Game Blog: Knicks-Spurs

[Kori Ellis]

Can the Spurs make it two in a row?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

depends on Pop really

[NZHayden]

why not 2 in a row sounds good, Go spurs & mailk

[Bruno]

Can the Spurs make it two in a row?

Why not, they did five in a row ?
For the last three games in SA, starters and second unit will play more.

[lilmads]

They can do it:) Go Spurs! Enjoy the game tonight everyone!

[HB22inSA]

P.J. really scewed up last game.

I wanted the Spurs to go 0-9 in preseason.


Can the Spurs make it two in a row?
Can the preseason last any longer?

[Sense]

Can the Spurs make it two in a row?

Not that anyone cares... :elephant

[usckk]

Will this game be on NBA pass?

[boutons]

no more spurs games on NBA League pass

[SLOVENIAN 8]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/gamecast?gameId=251022024

[Horry For 3!]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/gamecast?gameId=251022024
Excellent, that is what I have been looking for.

[Horry For 3!]

46-43 Spurs at half

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Manu is having a bad game today. Good thing Tony appears to have benefited from that shooting coach, he's been the man today!

[angel_luv]

How about my Rasho and his free throws!!!!!!!!!! = )

[Pistons < Spurs]

YAY!!! Rasho!!!

[Pistons < Spurs]

I'm waiting to hear from all of you who are watching the game, regarding the play of Oberto. I see the box score, which looks pretty good, but how does he really look?

[angel_luv]

Oberto was awesome. I got to watch him a bit tonight. He is a great find!

[angel_luv]

Bye Bye V-Bookie! 3 baskets short .

[Pistons < Spurs]

Bye Bye V-Bookie! 3 baskets short .

LOL same here...dammit.

[Manu20]

Looking at the box score it seems that Parker had a good game with 21 points 3 assists, and 3 rebounds.:tu

[spurs=bling]

damn i should have bet Malik was gonna win.

[angel_luv]

Rasho:

5 points 8 rebounds and an assist!


3 out of 4 free throws made!!!!!!!!!!!

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[ALVAREZ6]

Damn, there's like no posts in here considering it's a game blog.

[spurs=bling]

Damn, there's like no posts in here considering it's a game blog.


yeah its no fun

[John T]

Oberto was awesome. I got to watch him a bit tonight. He is a great find!

How'd you get home so quick? We were just getting in our car at 10:15.

Oberto looked good. Seemed to like being in the thick of things. Made a great pass to Van Exel. Apparently uses the same barber Manu does (or doesn't use I should say).


Carie

[angel_luv]

How'd you get home so quick? We were just getting in our car at 10:15.

Oberto looked good. Seemed to like being in the thick of things. Made a great pass to Van Exel. Apparently uses the same barber Manu does (or doesn't use I should say).


Carie


I was at work- not actually in attendance. I left mid way through the third.

The grinch boss who stole the spurs games is gone.
It is a much more relaxed work environement and no one rushes me out anymore.
Still, I am being careful not to press my luck so that I can stay longest when the games really count. = )

[spurs=bling]

I was at work- not actually in attendance. I left mid way through the third.

The grinch boss who stole the spurs games is gone.
It is a much more relaxed work environement and no one rushes me out anymore.
Still, I am being careful not to press my luck so that I can stay longest when the games really count. = )
:lol

[TMTTRIO]

Is Manu hurt again? I noticed that he was messing with his thigh pad during the whole game and really during the whole game.

[angel_luv]

I didn't see that. I did see Gino get smacked in the mouth though. Ouch!

[Solid D]

Is Manu hurt again? I noticed that he was messing with his thigh pad during the whole game and really during the whole game.

I saw Jerome James give him the hip on a rub. It was one of those semi-moving screens. It caught him on the thigh and he went down. I couldn't tell how badly it got Manu but he didn't try to score too much tonight. NY was collapsing the lane whenever he tried to penetrate.

[John T]

Ohhh, I thought you had super special parking or something :) Didn't realize y'all closed up shop before the end of the game.

Um, where was Nazr?


Carie

[Solid D]

BTW - we got a first look at Jackie Butler tonight and he was very impressive. He's big, he blocked 4 shots and bothered several others. He has touch around the basket and he even showed a decent mid-range game.

[angel_luv]

Ohhh, I thought you had super special parking or something :) Didn't realize y'all closed up shop before the end of the game.

Um, where was Nazr?


Carie


We do have special parking... far away from the door. LOL!


I found this under the Malik article on mysanantonio.com. A friend of mine told me she had read it.
Mohammed out: Mohammed flew to Kentucky on Friday to be with his wife, who is ill, and could miss tonight's game. He missed three exhibitions after the birth of his son last week.

