Game Blog: Spurs @ Suns: March 27th 9:00 CT

[Keepin' it real]

Why isn't Stephen Jackson playing?

[admiralfats]

if shannon brown and sebastian telfair don't make everything they shoot in the 2nd half, we should be alright. don't melt down. the pnr defense has been pretty sucky, but they also run the pnr really well.

[maverick1948]

No


I still can't believe the Suns announcers said Pop's the only coach in the league with the "juice" to get away with sitting dudes when they're healthy. That no other organization or fanbase would put up with that. You think that's true?


If their team had all but wrapped up the #2 seed in the playoffs, no one would care if their team got some added rest. Of course, the Suns are on the outside looking in and cant afford to rest their team.

[jestersmash]

People usually say the charge/block distinction is the most difficult call to make in the NBA.

I think the moving screen/(no call) distinction is actually much more difficult. Refs appear to be very lax on their "bar" for what constitutes a moving screen this game, and the Suns have benefited mightily from it. Let's see if the refs at least keep their "moving screen" standard consistent.

If we get called for a "ticky tack" moving screen in the second half, I'm going to be irritated.

[Killakobe81]

Was watching Justified and the Mavs game (now Lakers) how the eff does shannon Brown have 19 points?!

[timvp]

Defensively, everyone is bad. There's not one Spur above average right now.

The offense is looking pretty good but it's difficult to get a feel on it since the Suns' D strategy is so gimmicky. Double the roller and then doubling the first pass should be very exploitable.

But yeah, this is a lot more difficult game than most will recognize. The Suns are playing great and Nash has been flawless for a few weeks now. If the Spurs can pull out a W, it'd be great.

[Darius Bieber]

THose Ghengis Grill commercials are creepy...

I'd rather see that than the "Cute Neighbor Sarah" commercial.. :bang:bang:bang

[TE]

Man, I hate when scrubs like Shannon Brown and Sebastian Telfair play out of their collective minds against us.

They have no business playing like they have thus far. Shows how poor our defense can be at times.

[DMC]

Shannon Brown is a ball of dynamite waiting to be capped. That could read bad depending on your understanding of dynamite and Shannon Brown.

[timvp]

Was watching Justified and the Mavs game (now Lakers) how the eff does shannon Brown have 19 points?!

The Spurs have letshannondowhateverhewants.com

[DMC]

I'd rather see that than the "Cute Neighbor Sarah" commercial.. :bang:bang:bang
"My dead neighbor Sarah"... That would be a cool twist

[Paranoid Pop]

Defensively, everyone is bad. There's not one Spur above average right now.

Diaw is clearly above average imo but he picked up two quick fouls.

[TDfan2007]

Hopefully the D picks up here, because our offense is bound to cool off here.

[TE]

People usually say the charge/block distinction is the most difficult call to make in the NBA.

I think the moving screen/(no call) distinction is actually much more difficult. Refs appear to be very lax on their "bar" for what constitutes a moving screen this game, and the Suns have benefited mightily from it. Let's see if the refs at least keep their "moving screen" standard consistent.

If we get called for a "ticky tack" moving screen in the second half, I'm going to be irritated.

+1

They have benefited from these types of screens and I don't know how the officials don't call it. I mean, the screener is still moving, doesn't that constitute, on a universal scale, a moving fucking screen? Damn.

[Splits]

If their team had all but wrapped up the #2 seed in the playoffs, no one would care if their team got some added rest. Of course, the Suns are on the outside looking in and cant afford to rest their team.

Dude, I dunno. Look at a team like the Hawks. They also finished a b2b2b Sunday. Their big 3 Johnson/Smith/Teague all played regular minutes, PLUS Teague and Johnson logged 52 & 55 minutes on Sunday in 4 fucking OTs!! And won. And Smith would've too if he hadn't fouled out in like the 2nd OT. That shit's for real.

And the Hawks are easily in the playoffs. I think there may be something to this...

[TDfan2007]

Gortat is a very solid post defender. Holds his ground well.

[heyheymymy]

great... tim starts the 3rd with a miss.

[BanditHiro]

bounty bowl...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

No.

Don't cherry-pick, it's a form of lying. Quote all of what I said.

[ViceCity84]

Ginobili having his worst season since 2004.He's strictly a role player.
So we are gonna win a ship this year with Tony Parker plus 2nd and 3rd stringers.
Time for Pop to increase Manu's minutes and cut Green's

[Robz4000]

Shannon Brown starting where he left off.

