Game Blog: Spurs vs Jazz -- Game 3 (May 5, 9 PM CST, FSSW/TNT)

[bklynspursfan]

Ball movement is sexy

[ECZ]

Good shit green

[capek]

Bonner blocks Favors! Says kiss my ass SR! :LOL

[Brazil]

beurks with 11 pts unbelievable

[Crookshanks]

Jazz are playing tough, but I still think the Spurs will win this.

[Dr. John R. Brinkley]

Favors going right at Bonner. He must not have read the statistical reports that Bonner is an elite defender.

[loveforthegame]

Bonner fighting and that's all you can ask.

Green aggressive all night.

[DatBoyGood]

Tony!

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brazil]

time to remember you are a scrub beurks

[urunobili]

TP all star back...

[Crookshanks]

Is anybody else sick of the damn Jazz fans tossing their freaking balloons in front of the camera?

Yes! I missed the beginning of the game, so what's with the balloons?

[Brazil]

TP clutch !!!!!!!!!

[Supergirl]

Spurs back to work good to see

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Tony park actin like Tony stark

[DatBoyGood]

Greeeeeeeeeeeeen

[ECZ]

Danny MF Green

[NickiRasgo]

lol at that umbrella.

[GSH]

Just the sig.

[bklynspursfan]

Danny Green!

[Mal]

Danny Green is a beast.

[loveforthegame]

Green mofo!!

[$pursDynasty]

DG has been possessed by the spirit of Gary Neal

[DontStopBelieving]

Splitter and Duncan playing in crunch time!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

That boy playin like iron man

He's only 29!

[Spurologist]

:lmao Manu & TP on that last fastbreak

[timtonymanu]

Is anybody else sick of the damn Jazz fans tossing their freaking balloons in front of the camera?

Yes holy shit.

[timvp]

:lmao @ Pop's fist pump after Splitter/Duncan tandem shut down the paint.

Six months too late on that alignment but I'll take it :lol

[024]

great tiago defense!

[Brazil]

Give Green a status already !!!!!!!!! he is making love to pressure

[timvp]

:lmao @ Pop's fist pump after Splitter/Duncan tandem shut down the paint.

Six months too late on that alignment but I'll take it :lol

[InRareForm]

Danny green is that mfin dude

[4001 STEREO SPUR]

Nice score by Green!!! :flag:

[urunobili]

Pop with the pat on Splitter's ass to congratulate the D :tu

[DatBoyGood]

This is pretty much what we all predicted before the game lol

[Manu20]

So proud of Danny Green! He is coming up huge tonight!

[Spurs Brazil]

Tiago big play on D, Green with the GREAT finish

[Supergirl]

Color me impressed. I knew how good Danny Green was in the regular season, but I thought he'd hit his rookie wall in the playoffs. Dude is unflappable. Another good find for the Spurs FO.

[hooperflash]

Just saw a potential .gif (Bonner impersonating Green's juking on the bench)

[100%duncan]

Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

[Arcadian]

Hahaha, their fans are booing a lot.

[Juggity]

Danny Green is a serious fuckin' NBA player.

[capek]

Nice confident drive by Green. He has had a really good game tbh

[timtonymanu]

Spurs got so many cold-blooded MFers this year.

Green. Neal. Jackson. Manu. Tony. Fucking awesome.

[GSH]

Yes! I missed the beginning of the game, so what's with the balloons?


I don't know, but it's no accident. They're intentionally putting them up in front of the camera. I'm surprised the league hasn't sent some security people down to deal with it.

[Manu20]

With 6 minutes to go in the game Green with 14 points and 5 rebounds :toast

[Manufan909]

Only took Pop 1 real PO game this year to go to Tiago and Duncan in the 4th, fuck yeah!!!:downspin::downspin::downspin:

[NickiRasgo]

Playoff Danny Green, Playoff Jax likes it.

[Crookshanks]

Love Stephen Jackson's cheerleading from the bench.

[Supergirl]

OK, I looked it up, he's not a rookie. But he practically is.

[jestersmash]

Love the fist pump by Pop :lol

[Brazil]

:lol cbs play on play

SA 5:38
Manu Ginobili made Driving layup, Assist Manu Ginobili

I know manu is good but come on

[ducks]

Damn it. Put Neal in there Pop!

splitter fault not tp
atleast 3 of tps 5 turnovers were not his fault tonight

[Holt's Cat]

Dammit I need a towel

[Quiet Strength]

:lol cbs play on play

SA 5:38
Manu Ginobili made Driving layup, Assist Manu Ginobili

I know manu is good but come on

:lol

[Rummpd]

Pop has seen the light!!!!!

