Game Blog: Spurs vs. Thunder - Game 2

[Brazil]

Tony with the awsome start !!!

[BillMc]

Timmy lookin' good on the boards!

[Russo21]

just about manu time! wonder which manu were gonna get

[MannyIsGod]

Can't let Harden do that.

[$pursDynasty]

Dang Ibaka

[DatBoyGood]

Duncan havin a bad start

[007nites]

Timmys getting owned

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Can't let Harden attack

[100%duncan]

Duncan should start dunking the ball tbh.

[Russo21]

another block by ibaka on timmy, ugh!

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD!

[urunobili]

TD jumper

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

f bs

it's 40sec - 1 min late too, i only check ST posts during TO because of it :lol

At least it's not just me - must be server overload or something.

At least we can see most of it - much better than it used to be! :lol

[100%duncan]

That's it TD!

[loveforthegame]

Duncan finally. He's looked like shit on offense early.

[Russo21]

fuck these thunder are long. plenty of blocks tonight

[100%duncan]

Bonner in. Ugh.

[Libri]

Bonner in, I'm nervous

[Brazil]

fuck fisher and bonner in

[smackdaddy11]

Board meltdown Bonner sighting

[$pursDynasty]

ibaka seems to intimidate the spurs in the paint for a good reason but the Spurs can't become timid with him in there

[Kidd K]

Not really liking our defense in this quarter. We've only given up 15, but OKC started kinda cold for the first 2-3 minutes. Since then they've been hitting a lot and getting some open looks too.

Our offense is okay, but we're getting worse looks than OKC right now. Gotta make them take harder shots and we need some easier ones.

[loveforthegame]

Spurs getting a little sloppy.

[Capt Bringdown]

Durant keeping OKC within striking range

[RashoFan]

Damn, gotta make dinner...

Go SPURS Go!!!!!!

[maverick1948]

Funny thing?? We dont know how fast the Thunder play the game? Damn I think we were the ones still playing the fast pace in the 4th on Sunday night.

[007nites]

Timmy is going to have to start dunking it

[Russo21]

red rocket sighting

probably to get fucken ibaka out of the paint

[$pursDynasty]

Duncan havin a bad start

but Tony is on Fire!

[urunobili]

Collison in the game to foul hard

[timtonymanu]

Can Reggie stfu? So fucking annoying to listen to.

[smackdaddy11]

Must post whatever to get off that bad #

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Whoevber is on Fish - STICK TO HIM LIKE GLUE! He's not going to blow by you.

[100%duncan]

Shoot the damn freethrows timmay.

[Spurologist]

KD is pushing off but he will get away with it because Leonard isn't Bowen tbh.

I love that TD is mixing in drives with open Js

[lefty]

“@LBSports: San Antonio woman rocking an "I Want some Nasty" Gregg Popovich T-shirt http://t.co/n0cEyRwA”

[Brazil]

wtf Bonner afraid of Fisher ???

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck you Fisher

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Harden not taking Timmy to the bucket

[$pursDynasty]

Serge's missed shots making up for his blocks

[100%duncan]

Thank god for whatever reason that Brooks is going on Ibaka and perkins in offense.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great closeout by TP on Fish.

[100%duncan]

Damn you Bonner. You stupid prick.

[maverick1948]

Bonner scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

F you Bonner

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Our FT shooting

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu-splitter pnr jamboree time! :D

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard 33333333333333333333333

[urunobili]

Great ball movement for the Thunder on the Durant 3 with Kawhi answering!

[MannyIsGod]

Its impossible to phase Kawhi.

[100%duncan]

Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiii

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

There ya go Leonard 3333333333333333333333333

[bklynspursfan]

Ball movement is sexy

[Kidd K]

Durant hits a three then leaves Leonard wide open for 3 to erase his last shot. :rollin

[loveforthegame]

There you go Leonard!!

[007nites]

Thats it Leonard. Just park your ass in the corner and keep hitting those 3s.

[urunobili]

did Manu block Ibaka there? :wow

[MannyIsGod]

LOL what a bullshit call there.

[100%duncan]

That was SA ball you phaggots.

[Kidd K]

I hate that last call on us against Harden. If they're gonna call that ticky tack crap, OKC's gonna be at the line all night.

[Spurologist]

YYYYYYYYYYYY 33333333333333333

on the delay

[Capt Bringdown]

Durant has saved OKC's ass in the 1st quarter.

[Uriel]

The difference in the level of competition is palpable. If it had been anybody else, we'd up up 20 by now with the way we're playing.

[MannyIsGod]

There were a couple of threes just like that last one that Leonard passed up on Sunday. Glad to see him shoot it just after missing one. NO hesitation.

