Game Thread: Spurs @ Rockets - Dec. 10, 2012

[playblair]

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ROCKETS

Jonathan Feigen ‏@Jonathan_Feigen (https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen) James Harden is out tonight with sprained right ankle.

onathan Feigen ‏@Jonathan_Feigen (https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen) With Harden out expect Carlos Delfino to start for the Rockets.

[DesignatedT]

Injury report?

[crc21209]

Monroe_SA

DeJuan Blair will start at power forward for Spurs tonight; he missed Sat.game vs. CHA with left ankle sprain 15 minutes ago

[crc21209]

Monroe_SA

Capt. Tim Duncan, on Stephen Jackson Twitter-gate fine: 'He understands he made mistake; we move on. He’s been disciplined, it’s behind us.” 4 hours ago

Monroe_SA

Popovich says Spurs unfazed by recent off-court drama: 'It’s drama to others, but things happen and we move on. 4 hours ago

[freetiago]

harden out...
spurs by 70
maybe lin can prove hes not a complete waste of oxygen

[playblair]

http://www.sbnation.com/2012/12/10/3751950/gregg-popovich-kawhi-leonard-spurs

Gregg Popovich explains why Kawhi Leonard is traveling with his teammates

"I don't know why he's here," Popovich said before Saturday's game in Charlotte, a 132-102 victory in which the Spurs made a franchise record 19 3-point shots. "It's camaraderie crap. Ask the trainers why he's on the trip. Maybe save your per diem and have a meal on the plane? I don't know."

[capek]

Maybe save your per diem and have a meal on the plane? I don't know."

:lol

Man, so Harden's out. Gonna still buy a cheap ticket and head over in a sec, but I think it's gonna be pretty lopsided now..

[Brunodf]

:lol

Man, so Harden's out. Gonna still buy a cheap ticket and head over in a sec, but I think it's gonna be pretty lopsided now..

Blair is starting, so Spurs probably will start slow and give hope to the Rockets

[spurraider21]

Considering Harden was about the only guy who managed to do serious damage against us last time we played them (and blew them out), there we will a good chance we will be treated with plenty of De Colo playing time :hungry:

[Kidd K]

What's that? James Harden isn't playing?

Well, this is gonna be a tough game. . .up a down, tight on both ends of the court. . .

Oh who am I kidding.

http://i56.tinypic.com/1z2eypt.jpg

[Boomersgold]

harden out...
spurs by 70
maybe lin can prove hes not a complete waste of oxygen

Lol. I guess the Lin hype has completely died down. Even I was on his bandwagon for a while. The reality is that the dude sucks and shouldn't be starting.

[Kidd K]

Yeah, Lin was obvious overrated last year. You just had to look at who he was playing. During "Linsanity", it was like a dozen games or so, maybe 13. . .and 9 of them were against teams who had a combined record of like .340%. The other 3 were against an injured Hawks team missing 2 of it's best 3 guys, and like maybe two decent teams thrown in there. . .but with old, slow point guards.

Then, soon as he started to face real teams, he shit the bed over and over again. Then he got hurt. It was pretty clear Lin was a paper champ. Filled up the stats against tankers then got destroyed by legit teams.

I felt bad for Rockets fans that they signed Lin to so much money. But they did steal James Harden, so they have a nice foundation to work with now.

[superjames1992]

Monroe_SA

DeJuan Blair will start at power forward for Spurs tonight; he missed Sat.game vs. CHA with left ankle sprain 15 minutes ago
:bang

[Dex]

:bang

No need to be upset with this right now. With Diaw manning the 3, Blair is the natural choice to start at 4. Splitter's game is better suited for coming off the bench, at least against a team like the Rockets.

Look at the bright side, at least Bonner isn't starting.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lets keep lin to 0 pts, fck that overrated hack

[Brunodf]

No need to be upset with this right now. With Diaw manning the 3, Blair is the natural choice to start at 4. Splitter's game is better suited for coming off the bench, at least against a team like the Rockets.

