Western Conference Finals, Game 2: Spurs vs. Grizzlies - May 21 @ 8 PM CT

[~Sweetmelody~]

What a bullshit foul.

[Spurs Brazil]

And Bonner still in

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Warlord23]

This is the series right here

[therealtruth]

Pop throwing the game away. We need defense not offense.

[Whisky Dog]

Refs giving the game away. How can you call that when it wasn't even close to flagrant?

[Bill_Brasky]

What a joke.

[ballhog]

Fucking Manu dumbshit

[HI-FI]

if this goes to overtime I still think we can win it. they simply don't have the depth we have.

[BatManu20]

Wow Spurs might actually choke this thing away

[KaiRMD1]

Whoa, such bullshit, come on now

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Get that sorry sack of shit Bonner out of there :td

[Libri]

BS lol

[Crookshanks]

Refs screwed the Spurs big time in this game. I am so pissed right now!

[Kidd K]

That was one of the worst calls in NBA history

[cutewizard]

fuck yyu stern

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow. This is a fucking awful second half by the Spurs. I was sure today they weren't going to collapse like this, but they have... :depressed

[slick'81]

Tie game

[100%duncan]

Wow.

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck you Pop

Trust Bonner again. FUCK

[ffadicted]

refs trying their hardest to give this game away tbqh. I hate saying it, but it's true

[KaiRMD1]

Geez, Conley does it again.

[Bill_Brasky]

That flagrant on Manu sealed the bullshit.

[Raven]

playing the last shot, whatever.

[RashoFan]

Crap crap crappy crap

[ballhog]

WTF is going on?

[Juggity]

wow, if the spurs lose this game it will be crippling

[SpurSwag]

i'm shocked. this game shouldn't even be in question right now. this officiating has been an absolute sham this second half

[boutons_deux]

fucking sickening, Spurs go stone cold in the 45h

[TDfan2007]

This type of 4th quarter performance is exactly how you lose a series. This has been awful from every player, and Pop as well.

[HarlemHeat37]

Live and die by the Bonner, tbh..

Spurs should run the entire clock here, don't give them a chance..

[100%duncan]

We were fucked by the refs tbh. Plain and simple.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Damn,m all the elation at playing so well has gone completely. We'd better pull this out or the shit will hit the fan.

[BatManu20]

Terrible call, but this is a choke job of epic proportions if we lose this..

[HarlemHeat37]

Live and die by the Bonner, tbh..

Spurs should run the entire clock here, don't give them a chance..

[Malice]

MOTHER FUCKING REFS! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!! SUCK MY COCK AFTER WATCHING THE REPLAY YOU STILL CALL THAT A FLAGRANT FOUL?!!!! SO YOU CANT GRAB A MOTHER FUCKER GOING TO THE RIM BY THE ARM! WELL FUCK ME!!!

[itzsoweezee]

Matt Bonner has been so fucking awful

[maverick1948]

Credit this game to Bill Spooner. He has called everything against the Spurs and nothing against the Grizzles. He is just what I called him that got my wife on my ass. A sorry sob. I guess we will see him in the finals twice regardless of who goes Spurs or Grizzles. They are going to get the Heat another ring no matter what.

[HI-FI]

so they've had 26 FTAs to our 13, despite being a more physical team. yep, just thing as usual in this league. what a fucking joke.

[lefty]

lol collapse similar to game vs Dallas in 2003

[ca®lo]

unbelievable. fucking refs fuck you bonner you red numba

[cutewizard]

this is not good for the image of the nba, if the refs are determining the outcome of the game

we Spurs fans should flood facebook and twitter with a massive protest

[Warlord23]

Blame the refs all you want, Spurs have put up just 9 fucking points in the whole quarter. Keeping TD on the bench too long, letting Bonner decide the game will get you that

[Splits]

Leonard game winner, calling it

[timtonymanu]

Well, Spurs are fucked. Duncan about to foul out. Good game, Memphis refs!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Awesome play out of the timeout Pop, high quality shot to end regulation :td

[Raven]

smhsmhsmhsmhsmhsmhsmhsmhsmh

[exstatic]

26-13

That's the FTs this game. They gave MEM more last game, too.

[exstatic]

26-13

That's the FTs this game. They gave MEM more last game, too.

[Kyl3]

Should have just called the DAMN TO! WTF was that???

