Game Thread: Spurs @ Jazz, 12/12/12

[Reck]

Lets not be down more than 7 points here please.

Too much to ask I guess.

[ace3g]

clean slate starting 2nd half

[BanditHiro]

lol utah last 10 points have been fastbreak points lol.

[Trainwreck2100]

Fucking shit just like the Houston game

[timvp]

It's not about giving up, it's about the content, we can win vs scrubs team playing bad games, doesn't bode well for the PO.

First half content in a December game? :rolleyes

[jestersmash]

I'm actually pretty pleased overall, tbh.

We've missed a bunch of point blank shots that were great looks. We've had a couple go in and out. Non-issue, tbh.

I mean we can certainly do better, but Utah is in over its head come 2nd half, tbh.

[dbestpro]

Keep Blair on the bench and we got this.

[BatManu20]

The issues we're having tonight are the same issues that are going to make us a 2nd round exit in the playoffs this year (don't shoot)

[WeNeedLength]

Not sure if I should get less sleep because of this game. Effort doesn't seem there so...

[AussieFanKurt]

will still win

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

the blair situation is quite tough. if you bench him cuz he sucks, he'll suck worse. however, if you keep him in the starting line-up, there is a good chance that he still will suck

[024]

needs more splittler, less blair

[spurraider21]

Timmy really cooled down near the end. Blair getting more minutes than Splitter also pretty disgusting to watch

[Floyd Pacquiao]

mormons just playing harder right now tbh

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol patty cheerleader

[ElNono]

they're just playing harder than we are... not uncommon when they're home

[Paranoid Pop]

First half content in a December game? :rolleyes

Not like the roster changed a lot, same shortcomings...

[Boomersgold]

Duncan's keeping us in the game.

Wouldn't mind seeing some Patty in the next half.

[jestersmash]

I hope Pop doesn't give Blair any minutes in the 2nd half, though. He hasn't earned a single second.

Boris had wide, wide open looks (albeit from 3) that didn't go. Nando had a couple of great looks from 3 that didn't go. Green had a layup bounce in and out of the rim.

And our defense is actually passable. Aren't we keeping them below 1 point per possession so far? That's about our average - good for top 5 or 6 in the league.

[dbestpro]

the blair situation is quite tough. if you bench him cuz he sucks, he'll suck worse. however, if you keep him in the starting line-up, there is a good chance that he still will suck

The solution is to let him suck somewhere else.

[spurraider21]

Utah is 8-1 at home, and were 25-8 at home last season. They're just a different team in Salt Lake. Fortunately for us, they're also a different team in the playoffs :lol

[Splits]

Transition D was awful. they even scored in transition off a Spurs make. Pathetic.

[keywester]

Has Pop given up on Mills?

[Darius Bieber]

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[timtonymanu]

Gotta love SpursTalk using this game to indicate what our playoff success is going to be.

[Salty]

Utah won't be able to keep this up in the 2nd half. They're running up and down the court every possession while the Spurs are saving their energy.

All the Spurs need to do is keep calm and hit their shots, they'll be fine.

[superjames1992]

It's not about giving up, it's about the content, we can win vs scrubs team playing bad games, doesn't bode well for the PO.
Utah is a scrub team?

[TDfan2007]

Rough 2nd quarter defensively. Our guys aren't putting in the effort that is needed on that end. Also, the Jazz are abusing our thin frontcourt.

[Cry Havoc]

Gotta love SpursTalk using this game to indicate what our playoff success is going to be.

It's embarrassing. It's almost as bad as Lakersground. OMG WE'RE DOWN 2 AT THE END OF THE FIRST BLOW IT UP.

[Brunodf]

So the Spurs was playing like a juggernout when Blair was injured, now with Blair we barely beat Houston Harden-less and we are losing to Utah :lol

[Ice009]

Utah doing a great job exposing the Spurs bench.

I think you need a strong 8 to win it all. Not sure about running with this depth approach in the playoffs.

[jestersmash]

It's embarrassing. It's almost as bad as Lakersground. OMG WE'RE DOWN 2 AT THE END OF THE FIRST BLOW IT UP.

+1

[BillMc]

Utah's a good team, and a great one at home, tbh.

[superjames1992]

Blair is hero balling and coming up blank.

