Game Blog: Spurs vs. Bulls - Feb. 29

[Spursfanfromafar]

Brilliant play by Tim duncan.. Rolling back the years and producing some brilliance. Great rebounding, clever positional defense, jump shots, bank shot, dunks.. Highest B'ball IQ on display.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Last year the Spurs had a huge 3rd quarter at home to beat the Bulls.

Hopefully history repeats itself

[twincam]

OMG....the calls this evening really do stink.

ALL BALL for Duncan. Talk about an EPIC BAIL OUT

[Ice009]

DeJuan BE SMARTER. COME ON MAN.

[jestersmash]

I wonder if Duncan/Bonner or Splitter/Bonner can help open up the lane a bit more for Tony. He hasn't had much room to attempt his little floater this game.

[Sense]

Rose getting bailed out... smh

[DPG21920]

TnT

[Barfunk]

Alright.... Parker needs to get it going....

[DPG21920]

JA beast on the glass this quarter when they really needed it.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Green

[Juggity]

Duncan double Double

[bklynspursfan]

Timmy is doing it all

[TDomination]

duncan splitter, but bonner already on the side waiting to check in

[phxspurfan]

wonders if TP + Duncan have run more PnR than Stockton + Malone

[DPG21920]

Great defense by Tiago.

[Spurs Brazil]

Dumb play JA, very dumb

[Capt Bringdown]

Who says fundamentals are boring?
Rebounding and defense, passing is fun to watch.

[DesignatedT]

lol deng pushed him

[TDomination]

deng pushing anderson into rose

[DPG21920]

Foul on Deng, not JA

[GSH]

Green with another strip and Anderson gets the charge. Shame. Green has been really big in this game.

[Brazil]

Dumb play JA, very dumb

deng pushed him... refs are awful

[phxspurfan]

Ford can stay in front of Rose!

[Barfunk]

lol getting whacked and no calls

[TDomination]

everybody missing chip shots

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago and Neal are bad tonight

[phxspurfan]

Splitter again not playing like the chosen one like I read all the time on here...

[DPG21920]

Lmao these no calls. Also JA gets no worse than a B for his effort on the glass this quarter.

[ace3g]

Neal with it

[Juggity]

Splitter wins the white big guy jump ball battle

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great run against one of the best teams in the league. We're tough this year. :tu

[Capt Bringdown]

Sometimes Neal reminds me of the great Jimmy Si

[Amuseddaysleeper]

get a fucking rebound!

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Bonner having one of his playoff game nights unfortunately.

[TDomination]

ugh, i hate offensive rebounds!

but overall, great 3rd quarter. down 8, up 1 now

[DPG21920]

Tiago comes out to help on Rose and Matt falls asleep on the glass.

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker vs. Rose will decide the 4th, tbh..

[Mugen]

Kyle Korver's tan is extremely disturbing. Taking away from the enjoyment of this game, tbh.

[Texas_Ranger]

dont know wtf is Bonner doing

[angelbelow]

wonders if TP + Duncan have run more PnR than Stockton + Malone

My bet is not even close.

[maverick1948]

End of the 3rd? A couple of bad breaks cost the Spurs a 6 point lead.

[Brazil]

Lmao these no calls. Also JA gets no worse than a B for his effort on the glass this quarter.

:tu his quarter he is doing the job KL used to give us... nice effort

[Ice009]

REBOUND the DARN BALL. FUCKS sake.

[phxspurfan]

Spurs playing decent defense but they need a big out there (besides Duncan) who can get a defensive board.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I wish we had Taj - he's close to my favourite bench big in the NBA.

[timtonymanu]

Much better production from the bench and Timmy mostly. Defense was good.

Rebounding is still a major struggle since Blair is too short and Bonner is acting like a pussy again.

[loveforthegame]

Big 4th quarter coming up. Spurs playing much smarter and tougher but it will be a fight to win this one.

[DesignatedT]

I hope they take Rose out because TJ has no chance against him.

[jestersmash]

Splitter again not playing like the chosen one like I read all the time on here...

What do you mean "again?" He's coming back from an injury, but ignoring that this is probably one of his 1 or 2 "bad" games this season. You make it sound like this is a recurring habit with Splitter.

