Game Blog: Lakers @ Spurs - April 11- 7:30 PM CT

[Dex]

Of course MWP would come in and start 3/3 from three.

[DJ Mbenga]

Bynum will go for 50 points tonight.

3 for 9

[Kuestmaster]

timvp you kind of convinced me that blair should be starting with your thread the last day. but now I'm sure that we are not going anywhere with him as our starting center. he needs to be benched and accept it like a man. start diaw or splitter already. blair is a liability in defense and every game he adds less to the offense

[spursince#99]

Lakers length is a problem on both ends. All we can do is shoot 3's, pray, and hope for a long rebound. I mean Bynum has 11 rebounds after just 1 quarter.

[Knoxxx]

A fast start for Bynum should be no surprise. He may need 50 for the Fakers to win.

[loveforthegame]

Wonderful.

[ace3g]

Patty Mills just went Dundee on that inbound pass!!!

[Josepatches_]

It's sad how Mr Potato is able to play his two 7-ft together but we can't do the same.

[spurspokesman]

patty

[TheSkeptic]

They're killing us on the boards.

[Paranoid Pop]

Pop will have to unleash Diaw on Bynum eventually.

Signed Church of Diaw

[bklynspursfan]

Wow... Barnes and Artest hitting 3's SMH

[GSH]

Mills goes wrecking crew, and our defense goes to sleep and wastes it.

[loveforthegame]

If they're hitting 3s forget it.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Mills! Awesome.

[spurspokesman]

splitter

[$pursDynasty]

come on Spurs cut it out w/ the careless turnovers

[maverick1948]

I'd take Murphy any day over Bonner.


Bull shit Bonner way better than Murphy.

[bklynspursfan]

Shoot that shit Bonner come on

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Too many fucking 3's

[Reck]

Laughable.

[loveforthegame]

Parker and Ginobli 0-7.

[Spurs da champs]

lol Blake attacking our shitty defense.

[Russ]

Tiago!!!!

[TheSkeptic]

If Bonner's going to hesitate, what's he doing in the game?

[loveforthegame]

Spurs should be embarrassed. That alone should make them want to play better.

[bklynspursfan]

2003 Jackson we need you

[DesignatedT]

manu cant do shit anymore

[urunobili]

WTF is Ginger doing on this game :pctoss

[spurspokesman]

jax

[timtonymanu]

Spurs are giving these guys too much respect. Play with some damn pride.

[DJ Mbenga]

Lakers can't buy a break opponents snooty g 50% from 3 last 3 games

[spurspokesman]

D please

[TMTTRIO]

I'd rather Manu not play tonight if he's going to play like this.

[loveforthegame]

Splitter doing work on the boards.

Thank goodness for some timely 3s by some of our guys.

[bklynspursfan]

Dam Jack we needed that one

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

bonner was like hi blake, here's the lane and clear basket for ya.

[Spurs da champs]

Damn Jack has an even slower release then Shaq.

[Kuestmaster]

stop bricking shots bonner.
and tony, manu: wake the fuck up

[ElNono]

absolute fluke shooting by both teams...

[timvp]

The Big 3 can't play any worse. I guess that's the good news so far.

[Spurs Brazil]

We should attack more with Bynum on the bench

[Texas_Ranger]

3 point shootout.... this sucks

[bklynspursfan]

Splitter doing a good job on Pau. Crazy thought. PLAY HIM MORE and put Timmy on Bynum. Seriously it's not rocket science

[EVAY]

Spurs should be embarrassed. That alone should make them want to play better.

I agree. If they would just get mad enough to be aggressive it would help.

[spurspokesman]

Spurs are giving these guys too much respect. Play with some damn pride.
this

[DAF86]

LA making some bullshit 3's.

[$pursDynasty]

getting killed on the boards

[stu scotts eye]

IF Bonner keeps dribbling the ball for any reason im going to punch something!!! This is whats going to happen in the playoffs, defenses will close him out and he will try to drive and create of take a damn hook shot...

Why the hell dont we throw the ball to Splitter after he makes the nice move against gasol?

[007nites]

Please put Timmy and Splitter in to close the 2nd.

