Game Thread: Spurs vs. Trail Blazers - Mar. 8 @ 7:30 PM CST

[capek]

Again! :flag:




This team has a bunch of
http://cf.ltkcdn.net/dogs/images/std/146175-425x321-Bulldog-in-early-stages-of-pregnancy.jpg
nipping at our heals.




There is no room to let up, especially since their
http://www.cherokeemedicalscrubs.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Cherokee_4777_medical_scrub_top.jpg




love to drop
http://www.303rdbg.com/bombs1.jpg
on us.




Let's grab another win, and get one game closer to getting our
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/dbirsen/mvp-necklace-ballin-wallpaper-preview.jpg
back.




Oh, and the pretty girl agrees, that
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o282/dembeatz/spurs_win.jpg

:flag:

[313]

Lillard and Aldridge will be shut down tonight, resulting in a 30 point blowout.

CJ w/ 20-10-10-10

[keywester]

Great game for COJO to earn his "Spurs." Will his D shut down Lillard?

[Strategic]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm with her!! It's a done deal.

[keywester]

Great game for COJO to earn his "Spurs." Will his D shut down Lillard?

[ace3g]

CJ doesn't have to shut down Lillard, just needs to stay with him/in front of him.

[Spur|n|Austin]

GSG!

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

Cojo can create problems for any PG, Lillard is great, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say he might be a non-factor tonight. I hope saying that doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.

[ace3g]

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9206929/20121210_ajl_at5_163.0_standard_352.0.jpg vs http://cdn.iamatrailblazersfan.com/bloggernetwork/entryimgs/4765aa55-49ee-46e2-8c19-23e192f3f8a7.jpg

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

Patty plays some pretty focused D too.

[Captivus]

Good game to see what CoJo brings, hope he doesnt get into foul trouble quickly.
Im actually watching CoJo also thinking in the next seasons, he is young, so theres always the chance that he could be the starter PG eventually.

[DesignatedT]

Spurs 102
Blazers 95

[iminol]

Patty Mills +30 points, Duncan 20 boards

[loveforthegame]

Hopefully everyone steps up and contributes.

:flag:

[Manu-20]

Looking foward to this one as most have already pointed out looking to see how CJ does against a Legit offense option in lillard, I see this game in the end though as a spurs blowout.

[Darkwaters]

Cory Joseph with his 3rd straight start?

Based on past performance I think yes. I hope the kid keeps learning.

[foodie2]

Blazers have a very shallow bench. Let's all try not to melt down if we get in an early hole.

[DarkGinobili]

:flag:

[Texas_Ranger]

so, which Portland scrub will have a career night? :rollin

[jestersmash]

Cunningham is no longer on Portland but this is still a classic -

MdUQNYSfkVw

[BatManu20]

Getting shots up
http://25.media.tumblr.com/8de75ec3b22f59f467339144007d1e19/tumblr_mjd9fk3uin1rugvcno1_500.jpg

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[spurraider21]

CoJo's toughest task yet. Did a fine job on Nate Robinson. Lillard a different animal though. At least its at home so CoJo shouldn't be too overwhelmed

[Spurs Brazil]

@danmccarneysaen Popovich on Parker's return: "I think it will be earlier than four (weeks)."

[BatManu20]

Bil Simmons just said on ESPN that he thinks Russell Westbrook is a First-Team All NBA player this year, specifically over Chris Paul and Tony Parker..

[capek]

@danmccarneysaen Popovich on Parker's return: "I think it will be earlier than four (weeks)."

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[Trainwreck2100]

I'm calling it now this will be batums first bad game against the spurs

[Brunodf]

If Pop play the right rotations the Spurs will beat them by 20+

[freetiago]

If Pop play the right rotations the Spurs will beat them by 20+

big if tbh

[BatManu20]

Random but Deron Williams just scored 23 points in the first quarter against Washington. They lead 38-14 after the first LOL.

[ace3g]

Random but Deron Williams just scored 23 points in the first quarter against Washington. They lead 38-14 after the first LOL.

Brian Mahoney ‏@briancmahoney (https://twitter.com/briancmahoney) So to be clear, Deron Williams is halfway to the NBA record for 3s in a game, and it's 4:45 into the ballgame.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Lillard is the real deal, lets see what Cojo got

[thunderup]

Go Blazers!

[capek]

Go Blazers!

Go fuck yourself.

