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

[Spurologist]

For those who believe in the +/-, tp leads the team with +25 despite his poor shot outing. He has 9 assists.

[Knoxxx]

chris paul with 0 fouls hmm

No doubt the all time reachingest bitch!

[Crookshanks]

This isn't going to be a 7-game Series! :lol

[Budkin]

Timmy even hitting his FTs!

[SpursFaninMS]

Bledsoe finally coming back to earth

Playing back and forcing jumpers now. Got a little better speed on him than Manu.

He's not being as active without the ball and hitting the glass as much either.

[Spurtacus]

Towel thrown in. Empty the bench NOW.

[Capt Bringdown]

I like that this isn't a breeze. Thursday, the rust will be gone and this game will serve as a wake-up call.

Yep. Pop and the lads got some stuff to work on.

[Budkin]

Damn that would have been nice.

[100%duncan]

No shit.

[Knoxxx]

I think we have officially cooled from 3.

[Budkin]

TP to Green!

[Russo21]

26 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals, The godfather is showing the young LA stud how its done

[Supergirl]

Ugh now Young is shooting lucky ass shots.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Predictions for the second half:

--> Spurs will dribble less and actually run their plays, leading to easy scores.

--> We will take a double digit lead late 3rd Q, and then the Clips will go on an 8-0 run on the back of CP3 genius early in the 4th to make it a game again.

--> Evans or Martin will get in a scuffle with Splitter at some stage.

--> Bonner will hit two 3s in a short space of time.

--> Benches will be emptied with 2 mins to go.

Let's see if I get any of those right...

2/5 ain't bad. :D

[100%duncan]

Timmy monster game.

[Budkin]

Simply beautiful.

[ohmwrecker]

All that small ball Pop has been making them play the past few years has finally paid off.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah, good shit Nick Young, but kindly fuck off. Thank you!

[Spurologist]

TP with 11 assists now

[Supergirl]

OK that ought to do it...

[GSH]

Holding the Clips to basically 90. Pretty good defense, huh?

[Libri]

Tim! :clap

[Budkin]

Pick and roll, pick and pop... all day.

[$pursDynasty]

when Timmy is hittin the jumper the opposing team can cancel Christmas

[Spurs Brazil]

Tim Duncan!

[mVp]

Easy win :smokin

[Uriel]

We took too long to put this Clippers team away, and our starters played too many minutes as a consequence. With 3 games in the next 4 nights, lets hope this doesn't come back to haunt us down the road.

[szkorhetz]

I think 38 mins for Parker and 35 to Duncan are way to much.

[Knoxxx]

TD 26 and 10 not bad for an old focker

[siraulo23]

vintage tmmmyyyyy performance...

tp vs cp3 matchup :lol

[$pursDynasty]

For those who believe in the +/-, tp leads the team with +25 despite his poor shot outing. He has 9 assists.

what is Tiago's number tonight -100?:rollin

[tmtcsc]

Sloppy, rusty and ugly....and yet we will most likely win in double-digits.

Tim was beautiful. I had him dead and buried after the Memphis series last year. The wheels are still on !

[GSH]

TP with 11 assists now

Tony with a bad game, but he still outplayed CP3. Both teams focused on stopping the opposing PG.

[Knoxxx]

I think if we can get Splitter fixed that is biggest issue

[Supergirl]

Yeah I appreciate someone (can't recall who) pointing out that even though Parker is shooting 1-9, the team is currently +26 with him on the court. As opposed to Paul, who is shooting 3-13 but also the Clips are -18 with him on the court. Parker with 11 assists, while Paul has 10.

[100%duncan]

We took too long to put this Clippers team away, and our starters played too many minutes as a consequence. With 3 games in the next 4 nights, lets hope this doesn't come back to haunt us down the road.

The 1 week rest sure is helping.

[$pursDynasty]

hey did anybody not get in this game?

[Longley]

Fuk yo lobs, clowns.

[Budkin]

Anderson!

[tmtcsc]

Tiago was abysmal. 2 air ball FT's to start a second round playoff game is ridiculous.

