Game Blog: Spurs vs. Clippers - Game 1 (8:30 PM CST)

[loveforthegame]

Play through it. Stay aggressive.

[sexinthatsx]

lol Ginobili's Team Role = Fuel injector

[WeNeedLength]

Now Ginobili is missing freethrows wtf..

[Bulwark]

Splitter has had some good D though

[ballhog]

Haha Manu=fuel injector

[100%duncan]

JA in for hack a martin

[Bulwark]

Foul a clipper!!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Hack a clip?

[td4mvp21]

Is Pop really going to already do this gimmick?

[BanditHiro]

here we go hack a clipper

[timtonymanu]

Don't like using the hack already.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs are rusty as fuck. Far too many elementary errors in the first Q. They'll get into it as the game goes on.

[MannyIsGod]

Congrats James Anderson. You're not a player. You're six fouls.

:lmao

[GB20]

hahah the hack is on

[Clippersfan86]

Lol at people who dissed the Clippers bench.

People that don't watch and talk out of their ass. Clippers have been the 3rd most productive bench in the playoffs. Pop resorting to the pussy hack a shaq shit early in game. Pretty sad that best team in NBA has to rely on this in the 1st quarter.

[Capt Bringdown]

Splitter shitting his way back into the doghouse. Way to not answer the playoff bell.

[DAF86]

Martin? Why not Evans?

[NASpurs]

Pop going for the 2 for 1.

[MI21]

Defense, ball security, aggressiveness from guards and Manu/Tiago FT's all disgusting, but still up.

Hack a reggie. lol

[loveforthegame]

Poor Anderson. Hack a Clipper.

[Bulwark]

Made 'em both

[timtonymanu]

Man, we are so rusty. Pick it up, guys.

[100%duncan]

Really refs? Really?

[baseline bum]

Wow, the team looks like shit.

[Mal]

These clipps are no joke

[MI21]

Defense, ball security, aggressiveness from guards and Manu/Tiago FT's all disgusting, but still up.

Hack a reggie. lol

[slick'81]

good d bledsoe

[Clippersfan86]

Bledsoe already wreaking havoc on the Spurs. My boy.

[$pursDynasty]

hmmmm smellin David Stern ref influence, lol

[NRHector]

the bench looks like shit :bang

[Tp9gospursgo]

There we go TP AND ONE!

[Bulwark]

and 1 keep going at em

[baseline bum]

Now that was fucking sweet TP!

[$pursDynasty]

TonyVP and 1!

[MI21]

Oh hack a Kenyon...I don't like that, Kenyon is a fine basketball player, you don't do that.

[100%duncan]

Tony Parker: Fuck you Refs!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Man for such a superior squad... surprised Clippers are tied after one. I think Spurs fans are pretty damn delusional to think their bench is going to run the Clippers bench (Goon Squad) off the floor. Spurs will be lucky to score a bucket with Bledsoe, Kmart in.

:lol Keep beleiving that. Right now our players look like they've had a week off. When they start to click they'll dismantle your bench. You haven't seen our offence click yet.

[slick'81]

thats right just keep attacking

[SpursOwn]

Spurs playing terrible and we winning still lol. Sweep

[spurs1990]

Anyone watch OKC last night....were they rusty at the start?

[loveforthegame]

Pretty move by Parker.

Spurs just need to play smarter.

[baseline bum]

Fuck I hate Chris Paul.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Hopefully the rust wears off as the game goes on.

[slick'81]

all tied up

[wut]

these refs clearly were told to watch out for flops, but they're just ignoring real calls. They kinda seem gun-shy.

btw, wtf is up with the TNT announcer who creams his pants everytime Clippers score?

[Bulwark]

Anyone watch OKC last night....were they rusty at the start?
lol

[NRHector]

Stop fucking around Spurs

[BanditHiro]

These clipps are no joke

they are we are just playing to their level. no ball movement at all to take advantage of their overaggressiveness on defense.

