Game Thread: Spurs @ Pacers - Nov. 23, 2012 @ 7 PM CST

[blackfire12]

shiiiiiiit, well... need to start making a come back now, can't let that get to ya

[Spurs Brazil]

fuck

[ducks]

manu in hero mode

[ElNono]

Glad Manu showed up in the 2nd half... and Tony in the first.... nobody else outside of Tim did though...

[Splits]

We're getting outscored by 18 from the arc despite having more attempts.

[Uriel]

Knicks about to lose, too. And the Lakers are coming back on the Grizzlies. We can make some major ground in the standings if we only win this.

[timvp]

WCSF Green!

[ace3g]

Lakers game winning shot right there!!!

[ducks]

manu with 1-7 from downtown he better take it to the rack

[Cry Havoc]

GREEN. Finally.

[Uriel]

Great play to get Green going.

[LakerHater]

2/17 from 3 for the Spurs.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

There we go Green

[ElNono]

Green huge

[Cry Havoc]

GREEN!

[Libri]

Alright Danny!

[LakerHater]

2 point game!!!

[Kidd K]

Timmy and Green turning it up. . .that's what I like to see.

[Uriel]

Green 7-straight points (assuming 2 made free throws).

[Cry Havoc]

Danny suddenly unstoppable.... this kid just needs a shot early.

[TE]

Does West ever miss a shot?

[AussieFanKurt]

good play from green

[Cry Havoc]

Does West ever miss a shot?

Only against the 28 other teams.

[phxspurfan]

Pacers playing stupid all game

[Kidd K]

Serious question: Do we want Parker playing hero ball now since he's been hot the last 3 games?

[ace3g]

cant keep exchanging points, now with Pacers over the limit, attack attack attack

[ElNono]

in the bonus early... gotta take advantage

[Cry Havoc]

Pacers playing stupid all game

Hand out from the refs stop and suddenly it's a 1 possession game. Shocking.

[AussieFanKurt]

fuck yes in the penalty

[Cry Havoc]

Serious question: Do we want Parker playing hero ball now since he's been hot the last 3 games?

Depends on if we're shooting 5% from 3.

[ace3g]

Neal with it!!

[Kidd K]

Tie game!

[Uriel]

Tie game.

[phxspurfan]

choo

[ElNono]

Patty with the towel shaking goodness

[Cry Havoc]

Tied up. Fuck yeah.

[LakerHater]

Gary Neal BABY!!!

[Cry Havoc]

Gary Neal is mini-buckets.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Just a few more stops!

[blackfire12]

YEAAAAH GO SPURS GO

[Kidd K]

Parker with the hero shot!

[Libri]

Go Spurs Go!!

[timvp]

TP clutch per par.

[siraulo23]

f yes

[LakerHater]

Takin the lead!!!

[AussieFanKurt]

gazza neal

[Uriel]

I love this team. :cry

[ElNono]

Tony picking up where Manu left off...

[baseline bum]

Damn, Tony got some crazy space off those screens on that last shot.

[AussieFanKurt]

rofl pacers

[timvp]

:lol Tbh, that was an ugly shot by Parker. All arm, no rotation, little elevation.








But I'll take it.

[TE]

Now don't commit stupid fouls and execute on both ends.

[pgardn]

Just bizarre...

[loveforthegame]

Team showing some grit right now. :tu

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony

Please Boris, help on the boards.

[TE]

Tony picking up where Manu left off...
Taking turns tbh.

[Splits]

Hard to believe we were down 17 about 12 minutes ago.

[ducks]

dude is playing like last year after his illeness

[timvp]

No catch-and-shoot jumpers for West. No open three-pointers. I'll take anything else, tbh.

[phxspurfan]

What a stupid commercial. Who is going to go to a game watching party with beers and not drink

[100%duncan]

Sup.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow, I really didn't think we'd come back like this in this particular game. Props! :tu

Gotta stop those slow starts after half time though.