[Knoxxx]

James Anderson with a nice mop up 3!

[Spurfect21]

Tim still spoiling us in the playoffs after all these years. He has a gear that only gets turned on this time of year. Epic

[loveforthegame]

They have no answer for Duncan.

Leonard and Green showing no signs of hitting any wall either.

Diaw with solid defense and monster job on the boards.

Ginobili in attack mode.

Get Parker on the same page and the Clippers are screwed.

[Juggity]

Wow james anderson makes a shot. Got damn

[Capt Bringdown]

Vintage TD and Manu, and a prime-time performance from Leonard.
Very disappointed in Splitter, though.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

tmtcsc - who is that in your signature clip with the perfect behind?

$pursDynasty - where does that Charisma Carpenter clip come from?

[100%duncan]

I love how Timmy always do that.

[$pursDynasty]

I think if we can get Splitter fixed that is biggest issue

he is easily fixed by a healthy dose of bench time if he keeps playing like he played tonight

[Sa_Spursfan20]

That's game. Solid win for the boys in silver and black! Let's keep rolling strong!

[GSH]

Yeah I appreciate someone (can't recall who) pointing out that even though Parker is shooting 1-9, the team is currently +26 with him on the court. As opposed to Paul, who is shooting 3-13 but also the Clips are -18 with him on the court. Parker with 11 assists, while Paul has 10.


:tu

Post of the night, as far as I'm concerned. That's what it's all about.

[Russo21]

5 down, 11 to go

[EVAY]

Tony and CP basically offset each other...each with under 10 points, 10 or 11 assists, and 4 turnovers apiece.

[Marcus Bryant]

Diaw with a decent Horry impersonation tonight.

[100%duncan]

Timmy Best Player of the game

Hopefully, TP and Tiago will boss the next game.

[loveforthegame]

Jackson deserves some love too.

Splitter and Neal need to get it together too.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We weren't great - turned it over too much, played lazy D at times - still won going away. great stuff, and I love this team more than any Spurs team since 2005. :D

[DPG21920]

Tim plays so well still. Love it. Proud of Kawhi/Green. They are earning their stripes.

[MannyIsGod]

Get used to it Clipperfan.

[ElNono]

We win!

[timtonymanu]

It's been four years. FOUR years since we had ONE 2nd round win. It's so sweet.

[DPG21920]

Diaw with a decent Horry impersonation tonight.

Great call. Really similar impact to tonight.

[100%duncan]

Now Let's hear turtle head break the game down.

[maverick1948]

We took too long to put this Clippers team away, and our starters played too many minutes as a consequence. With 3 games in the next 4 nights, lets hope this doesn't come back to haunt us down the road.


I think 38 mins for Parker and 35 to Duncan are way to much.

WOW bitch all season because they didnt play a ton of minutes now you say this. Come on isnt this why they didnt play in the regular season?

[Knoxxx]

Clean up the TOs

Fix Splitter

More aggression from Jax

Fix Neal at PG

Some things to work in a sloppy 16 PT win

[Budkin]

Oh shit the SHIRT OFF is coming up! Poor Chuck.

[timtonymanu]

Paul played like shit but so did TP. No excuses. Spurs were the better team tonight.

[Budkin]

It's been four years. FOUR years since we had ONE 2nd round win. It's so sweet.

Damn I never thought of that.

[NASpurs]

Get used to it Clipperfan.

He's going to start posting youtube videos of Derrick Favors... I mean Eric Bledsoe and tells us how Bledsoe is going to change the series in their favor.

[wut]

That Clippers fan still around? :lol How did I know he'd disappear just like his team in the 2nd half. ;)

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs-Clippers postgame news conference - Live

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

[Dex]

Parker plays like complete ass...Spurs still win by 16. I'll take it.

Tony needs to wake up though...Spurs aren't going to make 13 threes every game.

[Crookshanks]

It seemed like the 1st round took forever, and now they're having to play 3 games in 4 nights - seems kinda stupid to me. But I think the Spurs will be better off because we had so much rest after sweeping the Jazz, while the Clippers are coming off a very tough, physical 7-game series.

