Game Blog: Spurs vs Hawks - 1/25/12 - 7:30PM CST

[timtonymanu]

Just put Splitter in already. Let that unit build up the lead to a comfortable margin. Then you can put shitty ass Blair back in.

[Pauleta14]

No energy whatsoever out there...

[dbestpro]

Pop can call all the timouts he wants. It still won't make Blair play any better.

[ElNono]

What's even worse is that when the Hawks miss, dude can't grab a board

[mystargtr34]

And like Manu4Tres pointed out in another thread.. starting Tim and Tiago doesnt mean Bonner and Blair are exclusively paired together. You take Tiago out after 6 minutes for Blair. At the 9 minute mark bring in Bonner for Tim. 3 minutes for the turd towers to end the qurter against opposition bench wont kill you. Then bring Tiago back to start the second with Matt. Bring Tim back at the 6 minute mark Bonner and Blair for Tiago towards the end of the half.

Works fine.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol Pop subbing

[TE]

I just don't understand how stupid Blair can be when it comes to basic basketball fundamentals.

That first play for the Hawks, he should have stepped up at the last second to challenge that shot by Teague.

The second play, he should give Josh Smith a little more room, it's not like he's a lights out shooter.


Shit.

[easy7]

Bonner..lol

[mystargtr34]

Pop will trot out the same line up after this time out.. for the same results.

Lol coaching.

[ElNono]

lol Pop benching Tony, RJ and Blair and still not playing Tiago

[bklynspursfan]

Pop is a clown... Bonner not Splitter in???

[mystargtr34]

Lol everyone from the bench but Tiago :lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner 3

[ElNono]

Ride that hot hand

[Juggity]

Green made it look easy

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 33333333333333333

[ElNono]

ok, Matt can sit down now :lol

[easy7]

Bonner is ok as long as he dosen't drive to the net..

[timtonymanu]

At least Pop took Blair out instead of leaving him to be exposed more.

[timtonymanu]

When did Teague turn into a superstar?

[easy7]

Joseph going off..

[ElNono]

Matt can stay now :lol

[ElNono]

Corey finding guys and Green really hustling

[bklynspursfan]

Matty Ice making Pop look like a genius

[DesignatedT]

There you go Bonner. Nice.

[bbarry]

bonner is regressing towards the mean. in a good way

[easy7]

Bonner..don't drive..

[bklynspursfan]

Bonner! lmao

[ElNono]

Matty A+++++

[Trainwreck2100]

Pop is a clown... Bonner not Splitter in???

lol this guy

[ElNono]

Kids playing well

[SpursRock20]

Bonner!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner on fire!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damnit Bonner MISS I want Tiago :lol

[Juggity]

Matt Bonner...Jesus

[easy7]

Young guys hustling out there...

[DPG21920]

Matty nailing his wide open looks today. Spurs normally win when that happens.

[timtonymanu]

Bench Blair and put Thomas in. Duncan, Tiago, and Bonner are playing good.

[DesignatedT]

Pop with the master subs. :lol

[ElNono]

lol Corey outplaying Tony

/CoM official broadcast

[dbestpro]

Amazing what you can do with Blair and RJ on the bench.

[Trainwreck2100]

lol these guys streaming are like 2 minutes back

[DPG21920]

Where on Earth has this CJ been? He is playing very calm and confidently. Making good decisions and getting guys the ball in their spots on time.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Bonner juicing his threes

[timtonymanu]

Good to have our shooters finally connecting.

We've been lacking that lately.

[Spurs Brazil]

CJ playing very well today

I love Green energy. The opposite of the soft RJ

[Yuixafun]

Oh yeah! Bonner is on and that last play almost everyone touched it. The energy is totally different.