[BanditHiro]

T.T danny green is going to leave this offseason

[DontStopBelieving]

Color me impressed. I knew how good Danny Green was in the regular season, but I thought he'd hit his rookie wall in the playoffs. Dude is unflappable. Another good find for the Spurs FO.

I believed that also, especially after game 1. I'm glad that I was wrong so far at least.

[Spurs Brazil]

Jax and Green with great game

[100%duncan]

Wow Tp with 34 minutes

[Cant_Be_Faded]

:lol cbs play on play

SA 5:38
Manu Ginobili made Driving layup, Assist Manu Ginobili

I know manu is good but come on

Crofl, dets sig worthy

[jestersmash]

:lol cbs play on play

SA 5:38
Manu Ginobili made Driving layup, Assist Manu Ginobili

I know manu is good but come on

"He's a real life wizard" - ESPN's Dimeupdate

[jag]

:lmao @ Pop's fist pump after Splitter/Duncan tandem shut down the paint.

Six months too late on that alignment but I'll take it :lol

:lol what I was thinking.

[ducks]

K. Leonard will play better next game imo
first road playoff game

[ducks]

T.T danny green is going to leave this offseason

neal will spurs will keep green
they have to because manu

[loveforthegame]

Foot on the throat time.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Parkers playing time is a calculated risk by Pop.

He obviously feels we win tonight, we sweep

[DontStopBelieving]

Favors pushes Splitter in the back, and then the Spurs get called for the foul.. :(

[ECZ]

A body on favors please..it's not that complicated. Don't even try to rebound, just make sure he doesn't have a shot in hell at getting it

[Crookshanks]

Thank goodness the Jazz are shooting so crappy from the FT line because they're getting lots of freethrows.

[$pursDynasty]

Danny Green playing so well I might stop teasing him for his dancin w/ the stars moment with Lebron....nah I can't promise that:lmao

[cd98]

Burks was a lottery pick in last years draft.

[loveforthegame]

Parker clutch time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony!!

[jag]

Jefferson doesn't want to go inside.

[Spurs Brazil]

great pass TD

[Venti Quattro]

$50 richer.

[ducks]

tp with 8 pluss 2 free throws in the 4

[Cant_Be_Faded]

jackson doesn't want to sit down. I love it.

[Russo21]

lol mavericks

[Brazil]

TP saying not in my house not everywhere

[DontStopBelieving]

Parker played like shit all night long, then suddenly in the 4th quarter his jumper starts falling and he starts getting into the paint. Love it.

[SpurPadre]

neal will spurs will keep green
they have to because manu


And then we'll get Batum. Batum and Green...nice.

[GSH]

Green is also really good about constantly moving to space the floor. It drives me crazy when guys stand out on the perimeter, and don't pay attention to the angles.

A while ago, Bonner was sitting there wide open, but there was no passing lane to get the ball to him.

[ducks]

tp 10 in quarter

[Supergirl]

wtf is with the spammers posting random videos? Get a life.

[Brazil]

maybe TP deserves a B+ after all

[hooperflash]

Utah's offense is all baseline lol let them have it

[Crookshanks]

Hey Shekels - you need to go away and take your lame videos with you. Totally lame and unappropriate for a game thread. That crap belongs in the Club or Troll forum.

[$pursDynasty]

not a fan of the quick shot milk the clock and find the best possible shot, aggressive is ok but you have to understand where the game is at

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony and Tiago with big plays in the 4th

[Russo21]

hey guys is blair hurt or just not getting and PT coaches decision?

[loveforthegame]

Good win. :tu

[Brazil]

come on Tiago you have to make that FTs

[Budkin]

I love this team.

[Supergirl]

Splitter chokes on his FTs

[Spurs Brazil]

damn.

[$pursDynasty]

I was hoping that the cupping of hands by Pop meant bleed the clock, I was wrong.

[urunobili]

Dangerous moment for the Spurs...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Fuck Tiago just fucked up four points

He messed up a beautiful Pop play call

[Brazil]

thx god Utah is missing a ton of FTs

[Budkin]

At least the FT problem hasn't been as bad as in the past.