[spurspokesman]

Parker on pace for 40. Green hitting shots. Boy oh boy.

[urunobili]

Ginobili with the drive!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Manu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[100%duncan]

Ginoooooooo

[loveforthegame]

Manu!!!

[Kidd K]

Someone explain to me why that isn't an AND1 for Manu considering what they just called a foul on Harden's layup on the very last play? Manu got hit harder.

[MannyIsGod]

They're leaving Kawhi on every rotation. That corner three is open on any play right now.

[100%duncan]

wtf gary

[spurspokesman]

Neal can't count lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Good 1st quarter. Bench have to work now

[InRareForm]

neal dumbass lol

[Spurologist]

:rollin

Neal thinking he has a whole shot clock with under 5 secs left.

Level: Expert

[DMC]

I think we're going to lose this game. Spurs threw everything they had at the Thunder, and the Thunder are still in it. We will tire soon and they will not.

[Tito_Trinidad]

Put Duncan 4-down against Collison and game is ova'

[timvp]

As much energy as there was in the first, the Thunder are probably feeling pretty good about only being down by six points. Can't have a let-up in the second quarter. Keeping pickin-and-rollin and keep pushing the pace.

Believe.

[Uriel]

I wonder why Pop opted to keep S-Jax on the bench the whole 1st.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We set lots of moving screens. Then again, every team does now.

[Fireball]

Well, this time I have the feeling the Spurs played way better but are only up by six ... hopefully things are not reversed in game 2

[Warlord23]

Durant off to a hot start, else the Spurs did a good job of corralling the Thunder in that quarter. Need to focus on defensive rebounding.

[100%duncan]

Damn Acne kept them in this game. We'll see how our bench responds. PnR em to death!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Pop angry at neal

Neal needed to shoot that, all the thirty five footers he takes, and he passes that up :pctoss

[DMC]

They only need 1 to win.

[Manu20]

Thunders big 3 has stepped up so far...20 of 22 points belong to them.

[$pursDynasty]

I wonder why Pop opted to keep S-Jax on the bench the whole 1st.

Kawai is doing just fine, I guess he can only expect a guy to hold Durant down for a half, let Kawai go first half and Sjax take him in the 2nd half

[Kuestmaster]

Durant and Harden saved them in this quarter. OKC is not playing well. And I don't think both of them can't keep this level.

[ballhog]

Basically Durant and Harden so far for OKC.

[timvp]

Only three turnovers in the first quarter. Improvement.

[DMC]

Durant can hit from anywhere in the gym if he can get the ball. Westbrook is our best hope.

[maverick1948]

I think we're going to lose this game. Spurs threw everything they had at the Thunder, and the Thunder are still in it. We will tire soon and they will not.

If you think that is all the Spurs have then you aint a Spurs fan. Spurs fans know that is just the start of something big. We sat them on their ass right off the bat and now they are playing from behind. We got the lead and the bench to continue to play this fast pace.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fisher..... fuck

[100%duncan]

Fuck it Gary. Why do you leave fish open. Idiot.

[timtonymanu]

Leaving Fisher wide open again. UGH!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuu and one!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

manu and 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[urunobili]

and1 for Manu to counter Fisher's 3

[ballhog]

Manu and one!!

[loveforthegame]

Neal wtf? Why leave Fisher open?

Manu!!

[Spurologist]

Nazr playing this game??? hmmm

[noles1983]

faggot fisher at it again

[Floyd Pacquiao]

and1 bitch

[007nites]

Nazr could've took the charge

[baseline bum]

God damnit, quit fucking leaving Fisher wide open. :pctoss

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Neal, stop leaving Fish alone!!!

[siraulo23]

vomit: fish wide open 3

[Texas_Ranger]

Hey Neal wtf are you doing man??

[100%duncan]

Neal left fisher again, lucky it didn't fall in.

[loveforthegame]

What is Neal doing?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

Neal's so bad at recovering to his man

[ballhog]

Durant and his fucking mouthpiece. Take it out or leave it alone.

[baseline bum]

What the fuck is Popovich thinking having Fisher's man always sagging off his ass these two games?

[Bulwark]

Dammit Neal don't leave Fisher

[Warlord23]

WTF is Neal doing leaving Fisher wide open?

[ginobili fan]

When fisher does retire ?

[Southwest Texas Fan]

FU Fisher.

[noles1983]

Neal you cant guard a 52 yr old?

[100%duncan]

rebounds :pctoss

[spurspokesman]

I mentioned that neal hedges too much and gives up open shots. They need to fix that.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Neal keeps sagging off Fish - WTF??????????? :pctoss

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Rebound!!!! :lol

[InRareForm]

splitter volleyball hit lol

[diego]

At least it's not just me - must be server overload or something.

