Game Blog: Spurs v Jazz - 8:30 PM ET, December 31, 2011

[TheSpurglar]

Grizzly is ballin' out there.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Turd Towers is no longer a valid thing to say - that is an absolute insult to DB and the way he's played. From now on, there is only one Turd Tower.

I second that.

TJ refuses to take open layups but drives in and takes that insane shit? C'mon TJ, wassup?

[easy7]

Bring the young mofos from the bench in..

[bbarry]

stagnant. everyone looks lost.

[easy7]

Get RJ out of there...man

[Bill_Brasky]

C'mon guys.....play till the end.....no easy points, especially for scrubs.

[lefty]

Good move by Pop

[mystargtr34]

How has Leonard and Anderson looked? Anyone?

Leonard had a great start made a nice cut for a and 1 dunk and hit a mid range pull up J.. boarded like a machine as usual.. then Pop sat him the rest of the half.

JA was shaky early a little.. but has settled down hit a couple of shots and made some nice passes.

[ducks]

pop had to put tp back in instead of rest
lets hope no manu and duncan in 4 though

[Spurs Brazil]

RJ lost the jump ball and then stupid foul

[TheSpurglar]

Ugh. Jefferson.

[ducks]

5:46 San Antonio Spurs SA James Anderson enters game for Kawhi Leonard

[rasho8]

Get rj out, keep bonner out. Move the ball. Jesus Christ.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I think Pop should've brough Manu back, not TP. TP has looked tired all night, while Manu has killed them.

[ducks]

big shot tp

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

NBA made a major mistake having a 66 game season - both teams look stuffed. Should've been 60 games, with 6 fewer b2bs. Money-grubbing fucks.

[easy7]

Tp should be resting..

[ducks]

blair double double

[rasho8]

So does pop just hate pick n roll? He refuses to seem to use one of Tiagos greatest strengths.

[Bill_Brasky]

More fouls in the last 7 minutes than in the first 3 quarters. Let's fucking end this already refs.

[GB20]

joseph is in for parker

[Bill_Brasky]

I liked that move by Tiago

[easy7]

Tiago with some moves..

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop likes to plat RJ in the end of games that are already over

[rasho8]

Why does san antonio have such shit cg in their commercials? It's like it's done by a 9 year old with downs syndrome.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If only Tiago had more explosive elevation he'd be a much better post player. As it is, he'sd going to have to use smarts to score (which he already is to some extent by going reverse, etc.)

[angelbelow]

Tiago with some moves..

I like the confidence he displayed during that move.

[easy7]

Tiagooooooo

[ducks]

NBA made a major mistake having a 66 game season - both teams look stuffed. Should've been 60 games, with 6 fewer b2bs. Money-grubbing fucks.

I think 50
one more week of training camp

[easy7]

Tiago again...

[bbarry]

Tiago ISO. lol

[ducks]

splitter get ticked dunk please

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Why does san antonio have such shit cg in their commercials? It's like it's done by a 9 year old with downs syndrome.

Crofl funny

[ducks]

spurs over 100 points

[Spurs Brazil]

NBA made a major mistake having a 66 game season - both teams look stuffed. Should've been 60 games, with 6 fewer b2bs. Money-grubbing fucks.

Agree. 66 games is stupid

And next week will get ugly. We'll play 4 games in 6 nights

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tinsley! :lmao

[LaMarcus Bryant]

If only Tiago had more explosive elevation he'd be a much better post player. As it is, he'sd going to have to use smarts to score (which he already is to some extent by going reverse, etc.)

Yeah he needs to be like oberto but bigger

[ducks]

Agree. 66 games is stupid

And next week will get ugly. We'll play 4 games in 6 nights

way to start off the year:depressed:depressed

[timmike2]

anyone know whos that chinese guy manu talking with at the bench?

[rasho8]

Well damn good win. Starters got sone decent rest.

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard 33333333333333333333333

Good win

Great game by Manu and Blair

[easy7]

Game ovah, good game....

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Agree. 66 games is stupid

And next week will get ugly. We'll play 4 games in 6 nights

Yeah, deep roster management is extremely important this year. You have to play your 3rd string guys sometimes or your starters will tire too much. Tough year. Thankfully we have a lot of young legs.

[Spurologist]

800 wins for :pop:

We made shots

[mystargtr34]

:lol at the fan in the stand ripping the towel off Manu's back as he was walking down the tunnel.