[TheSkeptic]

Splitter doing a good job on Pau. Crazy thought. PLAY HIM MORE and put Timmy on Bynum. Seriously it's not rocket science

I think so. I'm not convinced that either Bonner or Blair can check either one of those guys.

[Russ]

The Spurs cannot win big games with Bonner getting significant minutes.

Get ready for the (like clockwork) May meltdown.

But it didn't used to be this way . . .

[Spurs da champs]

LA making some bullshit 3's.

When you play horrible defense like the Spurs do what the fuck do you expect?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Showing Lakers fans...... SMH

[DAF86]

Lakers can't buy a break opponents snooty g 50% from 3 last 3 games

At least tonight you're getting some bullshit 3's of your own to fall.

[$pursDynasty]

I hate we get intimidated into just shooting 3's

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Strange game so far. Feels to me like Pop is just playing with lineups.

[NRHector]

fucking Manu :bang

[FkLA]

Bianca would get it tbh.

[EVAY]

Our big three have each played right at ten minutes apiece so far and are collectively 2 for ten with 1 rebound and 6 assists. They will be better.

[Quiet Strength]

Looks like the spurs are playing without the big 3 again

[GSH]

Hell, Barnes is shooting .297 from 3P this season.

[bklynspursfan]

WTF????Crawford didnt see that

[ace3g]

Pop better not save Diaw for tomorrow

[loveforthegame]

Why did we sign Diaw again?

[maverick1948]

2 freebies for LA as usual

[DBMethos]

Ridiculous. No Kobe, no Phil, and the Spurs are still playing scared. Afraid of the uniform?

[Spurs da champs]

Can anyone box them out?

[Paranoid Pop]

Pathetic lol, we're gonna shoot 3s all night.

[Reck]

I want to know why Jackson insists on shooting 50 feet away from the basket. What a turd.

[spurspokesman]

spurs d soft like q tip cotton

[therealtruth]

I do hate that because it does seem that TD and TP's games/confidence suffers against the Lakers and it's NOT just because of LA's defense.

Pop makes it as hard as possible. He tries matching up to other teams when they play smallball. When other teams play big he tries playing smallball. It seems backwards. You'd want to punish teams for playing smallball and matchup with teams that play big.

[DJ Mbenga]

the Lakers are so stupid. Don't know what fronting is

[ViceCity84]

We need Duncan/Diaw combo

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Wow really?

[007nites]

Just give them the rebound

[GB20]

stop fucking shooting three

[Spurs da champs]

Pop makes it as hard as possible. He tries matching up to other teams when they play smallball. When other teams play big he tries playing smallball. It seems backwards. You'd want to punish teams for playing smallball and matchup with teams that play big.

He's been a wannabe glorified D'Antoni over the past 2 seasons.

[EVAY]

Tiago stupid foul.

[ElNono]

what's with the 3 pointer happy?

[Spurs Brazil]

STOP with the fucking 3s

ATTACK

[Russ]

Splitter ain't scared.

[TE]

The spurs can't play any worse than this.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Most depressing game of the season so far.

We would get swept in the playoffs

[DesignatedT]

god joey crawford is fucking horrible. will this guy fucking die already.

[loveforthegame]

Wouldn't mind seeing what JA could do. It's not like he could be worse.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Stop shooting so many fucking 3s. We have to at least match the Fakers inside to beat them - slash for fucksake!

[Paranoid Pop]

This is a good reality check tbh.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

The leaders of this team are playing scared.

[Spursnlego]

:lol Crawford officiating Spurs games, he saw it...

[Duncan2177]

Weird game

[bklynspursfan]

We do worse with Bynum on the bench.... Not looking good at all

[ElNono]

I hate to say it, but so far we're playing fucking scared. We played against OKC and the Bulls with more balls than tonight...

[timvp]

Ugh.

[TE]

Add that to uncharacteristic outside shooting from the Lakers and you have this abortion of a game.

[Texas_Ranger]

lol @ playing like pussies even when Bynum is out.

[fotan2]

the bobcats might have a chance beating the spurs if they put on the lakers jersey. the spurs are just scared of that laker jersey.

[GSH]

Green, Bonner, and Jackson with 6 each. Duncan, Parker, Manu, and Kawhi with 6 between them.