[DMC]

Pacers had to start missing a few shots. We need Hill to go into Westbrook mode to prove himself to Pop.

[baseline bum]

:lol Tbh, that was an ugly shot by Parker. All arm, no rotation, little elevation.








But I'll take it.

LJ joining the Church of Manu? WTF is this world coming to?

[DPG21920]

Big time kudos to the Spurs no matter what. Twice had a back breaking moment in the fourth and made runs to come back.

[timvp]

How did the Spurs not get that rebound :pctoss

[TE]

God what a bad call.

[baseline bum]

What a stupid commercial. Who is going to go to a game watching party with beers and not drink

Responsible drivers?

[Johnny RIngo]

Hard to believe we were down 17 about 12 minutes ago.

Great comeback so far bit if the Pacers were a legit contender we would have been blown out tonight.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Timmy too used to those Hibbert bricks he went too far in

[DPG21920]

Please keep going to hibbert :tu

[blackfire12]

lawl tp on hibbert and still cant make shit

[timvp]

God-mode TP pass, tbh.

[100%duncan]

Timmy D!

[ace3g]

Timmy!!

[SpursRock20]

Big 3 are awesome tonight!

[TE]

Yes

[Uriel]

We got this.

[siraulo23]

you bet

[Brazil]

Tp saving the day per par etc

[blackfire12]

NICE

[ace3g]

great pass by Boris!!!

[SpursRock20]

Diaw with the pass to Timmay!

[100%duncan]

:lmao Indiana Chokers :lmao

[timvp]

God-mode rope-a-dop fall by TP.

[LakerHater]

22/15 for Timmeh!!

[baseline bum]

Damn, sweet jumper at the top of the key from Tim. OK, he didn't really jump. :lol

[DMC]

what a fucking pass

[ElNono]

good shit... running away with playing just a quarter and a half

[Manu-20]

What a pass by DIaw.

[Uriel]

Good timeout by Indiana. :tu But this is our game to lose.

[loveforthegame]

Didn't expect this. Should never doubt them.

[baseline bum]

LOL Parker haters - Hill fellators

[AussieFanKurt]

game over, spurs win

[DPG21920]

Hibbert is talented, but he is very easy to guard. He's slow, predictable and very robotic. You can read what he is going to do. He is like a perfect coaching video for moves, but in reality you have to vary your moves up and he doesn't.

[ElNono]

:lol Lakers imploding
:lol Kobe airball
:lol Kobe blocked

[TE]

Love Timmy's passion there

[bbarry]

pacers haven't scored in a while. had to take yet another time out

spurs shutting the place down. hopefully they can continue it

[bbarry]

pacers haven't scored in a while. had to take yet another time out

spurs shutting the place down. hopefully they can continue it

[timvp]

One mo' stop, tbh

[Kidd K]

Spurs with night and day performances. Our starters really carrying to day today. Looks like the lack of our main SFs mostly reflects in how bad our bench is without the normal rotation. Stretched pretty thin right now.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD!

REBOUND now

[bklynspursfan]

Way to fight back into this thing

[Brazil]

Big 3 come back

[100%duncan]

:lol missing det layup pussy

[ace3g]

I hate that cross body layup attempt that tony tries

[baseline bum]

bullshit call

[ElNono]

Tony strangely missing a clutch play

[LakerHater]

NO WAY!!!

[100%duncan]

:lmao West

[timvp]

Didn't see a sub-2:00 foul in there, tbh.

[TE]

Fuck you David west

[ElNono]

ball dont lie

[Kidd K]

Tbh, how is that a shooting foul? Green got all ball, West knew it, so he put down a dribble and shot again.

[bbarry]

ball don't lie!

[Uriel]

Pacers can't make a shot. :lol

[timvp]

West NEVER missed free throws with the Hornets.

[LakerHater]

Ball dont lie!