12 minutes, 0/4 FG, 3 Rebs, 2 fouls, TO

[crc21209]

How many shots went all the way down and then rimmed out again? I counted about 3 layups and 2 three pointers...

[timvp]

Overall, the most worrisome aspect is that the Spurs looked tired. They admitted to being tired last game and again look gassed. I realize they've been on the road a lot but I'm not sure that's a legit excuse.

And it also doesn't bode well for tomorrow night either.

[spurs1990]

Man I hate to play this card but Spurs are getting hit hard by the scheduling.

OKC is on a 6 game homestand and play shit teams every night. The schedule is rigged to make sure they get the top seed.

[TampaDude]

That was about as bad a quarter as they've had so far this season. About 25% from the field. Were 1 for 9 at one point.

The only thing that sucks is if they lose tonight, they won't be able to tank against Portland tomorrow.

The Spurs should pull it together in the second half and win by about 7 or 8 points.

At least PHX did us a solid by beating the Grizz tonight. :hat

[crc21209]

In other news, Memphis lost at Phoenix by 2 points tonight....:tu

[timtonymanu]

It's embarrassing. It's almost as bad as Lakersground. OMG WE'RE DOWN 2 AT THE END OF THE FIRST BLOW IT UP.

They must not be aware that Utah is actually a good team. 8-1 at home means they're tough to beat. I actually thought we would lay an egg at the start of the game considering how tired we looked against Houston.

[timvp]

Not like the roster changed a lot, same shortcomings...

What shortcomings are those? Bad defense in a second quarter?

[Malik Hairston]

No more Blair or Joseph in the 2nd half please..

Spurs will have a hot shooting stretch at some point, they always do..if they can keep the deficit at 5-7 by the first few minutes of the 4th, they will win..

[crc21209]

That was about as bad a quarter as they've had so far this season. About 25% from the field. Were 1 for 9 at one point.

The only thing that sucks is if they lose tonight, they won't be able to tank against Portland tomorrow.

The Spurs should pull it together in the second half and win by about 7 or 8 points.

At least PHX did us a solid by beating the Grizz tonight. :hat

The NBA must really hate the Spurs. The Spurs always have trouble in Utah AND in Portland. How convenient that they scheduled the Spurs in both arenas on back to back nights...

[td4mvp21]

The bench destroyed all of the good work the starters did :td

[jestersmash]

Man I hate to play this card but Spurs are getting hit hard by the scheduling.

OKC is on a 6 game homestand and play shit teams every night. The schedule is rigged to make sure they get the top seed.

Uh, you do realize that every team plays exactly 41 games on the road and 41 games at home by the end of the season, right? More road games now means more home games later.

[Darius McCrary]

Good thing we won a lot of games early, because I have a feeling this team is going to look fatigued and slow for a while.

[TE]

So the Spurs was playing like a juggernout when Blair was injured, now with Blair we barely beat Houston Harden-less and we are losing to Utah :lol
tbh, he's such a stupid basketball player. That lack of IQ compounded with being short and fat doesn't help him out either.

Pop is doing a bad job with giving him too many minutes in this game.

[crc21209]

Blair is playing his stupidest game of the season. Every time he touches the ball he feels the need to shoot a stupid jumper or do that stupid spin move and then bricks the lay up....

[Malik Hairston]

:lol are most people here unaware of the absence of Kawhi and Jackson, tbh?..

loss of key depth + road trip + tough home opponent = struggles..

[jestersmash]

ESPN half time show during a Spurs game and ESPN doesn't talk about the Spurs at all, per par.

[TDfan2007]

Overall, the most worrisome aspect is that the Spurs looked tired. They admitted to being tired last game and again look gassed. I realize they've been on the road a lot but I'm not sure that's a legit excuse.

And it also doesn't bode well for tomorrow night either.

Agreed, and I don't get it. Aside from our big 3 the team is young. These guys have no excuse for being fatigued.

[Texas_Ranger]

Not worried even if we lose by 30 tonight. We're playing without both SF who are pretty good players against a team that can't lose at home. If we meet in the playoffs they get destroyed... However I would not like to see Blair on this roster come playoff time.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Man I hate to play this card but Spurs are getting hit hard by the scheduling.