[John T]

I hope she's okay. I wouldn't think he would have left if it was just a common flu or something. Thanks for finding that!


Carie

[angel_luv]

We aim to please. = )

[Spurs Biggest Fan]

Great pass by Oberto. :)

[Sense]

"The Spurs are 1-6 " thread in 3....2.....

[RashoFan]

Rasho:

5 points 8 rebounds and an assist!


3 out of 4 free throws made!!!!!!!!!!!

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

That is OUR MAN Angel!!!!! I missed the game but a friend texted me about the 17ft shot he made!!!!!!!!!! :elephant

[RashoFan]

Mohammed out: Mohammed flew to Kentucky on Friday to be with his wife, who is ill, and could miss tonight's game. He missed three exhibitions after the birth of his son last week.
#1...I hope Nazr wife will be feeling better very soon.

#2.... The Spurs players,coach and support staff seem to have been very busy over the past year or something is in the water/sports drinks......another baby added to the "SPURS FAMILY"......dang....

P.s. Rasho...show me some love...I ain't getting any younger! :lol

[Admidave50]

can someone tell me what happened in the last quarter? We got killed 31-17...

[NZHayden]

Attendance: 18,797, for a preseason game!? good on ya san antonio

[Mark in Austin]

Parker was able to get into the paint at will last night... he was able to do pretty much whatever he wanted on the court. Some of his passes out of the paint were damn impressive.

[lilmads]

Parker was able to get into the paint at will last night... he was able to do pretty much whatever he wanted on the court. Some of his passes out of the paint were damn impressive.

Parker, Parker, Parker.. I missed the game but I am surely impressed with his 21 points! I know he has his days, but hopefully he'll get more stable this year
:)

[angel_luv]

That is OUR MAN Angel!!!!! I missed the game but a friend texted me about the 17ft shot he made!!!!!!!!!! :elephant


I missed that shot- heard it on the radio. But I saw the free throws. = )

[missmyzte]

What a game! I talked to Tony and said hi to Robert, though I didn't get a chance to talk to him. Here's my pictures, game report coming soon!
http://www.mistilynn.com/game/10-22_spurs01.jpg
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[ploto]

Parker was able to get into the paint at will last night... he was able to do pretty much whatever he wanted on the court.
Rasho was very aggressive about setting screens for Tony last night. These are the kinds of things that never appear in a box score but contribute to the overall effectiveness of the offense.

[Kori Ellis]

Misty - Beautiful pictures as always. I saw you taking them but I didn't have time to come say HI. Hopefully I'll see you at the Tip Off Luncheon.

[lilmads]

awesome pictures missmyzte!! :)

[angel_luv]

Misti those pictures are incredible! Where were you sitting?

Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow! = )

[boutons]

Wow, Misti, GREAT pics!! You were VERY close. How did you manage to get so close?

[Kori Ellis]

She was sitting in row 5.

[Manu20]

Great Pictures!:tu

[angel_luv]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/quotes_051022.html

Coach Pop on the game - “There were a few good things out there. The guys got used to each other a little more. Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel were making shots and feeling free and easy. Fabricio (Oberto) and Rasho (Nesterovic) did a fine job.”

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[lilmads]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/quotes_051022.html

Coach Pop on the game - “There were a few good things out there. The guys got used to each other a little more. Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel were making shots and feeling free and easy. Fabricio (Oberto) and Rasho (Nesterovic) did a fine job.”

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

:elephant :elephant :elephant

[Solid D]

can someone tell me what happened in the last quarter? We got killed 31-17...

The Spurs seemed to be able to stay just ahead of the Knicks all night. In the last 3-4 minutes of the game, Pop took his scorers out with the exception of Tony (I don't see Brent as a true scorer). He had TP, Barry, Sanders, Marks and Rasho on the floor in the last 3 minutes and the Spurs only scored one FG and had 3 TOs. Frye and Jackie Butler played excellent interior D during that time.

The Knicks, on the other hand, had Jamal Crawford - their penultimate scorer (since Marbury was sitting) and a hot Channing Frye, and they didn't miss.

That's how you lose a game after you controlled it the majority of the time.

[ducks]

- Rookie Channing Frye scored 19 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 96-90 comeback win over the San Antonio Spurs in a preseason game Saturday night.

I WANTED FRYE TO BE A SPUR!