At least we can see most of it - much better than it used to be! :lol

working good here, though its always about a minute later- I can live with that.

for the lakers games in april I remember i got some stuttering, but in the PO its been perfect for me.

definitely way better than streams

[Kidd K]

What the fuck is Popovich thinking having Fisher's man always sagging off his ass these two games?

It isn't Pop, it's Neal bad defensive IQ. He's not supposed to be off him that much.

[loveforthegame]

Grab a rebound. Just a thought.

[icango]

fisher better not have another wide open shot

[urunobili]

Ginger 3...

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 333333333333333333333333333

[007nites]

Bonner dialing up!

[baseline bum]

Neal, stop leaving Fish alone!!!

I honestly think this is on Pop. Diaw was playing him the exact same way on multiple possessions in a row last game without Pop saying anything to him about it.

[Spurologist]

BBBBBBBBOoonnnnnnneeeeerrrrrr 333333333333333

[Uriel]

The King!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Bonner hit a 3....whhhaaattt

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Bonner!

[Libri]

Bonner!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner made a 3333333333333333333333333333

[ballhog]

Red Rocket for 3!!!!!

[jiggy_55]

Yes finally Bonner!

[100%duncan]

Bonner finally you noob

[maverick1948]

Bonner ffor 333333333333333333333333333333333

[Beaverfuzz]

Bonner hits another one before halftime and it's over....OVER!

[blkroadrunners]

Good job Bonner. Do it again.

[DMC]

I'm here bulding a nice sandwich for Timvp... let's see what I have around here.

[noles1983]

time to ratchet it up and curb stomp these fucks

[bklynspursfan]

Big shot Bon

[baseline bum]

Bonner for motherfucking three. Man, I want this guy to make me eat shit on this board.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Fisher trying to beat us

[Libri]

Green in for Neal, good.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Good - Rocket on the board.

[100%duncan]

Manu playing 1

[siraulo23]

bionner just made a 3333333333333333333333333333333

[loveforthegame]

Bonner. About time.

[jiggy_55]

Of course bonner misses the next 3 he takes...

[100%duncan]

Matty with a heat check lmao

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Manu watch the fouls!

[noles1983]

rebound!

[007nites]

Collison out hustling Splitter

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Too much praise Bon Bon?

[spurs1990]

Manu playing the Ron Harper role here.

[Kidd K]

We have no shot blocking in there right now. Harden gonna kill us with P&Rs until we put Duncan back in.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Green on Fish. Good.

[ballhog]

Splitter FT's. Sheesh

[Spurologist]

:lmao

How did the ref miss that. OKC got jobbed

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Hack a Splitter.

[Uriel]

Here we go.

[NickiRasgo]

Offensive rebounds. -_-

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Tiago to the line. Prayers started.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Horrible call on Fisher

[100%duncan]

:lol at det fish out of bounds

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Actually, Green to Harden, Manu to Fish. Anyone but Neal.

[007nites]

Collison fuck that guy

[ginobili fan]

love more and more manu-splitter combo

[spurs1990]

Horrible call on Fisher

Yah I don't like it - hope we get one too to please the gods.

[noles1983]

rebound for fuck sakes

[blkroadrunners]

Grab the Rebound

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jesus christ rebound......

[100%duncan]

Fuck you Osama. Die in hell.

[ballhog]

Harden and those fucking picks

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs have to do a better job of rebounding the ball. Should be up 20 right now.

[timtonymanu]

Secure the rebound, FFS.

[Uriel]

Good timeout by Pop. :tu

[Spurologist]

Fuck. :pctoss REBOUND

[loveforthegame]

Splitter looked much better at the ft line.

Spurs are failing on the boards.

[DMC]

Fishy rim

[spurspokesman]

Bout time bonner

[Spurs Brazil]

Bench have to grab boards. Terrible job so far

[noles1983]

harden shave that stupid fucking hobo beard you fuckhead

[Floyd Pacquiao]

fuk man the spurs cant get rebs wtf

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Damn we can't get a rebound.

[Trainwreck2100]

they are missing so fucking shitty

[Manu-20]

I think pop's timeout had to do with the spurs rebouding and danny not securing the ball dribbling it up court more than hardens shooting.

[ginobili fan]

fuckkkkk take that rebound !!!!!!!!!!!! damn

[siraulo23]

too many missed rebs

[Kidd K]

Yah I don't like it - hope we get one too to please the gods.