[BanditHiro]

how is this happening

[bklynspursfan]

Blair trying a hook over Gortat

[timtonymanu]

Ugh.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

are you fucking kidding me ..

[TE]

That's two fucking moving screens. Fucking call it whoever the fuck you are. Shit man.

[Juggity]

lmao Shannon brown with 24 points

[crc21209]

Danny Green WTF. How hard is it to get around a damn screen really?

[maverick1948]

Is this the same Shannon Brown who once played second fiddle to the chucker in a Laker uni?

[BanditHiro]

shannon brown with a once in a millennium like game

[Splits]

was watching justified and the mavs game (now lakers) how the eff does shannon brown have 19 points?!

24

[Manu-20]

dam pop pissed at danny right now

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Can we please defend Brown? Time Leonard or Jax got on there and locked him up.

[bklynspursfan]

Brown lmao

[loveforthegame]

This is just sad. :depressed

[BanditHiro]

Danny Green WTF. How hard is it to get around a damn screen really?

the guy was moving tbh.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

What a fuckin faggot! He's gonna get his career high against us!

[jestersmash]

What a surprise. Gortat with yet another moving screen that leads to a wide open 3 point attempt.

At least the refs have consistently failed to call that.

I'm wondering if maybe the Spurs should start exploiting the moving screen on offense also. We'd get better looks.

[Paranoid Pop]

Kahwi and Danny are both getting burned.

[maverick1948]

I'd rather see that than the "Cute Neighbor Sarah" commercial.. :bang:bang:bang


I'll be glad when they show Sarah

[noles1983]

Why is green even in the game he sucks ass

[TDfan2007]

Spurs have come back to earth offensively. Suns are still on fire. The moving screens are becoming very blatant now...

[bklynspursfan]

Green benched lol

[crc21209]

Blair jumpshot....:td

[ViceCity84]

Alvin Chipmunk destroying us.

[Fireball]

Spurs have come back to earth offensively. Suns are still on fire. The moving screens are becoming very blatant now...

And I hate that a guy like Splitter always gets called on that ...

[crc21209]

:lol Frye 3....WOW.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's two fucking moving screens. Fucking call it whoever the fuck you are. Shit man.

NBA refs hardly call moving screens any more. Our guys set them all the time, as does everyone else.

[Robz4000]

Spurs are done tonight

[sharkenleo]

Just killing us from the arc.

[crc21209]

Blair with another screw up...get him out.

[bklynspursfan]

Wow. Blair camping out

[noles1983]

Meltdown time

[TDfan2007]

Well...this is as bad a start as we could have possibly hoped for.

[BanditHiro]

how did we lose to the suns.

[Crookshanks]

Spurs with another 3rd quarter meltdown. Hopefully, they'll get it together quickly and start playing like they did in the 1st half.

[Reck]

Can we start double teaming Brown now please?

You would think Pop told them this on the locker room. This is enbarrasing.

[BanditHiro]

wow it's about time they call an illegal screen

[noles1983]

Suns getting lucky breaks

[crc21209]

About fucking time they call them for a moving screen....

[jestersmash]

Frye is such a dirty player it's disgusting. That wasn't the first offensive foul of that possession either, tbh. He did the same thing to Tony and the refs missed it.

[bklynspursfan]

Bout time they called that shit

[ace3g]

its Patty time!!!

[crc21209]

Patty Mills sighting!

[td4mvp21]

Why would Pop put in Neal and Bonner when the defense is struggling? I don't understand.

[Aiko9245]

Patty!

[bklynspursfan]

Mills? Now when we're down?

[maverick1948]

Pattttttttty MILLLLLLLLLS

[timtonymanu]

Patty!!!!!!!

[TDfan2007]

Timmy getting mauled on that play.

[TE]

How is that not a foul on Gortat?

[loveforthegame]

Hopefully Mills provides a much needed spark.

[angelbelow]

how did we lose to the suns.

:lol its the 3rd quarter calm down.

[Crookshanks]

Geez - Gortat is one UGLY dude!

[bklynspursfan]

wow

[crc21209]

:lol At that scrub Frye talking trash to TD....

