Game Blog: Spurs vs Clippers 12/28

[Amuseddaysleeper]

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[DesignatedT]

Spurs 99
Clippers 95

[DesignatedT]

dp

[Cant_Be_Faded]

ohmahgodbasedgod

Spurs gonna put these young pups to the sword...straight up mercy blastin them from point blank range

Spurs 101
Clipper Griffins 93

[LakerHater]

Lob Angeles- 87
Spurs- 89

[tim_duncan_fan]

95
86

Spurs.



The defense is back, bitches!

[The_Worlds_finest]

Spurs depth bitches clippers, 112 - 105

[Fpoonsie]

We gon' get raped.

[spurs10]

Spurs 103 LAC 92

[Fireball]

There will be some posters made, but Spurs will prevail at home ...

[Imp23]

Should be a good game. Just need to keep a body on Jordan because we don't need him doing us up like TC did with CP3.

[Tp9gospursgo]

I'm excited to see CP3 and Griffin posterize our bigs... but we will win in the end. It should be very entertaining to watch.

[urunobili]

Clips 107
Spurs 81

I wonder which team all the Laker San Antonian's will be rooting for...

[Dex]

Not sure what to think about tonight's game. My head says that Parker and the Spurs have always been able to do a decent job on Paul, and that would make the rest of the Clippers appear like the motley crew they always have been. My gut, though, fears that this could get ugly.

[spurs50_]

i bet jefferson outplays caron butler......go spurs.....can't wait!

[lefty]

Rape city


Clippers 147
Spurs 99

[DarkGinobili]

:flag:

[Obstructed_View]

Parker's string of crappy gaves extends to last season. Hoping he gets out of his rut.

[objective]

Blake vs Blair

Lob City vs. Blob City

[Libri]

Not sure what to think about tonight's game. My head says that Parker and the Spurs have always been able to do a decent job on Paul, and that would make the rest of the Clippers appear like the motley crew they always have been. My gut, though, fears that this could get ugly.

I'm also intrigued by this game and I agree that it could get ugly, especially for the front court.

[KuntryDude]

Spurs 235
Clips 16

[z0sa]

I think we whoop some Clipper ass. However, expect some poster dunks when we go small ball.

107-94

[Trainwreck2100]

Billups guarding Manu

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[z0sa]

Billups guarding Manu

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:lol

[objective]

which will hurt the Spurs more:

Bonner trying to check Blake Griffen while failing at rebounding?

Bonner trying to check DeAndre Jordan while failing at rebounding?

[JR3]

Very interested to see if we can come out with a good defensive showing again. That will be a very good sign if we can play good defense against a team that is far more athletic than we are. Offense will come, tiago will get more comfortable, and neal will be back soon. I'll be watching the defense tonight.

[z0sa]

which will hurt the Spurs more:

Bonner trying to check Blake Griffen while failing at rebounding?

Bonner trying to check DeAndre Jordan while failing at rebounding?

At least the floor will be spread on offense. Seriously. Neither of those dudes are used to closing out shooters.

[dbestpro]

Hopefully, the refs can get out of preseason mode for the sake of both teams.

[Ace]

Spurs 80
Clipshow 98

tbh...

[bdictjames]

Hack-a-Jordan again?

[Giuseppe]

I hope they spill your plums all over Bexar County.

[easy7]

:flag::flag::flag:

[YODA]

INTERIOR D WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT. Win that and we win the game. Will also mean alot to how this season comes out.

[xellos88330]

I hate to say it, but Bonner will be critical against this team. Gotta get Jordan out of the paint.

[DPG21920]

Let's see how the Spurs defend the pick and roll/pick and pop.

[timvp]

If Chandler killed the Spurs with alleyoops when paired with CP3, tonight could get ugly.

Hate to say it but if Bonner gets hot, that could key a win since it'd probably force Vinny to breakup the Griffin/Jordan frontline and go smaller.

[DPG21920]

Go Tiago Tim. Force the two non shooting bigs to drive into 14 feet of man.

[DesignatedT]

Go straight at Jordan from the get go. Get him in foul trouble. Griffin down low isn't anything special defensively.

There depth on the front line is very thin also. Can't let Jordan and Griffin play with 1 foul the whole game. Need to get them in foul trouble.

[ElNono]

Is Pop gonna pull a hack-a-Jordan like Mark Jackson did?

[Tp9gospursgo]

Is anyone elses FSN playing the wrong thing? The guide says Spurs insider but its playing Football Hall of fame. Its playing the same thing on two channels.

[timtonymanu]

Time for my "I got a bad feeling about this one," post.