[timtonymanu]

It's too bad Anderson can't bring this consistently. He could send RJ to the bench for good if he played like this.

[Mugen]

our bench needs to win the next 4 mins.

[angelbelow]

Tiago comes out to help on Rose and Matt falls asleep on the glass.

Bonner is still traumatized from facing Gibson in the 2nd.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Kyle Korver's tan is extremely disturbing. Taking away from the enjoyment of this game, tbh.

When will moron caucasians realise that a tan is actually a sign of skin damage? Tans are not good for you (unless that is the natural colour of your skin). And fake tans are just pathetic. :rolleyes

[Ice009]

Blair, RJ and Bonner. those three a such killers for their own team.

[Barfunk]

We are only losing by 3 in the rebounding battle against a good rebounding team without Leonard and Manu....

[wildbill2u]

I love all the whiney bitches on this site who give up on the Spurs so easy---while the Spurs haven't given up at all.

Damn fine 3rd quarter.

[twincam]

Rebounding will be the ultimate key. As long as the Spurs limit them to only one possession, they'll be fine.
REBOUND, REBOUND, REBOUND!

[Brazil]

Matt Bonner 10 mn 0 pt 0 FGA 0 FTA 0 reb 0 ass 0 stl 0 blk 0 TO is that kind of record ?

[DPG21920]

Well great resiliency (again) after what was a terrible second. Tim shook off the rust :tu

[GSH]

Tiago comes out to help on Rose and Matt falls asleep on the glass.

That wasn't Bonner's fault. The shooter got his own rebound, and that was Splitter's responsibility. I just looked at it again to be sure. Not sure what Tiago was doing, but he just watched.

[DesignatedT]

Yes Bonner!

[ace3g]

Big shot from Bonner

[timtonymanu]

Finally got something from Matt.

[bklynspursfan]

Thank you Matt!

[TDomination]

BONNER! Oh yea!

[Juggity]

Bonner decides to show up!

[GSH]

That wasn't Bonner's fault. The shooter got his own rebound, and that was Splitter's responsibility. I just looked at it again to be sure. Not sure what Tiago was doing, but he just watched.

And right on cue, Bonner nails a 3. All he needed was a little support.

[Brazil]

Matt Bonner 10 mn 0 pt 0 FGA 0 FTA 0 reb 0 ass 0 stl 0 blk 0 TO is that kind of record ?

lol me

[Brazil]

disaster refs

[Trainwreck2100]

so we are calling moving screens this game?

[TDomination]

really?? their going to call that and let noah do all his crap screens???

[DesignatedT]

Scott Foster again. This guy.

[WeNeedLength]

These refs are fucking atrocious. FUCK.

[Barfunk]

lol ROAD COURT ADAVANTAGE

[Texas_Ranger]

this refs need to die!

[Ice009]

These fucking refs are fucking full of it.

[ace3g]

jeez Spurs can't catch a break

[GSH]

Damn, between the crap calls and the loose balls we're making this harder than it has to be.

[Libri]

TJ fail

[Texas_Ranger]

get the starters back in!!

[TIMMYD!]

Ford can't run the offense.

[DPG21920]

That wasn't Bonner's fault. The shooter got his own rebound, and that was Splitter's responsibility. I just looked at it again to be sure. Not sure what Tiago was doing, but he just watched.

Tiago had to actually defend; he ran out to double Rose past the three point line, then back. Matt should have helped ther IMO.

Brewer, really?

[Johnny RIngo]

Awful start by Ford

[AidanNelson2009]

get tim and parker out there now, or this will get ugly.

[Sense]

Ford is looking terrible out there.

[Brazil]

TJ with the awful 4th start

[bklynspursfan]

Ford needs t0 move the ball

[wildbill2u]

Two quick fouls that could come back to haunt us at the close of the game.

[Technique]

ford is going bat shit crazy

[024]

duncan will need to come back in soon...

[tlongII]

I never knew there were so many former Chicagoans living in San Antonio?

[Death In June]

Ford always seems like he's falling, or out of control, or handling the ball poorly.