[GSH]

WOW bitch all season because they didnt play a ton of minutes now you say this. Come on isnt this why they didnt play in the regular season?


More goods being brought. You're exactly right, this is why they played short minutes for the regular season. They have somewhere between 11 and 16 games left, and they should be well-rested for them. Now's the time to bring it.

[urunobili]

Jason Terry forced to kiss the Spurs ass on NBATV now...

[Knoxxx]

Certainly a very complete team we saw tonight.

With the heavy minutes for TD/TP that is at least a small concern heading into next game then the b-2-b this weekend.

TD is the poster child for a workout regimen that includes swimming. Still going strong at 36 despite his penchant for m&ms and Nacho cheese doritos.

[team-work]

Props to the team! Enjoy the win and take care of the home court next game.

[Budkin]

Pop was just asked about TPs knee buckling? Huh?

[td4mvp21]

It's been four years. FOUR years since we had ONE 2nd round win. It's so sweet.

They haven't won Game 1 in the second round since 2007 and haven't had homecourt in the second round since 2006. It's been a long time.


I loved that Green and Leonard closed out the game. Amazing.

[Knoxxx]

Spurs clobber Clips in rebounding 47-34. Gimpy Griffin a huge problem for them so they went small.

Another stat that stand out is 29-19 assists Spurs.

As stated by Kenny, Clips have to make their own shot while Spurs get plenty of assists from others. Then we have more guys that can score on their own too.

[Crookshanks]

I'm loving the TNT commentary and analysis! They're very complimentary of the Spurs.

[Killakobe81]

TNT showing Clips much love. who cares if ESPN doesnt? They just showered Pop with praise. JET is doing the same on NBATV while wearing a GOD awful championship ring. Not hating, but that shit looks not only "gaudy" but tacky.

[Killakobe81]

I'm loving the TNT commentary and analysis! They're very complimentary of the Spurs.

They are, and it's deserved. Heck you won 15 straight. But next time yall try and shit on Pop, remember former players like Chuck and Kenny respect the HELL out of him ...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Pop was just asked about TPs knee buckling? Huh?

Tony last drive into theed lane, he kinda twisted his knee and did not get back on defense

[Knoxxx]

Neal 12 minutes, seemed more like an eternity!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's been four years. FOUR years since we had ONE 2nd round win. It's so sweet.

All things being equal, I think we'll win 16 games this playoffs. Tough, resilient, flexible, high-chemistry team with great coaching. :D

[Knoxxx]

They are, and it's deserved. Heck you won 15 straight. But next time yall try and shit on Pop, remember former players like Chuck and Kenny respect the HELL out of him ...

Ya'll get it together so we can sweep someone heading into the finals. I don't think we can sweep OKC as easy as LAL.

[GSH]

Pop was just asked about TPs knee buckling? Huh?


Tony last drive into theed lane, he kinda twisted his knee and did not get back on defense


The really scary part was that it looked almost exactly like the play that cost Rose the rest of this season. (And now it looks like most of next season, too.) It looks like he's okay, but I was seeing the season flash by for a minute.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That Clippers fan still around? :lol How did I know he'd disappear just like his team in the 2nd half. ;)

Yeah, I told him the the 2nd Q to wait until the Spurs actually start playing their game once the rust was scraped off. He didn;t believe me, but the proof is in the pudding! ;)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

BTW, Reggie Evans and K-Mart were huge in the Grizz series, anyone notice that they did sweet fa tonight? Especially Reggie was a total non-factor.

And for some odd reason DAJ was great in the 1st Q then barely popped up after that.
Vinny is an idiot.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu in post-game press conference: "It's all about attack and kick, find the open team-mate."

Amen Manu. :tu

[NRHector]

TNT showing Clips much love. who cares if ESPN doesnt? They just showered Pop with praise. JET is doing the same on NBATV while wearing a GOD awful championship ring. Not hating, but that shit looks not only "gaudy" but tacky.

may be Jet wants to come with the Spurs next year but hell no

[SpursFaninMS]

We aren't going to shut down CP3 and Blake like this for most of the series. We will slow them down for sure, but CP3 isn't going to be held to six points again.

