Game Thread: Spurs vs. Thunder -- Nov 1, 2012

[ElNono]

Splitter is too soft... and he's coming out

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

GO BLAIR!!!!

[Stump]

I'm very curious to see how Blair does. Sink or float?

[loveforthegame]

Blair finally.

[NASpurs]

Blair time? Woot

[Floyd Pacquiao]

blair!

[rasho8]

That's not a foul. Jesus Christ.

BLAIR!!!! Lol

[szkorhetz]

I love how Jax attacks the paint!!

[timtonymanu]

Goddamnit. Bonner-Blair now. Here comes the OKC run.

[timvp]

Blair vs. Thabeet.

[Texas_Ranger]

can we trade every single big on this team other than Tim.

[HI-FI]

twitter time

[lefty]

You recall incorrectly. I've always been high on Collison.

Nono has always been high

[ElNono]

turd towers FTW! :lmao

[justinandimcool]

the whiner gets his way :lol


turd towers :lol

[siraulo23]

turd tower plus neal

[freetiago]

this is why splitter cant be aggressive
gets all these bullshit calls on him
then he gets hammered on the other end

[AussieFanKurt]

Jesus Christ ticky tack fouls, let them play you maggots

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow, Grizz looks almost skinny!

[capek]

alright blair, let's see what you bring!

[NASpurs]

Blair is the Freddy Krueger of Thabeet's dreams.

[szkorhetz]

Have you seen Pop's face calling for DB?
"For God's sake, I have to send him in...."

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

this is why splitter cant be aggressive
gets all these bullshit calls on him
then he gets hammered on the other end

Yup.

Man, I hate it when Neal doesn't bother to run the O and just jacks it straight up. :pctoss

[Paranoid Pop]

Too many scrubs at once.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Lol Blair

[BatManu20]

Blair looks like he lost some weight. No more midnight trips to Whataburger.

[NASpurs]

rofl Blair... chucks a jumper

[capek]

fucking bonner

[Reck]

alright blair, let's see what you bring!

Bricks

[timvp]

Bench looks pretty weak without Manu, tbh.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

colison and his flukey ass jump shot smh

[capek]

yep!

greeeeeeeeeeen

[Boomersgold]

In my opinion, Patty does a much better job at the PG position than Neal. Neal's perimeter defense is atrocious!

[loveforthegame]

Green looks good.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Green 3333333

[timvp]

Green hits those shots and the Spurs have five rings . . . . .

[capek]

Green hits those shots and the Spurs have five rings . . . . .

yep :depressed

[timtonymanu]

Damn it Green. Those should have gone in during the WCF.

[TE]

Green hits those shots and the Spurs have five rings . . . . .
:(

[Uriel]

Watching Green hit those 3's now, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[rasho8]

No more Bonner, no more Neal at PG. why did we draft Nando to use Neal... Ugh. Also Splitter/Blair.

[ElNono]

With Harden out there this is murder, tbh... even though we're basically keeping up right now

[szkorhetz]

I can't wait to see what PJ can do against us. I got that funny feeling that he will destroy his man.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

I'd like to see De Colo get a chance with the 2nd unit. Better playmaker

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Has Thabeet had his lower back vertebrae fused or something? He's not moving well at all.

And yeah, if only Danny could shoot during the WCFs... :depressed

[BanditHiro]

is the crowd going to make any noise?

[NASpurs]

Blair is turning into Malik Rose before our very eyes. Start out as an energy guy and transitions into a jump shooter, then gets his ass traded sooner or later.

[Nathan89]

Blair mind was probably all over the place before he took that ill advised shot. Probably thought "hey, if I make this maybe I'll get more playing time". Wrong.

[freetiago]

tony needs more time with the bench til el contusion is back
iirc his career high in assists came in a game vs new orleans when he played a lot with splitter

pop needs to go small or go splitter/blair
not like he plans on playing splitter 15+ minutes so might as well let him foul out if it comes to that

[TE]

Watching Green hit those 3's now, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Cry

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Blair is turning into Malik Rose before our very eyes. Start out as an energy guy and transitions into a jump shooter, then gets his ass traded sooner or later.

