Game Blog: Timberwolves @ Spurs - March 21st 7:30 pm CT

[urunobili]

is Parker hurt or what?

[100%duncan]

layup,anyone?

[bklynspursfan]

Shit!!

[Juggity]

Shit, Tony out :(

[jermaine]

I see my 4th qtr under 5min lineup is out there.

[Paranoid Pop]

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Tony Parker has tightness in his left hamstring and will not return to tonight's game.

[timtonymanu]

Tony done for the night

[sexinthatsx]

is Parker hurt or what?

yeah parker's hurt... uh oh

[100%duncan]

fck tp out for the game

[Texas_Ranger]

glass team...

[urunobili]

Tight hammy for Parker out of the game for good...

[bklynspursfan]

Will be happy if Tony is back for Friday

[EVAY]

Tony with a "tightening in his ham string". Out for at least this game.

[Spurtacus]

Cory's getting recalled from Austin...again :lol

[timtonymanu]

Great. More minutes for Neal to chuck like he's Kobe out there.

[ElNono]

tightness in the hamstring for Tony... it's ok, Manu will win this one for him....

[Chomag]

Wow.. not even one pass onm that posession?

Come one manu!

[jermaine]

Timmy have had some rookie fouls tonight.

[spurspokesman]

Tolliver!!!!!!!!!!! :lol
This:lmao

[Manu-20]

dam I hope neal starts to actully make plays out there instead of chucking up 3s now with tony out.

[bklynspursfan]

I can't even imagine what Pop does this weekend with guys.

[spurspokesman]

in a struggle with a short handed twolves lol

[GB20]

Cory's getting recalled from Austin...again :lol

cory said oh shit here we go again!!

[100%duncan]

I think Manu will be the finishing PG of this game, with sjax on 2, kawhi on 3, Splits in the 4 and TD in the 5

[sexinthatsx]

Timmy have had some rookie fouls tonight.

That's because he's mismatched with K-Love, he's too quick for Duncan and stretches the floor because he shoots 3.

[Paranoid Pop]

tightness in the hamstring for Tony... it's ok, Manu will win this one for him....

We're 0-2 without TP fyi and the lead is shrinking.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Jack!

[bklynspursfan]

Jackson!!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jackson for 333333333333333333.

get that man the ball

[Juggity]

Stephen Jackson, damn son

[maverick1948]

JAX for 3333333333333333333333

[100%duncan]

Love Jackson

[timtonymanu]

Jack is killing it.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

glass team...

Talk about over-reaction! Every team in the league is beaten up right now due to the schedule. We're relatively healthy.

Our team is as deep as you can get - we've seamlessly covered for injured players this year, and we just added two guys who will help a lot. Sure, we'd all like a better big beside Tim than Grizz, but we really have very little to whinge about.

We have a triple b2b coming, TP rest is precautionary, and good on the staff for doing it. He'll be back soon enough.

[bklynspursfan]

Kawhi!

[Spurtacus]

What was RJ's season high this year? Jax already at 12 in the first half.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

"Stretch" with the O rebound and putback

[jermaine]

That's because he's mismatched with K-Love, he's too quick for Duncan and stretches the floor because he shoots 3.

If that's the case, play Splitter more an give grandpa rest.

[ElNono]

We're 0-2 without TP fyi and the lead is shrinking.

Manu will take us home, relax

[Paranoid Pop]

SJax and Kahwi are playing great.

[timtonymanu]

Green is having a good stretch of games lately. Hope he can stay consistent.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Manu will take us home, relax

:king

[AztecSpur]

Mitts put back!

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Talk about over-reaction! Every team in the league is beaten up right now due to the schedule. We're relatively healthy.

Our team is as deep as you can get - we've seamlessly covered for injured players this year, and we just added two guys who will help a lot. Sure, we'd all like a better big beside Tim than Grizz, but we really have very little to whinge about.

We have a triple b2b coming, TP rest is precautionary, and good on the staff for doing it. He'll be back soon enough.

Dude, this motherfucker always has a strong reaction.

[timtonymanu]

Weird how RJ is the better 3 point shooter but Jackson has hit more 3's in a game than RJ ever did.

[ace3g]

another thing I love about Jack, when he runs the floor he has that heel to toe style glide when he runs the court.

[bklynspursfan]

Dammit. So much for good 1st qtr defense

[100%duncan]

manu continuing with bad shots

[GB20]

poor anderson does not even clap when the spurs make a basket

[ElNono]

manu continuing with bad shots

2 for 1...

