Spurs vs Clippers Blog

[ducks]

duncan gets it
:rolleyes

[Manu20]

Overtime is next!

[Rummpd]

Nick the Quick! Get it to him. Here we go, leave not time left no matter what!

Over-time, still better than nothing.

[Solid D]

More specifically, Tim caught it with Brand leaning on him on the right mid-block and he turned baseline and arched one long.

[Tek_XX]

Tim airballing it, oh well OT baby

[Supergirl]

1.8 secs is too little for Horry .. he'd never get open to do his stuff...

I'd give NVE the ball ..

Don't you mean it's too early for Horry? He doesn't go for dramatics till April.

[1Parker1]

OK TP, do your thing in OT again. Is this a flashback to last season's game against the Clips or what? Hopefully it has the same outcome.

I have a feeling the Spurs will pull it out in OT.

[Tek_XX]

Go Spurs Go

[ca®lo]

man.. kaman is so white

[Trainwreck2100]

Kaman and Brand with 5 fouls

[spurschick]

DAMMIT! So close to a vbookie win...

[Spurologist]

OK TP, do your thing in OT again. Is this a flashback to last season's game against the Clips or what? Hopefully it has the same outcome.

I have a feeling the Spurs will pull it out in OT.

I remember that. Is that when tp was fire shotting outside shots. I think he even hit a pull up three.

[ca®lo]

Don't you mean it's too early for Horry? He doesn't go for dramatics till April.

he already did it a couple of times this season :smokin

[E20]

Spurs 4-17 on FT's.

[Solid D]

Jump ball won by Rasho to Bowen tipped to Tim. Starters in for Spurs.

Tim in lane turns and misses chip shot.

Brand misses hook in the lane, also.

Tim seals Elton and Tim misses but gets putback!!!! Tim fouled no call.

Elton takes it strong baseline under and fouled.

2 FTs by Brand good 86-86.

[Admidave50]

Brand has 4 fouls no?

[Solid D]

TP drives off Tim's screen and double clutch passes out to Fin for the elbow jumper, YES!!!

[E20]

Timmay!!! 27 and 21

[ducks]

LAC 4:51 Defensive Rebound by Sam Cassell
LAC 4:45 Elton Brand missed Jump Shot
SA 4:41 Defensive Rebound by Tim Duncan
SA 4:35 Tim Duncan missed Jump Shot, Blocked by Elton Brand
SA 4:22 Offensive Rebound by Tim Duncan
SA 4:21 Tim Duncan made Layup
SA 4:13 Personal foul on Tim Duncan
LAC 4:13 Elton Brand made 1st of 2 Free Throws
LAC 4:13 Elton Brand made 2nd of 2 Free Throws

[Solid D]

Ross rt. side, rushes shot in traffic, RASHO battles for reb. open court.

Finley in left corner for 3!!!!!!

[ca®lo]

FINLEY FOR THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lets go spurs!! the momentum is on!!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

ar least tonite finley shows up tonite

[Admidave50]

Finley is hot!

[Spurologist]

Timmay!!! 27 and 21

Those numbers are derseved of a win. Come on spurs.

[Dre_7]

All the Finley haters can....

[Warlord23]

Finley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Admidave50]

what was this 17 foot jumper by Tim..?

[Solid D]

Cassell off Brand screen back to Brand flaring, no good at elbow.

TP to Finley drives to Tim rt side 17 footer no good.

Mobley drives past Bowen misses over Tim tipped out by Tim (hit by elbow in head by Mobley) and Tony gets ball. Timeout.

[Supergirl]

Well, Finley wants to go home. He's doing all the work in OT.

[ducks]

LAC 3:22 Quinton Ross missed Jump Shot
SA 3:17 Defensive Rebound by Rasho Nesterovic
SA 3:10 Michael Finley made 3-pt. Jump Shot, Assist Tony Parker
LAC 2:55 Elton Brand missed Jump Shot
SA 2:50 Defensive Rebound by Michael Finley
SA 2:35 Tim Duncan missed Jump Shot
LAC 2:25 Defensive Rebound by Cuttino Mobley
LAC 2:22 Elton Brand missed Jump Shot
SA 2:16 Defensive Rebound by Tony Parker

[Admidave50]

Duncan have 27 pts! He should be +35 pts if he was in a good day!

[boutons]

thank you, Marc Cuban

[milkyway21]

the Clips' defense improved so much since last yr.

is Tim going for 20-20?

[loveforthegame]

double-double for Finley.

[boutons]

if Tim had made his FT, no OT, simple win.

[spursjustice]

Go SPURS!!!!!!!!!!