Look at the bright side, at least Bonner isn't starting.

Blair's game is better suited for staying in the bench.

[timvp]

The Rockets always seem to play the Spurs close in Houston no matter what scrubs they put in their lineup.

[Manu-20]

Looking foward today to see if Nando and splitter keep up the good work as of late.

[DapDaGenius]

lets keep lin to 0 pts, fck that overrated hack

I hope everybody that guards him gets at least 4 blocks each.

[superjames1992]

Look at the bright side, at least Bonner isn't starting.
Bonner has been playing well lately. That's more than I can say for Blair.

[Boomersgold]

Looking foward today to see if Nando and splitter keep up the good work as of late.

Don't forget Patty. In the last three games, Patty's averaged 11 points on 62% shooting.

[TheSkeptic]

:bang


Blair's game is better suited for staying in the bench.

Not that I disagree with you guys, but at least we know Pop will bench Blair when it matters.

[Dex]

Blair's game is better suited for staying in the bench.

I know Blair would probably be one of the worst starting 4s in the league, but still....

Spurs are 119-43 (.730) when Blair starts.

I think I'll take those chances against these Rockets with him.

[playblair]

^ word blair was missed the last 2 playoffs .....

[TheSkeptic]

Don't forget Patty. In the last three games, Patty's averaged 11 points on 62% shooting.

That sounds pretty good but honestly I still don't like Patty as a regular rotation player. Hopefully he's the first one dropped when Kawhi/Jax get back.

[superjames1992]

I am a certified Blair-hater, in all fairness.

I fully expect that the Spurs will pound the Rockets into the sand with or without Blair in the starting lineup.

[TheSkeptic]

^ word blair was missed the last 2 playoffs .....

It was for the best.

[freetiago]

diaw has better stats then blair does as a starter
didnt we go 20-0 once diaw joined the team
20-4 in 2012 and so far 17-4 which comes out to .82
almost a double digit improvement and thats going from 70 to 80%
which is almost impossible to do, not like going from a 20 to 30%

[AussieFanKurt]

I hope everybody that guards him gets at least 4 blocks each.

:lol one can hope

[playblair]

^diaw was exposed last year ... blair is physical enough to match perkins & ibaka

[Boomersgold]

That sounds pretty good but honestly I still don't like Patty as a regular rotation player. Hopefully he's the first one dropped when Kawhi/Jax get back.

Patty could give us 10+ points off the bench (like he did last season). He's like Neal, an effective scorer and a three point shooter, but A LOT faster and with slightly better handles.

[racm]

Mills is better suited to defending PGs because of his quickness. OTOH Neal is good against SGs who don't happen to tower over him.

[Boomersgold]

I am a certified Blair-hater, in all fairness.

I fully expect that the Spurs will pound the Rockets into the sand with or without Blair in the starting lineup.

A lot of people are certified Blair haters on this forum. The way Blair's played in the last few games has given a good reason for haters to hate.

[Manu-20]

^diaw was exposed last year ... blair is physical enough to match perkins & ibaka
Diaw is a much better defender than blair and just better all around the only problem with him is that he over passes sometimes when he is wide open and in the playoffs diaw will be much more effective than blair could be.

[Brunodf]

Patty could give us 10+ points off the bench (like he did last season). He's like Neal, an effective scorer and a three point shooter, but A LOT faster and with slightly better handles.

Neither can pass the ball, the best rotation would be :
TP, Green, Kawhi, Diaw and TD.
Nando, Manu, Jack, Bonner(or Kawhi since he can play 35 min/game), Splitter

[TheSkeptic]

Patty could give us 10+ points off the bench (like he did last season). He's like Neal, an effective scorer and a three point shooter, but A LOT faster and with slightly better handles.

Fair enough. With players like Neal and TP playing though, I find Patty extremely redundant in this regard now. The way he shoots every time he gets the ball gets on my nerves and since he doesn't direct the team like, say, De Colo does he's only really needed on a situational basis. This Spurs team is just that deep. We'll see how Pop handles it though.

