Game Blog: Rockets @ Spurs - Feb. 1

[timtonymanu]

Game's not over until the clock says zero.

Spurs have choked a lead like this before. Just keep getting stops.

[GSH]

Im laughing at spurfans that were doubting this cold-blooded mothafucker just a couple games ago.

Take him off PG duty, and let him be the assasin he is. All there is to it.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Red rocket 33333

[angelbelow]

Matty coming through! Hes been on fire these past couple games.

[mcshine]

THIS

:cry He looks like Roger Mason Jr. :cry

Hmmmmm.... what happened to that guy?

[timtonymanu]

"What a terrible call, and San Antonio comes back with a 3.. that's why it's hard to win in this building" - A Fucking Homer.

lol was it faggot sellout Drexler that said that?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Prahps Bonner.

(but only if we pull out the win.)

[bbarry]

Some how I KNEW Spurs would come back in this one. I wasn't even mad all game long, except much earlier when they were chucking everything in.

I think we got this game up 5, 1:04 to go.

[bbarry]

Some how I KNEW Spurs would come back in this one. I wasn't even mad all game long, except much earlier when they were chucking everything in.

I think we got this game up 5, 1:04 to go.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Prahps Bonner.

(but only if we pull out the win.)

[Rummpd]

This would be a great win don't blow it!

[Trill Clinton]

Red Rocket:hat

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Pop didn't need to call timeout right there.....for once.

[Reck]

Wow they actually came back to win it.

[weebo]

LMAO pop doing jumping jacks

[bbarry]

LMFAO @ Pop in the replay :lmao

[Juggity]

Bonner with the 10th board!

[timmike2]

nice! spurs wins!

[FkLA]

Need a GIF of Pop right now!!

[mcshine]

THIS

:cry He looks like Roger Mason Jr. :cry

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Pop is pissed off

[Barfunk]

lol hahaha look at Pop jumping for that timeout on that replay

[angelbelow]

lol pop

[GSH]

Well that was a crap foul call on Tony, and then he missed a layup on the other end. That kept the game from being over.

[MannyIsGod]

What the hell was everyone on the floor thinkiing? Call a god damn time out.

[Spurs Brazil]

:lol Pop

[Mal]

Lol

[Reck]

Pop didn't need to call timeout right there.....for once.

He did.

Spurs got lucky if you ask me. That was more then 8 seconds on the backcourt.

[timtonymanu]

Hmmmmm.... what happened to that guy?

bench warming in Washington.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Pop must not have had his redred wine tonight

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol Pop doing jumping jack behind the ref

[mcshine]

Pop did a cheerleader split n tha air...lol

[bklynspursfan]

I hope someone makes a gif of pop doing that

[loveforthegame]

Pop amusing as ever. :lol

Props to Bonner for the work on the glass, the big 3, and for doing a good job on defense.

[Fermixalot]

Pop saving a turnover right there. Good to see that fire back in him again!

[DPG21920]

Bonner has been playing his ass off lately :tu best I've ever seen him play.

[DesignatedT]

:lol pop

[Paranoid Pop]

Pop deserves a A+ tonight lol.

[weebo]

Tonight this team showed ballz..way to comeback and get this one

[Mal]

Wow, Bonner taking freebies

[Barfunk]

LMFAO @ Pop in the replay :lmao

pretty funny shit :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Pop deserves a A+ tonight lol.

FOr his decision making? Or his vertical leap?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Bonner has been playing his ass off lately :tu best I've ever seen him play.

Yeah Bonner def. going through a nice stretch lately.

[timtonymanu]

Watch out for the chuckers! Lee, Martin, Lowry ... one of them will shoot the 3.

[Rummpd]

Nice win.

[Quiet Strength]

FOr his decision making? Or his vertical leap?

:lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Great win. TD great in the 3rd, TP big in the 4th

Solid bench play for Bonner, Neal and Green

[benefactor]

What a strange team.

[Quiet Strength]

Good win. It was nice watching duncan beasting out there.

[mcshine]

JA finishing game.... nice win. LETS take care of biz naas tomorrow

[8FOR!3]

Matt "Big Shot" Bonner
Matt "Da White Howard" Bonner
Matt "He Hate Me" Bonner

[Robz4000]

Third best win of the season.

[Brazil]

great win !

[Mal]

Bonner with 10 rbs :o

[loveforthegame]

Nice work JA.

[bklynspursfan]

And Dallas lost tonight...

[timtonymanu]

Great comeback. A tale of two halves.

Thank God we don't see the Rockets anymore. My blood pressure rises when I see some of them.