[playblair]

CoJo's toughest task yet. Did a fine job on Nate Robinson. Lillard a different animal though. At least its at home so CoJo shouldn't be too overwhelmed

cojo will limit lillard to under 20pts ......................................

[ace3g]

Deron Williams has set an NBA record with 9 3-pointers in the 1st half vs Wizards - twitter

[Captivus]

Deron Williams has set an NBA record with 9 3-pointers in the 1st half vs Wizards - twitter

90% 3PT%...amazing...

Edit: 9/11 at the end of the half

[spurraider21]

cojo will limit lillard to under 20pts ......................................

Considering Lillard averages less than 20 its not much of a statement

[CitizenDwayne]

Let's get it on!

[timtonymanu]

Lillard is a good test for CoJo since Westbrook is next.

Hopefully the Spurs don't allow Pavlovic/Babbitt to give the Blazers momentum again.

[ace3g]

Spurs starters: Joseph, Green, Leonard, Duncan, Splitter.

[playblair]

Considering Lillard averages less than 20 its not much of a statement

lillard posted a 20 point game vs the spurs .............. but he will not on cojo..............

[capek]

Tip off time. GSG!

[ace3g]

what just happened?

[Trainwreck2100]

lol blazers

[spurraider21]

magic duncan sighting

[ace3g]

Timmy!!!

[ace3g]

Kawhi!!!

[spurraider21]

Tiago Divac :lol

[capek]

That was awesome by Kawhi!

[ace3g]

nice cut by CJ

[ace3g]

another great cut by CJ!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

CJ 2 easy baskets

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Hickson has a lot of strength off 2 feet

[capek]

That's some nice cutting my CoJo! :tu

[thunderup]

Nice Hickson

[ace3g]

2 fouls for timmy not good

[loveforthegame]

CJ looks solid again.

[capek]

DB :(

[ace3g]

there you go Green, nice smooth floater

[ace3g]

Kawhi!!

[loveforthegame]

Leonard is so smooth.

[capek]

woooo boy! That's a nice looking jumper

[ace3g]

what a pass from CJ!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

All this turnover talk seems like a giant jinx

[capek]

Super nice play!

[spurraider21]

Kawhi seems to be playing the Iguodala role. Love it

[Boomersgold]

Great pass by Cojo! Definitely has great court vision for someone with very little NBA court experience.

[look_at_g_shred]

Nice start from cojo

[Captivus]

CoJo looking good so far, awake!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Tiago is pretty good at passing from the high post

[capek]

What a pass by Tiago! :wow

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Blair

[Brunodf]

Blair on Aldridge:bang

[Trainwreck2100]

blair

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

If Blair ever wants to not be a shit defender, he needs to make people score over him (which would be easy) rather than letting them around him

[Brunodf]

Kawhi!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Kawhi what the fuck? Stare-down 3?

[capek]

:lol holy shit!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

All aboard the CJ train

[ace3g]

CJ loves the inbounds steal!!!

[Brunodf]

Put TD in... Boris/Blair isn't working

[Captivus]

cant stop their big guys

[DesertSpur50]

Blair brings 1 minute of energy and the rest is shit

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

CJ is awesome

[siraulo23]

cory's a pest, hes a great perimeter defender

[loveforthegame]

Loving CJ. :tu

Not loving Blair. :td

[thunderup]

Spurs have the perfect system for players like Leonard and Joseph to blossom and come into their own. We envy that.

[Spurs Brazil]

Kawhi gets better game after game. Tiago with some good passes and CoJo playing well

Interior D is bad to start the game. Blazers with some easy pts

[TheyCallMePro]

Blair's defense has been abominable. Jesus. Kawhi and Cory are killing it though.

[spurraider21]

Spurs have the perfect system for players like Leonard and Joseph to blossom and come into their own. We envy that.
:tu

[Trainwreck2100]

damn that world care hamster commercial is the shit nightmares are made of

[DPG21920]

Couple of notes:

o CJ is playing better and better with each game. Really unreal turnaround from when he was drafted. Can't say enough how exciting that is for the Spurs.

o Kawhi is blowing me away with the leaps in his game/confidence. He will go through a rough patch our two obviously, but man he is showing so many great things. His low post moves and effectiveness down low is incredible. His 3 point stroke looks great.

o lol The Ninja trolling Timvp by saying it was obvious JJ Hickson was going to be good.