OKC is on a 6 game homestand and play shit teams every night. The schedule is rigged to make sure they get the top seed.

I love a good conspiracy as much as the next guy but come on man; the second half of the season is even caker than the Thunder's right now for us..

[AussieFanKurt]

Is Splitter hurt or something, why is Blair getting such minutes

[jestersmash]

Here's a positive spin on if we lose tonight -

The Jazz are 12-10 and hold the 6th seed in the West, currently.

Lakers are 9-13, good for 12th place. Lakers are essentially fighting, at best, for seeds 6 through 8 right now.

If we lose tonight we give Utah a much needed win to maintain that 6 spot and therefore help separate them from the Lakers. A Spurs loss is unlikely to help the Lakers at all because the Spurs are essentially guaranteed a playoff spot as is (likely top 4). Losing to Utah now but beating L.A. down the road is in all likelihood the best way to maximize the chance of L.A. missing the playoffs entirely.

Still stick by this, tbh. Win-win situation for us.

[Boomersgold]

Is Splitter hurt or something, why is Blair getting such minutes

Pop's weird rotations....

[Paranoid Pop]

What shortcomings are those? Bad defense in a second quarter?

Frontline getting pounded outside of Tim, overated second unit, TO prone.

[AussieFanKurt]

Still stick by this, tbh. Win-win situation for us.

too early in season to consider this kinda stuff

[ace3g]

Lets see Blair 0-4 (potential 6 points there if he goes 3/4) plus bad defense, he better not play the rest of the game, I give the code red for Bonner to get his minutes tonight.

[jestersmash]

Frontline getting pounded outside of Tim, overated second unit, TO prone.

:cry :cry Second highest scoring second unit in the league is overrated :cry :cry

[DatBoyGood]

Probably saving Mills for tomorrow night.

[TampaDude]

Not worried even if we lose by 30 tonight. We're playing without both SF who are pretty good players against a team that can't lose at home. If we meet in the playoffs they get destroyed... However I would not like to see Blair on this roster come playoff time.

^ this

Spurs own the Jazz in the playoffs. That series, if it happens, would go 5 games, max.

[benstanfield]

Blair sucks, but it doesn't really do us any good to put Diaw out there and have them ignore him and double off of him. Maybe he's somewhat of a better defender when he feels like it, but when he's circling the 3pt line on offense it's basically 4v5. At least Blair.. well... he attempts layups sometimes... BONNER SUCKS

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Paul McCartney is going to be joining the surviving members of Nirvana to close that hurricane benefit.

Can't wait for him to do Nirvana covers :lol

[jestersmash]

Let's blast off with the red rocket!

Utah fans hate Matt Bonner. According to them, he drops 15-20 points on > 50% shooting from 3 every time he's on the court.

[crc21209]

^ this

Spurs own the Jazz in the playoffs. That series, if it happens, would go 5 games, max.

Utah owns Utah in the Playoffs. :lol Seriously, they've been pretty horrible in the Playoffs against everyone the past 7-8 years or so...

[Chinook]

Not worried even if we lose by 30 tonight. We're playing without both SF who are pretty good players against a team that can't lose at home. If we meet in the playoffs they get destroyed... However I would not like to see Blair on this roster come playoff time.

Not worried, and didn't start a thread.

[crc21209]

Agreed, and I don't get it. Aside from our big 3 the team is young. These guys have no excuse for being fatigued.

Young or not, they're still human. How would you like flying from city to city every other night and getting to bed at around 3-4 a.m on those nights when you land? While these guys are professional NBA players, they're not robots. At some point, fatigue has to set in just a little from all the flying and playing basketball...

[superjames1992]

:lol are most people here unaware of the absence of Kawhi and Jackson, tbh?..

loss of key depth + road trip + tough home opponent = struggles..
Um, they've been gone for like a month now and we've been perfectly fine without them.

[jestersmash]

Wilbon: "Now we're talking about Lakers having to beat OKC, having to beat the Clippers, having to beat a young up and coming team in Golden State, having to beat Memphis"

No mention of the Spurs :lol

[Splits]

The bench destroyed all of the good work the starters did :td

Bench came in we were up 7. Tim and Tony came back in we were up 3. Bench was not responsible for that last -12. That's on Pop for his bizarre Blair/CoJo to finish the half rotation. Just strange.