[bklynspursfan]

I hate Dudley. Idk y, hes a nobody lol

[TDfan2007]

Spurs defense has been just plain horrendous.

[Splits]

Mills out there to check Nash. Bad start.

[Crookshanks]

Ugh - these announcers are beyond horrible.

[Creation88]

where the fuck is SJAX!?

[bklynspursfan]

Neal has been pathetic

[Sense]

How bad is this defense right now? Unacceptable.

[Crookshanks]

where the fuck is SJAX!?

He's not playing tonight.

[Richie]

Stop going under screend to shannon brown

[maverick1948]

Duncan great on offensive end but good lord could he at least put up a little DEFENSE on Gortat

[bklynspursfan]

where the fuck is SJAX!?

Did you miss the memo? He's not playing tonight lol Rest

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs defenese way too shifty to.do.jack in the playoffs

[jag]

:lol At that scrub Frye talking trash to TD....

I saw the end of it. Did you catch what they were saying to each other?

[Aiko9245]

TD is fuming.

[Creation88]

weak sauce, i missed the first qtr

[bklynspursfan]

Holy shit can we stop fouling in the paint????

[BanditHiro]

can't stand when scrubs teams act like it's game 7 in a playoff game.

[Paranoid Pop]

We don't play the two guys that caused the defense to get better, nothing to be surprised about really.

[Crookshanks]

Timmy doesn't look too pleased. And how was that a foul on Duncan when Gortat was BEHIND him?

[noles1983]

Getting owned by gortit,brown,telfair lol

[boutons_deux]

Suns too hot shooting tonight.

If Spurs can finish 3rd qtr strong, gameover

[TDfan2007]

Timmy's playing some of his worst defense of the season tonight.

[admiralfats]

manu ownage. suck it dudley

[bklynspursfan]

Would be great to get a stop now

[ViceCity84]

Online streaming has gone down the toliet.Few years back I can watch games online without much interruption.Now it constantly pauses and you hear fag song ads.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Where is Jackson

[bklynspursfan]

Smfh

[Robz4000]

Suns just exchanging baskets. They can afford to do it with how bad the Spurs' D is.

[jag]

lol shannon brown's scrub ass

[bklynspursfan]

Neal is useless tonight.

[bklynspursfan]

Mills is looking an awful lot like Roger Mason out there lol same number, similar hair.

[ace3g]

manu steal and dunk!!!

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Brown :rollin

[noles1983]

Manuuuuuu

[admiralfats]

maaannuuuuuuuuu!

[TDfan2007]

Manu with a GREAT defensive play!

[timtonymanu]

Great steal by Manu.

[Crookshanks]

Woo-Hoo Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

[Spur|n|Austin]

Where is Jackson

Seriously?

[crc21209]

Awesome play by Manu! I can't believe I'm saying this, but Patty Mills has played probably the best D out of all our guards tonight....

[admiralfats]

brown will miss that garbage in the 4th qtr. vamos spurs

[EVAY]

Neal is useless tonight.

Worse than useless. He seems to have lost his shot altogether.

[timvp]

Mills' defense not very fundamentally sound but his energy is making him somewhat effective.

[timtonymanu]

Mills is looking an awful lot like Roger Mason out there lol same number, similar hair.

:lol was about to say the same thing.

[Aiko9245]

Patty giving Nash a minor headache. Resulted in a T.O.

[DesignatedT]

Nice Manu. Wow Shannon Brown is on fire.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Manu.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

manu has enough of this shit

[Fireball]

Manu for the rescue

[EVAY]

Awesome play by Manu! I can't believe I'm saying this, but Patty Mills has played probably the best D out of all our guards tonight....

He's the freshest.

[MmP]

im lovin mills effort, he looks uselful

[Manu-20]

spurs still in this game but to win they are going to have to take care of bussiness on the D side of the floor

[Spur|n|Austin]

We need a solid end to this forgetful quarter.

[Splits]

Damn, Son fan hates Manu

[Fireball]

where is jackson

dnp-old

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs are done tonight

Really? Glad you're not running the team. :rolleyes

[DPG21920]

Pat Stacks

[Spursnlego]

Suns fans booing Manu :lol

[crc21209]

I saw the end of it. Did you catch what they were saying to each other?

No, I couldnt tell....:lol

[bklynspursfan]

I wish Nash stayed in. Keep telfair on the bench lol

[Sense]

Mills' defense not very fundamentally sound but his energy is making him somewhat effective.