[superjames1992]

Neither can pass the ball, the best rotation would be :
TP, Green, Kawhi, Diaw and TD.
Nando, Manu, Jack, Bonner(or Kawhi since he can play 35 min/game), Splitter
Agreed.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf are they marketing LIN for this game, dude is a fkn scrub

[Kool Bob Love]

What's that? James Harden isn't playing?

Well, this is gonna be a tough game. . .up a down, tight on both ends of the court. . .

Oh who am I kidding.

http://i56.tinypic.com/1z2eypt.jpg:rollin:rollin:rollin

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn, Rockets call, the worst announcers in business

I hate Drexler

[superjames1992]

Damn, Rockets call, the worst announcers in the business

I hate Drexler
Damn straight. FML.

I wish we had the option to watch either the home or away feed.

[timvp]

wtf are they marketing LIN for this game, dude is a fkn scrub
TDMVPDPOY, am I mistaken or didn't you claim Lin was your second cousin or something like that last year during Linsanity?

[TheSkeptic]

Neither can pass the ball, the best rotation would be :
TP, Green, Kawhi, Diaw and TD.
Nando, Manu, Jack, Bonner(or Kawhi since he can play 35 min/game), Splitter

I think so. Neal can then be used as a gunner from time to time when it's necessary (and Mills doesn't see much time at all).

[Boomersgold]

TDMVPDPOY (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=977), am I mistaken or didn't you claim Lin was your second cousin or something like that last year during Linsanity?

LOL.

[AussieFanKurt]

Drexler is painful to listen to

[benefactor]

So according to Dish...Comcast bought all the viewing rights...so all Rockets games are blacked out for me. Glad I'm not a Rockets fan. I'd be mad as hell if I dropped a bill eighty on League Pass only to find out all the games I really wanted to see wouldn't be shown.

[admiralfats]

man...houston had no idea how to guard us the other night, and was only remotely kept in the game by harden being pretty hot. this is going to be ugly.

[racm]

Ugly in what sense? Game over at halftime with Bonner erupting for 20 rebounds? :lol

[admiralfats]

ugly for houston. laugher for us. hopefully, of course. I guess you never know. but i'm hoping for more bonner dunks, anderson blocks...tiago behind the back passes...

[Dex]

I have a feeling this one will be closer than the last one. It shouldn't be, but I dunno....weirder things have happened.

[admiralfats]

combined points against houston teams tonight? Over under at 140.5. I say over.

[Dex]

Wow, I didn't know McHale lost his daughter. :(

[racm]

I have a feeling this one will be closer than the last one. It shouldn't be, but I dunno....weirder things have happened.

Spurs haven't won in Houston lately. Granted, Scola and Dragic are wearing a different uniform now.

[Mugen]

i have an easier time reading Jack's tweets than understanding Clyde speak tbh.

[Boomersgold]

How long until Lin bricks his first shot of the game?

[Captivus]

Harden's injury is affecting my fantasy league!!

[Brunodf]

Parsons with the "Jack injury"

[Dex]

FUCK WE ARE LOSING! :pctoss

[TDMVPDPOY]

that was a fkn late bailout asik

[Captivus]

WTF?

[admiralfats]

if parsons is out, who scores for them? sheesh.

[superjames1992]

PATHETIC hero ball Neal.

[superjames1992]

Blair, SMGDH.

[timvp]

TDMVPDPOY with the subtle no comment.

[spurraider21]

can you guys not accuse people of playing "hero ball" with 10 minutes to go in the first quarter

[racm]

Ugh.

[superjames1992]

can you guys not accuse people of playing "hero ball" with 10 minutes to go in the first quarter
No.

Neal made up for it, I think, though.

Blair is so bad. Awful. He is ruining this team right now.

[Johnsyounger]

Neal with the HERO!

[Captivus]

Neal for 3! take it easy guys...

[Dex]

TDMVPDPOY with the subtle no comment.

:lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol blair the scrub

[DapDaGenius]

Hahaha they were up 6-0....I hope they are prepared for the ass-whooping that is to happen.