[sprrs]

A few observations from the game:

- Tony's jumper was looking much improved, but he still has terrible free throw issues
- Van Exel was in the zone
- Oberto had some mice moves but still needs a little more time to get used to playing with his new teammates
- Rasho looked really good in the game, nice ad aggressive. He even tried a one hahded SLAM :wow. He didn't make it, but if he keeps up that kind of aggression I see no reason why we should trade him.
- Duncan's free throws looked nice, at least for this game
- Barnes was guarding Bowen, so I didn't really get a good enough look at him to see if he would have been worth getting for defensive reasons
- To quote Timmy, if he loses the hair, he's "basically retarted" :spin

[Mixability]

To quote Timmy, if he loses the hair, he's "basically retarted" :spin

to misspell retarded is.... uh.... retarded. :lol

[missmyzte]

My Game Report

Jackie, Mandy, Lily, Pam, Kristen, Speedy and I made our way into the SBC Center, named as so for now but likely to change in the near future (my vote is to call it the AT&T Arena, if they must change it). Warming up on the court was Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Brent Barry, joined a bit later by Robert Horry though he used the Knicks tunnel rather than the Spurs tunnel where I was. Most of the players had come and gone but I did chat with Tony Parker, letting him know I was visiting in from California. He asked how long I’d be in town for and told me to have fun at the luncheon, he’d see me on Tuesday (I’m also going to the Pacers game) and shook my hand.

Jackie was talking with some friends by the court so I went over by her, which also happened to be near where Horry was warming up. Robert saw me and said hi but continued his warm-ups. I saw Ginobili leave and take a picture with some fans that had flown in from Argentina, they were jumping around they were so excited to have met him. Barry made his dash to the locker room but did say hi to me, which is probably the longest conversation I’ve had with him yet (he never stops for autos). I was back by the Spurs tunnel and Horry went back to the Knicks tunnel so I didn’t get a chance to talk with him.

Jackie and I had seats in the 5th row, but there was only 1 row of seats in front of us besides the 2 rows of courtside seats. We were in the corner between the Spurs tunnel and the Spurs bench. I managed to lose my notebook that I normally take notes on (and a great thanks to the janitor guy who crawled under the bleachers at the end of the game to retrieve it for me) so I’m just going off memory here.

Tim Duncan – Timmy is Timmy, though he does seem to have a 70’s look to him with that fro. At least he shaved the beard. Funny moment in the first quarter – he almost fell on top of a cameraman but there was someone holding him up by the shorts to keep him from falling, that had to be uncomfortable (for TD and for the cameraman).

Tony Parker – His jumper does look better, want to see more of that. He’s said repeatedly in the past that Stephon Marbury is his toughest match-up, probably because he relies so much on his speed and Marbury can keep up with him and also has more strength.

Steven Barber – I saw this guy first! If you’ll remember the summer pro league in 2003, I saw this guy play and even told Peter Holt that I thought he was good, he reminded me of Tony Parker. Check out some of my game reports (http://www.mistilynn.com/games.htm) from then to see my write-ups on him and pictures. Anyway, he’s on the Knicks squad now and played quite well, he looked excited just to be there and did his best to match-up against Parker. He’s got a good shot, good speed and did okay on D.

Rasho Nesterovic – Did you see that jumper he took? I saw him catch the ball there and go up for the shot and said, “Oh no…” but then he made it. Good job Rasho, hit some more of those. When does Nazr get back?

Robert Horry – Okay, so he didn’t have a brilliant scoring night but it’s pre-season, he doesn’t start warming up until April or so. My guess is he was mostly out there to help get the new guys acclimated to the system. At half-time, Emmett Shaw found me to give me his ticket from the Finals Game 5 and some confetti from the championship celebration for my collection, thanks Emmett and good to meet you! The funny part is that he said he didn’t know where I was so he asked Horry who told him where I was sitting and that I was in the pink hat (note: that’s the pink hat that says, “got horry?”).

Michael Finley – Ball hog.
After every single shot he took, which was a lot, I yelled out ‘Ball Hog!’ because he seriously took a shot every time he touched the ball. I sure hope he was doing that just to try and find his stroke and get used to the system because … wow.

Malik Rose – He got a very loud ovation when he was introduced and spent much of the warm-up time chatting with Horry, Duncan, Parker and all the guys. During the game when they’d be lined-up for someone shooting free throws, he be chatting and joking around with whoever was next to him, usually Horry or Duncan. He’d stop by and say something to Pop during the game and they’d laugh or he’d chat with Bowen. He definitely had some nerves going, picking up 2 quick fouls in the opening minutes and finding his only points at the free-throw line.

Thanks to Mandy for the magazine with Horry on the cover, to Mike for the Lakers basketball cards, to Emmett for the Game 5 ticket, to everyone at the game waiting for me while we got my notebook out from under the bleachers and to the girl that was at the game in the Horry jersey just because you were cool enough to wear an Horry jersey.

