Game Blog: Spurs @ Mavs - March 17 8:00 PM CT

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Great fuckin pass

[bklynspursfan]

Jackson nice find.

[Stalin]

jackson making an impact

[Arcadian]

Nice pass from Jackson!

[EVAY]

Nice pick and roll between Jackson and Splitter.

[Sense]

Great defense and pass by SJAX!

[bklynspursfan]

Dirk still fears him from his GS days :lol

[DPG21920]

Jax with the Tiago chemistry too I saidddddddddddddd

[spurs1990]

Anyone notice there are 8 players dressed on the bench?

[admiralfats]

also right at home passing to tiago for the dunk. just like everyone else on the team. love his ability to get open

[baseline bum]

Beautiful D on Nowitzki and then the heads-up assist to Tiago. Gotta say I'm loving having Jack back already.

[Spurs Brazil]

Jax with tough D and great pass

[siraulo23]

jackson great d on dirk, then great pass to splitter for a layup

[DMC]

That was NOT RJ like defense by Jax on Dirk.

[timvp]

Alright, I'm already sold.

Great defense on Dirk and then a great pass to Splitter?

Stephen Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smchode:

[timtonymanu]

That Jack defense and pass to Splitter already shows he's an upgrade over Jefferson.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Dat D :hat:hat

Dat Pass :hat:hat:hat

[maverick1948]

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Yee Haw Sarah is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[angelbelow]

SJAX :downspin:

Really good to see him in a Spurs uniform again.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Alright, I'm already sold.

Great defense on Dirk and then a great pass to Splitter?

Stephen Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smchode:

:lol


I can't wait for him to hit his first 3 ball.

[loveforthegame]

It will be interesting to see how long they let Jackson be that physical with Dirk before they start blowing the whistle. But it's good to see someone get physical with him.

[timvp]

Damn, the Spurs so would have won the championship in 2006 with Jackson :(

[Sense]

Looking at how SJAX defended Dirk, I can't help but think Dirk is going to try to sell some fouls from that, he almost tried that right there, and being in Dallas it's going to suck.

[BOHOLANO#21]

Capt. Jack defending Dirk and way off target shot by dirk...

[Nathan89]

LMFAO Sjax shoing more intensity in his first game than Rj ever has.

[Marcus Bryant]

Damn, the Spurs so would have won the championship in 2006 with Jackson :(

No doubt.

[MI21]

lol Dick Jefferson

Not once in 2.5 seasons did we see him play physical defense on a star player, even if Dirk makes that shot which he will often, that was good shit.

Did we ever see RJ get an assist on a PnR? Don't think so fuckers.

[TDomination]

ref wasn't even looking at manu

[DPG21920]

Of course Matt gets punked.

[Chachachango]

caca bonnner

[bklynspursfan]

Fucking joke Bonner

[ace3g]

what did they call on Manu?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fucking Yawn :lol

[TIMMYD!]

Jax 3333333333333333

[Amuseddaysleeper]

His first 3 ball!!

[timtonymanu]

S-Jax 3! Welcome back!

[DPG21920]

Jax buckets!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

S-Jax 33333333333333333333333333333

[Juggity]

Jax 3

[loveforthegame]

Jackson!

[ace3g]

SJAX for 3!!!

[TDomination]

Jax for 3!!!!

[Libri]

:downspin:

[MI21]

GTFO bonner

[Ice009]

Bonner you WEAK FUCK.

He is next on my hit list.

[jestersmash]

SJax with great defense on dirk, a great pass to Splitter, and just nailed a 3 ball :lol

[Bonner4MVPzz]

I just came

[Stalin]

spurfan going berserk

[DPG21920]

Roddy is smooth as hell and TP has a lot of trouble with him.

[siraulo23]

jackson 333333333333333333

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Awesome Splitter :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Get Kawhi in for Green

[bklynspursfan]

Dam Jackson is out :( I want him to play more lol

[loveforthegame]

Roddy shitting all over the Spurs.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawhi and Jax on Dirk.... :drool

[KenziE]

link pls i have no acccess here in the phil somebody help me out pls pls thanks a lot

[bklynspursfan]

Bonner rips the rebound lol

[Chachachango]

ah shit, bonne with a mans rebound. Ah fuck Turnover

[bklynspursfan]

Tony playing bad, Manu, and Timmy, and down 2.