[Capt Bringdown]

Ford playing horribly

[bklynspursfan]

Pop wants this game, he's getting TP back in

[Ice009]

Bonner can't grab a rebound, can't grab a pass and then fucking parts the sea for the bulls to get an easy layup.

[Mr. Body]

I had to log in to say what a horrendous, horrendous, horrendous line-up Pop has out there right now.

[phxspurfan]

Yay vets back in

[GSH]

Give some credit though, the Bulls have dialed up their defense.

[Sense]

Neal can't hit anything from 3 today.

[phxspurfan]

Man either these Chicanos can really box out or...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs horrific play to close quarters has caused them the deficit.

Hopefully they can still win it though

[DesignatedT]

Be interesting to see who pop plays next to Duncan down the stretch.

[AidanNelson2009]

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[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Hold onto your hats, gonna be a nail-biter. Two juggernauts slugging it out. Great stuff! :D

[bklynspursfan]

Be interesting to see who pop plays next to Duncan down the stretch.

Probably Splitter for 1 min then Blair the rest of the way

[024]

it is ford and splitter's first days back. i expected some rustiness.

[jestersmash]

Watch any NBA game and I guarantee you'll find 5-6 instances/per team where a "moving screen" violation could have been called.

[DPG21920]

Spurs battling, but I forgot what it's like to play elite teams with elite defenses. Good game.

[Mal]

I`d like such old school defensive minded finals

[jjktkk]

Damn, between the crap calls and the loose balls we're making this harder than it has to be.

Give some credt to a tough Bull's team.

[bklynspursfan]

Dammit Neal he's usually solid from the line

[Brazil]

Neal !!! come on dude

[GSH]

Give some credit though, the Bulls have dialed up their defense.


Give some credt to a tough Bull's team.

Heh... beat ya to it.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don't know if Neal can play any worse, but it would make sense that he'd be very very rusty.

[ace3g]

for a good shooter, I'm always worried when Neal goes to the FT line...

[DPG21920]

Bonner.

[bklynspursfan]

Timmy needs to come in now.

[Capt Bringdown]

Bonner giving it up on both ends of the court

[TDomination]

ugh, neal im glad you made that but i held my breath

[DPG21920]

Neal lol. Junk :tu

[024]

good to see jefferson nailed to the bench at least.

[bklynspursfan]

Shocker Watson gets another open look

[GSH]

Ummm... somebody consider guarding Watson?

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal 3333333333333333333333333333

[Mal]

cant see Spurs winning this one :(

[ace3g]

Neal heating up

[timtonymanu]

Neal coming alive

[bklynspursfan]

We need that Neal. Thank you

[Juggity]

Gary!

[Spurs9]

Neal with it

[GSH]

Smart foul by Neal. That was a jailbreak. Nice defensive play by Chicago.

[bklynspursfan]

Stupid TP should've given it up sooner to Neal. Come on man

[DPG21920]

Damn it, TP. Great defense by Tiago, TP left his feet.

[benefactor]

4th quarter. Gary Fucking Neal time.

[jjktkk]

Heh... beat ya to it.

Sorry, was a page behind.

[BanditHiro]

i really wish rose got injured.

[Texas_Ranger]

well thank god RJ is back :madrun

[bklynspursfan]

Green overly aggressive again

[timtonymanu]

Bonner closing out. Great.

[maverick1948]

I love reading all the comments about how Pop is screwing this team. We are 24-10 this year. Dumbass POP is really screwing this team.

[Johnny RIngo]

Bonner's been in too long

[benefactor]

i really wish rose got injured.
:nope

[024]

spurs need leonard back for sure

[Death In June]

.

[AidanNelson2009]

down 5, not looking good.

[Brazil]

TP shots are not falling tonite... at all

[Johnny RIngo]

Refs and unlucky bounces killing us tonight

[timtonymanu]

That Kutcher looking fuck would miss that in the playoffs. Fuck him.

[HarlemHeat37]

Kyle Korver's tan is bothering me, tbh..

[DesignatedT]

Why is RJ in the game omg

[Amuseddaysleeper]

That's game.

And if this is lineup Pop is going to use to close the game then it's really over.

[loveforthegame]

Well that was fun.