[sprrs]

to misspell retarded is.... uh.... retarded. :lol

whoops my mistake, just got back from SA :rolleyes

[Carie]

Michael Finley – Ball hog.
After every single shot he took, which was a lot, I yelled out ‘Ball Hog!’ because he seriously took a shot every time he touched the ball. I sure hope he was doing that just to try and find his stroke and get used to the system because … wow.
Thanks for the report, always nice to get someone else's perspective. :)

He does take a lot of shots, but I thought he had a couple of assists too?

[sprrs]

My Game Report
Rasho Nesterovic – Did you see that jumper he took? I saw him catch the ball there and go up for the shot and said, “Oh no…” but then he made it. Good job Rasho, hit some more of those. When does Nazr get back?


:blah he's always had a somewhat decent shot from that range, of course I would still prefer he tried scoring down low more ofen



Michael Finley – Ball hog.
After every single shot he took, which was a lot, I yelled out ‘Ball Hog!’ because he seriously took a shot every time he touched the ball. I sure hope he was doing that just to try and find his stroke and get used to the system because … wow.


Very true he didn't pass very much but I would think that that's what the Spurs want from him, and what can you expect he's a shooter. I thikn if there's any problems with his # of attempts Pop wil let him know.



Malik Rose – He got a very loud ovation when he was introduced and spent much of the warm-up time chatting with Horry, Duncan, Parker and all the guys. During the game when they’d be lined-up for someone shooting free throws, he be chatting and joking around with whoever was next to him, usually Horry or Duncan. He’d stop by and say something to Pop during the game and they’d laugh or he’d chat with Bowen. He definitely had some nerves going, picking up 2 quick fouls in the opening minutes and finding his only points at the free-throw line.


Was that his first game back? I know the Spurs had a game with the Knicks soon after he was traded but I don't remember if he played in that game

[Carie]

Was that his first game back? I know the Spurs had a game with the Knicks soon after he was traded but I don't remember if he played in that game
I think it was his first game here since the trade, if I missed a game last year I'm going to be more than slightly peeved.

[missmyzte]

The Knicks and Spurs did play last year after the trade but that was in New York. This was 'Lik's first game back in SA.

[ploto]

People ragged on Brent because he wouldn't shoot- ragged on Hedo because he wouldn't shoot- if Finley is open he is supposed to shoot!! And yes- he did have 2 assists.

“There were a few good things out there. The guys got used to each other a little more. Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel were making shots and feeling free and easy. Fabricio (Oberto) and Rasho (Nesterovic) did a fine job.” --Pop

[angel_luv]

Great report Misti! Thanks! =)

Except you forgot to mention that Rasho made 3 out of his 4 free throws. ;)

[missmyzte]

^^^ Sorry, but I did get that pic of Rasho for you :)

[angel_luv]

^^^ Sorry, but I did get that pic of Rasho for you :)


It's wonderful, as are you! Thanks! =)

[Mr. Body]

Michael Finley – Ball hog.
After every single shot he took, which was a lot, I yelled out ‘Ball Hog!’ because he seriously took a shot every time he touched the ball. I sure hope he was doing that just to try and find his stroke and get used to the system because … wow.

He shot 13 shots, tops on the team with Tony Parker. To be fair, I think Pop's trying to get him into a groove wihle trying to figure out his best spots in the offense.

Fin also got 2 assists with 0 TOs. The previous game against New Orleans he had 4 assists. He won't strictly be a chucker, so lay off, man!

:)

[HB22inSA]

The Spurs have sold out both preseason games?

Wow, Spurs fans must really like their Spurs.

[T Park]

Finley is paid to score.

Hence the ballhog.

Plus its preseason, settle down. Yikes.

[whottt]

Finley has handles that make Jack look like Stockton....I rather him just shoot it.

But all these people that think Finley is some kind of stud are in for a rude awakening...he's an unclutch volume shooter....he needs to take a lot of shots to shoot his 44%, but doesn't ever make the ones that matter most.

Typical Finley playoff game:
Shoot a ton of bricks, get hot for a quarter, usually late third early fourth, then miss all the big shots down the final 5 minutes(always willing to take them though)...either that or turn it over.

Doesn't have good handles, isn't clutch(but thinks he is), and needs a lot of shots and minutes to get his...

That is Michael Finley.


But I am the happiest guy in the world that he is on the Spurs now...because I won't have to listen to all the shit I had to listen to last season....not only that but I get endless enjoyment out of watching all the tools who rip Antione Walker for being a ballhog, kick their own ass.

[NZHayden]

good on ya whott, what are your feelings on marks role in the spurs this season?