[spurraider21]

blair is a good defender...........
blair is an elite rebounder...........
blair should start..............

[timtonymanu]

blair is a good defender...........
blair is an elite rebounder...........
blair should start..............

word........ blair>boris,bonner

[Pop]

Breakout game.

That's all, backup PG is a lock, Green can worry about losing minutes at the 2 as well imo.

[ace3g]

Diaw neeeds to hurt his back more often, lol, been super aggressive lately

[timtonymanu]

Need to pick up the defense.

[Cry Havoc]

Timmy!!!!

[Boomersgold]

This Duncan fellow's pretty good. I see great potential in him.

[Cry Havoc]

ME OH MY TIMOTHY DUNCAN

[emanueldavidginobili]

Shitty defense

[Trainwreck2100]

Duncan a little upset

[capek]

Timmy worked hard to get that show. Nice hustle!

[weeks]

timmeh

[Spurs Brazil]

great play TD!

[siraulo23]

wow kawhi took 9 shots

[Cry Havoc]

Someone answer me why if Whataburger is so phenomenal that they haven't spread around the country yet? I'd like to try them tbh.

[Bill_Brasky]

:lol Spurs having the best 2011 draft

[timtonymanu]

Aldridge will always have his best games against the Spurs. It just always happens.

[TheyCallMePro]

Portland is really competing. I thought they had pretty much hive up hope on getting that last playoff spot. I guess not though...good for them.

[loveforthegame]

Really impressed with CJ. The improvement is crazy good. Happy for him and the Spurs.

[spurraider21]

Update: Deron Williams hits another 3. now 10 for the game

[timtonymanu]

CoJo's come a long way from being a charity pick by RC Buford.

[spurraider21]

a couple of rough possessions here. manu awkward 3, bad pass to jax

[capek]

Not a great start to the 2nd :(

[Cry Havoc]

SPLOOSH. Who hit that?

[capek]

Nice Patty!

[timtonymanu]

Spurs have to play better. The Blazers are playing their D-League lineup right now.

[spurraider21]

Patty has a really pretty follow-through

[Boomersgold]

Patty!

[emanueldavidginobili]

Duncan is back to making quick moves

[Brunodf]

Breaking news: a blazers is injured

[timtonymanu]

Do the Blazers ever have a game where a player does not go down?

[Bill_Brasky]

We feel your pain, Meyers.

[Trainwreck2100]

Oh no Leonard is injured

[weeks]

the blazers didnt even seem to care dude went down. the coaches looked like they were obligated to pay attention to him rather than genuinely being concerned

[Strategic]

Landed on Manu's foot. Seems like the Spurs have a ton of those type of injuries this season.

[Mayhem321]

OMG Leornard just got injuried looking bad... :wow

[timtonymanu]

Damn, Leonard down











...... Meyers, I mean.

[capek]

Oh no Leonard is injured

:pimpslap

[Captivus]

DWill with 13 3Pts,3 min+ left in the 3rd

[blkroadrunners]

Sucks for the Blazers

[Pop]

DWill with 13 3Pts,3 min+ left in the 3rd

What's the record?

[timtonymanu]

:pimpslap

:lol

[ace3g]

Green!!!

[capek]

WTF is with these DWill updates? Seriously who gives a fuck?

[Boomersgold]

What's the record?

Isn't it 12 by Kobe?

[BatManu20]

I'm watching the game via Live Stream, and during the commercial break they show a commercial all about Derek Fisher's .4 shot... wtf?

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

That roll on the PnR is basically a screen

[Mayhem321]

What's the record?

The record is 12 but Dwill just made 10

[timtonymanu]

Holy shit another Blazer down

[Pop]

WTF is with these DWill updates? Seriously who gives a fuck?

Nba fans, not sure why it disturbs you...

[Cry Havoc]

The Broken Trailblazers.

[loveforthegame]

Nice to see Green on another hot streak. Let's hope it flows into the playoffs this time.

[capek]

Ugh, let's just get out of this game before the bad Blazer juju transfers over to the Spurs :(

[timtonymanu]

The Broken Trailblazers.

Sadly our team is going through the same troubles this year. But yeah the Blazers have it worse.

[ace3g]

SJAX dunk!!

[Boomersgold]

Not great ball movement by the Spurs...

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

HE CAN STILL DUNK!