[baseline bum]

:lol Lakers imploding
:lol Kobe airball
:lol Kobe blocked

Huh? Was Team TOSB supposed to do any different in Memphis?

[Quiet Strength]

lol pacers choking bad

[blackfire12]

west is like the epitome of mentally weak

[100%duncan]

Indiana Pussies

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pacers fans are smashing things right now, or at least the should be.

Hibbert has to learn to get closer on those hooks, or turn them into drop-steps. 10ft hooks are unreliable, especially when you're falling away.

[AussieFanKurt]

what a choke

[phxspurfan]

Has Tony's lip ever actually bled?

[Kidd K]

Spurs win if they make 1 more basket or get 1 stop.

[DatBoyGood]

:lol west

[siraulo23]

I hate that cross body layup attempt that tony tries

he used make that shot without breaking a sweat

[100%duncan]

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[timvp]

Has Tony's lip ever actually bled?

:lmao, tbh

[timvp]

Has Tony's lip ever actually bled?

:lmao, tbh

[TE]

Parker travelled :lol

[LakerHater]

8 point lead feels like Spurs are down 1!

[timvp]

Take yo time, Indiana :tu

[100%duncan]

Bullshit Phantom call :lmao

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Down by 8 with a minute left? let's run the shotclock down

[bbarry]

damn I don't think ive ever seen that. pacers burned all their timeouts with still 3 minutes to go in the game.

[TE]

That's absolute bullshit.

[baseline bum]

I figured these Pacer dry spells would end once Barbosa took his incompetence to Beantown tbh

[024]

what a turnaround

[Kidd K]

Cheapest foul call all season

[LakerHater]

Spurs were trailing 91-95 with 5:30 to go. They are up 103-95.

[100%duncan]

Hill choking par for the course

[Kidd K]

Game over

[024]

it's like 2008 again, the bench shitting the bed and the big 3 bailing the team out.

[Uriel]

Everything is falling into place. Now if LAL beats Memphis, we're #1 in the NBA.

[phxspurfan]

Hill could never hit that shot under pressure

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yup, 12-0 run before that foul.

Thanksto Manu, TP, TD and Danny for bringing us back from 17 down.

[LakerHater]

Pacers have NO timeouts left!

[100%duncan]

Everything is falling into place. Now if LAL beats Memphis, we're #1 in the NBA.
Fuck being number 1, tbh. :lol

[blackfire12]

wow... awesome come back win

[ElNono]

tough, tough win... our bench still sucks... but we'll take it

[siraulo23]

great defensive play by paul george, tony was wideeeeee open

[AussieFanKurt]

gifs need to be turned off in game chat fuck

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Everything is falling into place. Now if LAL beats Memphis, we're #1 in the NBA.

That matters on Nov 23? Do we get a badge or something? :lmao

[pgardn]

WE.

Are like roaches.

[Obstructed_View]

I deserve at least a B for leaving.

[siraulo23]

good road win

big 3 stepped up this game

[timvp]

Pretty damn good win. Odd game but the Spurs kept coming and got the victory. The Big 3 played HARD. Probably harder than they played all season.

Props on the effort and gutsy road win :tu

[timvp]

Pretty damn good win. Odd game but the Spurs kept coming and got the victory. The Big 3 played HARD. Probably harder than they played all season.

Props on the effort and gutsy road win :tu

[DMC]

Quality win

[Brazil]

two nice shooting night for TP in a row, our 50%FG TP seems to be back

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Before the season I thought the Granger injury was a godsend that would allow George to expand into the number one option. I thought the Pacers would be very good. I was dead wrong. :lol

[Kidd K]

I deserve at least a B for leaving.

True. Soon as you left, we came back, then when you posted again Pacers went on a 5-0 run. :\

Cursed tonight!

[LakerHater]

Spurs were trailing 91-95 with 5:30 to go & WIN 104-97!

[Uriel]

That matters on Nov 23? Do we get a badge or something? :lmao
A win or loss in November is worth the same as one in early April -- at least in terms of the standings. Any ground we can get now while only help us down the road.