[Sense]

The games over.. commentators still talking about the ref... :lol love it.

[GSH]

What a strange team.

That post should be bronzed. I don't remember anything like this.

[mcshine]

MAVS lose MAVS lose!

[DesignatedT]

back from 19 down. nice!

[Paranoid Pop]

Phew, don't know how we pulled this one off. Neal is getting better and better.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

What an amazing win. Great comeback and it's very relieving to know we won this game. I mean, after all, we have to win our 3 home games because of the Rodeo Road Trip coming up.

[bklynspursfan]

Matt "Big Shot" Bonner
Matt "Da White Howard" Bonner
Matt "He Hate Me" Bonner

I like the 2nd one... Play on words done perfectly lol :lol

[loveforthegame]

I wasn't sure we'd pull it off but props to the team for working hard and not giving up.

Duncan with a big impact in the 3rd. Parker, Splitter, Green, Bonner, Neal, and even JA with some nice things in the 4th.

[Budkin]

Great win... turned it on in the 3rd when we were down 13. Very nice to see us battle back and take that shit. GO SPURS!

[Barfunk]

lol I said it even when the Spurs were down like 20 in the first half I was going to root for Bonner.

[ffadicted]

Great fucking win

[bklynspursfan]

Our next 2 home games are must wins.

[DPG21920]

great win !

TP looking fast today

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

is that like Bonner's second career double double?..

[Barfunk]

Bonner needs all the support and good karma he can get since he doesn't get much lol

[Bill_Brasky]

That post should be bronzed. I don't remember anything like this.

This game reminded me of a classic Spur victory-- shaky in the first, settled down and closed the gap at the half, clamped down in the third with some vintage Duncan 4-down action, and finished in the fourth.

I like these :toast

[mcshine]

"They killed my Jumbaco idea?!"

[DPG21920]

Our bench has been off the charts ridiculous overall. As a whole they have done so much more good than bad and spurs are coming aces at this point with many guys exceeding expectations and that's with JA not panning out to this point

[WeNeedLength]

Again, notice how RJ and Blair both sat almost all of the second half because they don't have it in them to fight like the others did to get the win. Should have amnestied the Dick. And Blair? I don't know...

[Bill_Brasky]

Our bench has been off the charts ridiculous overall. As a whole they have done so much more good than bad and spurs are coming aces at this point with many guys exceeding expectations and that's with JA not panning out to this point

IOW, we stacked.

[timtonymanu]

Our next 2 home games are must wins.

The Thunder one will be very tough, IMO. But the Spurs should blow out the Hornets hopefully. I don't expect Duncan to play tomorrow.

[crc21209]

IOW, we stacked.

Once Manu and TJ get back, we staaaaaaaaaaaaccccckkkkkkeeeeeedddd.

[Crookshanks]

Spurs win - Mavs lose - great night of basketball!

[crc21209]

So apparently the plan against the other 2 Texas teams is to get behind by double digits and try and pull out a win, awesome! :tu :lol

[SpursRock20]

A tale of two halves to say the least. It seemed like the Spurs were executing very well but missing a lot of gimmees and open jumpers in the third and had to keep feeding Timmy and I had a feeling it was just a matter of time until we could really cut the deficit in the fourth. Props to Timmy looking like a dominant post player and actually getting to the line at will, much like his wonder years. Big ups to Green who started off very slowly but made that huge three in front of Roy Williams to give the Spurs the lead.

GO SPURS GO

[DesignatedT]

trade RJ and Blair. Start Green. Sign K-mart and we staaaaaacked

[FkLA]

Again, notice how RJ and Blair both sat almost all of the second half because they don't have it in them to fight like the others did to get the win. Should have amnestied the Dick. And Blair? I don't know...

Ive tried to be patient with Dick, cause I actually dont think hes been as horrible as last season. But its obvious that Green is way hungrier and has ten times the balls RJ does. I dont mind RJ starting but I think Green should definitely be out there in the 4th in close games. Same with Blair, dont mind him starting but he has no business being out there in crunch time.

[DPG21920]

Gary Treal has found his mojo as well. He gon honey badger on da league

[GSH]

Blair got zero points, but still had a great game because of the work he did on Scola.

Bonner leads the team in rebounding with 10.

Neal hitting ridiculous big shots - looking like the Real Neal again.

Splitter comes in and looks unstoppable, and gets pulled after just a few minutes.

Danny Green does his usual stat sheet stuffing, plus a lot of stuff that doesn't show up on the sheet.

Anderson's one big 3-pointer almost forgotten in all the excitement.