[crc21209]

Wilbon: "Now we're talking about Lakers having to beat OKC, having to beat the Clippers, having to beat a young up and coming team in Golden State, having to beat Memphis"

No mention of the Spurs :lol

Golden State? What in the hell....:lol

[spurraider21]

ESPN half time show during a Spurs game and ESPN doesn't talk about the Spurs at all, per par.
to be fair we haven't been fined, had any suspensions or leaked photos. did you really expect them to talk about spurs basketball? :lol

[timvp]

Frontline getting pounded outside of TimThe Spurs have been strong in the paint this year. Tonight they are bad in this area, yes, but one bad quarter or half shouldn't spark panic, tbh.

Besides, the Spurs were great last year in the playoffs at defending the paint. That was one of their main strengths.


overated second unitI'm not sure how the second unit is rated but they've been pretty awesome this year so far.


TO prone.The Spurs take care of the ball when TP is in. Pop hasn't yet selected a backup point guard so it's not too surprising that the bench turns it over a lot.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Paul McCartney is going to be joining the surviving members of Nirvana to close that hurricane benefit.

Can't wait for him to do Nirvana covers :lol

"RAPE ME! RAPE ME!" :lol

[jestersmash]

to be fair we haven't been fined, had any suspensions or leaked photos. did you really expect them to talk about spurs basketball? :lol

Wait, wait....Jalen Rose actually talked about the Spurs 5 seconds before the advertisement break! He made yet another reference about Tim Duncan beating "father time," etc. etc .

[BillMc]

Paul McCartney is going to be joining the surviving members of Nirvana to close that hurricane benefit.

Can't wait for him to do Nirvana covers :lol

Kurt was a big Lennon fan, tbh.

[timvp]

Diaw starting!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Kurt was a big Lennon fan, tbh.

Yes, he was.

[Brunodf]

Stern should fine the Spurs for playing Blair, that's a disservice to the fans

[Amuseddaysleeper]

It's on AMC soon if anyone cares.

Anyways, back to the Spurs game

[spurraider21]

to the pessimists: :violin

[ace3g]

Diaw one of the best in the league of saving a ball from going out of bounds

[superjames1992]

NO BLAIR, YES!!!

Blair was far, far from our only issues in the first half, but anything helps.

[benstanfield]

http://i.imgur.com/NKhj9.png

[spurraider21]

Green could have taken that straight to the rim tbh

[TDfan2007]

Sloppy sloppy sloppy

[Texas_Ranger]

Green cant eve dribble when he's all alone

[ace3g]

Green should have dunked that

[SPIDER2311]

gary blinkers on neal

[spurraider21]

nice jam

[Floyd Pacquiao]

danny green with the worse handles since bruce tbh

[timvp]

TD all alone in playing hard :depressed

[BatManu20]

Dunk the ball Green!! Jesus

[Paranoid Pop]

Green trying to put the ball on the floor is Bonnerish.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stupid green and spurs no dunk policy...fkn dunk that shit

[TE]

Green cannot finish at the rim :lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

kawhi and green cant dribble on the fastbreak

[Texas_Ranger]

green is probably the worst layup finisher

[BatManu20]

We can't stop them inside

[tmtcsc]

Some weak shit going on out there tonight.

[BanditHiro]

physics is trolling us

[spurraider21]

wow Duncan never finishes layups

[tmtcsc]

Can't finish either.

[loveforthegame]

Missing too many easy ones at the basket.

[Cry Havoc]

Duncan missing gimmes. Just one of those nights.

[tmtcsc]

2nd team please.

[BatManu20]

Duncan doing everything alone. Help your MVP out you bums!

[Cry Havoc]

Spurs playing like trash and down 5 to the best home team in the L. Not bad.

[FromWayDowntown]

Remarkable, really, that the Spurs are within 5

[spurraider21]

Parker just shot a free throw that counted as 2

[Paranoid Pop]

Spurs playing like trash and down 5 to the best home team in the L. Not bad.

Moral victory already imo tbh.

[loveforthegame]

Spurs are fighting. Limit some of those mistakes and we should be good to go.