[Keepin' it real]

Wow, that should have been a 5 second violation.

[Spurminator]

This is an epic choke job. Refs or no refs, a team like the Spurs should not have a quarter like that in the Conference Finals. No team should. That was absolutely inexcusable, and every player on the floor is accountable.

[boutons_deux]

fucking sickening, Spurs go stone cold in the 45h

[GSH]

Memphis shot 20 FT's in the second half. Spurs shot 2.

[Gagnrath]

This is fine they can't keep that crap up in the OT, and its funny how second half it was touch fouls on one end and hammers on the other. Anyways done with chat nice idea but to many morons in there.

[siraulo23]

obviously grizz have the advantage and feeling better

spurs gotta play better. GSG!

[Whisky Dog]

Spurs got tentative and lost edge because they were getting called for every small bullshit thing then getting bumped and hacked on the other end with no calls.

Refs won the 2nd half for Memphis, Spurs need to beat them and win overtime

[BatManu20]

Tony Parker... fail

[100%duncan]

Fucking hell.

[100%duncan]

This is not good tbh.

[Juggity]

spurs are not going to win OT. shit.

[HarlemHeat37]

Why the fuck is Danny Green handling the ball?..

[100%duncan]

TD got fucking fouled! FUCKING IDIOTS!

[Thebesteva]

Stern has ordered the hit on the Spurs lol

[100%duncan]

How was that a foul :lol

[Crookshanks]

Memphis shot 20 FT's in the second half. Spurs shot 2.

I knew it was bad, but had no idea it was that lopsided. :wow

[Raven]

again bullshit call

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes TD

Get a stop now

[GSH]

Spurs got tentative and lost edge because they were getting called for every small bullshit thing then getting bumped and hacked on the other end with no calls.

Refs won the 2nd half for Memphis, Spurs need to beat them and win overtime


In case anybody missed it - Memphis shot 20 FT's in the second half, and Spurs shot 2. That tells the whole story.

[ffadicted]

Jesus fucking fuck these refs

[Splits]

No and 1 on Randolph pushing TD?

[Crookshanks]

That should have been an And 1 for Duncan. Randolph just flat out pushed him down.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

These refs are a freakin' David Stern special. Hate this game sometimes.

[100%duncan]

Feed TIm now.

[100%duncan]

TD!

[Strategic]

that's it!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

WTF are we doi8ng here? Green as the pnr ball-handler and shooting 3s off the bounce??? Go to what WORKS. :pctoss

[Spurs Brazil]

Tim Duncan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Juggity]

Duncan coming up big

[HarlemHeat37]

Timmy putting the fucking team on his back, tbh..

[loveforthegame]

Duncan saving our asses.

[TDfan2007]

This is why you fucking put Tim Duncan back in the game earlier.

[GSH]

Gee... do you think they missed Tim in the second half?

[ca®lo]

TD is pissed

[ffadicted]

Timmy doing it all!!

[Spurminator]

In case anybody missed it - Memphis shot 20 FT's in the second half, and Spurs shot 2. That tells the whole story.

That doesn't excuse the ugly shots, turnovers, careless fouls and sloppiness that would have negated the skewed officiating.

[100%duncan]

Timmy D picking the right time to step up.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Timmy has (maybe) saved our bacon... nice time to get his confidence back! :)

[SpurSwag]

I love Tim

[wut]

I hate to say it, but Duncan only has fresh legs because Pop sat him so much. :lol

[Warlord23]

No and-1 plays, no open looks from 3, no turnovers on offense please

[GSH]

These refs are a freakin' David Stern special. Hate this game sometimes.

It's one of the reasons I quit watching the NBA. I'm wondering if I can stand to watch the rest of the fucking playoffs.

[spurspokesman]

timmayyy

[Spurminator]

Nice that they're letting them play now though.

[Darius McCrary]

Pop has totally screwed us by leeching Parker in so long. He's been worthless since fourth

[Two10Whitey]

C'mon spurs.. Get over this playoff joking. It's embarrassing.

[HI-FI]

lol JVG is great. that flagrant was such bullshit.

[lefty]

JVG :lmao

[jiggy_55]

TIIIIMMMMAAAAYYYYYYYY

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This is why you fucking put Tim Duncan back in the game earlier.

If Pop had done that he might not be playing now.

I think he played Neal and Bonner too long, but he had to sit Timmy.

[100%duncan]

Cmon!