Parker speeding past everybody puts up a quiet 24 points.

Kawhi may be in the doghouse.

Jefferson... was Jefferson here?


Oh, and Timmy. Just dominating the 3rd to even things up. Workhorse when we needed it.

[8FOR!3]

We need to be starting Da White Howard.

Seriously though, Bonner starting might actually be better than Blair at this point.

*Ready to be crucified by this board.*

[crc21209]

trade RJ and Blair. Start Green. Sign K-mart and we staaaaaacked

Blair yes. Although I do think RJ would be useful off the bench with TJ, Neal, Kawhi, and Bonner. Start TP-Manu-Green-Duncan-Splitter....

[SpursRock20]

We need to be starting Da White Howard.

Seriously though, Bonner starting might actually be better than Blair at this point.

*Ready to be crucified by this board.*

I really don't think it would hurt at this point. The starters have been putting themselves in early holes lately, and a Blair-Bonner switch would still mean that they would not see the court at the same time. And I believe Blair would be better going against second string bigs with his energy off the bench.

[Kindergarten Cop]

is that like Bonner's second career double double?..

Bonner only had 8 pts. He didn't quite get his double-double. :depressed

[Cant_Be_Faded]

we all gonbe taking golden maple syrup showers tonight

courtesy of matt "matty" bonner

he tha new Matty Ice?

[Brazil]

TP looking fast today

absolutely, not a lot of assists tonite tough but the game had anyway a very low level of assists for both team. He has picked up his defense in the second half and was very active. I think we can be totally reassured regarding TP's health it was just a tough start of season with a little bit of rust probably.

amazing game for Tim who looked very good and one of the best game I saw from the red rocket

[Sense]

Points in the paint is what got us the win, this Spurs team needs to keep doing this to make it to the playoffs and hopefully deep.

[Ice009]

Bonner has been playing his ass off lately :tu best I've ever seen him play.

He seems to be energized with that bench mob. Splitter, Green, Neal, Bonner and even JA at times. He seems to get energized playing with that unit, and that's great because he should be coming in off the bench.


Our bench has been off the charts ridiculous overall. As a whole they have done so much more good than bad and spurs are coming aces at this point with many guys exceeding expectations and that's with JA not panning out to this point

JA brings energy, which is why I mentioned at half time that I want him to start ahead of RJ. RJ is such a listless player that it just pisses me off so much. JA may not be shooting great, but I think it's worth a shot to give him more court time if RJ is bringing nothing. Don't have to start him, but you can just bench RJ for the whole game and put JA in his rotation spot. If we can get another big, I would do the same thing with Blair. If both those guys start poorly and bring no energy then bench them the rest of the game with other players taking their spots in the rotation until they wake up.

[Barfunk]

wow you're a true fan everyone else here should retire and just stop posting

:elephant

go for it go for it

[Cant_Be_Faded]

lol spursswag

lol redrocket jacking off on the rockets

lol green playin in front of his old coach

lol Duncan playing like a fucking beast


BITCH WE LOOK LIKE GOKU



http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/23277000/ngbbs4e6a6001287be.jpg

[Ice009]

We need to be starting Da White Howard.

Seriously though, Bonner starting might actually be better than Blair at this point.

*Ready to be crucified by this board.*

Bonner should NOT be starting. He's playing some of his best ball with the bench team.

[8FOR!3]

Bonner should NOT be starting. He's playing some of his best ball with the bench team.

Well at least you bring up a valid point, he IS playing well with Splitter, Green, and Neal. I think Blair could too though. And I still think Bonner would do a better job starting right now than Blair.

[Buddy Holly]

Even though we were down 19, it didn't feel like we were down 19.

Great game and we have some great youth right now. Can't wait for our injured players to return.

[ElNono]

We win!.. wow, what a game

[Ice009]

Well at least you bring up a valid point, he IS playing well with Splitter, Green, and Neal. I think Blair could too though. And I still think Bonner would do a better job starting right now than Blair.

I disagree. I think Blair will fuck it all up. He fucks up everything. Unless he gets it together I'd like to trade him.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 60 - 39 in 2nd half

[Cant_Be_Faded]

hope timvp isn't slow with his game thoughts for dissss one. i feel like getting a good nights sleep

[DesignatedT]

lol spursswag

lol redrocket jacking off on the rockets

lol green playin in front of his old coach

lol Duncan playing like a fucking beast


BITCH WE LOOK LIKE GOKU



http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/23277000/ngbbs4e6a6001287be.jpg

lmao

[angelbelow]

Blair got zero points, but still had a great game because of the work he did on Scola.