[spurspokesman]

horrible play to close the half

[timtonymanu]

Bad defensive quarter overall. Hopefully the guys can keep the lead now that TP is out.

[100%duncan]

gotta get that energy from the 1st qtr back. 2nd quarter was bulshit

[Spurtacus]

Weird how RJ is the better 3 point shooter but Jackson has hit more 3's in a game than RJ ever did.

RJ hit 5 three times. His season high was 19.

[Brazil]

Leonard is becoming slowly but surely my favorite spurs

[FkLA]

^nice trophy bro, congrats :tu

Tony just needs to retire. He cant even play through a tightened hamstring at age 29. Are you fucking kidding me ?

[JR3]

I like how when jackson went baseline, there was nothing there... but he still was strong enough to make his way to the rim and to the free throw line.

[100%duncan]

With TP out we are gonna see more of Manu and Split Pick and Roll and Manu-Kawhi passing in the cuts

[100%duncan]

Tony just needs to retire. He cant even play through a tightened hamstring at age 29. Are you fucking kidding me ?

You can't even jog for 1 hour without cramping

[JR3]

I'm sure tony will be fine. I have no problem winning this game without parker.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dude, this motherfucker always has a strong reaction.

Most of the people around here over-react to everything. Close games, I get it, but otherwise it's just foolish.

Question for you - is that Rev X guy a meth-head?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Leonard is becoming slowly but surely my favorite spurs

I'm surprised it's taken you this long - kid is a gem. Notice how we've all forgotten George at this point? Kawhi is a much better player. He might even be an All-Star one day.

[DPG21920]

TP getting a hamstring injury sucks badly.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Most of the people around here over-react to everything. Close games, I get it, but otherwise it's just foolish.

Question for you - is that Rev X guy a meth-head?

Not sure what he was on back in the 90s, his mouth looks nasty as hell though.

[pgardn]

Leonard is becoming slowly but surely my favorite spurs

I was going to say the same thing.

Its amazing he is so young and yet seemingly level headed. Prototype Spur. Composed with hustle.

[DesignatedT]

Didn't Tony say he has a little tear in the hamstring awhile back? Or was that a quad? I hope it's not that same one he was talking about.

[benefactor]

TP getting a hamstring injury sucks badly.
Indeed...especially going into the back to back to back.

[timtonymanu]

Talk about over-reaction! Every team in the league is beaten up right now due to the schedule. We're relatively healthy.

Our team is as deep as you can get - we've seamlessly covered for injured players this year, and we just added two guys who will help a lot. Sure, we'd all like a better big beside Tim than Grizz, but we really have very little to whinge about.

We have a triple b2b coming, TP rest is precautionary, and good on the staff for doing it. He'll be back soon enough.

Yeah I hope TP is fine though. He's usually a fast healer anyway and definitely could have returned but knowing we have our first B2B2B, Pop will proceed with caution like always and give Tony the night off.

[Brazil]

I'm surprised it's taken you this long - kid is a gem. Notice how we've all forgotten George at this point? Kawhi is a much better player. He might even be an All-Star one day.

:tu

[DPG21920]

Jax only has 2 3's or is nba.com wrong?

[Manu-20]

The wolves shot 43% from the field the defense was okay till neal started to kill us by chucking up shots and the spurs let up a bit on that end hopefully its better in the second half.

[AztecSpur]

I'm surprised it's taken you this long - kid is a gem. Notice how we've all forgotten George at this point? Kawhi is a much better player. He might even be an All-Star one day.


What do you think of "Mitts" as a Nickname?

[100%duncan]

Yeah I hope TP is fine though. He's usually a fast healer anyway and definitely could have returned but knowing we have our first B2B2B, Pop will proceed with caution like always and give Tony the night off.

[Brazil]

TP getting a hamstring injury sucks badly.

I agree it sucks.. I'm going to wait official reports before panicking but yeah it sucks even if El will tell us that Manu is going to care of the business.

[Stump]

In the next week or so, Spurs will have 5 games in 6 nights.

I hate Stern. This is lunacy.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Jax only has 2 3's or is nba.com wrong?