[Dex]

Looking sloppy so far.

[Spurs Brazil]

Blair with a terrible start

[superjames1992]

Neal with the HERO BALL traveling call.

[TheSkeptic]

Maybe Diaw or Splitter should start instead of Blair...

[Dex]

Blair with a terrible start

Probably because I was talking him up.

Sorry everybody. :depressed

[Dex]

:lmao What was that, Blair!?

[superjames1992]

OMG, Blair, GTFO. Pathetic.

[admiralfats]

omg that blair pass, hahaha i bet he gets yanked

[Johnny RIngo]

lol at that terrible Blair pass

[Johnsyounger]

Nice pass Blair

[Captivus]

Maybe Diaw or Splitter should start instead of Blair...

i think Tiago's effect in the 2nd unit with Manu and maybe Nando is better...im assuming Pop thinks that

[Dex]

Parker the best shooting guard in the NBA? :wow

BUT HE PLAYS POINT!!! :downspin:

[Johnsyounger]

I take Parker before Paul or Westbrook

[TheSkeptic]

i think Tiago's effect in the 2nd unit with Manu and maybe Nando is better...im assuming Pop thinks that

Don't disagree actually. Just looking at ways Blair can be moved out of the SL.

Of course I'm so desperate that I'd almost rather start one of the guards at C...

[Brunodf]

Blair is starting, so Spurs probably will start slow and give hope to the Rockets

[jestersmash]

Do the people crying "hero ball" actually know what the term means?

[DapDaGenius]

Parker shitted on Lin.

[TDMVPDPOY]

delfino has been shooting alot which is good news, cause his bricked them all so far, as long he takes away the touches for lin, is good news

[Brunodf]

And Diaw is the 1st big off the bench

[admiralfats]

duncan hasn't looked particularly energetic.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stifler in

[TheSkeptic]

Spurs bench might have to win this one.

[superjames1992]

And Diaw is the 1st big off the bench
JINX.

[Boomersgold]

Do the people crying "hero ball" actually know what the term means?

Isn't hero ball used to describe when a player hogs the ball?

[spurraider21]

spurs showing no flow, rhythm, spacing

[Manu-20]

Lets get De colo in the game.

[admiralfats]

tony looks good, but no one else looks awake.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stifler warmin up now, sweet

[Dex]

Rockets defending well and dropping their threes right now.

[TDMVPDPOY]

damn here comes the fluke 3s from rockets

[DapDaGenius]

They aren't even trying hard.............lol They are just making sure it looks like a decent game so they don't do another "disservice" to fans.

[BanditHiro]

damn i thought they would roll over again.

[Boomersgold]

Gary Neal, showing that he's incapable of being a consistent scoring threat.

[spurraider21]

spurs should get fined. the fans aren't paying to see our players play like shit. 250k

[WeNeedLength]

Spurs DGAF. That is all.

[Spurs Brazil]

Ugly start

[timvp]

Blair's suckage brought down the entire starting unit.

The Rockets doing their typical play-way-over-their-heads-against-the-Spurs-in-Houston schtick.

Hopefully the Spurs can get rolling soon. Time for some pick-and-roll action from the bench.

[Warlord23]

These bums are giving zero fucks about this game. Pop needs to play Nando, Bonner and Patty.

[jestersmash]

Isn't hero ball used to describe when a player hogs the ball?

Pretty much.

Gary Neal hitting a 3, getting to the rim for a high quality floater shot that rims in and out, and then losing the ball on one play early in the game does not constitute "hero ball."

[LakerHater]

Boring game so far, Ima go watch football!!!

[TheSkeptic]

If they can be down single digits going into the 2nd...

[BanditHiro]

damn getting a taste of our own medicine

[Johnsyounger]

Nice D Manu

[timvp]

Ginobili polishing his 9.0 opponent PER, tbh.

[spurraider21]

timvp "posting up on manu is like giving a cat a bath"

perfect example there. airball on a post up attempt

[Captivus]

i love you Neal!