[Capt Bringdown]

bad call

[Arcadian]

See? We're fine.

[ace3g]

Kawhi with the shot and nice defense on Dirk

[bbarry]

Leonard never seems to miss open shots, UNlike the rest of the Spurs

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fouls are killing us

[Chachachango]

Fucking refs.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard looks good on Dirk.

[timtonymanu]

These fucking foul calls

[TIMMYD!]

Leonard is keeping Dirk in check just like Bowen used to do.

[DPG21920]

Ian is causing havoc in there. Great energy and activity.

[Johnny RIngo]

Mavs backcourt raping Parker right now

[MmP]

Man this team is friggin deep i could cry

[DPG21920]

How do you overturn that? Bullshit.

[galvatron3000]

Ian, isn't he

[TDomination]

that WAS off ian

[maverick1948]

two bad ass calls Bonner phantom foul then the out of bounds call

[DPG21920]

TP getting treated like a baby seal right now I saidddddddddd

[EVAY]

As poorly as we are playing and we are only down 4 points. Wow.

[timtonymanu]

Jesus. Hit your free throws!

[bklynspursfan]

Why the hell is TP missing ft's??

[DPG21920]

I guess the Spurs don't think free points are sporting.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner on Dirk and he scores....

[Bonner4MVPzz]

StakTrill5! Bring him back for neal!

[TIMMYD!]

Dirk just drools whenever Bonner is on him.

[Capt Bringdown]

Dang these missed FTs

[Arcadian]

Parker sucks at free throw shooting. Duncan is more reliable these days.

[loveforthegame]

Needed that 3 by Neal.

[maverick1948]

Great D on Dirk Who was that?? BONNER with NO help

[timtonymanu]

Parker sucks at free throw shooting. Duncan is more reliable these days.

:lol No. Duncan is even worse.

[admiralfats]

dirk not throwing much junk at us right now. just kind of taking jumpers. missing thankfully, but normally he throws more jukes and drives in.

[timvp]

We Staaccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeddddd.*






*power forward not included.

[EVAY]

By this point in the game last night we had about 50 points.

The guys are beat. We should give them a break.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

spurfan going berserk


Parker sucks at free throw shooting. Duncan is more reliable these days.

Dont tell CoP

[galvatron3000]

that BIG that the Spurs need that they had that is playing well in limiited minutes with 6 rebounds and is athletic with size?

[Sense]

The Mavs' bigs no longer worry me, it's the wings... All the Spurs players with the exception of Blair, have been playing great defense on Dirk.

[Johnny RIngo]

Damn, the Spurs so would have won the championship in 2006 with Jackson :(

Probably would have had a great shot in '04 as well with Sjax in place of Hedo

[Spurs Brazil]

Good run. Leonard and Jax doing a good job on Dirk. I hope Pop doesn't keep Bonner on him

[GB20]

tony looks tired tonight

[alfahdlan]

bonner on dirk not bad on that one

[bklynspursfan]

FT's are the difference right now.

[EVAY]

Why the hell is TP missing ft's??

Because he has been carrying the entire team for so long his arms are tired!:lol

[loveforthegame]

As bad as we're playing I can't believe we're only down 2.

[Kori Ellis]

Parker sucks at free throw shooting. Duncan is more reliable these days.
If by "these days" you mean tonight, then I guess so. But Parker's shooting 81% from the line on the year.

[jestersmash]

Pretty sure the extra offense alone would propel us into tier 1 championship contender status if we just hit our free throws. 26th (out of 30) in the league isn't going to cut it.

[bklynspursfan]

Foul on Timmy smh

[EVAY]

Poor shot by Timmy.

[loveforthegame]

Duncan throwing up some ugly shit.

[Kori Ellis]

The Spurs look all discombobulated tonight. The offense is far from fluid.

[timtonymanu]

We Staaccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeddddd.*






*power forward not included.

We will be. - Boris Diaw

[DPG21920]

Dirk barely touched the net on that shot.