Bonner leads the team in rebounding with 10.

Neal hitting ridiculous big shots - looking like the Real Neal again.

Splitter comes in and looks unstoppable, and gets pulled after just a few minutes.

Danny Green does his usual stat sheet stuffing, plus a lot of stuff that doesn't show up on the sheet.

Anderson's one big 3-pointer almost forgotten in all the excitement.

Parker speeding past everybody puts up a quiet 24 points.

Kawhi may be in the doghouse.

Jefferson... was Jefferson here?


Oh, and Timmy. Just dominating the 3rd to even things up. Workhorse when we needed it.

Missed most of the 2nd half but here are some of my thoughts about your thoughts.

Bonner is on fire right now. You can kind of see a little swagger to him. He even got comfortable enough to try and drive the ball again. The only time he looks like the pussy version of Bonner is when hes sprinting because.. well he has an awkward looking sprint.

Kawhi was ineffective on Martin (once again) so maybe was pulled because of that. Most likely the reason he didn't get much burn after getting burned.

Why play Splitter if were not going to pass the ball to him. You can actually hear the frustration in Sean's voice "give it to him damn it!"

Don't think Neal is capable/comfortable of making a pass to players on his left side unless its a straight forward stand still swing.

Missed Duncan's dominance but from the shot chart it looks like everything was in the post. Awesome to see that Timmay went retro. I stopped around the time Duncan was fouled for the 3rd straight time and it was obvious that they were going making a priority to go inside. Wonder if it would have been effective in the 2nd with Tiago instead of all those long chucked jumpers.

[8FOR!3]

I don't think you can really blame Kawhi for not being able to stop Kevin Martin tonight. He's a vet, Kawhi's a rookie with a high ceiling, but he's still a rookie. The defensive potential is there, but you can't expect him to waltz right in rookie year and stop every team's #1 option on a night in night out basis. It impresses the hell out of me that he can stop even a few of these guys already.

[GSH]

Kawhi was ineffective on Martin (once again) so maybe was pulled because of that. Martin is a great scorer, and a really tough cover. Nobody is going to totally shut him down. I don't really think Kawhi is in the permanent doghouse. But it definitely wasn't his night.

Don't think Neal is capable/comfortable of making a pass to players on his left side unless its a straight forward stand still swing. Great observation. It would explain a lot. I'll watch for it.

Missed Duncan's dominance but from the shot chart it looks like everything was in the post. Awesome to see that Timmay went retro. I stopped around the time Duncan was fouled for the 3rd straight time and it was obvious that they were going making a priority to go inside. Wonder if it would have been effective in the 2nd with Tiago instead of all those long chucked jumpers.
Duncan was just taking it straight to them. If I remember right, he started the quarter with a pair of missed chip shots, and I thought it was all over. But then he just started forcing his will on them. A lot of guys contributed, but Tim's play is what broke the Rockets down. They didn't give up, by any means, but you could tell they knew they were beaten.

[Brazil]

hope timvp isn't slow with his game thoughts for dissss one. i feel like getting a good nights sleep

not sure about dat one, he is apparently cleaning up stuff downstairs... pretty pathetic tbh... I used to like downstairs but this is getting ridiculous

[crc21209]

Hopefully Kevin Martin is just a really, really bad matchup for Kawhi or something because Kawhi completely shut down Rudy Gay the other night. A head scratcher indeed....

[timtonymanu]

Hopefully Kevin Martin is just a really, really bad matchup for Kawhi or something because Kawhi completely shut down Rudy Gay the other night. A head scratcher indeed....

Martin is just a frustrating chucker. I wouldn't put too much blame on Kawhi.

[Mugen]

Hopefully Kevin Martin is just a really, really bad matchup for Kawhi or something because Kawhi completely shut down Rudy Gay the other night. A head scratcher indeed....

Just a really tough matchup for Kawhi and the whole team, tbh.Completely different players. Spurs really don't have a player that can guard the Jason Terry/Kevin Martins of the world where they are just gonna run the defender through screen after screen.

I'd say TP might be the best at guarding those type of guys but he obviously cant have that task as well without Manu.

[GSH]

Hopefully Kevin Martin is just a really, really bad matchup for Kawhi or something because Kawhi completely shut down Rudy Gay the other night. A head scratcher indeed....

I like Green, but when he was on Martin, he got beaten a lot too. The Rockets set good picks, and Martin knows how to use them.