[timtonymanu]

Ugh, let's just get out of this game before the bad Blazer juju transfers over to the Spurs :(

My thoughts exactly.

[Cry Havoc]

YOU GET UP BUCKETS. YOU GET UP SON.

[spurraider21]

WTF is with these DWill updates? Seriously who gives a fuck?

if there's an nba record at stake, i don't mind it being updated

[loveforthegame]

Jack looks better each game. Rounding into form at the right time.

[Captivus]

if there's an nba record at stake, i don't mind it being updated

he just broke one with 9 3Pts in the first half

[blkroadrunners]

Hickson going off

[loveforthegame]

Hickson having the game of his life.

[timtonymanu]

Ugh. Don't let these guys hang around.

[spurraider21]

surprised that Matthews hit that 3. thought it would be Hickson knocking that one down tonight

[thunderup]

Blazers competing admirably.

[Brunodf]

Hickson going off

Players get hot/confident after playing vs midget ball

[siraulo23]

blazers playing great

[spurraider21]

the worst part of Meyers Leonard going down is that Hickson is going to play more

[Cry Havoc]

God damn we have the record for bullshit shots hit against us this year.

TIAGO BEING A MAN. FUCK YES.

[Boomersgold]

Players get hot/confident after playing vs midget ball

Tim Duncan and Splitter = midget ball?

[Brunodf]

Tim Duncan and Splitter = midget ball?

Diaw/Blair

[Captivus]

CoJo???

[Pop]

Our new defensive anchor Cory Joseph has to come back.

[loveforthegame]

Want CJ and Leonard back.

[Boomersgold]

'Bout time Manu went back on.

[Brunodf]

:lolBonner

[thunderup]

:lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

All this talk of "X might be injured" is really off-putting

[DPG21920]

Bonner in, lead gone. Pattern.

This seems like a game Spurs are up comfortably then you realize they are losing

[Cry Havoc]

:lol

It's okay to be scared, son.

[blkroadrunners]

Diaw/Blair

He was going off since the start off the game.

[Pop]

Maynor schooling Patty, there goes his shot at backup PG. Edit its Lillard this time...

[loveforthegame]

Come on Manu.

[spurraider21]

So we have 4 good defenders + Blair out there... interesting

[HarlemHeat37]

Ginobili is just throwing the ball away:lol..

[Brunodf]

Our SF is the tallest player in the game

[Manu-20]

What the fuck is pop thinking with this stupid rotations why isn't diaw playing is his back hurting again.

[Mayhem321]

Midget ball now... Blair is the biggest player in the court? :wow

[Boomersgold]

Maynor schooling Patty, there goes his shot at backup PG.

We haven't even seen the second half yet. :bang Remember Patty's 11 points in the second half against Chicago two days ago?

[Captivus]

dont like the rotations, it looks like Mills is the "starter" PG.
CoJo playing without Tiago and Duncan.

[Strategic]

Damn struggling.

[Brunodf]

Midget ball now... Blair is the biggest player in the court? :wow
Jack

[loveforthegame]

Bench not bringing it tonight so far.

[spurraider21]

dont like the rotations, it looks like Mills is the "starter" PG.
CoJo playing without Tiago and Duncan.

Pop took too long getting him back in there. Played Mills for 10 straight minutes

[Manu-20]

It's okay to be scared, son.

Watch him be nowere to be found when the spurs retake the lead and get the W.

[Strategic]

Spurs bench should be out scoring Blazers' bench 2 to 1.

[thunderup]

I expect the Blazers' bench to fall any minute now.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

lol thanking someone while looking at the camera, what the fuck is that

[ace3g]

sjax!!!

[ElNono]

just got home, what's happening

[Trainwreck2100]

holy fuck somebody made the bucket

[Brunodf]

Blazers will not have enough players to finish the game

[emanueldavidginobili]

get blair out the game

[thunderup]

:wow that is like the 3rd Blazers injury

[Texas_Ranger]

3pt shooting manu that sucks is back

[Mayhem321]

just got home, what's happening

J.J Hickson is looking like Dirk Nowitzki :lol

[Boomersgold]

Matthews' down as well.

[capek]

Do the Blazers not know of tape? As in taping ankles? Seriously wtf?

[timtonymanu]

Wow. Manu's foot is taking players down.

[Pop]

Cojo has been the best guard with a spurs jersey so far.