[maverick1948]

29 in the 1st. Come on the D needs to pick up. Keep running the Clips and they will be tired in the 4th quarter.

[$pursDynasty]

should have trapped CP3 no way you let him drive the length but that all being said, I'll take tied after 1 quarter considering how non existent most of the bench was and how horrid Tiago was.

[Spurologist]

Kawhi/Green will need to guard CP3 sometime this series.

[midnightpulp]

Closed that quarter like shit. Spurs MO all year.

[Josepatches_]

It seems Parker can't guard CP3.

[timtonymanu]

Am I the only one who can't stand Devlin?

I know it's his job to call the game but he screams at every little play.

[Capt Bringdown]

Clippers making a statement. Pretty impressive.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why haven't we been running the Manu-Splitter high pnr with Jax and Neal in the corners to feast on collapsing D? That play rips teams to shreds.

[MannyIsGod]

Man for such a superior squad... surprised Clippers are tied after one. I think Spurs fans are pretty damn delusional to think their bench is going to run the Clippers bench (Goon Squad) off the floor. Spurs will be lucky to score a bucket with Bledsoe, Kmart in.

:lmao

This guy is as good as the Derrick Favors poster from the last round.

Spurs play their worst quarter of the playoffs and ARE STILL tied and this joker is talking about some "goon squad".

Yeah, those Clips are fucking defensive standouts. Spurs are only on pace to score 112.

[Spurs Brazil]

We didn't play well in the 1st. Hope the rust is off and the 2nd quarter is better

[duhoh]

rofl deandre jordan tryna man up.

nigga got a big head for the lack of game.

[Splits]

Thats the best the Flops can play. If they can sustain for 48 min and hang in this game, then you gotta give em props. Chances are they hit a cold streak and we build a lead at some point.

[100%duncan]

Bench really need to step it up. They were ugly, ugly and ugly.

[Paranoid Pop]

There's no rust, we scored 29, they're just scoring at will as well. They dropped 120 on us last time lets not forget. And their bench owned ours.

[Clippersfan86]

Spurs playing terrible and we winning still lol. Sweep

Spurs doing even average 29 a quarter bro. How are they playing terrible :lol. Sounds like the excuses are starting before the game is over. If they lose it will be how terrible they played despite shooting 50+ percent.

[spurs1990]

I miss Utah tbh.

[Manu-20]

Spurs not looking their best right now they just need to play smarter and pick it up as the game goes along.

[td4mvp21]

Am I the only one who can't stand Devlin?

I know it's his job to call the game but he screams at every little play.

He's horrible. Not sure how he landed a job with TNT.

[phxspurfan]

Definitely the 1st round of a fight that may go a few rounds. Both sides feeling the game out, haven't seen much yet.

[Nathan89]

Foul Evans not Martin. Stupid play by Pop.

[lmbebo]

Spurs played sloppy. They get back to the ball they were playing and its a 10 point lead.

[loveforthegame]

The energy is there. Stay aggressive and play through the BS. And play smarter.

Next quarter could be telling.

[NRHector]

Clippers making a statement. Pretty impressive.

what? The Spurs played like shit in the 1st quarter

[timvp]

It could have been worse. Hopefully the rust is coming off and the Spurs to get arollin'.

[baseline bum]

Am I the only one who can't stand Devlin?

I know it's his job to call the game but he screams at every little play.

:lol

He's a worse version of Gus Johnson.

[NASpurs]

Spurs doing even average 29 a quarter bro. How are they playing terrible :lol. Sounds like the excuses are starting before the game is over. If they lose it will be how terrible they played despite shooting 50+ percent.

Welcome to Spurstalk bro. You still have to learn a lot about the way people are here.

[timtonymanu]

We honestly played like shit while the Clippers looked fresh for some reason, yet it's tied. I'll take it.

[Budkin]

Rust is on D

[MannyIsGod]

It seems Parker can't guard CP3.