[DAF86]

When is clear that no ref saw shit. Why can't they go to the replay?

[TheSkeptic]

The leaders of this team are playing scared.

Yep. On the other hand, I like what I'm seeing from Danny Green. Leonard wasn't bad either.

[Spurs da champs]

Quit blaming Crawford he's not the reason the Spurs are down or that the Spurs can't box anybody out! FIRE POP!

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

I like me some Splitter. Dude hustles and is smarter than people give him credit for too. His size is a big plus--he just needs some polishing, which makes it perplexing why he's not getting the necessary minutes

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Well its good to know manu and Parker are still totally worthless against the lakers


Jj fucking barea got into the paint against the lakers better than them

[Robz4000]

:lol Spurs don't wanna win this game

[Russ]

lol @ playing like pussies even when Bynum is out.

And Bryant.

[loveforthegame]

I hate to say it, but so far we're playing fucking scared. We played against OKC and the Bulls with more balls than tonight...

That's what is so sad about tonight. They've just shriveled up.

[bklynspursfan]

Blair is back in??????????????????????? Wow

[DesignatedT]

every laker fan i talk to says " we cant shoot for shit" everytime i talk basketball with him and now they come out and drain 6 threes.

[100%duncan]

OF course Joey Crawford is here to fuck us

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

the bobcats might have a chance beating the spurs if they put on the lakers jersey. the spurs are just scared of that laker jersey.

It's natural.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fucking blair is back? wow..

[DAF86]

Great Blair back in.

[TheSkeptic]

Blair's back? Really? What's this coach trying to do?

[Josepatches_]

Lol Blair/Duncan again Vs Bynum/Gasol

[Paranoid Pop]

Blair back in, good we're gonna lose and Pop will have to change his rotation.

Maybe he'll just say that the big 3 had a bad night and it'll take 2 or even 3 spankings from the lakers tho.

[Texas_Ranger]

The Suns destroyed them and they also don't have super bigs...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

so fucked if this is the spurs' playoff lineup..

[bklynspursfan]

No foul there on TP i guess

[100%duncan]

If this will be the officiating for us,better not hope for any shit tbh.

[TimDunkem]

Thanks for wasting yet another possession, Tony.

[bklynspursfan]

Why is BLAIR in oh man. This is so annoying

[loveforthegame]

I've seen other teams that lack size and they've played with more heart than this.

[keywester]

Might as well let Mills and Neal go at it.

[Spurs Brazil]

WAKE UP Tony

What a pathetic game so far

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Sweet Blair in to guard Bynum

[EVAY]

make-up foul call.

[DJ Mbenga]

refs taking over

[$pursDynasty]

Bynum almost has as many boards as our entire team

[Spurs da champs]

I've seen other teams that lack size and they've played with more heart than this.

Yeah like the Hornets, but they have a really good young coach.

[100%duncan]

Our guys just looked tired

[Quiet Strength]

Fuck this is ugly

[ElNono]

smh

[maverick1948]

WTF is Ginger doing on this game :pctoss


More than Parker, Ginobili and Blair and a few others.

[GSH]

Anyone shocked that Timmy missed the FT's?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Duncan

[TE]

Wow make a fucking free throw.

[EVAY]

Thanks for making the free throws, Tim

[timtonymanu]

:lol Big 3. Might as well have sat them all tonight too.

[Spurs da champs]

Damn Tim shouldn't have lost so much weight.

[bklynspursfan]

lol Blair

[NRHector]

seems like the big 3 took an extra night

[ElNono]

well, at least the Lakers will need a lead to lose it

[Death In June]

Parker and Ginobli 0-8

[TheSkeptic]

Come on Pop!

[slick'81]

lakers shitting allover sa

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol We suck

[TE]

Lol Matt Barnes hitting another three

[GSH]

Bynum isn't covering anybody in the fucking paint!!! He's just playing center field.

Makes it a lot easier to stop penetration.

[EVAY]

Well, if the team isn't mad, I am!!

[Ice009]

I'd rather Manu not play tonight if he's going to play like this.

It's the rest bullshit.

It throws player's rhythm off.

FUCKING PATHETIC stuff from Pop.

