Game Blog: Mavericks @ Spurs - March 23rd 7:30 pm CT

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Nice D Diaw

[100%duncan]

Diaw with the goods

[biziofromdowntown]

diaw blocks dirk yessssss

[Arcadian]

Did you see that? Jason Terry waved his arms to try to distract Duncan on a free throw, and then pumped his fist in celebration when he missed. What a douchebag.

And then Duncan makes the second FT and gets a dunk on the possession. Yeah, fuck you, Terry.

[loveforthegame]

Settle down Green.

[ace3g]

he also recovered well on the screen to get back

[bklynspursfan]

Diaw avoided the contact

[Chachachango]

Some onen needs to create a play.

[loveforthegame]

It doesn't take long for us to give up a lead.

[bklynspursfan]

Diaw with the TP play! LOL

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Diaw's passing :tu

[ace3g]

Diaw drove and pass!!! and more D on Dirk!!

[cheguevara]

Boris Diaw motherfuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[100%duncan]

Diaw with some excellent D. We just have to convert those open 3's

[TDomination]

duncan needs to continue punishing ian

nice penetration by diaw

[spurspokesman]

damn leonard can rebound. beastly

[biziofromdowntown]

oh mad, Diaw is a monster on dirk

[jermaine]

I'm loving Diaw already.

[benefactor]

lol...who would have thought Diaw would be the Dirk stopper?

[loveforthegame]

Leonard doing work on the boards. No surprise.

[dougp]

What was the foul? I can't see the game.

[Chachachango]

waaaaaaaaaaat up my niiiiiiigs

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jackson!!!!!

[100%duncan]

Sjax to Dirk: Owned you bitch

[TDomination]

jackson comes in and steals it from dirk!

[spurspokesman]

jax aint never scared

[Chachachango]

that dude with jersey number three is a bad mofo incase ya dont know.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Loving the defense from Jackson and Diaw

[loveforthegame]

Jackson and Diaw bringing the goods.

[biziofromdowntown]

jack and diaw, this is gonna be a long night for dirk

[cheguevara]

Jax with the hard foul. thats my niggga

[bklynspursfan]

Jackson is officially in Dirks head

[NASpurs]

Um...

WE STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKED!

[100%duncan]

What was the foul? I can't see the game.

Cardinal pulled duncan down. Fortunately, TD was still not on the air

[Chachachango]

Bonner is in.

[Spurs9]

Anyone else feel it?


This feels like a championship team right now.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

It's awesome how we can throw multiple capable defenders at Dirk now!

[100%duncan]

:lol terry

[TDomination]

Anyone else feel it?


This feels like a championship team right now.

if we're healthy, YES!

[Chachachango]

I like the spurs energy but they just gotta finish better.

[spurspokesman]

dunk the freakin ball danny

[cheguevara]

is this a playoff game or what the fuck?

[100%duncan]

Green playing one of his best in the season

[Warlord23]

Poor offensive rhythm, we're making up for it with energy

[loveforthegame]

Nice to have some toughness on this team. Nice to have multiple defenders that we can throw at opposing players too.

[ViceCity84]

Manu needs to raise his game to the level like 1st 5 games of season.He's played like shit.

[ffadicted]

lol @ the difference between Diaw and Bonner defense on Dirk

[100%duncan]

Nice D by Bonner and help D by TD. Hope we can finish better in the 2nd half, don't have any complains about our D though.

[NASpurs]

Green, Leonard, and Jackson... that's some crazy ass length at 1,2 and 3 to finish out the quarter.

[cheguevara]

:lol Dirk getting fucked up

[maverick1948]

jack and diaw, this is gonna be a long night for dirk

Add Bonner D on Dirk. Great D on the last possession.

[jestersmash]

No Tony. No Tiago. Manu playing like ass. Up 7 by halftime.

[Sense]

The defense on Dirk has been outstanding.. with the exception of early 1st with Blair, but he picked it up..

[roycrikside]

I think we're guarding Dirk as well as we can. We're just throwing different bodies on him, wave after wave of fresh guys. I think it's frustrating him. I can't think of anyone between Blair, Bonner, Diaw, Jackson who didn't play him well.

[spurspokesman]

Loving the defense from Jackson and Diaw
this

[Truckules]

no tony. No tiago. Manu playing like ass. Up 7 by halftime.

we staaaccckkkkeedd

[TMTTRIO]

Manu looks horrible but fortunately we have so much talent we don't need him to play well.

[TDomination]

i almost feel like were too deep, i dont even know who I want to see out there haha

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Spurs just need to settle down in the 2nd half.