[DMC]

That matters on Nov 23? Do we get a badge or something? :lmao

I doesn't matter on the last day of regular season either, it seems.

[loveforthegame]

Good win.

Duncan and Parker led the way with some timely contributions from Manu, Green, and Neal.

[ducks]

lakers have not won on the road

[pgardn]

This is the kind of game illustrating why we are hated.

Hang around, make a few shots, and let the other team fold.

[Kidd K]

We have 3 soft teams coming up next, but it's 3 games in 4 nights, followed by the Heat the next night to complete a 4 in 5 road trip.

Gonna be tough, but we should be able to take the next 3 before getting hit with the scheduling loss at Miami.

[Brazil]

LAL down 8 now :tu

[Splits]

lakers have not won on the road

And the Spurs are 6-1 on the road, including coming back from a 17pt deficit against an Indiana team that's only lost once at home. Fantastic win, probably grittiest of the season.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

A win or loss in November is worth the same as one in early April -- at least in terms of the standings. Any ground we can get now while only help us down the road.

I agree. Best time to rack up easy wins is November before other teams find their rhythm.

But you were talking about "everything falling into place so we are #1". Don't shift the goalposts. ;)

[Spurs Brazil]

Big game by the big 3.

If Spurs had one decent big to help Duncan I'd really like our chances to win the championship.

[Kidd K]

LAL down 8 now :tu

Thanks for the reminder bro, switching there now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I doesn't matter on the last day of regular season either, it seems.

Wrong. It clearly matters as it determines playoff seedings. What happens after that is another matter altogether. ;)

[DMC]

Half empty: TP and TD play near perfect half yet Spurs are losing.

Half full: Spurs are 0-for-10 on threes, haven't rebounded, haven't gotten anything from role players ... yet are only down 4.





Not sure how I see the glass, tbh.

How's that glass now?

[Brazil]

Splitter has been a ghost out there, disappointing

[DMC]

Wrong. It clearly matters as it determines playoff seedings. What happens after that is another matter altogether. ;)

If it doesn't change the outcome, it clearly doesn't matter.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Big game by the big 3.

If Spurs had one decent big to help Duncan I'd really like our chances to win the championship.

His name is Anderson Varejamoo, and I'm pretty sure we could have him for Splitter, Bonner (for salary) and a 1st.

[Brazil]

Lakers and Clips lost, good night overall

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If it doesn't change the outcome, it clearly doesn't matter.

That's an obtuse POV.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Anyway, yay! We won! I'm out! :D

[Spurs Brazil]

TD with 17 of the team 37 rebs

Blair 15 minutes 2 rebs
Bonner 9 minutes 0rebs
Tiago 22 minutes 3 rebs
Diaw 22 minutes 2 rebs

Pacers 19 offensive boards.

Poor TD.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Our defense really stepped up at the end, Diaw did great on Hibbert.

[BillMc]

What a game. Glad I stayed up all night to see it.

[maddnezz]

Way to much complaining on this board. Take it easy vatos.:whine

[DMC]

That's an obtuse POV.

Only if you ignore my first comment because your sarcasm detector is broken.

[PhingerRoll]

Awesome comeback! Had the Spurs at -5.5 and the over...

[Thomas82]

Shout out to my boy Benjamin Button aka Tim Duncan for putting up 22 and 17, and for getting his 3rd straight 20+ point game for the first time since 2003. He also got his 3rd straight 20 and 10 game for the first time in a while.

[DPG21920]

Is it a good sign the Spurs can win without hitting 3's now or a bad sign that the shooting is hit or miss?

[LakerHater]

Did Rick Renner just say that Gregg Popovich doesn't get enough credit for being a great coach??

[ManuTastic]

Tale of two halves, tbh.

Oh, and Indy going ice cold for the last 5+ min didn't hurt. Can't say it was our defense.