[mudyez]

what did JVG say?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Great board.


Because he's Manu [fucking] Ginobili

-Pop

[100%duncan]

Fuck fuck fuck. Now we need to shoot freethrows.

[RashoFan]

Ah Geesh....

[Warlord23]

Here's where Manu's inconsistent FT shooting will be called on

[GSH]

That doesn't excuse the ugly shots, turnovers, careless fouls and sloppiness that would have negated the skewed officiating.


Watch a lot of the turnovers and ugly shots, and you'll see guys getting their arms hacked and elbows hit.

[davemaniscool]

nice clear out, illegal screen by Gasol to free up Bayless

[angelbelow]

I think Pop overplayed Bonner. That 4 point play stung but wasn't why we gave up the lead or why we were playing poorly up to that point.

[Raven]

jvg still shitting on refs :lmao

[100%duncan]

Shoot the freethrows please.

[Crookshanks]

Can the Spurs hold on? Please, please, please!!!!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

MAKE YOUR FUCKING FREE THROWS, TBH..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

They have two shooters in Bayless and Pondexter that we absolutely have to stop from getting hot. That has to be a priority for the rest of the series.

[100%duncan]

Manu, please.

[lefty]

what did JVG say?
" Grizz are gonna have to pull another flagrant foul 4 pt play "

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

If Pop had done that he might not be playing now.

I think he played Neal and Bonner too long, but he had to sit Timmy.

Bonner and Neal out there together is an absolute shit lineup from Pop. F him. We're playing three on five at the defensive end with that pairing out there.

[100%duncan]

TP, please. Cmon. MVP man.

[RashoFan]

" Grizz are gonna have to pull another flagrant foul 4 pt play "

Niiiiiceeeee.....lol

[Crookshanks]

Tony needs to make both of these to ice the game.

[Juggity]

All on parker here.

[SpurSwag]

come on Tony at least give us 1

[lefty]

TP choking bitch

[Raven]

choke

[loveforthegame]

Crap. :bang

[Crookshanks]

That was most of the way down and then popped out. :bang

[Spurs Brazil]

Get a stop now

[timtonymanu]

Of course he missed one. The Spurs just don't want to take this game.

[wut]

Spurs went the whole 4th quarter without a free throw...gee, wonder why?

[Strategic]

Come on Spurs!!!!!!!!!!!

[KaiRMD1]

FUCK!!!! Now it's defense time! Come on boys, ya'll can do it.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Parker carried the team all day, but he takes so much of a beating that you can't expect him to have anything left if he plays over 40mins. I think he's up to 45mins right now.

[100%duncan]

Don't leave anyone open. Play man to man.

[100%duncan]

Don't leave anyone OPEN! NO FOULS!

[Kool Bob Love]

fuckin lulz in here.

[Warlord23]

Just play the percentages on defense here. Switch on pick-n-rolls, don't double anybody

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Do NOT leave Bayless, Pondexter or Conley with their feet set! If they make off-balance BS, so be it.

[mudyez]

lol gamecast is messed up...it shows a manu ofensive foul...then the second FT (the first one doesnt exist)

[Splits]

:lol black coach burned both his timeouts

[100%duncan]

TD out? dafuq.

[ffadicted]

I'm having a heart attack

[ffadicted]

TD out? dafuq.

gonna foul the 3

[100%duncan]

All on CoJo.

[ca®lo]

Duncan Substitution replaced by Joseph <--- huh?!?

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes

make those CJ

[Raven]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[ffadicted]

FUCK YESSSSSSSSS

[KaiRMD1]

Come on Rookie!!!!!

[100%duncan]

Shit shit shit.

[TDfan2007]

:lol Bayless

[ffadicted]

That play was about as solid as our play to end the 4th lol

[SpurSwag]

Corey make 1 please

[ca®lo]

wow cojo nut check time

[Strategic]

bayless showing his low IQ. yeah

[100%duncan]

Cmon Shoot this.

[loveforthegame]

Missed fts. SOB.

[ffadicted]

Fucking Cojo lol

[Raven]

choke again

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes CJ!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

They had to go to Bayless there - thank fuck he went cold.

[RashoFan]

Yesssssss...

[Raven]

well at least it's a won... fucking refs..

[100%duncan]

:lol "We did it, we did it." :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Good job. Now let's get this shit on the road

[KaiRMD1]

What the hell? "WE DID IT WE DID IT!!!"