[Mal]

Told ya. Spurs need full squad to beat team like Chicago

[Capt Bringdown]

F all these bulls fans...really

[noles1983]

god i hate that faggot korver

[Stringer_Bell]

Hate Korver >.<

[BanditHiro]

No goaltend? What the fuck

it was not going to go in but yeah it was goaltending.

[bklynspursfan]

That might be the game

[GSH]

down 5, not looking good.

5 is nothing. We can't let them get any more separation, but 5 can disappear in the blink of an eye.

[Spursfanfromafar]

Richard Jefferson .. god I hate you. You overpaid asshole.

[DPG21920]

Tiago back in after the timeout please.

[Brazil]

TP shots are not falling tonite... at all

not a good game to go 5-15 :bang

[blkroadrunners]

F all these bulls fans...really

Yup, it's really annoying.

[ace3g]

A defensive game like this, Kawhi would really help

[timtonymanu]

I don't understand why Pop had to bring back RJ and keep Bonner in. That was a crucial substitution that bit us in the ass.

[bklynspursfan]

Who steps up now.

[DBMethos]

Not over yet.

[BanditHiro]

A defensive game like this, Kawhi would really help

he could really bother rose.

[Quiet Strength]

i really wish rose got injured.

lol wow what a bitch

[phxspurfan]

I'm impressed by Da Bullz. I thought they were D. Rose and a bunch of overrated scrubs like Deng and Noah. But their other guys are playing well (Watson, Brewer, Korver)

[bklynspursfan]

Neal and SPlitter should be in.

[Spursfanfromafar]

seriously think that the only thing that RJ is paid for to do is to stay uninjured. Useless asshole who hasn't done a thing in this game. Passive mofo.

[Sense]

Considering... the Spurs have done a good job against the Bull's bigs.. but we need to hit the open jumpers, or stuff like that is going to burn us.

[GSH]

Damn some of you give up easy. This Spurs team can put up points in a hurry.

Gary Neal nails one at the buzzer to win by 1?

[024]

wonder if parker can pull another fourth quarter performance out of his ass

[Juggity]

Plenty of time left. Spurs can make a comeback.

[Ice009]

Nope. Spurs crap lineups, crap play.

Bulls got this game. SUPERIOR TEAM.

That's how you do it Pop. Honestly the Bulls played bad in that third quarter and missed a ton of shots. Not because of Spurs defense. Spurs lucky to even be in this.

but hey Pop probably thinks Bonner played some sort of part in a comeback, so he will keep playing him. Bonner, Blair, RJ. It's how you win games. You just keep playing those guys lots of minutes.

[DPG21920]

:madrun Why aren't the Spurs blowing them out

[wildbill2u]

I'm thining Neal should have come back in for RJ. Green is trying and not shooting bad for the game while RJ isn't giving us much

[jestersmash]

I'm impressed by Da Bullz. I thought they were D. Rose and a bunch of overrated scrubs like Deng and Noah. But their other guys are playing well (Watson, Brewer, Korver)

Deng is still an overrated scrub tbh. His all star selection was a joke.

[irdab]

It looks like Bulls are playing @home with the amount of support they are getting..

[bklynspursfan]

Neal again. STOPS STOPS STOPS

[Mal]

Damn some of you give up easy. This Spurs team can put up points in a hurry.

Gary Neal nails one at the buzzer to win by 1?

I feel like, Bulls winning free throw contest

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Man, fuck all these Bulls fans in the arena.

[CGD]

Dude there is still 6 minutes in the game...

[phxspurfan]

Bulls are fouling a lot, leaning all over our guys...getting to play physical like Utah.

[lefty]

Jefferson is a pos

[Mal]

great pass, fucking great pass

[GSH]

That's a good start. Neal drives for a score and then gets a strip on the other end. Now if he can nail a 3, the 5 point lead is gone.

[DPG21920]

RJ will hit a big 3.

[WeNeedLength]

Jesus. Jefferson needs to glue his ass to the bench. Literally.

[HarlemHeat37]

Bulls only consistent offense is Rose, they often struggle in these situations..

Spurs still have a great chance..

[noles1983]

damn parker

[ace3g]

why did Parker have to waste all of his good shots for the skills challenge at the ASG...