[blkroadrunners]

Great comeback, but I just don't understand how a 7'2" guy in Roy Hibbert be so ineffective and inefficient in the paint and also receive a max contract. It baffles me.

[Arcadian]

First to 10 wins. :tu

[Budkin]

Damn even without Kawhi and Jack we're still playing pretty good. This team really does have more left in the tank.

[Brazil]

Is it a good sign the Spurs can win without hitting 3's now or a bad sign that the shooting is hit or miss?

a good sign but the team is going nowhere if they can't fix the rebound issue

[Spur|n|Austin]

Did Rick Renner just say that Gregg Popovich doesn't get enough credit for being a great coach??

Renner is a Maverick Jabronie who probably wears affliction shirts and True Religions. He does a good job at faking homerism though, tbh.

[rascal]

A win or loss in November is worth the same as one in early April -- at least in terms of the standings. Any ground we can get now while only help us down the road.

Regular season wins mean next to nothing. The Spurs were top seed two years in a row and still did not even get to the finals. We have seen this stript before. As long as the frontline stays weak with the current roster it doesn't matter how many regular season wins the Spurs get, there won't be any titles.

The current Spurs have proved to be a great regular season team( winning game after game in the last two minutes of games) but then fold during the playoffs.

[SpursRock20]

Regular season wins mean next to nothing. The Spurs were top seed two years in a row and still did not even get to the finals. We have seen this stript before. As long as the frontline stays weak with the current roster it doesn't matter how many regular season wins the Spurs get, there won't be any titles.

The current Spurs have proved to be a great regular season team( winning game after game in the last two minutes of games) but then fold during the playoffs.

How someone can leave this kind of post after a great win is beyond me. Yes, greatness is measured in championships, but it's November. We should be enjoying these kind of wins. Also, seeing the big 3 play this well (ecspecially Duncan) all in one game is really nice to see. As a Spurs fan, I couldn't be happier.

[justinandimcool]

Why post here before April then :lol

[Obstructed_View]

True. Soon as you left, we came back, then when you posted again Pacers went on a 5-0 run. :\

Cursed tonight!

I started watching after halftime, went to eat dinner, they came back. They actually went 9-0 when started watching again. I left the game thread and they started scoring so I watched the end of the game. The basketball gods didn't want me posting.

[racm]

Is it a good sign the Spurs can win without hitting 3's now or a bad sign that the shooting is hit or miss?

Considering that the Spurs lost to OKC because their three pointer went cold, it's a good sign.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Great win despite the 17 point deficit in the third.

[NASpurs]

I started watching after halftime, went to eat dinner, they came back. They actually went 9-0 when started watching again. I left the game thread and they started scoring so I watched the end of the game. The basketball gods didn't want me posting.

:lmao I did the same shit. Everytime I watched it, the Pacers went on a run and everytime I checked the score on the 'net, the Spurs were on a run. So I just stopped watching altogether and checked the score in the morning finding out the Spurs won. Basketball gods didn't want me to watch the game.

[Stabula]

Danny Green had me face palming all night long

[Kidd K]

I started watching after halftime, went to eat dinner, they came back. They actually went 9-0 when started watching again. I left the game thread and they started scoring so I watched the end of the game. The basketball gods didn't want me posting.

lol, well we won, that's all that matters. Next 3 games are against scrubs, so should be a good time to test if your curse still exists!

[BackHome]

Yeah this is fools gold cause we ain't going anywhere past the first round unless we make some changes and get a PF/C.

[Obstructed_View]

lol, well we won, that's all that matters. Next 3 games are against scrubs, so should be a good time to test if your curse still exists!

It's funny when that happens. My wife and I went to the game in the Alamodome where Rodman had 20 rebounds in the first half against the Mavs. The Spurs were down by 10 points early, my wife left for the ladies' room, and they went on a run to go up by 10. I jokingly send her to the bathroom when the Spurs are struggling in the playoffs.