[bbarry]

Is anyone elses FSN playing the wrong thing? The guide says Spurs insider but its playing Football Hall of fame. Its playing the same thing on two channels.

yeah wtf is with this crap? on both channels (Fox Southwest and Fox Sports Plus) showing the same damn thing.

what kind of useless shit is this?

[timvp]

Get your ish together, FSN.

[spurs4real]

Go Sooners (sarcasm) where's my spurs?

[ace3g]

so glad Dish Network has like 10+ ALT FSSW channels: 442 for tonight's game

[Bill_Brasky]

Fucking Fox Sports.....they can't do anything right.

[spurs4real]

Awesome guy yelling everytime tcu gets the ball - priceless

[Fireball]

how did Charlotte get 60 Pts vs. Miami in the first half? whew

[4>0rings]

OMG Pop just tossed Bonner out of the game!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

how did Charlotte get 60 Pts vs. Miami in the first half? whew

Diaw ate a portion of the Heat

[Manu-of-steel]

Team rebounding would be crucial here. Kawhi, its your time again to collect those rebounds..

[024]

this should be a great game.

[Fireball]

Diaw ate a portion of the Heat

Hopefully he keeps them for a while :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs call on ILP

[ElNono]

For those that can't watch the game right now, you're not missing much.. Spurs up 23-4, Tim with 3 blocks over Griffin and DeJuan with a block on DeAndre Jordan... other than that, not much going on...

[arodz]

Parker MUST have a big game tonight

[Trainwreck2100]

Billups guarding Manu

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[024]

if i see bonner trying to guard griffin, i might throw up.

[Fireball]

if i see bonner trying to guard griffin, i might throw up.

and Griffin throws down ...

[ElNono]

and Griffin throws down ...

He guards Bonner?

[arodz]

If I see Bonner, I might throw up.....period

[Libri]

if i see bonner trying to guard griffin, i might throw up.

Prepare your barf bag. :lol

[Fireball]

He guards Bonner?

Only if Bonner hits like in the morning shootaround ... see TPs interview

[ElNono]

And we're ready to roll... Go Spurs Go! :flag:

[timtonymanu]

Why do the Spurs have to use that gay song?

[Dex]

Why do the Spurs have to use that gay song?

Beat me to it. :bang

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Here we go!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD gets no respect from the refs. pathetic

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

2 fouls on our bigs....

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Dammit Blair

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:(

[DPG21920]

So is this the year Tim stops getting calls because they've decided he's not as effective?

[arodz]

Blake dunk count: 1

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu for 33333333333333333333

[Fermixalot]

Manu saving the day already.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Ginobiliiiiiiiiii!!!!

[Fireball]

Manu the savior ...

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres

[Tp9gospursgo]

Oh how I missed the Spurs.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Manual 9 Clippers 5 :lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Ugly shot Bulter :lol

[ace3g]

Blair with that spin move, should have gone with the post up power move...

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Timmy bank!

[Fireball]

Clippers suck big time ...

[Libri]

Timmy bank!

nice

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawai coming in :D

[DPG21920]

Kawhi again :tu Pop does see him as a rotational guy

[Spurs Brazil]

Bank is open!!

[ace3g]

Kawhi checks in early again

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damn Jordan

[ElNono]

Manu balls to the wall... gonna get ugly when he sits down

[Tp9gospursgo]

Nice put back, i must admit.

[benefactor]

Spurs again looking like the more prepared team for the season.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Deandre's dunk over timmy already on sale at the NBA store.

[ElNono]

Oh, fuck Blair and his one handed drop bullshit shot

[Robz4000]

If not for Ginobili we'd be in deep shit

[dbestpro]

DeJuan "Elmer Fudd" Blair still can't hit the bunny shot.

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard has to learn in those situations he should stay in the corner, not cut to the basket

[Fireball]

why is the audio feed down ... I cannot hear Sean and Bill

[Bill_Brasky]

Blair with that spin move, should have gone with the post up power move...

Yup....would like to see him use his power to finish at the rim instead of settle for that fadeaway

[benefactor]

Oh, fuck Blair and his one handed drop bullshit shot
I know. Even Sean mentioned how he should be backing his man down instead of thinking he is Olajuwon on the block.

[GSH]

Deandre's dunk over timmy already on sale at the NBA store.

If he was that big of a badass, he'd average more than 7/7.

[DMC]

Over the back? No?

[Spurs Brazil]

When Blair try to do more than the dirty work is a disaster.

[blkroadrunners]

Wow, nice move by Grif

[Manu-of-steel]

Go Kawhi!