[spursince#99]

:lol Dirk getting fucked up

LMAOO HELL YEAH :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Dirk cannot take physical play. I love it

[Manu-20]

Man Diaw is looking good out there cant wait to see what this team is capable of if we start to go on a roll into the playoffs healty

[bklynspursfan]

And btw Dirk has 0 rebounds LOL

[100%duncan]

:lmao mav announcer bitching about how dirk certainly got fouled on that last shot

then they say, ok lets looka t this

complete silence as they watch the play in slow motion

'well. tough angle there'

:lmao lucky I me that I hear Bill and Sean

[mazerrackham]

What I love is that this game hasn't been pretty, but we still got a decent lead through pure hustle plays. That's the best thing to see.

[spursince#99]

We staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeedddd dddd

[ViceCity84]

George Hill was an undersized,overrated softie,but damn he could guard the Jet.He was Jason Terry eraser.Terry killing us this year like old times.

[Nathan89]

We have the players too match-up against the Mavs. Throughout a single game we could put Tiago, Bonner, Diaw, Kawhi, Sjax, and Blair on Dirk. That's a lot of different looks for a player to deal with.

[spursince#99]

Although, I feel as if we're too stacked tbh

[T Park]

Diaw's defense was fantastic on Dirk. Stayed with every move and even got a piece of the ball. Looks in good shape and moving well. Lovin it :smokin

[jermaine]

Diaw an Jackson is what that is. If POP didn't wet his pants when he seen Diaw on Dirk, I don't know what he did.

[spursince#99]

now if only we had G. Hill to guard Terry lol

[Penya]

Loving Diaw's D on Dirk. Blair doing and Jack doing a decent job too.

When our FO brought Jack I thought that Green would be de odd man out of the rotation (along with Anderson, of course), but he's absolutaly earning his playing time. I hope he keeps it up.

Ah, and vintage Duncan...

[ace3g]

2 things already by Diaw: he has the foot speed to recover from a screen to get back to his defender and he has the agility to control his body on a pump fake and still contest a shot. Plus already on one play he beat both teams down the court.

[loveforthegame]

The role players are doing some nice things but we're going to need Duncan and/or Ginobli to get rolling in the second half.

Keep up the stellar work on the boards because you know that's something the Mavs will address at half time. Expect Dirk to come out with some fire as well.

Love the first look at Diaw. :tu

[spurspokesman]

diaw will be beastly when he sheds a few pounds

[T Park]

Love that the spurs's rythum is out of whack. Allows the team to get in rythum at the right time avoiding last year's peaking too early. Thought the D was good just misse some rotations to Roddy and Terry.

[rasho8]

Dirk isn't getting his phantom retard flail calls the first half. We shall see how he gets treated in the second half. I'm liking what the refs are doing right now.

[T Park]

diaw will be beastly when he sheds a few pounds

He looks fine to me. I'd start diaw with Jackson Leonard Parker and Duncan the rest of the year.

[timvp]

-Manu's point guard play ugly but not totally ineffective.

-Duncan doing work.

-Active Green showed up today. That's always great news.

-Not bad, Boris Diaw, not bad. We saw some of what he can bring: post defense, spacing, passing.

-Bad, Gary Neal, Bad.

-Stephen Jackson keeps playing smart. I'm waiting for Jack's retribution foul on Cardinal if that scrub ever re-enters the game.

-Bonner must have forgotten to check the schedule and doesn't realize the Spurs are playing the Mavs.

-The Mavs offense has been horrible yet they have 45 points. If they actually have some good possessions, the Spurs could be in trouble.

-The Spurs offense should be fine as long as they keep attacking and cut out the Neal and Ginobili pass attempts in traffic.

[roycrikside]

at least Kidd isn't killing us this time. 0 pts on 0-3. The last game was a bit of an anomaly.

[NASpurs]

I think the only reason the Spurs are beating the Mavs is because of energy and talent. It was really sloppy half for the Spurs.

[T Park]

Dirk isn't getting his phantom retard flail calls the first half. We shall see how he gets treated in the second half. I'm liking what the refs are doing right now.

He got one on jack and wasn't called for an obvious push off on Diaw.

[100%duncan]

The good thing is only Dirk and Terry has been putting up big points and our players already are getting on Dirk's head especially in the midway of the 2nd qtr. Just have to deal with the bullshit Terry always throws at us.

[GSH]

The role players are doing some nice things but we're going to need Duncan and/or Ginobli to get rolling in the second half.

Keep up the stellar work on the boards because you know that's something the Mavs will address at half time. Expect Dirk to come out with some fire as well.