I think he's too short to play effective defense, his legs can't keep up or are too fast to get positioning :lol

[loveforthegame]

I like Mills energy.

[Darius Bieber]

Worse than useless. He seems to have lost his shot altogether.

The sad thing is, that it is "great." Those steals used to be the norm during games when the Spurs were focused on D. I wish we got to see these plays every game like we used to..

[ace3g]

finally Diaw back in the game

[bklynspursfan]

Mills on Brown.

[DMC]

If we lose because Shannon Brown hits 10 3pt shots, I'll take it. That's better than having them beat us in the paint.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm surprised that people are surprised by Patty. He played well for Portland last year. Kid is a balla.

[bklynspursfan]

Seriously. Why not put JA in there. He looked a helluva lot better than Neal

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Watch the D turn up this quarter. We'll start playing now.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Nice D by Mills on Nash.

[crc21209]

Neal sucks dick tonight....

[Spur|n|Austin]

Stop shooting Neal.

[TDomination]

good offense neal...

[bklynspursfan]

What is Gary doing????

[DesignatedT]

Wow Neal.

[jermaine]

I hope manu don't break that hand again.

[TDfan2007]

Can't emphasize enough how terrible Neal's shot selection has been tonight.

[noles1983]

Neal smh

[TDomination]

bonner, solid d on warwick

[loveforthegame]

Neal my word. Ugh.

[ViceCity84]

Hate small lineup with Manu playing SF and 2 guards.Reminds me of Memphis last year.

[Spurs Brazil]

Take Neal out. Worst game of the season for him, easily

[timtonymanu]

Can't emphasize enough how terrible Neal's shot selection has been tonight.

It's been a trend lately actually.

[bklynspursfan]

Thank you Manu

[bklynspursfan]

Anderson at least hit a 3. Why isn't he in for Neal??

[Spur|n|Austin]

Horrible travel call.

[bklynspursfan]

Wow....

[crc21209]

LATE fucking traveling call there. BS....

[EVAY]

That's the most obviously bad call I've seen in a long time.

[ace3g]

there you go Diaw, rebound and putback!!!

[bklynspursfan]

Boris doing what Blair cant. Gather himself and then finish.

[Sense]

Jesus Neal...

[slick'81]

lol phoenix is all talking shit acting like its a playoff game

[noles1983]

Neal you absolutely suck right now

[MmP]

Diaw is great

[TDfan2007]

Diaw has been fantastic tonight.

[DesignatedT]

Good job Diaw. Good play on both ends.

[jermaine]

Diaw with the hustle

[Juggity]

Neal currently 1-8 from the field and 0-5 from 3...

[roycrikside]

i have no idea why Pop is playing Neal still. He can't shoot today and his defense is abysmal. Put Leonard in, he'll get some rebounds or something.

[bklynspursfan]

Seriously. Anderson has been better than Green & Neal.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Diaw has been fantastic tonight.

And Neal has not.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Wow Diaw pass!

[Spur|n|Austin]

Sick

[slick'81]

sic unselfish play boys

[ace3g]

nice 3 way passing, Manu, Diaw, to Kawhi!!!

[bklynspursfan]

Beautiful end to the 3rd on both ends

[MmP]

Diaw is great

[BanditHiro]

whatever we still have the lead. fucking suns.

[Libri]

awesome passing

[DPG21920]

*Diaw*

[loveforthegame]

The Beast!!

[Crookshanks]

Horrible travel call.

He traveled because he was pushed. :depressed

[Manu-20]

great way to end the quater spurs need to keep this level up on the D

[timtonymanu]

I'll take the 1 point lead. That 3rd quarter was terrible.

[Aiko9245]

manu teaching that price kid

[ViceCity84]

BS call

[MmP]

Mills + Boris :roll

[jermaine]

Diaw be passing like a mugg man!

[Sense]

Neal 1-8, 0-5 from 3? Green 0-5... wtf guys?

[timvp]

Diaw with the "shoot it, shoot it, shoot it ......... great pass!"

[Spurs Brazil]

Diaw playing very good again

[Spur_Fanatic]

Come on, Pop. Keep Manu in the 4Q. The team really needs him.

[jestersmash]

Gary Neal 1-8 (0-5 on 3s), Danny Green 0-5 (all 3s).