I could've sworn he hit 3

[Texas_Ranger]

stupid

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Blair...... :tu

[100%duncan]

Dejuan picking up where he left off

[ffadicted]

Jesus fuck blair's bad

[Manu-20]

fckn blair making stupid decsions again

[timtonymanu]

Yep precaution with Tony. Good :tu

[100%duncan]

glad to see him with 4 fouls

[bklynspursfan]

Blair opens half with 2 bonehead plays. Take a seat

[100%duncan]

Td!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Timmy

[DPG21920]

Great Tiago

[100%duncan]

Nice passing guys!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Splitter to Timmy and 1

[Manu-20]

Splitter to duncan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chomag]

See Pop, Timmy and Splitter can work.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

What do you think of "Mitts" as a Nickname?

Not bad, I like it.

That or "Deadpan".

Mitts Leonard.

Deadpan Leonard.

Hmmmmm, other ideas anyone?

[bklynspursfan]

Tiago gets no respect lol. Refs did not want to call that

[timtonymanu]

Man Timmy/Tiago is so underplayed.

[mazerrackham]

If anybody would like to inbox me a stream link, I'd be grateful

[ManuTastic]

What do you think of "Mitts" as a Nickname?

I love the kid's mitts too, but please, nothing that close to Romney.

[Paranoid Pop]

Kahwi is doing everything on both ends lol.

[100%duncan]

Tiago with the freethrows. cool

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

BTW, I notice Land is now calling Grizz the "Dancing Bear".

Grizz the Dancing Bear is a cool nickname... :lmao

[100%duncan]

shit. I hate shots like that. With so much more time on the clock and you chuck a 3

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tiago's stroke is soooooo ugly, but it goes in somehow. Kinda like Noah.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal is ice cold

[100%duncan]

Wow no foul?

[pgardn]

Jesus...

What a move by old man Duncan.

[bklynspursfan]

I wonder if Pop said Hey TP take the rest of the night off. Let's get Manu and Jackson involved. We need you this weekend

[024]

refs really hate splitter

[Manu-20]

some bs foul on splitter

[100%duncan]

refs shittin on me spurs

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jackson 3333333333333333333333333

[100%duncan]

I make love to pressure baby

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's amazing how Tim has come on this year. After last year I thought he was in inexorable decline, but for the past 2 months he's played elite basketball again. Hope he can keep it up.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

This guy is amazing!

[FkLA]

Neal can shoot an open shot whenever the fuck he wants. Its a good shot whether it goes in or not.

Also loving Timmy bringing back the spin move to his post game.

[ace3g]

Sjax!!!

[100%duncan]

love kawhi's aggressiveness he's really special

[baseline bum]

Stack Motherfucking Jack

[timtonymanu]

It's amazing how Tim has come on this year. After last year I thought he was in inexorable decline, but for the past 2 months he's played elite basketball again. Hope he can keep it up.

Definitely. Glad to see he's got his post game back.

[100%duncan]

Sjax and Kawhi!! woohoo

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawhi Leonard!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurtacus]

Kawhibunga dudes!

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Leonard! Damn, he can really move around that baseline.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I love the kid's mitts too, but please, nothing that close to Romney.

:lmao

[DesignatedT]

lovin jax and leonard

[bklynspursfan]

Wow Leonard.... Great def by Jack!

[100%duncan]

That's it Neal

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Hopefully yhat gets Neal going

[timtonymanu]

Jackson and Kawhi. Love these two together.

[Small Fundamental]

So many late calls.

[ManuTastic]

Leonard got skillz

[ace3g]

Defense Defense!!!

[100%duncan]

BlownFknOut Baby!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawhibunga dudes!

:tu

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Bill Land is hilarious.

[Brazil]

Jax Tim Leonard :tu

[timtonymanu]

Ahh.. we don't have to worry about having small forwards like Finley, Bogans, Udoka, or Jefferson anymore.

[Admidave50]

Great defensive effort tonight!

[Manu-20]

Jax and kawhi playing great

[01Snake]

Wonder what the Championship count would be had Jackson never left the Spurs.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:lol back to the cave ROFL

[timmike2]

God damn I love Jacks defense against Love.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Definitely. Glad to see he's got his post game back.

It depends on the defender (he can't post up elite, strong defenders any more), but yeah, against most of the NBA he has it back, and against the other guys he beats them with smarts.

[shyne]

Kawai is going to be really good can't believe he's only 20.

[urunobili]

it's just unfair to think what we've missed all these years without Jack for being cheap :depressed. The Michael Finley era would have never existed :depressed Maybe Manu wouldn't have fouled on game 7 :depressed

[100%duncan]

Ahh.. we don't have to worry about having small forwards like Finley, Bogans, Udoka, or Jefferson anymore.