[Cry Havoc]

Spurs playing like trash and down 5 to the best home team in the L. Not bad.


Remarkable, really, that the Spurs are within 5

:lol

Starting to remind me of those championship squads that would just barely hang on all night and then with about 4 left in the 4th they'd stick the dagger in and walk away.

[Gagnrath]

The front-line is really thin since Diaw isn't looking interested right now. That's not really good someone needs to remind Tony to go slap him awake. Blair just bites, neither are really in a place to be particularly effective against larger strong and skilled players in Utah.

[TDfan2007]

Tony deciding to join Timmy this half.

[Splits]

Tony being nice and aggressive

[tmtcsc]

WTF >> Denver has only played 6 home games. That's brutal.

[timvp]

Duncan is all over the place on D :wow

[spurraider21]

Al is so scared of Tim its almost comical

[Cry Havoc]

Moral victory already imo tbh.

What the fuck? This has nothing to do with a moral victory. The point is that if we play even marginally better in the last 18 minutes we're going to win.

[BanditHiro]

utah and their shitty court.

[DatBoyGood]

Thats going on not top 10 plays.

[TE]

Damnit, cannot get a break whatsoever.

[tmtcsc]

ESPN is unwatchable / unlistenable. Glad we have options.

[TDfan2007]

:lol now the court is turning against us. Taking home court advantage to an entirely new level.

[spurraider21]

Tim with 15, 14, and 4 blocks tonight. he needs some help. get Manu in there

[Brunodf]

Taking a dumb shot= 2 fastbreak point to Utah

[AussieFanKurt]

neal has been invisible tonight

[Cry Havoc]

And TBH give me a moral victory ANY day over a hysterical meltdown because we played a bad half of basketball in fucking December. Take the histrionics to some other forum.

[crc21209]

I'm convinced that some Mormon put a spell on the Spurs tonight. :lol Seriously, how many balls have rimmed in and out? Then Timmy tripping over his own shoe lace, and now Tony tripping back peddling on defense...

[TDfan2007]

Timmy has turned up the defense this half. Diaw seems engaged too. Good to see. We just need to keep plugging away.

[Boomersgold]

Anyone going to complain about Neal's performance? 2 points, 0 assists in 22 minutes of pt.

[loveforthegame]

Spurs will turn the corner. Utah playing near perfect ball while Spurs are making mistakes.

[BillMc]

Win or lose we rest the Big 3 tomorrow on the national game?

[Splits]

Momos definitely have put some sort of cultist hex over our rim

[TE]

We just have to start chipping away just like we were there to get it back to 5.

[maverick1948]

Is Boris Diaw as useless as he looks? He has done nothing tonight on the boards or defense. Damn cant he play for the money he is getting?

[TheSkeptic]

Just checked the boxscore. Does Blair seriously have 12 minutes?

[spurraider21]

Taking a dumb shot= 2 fastbreak point to Utah
Parker with an open mid range J coming off a pick and roll? thats pretty much our bread and butter dude. him falling while backpedaling on transition D led to 2 fastbreak points

[TampaDude]

Spurs look slow.

[timvp]

Come on, Manu. You got this right hurr.

[Cry Havoc]

Timmeh

[timvp]

Maybe not :depressed

[DAF86]

Hey turnobili is back.

[Cry Havoc]

Here comes the home cookin'.

[TheSkeptic]

TD playing real well tonight.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I love Manu but sometimes he makes me want to throw my remote at the TV.

Wake up man!

[TE]

Wow, Manu looks tired or just not into this game.

[TDfan2007]

Manu making untimely TOs par the course.

[spurraider21]

I WOULD complain about Manu going right into the teeth of the defense, but that pretty much sums up his career

[benstanfield]

http://i.imgur.com/KlMKb.png

[Juggity]

DG with the patient look

[007nites]

Timmy going for 20-20 game?

[timvp]

Is Green playing with gloves on?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Danny Green needs a seat on the bench

[spurraider21]

Danny Green worst wide receiver ever tbh

[TE]

Wow, Danny.

[Cry Havoc]

Wow, Timmy should be an NFL quarterback.

[BatManu20]

Danny Green is ONLY good at shooting. Nothing else.

[TDMVPDPOY]

td looks pissed playin with these scrubs

[Cry Havoc]

Is Green playing with gloves on?