[Nathan89]

How do you overturn that? Bullshit.

It really shouldn't be allowed. Your not supposed to make a call unless you see who knocks it out. He made a call that means he saw it. Otherwise he wouldn't have made the call and it would be up to the other refs or a jump ball.

[$pursDynasty]

Dejuan on Dirk is bad news for us

[bklynspursfan]

Seriously get Blair off DIrk!!! WTF Pop

[Chachachango]

This shit getting out of hand.

[Texas_Ranger]

get Blair out!!

[irishock]

Classic Duncan move

[bklynspursfan]

Nice finish Timmy. Now get the freebie

[ace3g]

Timmy and 1!!!

[bklynspursfan]

Smfh

[Spurs Brazil]

WTF Pop; Blair on Dirk

DAMN

[EVAY]

If by "these days" you mean tonight, then I guess so. But Parker's shooting 81% from the line on the year.

Is Duncan about 70% from the line this year?

[jestersmash]

Timmy and 0!!!

fify

[ace3g]

Spurs already missed 6 FTs...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Man, Spurs have been in a massive FT shooting funk lately.

Gonna cost them some games if they're not careful.

[timtonymanu]

Goddamn that was sloppy.

[bklynspursfan]

WTF Was that?????

[DPG21920]

:lmao Dirk trying to act tough.

[TIMMYD!]

Fucking Dirk flailing around like a pussy on that rebound.

[bklynspursfan]

AWw dirky baby gonna cry? Cant take physical play?

[EVAY]

We are really getting some bad calls.

[Proxy]

Dirk is such a pussy

[Libri]

Why was Dirk pissed? lol

[GB20]

the old lady got upset

[loveforthegame]

Sloppy ball handling and movement.

[siraulo23]

missed fts killing spurs

[Ice009]

Spurs sloppy with the ball and missing free throws.

GETS ME REALLY FREAKING MAD.

[ace3g]

Neal with it!!!

[WeNeedLength]

3-9 from the charity stripe??? :wtf

[DBMethos]

Can't hit FTs, grab contested rebounds or loose balls. If that changes, we blow the Mavs out.

[irishock]

Neal is the Mavs killer

[Sense]

Why the fuck does Pop keep putting Blair on Dirk?

[Nathan89]

Put the pitbull(sjax) in there to make a bitch out of Dirk.

[admiralfats]

get some dirk. timmy!

[TIMMYD!]

Timmy says get the fuck out of here with that, Dirk!

[ace3g]

nice D by Kawhi and help D by Timmy

[jestersmash]

Leonard's defense on Dirk was fucking impeccable (with some help from Tim at the end).

[loveforthegame]

Neal the hero tonight?

Nice defense on Dirk by both Leonard and Duncan.

[ElNono]

tony sleeping... neal was wide open

[WeNeedLength]

Why the fuck does Pop keep putting Blair on Dirk?

Right on cue. Leonard in for Blair and forces Nowitzki into help defense for the block by Timmay! Blair should never play nowitzki

[Spurs Brazil]

great block TD

[manufan10]

"It's magic!"

[siraulo23]

neither team can get a rhythm

[Ice009]

Yeah that's a foul! FUCK YOU CARLISLE.

[jestersmash]

Tony with 6 assists to 0 turnovers. It's hard to say he should have more than 4 shots by now because I don't think he's necessarily given up wide open looks for himself.

[ace3g]

lol Sean on the teleprompter , drawing the jersey

[Libri]

I remember that Bruce D on Dirk. :depressed

[DPG21920]

Kawhi with some sneaky handles...

[Spurminator]

Classic 2003 Spurs basketball. Low scoring, early deficit, shitty FT shooting, and Stephen Jackson.

[Johnny RIngo]

Can't hit FTs, grab contested rebounds or loose balls. If that changes, we blow the Mavs out.

We've never been accurate from the FT line but this sloppy play is definitely uncharacteristic of our team.

[Juggity]

Jax back in.

One point down.

[EVAY]

Parker went by Nowitzki so fast he never even moved.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Dick Jefferson is balling in GS right now.... Can't believe we traded him

[ace3g]

well Jax missed, there is the end of that...

[TIMMYD!]