Well technically Ginobili stripped Collison on the play right around that time and they called it a foul even though he got all ball, so it's already evened out.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

OKC had like 5 straight O rebounds:pctoss

[baseline bum]

Collison is pushing with his arms on his last two screens.

[Warlord23]

Getting killed on the boards

[DBMethos]

Rebounding keeping the Thunder in this game.

[ballhog]

Trap Harden on those picks. Collison sucks

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Second chance points keeping them in the game, dammit. :pctoss

[timvp]

Neal getting abused by Fisher? Wow, that's a new defensive low ... even for the worst Spurs defender of my lifetime.

Gotta just keep executing on offense and forcing the Thunder into contested two-pointers.

Keep it going.

Believe.

[spurspokesman]

Danny green can be a very unintelligent player at times.

[spursfan1000]

Spurs need to rebound better they allowed too many offensive rebounds in game 1 and the same trend is happening this game!

[DMC]

They are getting all the 50/50 balls. Pop's pissed. We cannot win giving up 2nd and 3rd chance opportunities.

[ginobili fan]

I want nasty !!!!!!

[naico]

:lol at det fish out of bounds

double dribble though

[007nites]

On the bright side Fisher is chucking shots. On the downside we can't extend our lead well he's doing this.

[Admidave50]

Green defense on Harden is bad so far!

[Manu20]

7 offensive rebounds for the Thunder! If the Spurs would have taken care of the boards they would be up double digits by now

[Kidd K]

Anyone else think we should consider playing Blair when Duncan's sitting so we have someone who will actually rebound?

Bonner/Splitter isn't exactly a rebounding force in the frontcourt.

[BackHome]

Spurs not fighting for rebounds you can tell OK wants the rebounds more. SJ should have gotten two rebounds but not working hard enough....

[noles1983]

nasty ass rebounding not what pop had in mind

[DMC]

With Gary not shooting the ball, he's kinda pointless out there.

[ballhog]

Collison is pushing with his arms on his last two screens.

Nothing new there.....

[007nites]

Anyone else think we should consider playing Blair when Duncan's sitting so we have someone who will actually rebound?

Bonner/Splitter isn't exactly a rebounding force in the frontcourt.

Splitter/Blair would work well at this moment. Because with Mohammed and Collison OKC doesn't have a ton of length.

[Kuestmaster]

When is not the TO it's the offensive boards. Oh yeah, Bonner's there. Nevermind.

[timvp]

No small ball yet by the Thunder.

Interesting.

[maverick1948]

Neal getting abused by Fisher? Wow, that's a new defensive low ... even for the worst Spurs defender of my lifetime.

Gotta just keep executing on offense and forcing the Thunder into contested two-pointers.

Keep it going.

Believe.


Tim you know that is designed to happen. Pop wants Fisher to be the one to beat us NOT Durant or Hardin.

[ballhog]

Splitter!!

[Spurs Brazil]

great pass Tony

[100%duncan]

PnR!

[DMC]

Anyone else think we should consider playing Blair when Duncan's sitting so we have someone who will actually rebound?

Bonner/Splitter isn't exactly a rebounding force in the frontcourt.

Dude Fuck Blair. I wish people would stop bringing him up. It's like an old gf showing up at your door every night "how about now?"

[007nites]

Get the fuck outta the way Bonner lol

[ginobili fan]

each possession count !!!
secure the board take care the ball!!!!
you should have your ass on the floor on each loose ball!!!
kick them in their balls if you have to, punch them if you have to !!!!

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Go Green!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

tiago!!!!!!!!!1

[Kidd K]

Eww, did anyone else see that stat?

FGs this quarter:

Spurs: 3/4

OKC: 3/10

[ballhog]

Splitter dishing dimes!!

[ThePop]

Splitter playing great

[Holt's Cat]

Green knocked Bonner out of the way for that board!

[007nites]

Sjax!!!

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Capt Jack!

[Spurs Brazil]

Jax 33333333333333333333333333333333333

[Floyd Pacquiao]

333333333333333333

[Kidd K]

Jackson! In Harden's mouth!

[Spurologist]

Sssssjjjjjaaaaaxxxxx 333333333333333333

[ballhog]

Jax!!!

[noles1983]

sjax 33333333333333

[100%duncan]

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxxxxxxx

[loveforthegame]

Splitter making sweet passes.

Jax!!

[Uriel]

Jack with the hesitation triple!

[DMC]

Now we are talking

[urunobili]

Jax clutch

[DatBoyGood]

splitter and jax!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Splitter is the best roll-man in the NBA, and one of the best passing bigs.

[ginobili fan]

magnificient pass splitter !!!

[timvp]

Splitter and Parker in god mode.

[Manu20]

Splitter playing really good so far.