[Death In June]

Fuck you RJ...could have had that rebound and you give up a three. Kill yourself.

[lefty]

TP is tired


And fuck all those Bulls fans

[phxspurfan]

Deng is still an overrated scrub tbh. His all star selection was a joke.

This. Watching him in that game proved it. He didn't belong there. Guys like Josh Smith belonged there. Or Joe Johnson, Al Horford if they werent hurt.

[024]

god damn it why is jefferson back in the game?

[loveforthegame]

Fu rj

[WeNeedLength]

Jefferson's man hits a wide open 3. Figures. FUCK YOU RJ

[Texas_Ranger]

fuck you Dick you piece of shit!!

[DPG21920]

RJ, what a lazy defensive close out.

[timtonymanu]

RJ is throwing this away. Thanks a lot pathetic shithead.

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck Jefferson and fuck Pop for playing this piece of shit

[noles1983]

fuck you jefferson, great defense you useless turd. GTFO of SA already

[ffadicted]

wow jeffy

[Johnny RIngo]

Fucking lucky bounces going to Chicago all night

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Wow, fuck RJ. Leaving his man like that.

[lefty]

Game over

[Spursfanfromafar]

this game if we lose.. its solely because of the asshole RJ.

[blkroadrunners]

Gary Neal balls out.

[Libri]

What a drive by Neal!

[noles1983]

damn neal is ballin

[lefty]

Neeeeeeeal

[phxspurfan]

like 4 fouls on that play.

[Johnny RIngo]

Closing the game with Jefferson and Bonner - Fuck You Pop

[ace3g]

Neal with it

[DPG21920]

Need stops.

[Juggity]

Gary Neal our only hope

[phxspurfan]

Bulls role players are ballin'

[lefty]

Lol



Brewer ?

[noles1983]

parker with his best rj impression wtf

[DPG21920]

F*cking Brewer.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why put Grizz and not SPlitter in???

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Parker just stared at Brewer while he nailed that jumper

Pathetic

[Mal]

Bulls with ease on offense. Every possesion is so clutch

[Brazil]

fuck TP ! wake the fuck up

[phxspurfan]

Man, TP is tired as hell. Spurs are done w/o a dominating TP.

[GSH]

I'd feel better if Neal had been able to answer that 3 by Deng. That was a big pair of possessions.

[Manu-of-steel]

spurs need to defend

[WeNeedLength]

The amnesty that could have been..

:bang

[lefty]

Uh

Pathetic D in the 4th

Lets give them offensive rebounds and open shots

[BanditHiro]

please ginobili stop being a bitch and comeback .

[mexicanjunior]

Pop showing his 4th quarter playoff lineup...Bonner and RJ FTL...

[noles1983]

parker with a timely shitty game. Man i wish we had Manu back already

[ElNono]

We need stops...

[Leetonidas]

Jefferson is awful out there, just awful

[024]

why the fuck did pop put jefferson back in the game??

[Ice009]

I'm thining Neal should have come back in for RJ. Green is trying and not shooting bad for the game while RJ isn't giving us much

It's just mind boggling. 2 out of 3 of your teams worst players are out there in crunch time.

You can forget about Bonner, Blair and RJ doing anything in the playoffs. They'll fold, so stop playing them and start playing the other players.

Neal should have been out there like you said, but hey Richard is playing so well along with Bonner so why not give those two most of the crunch time minutes. why not?

[phxspurfan]

I'm proud of the Spurs tonite though. They are fighting one of the 3 best teams in the league pretty well, considering their top players are old or injured, and most of their role players aren't playing or playing well. Bodes well.

[ace3g]

RJ and Blair = No Hope

[Mal]

game over

[GSH]

why the fuck did pop put jefferson back in the game??

It's paid for... might as well use it?

[Brazil]

fucking bulls fans in SA

[loveforthegame]

Bummer loss. Hopefully Ginobli and Leonard will be back soon.

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal 333333333333333333333333333

[ace3g]

Neal with it again!!

[wildbill2u]

We need Tim involved. Nothing since 3rd quarter. Why are they forgettting what brought em back.

Also need Green and Tiago back for Jefferson and Bonner if they aren't doing shit.

[Johnny RIngo]

Need a stop