Definitely a sigh of relief

[Brazil]

tightness in the hamstring for Tony... it's ok, Leonard will win this one for him....

fify ElNono

[100%duncan]

Tim owning the greatest power forward in the NBA. :lol

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Ahh.. we don't have to worry about having small forwards like Finley, Bogans, Udoka, or Jefferson anymore.

and no bonner tonight.. tears of joy tbh :cry

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

BTW, props to Bruce! Love that guy. Big 3 my arse, it was always a Big 4.

I've met him and we talked for ages - he's very kind to the fans. He even got me in to watch practice. All the respect in the world for Bruce.

:toast

[100%duncan]

Neal with the rhythm now

[100%duncan]

Great comment about Green. Very true

[maverick1948]

SJ is the second best addition to the Spurs this season. KL is best.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Wheres Bynum?

[timtonymanu]

BTW, props to Bruce! Love that guy. Big 3 my arse, it was always a Big 4.

I've met him and we talked for ages - he's very kind to the fans. He even got me in to watch practice. All the respect in the world for Bruce.

:toast

Wish I lived in the US when he was a Spur. The idiot I was for not buying his jersey that I oddly found in Portland when I visited there. Something I will regret for the rest of my life. Not surprised to hear how great of a human being he is.:tu Bruce will always be the 4th guy when it comes to the Big 3. :toast

After Timmy, he's my 2nd favorite Spur of all time.

[Bulwark]

Take Jax out and it all starts falling apart

[PingPong]

TD going to 20/20?

[spurspokesman]

wow a true backup point guard would be nice

[100%duncan]

Barea always makes bullshit shots against us

[100%duncan]

wow a true backup point guard would be nice

Patty Mills

[timtonymanu]

Barea is still an annoying little shit. But at least he kept this style of play against all teams in the playoffs last year. It isn't a fluke.

[Bill_Brasky]

Td!

[Manu-20]

lol kevin love calling him the best PF in the nba

[100%duncan]

No love for me Spurs

[timtonymanu]

Timmy owning the shit out of Kevin Love. Showing him who the greatest PF is.

[Spursfanfromafar]

4 fouls each to the 3 bigs... who is going to stay on during the 4th?

[100%duncan]

dodged 3 bullets. Kawhi!

[bklynspursfan]

Timmy to Kawhi!

[bklynspursfan]

JA getting in on the action. Jack cheers them on

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Anderson life?

[100%duncan]

Good to see AJ doing something. Hope he gets some rhythm and confidence

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Leonard is a beast

[Juggity]

Wow, James Anderson makes a good offensive play??

[timtonymanu]

Damn our team doesn't look gutless anymore. I love it.

[100%duncan]

What a pass. Shit my pants :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I wonder why I can't post my Bruce avatar??? I've used it before, it's 100x75 pixels and only 4kB, but it won't load. :pctoss

[ace3g]

SJAX cheering the team from the bench

[FkLA]

Ginobili is one of the best passers of all-time tbh.

[Nathan89]

Love that Jackson was communicating from the bench. Just shows me how much he want to be on this team and win with this team.

[Sec24Row7]

FSSW HD out for anyone else on Time Warner?

[100%duncan]

Damn our team doesn't look gutless anymore. I love it.

Kawhi Leonard and Stephen Jackson :toast

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

SJAX cheering the team from the bench

That was awesome :tu

[100%duncan]

Anderson! Great cut

[timtonymanu]

SJAX cheering the team from the bench

That was beautiful. Mills does the same type of thing too. Good way to keep the guys pumped up.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Nice, Anderson.

[bklynspursfan]

Tolliver is a beast... LMAO

[Small Fundamental]

Anderson got bailed out with that foul call.

[Spurtacus]

where was this JA before the trade deadline? Would have liked that 1st round pick back!

[Arcadian]

Wow, James Anderson makes a good offensive play??

Haha, you're kidding right? The guy barely ever plays. You need to play a lot before you can play well. Imagine being an 11th man on an NBA team, getting 4 minutes a game or less, and when you come off the bench ice-cold in the middle of the third quarter, you miss your only shot of the game, and everyone thinks you suck as a result. Wouldn't be fair, would it?

[Bill_Brasky]

Great to see James has settled down.

[100%duncan]

Wooooooooo!

[TIMMYD!]

Manu :wow

[bklynspursfan]

What a pass!