[ElNono]

Time to dump that RJ contract and use Blair as the sweetner, tbh

[Cant_Be_Faded]

LOLOL @ Leonard ignoring Joseph after Joseph feeds him the ball for that layin

[timtonymanu]

Keep riding CJ. You don't know if you'll get games like this from him consistently. It'll help rest TP.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Like I was saying earlier, it seems like our bench always gets us a point-lead based on hustle and effort alone

Pop pulling 3 of the starters 30 seconds in proves this

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Like I was saying earlier, it seems like our bench always gets us a point-lead based on hustle and effort alone

Pop pulling 3 of the starters 30 seconds in proves this

[jesterbobman]

If Bonner keeps shooting this well, we have a 3 man big rotation sorted. Unfortunately, for this season, we need at least 4, and preferably 5.

[easy7]

damn, tim almost got knocked out..

[ElNono]

Josh Smith pulling a Blair

[DPG21920]

I definitely agree with keeping Matt in when he's making shots, but why doesn't Tiago get the same courtesy?

[jjktkk]

Time to dump that RJ contract and use Blair as the sweetner, tbh

:wow

[ElNono]

There's that pick and roll we know and love

[SpursRock20]

Can anyone tell me how good the Hawks really are? I see that they have a good record, but are the Spurs outplaying a really good team or is this fool's gold?

[mcshine]

nice finish Tiago>>>> take your time on the line

[Capt Bringdown]

If Bonner keeps shooting this well...

LOL, the big IF that Pop masturbates himself to sleep with every night. Let's roll the dice again on Bonner, yay!

[ElNono]

goddamn RJ... walking the break

[easy7]

Tiagooooooo...tony floater

[mcshine]

y jefferson in? y not just give JA a shot?

[ElNono]

we need stops, tbh

[ElNono]

lol Marvin Williams

[easy7]

Hawks with the double dribble

[elemento]

Time to dump that RJ contract and use Blair as the sweetner, tbh


Can we find a GM dumb enough to take it ? Maybe a call to Otis Smith

[timtonymanu]

lol #2 pick Marvin Williams

[ElNono]

Josh Smith being Josh Smith, tbh

[easy7]

Leonard..lol Hawks are pissed..Joe Smith..lol

[DPG21920]

:wow Damn it I wish Kawhi would have finished

[Spurs Brazil]

Almost a big dunk by Leonard

[timtonymanu]

Damn I wish Kawhi finished that.

[mcshine]

DAMN Leonard. Finish that n you on the best dunks of the year highlights

[ElNono]

Can we post Tiago?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

leonard god damn it

[ElNono]

fatass And1!

[easy7]

Good play by Blair..

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair and one!

[mystargtr34]

Good job Blair.

[ElNono]

good pass tony

[easy7]

Blair!!!!

[DPG21920]

Tiago bothers so many shots. Just makes it tough to score on him. :tu

[ElNono]

well, don't choke this

[Juggity]

Beautiful assist by TP

[timtonymanu]

Damn Tony being an awesome facilitator.

[mcshine]

someone answer me this- when Manu comes back who loses minutes?

[Robz4000]

Great play by almost everyone this quarter.

[mystargtr34]

Pop up off his seat for DeJuan :lol.

Tiago must be fucking Pop's daughter.

[DPG21920]

TP making passes son. Hat's off to Pop for coaching that quarter. Third quarters have been an Achilles and he stopped that tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Great pass Tony!

Bench bring the energy for the 3rd quarter run. Great job by Tiago, Green and CJ

[ElNono]

Can anyone tell me how good the Hawks really are? I see that they have a good record, but are the Spurs outplaying a really good team or is this fool's gold?

They've been good without Horford... but when Matty is hitting like that from downtown the Spurs are hard to beat...

[GB20]

someone answer me this- when Manu comes back who loses minutes?

danny green

[Spurs Brazil]

someone answer me this- when Manu comes back who loses minutes?

It should be Jefferson

[ElNono]

someone answer me this- when Manu comes back who loses minutes?

Kawhi and Green likely... also CJ goes to the Toros once Ford comes back, IMO

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Great pass from Parker, absolutely top notch.

[TE]

Great play from everybody to close that quarter. Maybe this success will prompt Blair to start playing better. But who knows.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

We are closing out quarters in this game better than we have in quite some time :tu

[TIMMYD!]

Tiago And1!

[ElNono]

tiago and1!

[easy7]

Tiagoooooooooo and 1

[Stalin]

who's that ginger sharpshooter? and why isn't he starting, tbh?