I think we need a larger sample size ot say that, but I know what you're saying, and I certainly hope not!

At least Grizz isn't get 6mil/yr.

[mystargtr34]

God damn its draining watching Bonner and Blair out there :lol.. Tiago is soft as usual but still talented and gets shafted by refs on both ends.

[timvp]

Blair hits the J despite bad camera angle.

[Boomersgold]

Bonner's still on?

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Blair jumper haha

[loveforthegame]

Like Jackson attacking.

Blair jumper looks decent.

[capek]

:greedy mid-range game?!!? lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm quite disappointed about Patty's play tonight and at times last night - he's pressing too much, putting too much pressure on himself, playing too quickly and making bad decisions. Calm down and play like the Olympics, Patty!

[ElNono]

Neal backup PG.... ugh

[Juggity]

Reggie Miller thinks Ibaka should have been DPOY? :lmao

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Bonner out!!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

STFU Reggie, they didn't "lose focus". OKC got ridiculously hot, and the refs called BS on KD and Harden - that's why we lost the WCFs.

[mystargtr34]

I dont mind this low down camera angle on league pass.. more of a players perspective.

[szkorhetz]

Boris-Blair? interesting.

[capek]

Reggie Miller thinks Ibaka should have been DPOY? :lmao

Not as big a laugher as him saying Blair was a fan favorite. :(

reaaallly liking Stack5 driving it every chance he gets!

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Jack!!!!

[TE]

Reggie Miller seems to have OKC cock still in his esophagus tbh

[Uriel]

Every time Jax draws a foul in the post, I remember that Express-News article about Pop looking forward to utlizing Jefferson on post-ups.

[bklynspursfan]

Reggie Miller seems to have OKC cock still in his esophagus tbh

Yep

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Reggie Miller thinks Ibaka should have been DPOY? :lmao

D12 didn't deserve it. Ibaka changes the game with his shot-blocking. I don't think it's that much of a stretch.

[ElNono]

can we grab a board?

[Paranoid Pop]

Sjax is so much better than our second best bench player...

[rasho8]

These some shitty fouls.

[TE]

Another absolute bullshit call

[LakerHater]

FREE NANDO!

[HI-FI]

looks like Stern recycled his memos to the refs from the WCF

[TE]

Love Jackson, speak your mind dawg

[Floyd Pacquiao]

good tech jack! my nigga

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Grizz actually looks like an NBA player now! And he can hit the mid-range. Good stuff.

[Libri]

announcers blaming Jax, smh

[timvp]

Reggie Miller says that Durant at times is taller than Ibaka. Thanks, Redge.

[milkyway21]

it's just start of the season and they're predicting Oklahoma in the finals already haha

[Uriel]

FREE NANDO!

:lol

[bklynspursfan]

Tie game, TD has been on the bench. Jack has been solid. Guessing Kawhi gets back in now

[DAF86]

This team needs a spark.



















































And you thought I was gonna say Manu.

[DAF86]

This team needs a spark.



















































And you thought I was gonna say Manu.

[AussieFanKurt]

What was tech for??

[BanditHiro]

it's just start of the season and they're predicting Oklahoma in the finals already haha

both teams are looking pretty bad.

[LakerHater]

Reggie Miller says that Durant at times is taller than Ibaka. Thanks, Redge.
:lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

KD gets away with shifting pivot-foot travels all the time. Frustrating.

[szkorhetz]

I love Jax.

[Paranoid Pop]

The pijamas are kinda fitting, the team looks asleep...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Anyone tell me why Pop doesn't simply use Jax as stretch 4 any time he wants one?

[szkorhetz]

Anyone tell me why Pop doesn't simply use Jax as stretch 4 any time he wants one?
He is not ginger nor white.