[TDMVPDPOY]

heres comes linwanker floppin

[timvp]

timvp "posting up on manu is like giving a cat a bath"

perfect example there. airball on a post up attempt

Yeah, people always talk about Ginobili hypothetically being taken advantage of in the post .......... but I've yet to ever see it.

[superjames1992]

Neal never hits those shots when it counts. Remember his big shots in the fourth quarter against Miami? Oh wait, they were bricks...

[ace3g]

Nando!!

[spurraider21]

nice to see de colo being confident and aggressive. a bit over aggressive on the layup attempt but i'll take it

[admiralfats]

nando!

[superjames1992]

Who said Nando had no J?

[Johnsyounger]

He hit em against Memphis

[TDMVPDPOY]

colo > linwanker

[timvp]

De Colo has gone from Boris Jr. to Neal Jr. in terms of shot selection and passivity :lol

[timtonymanu]

Man I'm starting to really become a Nando fan.

[Boomersgold]

De Colo has gone from Boris Jr. to Neal Jr. in terms of shot selection and passivity :lol

I don't know if I like that. He isn't exactly shooting at a high percentage....

[ElNono]

So this is what the Bobcats felt like the other night...

[Boomersgold]

Green hasn't even taken a shot yet.

[DapDaGenius]

So this is what the Bobcats felt like the other night...

The Bobcats seriously tried, the Spurs are being careless.

[timtonymanu]

colo > linwanker

That's not a nice thing to say about your cousin.

[AussieFanKurt]

What a pathetic quarter of defence

[jestersmash]

The Bobcats seriously tried, the Spurs are being careless.

I think he's just referring to the flukey 3 point parade from Houston.

[jestersmash]

The Bobcats seriously tried, the Spurs are being careless.

I think he's just referring to the flukey 3 point parade from Houston.

[Warlord23]

Rockets shooting 32%, up by 4.

[Seventyniner]

Fortunate enough to attend this one in person.

Ref #34 with two VERY late calls. I bet neither call is made if they made the layups.

Random appearance by the Coyote! I love it.

[ElNono]

I think he's just referring to the flukey 3 point parade from Houston.

yup

[Paranoid Pop]

Moral defeat already, could turn out to be a defeat bar none.

[spurraider21]

Neither Parker, Duncan, nor Manu have seemed comfortable tonight. That's usually not a good sign, but we should still be able to take Houston without Harden

[Boomersgold]

Time to get Patty on the court?

[TheSkeptic]

Really I should've known better. It's never easy with these guys.

[admiralfats]

Neither Parker, Duncan, nor Manu have seemed comfortable tonight. That's usually not a good sign, but we should still be able to take Houston without Harden

i think tony has looked fine. duncan started a little slow, but i thought he was moving better by the time he went out. early on asik had that play with like 3 offensive boards where tim was a step slow. he had a nice move by asik, but it didn't go...tim's looked alright, tony has looked fine

[superjames1992]

MANU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ElNono]

Manu stopping the leakage

[TDMVPDPOY]

playin down to the scrub team...typical spurs fashion

[DapDaGenius]

I think he's just referring to the flukey 3 point parade from Houston.

oh okay

[Johnny RIngo]

Back to playiing abortion ball I guess

[TDMVPDPOY]

fck splitter is doing BEASTLY

[Johnsyounger]

nando>lin

[superjames1992]

OMG, DE COLO!!!

[admiralfats]

wow, nando's spin move is legit

[Boomersgold]

De Colo scoring is great, but shouldn't he be feeding Splitter down low?

[Brunodf]

DEColo!!

[ElNono]

shit foul by Tiago

[timvp]

I'll take the blame for this fluke three-point shooting by the Rockets. Classic jinx, tbh.

[BanditHiro]

they keep throwing the ball at Tiago's feet.

[superjames1992]

We need the Red Rocket to come in. No more Blair.

[Flawless]

Damn, Nando is progressing quickly :wow

[Manu-20]

fuckin terrible pass by green and terrible foul by splitter.