[Russo21]

whos been playing defense on milsap? hes stunk it up tonight

[GSH]

Good win. :tu

Don't get ahead of things. When Sloan was coach, Utah could get more plays into the last two minutes than any team I've ever seen. I don't know about this year, but it isn't over yet.

[Supergirl]

Boy if Jerry Sloan were still coaching the Jazz no way would they be missing all these FTs

[Spurologist]

Jazz fans gotta beat the late night traffic

[DontStopBelieving]

I have to say, Favors is a wonderful player and I can see the frustration from Jazz fans over his playing time. Seems similar to Spurfan over Splitter for the last year.

[NickiRasgo]

Less than two minutes left with no injuries. *pray*

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Fyi: pop just call the play it involves both Duncan and splitter

[$pursDynasty]

Pop wants Ginger to foul out

[Spurs Brazil]

Clutch Tony

[Brazil]

Thank You Mister Tony Parker

[100%duncan]

C'mon, don't choke this game away

[Supergirl]

whos been playing defense on milsap? hes stunk it up tonight

Mostly Diaw but Splitter's played great D on Favors as well.

[GSH]

Heh... okay, now it's over.

[spurs1990]

We better win by 10 or more points or I'm going to be pissed lol

[ECZ]

Parker quietly, slowly twisting the knife

[SpursFaninMS]

Splitter going up weak again

[loveforthegame]

Spurs took the Jazz best shot and still gets the win. :tu

[DatBoyGood]

:lol Jazz fans already heading for the exits

[DontStopBelieving]

Wow. Splitter gets pulled and the first thing that happens is a damn uncontested dunk.

[Brazil]

TP taking over this fourth !! great to see

[Budkin]

TP has been our MVP by a mile.

[urunobili]

TP at the line delivering...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

harris hacked parkers tender wrist

[Holt's Cat]

F you Jazz

[GSH]

Give Parker credit. He went through a rough patch, but he was clutch in the 4th quarter to seal the win.

[Russo21]

Mostly Diaw but Splitter's played great D on Favors as well.

Awesome. Hope our d is coming around :toast im starting a petition to re-sign diaw!

[Russo21]

Give Parker credit. He went through a rough patch, but he was clutch in the 4th quarter to seal the win.

true that:toast

[$pursDynasty]

double digit win on deck

[Mal]

Obi One Popovich

[SpursFaninMS]

Gordon Hayward has been atrocious this series.

[100%duncan]

:lmao Jazz
:lmao Savior Favors
:lmao SLC arena
:lmao mormons

[Brazil]

how many pts this quarter by TP ? I lost the count 14 ?

[Holt's Cat]

Time to head over to the tabernacle for a drink

[Arcadian]

:lmao @ Pop's fist pump after Splitter/Duncan tandem shut down the paint.

Six months too late on that alignment but I'll take it :lol

How is it "too late" if the Spurs got the #1 seed and are peaking at the perfect time? It might actually be better that he waited to utilize the combination, as teams will be less prepared for it now.

Glass half full, buddy. :)

[timtonymanu]

F yeah.

[spurs1990]

13 straight wins!

another double digit win!

[Spurs Brazil]

Great win. Tony was huge in the 4th, Green and Jax with solid performances

Tiago and TD together set the tone in the 4th on defense

[Libri]

:clap

[Russo21]

good game. over 100 points. held utah to 90 on 40% shooting on the road. Not bad, not bad at all. :)

[timtonymanu]

Time to sweep these bitches.

[Crookshanks]

TP had 16 points in the last 8 minutes - great 4th quarter effort!

[loveforthegame]

Green getting the interview. Love that.

[urunobili]

Splitter leading rebounder
Manu leading disher

[Brazil]

16 pts on the fourth for TP !!! wow did he miss a shot this quarter ?

[naico]

Jazz fans acting like a bipolar girlfriend

[GSH]

They just showed that play that ended the first half again. In all the basketball I've ever watched, that one is on the list of memorable plays - just because it was drawn up and run to such perfection. They made it look simple.

[Spurologist]

Not to be overlooked is TD's play early in the first. He sucked out the Jazz and crowd energy early and often before it had a chance to get out of hand

[Russo21]

i only tuned in to the game late today. can someone tell me why blair played just 6 minutes?
injury or coaches decision? thanks

[Crookshanks]

All right you frickin idiots - enough with the sex sounds videos! You're totally ruining this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!! Immature idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ElNono]

We win!