Parker played perfect defense on that play.

[DBMethos]

Am I the only one who can't stand Devlin?

I know it's his job to call the game but he screams at every little play.

You're not the only one.

[Manu20]

these refs clearly were told to watch out for flops, but they're just ignoring real calls. They kinda seem gun-shy.

btw, wtf is up with the TNT announcer who creams his pants everytime Clippers score?

Lol It was getting Im my nerves! I guess I just got used to Sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ and Bill Land lol

[ALVAREZ6]

Goddamn that quarter got ugly for the Spurs. Splitter started it with 3 horrible plays in a row (horribly missing 2 FTs, turning the ball over on a beneath the basket inbound after a Clippers score, and fouling Jordan on his way to the hoop) and then Manu followed the dicking around fest.


Stop playing like you'll win the series just by showing up. Jesus fuck.

[maverick1948]

these refs clearly were told to watch out for flops, but they're just ignoring real calls. They kinda seem gun-shy.

btw, wtf is up with the TNT announcer who creams his pants everytime Clippers score?


Some as with the Lakers, score a basket down 30 and you would think the score was tied. It is called lack of respect for the Spurs.

[slick'81]

the Italian stallion

[Clippersfan86]

We honestly played like shit while the Clippers looked fresh for some reason, yet it's tied. I'll take it.

This is what I don't get :sleep. I think both teams played excellent on offense and both teams played sub par defense. 29 points isn't playing like shit man.

[Josepatches_]

CP3 was playing more aggressive than he uses to be in the 1st quarter.

[spurspokesman]

Spurs not playing championship caliber defense atm.

[DMC]

Tiago ballin' tbh

[BanditHiro]

ball movement...it works.

[Tp9gospursgo]

RJ wouldn't of made that pass. SJ is awesome.

[spurraider21]

Splitter scored on a pick n roll. News to me

[wut]

wtf Manu is completely pushed no call

[ALVAREZ6]

We have to many whites in tbh

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Strong start by the Clippers.

Time for us to respond.

[100%duncan]

:lol Refs. How can you not call that a foul

[Capt Bringdown]

what? The Spurs played like shit in the 1st quarter

And the Clippers are taking advantage of the Spurs rusty play.

[Nathan89]

Anyone that can shoot a midrange shot like Martin just did without even thinking about it doesn't need to be fouled.

[ffadicted]

Neal breakin ankles literally LOL

[Juggity]

Neallll

[slick'81]

lol flop mo

[MannyIsGod]

Neal just broke your bench's ankles.

[ALVAREZ6]

Oh shit...Gary broke Mo's ankle!

[DatBoyGood]

Evans injuring his own player

[100%duncan]

Neal killed Mo.

[spurspokesman]

Neal with it

[Spurologist]

ankle breaker + head breaker. Nasty by Neal

[WeNeedLength]

Evans just KOed Mo. That sucks.

[Clippersfan86]

Manu outflopping the entire Clippers team 3-1.

[ShoogarBear]

Mo Williams with the flop-inflicted injury.

[maverick1948]

Neal breaks the ankle of Williams then his teammate kicks him in the head. I think the ankle hurt worse. His head is really hard.

[sexinthatsx]

Kenyon Martin's always known for injuring his own teammates inadvertently

[GSH]

Mo Williams with the flop-inflicted injury.

:tu

[Josepatches_]

Splitter is unstoppable playing the pick & roll.

[Spurs Brazil]

Neal scores and Williams is down

[loveforthegame]

Martin? Really?

[Libri]

Martin J

WTF?!

[slick'81]

kmart coming to play

[tlongII]

Bledsoe!

[100%duncan]

Fuck it bench.

[Splits]

Wtf Kenyon Martin jump shooter?

[Libri]

Martin J

WTF?!

[MannyIsGod]

Overpassing. Why is Manu not shootinga wide open 3?!?!?