[timtonymanu]

Are the Spurs coming off a B2B or something? What is with the shit energy?

[Brunodf]

Spurs going for franchise record in turnovers

[Warlord23]

Putrid defense, either giving up points in the paint or the three

[Seventyniner]

The Rockets PA announcer sounds like he's gonna fall asleep every time he announces a Spurs score/substitution.

[AussieFanKurt]

good game so far!!!!

[jestersmash]

Are the Spurs coming off a B2B or something? What is with the shit energy?

Isn't this the 3rd game in 4 nights?

[spurraider21]

only school spurs defensive mentality was to give up the mid range and the long 2... today we're giving up layups and 3 pointers. what the hay

[Russ]

My one problem with Green -- Basketball IQ. Throwing a bounce pass to a tightly-guarded big man directly under the basket.

I'm afraid he'll always be prone to such acts.

[Russ]

Duplicate.

[ElNono]

Houston shooting 60% from 3... I mean, half of those have to be fluke... you can't guard the 3 that much anyways

[Boomersgold]

Danny Green should be subbed off. He's playing like shit.

[BanditHiro]

fuck of all the teams to lose to.

[timtonymanu]

smh at these careless turnovers

[Manu-20]

What the hell are the spurs doing throwing such stupid passes.

[spurraider21]

Twin Towers in. lets see what they can do

[WeNeedLength]

Spurs simply don't give a ____.

[objective]

Danny Green is playing as bad as possible. Leaving 3-point shooters for no reason, losing his man cutting to the rim, trying to act like he can pass like Manu or De Colo for turnovers . . .

give me a break.

[TDMVPDPOY]

asik going kareem on duncan :(

[BanditHiro]

lol Asik...you just can't guard fluke.

[spurraider21]

Spurs simply don't give a ____.
you already said spurs dgaf. we get it lol

[Warlord23]

I'm actually excited to see Bonner

[BanditHiro]

beyond riddikulus.

[Brunodf]

Twin Towers in. lets see what they can do

20 secs later...

[TDMVPDPOY]

fckn spurs makn lin look good...fkn bs

[ElNono]

lin jizzing on tony

[spurraider21]

the rockets keep... launching... threes

[Captivus]

so this is what it feels to play against San Antonio...

[superjames1992]

The Rockets are hero balling it up right now and it's working, tbh...

[Seventyniner]

Rockets 8/13 from 3. Damn you and your "defense is improving" thread timvp

[spurraider21]

Rockets 8/13 from 3. Damn you and your "defense is improving" thread timvp

[Johnny RIngo]

Houston shooting 60% from 3... I mean, half of those have to be fluke... you can't guard the 3 that much anyways

Houston shot close to 60% from the arc against the Knicks too though.

[Bill_Brasky]

lol Asik...you just can't guard fluke.

Asik is very good when he gets going. It was actually impressive as Fuck how badly Duncan threw him off the other night. One of the reasons it became a blowout, tbh.

[BanditHiro]

Rockets 8/13 from 3. Damn you and your "defense is improving" thread timvp

can't guard fluke and Asik making a sky hook on Tim pretty much proves how fluky the Rockets have been

[DapDaGenius]

the rockets keep... launching... threes

Yeah I've never liked the Spurs defense against the 3pt shot this year, regardless of what any positive state may say, the let too many people get shots they shouldn't get from beyond the arc(ex: Green when he sags off of a 3pt shooter, then looks like a fish out of water trying to get back and stopping him from shooting).

[admiralfats]

Asik is very good when he gets going. It was actually impressive as Fuck how badly Duncan threw him off the other night. One of the reasons it became a blowout, tbh.

yeah this is a good point. asik was terrible in that game and didn't play much because he was just out of sorts

[spurraider21]

TP bailed out there. defender didn't flinch on any of his fakes

[superjames1992]

The Red Rocket is about to take over. Bookmarket.

[spurraider21]

Bonner St. Pierre tbh

[Johnsyounger]

THE NAIL!!!!!