[Fireball]

TP has to do more ...

[blkroadrunners]

Nice feed to Blair

[Manu-of-steel]

TP has 2 assists. He's doing fine

[ace3g]

what a pass!!!

[benefactor]

Manu is just other worldly.

[Tp9gospursgo]

What a pass!!

[Libri]

Excellent pass by Manu.

[GSH]

Two circus feeds by Manu. Sick.

[Fermixalot]

Layup Drill!

[Manu-of-steel]

That's the Blair we want!

[benefactor]

Rollin' baby.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

thank god for gino

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu great pass and TP finish

[Fireball]

Manu shits on Lob City ...

[timtonymanu]

Parker looks much better

[NRHector]

we got this game ladies and gentlemen

[timvp]

Got damn Manu is good.

[DAF86]

I'm sorry for the Spurs fans that still don't realize just how great Manu Ginobili is.

[Spurologist]

Manu is on point tonight. Heyooooo

[timmike2]

damn spurs is so stackkedd! :D

[Spurs Brazil]

That's a nice sequence. Manu with great passes. Blair just running and rebounding and TP attacking

[ace3g]

nice pass from Splitter to Blair

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

has anyone noticed for the fact that Kawhi is a TERRRRRRIBLE passer?

[Trainwreck2100]

Got damn Manu is good.


Billups guarding Manu

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[NRHector]

Manu is on point tonight. Heyoooooyea and the rest of the team needs to join him

[DPG21920]

TP just isn't sharp and it's surprising.

[Manu-of-steel]

Manu doing it all early.

[ace3g]

there we go Blair, power move against Griffin!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Blair needs to do that more often!

[ace3g]

another power move!!!

[Libri]

Wtf!

[Refocus]

DB with tons of confidence right now!

[jag]

Dejuan needs to bring this intensity to every game. Dude is beasting.

[4>0rings]

I'm loving this effort. Always a few white jerseys under the board grabing the ball

[DPG21920]

Tiago man handled Blake on that last possession

[Manu-of-steel]

DeJuan and Manu show!

[DPG21920]

Love their energy so far. Great to see.

[blkroadrunners]

Good foul by TJ

[DPG21920]

Smart foul TJ

[ace3g]

lol Bonner trying to catch up to that play, lol lol lol;

[BanditHiro]

fucking bonner of course he passes is up

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Christ Bonner

[Libri]

Smart foul TJ

this

[jag]

TJ was about to shit himself on that fast break.

[Kuestmaster]

Good Blair right now. And Splitter presence make us much more better in defense. Good think Pop realised Bonner HAS to be the 4th big

[Spurs Brazil]

Nice 1st quarter, especially Manu and Blair

[DMC]

Game takeaways so far:

Bonner got a rebound!

[Manu-of-steel]

Nice 1st quarter. 3 more to go!

[Fireball]

Really wish Anderson would make more shots ... but his moves are going in the right direction

[jag]

Tiago man handled Blake on that last possession

Yeah he did. Muscled him from the top of the paint out to the 3-pt line.

[Bill_Brasky]

I like this Blair. He's not over thinking things and using his body to get into position to do nice things.

[TDMVPDPOY]

BLAIR looks like a minimi glen davis

[angelbelow]

Tuning in now, Blair's boxscore looks good.. how's he doing in game?

[DMC]

JA moves well with and without the ball, and his shot is good, not great but good. He can work on that shot.

[ElNono]

We're gonna need a lift from RJ... doubtful Manu can keep it up like that for the whole game

[Spurs Brazil]

Now Bonner will play against Cook. Good move Pop.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

spurs defense babyyyy

[Spursnlego]

Whos the guy doing the PA annouceing?

[Manu-of-steel]

Nice defense by the spurs. Tim with his 6 rebounds is big for us.

[blkroadrunners]

Bonner 333

[DPG21920]

Can JA turn the eyeball test into shots falling?

[Libri]

smooth shot by Bonner

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner for 33333333333333333333, Spurs need to run plays for Dick with this line-up

[Kuestmaster]

Blake is so damn good tbh

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Tiago

[DPG21920]

At least it's aggressive tiago

[Pauleta14]

TP just isn't sharp and it's surprising.


You mean after playing non stop since the summer?

It fine right now, wait a couple months...

The best thing fot him/the spurs would be a "mild" injury with a few weeks rest, if not he'll be burn out for the PO...