Get that man some stick'em!

[spurraider21]

Wow, Timmy should be an NFL quarterback.
if only a team would trust their qb throwing 2 handed overhead passes

[BatManu20]

td looks pissed playin with these scrubs
Can you blame him..

[TDfan2007]

:lol Timmy is doing literally everything for this team, and guys just keep fucking up.

[BanditHiro]

what trash

[timvp]

The Duncan-reliance is reaching 2003 proportions.

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol cant catch

[Libri]

Tim is an island.

[spurraider21]

lol they just called Al Jefferson taking a jump shot "a Tim Duncan move." i guess every player in NBA history uses the Tim duncan move

[Juggity]

jesus, timmy getting triple teamed

[DatBoyGood]

This crowd whines about every call

[loveforthegame]

Wow. Did we really get a call??

[spurraider21]

The Duncan-reliance is reaching 2003 proportions.
if only Tim had the same gas tank 2003 timmy had

[TE]

tbh we got lucky on that call there.

[TDMVPDPOY]

have these fkn oxymorons forgot how to do a inlet pass down low to duncan, its like they just throw it down there hoping he catches the sloppy lazy pass

[Boomersgold]

Why is Neal back on the court? The dude hasn't done anything for the Spurs so far!

[timvp]

Neal needs to wake up on D, tbh.

[BanditHiro]

lol the trash jefferson is making

[Knoxxx]

Seems to me we are getting lots of uncalled fouls with Jazz constantl reaching in. Also the basket suddenly has a lid on it in addition to lackidaisical play.

[spurraider21]

Al Jefferson REALLY wants that jump shot because he is too terrified to post up duncan. he hasn't gotten a post up shot anywhere near the rim in a while

[timvp]

Splitter's D has been pretty damn weak too.

[BatManu20]

Timmy for 3

[Darius Bieber]

Neal needs to wake up on D, tbh.

On offense too.

[Boomersgold]

Wow, wtf's going on?

[spurraider21]

cmon Tim. three pointers have to be buzzer beaters only

[Knoxxx]

I like this Heyward kid he has Spur written all over him.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Down 5, but feels like 50

[timvp]

66.7%-er trying to up his percentage :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

tony parker should stop arguing for calls...its fkn stupid in a away game

[TE]

Bad sequence of possessions there compounded with near flukey shooting from Utah.

[Splits]

Timmy playing the stretch-4 role

[jestersmash]

I like this Heyward kid he has Spur written all over him.

Probably because he's specifically said he models his game after Ginobili. IIRC that's also the reason he chose to wear the #20.

[TheSkeptic]

Spurs can't catch a break. Definitely not the kind of game I was expecting.

[DatBoyGood]

It'd be nice if anyone else would help TD and parker

[loveforthegame]

2 steps forward and 5 back. Come on Spurs!!

[Brunodf]

Great perimeter defense there

[BanditHiro]

why does a team like utah get such a favorable whistle?

[crc21209]

I don't see how that ball was Utah ball there at the end of that possession. Tony got fouled (no call) , fell, and one of the Jazz guys touched it while he was on the out of bounds line. Yet it's Utah ball....

[Juggity]

Role players might want to step up soon.

[jestersmash]

Honestly with all of the easy chip shot misses I'd say we've been outplaying Utah all along, tbh.

The instant we get a 1 or 2 point lead, Utah's confidence will shrivel and they'll miss a couple in a row in the 4th quarter.

[Mugen]

Regardless the outcome this game, Timmy shouldn't play tomorrow.

[Splits]

It'd be nice if we got back in transition, been killing us all night. Even that last 3 was due to them beating us up the floor.

[spurraider21]

I like this Heyward kid he has Spur written all over him.
This. I've always like him, he's a pretty good passer too. I think he's a lot like Diaw in the sense that he needs to be on a team like the Spurs so he can thrive. Diaw was dead weight on the bobcats, when when on talented teams with phoenix or San Antonio (or, when he feels like it) he's a real asset because of his passing. Hayward has a strong outside shot and is a good passer. Utah unlikely to give him up anytime soon though. Plus i love that the best game of his career came in a win against the lakers where he hit the game winner and stripped Kobe's last shot that would have won it

[TDfan2007]

:lol that 3 actually looked good too. I like the play. As for the defense. It's gotten better. Hopefully the Jazz just cool off from the outside.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

hayward sucks at starcraft AND LoL. Do not want.