On the flip side, I don't think Tony is going to only score seven again.

I am worried about the back-up PG situation, though. Bledsoe and Paul really exposed our offense sans Parker running the show. You have to look at working Mills in there some.

[TampaDude]

Spurs by 16.

Told ya! :toast

[dbreiden83080]

Great game.. Tim is playing so well right now i can't believe it..



Clips are tough will be a good series..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Kenny the Jet on the Spurs: "Surgical, just surgical..."

Shaq: "...with no scrubs."

:lol

[DMC]

You just have to tip your cap to Caron Butler for hitting those jumpers with a broken hand.
:lmao

[Spurtacus]

Told ya! :toast

:tu

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Told ya! :toast

Good call. :toast

[ShoogarBear]

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.

Save it between your cheeks.

[GSH]

Blake in the post-game: "We scored the ball... decently. But we just can't give them as many open looks as we did tonight."

The problem, Blake, is that if you try and get out on those open shots, Tony Parker is going to cut you to pieces. Pick your poison. This team just has too many weapons.

[Manufan909]

Hey ruff, the chick you asked about is Rachel McAdams.

[Knoxxx]

Griffin postgame interview shows he's clueless.

We scored the ball pretty well, just need to get more stops.

Uh, no douche you played Spurs pace all game where ya been!?!

Dude needs to spend a bit more time in the film room to help avert another dissection.

[Knoxxx]

Blake in the post-game: "We scored the ball... decently. But we just can't give them as many open looks as we did tonight."

The problem, Blake, is that if you try and get out on those open shots, Tony Parker is going to cut you to pieces. Pick your poison. This team just has too many weapons.

Jinx!

Yeah and his body language said tired, injured, defeated, in addition to the aforementioned lack of awareness of what just went down.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Hey ruff, the chick you asked about is Rachel McAdams.

Thanks mate. :)

[BackHome]

Pop you can have Neal at Point just don't let him be the one to dribble up the court!:bang

[ace3g]

unsung heroes of Game 1 for me:

Kawhi: 16 pts, 3-3 from 3, 6 boards, 3 steals, 1 blk

Diaw: (who was an integral part of the run in the 3rd quarter that put the Spurs up 20+) Not sure why he didn't play any of the 4th quarter: 7 pts, 12 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals

* Also I blame this tweet for why Splitter air balled his 2 FTs...


Jeff McDonald ‏ @JMcDonald_SAEN

Just watched Tiago Splitter airball a free throw after shootaround. Series back on.

Odd to because even last year when his form was bad, I never remember him airballing any FTs. Of course, he didn't really bend his knees much on those 2 FTs either.

[timtonymanu]

Diaw didn't play in the 4th cause the Clippers went small and we know Pop loves to match the opponent although I think Diaw is basically a small-ball 4.

[Duncan21kid]

didnt get to watch the game.

can someone please tell me who was guarding Chris Paul and who was guarding TP ?

waiting for det timvp post tbqh

[crc21209]

unsung heroes of Game 1 for me:

Kawhi: 16 pts, 3-3 from 3, 6 boards, 3 steals, 1 blk

Diaw: (who was an integral part of the run in the 3rd quarter that put the Spurs up 20+) Not sure why he didn't play any of the 4th quarter: 7 pts, 12 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals

* Also I blame this tweet for why Splitter air balled his 2 FTs...



Odd to because even last year when his form was bad, I never remember him airballing any FTs. Of course, he didn't really bend his knees much on those 2 FTs either.

Agreed. I also gotta go with Danny Green. Dude played HUGE tonight. Him and Kawhi were awesome...

[Manufan909]

Thanks mate. :)

You're welcome bro. :tu

[capek]

didnt get to watch the game.

can someone please tell me who was guarding Chris Paul and who was guarding TP ?

waiting for det timvp post tbqh

Green played a lot on Paul. Kawhi got some time on him in the 4th. Chris guarded Tony a lot in the first half. Some other players guarded him in the second, I honestly can't remember off the top of my head.