[Strategic]

we'll take it. GoSpursGo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Juggity]

TD was MVP tonight

[loveforthegame]

Whew. Rest up and be ready in Memphis.

[Crookshanks]

Awww man! Now I can breathe again! Thank goodness the guys have extra time off before game 3 because they're going to need the rest.

[blkroadrunners]

Spurs win!

[ffadicted]

"We did iiiit we did iiiiiiiiit"

[mudyez]

yes!

[siraulo23]

f me spurs won

g damnnnnnnnnnnn

[SupremeGuy]

Fuck you Stern! Fuck you refs! Fuck you Tony Allen!

[RashoFan]

Goodnight y'all.

[lefty]

Who is the faggot screaming " we dit it !!!!!!! "

[Gagnrath]

Spurs kept it for the win though ugly.... obvious Gasol wasn't worried about fouling out. The games in Memphis will be ugly.

[KaiRMD1]

Again, two wins away from the finals

[Spurminator]

Fucking whew

[Capt Bringdown]

Like I said, Spurs lucky to escape with the win.
9 pt 4th quarter is disturbing, very disturbing.
Spurs barely answered the bell in the 2nd half.

They protected home court, but I'm worried.

[siraulo23]

i cannot believe spurs almost blew that game

lol at tony allen, flopping but really smart... lol at refs for calling that flagrant after review

[Capt Bringdown]

Like I said, Spurs lucky to escape with the win.
9 pt 4th quarter is disturbing, very disturbing.
Spurs barely answered the bell in the 2nd half.

They protected home court, but I'm worried.

[tah]

That was ugly, but we won.

[spursparker9]

No post-game conference at NBA.com??????

[Crookshanks]

Getting a kick out of the Sportscasters making fun of Tony Allen for his acting job on that "flagrant" foul.

[GSH]

I hope they at least fine Allen for holding his head and rolling around like that. Flopping bitch.

[aal04]

Good win with 4v8 and TD warming benches for second half

[milkyway21]

couldn't be here during game time but whew that was scary............

RE : FTs :lmao


anyway CONGRATS SAN ANTONIO !!!!!!!!

[tlongII]

Memphis in 6.

[ace3g]

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[dbreiden83080]

Boy we don't make it easy sometimes...

[ego]

Ugly game but TP with 18 AST is nice

[milkyway21]

couldn't be here during game time but whew that was scary............

RE : FTs :lmao


anyway CONGRATS SAN ANTONIO !!!!!!!!

[BatManu20]

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[milkyway21]

they are not the best defensive team for nothing, so I think having a meltdown for that 4th Qtr Memphis run is over reacting

let's take game 3 :flag:

[milkyway21]

they are not the best defensive team for nothing, so I think having a meltdown for that 4th Qtr Memphis run is over reacting

let's take game 3 :flag:

[davemaniscool]

C'mon Hollins give a little credit to the Spurs.

[ace3g]

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[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I have a feeling we have a nail-biter coming up... hope I'm wrong and we steamroll them like game 1 though!

:flag:

Well, we got the blowout in the first half, then the nail-biter in the second!

I'm so glad we pulled it out, but let's not do that again. Steal game 3 and the series is over.

:flag:

[barakz21]

-I thought Bonner played decent D, didn't give anything easily. Except until the 4th when ZBo made a 3point play (I believe it preceeded Manu's flagrant)
-That said, I wonder why Pop gave him more mintues than Diaw.
-There was a ton of tacky fouls called on the spurs that gave the grizzlies some momentum in the 3rd/4th that kind of cooled off the spurs.
-Putting in CoJo for TD during OT was a good decision, but still some sort of gamble.
-Sucked that TP didn't get 20 assists.
-Tiago held the paint well, considering he played a lot of minutes without TD

[BatManu20]

Glad we don't play again til Saturday. Spurs need those 3 nights of rest. We looked gassed in the 4th/OT.

[td4mvp21]

Like I said, Spurs lucky to escape with the win.
9 pt 4th quarter is disturbing, very disturbing.
Spurs barely answered the bell in the 2nd half.

They protected home court, but I'm worried.

I think everyone is worried because of what happened last year. I will say the Spurs looked very physical for most of the game and they controlled the paint. They have shut Memphis' offense the fuck down. It's gonna hinge on their offense this year. Lapses like this in Memphis won't cut it.