[ducks]

Yeah, deep roster management is extremely important this year. You have to play your 3rd string guys sometimes or your starters will tire too much. Tough year. Thankfully we have a lot of young legs.

duncan,manu, tp ,rj old

booner does not count he just shots threes if he is open

[rasho8]

:lol at the fan in the stand ripping the towel off Manu's back as he was walking down the tunnel.

He straight ganked that towel. SNATCH!

[easy7]

No Bonner or RJ highlights....:hat

[Bill_Brasky]

Good win, starters haven't had to play too much this year. I'm thinking Danny Green might become a part of the rotation, guy brings energy and makes some nice plays.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago with 3blks

[Bill_Brasky]

I like JA's attitude- "As long as I play defense and keep running the floor well the offense will come."

[ducks]

tiago is like chandler without the dunking

[tim_duncan_fan]

Good win, starters haven't had to play too much this year. I'm thinking Danny Green might become a part of the rotation, guy brings energy and makes some nice plays.

This guy has cajones.

He'll force his way into the rotation.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

duncan,manu, tp ,rj old

Really? Golly gosh, I never noticed. :rolleyes

Actually, RJ is 31 and TP 29, so they're not truly old. It's more accurate to say that they are in the late-middle phase of their careers. Only Manu (34) and Tim (35) are truly old, and Manu doesn't yet play like it (Tim sadly does).

Splitter, Grizzly, Kawhi, JA, Neal all young. As are the 3rd stringers. Let's just ignore Rocket. :lol

[Imp23]

Good win, happy New Years everyone. Time to Party...Count Down City Stand Up! Go Spurs Go!

[DMC]

Didn't we have Danny Green for a while last year?

[Obstructed_View]

I have it coming on NBATV.

Aw fuck. The one place I forgot to check. Hope there's a replay overnight.

[Obstructed_View]

Tiago with 3blks

One of the boxes said he had 4.

[benefactor]

Just got done watching. Good win to ring in the new year. On to Minny.

[mystargtr34]

One of the boxes said he had 4.

Yeah i think they gave him another on one of Kanter's misses which he bothered.. i couldnt see him get a piece of it though. Tiago might not average more than a block a game for the season.. but more importantly he causes at least 3 or 4 missed lay ups/inside shots a game which is every bit as good as a blocked shot. Those are high percentage shots which hes forcing misses on.. makes a huge scoreboard difference.

[therealtruth]

Yeah i think they gave him another on one of Kanter's misses which he bothered.. i couldnt see him get a piece of it though. Tiago might not average more than a block a game for the season.. but more importantly he causes at least 3 or 4 missed lay ups/inside shots a game which is every bit as good as a blocked shot. Those are high percentage shots which hes forcing misses on.. makes a huge scoreboard difference.

Exactly. Altering high percentage shots is probably just as valuable as a block. I think his defense would be even more valuable paired with Duncan as it would allow the perimeter guys to be more aggressive on defense. They would know if they get beat their forcing the offensive player into two seven footers.

[Ice009]

Exactly. Altering high percentage shots is probably just as valuable as a block. I think his defense would be even more valuable paired with Duncan as it would allow the perimeter guys to be more aggressive on defense. They would know if they get beat their forcing the offensive player into two seven footers.

The bottom line is - we need a 3rd or 4th big to be able to do that. Play Duncan and Splitter together and you get the Blair and Bonner combo.

We need a 3rd or 4th big to be able to do that. Maybe Pop's thinking is, that this is the only way to avoid the turd tower in Matt Bonner ;).

[DPG21920]

Really? Golly gosh, I never noticed. :rolleyes

Actually, RJ is 31 and TP 29, so they're not truly old. It's more accurate to say that they are in the late-middle phase of their careers. Only Manu (34) and Tim (35) are truly old, and Manu doesn't yet play like it (Tim sadly does).

Splitter, Grizzly, Kawhi, JA, Neal all young. As are the 3rd stringers. Let's just ignore Rocket. :lol

Those young legs certainly didn't help against HOU on that first back-to-back...

[DMC]

We can skirt it all year, but it's about Tim. If he's done so are the Spurs.

[Mel_13]

Jazz's Josh Howard fined $25,000 for upgraded flagrant foul Saturday on San Antonio's James Anderson.

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