[Manufan909]

What did Jax complain about exactly?

[Juggity]

D12 didn't deserve it. Ibaka changes the game with his shot-blocking. I don't think it's that much of a stretch.

Defense is a lot more than just shotblocking. Ibaka doesn't really display the necessary positioning prowess to be a DPOY.

[bklynspursfan]

My eyes are playing tricks is TD wearing his old school sneakers??

[mystargtr34]

:lol Perk

[Cry Havoc]

YOU GIT DAT TIMMEH

[NASpurs]

Wow some kind of energy and flow to this game

[timvp]

Duncan looking spry.

[bklynspursfan]

Timmy!!!

[icango]

great play tim

[Cry Havoc]

Could Leonard lead the league in steals this year? Dude is beasting.

[szkorhetz]

TIMmyyyy

[Floyd Pacquiao]

: ( love tim

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Old Man Riverwalk - nice one, Reggie.

[siraulo23]

i hope we get this timmy in the POs

[TE]

03 Tim

[Nathan89]

Reggie Miller says that Durant at times is taller than Ibaka. Thanks, Redge.

When you wake up you're like an inch taller, so if Ibaka stays up while Durant sleeps it can happen. I'm sure this is what his thought process was.

[bklynspursfan]

Is TD wearing nikes? Hard to tell, but those look different unless he's got some new 1's out in silver

[Boomersgold]

"FREE NANDO"
I agree with this. Relase him from the team. He's a scrub.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Defense is a lot more than just shotblocking. Ibaka doesn't really display the necessary positioning prowess to be a DPOY.

I'm aware that D is more than shotblocking having played as a defensive C for 20 years, although I did love to go after blocks! :lol

DPOY should go to the player whose defence is most influential on the game. Sure, Ibaka's man-on-man D is average, but his team D is elite, and his shotblocking alters the game, keeps entire teams out of the paint. Just look at first 6 mins of this game.

[lefty]

Bleacher Report ? :lmao



Really TNT :lmao

[Stump]

I love Diaw's aggression

[Cry Havoc]

Diaw, that was beautiful. Love the aggression from Boris!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Could Leonard lead the league in steals this year? Dude is beasting.

He'll be top 5 at least, and I'm pretty sure he'll lead the league one day.

[szkorhetz]

I love when we have Jax and Leo in the same time.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Why'd the shotclock reset

[HI-FI]

teh lulz sweet

[lefty]

Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ll motherfuckers

[Stump]

Great play from Duncan and Leonard!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Touchdown!!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

TD Bears!! (Timmy!!)

[rasho8]

Duncan is so money.

[Juggity]

Jesus that pass was fucking amazing

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fuck I love the intensity of Timmy's gaze during games. Now that's LOCKED IN.

[icango]

tim the qb

[TE]

bullshit call

[timvp]

Woooooooow.

[ace3g]

timmy!!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

TIMMYYYYy

[TE]

Holy shit

[icango]

what!!! td what!!!

[Stump]

How did they let us miss that?!

[timvp]

Duncan beasting on a back-to-back.

:salivating

[Reck]

Tim Duncan bitches!!

[bklynspursfan]

I WANT A FULL SCREEN REPLAY lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

damnnnnnnn

[szkorhetz]

I can't believe it. Fuck, I hope this is reality.

[ace3g]

LH .gif alert!!!

[Stump]

Tim Duncan is a pimp

[siraulo23]

Can you imagine TD playing like this all season long

Gonna be exciting

[icango]

you see sjax yelling for tim

[szkorhetz]

Serge who?

[AussieFanKurt]

Oh Timmy, the fucking man

[DAF86]

Timmy almost made me cry :cry

Fucking Tony, if he would have sent that pass right Duncan would have gotten another dunk and the AT and T center would have crashed down.

[lefty]

Holy shit Duncan !!!!!!!