[ECZ]

Trolls are out

[GSH]

Timvp - would it be too much to get that Seamus account killed for posting the auto-play gay sex vids? I'm guessing it's someone who's unhappy tonight?

[SpurPadre]

Any chance Pop starts Splitter on Monday along TD just to test it out? Or is Diaw still the guy there?

[PingPong]

SaO0nv2ybFA

C'mon... my speakers were turned on and louder.. probably it woke up all the neighborhood.

[bklynspursfan]

ANyone know why Neal didn't play the 2nd half?

[ducks]

tp closed the shit out
so much for sleeping walking

[SpurPadre]

ANyone know why Neal didn't play the 2nd half?

He wasn't playing team ball out there, tonight and did not even try to get Manu involved when they were both on the floor together.

[ducks]

oh and tp played 40 tonight and he still had legs

[Crookshanks]

Timvp - would it be too much to get that Seamus account killed for posting the auto-play gay sex vids? I'm guessing it's someone who's unhappy tonight?

I totally agree! It's bad enough that he posted them at all, but to have them so they played automatically was really bad form! It was Seamus and Shekels - are they the same troll?

[bklynspursfan]

He wasn't playing team ball out there, tonight and did not even try to get Manu involved when they were both on the floor together.

I saw that, but I wasn't sure if that was the reason or not. It definitely makes sense

[TheSkeptic]

Any chance Pop starts Splitter on Monday along TD just to test it out? Or is Diaw still the guy there?

I'm cool with letting Diaw start as long as Splitter plays more. I am beginning to worry about Bonner though.

[naico]

Very subtle pop :D

[TMTTRIO]

Still concerned about Manu's scoring. Can we afford to have him scoring under 10 points if we happen to face the Lakers or the Thunder. He's not always going to get the assists and will have more turnovers.

[timtonymanu]

I saw that, but I wasn't sure if that was the reason or not. It definitely makes sense

I think it was more for defensive purposes. Neal has barely played all series because he's a terrible defender. I like Neal, but it's a good move by Pop.

[TheSkeptic]

Still concerned about Manu's scoring. Can we afford to have him scoring under 10 points if we happen to face the Lakers or the Thunder. He's not always going to get the assists and will have more turnovers.

Against the Thunder I think we can, but we'll need more from him against the Lakers for sure. I think Danny Green can replicate some of that scoring for us.

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop with some props to Tiago in the postgame

[TheSkeptic]

Pop with some props to Tiago in the postgame

What did he say?

[ajballer4]

All the NBA analysts tweeting about the fight. Do your job and watch the fucking games

[Brazil]

Pop with some props to Tiago in the postgame

and the subtle goods on first half FTs

[ducks]

ANyone know why Neal didn't play the 2nd half?

the doghouse

[justinandimcool]

All the NBA analysts tweeting about the fight. Do your job and watch the fucking games

under the radar :danceclub

[Spurologist]

When exactly did Barkley stop yelling Giinnnooobilliii!

[Budkin]

:lmao @ Pop responding to "What were the keys to victory?"

"Umm... I don't know how to answer that. We had more points?"

[SpurPadre]

I'm also really worried about Manu, guys. We won't get past the 2nd round if he doesn't average over 10+ PPG against the Grizzlies. Maybe against the Clips due to match-ups but we definitely won't win a championship without Manu being Manu. He's so passive out there and lacking confidence.

[TMTTRIO]

When exactly did Barkley stop yelling Giinnnooobilliii!
when he started getting hurt

[ThePop]

Pop: "Combination of Tim and Tiago really helped us on the boards"

[GSH]

Pop with some props to Tiago in the postgame


What did he say?


LOL... the first question was about the "keys to victory". You would think they would brief these reporters not to even say those words in front of Pop. I thought he was gonna blow a gasket. He actually sort of counted to 10 and calmed down before saying, "I don't know? We scored more points than them?" But, oh man, you could tell he wanted to just ream the guy.

Then the next guy asked him what adjustments he made at halftime. Pop just looked like he couldn't believe it. His response was, "Quit fouling." He did say a little more about dumb fouls, but once again he looked like he just wanted to climb down off the podium and shake the guy.