Love the first look at Diaw. :tu



Tim, Manu, and Neal are 6/22, or this thing would be looking pretty ugly for Dallas.

[TE]

When Diaw gets into shape, look out.

[Dex]

-Bad, Gary Neal, Bad.



:lol

[Darkwaters]

Diaw is legit.

I'm curious how long it will take for people to change their tunes about his signing? A lot of people were opposed to it.

Sure, he'll have bad games. And growing pains. But he offers us a different kind of bigman that we don't have on our roster - that most teams don't have. And that versatility can make us dangerous to other teams.

[bklynspursfan]

-Manu's point guard play ugly but not totally ineffective.

-Duncan doing work.

-Active Green showed up today. That's always great news.

-Not bad, Boris Diaw, not bad. We saw some of what he can bring: post defense, spacing, passing.

-Bad, Gary Neal, Bad.

-Stephen Jackson keeps playing smart. I'm waiting for Jack's retribution foul on Cardinal if that scrub ever re-enters the game.

-Bonner must have forgotten to check the schedule and doesn't realize the Spurs are playing the Mavs.

-The Mavs offense has been horrible yet they have 45 points. If they actually have some good possessions, the Spurs could be in trouble.

-The Spurs offense should be fine as long as they keep attacking and cut out the Neal and Ginobili pass attempts in traffic.

:lol

[ViceCity84]

We should of packaged Neal and Blair for a big.

[angelbelow]

Bonner's had one amazing game against Dallas already (5/9 3pt) but hes struggled against them for the past 2. We'll see if this game balances out at 2 good and 2 bad against Dallas for Matty (so far it looks that way.)

[TE]

This Spurs team is one of the deepest of all time. Last time we've had such depth was back in 03.

[100%duncan]

The better thing is we are playing good against dem mavs without tp, tiago and mills.

[TDomination]

link?
just look at the we signed diaw thred, and the previous diaw threads. a lot of people saying he's too fat, out of shape, too passive to play

[Chachachango]

LOL at this wayne wright commercial.

[angelbelow]

This Spurs team is one of the deepest of all time. Last time we've had such depth was back in 03.

2005 was deep as well.

[100%duncan]

This Spurs team is one of the deepest of all time. Last time we've had such depth was back in 03.

I thought 05 was deep too

[DPG21920]

Go spurs.

[Darkwaters]

It's pretty obvious that the Jackson addition is a major upgrade for this team. He just provides so much contagious swagger.

[maverick1948]

Just looking over the halftime stats, Dirk has a big fat ZERO for rebounds. Keeping him off the boards has been a good thing. We are dominating the boards. That is why we are leading. Have to keep it up in second half.

[GSH]

just look at the we signed diaw thred, and the previous diaw threads. a lot of people saying he's too fat, out of shape, too passive to play

There were a lot of people against it. Hell, you don't have to look through a thread to know that. Around here, you can't say, "I hope the sun comes up tomorrow" without people arguing about it.

[slick'81]

lets c how this 2nd half goes

[timvp]

I wouldn't call this team deep until Pop shows you can use all the parts. Right now it's just a good collection of players, tbh.

[roycrikside]

I thought 05 was deep too

By the time we were deep into the Finals, Pop had pared it a 7-man rotation...

[100%duncan]

It's pretty obvious that the Jackson addition is a major upgrade for this team. He just provides so much contagious swagger.

and the biggest thing he gives to us that doesn't show in the stats... toughness

[roycrikside]

I wouldn't call this team deep until Pop shows you can use all the parts. Right now it's just a good collection of players, tbh.

So they are deep then, they're just not a team yet.

[freetiago]

Pop just needs to be keep diaw/jack on dirk and we have this
blair and bonner were getting lit up and its the only reason mavs are in this
He could try duncan on dirk also
im not to worried about brendan wright blowing us up

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Wtf :(

[100%duncan]

sloppy start

[Chachachango]

Spurs trying to be too fancy.

[loveforthegame]

Too many turnovers.

[jestersmash]

Manu's defense is unbelievably frustrating.

[Warlord23]

Shitty offense continues

[100%duncan]

Sloppy start and Kidd with his normal bullshit

[loveforthegame]

Manu's defense is unbelievably frustrating.

[GB20]

the spurs came out without energy

[Kyl3]

Good Timeout

[Chachachango]

that guy from the budweiser commercial looks like a creep.

[TE]

Bad start.

[timvp]

Kidd only hits that shot vs the Spurs.

[Paranoid Pop]

Offense is pretty ugly without a PG, Diaw should be out there to make up for it.

[roycrikside]

Manu's defense is unbelievably frustrating.