[JRHernandez88]

Got dam Gary Neal is automatic.


Just felt like I needed to let that 1 out lol

[superjames1992]

The Red Rocket is about to take over. Bookmarket.
Good defense, a steal, and spreading the floor for the motherfucking win.

[timtonymanu]

Nice take by Bonner

[Johnsyounger]

Bonner snatching up the loose ball lmao

[Brunodf]

Neal with the dumbest foul ever

[Johnsyounger]

Worst sequence of the year.WTF

[timtonymanu]

damnit Tony

[keywester]

time for some mills energy

[TheSkeptic]

Need more offensively from TD in the second half.

[superjames1992]

WTF, GTFO Blair.

[Ice009]

Pathetic performance from the Spurs.

[Boomersgold]

time for some mills energy

Agreed.

[Dex]

Rockets on pace to beat the Spurs franchise record for threes tonight.

[Boomersgold]

Lin dominating TP.

[superjames1992]

BLAIR learn how to BOX OUT bro.

[El Contusion II]

Killer shoes Harden....Yikes, penny loafer rhinestones.

[Captivus]

are the Spurs going to wake up Linsanity?

[Dex]

Duncan is off tonight. :depressed

[PingPong]

Bonner wants to play!

[Johnny RIngo]

Lin dominating TP.

Not really. More concerned with Asik outplaying Duncan.

[Johnsyounger]

rockets only up 4 LMAO

[Brunodf]

Blair is starting, so Spurs probably will start slow and give hope to the Rockets

[WeNeedLength]

We can't defend a Tony Douglas / Omer Asik pick n roll?? :rollin

[El Contusion II]

Manu needs more than 3 damn shots...

[Mugen]

Cory should get some mins in the 2nd half

[TDMVPDPOY]

tim needs to fasten up where he wants to take the ball then backin down taking time deciding what to do...

[Johnny RIngo]

Manu needs more than 3 damn shots...

Not with the way he's shooting this year

[benstanfield]

playin down to the scrub team...typical spurs fashion

Your cousin is playing pretty well

[CitizenDwayne]

Never fucking fails.

[Ice009]

I really think these big wins suck for Tim's rhythm. He stops getting involved offensively and loses his rhythm and then is basically frozen out of the offense.

[superjames1992]

Asik is straight pwning Timmy right now.

[Mugen]

Asik going from Dwight Howard to Steve Nash at the free throw line

[Dex]

Asik shooting 8/8 from the FT line? If that doesn't highlight the bullshit shooting for Houston, I don't know what does.

[spurraider21]

You know its a sad story when Duncan is getting "Olajuwon'ed" by Omer Asik

[Texas_Ranger]

damn this looks like shit

[TDMVPDPOY]

duncan looks demotivated, fkn play splitter...

[El Contusion II]

Need more D in the second half

[JRHernandez88]

Blair's my boy I don't care what anyone says. That dude had potential, if Pop never killed his confidence I think he could of had a nice role on the team.

[timtonymanu]

rofl Asik suddenly becoming the best free throw shooter. This game is so fluke.

[superjames1992]

Manu making Blair look good. If Blair is going to play, he needs to come off the bench so he can jive with Manu.

[Dex]

Rockets saying :flipoff to timvp's defensive stats.

[TDMVPDPOY]

this game debunks every timvp theory about the mermaids

[superjames1992]

TP's gotten bailed out a bunch tonight.

[spurraider21]

Sorry Tony, but Blair is the new one man fast break

[TheSkeptic]

Manu making Blair look good. If Blair is going to play, he needs to come off the bench so he can jive with Manu.

I don't think so. Blair's lack of defense would sink our bench's frontcourt since Tiago can't really cover for him the way TD can.

[El Contusion II]

How are we down by 4?.. Houdton 9-15 from 3... Should cool off by second half.

[TDMVPDPOY]

jeremy lin cousin sittin on spurs bench...u guys see him?

[Captivus]

Tony Parker with lucky calls...

[timtonymanu]

I was afraid Blair would find a way to fuck that up.