Near the end someone asked if Tiago's height helped out. Pop said, as close as I can remember, "I thought Tiago was huge for us, when Tim was on the bench. He rebounded well for us. And then when Tim came back, and we were having trouble with Favors down there, I thought Tim and Tiago handled that well."

[T Park]

Not worried about Manu at all.

He's not shooting nearly as much if he would if they played Memphis or LA or OKC.

[jestersmash]

Still concerned about Manu's scoring. Can we afford to have him scoring under 10 points if we happen to face the Lakers or the Thunder. He's not always going to get the assists and will have more turnovers.


I'm also really worried about Manu, guys. We won't get past the 2nd round if he doesn't average over 10+ PPG against the Grizzlies. Maybe against the Clips due to match-ups but we definitely won't win a championship without Manu being Manu. He's so passive out there and lacking confidence.

Why isn't Manu averaging 20 PPG on 6 shot attempts? Something must be wrong.

[Budkin]

When exactly did Barkley stop yelling Giinnnooobilliii!

He did it a couple of games ago actually.

[T Park]

I think Tiago finally had his "I sold Pop on me with Tim" game.

[Spurs Brazil]

Live postgame news conference


http://www.nba.com/live1/

[TheSkeptic]

LOL... the first question was about the "keys to victory". You would think they would brief these reporters not to even say those words in front of Pop. I thought he was gonna blow a gasket. He actually sort of counted to 10 and calmed down before saying, "I don't know? We scored more points than them?" But, oh man, you could tell he wanted to just ream the guy.

Then the next guy asked him what adjustments he made at halftime. Pop just looked like he couldn't believe it. His response was, "Quit fouling." He did say a little more about dumb fouls, but once again he looked like he just wanted to climb down off the podium and shake the guy.

Near the end someone asked if Tiago's height helped out. Pop said, as close as I can remember, "I thought Tiago was huge for us, when Tim was on the bench. He rebounded well for us. And then when Tim came back, and we were having trouble with Favors down there, I thought Tim and Tiago handled that well."

Ha ha. Thanks. :tu

There are times when I wish Pop would handle the media a little...less like that but I think I'll miss him when he retires. :lol Thanks again.

Edit: Thanks for the link Spurs Brazil.

[ducks]

I think Tiago finally had his "I sold Pop on me with Tim" game.

yeah hopefully

pop knows he needs him against mem

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I think Tiago finally had his "I sold Pop on me with Tim" game.

Lets hope you're right, brah

Though I still like diaw starting

[urunobili]

When exactly did Barkley stop yelling Giinnnooobilliii!

He went back to it last game...

[T Park]

Lets hope you're right, brah

Though I still like diaw starting

Oh I am too. Diaw has been fantastic. Down the stretch against big frontlines? Loved the lineup tonight. Would've dubbed Jax for Green though.

[wut]

we're pretty blessed to have a team that is so well coached/disciplined. No other team comes close when it comes to this aspect; other teams may have better, more talented players, but Spurs can win if they execute better. It's just impressive.

[TheSkeptic]

Oh I am too. Diaw has been fantastic. Down the stretch against big frontlines? Loved the lineup tonight. Would've dubbed Jax for Green though.

I'm waffling on that one tbh. Jax is ideally who I'd like to close with but Green was rolling tonight.

[Legacy]

Tough game, but we pulled through... YET AGAIN! Such a hap-hap-happy and p-p-proud Spurs fan over here!! WOO-HOOO!!!!!! :cheer


:p:




:flag: Foreva'!! :flag:

[dbreiden83080]

Great win...

Spurs weathered the expected storm and took over the game in the 2nd half..

Sweep on Monday..

[Legacy]

Great win...

Spurs weathered the expected storm and took over the game in the 2nd half..

Sweep on Monday..



Agreed. Time to clean up dat house now. :toast

[Spurologist]

He went back to it last game...

:tu

I think Mike Ditka coulda stopped manu today but that pass to end the half deserved....










































GINOOOOOBILLLLIIIIIIi

[TDMVPDPOY]

spurs won even though playin like shit in the first half and bullshit calls, adjusted to the officiating and pull their heads out of the asses and started to play

[dbreiden83080]

Get the Sweep on Monday and rest up for the next round.. Clips/Grizzlies may go 7..

[Obstructed_View]

I love Stephen Jackson and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

[crc21209]

I love Stephen Jackson and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

+1. Same here. The guy just has the balls for the post-season.....