It was very good the first half. This was his first mistake that I saw. And the big should've come over to help.

[noles1983]

About the shittiest 2nd half start possible. Good job fuck tards

[100%duncan]

Spurs needs to settle down. Give the ball to Tim. And rotate in the D

[noles1983]

Kidd only hits that shot vs the Spurs.

That shitbag only does anything against us. How we let a 45 yr old do that is beyond me

[rasho8]

about the shittiest 2nd half start possible. Good job fuck tards

+1

[TMTTRIO]

It would've been better if Manu sat out tonight

[100%duncan]

Tim stays on the outside too much. He can dominate every possession against Ian in the low block

[loveforthegame]

Settling for jumpers again.

[bklynspursfan]

We need a spark right now

[ffadicted]

gotta make those 3s

[ace3g]

Pop needs to make some subs

[100%duncan]

It would've been better if Manu sat out tonight

No it won't you Idiot

[Warlord23]

Green needs to stop shooting

[noles1983]

Wtf

[loveforthegame]

Mavs done a better job on the boards. Spurs not getting the second chances they were in the first half.

[TDomination]

wow they look horrible offensively

[loveforthegame]

:depressed

[Texas_Ranger]

great....

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I hate that Duncan shot.... luckily he got fouled

[ffadicted]

The only thing more horrible looking than our execution this quarter is Marion's 3-point shot

[100%duncan]

Just give the ball down low to Tim. Stop the fucking jumpshots

[jestersmash]

Church of Manu awfully quiet in this game thread tbh :lol

[loveforthegame]

Green 4-10
Duncan 4-14
Ginobli 2-8
Neal 1-4

[TDomination]

green is so streaky, great sometimes, horrible a few minutes later

[100%duncan]

Damn it Neal

[bklynspursfan]

Dirk is soft

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Neal..... wtf

[bklynspursfan]

Neal wtf

[100%duncan]

Fuck it neal, we need Mills now

[cheguevara]

Neals needs to get an F in the grades tonight. he better

[roycrikside]

Defense is good, especially in the half court. We're just getting horrible shots on offense and it's causing some defensive breakdowns in transition.

[spursince#99]

soooo i guess a moving screen doesn't exist anymore?

[100%duncan]

Why does Pop give the authorization for Neal to shoot like that

[Texas_Ranger]

Bench Neal, he's playing like an idiot!

[Chachachango]

LOl dirk just ran into a truck

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fuck it neal, we need Parker now


Fify......

[Paranoid Pop]

Church of Manu awfully quiet in this game thread tbh :lol

Tbh I'm CoP as possible but Pop is doing nothing to make Manu succeed against a strong defensive team, give him a good secondary creator, that means Diaw.

[TDomination]

what, hmm i don't know about that call but whatever

[TDomination]

what, hmm i don't know about that call but whatever

[Nathan89]

Bonner's coming in to stretch the floor.

[100%duncan]

Manu is now a fucking scrub, he needs to drive to the basket more. FUCK KIDD

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs shooting 12%.

Make some subs for God's sake

[ffadicted]

Fffuuu

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol

[noles1983]

Ummm this is fucking disturbing! Kidd eat shit and burn in hell u old fuck

[Libri]

washed-up Kid making 3s

[100%duncan]

Fify......

Thanks :lol

[loveforthegame]

Ginobli and Neal need to sit down.

[loveforthegame]

Just knew Kidd would start making those. He always does against the Spurs.

[jestersmash]

Tbh I'm CoP as possible but Pop is doing nothing to make Manu succeed against a strong defensive team, give him a good secondary creator, that means Diaw.

Wait, are you serious :lol?

You're blaming Pop for not properly using Diaw, an unconditioned out of shape player we just signed today, for Manu's piss poor performance?

[100%duncan]

God this is ugly

[noles1983]

For the love of god we need a real pg

[Nathan89]

Spurs shooting 12%.

Make some subs for God's sake

The luxury of having a deep team some would say.

Not sure why Blair played the first 7min.

[100%duncan]

Are you fucking kidding me

[bklynspursfan]

Seriously wtf....

[angelbelow]

Lmao Jason Kidd

[TDomination]

ok now im getting PISSED!

[ffadicted]

Jesus Pop make some subs bro

[MavDynasty]

Has odom been in yet? Dont think so :lmao

[Paranoid Pop]

Wait, are you serious :lol?

You're blaming Pop for not properly using Diaw, an unconditioned out of shape player we just signed today, for Manu's piss poor performance?

Diaw or Sjax, putting all the pressure to create like a PG on Manu is not good.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner=Savior

[Chachachango]

hoooorribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeey. We need someone lol wtf Bonneeer?