Tim and Manu seem a bit sloppy tonight.

Also the refusal to play Baynes is pretty shocking, well not the right word since it's actually completely expected, mindboggling.


Also Manu injuring his second player of the night.

[Pop]

Manu Bowen.

[ace3g]

there is the CJ TOs.. lol jk, bound to happen

[timtonymanu]

CoJo, come on.

[SpursIndonesia]

shitty ginobili :lol

[Pop]

KY is a rebouding machine, he should play closer to the basket tbh.

[timtonymanu]

Finally some FT's. :lol

[ElNono]

Manu

[Brunodf]

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

[urunobili]

Manu....

[Strategic]

Nice Manu

[ElNono]

what happened with the defense? I gather Bonner and Blair got minutes?

[DarkGinobili]

Manu

[loveforthegame]

Spurs have some work to do but good way to end the half.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Manu always makes those fading to the left or right threes

[Captivus]

Shot Clock Cheese!!

[siraulo23]

entertaining game

hopefully blazers cool down/spurs pick their defense in the 2nd half

[timtonymanu]

what happened with the defense? I gather Bonner and Blair got minutes?

No they didnt play together actually. Hickson having the game of his life. Aldridge killing the Spurs per par.

[Manu-20]

If the spurs stop turing it over and turn up the D this game will look very similar to the Chicago game blowout.

[spurraider21]

ninja ElNono (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054) waiting for a Manu moment before posting :lol

that was a nice way to end the half. cory validating his minutes. lets see some more

[ElNono]

No they didnt play together actually. Hickson having the game of his life. Aldridge killing the Spurs per par.

thanks

[ElNono]

ninja ElNono (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054) waiting for a Manu moment before posting :lol

that was a nice way to end the half. cory validating his minutes. lets see some more

Just got home literally 10 mins ago

[Spurs Brazil]

If Spurs start playing D in the 2nd half we'll be fine

[99 Problems]

Mills must shoot more, Manu less. Let Manu create and get to the rim, that will do fine.

[spurraider21]

Just got home literally 10 mins ago

i kid of course. was just funny timing

[jestersmash]

Kawhi seems to have an offensive swagger about him these last couple of game. 14 PPG in the last 3, and 11 in the first half tonight. He's starting to look a lot more savvy off the dribble.

[Brunodf]

He was going off since the start off the game.

JJ had 3 points in the first 7 minutes. Scored 6 in 1:37 vs Boris/Blair

[Captivus]

The wizards going crazy hacking Evans...funny...

[timtonymanu]

JJ had 3 points in the first 7 minutes. Scored 6 in 1:37 vs Boris/Blair

He's still got it going against Tim/Tiago so it's just him having a great night.

[Brunodf]

He's still got it going against Tim/Tiago so it's just him having a great night.

Exactly, after a player gets hot/confident its hard to stop

[Strategic]

As many times as the Blazers have grabbed their ankles tonight maybe someone needs to tell them that this isn't the World Cup?

[Darius McCrary]

The reason i know the spurs are screwed come playoff time is because no way Durant, Refsbrook, or Lebron gets those 3 defensive fouls at home this season. It just doesn't happen. Durant would bitch at a ref, get a technical, then never get called for a foul the remainder.

[Darius McCrary]

To clarify i was referring to all the defensive fouls called on Duncan.

[spurraider21]

The wizards going crazy hacking Evans...funny...
5-16. he deserves it :lol
but 24 rebounds. WOW

[Cry Havoc]

Fuck Portland and their gimmick 60% shooting.

[Boomersgold]

Not a great start to the second half...

[Captivus]

DWill with 11 3Pts, 1 short of Kobe's record.
He did score 9 3Pts in the first half, NBA record.

[capek]

Good D Green! Need some more stops here.

[ace3g]

CJ!!

[Cry Havoc]

We have a backup PG, ladies and gentlemen.

[thunderup]

Aldridge!

[capek]

Nice strong move CoJo!

[Boomersgold]

Aldridge is destroying Duncan....

[Cry Havoc]

Aldridge!

:lmao

[timtonymanu]

Aldridge is destroying Duncan....

He always destroys the Spurs. I've seen Aldridge with some really terrible games, but he always has his A-game against us.

[Pop]

Cory Joseph is outplaying Manu tbh.

[Cry Havoc]

Aldridge is destroying Duncan....

You mean his fluke shots are.