[DPG21920]

absolutely, not a lot of assists tonite tough but the game had anyway a very low level of assists for both team. He has picked up his defense in the second half and was very active. I think we can be totally reassured regarding TP's health it was just a tough start of season with a little bit of rust probably.

amazing game for Tim who looked very good and one of the best game I saw from the red rocket

I loved the way TP played tonight. Look, the assists are great, but the Spurs desperately need TP to score. When he's aggressive and quick and in attack mode, it's natural and when he's at his best. This Lebron-esque style of feeling things out, getting others involved then trying to turn it on only works when you have Lebron-esque talent and TP doesn't. He's good enough to be successful at it sometimes, but it doesn't look natural.

I'm still not sold on TP's athleticism. Even guys who have declined some, still have moments where they look like their old selves. He's definitely gotten better as the season has progressed but he still isn't getting into the paint or finishing nearly at the level he was before. He still has quite a few outings where he looks significantly slower IMO. Overall though, he's adjusted well and played really good basketball since the beginning of the season.

[crc21209]

I like Green, but when he was on Martin, he got beaten a lot too. The Rockets set good picks, and Martin knows how to use them.

True. I swear Martin seems to always go off on the Spurs and only the Spurs. Every other game I check Houston's box score and he only scores 10-15 points or so....

[Cant_Be_Faded]

not sure about dat one, he is apparently cleaning up stuff downstairs... pretty pathetic tbh... I used to like downstairs but this is getting ridiculous

sounds pretty gay to me

[Brazil]

I loved the way TP played tonight. Look, the assists are great, but the Spurs desperately need TP to score. When he's aggressive and quick and in attack mode, it's natural and when he's at his best. This Lebron-esque style of feeling things out, getting others involved then trying to turn it on only works when you have Lebron-esque talent and TP doesn't. He's good enough to be successful at it sometimes, but it doesn't look natural.

I'm still not sold on TP's athleticism. Even guys who have declined some, still have moments where they look like their old selves. He's definitely gotten better as the season has progressed but he still isn't getting into the paint or finishing nearly at the level he was before. He still has quite a few outings where he looks significantly slower IMO. Overall though, he's adjusted well and played really good basketball since the beginning of the season.

what I like lately is that he is playing according to what the game is offering him. Last game his JS wasn't falling, he didn't force it and focused on dishing assists (I think he took only 8 or 9 FGA) tonite he was feelin' it and went for 16 FGAs.

[Brazil]

sounds pretty gay to me

gay is a small word to describe the drama queen acting down stairs

[ducks]

hope timvp isn't slow with his game thoughts for dissss one. i feel like getting a good nights sleep

having sex is better then reading his grades before bed

[Robz4000]

having sex is better then reading his grades before bed
It's close, but it's true :lol

[jjktkk]

not sure about dat one, he is apparently cleaning up stuff downstairs... pretty pathetic tbh... I used to like downstairs but this is getting ridiculous

You mean the soap opera forum? :lol

[NickiRasgo]

Wow! I thought it's game over before the 2nd Quarter end because Martin/Lee was unstoppable and I chose to sleep. It's a good thing that Thunder won over Mavs. And also, Bucks defeated Heat again after having a 17 points lead during the 1st Quarter. Wow.

[Sean Cagney]

True. I swear Martin seems to always go off on the Spurs and only the Spurs. Every other game I check Houston's box score and he only scores 10-15 points or so....

............

[therealtruth]

If TD and Splitter started they both could probably have dropped 20 on the Rockets frontline. Pop is limiting the ceiling of this team by limiting Tiago's minutes. The team can be much better with Tiago better integrated. It might not matter as much now but it will matter in the playoffs. I'll say it now. Pop's not winning any playoffs series with Bonner getting more minutes than Tiago.

[mystargtr34]

Leonard is a SF ..considering that.. asking him to guard 2 guards like Martin who constantly run through screens is asking alot. You are better off going with speed in those matchups as opposed to size and length. If anything, TP on Martin and Leonard on Lowrey would probably work better but you don't want to tire ur PG out chasing a chucker through screens.

Defensive specialists always have one type of scorer they have trouble with.. Bowen always had trouble with thicker/stockier SF's like Bonzi Wells and Artest who post up. Leonard's achilles heal will always be those K-Mart/Ray Allen types who utilize screens. But that's ok because the majority of those guys are chuckers who need screens because they can't create their own shot.

Leonard will have more success against the more elite scores who can create their own shot.

[timtonymanu]

Anyone else see the game recap on nba.com? Watch the Houston bench when the Spurs make their comeback. It's very funny to watch because the Rockets bench kept getting so excited every time one of their guys scored.

[iminol]

anybody got gif of popovich doing his best at 20sec left of the game? I BEG for it.