[GSH]

stupid fucking grey name
Rare for someone to admit it, but that's a good first step.

i read through the whole goddamn thread to see what idiots you were talking about, and a grand total of 1 person said it was a bad signing

othe rpeople had reservations (which are still valid imho), but only 1 said it was a bad move

fuck you for wasting my time

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193432


Was it really that important?

[Robz4000]

This team is looking ugly now. Bonner having a good night though.

[loveforthegame]

Fuck this.

Spurs failing big time.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

lol Bonner snatching that

[noles1983]

Lol trex arms wrestling the ball away

[TDomination]

bonner saving us lol

[Kool Bob Love]

Bonner.:downspin:

[100%duncan]

Wow thank god bonner, definitely a momentum breaker

[roycrikside]

Ugh. We're just not hitting open shots at all.

[bklynspursfan]

Bonner really saved us on that. That could've been a game changer if they came down and hit another 3

[GB20]

neal as a point guard sucks

[TE]

lol Kidd

[cheguevara]

:lmao Kidd n Turtle playing like allstars

[Richie]

Duncan has been a black hole this quarter. Ball going to him and he's putting up some really difficult shots

[Bill_Brasky]

Man I fucking hate Kidd....but our guys just keep leaving him wide fucking open.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Has odom been in yet? Dont think so :lmao


:lol I forgot he even played with you guys tbh

[TE]

we need to go with a bigger line up out there with either Green or Leonard defending Kidd. This is fucking ridiculous.

[Texas_Ranger]

neal as a point guard sucks

so does Manu...

[ViceCity84]

Losing again to wack ass Mavs team,shell of their championship squad.

[Manu-20]

I hope pop gives patty the chance to be our backup pg because neal isnt going to be a very good option come playofftime

[loveforthegame]

Sad how fast this team can collapse. Still time to get back on track but they fall so hard and so fast.

[siraulo23]

kidd is a beast

[TE]

This game will settle down tbh

Spurs look downright out of it right now.

[Robz4000]

Both Manu and Neal need to play point together or neither can play it.

[100%duncan]

:lol I forgot he even played with you guys tbh

[Splits]

Why is Bonner playing? Goddamn I hope he gets injured

[bklynspursfan]

There we go. Stop with 3's unless you're bonner

[GSH]

Try some D to get the offense going.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Diaw 2222222222222222222

[100%duncan]

DIaaaaawwwww

[Chachachango]

ah shit Diaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw and bonnnner

[Nathan89]

Diaw with the goods.

[bklynspursfan]

Diaw!

[TDomination]

yeah diaw!

[ace3g]

Pop needs to work on his sub skills

Diaw!!! first shot first make, just like SJAX

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Diaw! First Spurs Points.

[noles1983]

Bonner ballin out there lol

[loveforthegame]

Damn Diaw looks good out there.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Diaw sharp :tu

[100%duncan]

Why is Bonner playing? Goddamn I hope he gets injured

He's been playing great. Go to hell

[TDomination]

wow does it feel like everytime green shoots a 3 its rushed

[Warlord23]

Stop shooting Danny, goddamnit

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Green chucking now wtf..

[bklynspursfan]

I love when Marion shoots!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Please get Green out ASAP

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Green wtf?

[bklynspursfan]

WTF IS Green doing??!!?

[100%duncan]

Green beginning to become a black hole

[jestersmash]

Pop having a little 1 to 1 with Danny Green right now :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Teach him Pop

[angelbelow]

Up and down bricking.

[Texas_Ranger]

Green stop already, you're not MJ!!

[Chachachango]

LOL, Green getting the Pop talk.

[noles1983]

How many games has tiago missed? Seems like he is mini Manu

[Nathan89]

Pop needs to work on his sub skills

Diaw!!! first shot first make, just like SJAX

The coach needs time to adjust as well. Playing Blair that long was ridiculous though.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu 333333333333333

[100%duncan]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuu Treessssssssssssssssssssss

[TDomination]

ball movement = points

who woulda thunk!

[rasho8]

God damn Diaw can ball.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nice Manu :tu

[timvp]

Diaw's passing = :hungry:

[noles1983]

Bonner new pg!

[loveforthegame]

There you go Ginobli.

Jackson working the boards tonight.

[roycrikside]

There is no earthly reason a Diaw-Bonner pairing should work, but there we are.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Diaw looks fuckin quick out there. I know he is big, but his feet move really fast. It looks hilarious tbh.

[bklynspursfan]

Can't tell you how much I love these low scoring games :)

[100%duncan]

Dodged some bullets