[Juggity]

Holy shit, that Manu pass. Amazing

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Great fuckin pass

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anderson to Manu to Tiago!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

So glad that Jax has fit back in so well. I feared he might have been poisoned by years of being "the man" on poor teams, but he's clearly committed to being a Spur again. Nice! :toast

[bklynspursfan]

lol Neal feels left out

[Spurtacus]

lol Barea

[100%duncan]

Neal has been playing well this qtr until that last play.

[ace3g]

need a gif of that no look pass from Manu!!

[bklynspursfan]

Wish this was the final score tbh... Really hope it's not another 30+ point qtr

[Texas_Ranger]

Neal is in Blair mode tonight.

Like James Anderson so far,

[SPURadic]

I am looking at the play by play in Yahoo, what is happening with all these 4 or 5 second offensive sets?!!! I wish I could watch the game!!!!!

[Barfunk]

I missed it.... What happened to Tony? Serious injury?

[100%duncan]

So glad that Jax has fit back in so well. I feared he might have been poisoned by years of being "the man" on poor teams, but he's clearly committed to being a Spur again. Nice! :toast

Also feared that that will happen but it looks all good now. :toast

[timtonymanu]

Neal has been playing well this qtr until that last play.

:lol You need to find a way to cut RJ out of that gif. I don't need memories that he was a Spur. Not with Jack on board. Haha.

[Manu-20]

spurs played much better defense that quater now they just need to finsh off the wolves

[ElNono]

No Bonner, no Tony, no problem...

[timtonymanu]

I missed it.... What happened to Tony? Serious injury?

Tight hamstring. More of a precaution move than an injury.

[100%duncan]

I missed it.... What happened to Tony? Serious injury?

Strained Hamstring, IIRC. I think it's a precautionary measure that pop's doing

[Brazil]

No Bonner, no Tony, no problem...

yeah Leonard is that great !!

[EVAY]

No Bonner, no Tony, no problem...

absolutely. as long as we play a shorthanded Minnesota team every time that happens....no problem.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Passing is AWESOME

[100%duncan]

Love the passing. But bad deffense

[bklynspursfan]

God don't let them go off from 3 now.

[100%duncan]

Lucky neal

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

There ya go Neal. 3333333333333333333333

[100%duncan]

LOL Neal.

[TIMMYD!]

Neal balling. 7 points in a span of a minute.

[timtonymanu]

Don't let that scrub Johnson kill us again

[100%duncan]

:lmao

[bklynspursfan]

Neal does not hesitate

[DesignatedT]

Neal " you forgot about me sons"?

[bklynspursfan]

FUckin 3's man.

[100%duncan]

great timeout by pop, although we've been great offensively Tpupps already has 3 3's in the quarter

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

If Diaw can't get motivated playing with this team, he should probably retire.

[Manu-20]

dam spurs not focused on the defensive side of the floor though now with Jax the spurs defense celing is much higher than it was ever with RJ

[Nathan89]

I want to see Jackson get a shot. Doesn't seem like Neal sees him though. It's all right as long as he makes it but he should pass more.

[Brazil]

D is indeed showing sign of life.

[100%duncan]

No fucking foul?

[bklynspursfan]

I'm seeing on twitter Patty Mills will where #8? Is it official now?

[Kuestmaster]

We are on a mission.
I love the fire SJax brings to this team

[100%duncan]

Fucking 3's are falling for 'em

[bklynspursfan]

another 3......... smfh

[benefactor]

Ellington probably wishing him and his former teammate could switch jerseys.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Fking inconsistent D.....cmon SA

[100%duncan]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

[Barfunk]

:lol lol Sean Elliott "He's not bleeding, so they didn't call the foul, he's not hemorrhaging"

[benefactor]

Det Manu.

[Bonner4MVPzz]

the 'Euro step'

[100%duncan]

Sjax!

[spurspokesman]

tolliver lol

[Bonner4MVPzz]

Bynum please

[Bonner4MVPzz]

lol James Jordan Anderson

[Small Fundamental]

LOL He gave up a wide open shot to go for a poster.

[100%duncan]

Anderson being too aggressive now

[spurspokesman]

our d sucks

[ManuTastic]

Pop NOT gonna like that spaztik dunk attempt

[Nathan89]

Anderson is terrible.

[Bill_Brasky]

:lol fuckin Anderson going for the huge slam.....

[Brazil]

not a good idea JA