The fact that we're able to keep up with the Suns when our 3s are not falling (5-21) is a testament to just how strong our offense is overall.

[EVAY]

beautiful end to the 3rd on both ends

+1

[Reck]

Late whistles after late whistles..

[Spur|n|Austin]

Diaw playing very good again

Already a solid attribution.

[bklynspursfan]

Manu looking solid

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

D turned up with min to go in the 3rd, we'll dial it up again in the 4th.

[ace3g]

Diaw works well with Manu, SJAX, and Kawhi

[bklynspursfan]

One of the rare mistakes you see from Kawhi.

[noles1983]

Come on Leonard

[roycrikside]

What is Leonard doing?

[Spur|n|Austin]

Easy young KL

[Sense]

Can't get mad at Leonard for that..

[slick'81]

lol fck u warrick

[bklynspursfan]

You are redeemed Kawhi

[Spur|n|Austin]

I have a man crush on Kawhi.

[MannyIsGod]

WTF got into Shanon Brown??

[bklynspursfan]

Travel!!!

[angelbelow]

Diaw and Manu have been super effective at regaining the lead for us with Leonard providing some solid play too.

[slick'81]

travel jesus

[loveforthegame]

Leonard cleans up nearly everything.

[TDomination]

travel much there

[bklynspursfan]

Fuck Bonner

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bullshit from the commentators. Early in his career, first 3 or 4 seasons, Diaw was in shape.

[bklynspursfan]

Wow got bailed out there

[MannyIsGod]

Manu is not human. Jesus.

[slick'81]

good d on the bigger lopez diaw

[noles1983]

3 pointers not falling tonight

[bklynspursfan]

So far it looks like Manu, Parker, Diaw, Timmy, and Leonard should finish the game. They're all playing great

[will_spurs]

So if you get hammered and take a step forward to catch your balance, that's a travel... good to know.

Also :lmao @ Phoenix announcers: "this showing by Brown is no accident, he's been doing this consistently"

[timtonymanu]

Forgot Redd was even still in the NBA

[bbarry]

Is it just me or is Manu terrible at 3 pters whenever he is set up by teammates? Seems like he is only good when he creates on his own.

[DPG21920]

Diaw and Manu have anchored the defense well against the suns bench.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good job on D to start the 4th

[Spurminator]

Is the League Pass audio really fucked up for anyone else?

[noles1983]

Lord this 3 commercial rotation is killing me

[DMC]

Manu sees the game 3 passes ahead. He's the Bobby Fischer of the NBA, except he's not looney and he's still alive.

[timvp]

The best Spurs defense so far is Gentry putting in Warrick, tbh.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

WTF got into Shanon Brown??

Going under every screen and giving him an eternity to shoot.

Notice now that we've turned up the D we're not doing that any more. ;)

[Ditty]

Why isn't Anderson playing in front of Green, and Neal this game?

[BoricuaSpursFan]

OMG Bonner playing like Defensive Player of The Year!!! jaja

[Fireball]

defense looks better, but Nash and Gortat are not on the floor, so ...

[roycrikside]

3 pt lead and Nash probably in the rest of the way. I'm guessing Manu resting now too. Dicey.

[Aiko9245]

Is it just me or is Manu terrible at 3 pters whenever he is set up by teammates? Seems like he is only good when he creates on his own.

I'm with you on that. And when specialists are on the court and open he likes to jack 3s too. Not that I should question Manu, but I've noticed.

[maverick1948]

Anyone see where LeBrick may have dislocated his finger? Either he did or he didnt. I dislocated my index finger 3 times in one football game in HS. Coach popped it back each time. Hurt like hell but no breaks from my teachers. LOL

LeBron is a wussy

[will_spurs]

LOL

"The Suns offense struggling right now"

That's just Browne regressing to the mean...

[DMC]

I doubt Bonner hits another shot if the game is close. He will if we get up by 9.

[Spur|n|Austin]

French connection.

[Juggity]

TP making it rain

[DesignatedT]

Tony!

[roycrikside]

Is it just me or is Manu terrible at 3 pters whenever he is set up by teammates? Seems like he is only good when he creates on his own.

His shot has been flat the last couple games. On the bright side, he's made 3 mid range jumpers. He's hardly made (or attempted) any all year.

[007nites]

seems like parker is loving it when Timmy and Diaw are in there