[DatBoyGood]

Ugh. Going to be a tough series

[ffadicted]

Clippers looking better than us right now

[ALVAREZ6]

Spurs will lose game 1 if they don't stop dicking around.

[Clippersfan86]

Bledsoe and K-Mart were my two X-factors before series started. Looks right so far. They are murdering on D. Other guys have to step up though.

[MannyIsGod]

Ha, Manu passes up a wide open 3 then shoots a horrible one. He's playing god damn stupid so far.

[Paranoid Pop]

Bench is getting its shit pushed in.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs doing even average 29 a quarter bro. How are they playing terrible :lol. Sounds like the excuses are starting before the game is over. If they lose it will be how terrible they played despite shooting 50+ percent.

You obviously haven't watched us play in the past 2 months. We're playing poorly, turning it over, not helping on D, and the O is yet to click. Wait until we start playing.

Must say your easy transition buckets off steals are killing us though.

[spurspokesman]

Get neal out

[slick'81]

clippers transition points starting to rise

[ShoogarBear]

I think K-Mart has already doubled his career playoff total against the Spurs.

[MannyIsGod]

Thank you, Manu. Great screen by Tiago.

[100%duncan]

And the opposing team becomes good shooters. Fuck

[loveforthegame]

Manu!!

[phxspurfan]

Manu sighting

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu playing horribly

[slick'81]

bledose shitting on sa

[MannyIsGod]

Neal with it.

[100%duncan]

Gary Balls Neal!

[timtonymanu]

Neal! Quick trigger!

[007nites]

Thats the Neal we need

[loveforthegame]

Neal with it.

[GSH]

Tiago's feet almost left the floor going for that block.

[weebo]

Bledsoe!

fuck you

[sexinthatsx]

dang, Gary Neal hit that from another dimension

[100%duncan]

:lol what a high scoring game

[Juggity]

Sons, Gary Neal takes no prisoners from a yard beyond the arc

[Splits]

Terrible shot selection by Neal, can't believe that fell.

[Uriel]

:lol I love Gary Neal

[MannyIsGod]

Clippers shooting better than they have all season. Really, this is about as bad as things can go and the Spurs are still winning.

:lmao

[spurraider21]

Neal with it

[Spurologist]

Absolutely zero defense by the spurs. Clips making tough shots too

[NRHector]

I guess being off for a week sometimes is not good

[Nathan89]

Coach of they Year Pop getting Martin's stroke ready at the ft line.:lmao

[DMC]

Gary Neal, the "anti-choke".

[GB20]

that shot from neal was bad

[Clippersfan86]

And the opposing team becomes good shooters. Fuck


Clippers were the 4th ranked offense in the regular season and one of the best shooting teams. You thought they were the Jazz?

[DatBoyGood]

Neals shots are the ones are like why would you shoot....okay good shot lol

[ShoogarBear]

C'mon. Did you really think the Spurs were just going to pick up where they left off after a week?

The second half is where we'll find out where the Clippers' legs are. Remember game 1 of the 2008 WCF against the Lakers?

[Spurs Brazil]

I was like damn Neal, to YES NEAL!!

[100%duncan]

Kmart and Bledsoe shooting J's. Not gonna go in all night, clipperfan.

[Paranoid Pop]

Clippers shooting better than they have all season. Really, this is about as bad as things can go and the Spurs are still winning.

:lmao

Better than when they dropped 120 on us :lmao?

Let's be real we have a fight on our hands.

[ShoogarBear]

C'mon. Did you really think the Spurs were just going to pick up where they left off after a week?

The second half is where we'll find out where the Clippers' legs are. Remember game 1 of the 2008 WCF against the Lakers?

[Crookshanks]

It's not even halfway through the 2nd quarter, and I'm already tired of these announcers. I just hope the Spurs shake the rust off and deliver a real butt-kickin loss to the Clippers. Maybe that will shut up these guys.