[DAF86]

Timmy almost made me cry :cry

Fucking Tony, if he would have sent that pass right Duncan would have gotten another dunk and the AT and T center would have crashed down.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim can still deliver facials, and that was up there with the best! :flag: :wow :wow :wow

[NRHector]

love the unis

[100%duncan]

GIF that dunk please

[TE]

Tim just shitted on serge and his 12 African brothers

[ace3g]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6qbBJbCUAEsEvl.png

[BanditHiro]

http://mlblogsredstatebluestate.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/randy_marsh_jizz.jpg

[LakerHater]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6qbBJbCUAEsEvl.png

[Brazil]

DUNCAN IS HUGE TONITE !!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim just shitted on serge and his 12 African brothers

The verb is "shat". :lmao

[HI-FI]

timmy is something else. after last year's tragedy (thanks stern) he could have hung it up but he has come back nastier than ever.

[Juggity]

That goddamn derrick rose commercial

[100%duncan]

GIF of the Tom Brady pass too.

[jiggy_55]

Tim Duncan looks 24 yrs old again! Unbelievable really.. Hope he can stay this agile and fresh the whole season

[timtonymanu]

Over "DPOY" Ibaka again.:lmao

[Raven]

wow, timmy is just.... wow.

[Antidope]

GIF that dunk please

[SA210]

Timmy All Star so far lol

[Brazil]

12 5 1 and 3 blks nice first half... D228 must be happy somewhere

[Andthentherewas21]

someone just .gif everything Tim does tonight

[BanditHiro]

wow that pass was ridiculous

[BanditHiro]

Timmy All Star so far lol

To bad Blake is still going to get the starting nod.

[TE]

Thunder miss Harden

[TDMVPDPOY]

duncan in mvp form...

[szkorhetz]

To bad Blake is still going to get the starting nod.
I think LMA is more likely to start.

[100%duncan]

Thunder miss Harden
Yeaaaaaaaaap.

[BanditHiro]

Thunder miss Harden

and the Spurs miss Manu, Parker is play quite awful tonight

[lefty]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/y%20NBA%20etc/1%20San%20Antonio%20Spurs/Tim%20Duncan/tdnikecommercials-1.gif

[timtonymanu]

I think LMA is more likely to start.

IMO, it's gonna be Howard, Griffin, Durant, Kobe, Paul (or Lin if he undeservedly gets voted in)

LMA isn't much of an NBA fan favorite. In fact, it's more likely would be Love that makes it if not Griffin.

[Antidope]

I think LMA is more likely to start.Nah man no way. Blakes hype machine is too strong, and will only get larger now that hes on Jordan Brand. He will undeservingly start

[Juggity]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/y%20NBA%20etc/1%20San%20Antonio%20Spurs/Tim%20Duncan/tdnikecommercials-1.gif

wtf :lol

[lefty]

12 points, 5 reb, 3 blocks, 1 assist and 0 turnovers

[JRHernandez88]

Tim Duncan going the fk off!!

[hoopdreams11]

wonder if K martin gets a flop warning for his acting tonight

[lefty]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1672145/duncandunkin.gifhttp://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1671935/duncanno.gif

[Antidope]

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/598/192/TimDucan_ThrowDown_original.gif?1351824068

[DesertSpur50]

Timmy has always been the most important player on the Spurs but I honestly believe he's going to be our best player this year like the good ol' days. Just hope everyone else falls in line after him, Parker can repeat what he did last year and Manu be Manu.

[LakerHater]

Is George Hill courtside?

[Brazil]

Is George Hill courtside?

?

[bklynspursfan]

Let's keep this up in the 2nd quarter

[100%duncan]

Here we go.

[100%duncan]

chuck chuck cuck

[szkorhetz]

Kawhi! Let that three fly!!

[AussieFanKurt]

Does Westbrick forget he has 3x scoring champ on his team

[timvp]

New Rule: TP doesn't get to try to draw charges.

[AussieFanKurt]

That was a pitiful attempt TP

[100%duncan]

We flat son.