[Libri]

Damn, Blake jumped high as hell.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

This line up scares me

[4>0rings]

:lmao Griffen flailing

[ElNono]

lol RJ all over Griffin...:eyebrows

[Fireball]

Mo Williams creating more problems than CP3 or Chauncey

[Manu-of-steel]

2 offensive rebounds by clips!

[blkroadrunners]

:lol Tiago

[ace3g]

nice steal by Splitter, nice pass TJ back to Splitter!!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Tiago Splitter you are the man.... Nice pass TJ

[benefactor]

Splitter is everywhere.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Tiago playing aggressive!!

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol griffin was like get the fuck away from me u dick

[Kuestmaster]

Nice steal Tiago! but dunk it please...

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

splitter nice play, mvp right there

[4>0rings]

It's nice having a vet backup pg that can control a fast break properly

[benefactor]

Ford should have shot the layup.

[Spurs9]

Spurs looking great, but man Griffin is a BEAST. Why is cp3 on the bench so long?

[blkroadrunners]

:lol Brian Cook now confident he got a block

[Manu-of-steel]

nice to see the spurs not reverting to small ball

[Tp9gospursgo]

We are staaaaaacckkkedddd

[Kuestmaster]

Anderson is playing well. only if shots were falling...

[jag]

Tiago is mobile as hell. He just needs to loosen up more. I know his hook-shot isn't extremely fluid but he can put it up smoother than what he's shown lately.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Keep shooting JA, it will fall

[4>0rings]

Career ending injury for Bonner??!!!

[ace3g]

ouch, right to the back of the neck of Splitter

[Libri]

Splitter is everywhere.

SainTiago is omnipresent.

[ElNono]

:lol Bonner injuring teammates

[benefactor]

Watch what the fuck you are doing Bonner.

[BanditHiro]

look at matt trying to injure splitter to get himself more minutes

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago great job on D

[LakerHater]

Damn, Bonner just kicked Splitter in the head!

[Fireball]

Bonner ... don't kick Tiago dammit

[Kuestmaster]

look at matt trying to injure splitter to get himself more minutes

:lol

[024]

bonner trying to take out splitter

[TDMVPDPOY]

great dumb and dumber...

[Bill_Brasky]

Splitter looks like a great defender right now.

[spurspokesman]

Splitter holding his own.

[DMC]

Bonner passing up open looks = fucked, get him off the floor.

[4>0rings]

Dick sneaking in

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dick is WET now

[Tp9gospursgo]

lol Rj not dunking.

[blkroadrunners]

TJ to JA!

[Kuestmaster]

Before getting here i thought splitter would be more helpful in offense than in defense. Just the opposite.
And TJ is playing well, very well

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

JA with another assist from TJ

[Tp9gospursgo]

I love TJ ford.

[benefactor]

Ford shitting on ST.

[angelbelow]

Ahh... RJ should be leaving Bulter like that. His 3point shoot has improved dramatically.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good job TJ

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner you slut

[Dawkins]

Splitter playing awesome defense. James Anderson however has no basketball iq at all.

[Kuestmaster]

Tiago is funny

[Libri]

Jordan flop

lol

[ace3g]

k, Tiago you should have dunked that one...

[benefactor]

lol Splitters shot. How does that shit go in?

[Spurs9]

TJ Ford sleeper signing:downspin:

[spurspokesman]

Ford with good point guard play

[ElNono]

shit Matty

[blkroadrunners]

Pinche Bonner..

[angelbelow]

As much as I wanna say CP3 brought flop city more so than lob city... DJ and Blake have always been BIG TIME floppers.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Twice Bonner WTF

[DPG21920]

TJ is passing very well. Bonner needs to sink these open looks.

[Libri]

Dammit, Bonner getting some good passes but missing. :/

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

TJ playing a lot better

[BanditHiro]

tj ford shitting on spurstalk to bad bonner can't make a damn open three.

[Kuestmaster]

And Bonner chuking as usual. Play Tim and Tiago together Pop!

[benefactor]

Ford has found Bonner wide open twice now. Time for Sandwich King to go back to the pine.

[spurspokesman]

Bonner to the bench please

[timtonymanu]

Ford looks good today

[Spurs Brazil]

Great job by TJ

Bonner must hit those open 3s

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Get HARD DICK

[angelbelow]

Ford really distributing the ball nicely.

[stxspurs]

Bonner looks.like.he is.just on the way

[blkroadrunners]

Love the ball movement

[ace3g]

manu to tim for the Dunk!!!

[Libri]

:chestbump

[angelbelow]

Bonner to the bench please

Not enough bigs, but wouldn't mind them go small with RJ at the 4 and KL at the 3.