[Manu20]

Spurs gotta pick it up! With that said they are still up by 2! lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why did Neal launch that from 3m outside the 3pt line? :lmao

Time we started running our sets. When we do it consistently we get layups or wide open 3s. Too many poor decisions and broken plays at this point.

[freetiago]

clippers are draining the mid range shots SA is giving them
watched them brick most of those last series

[GB20]

the clippers's bench is better than i expected

[Josepatches_]

Terrible shot selection by Neal, can't believe that fell.

I don't like these kind of shots even if he makes 3 in a row

[Manu20]

C'mon. Did you really think the Spurs were just going to pick up where they left off after a week?

The second half is where we'll find out where the Clippers' legs are. Remember game 1 of the 2008 WCF against the Lakers?

Was there a second half?? :depressed

[Clippersfan86]

Man Neil ALWAYS murders us. FU**. What's worse is it doesn't matter if you guard him or not. He will drill 30 foot, contested 3's vs the Clippers. It's like God created him for the sole purpose to remind us of the Clippers curse.

[DMC]

Clippers aint no joke + this is the 2nd round. There are no easy 2nd round series (except LA/Dallas last year)

[NASpurs]

Man Neil ALWAYS murders us. FU**. What's worse is it doesn't matter if you guard him or not. He will drill 30 foot, contested 3's vs the Clippers. It's like God created him for the sole purpose to remind us of the Clippers curse.

You can say fuck. It's alright.

[GB20]

let's go spur

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs have to do a better job contest those Js. It looks like the game they scored 120, a lot of open looks

[ALVAREZ6]

oh my god. great.

tony needs to learn how to pass.

[Libri]

:bang

[100%duncan]

Fuck. That's why you don't turn the ball over after a time-out.

[MannyIsGod]

Where was the foul?

[Spurologist]

WOW. Clippers can't miss

[loveforthegame]

Ugly. Got damn.

[NASpurs]

These lazy, errant perimeter passing are killing the Spurs. Stop turning the ball over!

[siraulo23]

finally watching the game

missed the first quarter

seems like both teams are shooting the ball well? or really poor defense from spurs?

[Paranoid Pop]

Their defense and transition is killing us.

[Clippersfan86]

Young sushi!

[Richie]

Turnovers killing us

[Splits]

Flops shooting 58%

[ShoogarBear]

Okay, it's official. There's no way that things can ever be any better for the Clippers than they are right now.

[Josepatches_]

Bad pass tony

I'm tired of these fucking turnovers when the pass is easy

[spurspokesman]

Neal killing us with the damn turnovers sheesh

[007nites]

Diaw is going to have to play his ass of against evans

[Darius Bieber]

LOL Young wasn't even touched by Jackson and flopped like someone shot him with a shotgun.:lol:lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony and Manu playing crap

[ballhog]

Nice flop on the 3

[100%duncan]

Missed layups! C'mon guys!

[Capt Bringdown]

58% shooting from the clips, ffs

[loveforthegame]

Diaw with a nice move and misses.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I have a feeling this game is going to be close all the way. We have temporarily lost our edge. Hope to find it soon.

[Nathan89]

Wouldn't mind posting up Jack on one of those little fucks. Geez... make them pay.

[MannyIsGod]

Spurs need to take much better care of the ball. I know the Clips are good at getting turnovers but this is just fucking lazy passing.

[Josepatches_]

We suck right now

[100%duncan]

Put Leonard back in.

[Warlord23]

Just not sharp at all

[007nites]

slow down the game and feed the ball in the post or run some pick and pops with tony and tim

[Josepatches_]

Nice TD

[MannyIsGod]

Kenyon is going to have some nasty 2003 flashbacks in this series

[loveforthegame]

Guys need to keep their heads up and fight back harder.

[NRHector]

Spurs better don't let this be a close game because if they do they'll lose

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao

Best offensive goal tend EVER. Ball was already in.