[BatManu20]

Spurs are lucky to be up 2-0 tbh. They're making a lot of dumb mistakes that they usually don't make. Giving up a ton of offensive rebounds and missing a lot of FT's too. Have been all playoffs. And Pop's rotations are mind-numbing sometimes (looking at you, Bonner). If we make it to the Finals, I fear it might get ugly against Miami. They're significantly better than Memphis.

[ace3g]

Matthew R Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
(http://twitter.com/Matthew_Tynan)Parker limping noticeably out of the locker room.

[timtonymanu]

^

Fuck. Good thing the Spurs have 3 days off.

[BatManu20]

Matthew R Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
(http://twitter.com/Matthew_Tynan)Parker limping noticeably out of the locker room.




Well sheeit..

[ace3g]

He went on to say he wasn't implying that TP was injured just something he noticed, could just be the other injuries he already has.

[Brunodf]

Bonner/Neal combined for 40 minutes(3-10 FG, 10 points) -23. I rest my case.

[DPG21920]

Getting this win was huge - no matter how it happened. Having a 2-0 lead with 3 days rest is just massive for this team. You would think that pushing hard for a game 3 win is the way to go. We will see how that shakes out. Spurs defense has been damn good, but MEM also missed a lot of free throws. They make those and Spurs were in trouble. Plus, MEM defense stepped up. Spurs need to continue to have at least one 30 point quarter and they have to find a way to rebound. Hopefully Tim in foul trouble was the cause - although they were behind with Tim in.

Memphis again missed quite a few easy shots, even if they were contested. Lets hope the three ball doesn't completely dry up.

Great job on gutting out the win. Tim looked great which is huge. Rest up and prepare to execute like they have for 6.5 quarters so far.

[ace3g]

Hopefully the OT games we've had will help us the rest of the way.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Although the second half collapse was ugly, I don't see anything to worry about. The collapse was caused by Tim's 4th foul, Bonner/Neal playing for too long as a result, and the team going away from the system in shell-shock when the Grizz made their run. Grizzlies had their shot at turning this series on its head and failed. I think we'll still one in Memphis.

[BatManu20]

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons)17s (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/337083955801116672)
SA crowd was great tonight. My head hurts. Relentlessly loud. They're more hockey crowd than NBA crowd. Old-school fans, raucous atmosphere.

Uhhh.. this might be the first time I've ever heard someone compliment our home crowd. Kudos to the fans who were there tonight. Keep it up.

[BatManu20]

San Antonio Spurs (https://www.facebook.com/Spurs?ref=stream&hc_location=stream)
With his 4th block of the night Tim Duncan became the first player in NBA history to record 500 blocks in the postseason.

[Budkin]

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons)17s (https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/337083955801116672)
SA crowd was great tonight. My head hurts. Relentlessly loud. They're more hockey crowd than NBA crowd. Old-school fans, raucous atmosphere.

Uhhh.. this might be the first time I've ever heard someone compliment our home crowd. Kudos to the fans who were there tonight. Keep it up.

Heard on game time react on WOAI that a bunch of fans were yelling "Simmons you suck!" Wonder if he said this before or after that? :lol Still cool to hear though.

[Budkin]

Also, HUGE fucking win, even if we choked a huge lead. You want to talk about having the best of both worlds... appropriate fear and a 2-0 lead. It's not slipping away from us this year. No fucking way.

[GhosTown]

Is there any way Pop can catch the flu Saturday? And Bonner too.

[TampaDude]

Also, HUGE fucking win, even if we choked a huge lead. You want to talk about having the best of both worlds... appropriate fear and a 2-0 lead. It's not slipping away from us this year. No fucking way.

^ this

Spurs in 5.

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Spur|n|Austin]

Matthew R Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
(http://twitter.com/Matthew_Tynan)Parker limping noticeably out of the locker room.




Hopefully just sore and beat up from the physicality of the game, the next 3.5 days will be vital.


Is there any way Pop can catch the flu Saturday? And Bonner too.

Jesus people are stupid.

[Spur|n|Austin]

San Antonio Spurs (https://www.facebook.com/Spurs?ref=stream&hc_location=stream)


With his 4th block of the night Tim Duncan became the first player in NBA history to record 500 blocks in the postseason.



That so gotdayum awesome!

[bluebellmaniac]

Time for a game 3 thread! Let's get our pre-game on!!!