Stop babying players and play them. If they tell you they are tired, then rest them otherwise play them. You can always rest players within a game and limit their minutes.

[timtonymanu]

Parker is playing like such a faggot right now.

[Texas_Ranger]

Big 3 still's got the rest... pathetic

[spursince#99]

blowout

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

We are getting fucked, by Barnes and other scrubs.

[Kuestmaster]

you know you are playing like shit when barnes is killing you

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol 4 people on Bynum

[007nites]

Finally TP after 2 years

[Richie]

So many open 3s

[biskvito]

LA 30 rebounds
SA 15

[DJ Mbenga]

what does Bynum have to do to get a call?

[Quiet Strength]

Finally duncan damn

[EVAY]

TP can't get a foul call!

[007nites]

Timmy doing work defensively

[maverick1948]

As Sean says "They will return to the mean."

[loveforthegame]

What exactly is Pop's game plan tonight?

What shitty play by the big 3. The rest did them real good.

[Kuestmaster]

oh timmy

[bklynspursfan]

Why isn't Tiago back in now

[100%duncan]

:lmao refs

[EVAY]

Finally, Tim!!

[spurspokesman]

21 year old timmy lol

[PingPong]

14 rebounds already for Bynum?

[bklynspursfan]

After this timeout Blair should not be in.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD!

[TheSkeptic]

Thanks Tim

[007nites]

Timmay!

[ElNono]

signs of life

[100%duncan]

What exactly is Pop's game plan tonight?

What shitty play by the big 3. The rest did them real good.

Yeah, we gave up a winning streak and now in for some losing skid

[DAF86]

Wake the fuck up Tony. Fuck.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

tony gave that up when he was open on a fast break? give me a break..

[DesignatedT]

duncan isn't scared.

manu is old as shit
tony is scared as fuck.

everyone else doesnt really matter when you have 2 of the 3 done with.

[Ice009]

Ridiculous. No Kobe, no Phil, and the Spurs are still playing scared. Afraid of the uniform?

YUP. It's not Kobe. They must shit their pants against the uniform.

I don't know why, every time i see it, it's like a bull seeing red. I want to KILL THEM. I'm ready to suit up right now and lay some wood on them.

No excuse for these guys to be playing like pussies against them.

[EVAY]

The spurs are playing like they are afraid of getting hurt. Except for that dunk by Tim. At least he looks like he's getting pissed.

[Reck]

Resting players to get shit on by the Lakers bench. Gotta love.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 16 RB vs 32

Spurs -8 FGA

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

nice dunk by timmmay

[ElNono]

lol Tony can't abuse Blake... just wow...

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu and especially Tony have to play better

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Nice to see Duncan so aggressive.

Take notes, Parker and manu you chodes

[Manu-20]

Tony is shitting his bed tonight he needs to step up in the 2nd half

[timvp]

Tony Parker playing like it's the 2011 playoffs.

These Lakers make the Spurs look like a fluke team. The matchups are horrible and L.A. also has the mental edge, apparently. Gotta get out of their bracket.

[TE]

As Sean says "They will return to the mean."

Let's fucking hope so. Laker performance out on the perimeter is nothing more than an anomaly.

[MmP]

should we officially rename Spurs Talk.com Spurs :dramaquee .com?

this

[Kuestmaster]

timmy, splitter, jax and green are the only who played with heart this 1st half. c'mon guys

[007nites]

You can tell that Timmay was getting mad that no one was attacking the paint.

[TDomination]

pop is never going to admit that he needs size in the frontcourt, he needs duncan/splitter combo against gasol/bynum. theres just no way tim wins against both bynum and gasol

[Spurs da champs]

lol "matadore defense" that's what the Spurs have been playing all game long!

[Josepatches_]

Bynum's D is really great. He only watched how TD pass him in slow motion

[100%duncan]

wow really?

[bklynspursfan]

What is Pop doing with Blair? Seriously I don't get it

[EVAY]

Gasol on Parker

[TE]

Goddamn Blair do something you fat piece of shit.

[Kuestmaster]

blair is so useless

[Robz4000]

This is the worst game of the season

[bklynspursfan]

Blair is useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the fuck man

[slick'81]

lol bynum over all 6'7 dejuan

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

When the fuck will they learn.... Blair on bynum is destined for failure

[DesignatedT]

:lmao blair

[100%duncan]

Atta boy.