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs post play has been GREAT tonight

[timtonymanu]

Damn how much has Tiago improved his offense? I don't cringe when he's in the post anymore.

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

i honestly think pop just doesnt like tiago and on top of that tiago gives pop NO reason whatsoever its almost like hes too perfect and becsuse pop cant manipulate the situation with oh well he doesnt do this or that because splitter does everything well he cant say anything bad about him. if you look at the tweets hes as dedicated as they come.

NOTICE how tiago starts scoring and dominating matty satarts letting them fly everytime...its just today they actually went in. i still hope he tears his worthless ligaments lol believe me we would no question be a top defensive team if matt didnt play for a year. look at the stats we always play better when matt is on the dnp and EVERY BODY else is HEALTHY

[DPG21920]

The one thing that is always consistent from our bigs: Interior passing. All of our bigs (sans Matt) are way above average interior passers.

[Harry Callahan]

The hawks are a collection of knuckleheads

[SpursRock20]

How many and-ones does Tiago have this season?

[TE]

That's a bad call, Dejuan was held!

[easy7]

Green on Green..

[TIMMYD!]

RJ hard shot swish!

[ElNono]

wow... Tiago passing great off the double team

[Juggity]

RJ still shit but that's a pretty shot

[easy7]

Tiago being double teamed..

[jestersmash]

Tiago actually commanding the occasional double team now.

[Budkin]

Tiago is finally starting to live up to the hype.

[TIMMYD!]

Tp 33333333333333

[easy7]

TP for tres..

[DesignatedT]

lol tony.

[ffadicted]

Can't misssssssssssss

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony 33333333

[ElNono]

Bench brought the rice out tonight... IMO, I'm ready to switch Green to the starting lineup to get some energy out there instead of the corpse of RJ

[loveforthegame]

Just got in. Looks like everyone is contributing in one way or another. :tu

Keep the big lead and maybe we'll get to see some Thomas tonight.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Blair has some good steals in the past few minutes.

Oh, and is that Tracy McGrady on the Hawks?

[DPG21920]

Blair usually has good steals, his problem is he gambles too much and his defense overall is sub par.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Just got in. Looks like everyone is contributing in one way or another. :tu

Keep the big lead and maybe we'll get to see some Thomas tonight.


Minus Neal :depressed

[ElNono]

Steals don't work against good big men... plus when he doesn't get it, he makes some stupid foul

[ElNono]

Tiago with the great dish

[buujness]

Lol Jeff Teague 9/12

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Damn what a pass from Tiago

[DPG21920]

Great freaking pass by Tiago, Blair in the right spot just has to finish.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair got robbed there

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Joe Johnson 4-11

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

like i said where manuforever or whatever the hell his name is the guy who stole my image and i bet hes cursing up a storm. like i said tiago will be a top big man

[easy7]

Spurs kicking that ass..

[FromWayDowntown]

Thought we were about to have Pop v. Zach Zarba, pt. XVII -- probably would have had the game been closer.

[ElNono]

spurs rolling

[DPG21920]

Damn, TP is passing on a whole new level right now.

[DesignatedT]

Blair right on que in garbage time.

[ElNono]

Thought we were about to have Pop v. Zach Zarba XVII -- probably would have had the game been closer.

Has he been a bitch against the Spurs?

[ElNono]

On pace to score 110

[Juggity]

Joe Johnson 4-11

And the Hawks are paying him $100 million

[DPG21920]

Tiago dub-dub?

[ElNono]

Pachulia just punched Tiago, lol

[ElNono]

Tiago has been rock solid inside

[Harry Callahan]

Leonard has made j johnson very uncomfortable tonight!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck Pachulia

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Damn, TP is passing on a whole new level right now.

It's the first time in his mature years that he's had an agile offensively talented big man to play with.