[wut]

Kenyon Martin with the nice push off to get himself open.

[slick'81]

lol evans dmb shit

[100%duncan]

Fuck these announcers.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fuck. RUN THE OFFENCE.

Man up, Spurs, you're playing like chumps.

[Killakobe81]

Good game so far. Not sure who I want to win Im a L.A. native, but I did predict one last WCF run for the Spurs. And SAS is looking like they are proving me right ...

[Josepatches_]

So finally Green is on Paul

[tlongII]

Okay, it's official. There's no way that things can ever be any better for the Clippers than they are right now.

I better save this.

[Budkin]

So many bobbles in and out.

[Clippersfan86]

That was already below the rim idiots! Refs totally fucking up.

[100%duncan]

Parker not taking advantage of their defense. God, no one can guard him 1v1 except Paul. C'mon Tony!

[loveforthegame]

So many missed easy shots.

[Budkin]

Fuck. RUN THE OFFENCE.

Man up, Spurs, you're playing like chumps.

It's just rust... we'll be ok.

[NRHector]

Parker looks like GD clown out there :bang

[Spurologist]

Much better D with Green on tp. Tp plays decent D but Green's length can be a problem as seen by that last CP3 turnover

[Clippersfan86]

It is NOT an offensive interference when the ball is already below the rim. That should be two points.

[Spurs Brazil]

Green with some good D

[Floyd Pacquiao]

this game is just weird as fuck

[NASpurs]

This first half is just a warm-up. We know that.

[Manu-20]

It should be encourging that the spurs playing like complete crap are still up 2 and most of their shots have gone in and out and most of the layups were makeable.

[MannyIsGod]

That was already below the rim idiots! Refs totally fucking up.

I agree. That call on your 3 was terrible. Glad to see you acknowledge your flopping ways.

LOL Evans.

[Spurologist]

Tp has had at least 3 shots go in and out. :pctoss

[NASpurs]

Feels like forever since Griffin was in the game.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Spurs offense is shit right now, yet we still putting up points

[Budkin]

It should be encourging that the spurs playing like complete crap are still up 2 and most of their shots have gone in and out and most of the layups were makeable.

This.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We are over-dribbling! Every time we run a play and PASS the ball we get a layup or 3, and the rest of the time we over-dribble and throw it away. The last thing we want to do against these guys is over-dribble - has already cost us 8pts off TOs.

I hope Pop yells at them at half time.

[100%duncan]

this game is just weird as fuck

+1

[Spurs Brazil]

It looks like Tony and Manu are the guys who felt more the time off

[Nathan89]

We've missed so many easy shots this game. Lets just hope we start hitting them in the 2nd half.

Jack should post up a couple of times.

Hack-a-______. Is good for Evans not Martin. Maybe Griffen and Jordan(not sure how well they shoot fts though)

[Clippersfan86]

I agree. That call on your 3 was terrible. Glad to see you acknowledge your flopping ways.

LOL Evans.

Manu has outflopped the entire Clippers team and the refs laughed right in his face and didn't give him shit. :rollin

[Knoxxx]

We need to go up a bit stronger against their shotblockers.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's just rust... we'll be ok.

I'm not worried, just annoyed. When we run the offence and pass the ball, there's not a team in the world that can stop it.

[Budkin]

Come on Spurs let's get some distance now.

[MannyIsGod]

Great pass

[Tp9gospursgo]

Danny green playing great D right now.

[100%duncan]

Woooooooooo. Green to Timmay!

[szkorhetz]

Vintage Timmy!
Where is Leo?

[Josepatches_]

It only takes one more quarter after so many games to put Green on Paul instead of TP. Not bad

[Budkin]

Green to Timmay!!!

[MannyIsGod]

Here we go. D clamping down.

[Nathan89]

Team is starting to get focus on defense. I like it.

[Budkin]

Here we go baby.

[jiggy_55]

Danny green doing it on defense and offense!