[DJB]

Spurs will never beat the Lakers with a scared Tony Parker. This passiveness is inexcusable.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Did Gasol just shoot a 3? :lol

[Richie]

Blair on Bynum is a joke. 16 boards in a half

[Budkin]

Wow they are tapping our asses sans Kobe. TP 0-6?

[007nites]

Fuck the help defense Blair just box out early

[TheSkeptic]

Tony needs to get it together. Maybe Tiago and Tony should do a couple pick and rolls to get him going.

[100%duncan]

another make-up fould,tbh.

[Kuestmaster]

Manu showing some life. Parker is still MIA

[DJ Mbenga]

lol refs

[HeroSquad]

I don't know what Pop expects putting Blair on Bynum.

[bklynspursfan]

Blair is in. Kawhi isn't in. Splitter isn't in. We're getting killed on the boards Come on Pop seriously use your fucking head

[100%duncan]

Spurs will never beat the Lakers with a scared Tony Parker. This passiveness is inexcusable.

[GSH]

The Lakers are loose shooting because even when they miss they get about half of them back off the glass.

[EVAY]

Good move by Tony to give the three to Manu instead of taking it himself.

[DesignatedT]

manu hurt again? yup of course.

[Texas_Ranger]

Blair should never ever play against the Lakers.... Why not Splitter/ Duncan, why???

[Josepatches_]

Lol...Gasol saw Bynum & Blair so he shoots that ugly hook

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony passive and pathetic play is killing our offense rhythm

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I think we'll see a very different game after half time. Pop has been experimenting.

[$pursDynasty]

are we even scared on the free throw line?

[100%duncan]

5 off reb in 1 possession smh

[TE]

I wonder if the assistant coaches ever ask Pop his reasoning for playing Blair so many minutes.

[DJ Mbenga]

did Bynum rape Crawford's daughter or something?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Duncan and Splitter..... It's pretty simple

[Quiet Strength]

lol @ blair and bonner

[$pursDynasty]

obviously they want this game badly, but the Spurs need to show more fire and if they can reclaim the boards they can win the game

[100%duncan]

For the rare times of my life, I was happy that Bonner was in. Fucking Blair didnt do nothing

[007nites]

Too scared to look at the box score to see how many rebounds Bynum has

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I want to see some Diaw.

[DesignatedT]

Decent end to the quarter but jesus. If this isn't enough proof for Pop then nothing is ever changing.

[td4mvp21]

Why will Pop not even play Splitter and Duncan together? It's so fucking irritating as a fan to watch the team get dismantled by a big frontcourt and watch the coach refuse to counter with two seven footers. Completely asinine and insane.

[Manu-20]

finally the spurs showing some signs of life but wtf is pop thinking he keeps leaving blair in who is so dam usless out there bring diaw in at least

[ElNono]

Hope Pop lits a fire on their asses at the half... after all, it's the offense that's faltering...

[Spursfanfromafar]

Bynum has more rebounds than the entire Spurs team.. Got to be reversed in the second half..

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

19 boards in one half? Is Pop retarded?

[biskvito]

lol bynum
lol 19 reb
lol 1st half

[timtonymanu]

:lol cant even secure rebounds, but of course we either play soft Ginger or short fat ass Blair next to Timmy.

:lol signed Diaw for nothing

This is a game that is bringing out all of our worst fears.

[ViceCity84]

Only plus: Ebanks sucks donkey balls.Kobe's replacement.
Some Lakers fans thought he was next Ariza.

[DesignatedT]

did Bynum rape Crawford's daughter or something?

Refs feel sorry for us. We have noone down low who can compete with Bynum.

[loveforthegame]

Thankfully Duncan and Ginobli woke up a bit to provide some much needed leadership.

Considering our defense and the pounding on the boards we're taking we're lucky to be down only 5.

[bklynspursfan]

Really. I get mad at games a lot. But Bynum has 19 boards in the first half. Is that not a fucking sign to get someone bigger on him??? I mean got dam what is so dam difficult about it?

[PingPong]

Spurs need someone like Blake to run over Gasol... and get no calls.