Duncan doesn't move the way he used to, and while Parker has continued to develop that two man game with Duncan, it's a whole different beast when he's paired up with a quicker more agile offensive big man.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:( Splitter probably out for the night

[Stalin]

like i said where manuforever or whatever the hell his name is the guy who stole my image and i bet hes cursing up a storm. like i said tiago will be a top big man

thats low, stealing someone's avatar

[timtonymanu]

Can anyone tell me how good the Hawks really are? I see that they have a good record, but are the Spurs outplaying a really good team or is this fool's gold?

Meh. I never bought into the Atlanta hype. JJ is overrated.

[easy7]

Blair..wtf..

[ElNono]

Blair back to streetball mode

[BanditHiro]

i think it's time to do my favorite thing after a spurs win, visiting the other teams forums a seeing the butt hurt.

[Manu-of-steel]

tiago should have taken down pachulia

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

when your good looking they always go for the face. no but seriously i saw a year or two a whole two seasons of every game tiago was in and let me tell you tiago can fight he isnt a punani thats why i say hes our new 7ft manu

[Cant_Be_Faded]

lol blair holy crap


Teague averages 10 steals a game

[timtonymanu]

lol Pachulia. Loves playing dirty.

[ElNono]

Tiago team-leading +27 tonight...

[mystargtr34]

Can we get some Malcolm Thomas?

[DPG21920]

Tiago is a pimp. He's shown all kinds of stuff and I wonder how much working with Tim this Summer has helped him?

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

thats low, stealing someone's avatar

i damn near had a heart attack when i saw it. if you notice i put my name inside the picture so the idiot has my name "saint tiago" in his avatar

[ace3g]

hopefully Malcolm Thomas gets some minutes tonight

[Manu-of-steel]

nice defense so far by kawhi on johnson.

[NickiRasgo]

Damn that Pachulia playing dirty.

[Manu-of-steel]

hopefully Malcolm Thomas gets some minutes tonight

Agree. Let's give him some time on the court, Pop.

[buujness]

Tiago team-leading +27 tonight...
Tiago = New king of plus/minus

[Juggity]

gtfo RJ

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

thats low, stealing someone's avatar

i damn near pissed myself and had a heart attack when i saw it:shootme . if you notice i put my name inside the picture so the idiot has my name "saint tiago" in his avatar

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawai!

[ace3g]

see if Thomas can get a few blocks

[Spurs Brazil]

:lol TD

[timtonymanu]

Thomas time

[FromWayDowntown]

Has he been a bitch against the Spurs?

He and Pop have had a few run-ins over the last few years.

[timtonymanu]

lol Timmy

[Stalin]

when your good looking they always go for the face. no but seriously i saw a year or two a whole two seasons of every game tiago was in and let me tell you tiago can fight he isnt a punani thats why i say hes our new 7ft manu

this is very true, i regularly get hated on irl

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Leonard destroying spur killer Radmonovic

[NickiRasgo]

Classic Tim! :lol:

[mystargtr34]

Lol Jackhouse still playing?

[ElNono]

Stackhouse still alive and robbing?

[timtonymanu]

OMG Stackhouse is still in the league? I still hate that wash-up.

[ElNono]

He and Pop have had a few run-ins over the last few years.

Had no idea. Thanks

[jestersmash]

Leonard's been showing me flashes of offensive brilliance. His touch around the rim has been pretty spectacular this year.

His handles aren't that great, but if he can cut towards to the basket on a pass he looks like he can be effective.

[The ADMIRAL 50]

Kawhi sets up hits buddy and they call a charge. smh.

[BanditHiro]

Stackhouse still alive and robbing?

pretty good joke.

[ace3g]

Kawhi pissed, wanted that dunk for Thomas, CJ should have seen him running the floor though

[ElNono]

Spurs just rolling over these scrubs

[easy7]

Bench is playing great..

[ElNono]

oh wow... that was a block

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Lol @ leonard saving all his energy for garbage time

[ace3g]

nice block by Thomas

[BanditHiro]

malcom thomas!!! and that was a charge.

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard solid game

[ElNono]

This is when Blair should play... up 23 against the other team 3rd stringers, tbh

[NickiRasgo]

Kahwi leads the offense and creating for his teammate.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I really like Thomas, hopefully he starts to get spot minutes other than garbage time.