[TheSkeptic]

Regardless the outcome this game, Timmy shouldn't play tomorrow.

This.

[TampaDude]

Spurs are lucky they're not down 20 right now.

GET IT TOGETHER, BOYS!!!

Oh, yeah...maybe I should stop watching. Then they'll win.

[Malik Hairston]

This game needs more Bonner, tbh..his defense wouldn't be any worse than the other options, and he could open up the paint, as Utah has been packing it inside..

[jestersmash]

DeJuan Blair has attempted more shots than Ginobili.

[spurraider21]

Tiago should be getting more minutes than Diaw or Blair, and Manu should be getting more minutes than Neal

[HI-FI]

why does a team like utah get such a favorable whistle?

stadium full of cult members is pretty fucking intimidating tbh

[timvp]

Milllllllllllllllllllllllls!

[Juggity]

Patty Mills right there

[Floyd Pacquiao]

patty giving us a spark

[spursparker9]

How did Hayward change from left handed to right handed???

[spurraider21]

hah. got away with that one. he hayward absolutely got mugged there

[Libri]

That Mills 3 was pure.

[Boomersgold]

That Patty spark is exactly what we need!

[Juggity]

Great ball movement

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

YES SPLITTER DUNKED IT

[007nites]

Timmy

19 points, 17 rebounds, 5 blocks

[timvp]

Tiago Sanders :lol

[spurraider21]

It's always a good sign when Tiago throws it down instead of laying it in

[DatBoyGood]

Tiago!

[Libri]

Alright Tiago, that's what I want to see.

[timvp]

Splitter got fouled on his last two shots, tbh.

[spurraider21]

Bonner left handed hook

[Darius McCrary]

Anyone notice how when Duncan has a god-game, or Parker has a god-game, or Manu has a god-game, we tend to be in dogfights due to the rest of the team sub-par play?
Any of the big 3 going god-mode seems to be a bad sign.

[TDMVPDPOY]

bonner lmao suck a dick with ur weak as floater

[spurs1990]

What the fuck was that Bonner shot attempt??

[BatManu20]

Good God Matt Bonner is awful

[TheSkeptic]

What does it take to get a call?

[jestersmash]

Honestly with all of the easy chip shot misses I'd say we've been outplaying Utah all along, tbh.

The instant we get a 1 or 2 point lead, Utah's confidence will shrivel and they'll miss a couple in a row in the 4th quarter.

[DatBoyGood]

anyone hear that fan yell something about manu's bald spot?

[Mugen]

det was a foul on Big Al IMO

[jestersmash]

Well technically we haven't taken the lead yet, but it's just a matter of time..

[AussieFanKurt]

the fuck is bonner taking our last shot for?

[loveforthegame]

12 minute game now. Lets go Spurs!!

[Boomersgold]

Bonner had the wide open jumper at the top of the key and instead decides to shoot an awkward hook. wtf?

[timvp]

How the hell is this game tied?

It feels like the Spurs should be down ~15.

[spurs1990]

Just checked NBA.com

Spurs are 4-0 this seasons in games tied after 3 quarters.

[jestersmash]

What does it take to get a call?

I think the refs realized they missed one on Tony and gave us a make up no call when Hayward was hammered a possession or two later.

[TampaDude]

What the FUCK, Bonner? Shoot the 3, you cocksucker!

[timvp]

Mills has his weaknesses but his instant offense ability should keep him in the league for a while.

[Malik Hairston]

Splitter got mugged on that putback..

:lol Gordan Heyward is ass, tbh, not sure why so many are high on his game..he's soft as fuck and has not shown any consistency..

[WeNeedLength]

What the FUCK, Bonner? Shoot the 3, you cocksucker!

:lmao

[TE]

Wow, we're a tied despite facing flukey shooting and obvious homecourt bias.

[Ice009]

Blair and Bonner both suck.

Why did that red headed fucking drive in and shoot a left handed shot. airball.

fucking retarded. Just shoot the 3.

[TampaDude]

Spurs got this.