Shitty calls from the ref. Shitty fucking calls.

[ace3g]

Wtf

[DPG21920]

Don't care if that is a foul on Jax, it's the effort I love.

[loveforthegame]

WTF was that?

[Texas_Ranger]

Jax kick his stupid ass!!

[Chachachango]

fuk rj

[WeNeedLength]

Horseshit call.

[Libri]

BS call

Oh well.

[bklynspursfan]

Smh

[jestersmash]

I like the fact that Jax is flustering Dirk already. And...that should've been an offensive foul.

[Sense]

Looking at how SJAX defended Dirk, I can't help but think Dirk is going to try to sell some fouls from that, he almost tried that right there, and being in Dallas it's going to suck.

:depressed

[ElNono]

make the fucking FTs

[Nathan89]

Fucking bullshit call by the refs. Why didn't the overturn that one.

No refs that's not a makeup call.

[bklynspursfan]

Come on Timmy

[Chachachango]

Was that oprah in the mav jersey?

[TIMMYD!]

Damn, we hit a FT.

[bklynspursfan]

Pop laughing??

[timtonymanu]

These free throws suck.

[ace3g]

looked like Jax got fouled going for that board as well

[timtonymanu]

Pop needs to tell these guys to make their free throws or they have to buy him a new car again.

[DBMethos]

D-whistle

[ElNono]

FT parade

[Bill_Brasky]

Dirk getting every call as usual.

[loveforthegame]

Knew the Dirk love was coming. How many fts will be end up with? 20?

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Fuck you zebras

[Ice009]

Does Chip Engelland work on free throws or what? These guys are missing TOO MANY free throws. Can't do this.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

S-Jax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

Sjax!!!

[timtonymanu]

It looks like Jackson never left :tu

[ElNono]

Jax working inside Dirk's head

[irishock]

Jackson> RJ. Simple as that

[Johnny RIngo]

Bout time they call a foul on Dirk

[lefty]

Jaaaaaaax

[bklynspursfan]

Nice play Jackson!!!

[Arcadian]

NICE defense Jackson

[DPG21920]

Jax is so smart :tu

[admiralfats]

welcome home, captain jack.

[Nathan89]

Rj for Sjax = Lateral move:lmao

[carina_gino20]

SJax against Dirk is just too awesome.

[bklynspursfan]

Stupid ass TP

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fucking fouls.....

[EVAY]

Terrible play by Tim and Tony.

[Libri]

Damn, missed the rebound.

[loveforthegame]

Get a stop on Dirk and can't get the rebound. Come on.

[ElNono]

need to board

[Arcadian]

Again, nice defense Jackson...but get the damn rebound, team.

[Chachachango]

Well thats good.

[Ice009]

That was STUPID from TP.

Jax maybe our best most consistent player tonight?

[moisaenz]

Somebody forgot about things that Jackson brings to the table that do not coe up on the stat sheet

[DPG21920]

Gino is not Parker.

[ElNono]

I thought we played pretty shitty... 2 point down, not bad

[timtonymanu]

I'll take down 2 at the half. We really don't look good today, but we're still in it.

[Johnny RIngo]

We win this easy if TP stops playing like shit

[jestersmash]

Really can't overstress how impressed I am with SJax for his first fucking game with the Spurs. He's made his presence known (great assist to Splitter, splashed a 3 ball, good tough defense on Dirk multiple times culminating with that offensive foul on Dirk).

[Capt Bringdown]

This has the feeling of one of those games in which we never can get over the hump.

Can we string two good plays together? SJAX with the great D on Dirk, followed by a Tony fuckup. Frustrating.

[Texas_Ranger]

If Blair was not guarding Dirk we would lead... Don't want to see him in game again.

[DMC]

Jax brings the energy

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony and Manu aren't playing well

[ElNono]

Gino is not Parker.

Tony is playing?

[Ice009]

Stephen has been our best player tonight. Bad finish from Manu. Should have gotten Jax a 3.

I want Sjax on the court more if he is OK physically.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

If we hit FT's we'd be winning easily.

Playing like total crap but only down 2. If they can limit the fouls Spurs will be in good shape.

