get it done.”

Only 2.2 seconds is all the time the Spurs needed to make not only two of the biggest shots in this series, but in the NBA playoffs so far this postseason.

First up was Ginobili who, after snatching the ball following a botched, up-for-grabs inbounds pass, pivoted frantically to the corner in front of the Spurs bench and made a difficult shot while falling toward the baseline that initially looked like a 3-pointer.

The Spurs—and a crowd that included signs reading “The Dynasty Lives”— thought Ginobili’s incredible fallaway tied the game. But after a lengthy video review, the officials reversed it.

That still left San Antonio down one point, and Randolph stretched the lead back to 97-94 with two free throws. So with their season on the line the Spurs turned to Neal to try and send the game to overtime.

Neal caught the inbounds pass 3 feet behind the 3-point line, then squared up with Mayo running toward him.

The rest is now part of Spurs history.

“It’s hard to beat Tim Duncan’s 3 against Phoenix. Because Timmy’s a terrible 3-point shooter,” Parker said. “It’s hard to beat that one, but it’s definitely up there. It was definitely a crazy game. Especially like we made two buzzer shots: Manu and then Gary Neal.”

Notes: The Spurs are 2-7 in the playoffs dating to last season. … San Antonio avoided being eliminated on its home court for the third consecutive year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011042724

[NewJerSpur]

Post-Game Video:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178390

Quotes:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178392



http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011042724

:toast :flag:

[TE]

Went to watch the game at applebees and didn't get to post in the game blog earlier.



Holy motherfuck, what a game.







One game at a time yall.


One game. Game 6.



Let's do it.

[marini martini]

Holy motherfuck, what a game.

One game !

Saw it live, it was magical!!!:tu

[duncan228]

San Antonio Spurs 110, Memphis Grizzlies 103: Neal before Zod! Spurs survive (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-110-memphis-grizzlies-103-neal-before-zod-spurs-survive)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell

AT&T CENTER–So far as first impressions go, Gary Neal left a hell of an impressive one tonight, rescuing the San Antonio Spurs from the brink of elimation in his first playoff series. Neal calmly drained a three-pointer from the top of the key as time expired in regulation.

Because of Neal the Spurs will live to see another day, which is a far cry from the impression he left with Manu Ginobili when he first arrived in San Antonio.

“It was mid-September and I was working out and he showed up one day. They told me that this was the new shooter,” Manu Ginobili said. “I’m not lying when I say that I saw him miss the first 20 shots he took. We were playing open gym and he was shooting confidently, but he wasn’t making one.

“Then he got used to playing with us and started feeling slowly that he belonged. And then he started showing us what he’s shown all season long. That was my first impression of him.”

Confidence has rarely been an issue with Neal–who ended a summer league (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/summer-league) game with a three-pointer in similar fashion–and it took little time for his teammates to find their confidence in him. Neal burst on the scene with the real team for the first time in Mexico City, where the same Manu Ginobili that watched him miss 20 consecutive shots diagrammed a game-winning three-pointer specifically for Neal (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-los-angeles-clippes-preseason-mexico-city).

Keep reading... (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-110-memphis-grizzlies-103-neal-before-zod-spurs-survive)

http://www.48minutesofhell.com/san-antonio-spurs-110-memphis-grizzlies-103-neal-before-zod-spurs-survive

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How the Spurs nearly gave everything away (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/how-the-spurs-nearly-gave-everything-away)
by Timothy Varner
48 Minutes of Hell

It’s difficult to imagine anyone demurring the game you just watched—the Spurs’ 110-103 OT defeat of the Memphis Grizzlies—as anything less than spectacular. The game, quite literally, pitted the San Antonio Spurs against history. And not simply the history that is this season—that was merely a subplot in the foreground—but against the big backdrop of history that began in 1999 and continues to the present. The 2011 playoffs are no longer about the San Antonio Spurs’ season. That would be too easy. The Spurs’ postseason play is now, perhaps inescapably, measured against an era. All eras must end.

But the Spurs nearly gave it away tonight; the Spurs flirted with that final jot of punctuation that will, eventually, close the book on something we’ve yet to fully appreciate. But we’re not there yet. And the Spurs narrowly escaped the undoing of themselves.

The Spurs, as you know, jumped out to an early lead. In the first half they were up as many as 16 points, but left for halftime with a meager 8 point advantage. The Grizzlies played a much better second half, and it seems the Spurs’ season would come to an end on the strength of Memphis’ third quarter, which they won 26-15. When the game shifted during the third, San Antonio’s postseason hopes appeared doomed. The end was near.

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[milkyway21]

“It was mid-September and I was working out and he showed up one day. They told me that this was the new shooter,” Manu Ginobili said. “I’m not lying when I say that I saw him miss the first 20 shots he took. We were playing open gym and he was shooting confidently, but he wasn’t making one.

:lol Manu

[NewJerSpur]

Game being re-broadcast on NBA TV right now.

[Yorae]

I don't know if it's my shitty internet connection or the feeds are really messed up but i couldn't watch the game properly. So could someone tell me if Tiago has been good defensively guarding gasol and ZBoar?

[NewJerSpur]

I don't know if it's my shitty internet connection or the feeds are really messed up but i couldn't watch the game properly. So could someone tell me if Tiago has been good defensively guarding gasol and ZBoar?

Doing the best he can given the task. Z-Bo got a jumper off on him to put the game up to 5 late in the 4th but he's done that to everyone in this series. He's competing from what I see as the Grizz bigs are going to get theirs, the most important thing to do is to rebound and he's done a good job of tipping and securing those. Imo, he gets a little lost when Memphis runs the PnR and is having a hard time contesting but hopefully he becomes more fluid as the the series rolls on.

[Yorae]

Thanks man. I seriously hope conley, allen and sam young cools off. And we got to take care of the ball......

[milkyway21]

Spurs still in this suprisingly


i agree , my man splitter and neal were the heros of todays game besides super manu whos just amazing! but what im saying is once duncan saw splitter stopping gasol and memphis bigs it gave him something to work on

when you have bonner letting everyone score on him while he looks a pop like" its not my fault pop i swear, please dont take me out" oh my god i just want that dude to drop dead. anyway splitter and neal play like fucking men and thats what we need im sorry if i offend the gay community but Rj and bonner play like some big flamers!!

NBA.com has that Manu to Splitter assist :wow We need more of that in game 6

[spurs50_]

This series would be sooooo much easier if we got something out of jefferson and bonner. These two clowns with their 5 pt. games don't do much to help out.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Has Jefferson laid the ball in the hole even once this series? Considering he's the most athletic guy on the court, that is pathetic.

[ace3g]

JMcDonald_SAEN Jeff McDonald
Rewatching the Manu near-3 from last night. Seen him make at least a half dozen tougher shots in practice. Dude would kill at H-O-R-S-E.

JMcDonald_SAEN Jeff McDonald
Last night marked 1st time in club history Spurs staved off elimination by winning a game in overtime.