[ElNono]

goddamn diaw... stop being scared

[Floyd Pacquiao]

damn spurs cold

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why and 1??? BS.

[BanditHiro]

spurs been flat all night

[100%duncan]

Ibaka is a stupid motherfucker

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

New Rule: TP doesn't get to try to draw charges.

Or shoot 3s*.

*1st game of the season excepted.

[icango]

goddamn diaw... stop being scared

please shoot these shots

[Cry Havoc]

Danny!

[100%duncan]

Oh man Danny, I missed you.

[Juggity]

DG Hot

[100%duncan]

Cmon what the fuck.

[Cry Havoc]

Flagrant on Westbitch.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Is Knicks vs Nets on after this?

[TDMVPDPOY]

GREEN FEELIN IT

[100%duncan]

Dannnyyyyyyyy

[Cry Havoc]

How is that not a flagrant? He struck him above the head?

[AussieFanKurt]

WESTBROOK you bitch

[timvp]

Green. Sigh.

[timtonymanu]

Is Knicks vs Nets on after this?

Game has been postponed until 11/26

[Kidd K]

Thunder playing jail ball right now. 2 possessions, 2 Spurs hit in the face.

[100%duncan]

Oh that wouldve been a bomb

[Cry Havoc]

Parker gonna be in the MVP race again.

[ElNono]

stooooooops... we need stops

[timvp]

Ibaka missing. Sigh.

[ace3g]

nice Diaw!!!

[timtonymanu]

Damn Jack is such a good teammate.

[100%duncan]

Nice move Diaw, but I would have loved the three no matter what. :lol

[Cry Havoc]

http://www.customonlinesigns.com/images/u/1f94b8711bf44974ad7c450d492908be-800.png

[AussieFanKurt]

Think Boris got away with a travel there

[Kidd K]

"Why didn't Diaw shoot that? Oh yeah, that's why!"

[100%duncan]

Ibaka missing. Sigh.

Stop it LJ. :depressed

[Floyd Pacquiao]

just seems like borris doesnt like to take 3s

[rasho8]

Yeah probably.

[ace3g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxKhiHsBGQM

[icango]

i like danny green shooting from the top, no more corner 3's for him

[AussieFanKurt]

lol shit ad with LeWanker

[loveforthegame]

Diaw looks great. He needs to be this aggressive all the time.

Great to see Green hitting shots with confidence.

[TE]

Diaw, despite looking physically obese, can do that drive if he wanted to

[Nathan89]

LJ opening up old wounds and throwing salt in them.

[Brazil]

the TP Green connection is nice to see tbh

oh and I love Jax (no homo)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Sefolosha shot .437 on 71 attempsts last season, Reggie. I think he can shoot the 3.

Admittedly, he's only .322 for his career though.

[freetiago]

game feels low energy
crowds become tame after the championships

[Kidd K]

Duncan looks fantastic this year. I know it's early season, but he's looking 3-4 years younger so far.

[ace3g]

timmy shoes:

http://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/imagecache/local_image_gallery_default/155123983_10.jpg

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Thanks for the YouTube ace3g! :tu

[Kidd K]

game feels low energy
crowds become tame after the championships

That's because we don't have much of a lead, and there's a lot of whistles. Leads to low energy crowds. If we get some TOs and scores it should pipe up some.

[Nathan89]

Diaw looking more aggressive and a step faster. He needs to gain some confidence in his jumpshot now.

[Antidope]

Perkins really looks like a new person out there with all that weight loss its crazy

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

game feels low energy
crowds become tame after the championships

Crowd is always quiet earlier in the season, let's hope it's not a trend.

Also, I always noticed that it gets louder and louder as the game goes on... see how 4th Q goes.

[Brazil]

TP also with a nice 8 assists

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Green is doing a good job on the boards

[Brazil]

9 now

[100%duncan]

Tim, I love you. Don't retire.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

great finish by tim

[Juggity]

Parker is doing a nice job as a distributor