[DBMethos]

Not afraid of these Mavericks at all. Spurs are sloppy as all hell, SJax's first game back and only down 2 at half.

[DPG21920]

spurs playing like shit. but they're not playing soft at least

Best thing you've ever thought, let alone typed.

[loveforthegame]

Lucky to be down only 2.

Need to come out with more focus in the 3rd.

Attack the basket please!!

[urunobili]

Manu and TP out of synch.. predictable... liked Tiago's work :tu

[timvp]

Good first half all things considering. Any halfway decent free throw shooting and they have the lead.

Stephen Jackson looks GREAT defensively. Let's hope he keeps this up. On offense, he's attempting to fit in. I really couldn't ask more from him in his first half as a Spur again.

If Parker and Ginobili can get scoring in the second half and the Spurs don't run out of energy, they have a decent shot at getting this one :tu

[DMC]

If Blair was not guarding Dirk we would lead... Don't want to see him in game again.
Posting up Blair is also a losing recipe. He's ok with the pick and roll but he cannot post up against bigger defenders because he doesn't have the moves.

[Capt Bringdown]

Really can't overstress how impressed I am with SJax for his first fucking game with the Spurs. He's made his presence known (great assist to Splitter, splashed a 3 ball, good tough defense on Dirk multiple times culminating with that offensive foul on Dirk).

Watching SJAX craftily draw a charge on Dirk was the play of the game for me.

[DPG21920]

Tony is playing?

much better than Manu :lol

[Tp9gospursgo]

Sjax is way better for us than RJ ever was. Hes not afraid to get physical. He's doing a pretty good job on Dirk.

[loveforthegame]

Jackson looks damn good too. :tu

[DMC]

I thought Tony passed up some transition looks to Leonard where Leonard had gotten ahead of the defense, maybe rightly so, but the Spurs normally push the ball.

[maverick1948]

The first half was not that bad for us. We did have a slow start. Down 9 at the end of 1st and won 2nd by 7. Win the 3rd and 4th and the game is ours. But don't expect the Mavs to fold.

[siraulo23]

i feel like we should be down double digits :lol

[ElNono]

much better than Manu :lol

Not manu's fault Pop don't want to play him :cry

What's Tony's excuse? :lol

[Johnny RIngo]

Not afraid of these Mavericks at all. Spurs are sloppy as all hell, SJax's first game back and only down 2 at half.

Mavs are missing Haywood/Marion but, yeah, I don't see a championship level squad in Dallas this year. Lakers probably favorites in the West right now(assuming Kobe stops shooting them out of games come playoff time).

[Ice009]

It's great seeing a Spurs small forward get physical.

[jestersmash]

4-11 from the free throw line (36%). Stat line of the game, tbh.

[Libri]

How much of a learning curve is there for Jax? Have the offensive and defensive plays changed much since Jax was here?

[MI21]

If those imposters masquerading as Manu and Tony disappear in the second half and the real guys show up, Spurs should get this.

[DPG21920]

Injecting Manu in and out of the lineup has seemingly thrown things out of whack. Hopefully they can overcome the 25% FG from him and the out of rhythm state he has the team in.

[Mal]

Jackson didnt get touches on offense, but he seems to understand his situation. On defensive side of court he looked great.

[ElNono]

Hopefully we see less of Blair on Dirk, and more Manu running the show...

[timvp]

Damn, Stephen Jackson almost looked like he could fill the Robert Horry role. For some reason, he's always seemed so much taller than 6-foot-8.

[jestersmash]

How much of a learning curve is there for Jax? Have the offensive and defensive plays changed much since Jax was here?

Short answer: Yes

He seemed pretty comfortable with the sequence to get Timmy the ball in the post, at least, but we've gone away from that quite a bit since '03 :lol

[ElNono]

Tim looks kinda tired, tbh... We need more from Tiago inside

[GSH]

I thought we played pretty shitty... 2 point down, not bad

I guarantee you the Mavs are feeling a lot more nervous about the outcome of the game than the Spurs.

[DAF86]

Damn, Stephen Jackson almost looked like he could fill the Robert Horry role. For some reason, he's always seemed so much taller than 6-foot-8.

No blocks from him though.