[mystargtr34]

Thomas destroying Trashmanovic on that fake dunk attempt.

[Bill_Brasky]

Holy shit Thomas has hops. I kinda wanna see more.

[BanditHiro]

Leonard solid game

completely shut down joe johnson.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Thomas can block shots.. Wow

[Stalin]

i damn near pissed myself and had a heart attack when i saw it:shootme . if you notice i put my name inside the picture so the idiot has my name "saint tiago" in his avatar

lthat kind of trolling is in poor taste, tbh
he's a greek, what do you expect though?
goatfuckers have no class, imo

[timmike2]

another spurs win! weee :D

[easy7]

Green!!

[loveforthegame]

It's a shame Thomas can't get some spot minutes with the other guys.

[Spurs Brazil]

Very good win.

Props to the bench: Tiago, Bonner, Green and CJ

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol JA passing up shots

[timtonymanu]

Story of Anderson's season. Passes up the ball to Green, who's actually hitting shots.

[ElNono]

lol Blair with the finesse move

[easy7]

Blair and 1..lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol "The Dancing BEAR"

[mystargtr34]

:lol DeTrash Blair.

[The ADMIRAL 50]

I just LOLed. That was sick Blair. Great stuff JA. Hilarious. Good game to be a Spurs fan.

[Juggity]

That save was goddamn beautiful

[Cant_Be_Faded]

How does someone like Thomas jump so high to block shots yet they can't jump for shit with the ball to try to score

[ElNono]

Corey!

[BanditHiro]

lol i love how DBlair has been reduced to the spurs' sideshow

[TIMMYD!]

Joseph dunk!

[ace3g]

CJ jumper looks much smoother now, and nice dunk!!!

[easy7]

Joseph showing off..ll

[Stalin]

wow nice steal

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Joseph's confidence went up 10000% tonight

[The ADMIRAL 50]

JOSEPH

I'm feeling the youth tonight

please don't misconstrue that

[timtonymanu]

Damn CJ.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Joseph benched the rest of the year

[ElNono]

We win!

[easy7]

Great game.... Propz to Spurs.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Well great win!

[loveforthegame]

Nice win. :tu

[TDomination]

Joseph benched the rest of the year

Expect to see him on the toros by this time tomorrow lol

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Great to see a win after that ugly loss to the Kings. Especially against a top-dog team like the Hawks!

[Juggity]

First really dominant game in a while

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Joseph benched the rest of the year

:rollin

[timtonymanu]

Great bounce back win from the flukey Sacto game against a playoff team.

Next two games will be tough @ Minnesota and @ Dallas.

[Stalin]

JOSEPH

I'm feeling the youth tonight

please don't misconstrue that

i bet you are

[siraulo23]

Splitter +27 tonight

Playing better every game

[Manu-of-steel]

Nice win, spurs.

[jjktkk]

Great win!

[Manu-of-steel]

Kawhi played nice defense on johnson. Splitter with +27,Joseph played well,wooh.

[Harry Callahan]

Nice offense matty b!

Corey Joseph is turning into a player.

The Spurs have a lot of promising young players. Maybe the long term future of the Spurs isnt bleak after timmy exits stage left.

[Libri]

Missed the game but I'm seeing in the boxscore that Bonner and Blair had productive games. :clap

[++SaiNt TiAg0++]

lthat kind of trolling is in poor taste, tbh
he's a greek, what do you expect though?
goatfuckers have no class, imo

yeah i didnt know greeks had laker fan mentality thats why i like spurstalk it just opens your eyes to ppl like that. esp when they automatically hate us for no reason and then at the same time like your team ?? greeks have laker dna
:flag:

[crc21209]

Great bounce back win from the flukey Sacto game against a playoff team.

Next two games will be tough @ Minnesota and @ Dallas.

Not just the next two, but the next four tbh...@ Minnesota, @ Dallas, @ Memphis (2nd night of a back to back), and at home against Houston, who ALWAYS play the Spurs tough....

[The ADMIRAL 50]

i bet you are

Youre late Stalin, I made the joke myself in the post when I said it. Some people just don't understand comedy.

Great W.