[Admidave50]

Clips > 0/6 Fgs

[ca®lo]

what the hell?!?!? bowen cuts and scores!! yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clips shooting bricks!!!

[Admidave50]

yes! +7 the win is close

[Solid D]

Tim rt wing late in clock waits pumps waits, Bowen cuts to basket and Tim feeds, YEHAWWWWWW!!! Bruce scores.

Mobley doubled in corner breaks loose and shoots baseline j, no good.

TP with 6 on shot clock and TP dribbling the whole time, rt. wing jumper no good

Timeout.

[milkyway21]

Mobley drives past Bowen misses over Tim tipped out by Tim (hit by elbow in head by Mobley) and Tony gets ball. Timeout....huh! :huh

[MI21]

Spurs with only 4 Turnovers through 52 minutes of Basketball (still 1 min left OT).

Very impressive.

[Solid D]

Brand in the lane and misses fouled by Timmy. FTs coming.

Brand has 23 pts. 12 reb.

31.2 sec. left

Brand misses 1st FT!!! Makes 2nd 93-87

[Tek_XX]

I'm fine with Finley shooting Free throws

[Solid D]

Finley immediately fouled. 29.2 remain.

[milkyway21]

reversal of fortune

it's Elton Brand now missing his FTs :lmao

[Admidave50]

Eisley replacing Cassell? that's weird!

[Tek_XX]

This has been one of the more enjoyable games to watch this year for some reason.

[spursjustice]

we suck at free throws... sorry to say... but our team is full of brick layers... bar 2-3 players... at least we can make plenty of houses :p

[milkyway21]

Eisley replacing Cassell? that's weird!sign of SURRENDER?

[Admidave50]

This has been one of the more enjoyable games to watch this year for some reason.

fuck, it was supposed to be live broadcasted in France! But it's still enjoyable from the Internet!

Happy I didn't go back to sleep!

[duncan2k5]

game over...unless we choke...but not against the clips, so ngame over (plz no jinx)

[1Parker1]

Damn, Clips have scored 3 points in OT, all of them coming from FT's by Brand.

[Vashner]

LOL is it over yet? geeze...

[Admidave50]

we suck at free throws... sorry to say... but our team is full of brick layers... bar 2-3 players... at least we can make plenty of houses :p

we can help New Orleans rebuild their city.. :lol

[spursjustice]

Eisley replacing Cassell? that's weird!

are they gearing up to foul us and hope we brick our FTs?

[Solid D]

Timmy inbounding the ball. Passes to Finley, immediately fouled by Ewing.

28.7 left

1st FT is good!!! :elephant 94-87

[duncan2k5]

damn...a lot of ppl viewing this thread

[milkyway21]

hey guys Miami(100) almost beaten by Chicago(97).

note: ShaQ played.

[Tek_XX]

we suck at free throws... sorry to say... but our team is full of brick layers... bar 2-3 players... at least we can make plenty of houses :p

For now i'm going to chalk this up to a bad night.

[Solid D]

Nazr in for Robert Horry.

2nd FT good!! :elephant 95-87

[Solid D]

Cassell guarded by Bowen

to Ewing for 3 at top, off to left, reb. SPURS!!! WIN

[NashtoAmare]

Thank you, Spurs.

Clipps 14-7
Suns 13-7

Go Suns!!

[1Parker1]

Finley has filled in admirably in Manu's big shoes tonight: 21 points and 10 rebounds :tu

Brent Barry should take note on how it's done :smokin

[Admidave50]

24 pts for the Clips in the 2nd half compared to 50 pts at the end of the 1st half..

that's a loooot better!

[Dre_7]

Hey Vashner, how bout Finley?

21 pts 10 rbs!!!

[1Parker1]

Thank you, Spurs.

Clipps 14-7
Suns 13-7

Go Suns!!
:lol Anytime...

[boutons]

Finley is the hero, pulling Tims nuts out of the fire.

[Admidave50]

Finley has filled in admirably in Manu's big shoes tonight: 21 points and 10 rebounds :tu

Brent Barry should take note on how it's done :smokin

yep, Barry choked just like last year...

[Solid D]

That last play took for ever. The Clips did dribble hand-off weave at arc and the Spurs were playing great body-up D and they couldn't get a good shot. Finally Ewing took a shot that TP tipped and Nazr rebounded. Great OT win.

[Dre_7]

Finley is the hero, pulling Tims nuts out of the fire.

Timmy sent the game into OT, dont forget that.

[Manu20]

Props to Finley for steping up when needed! (21 points 10 rebounds)

[Tek_XX]

Finley has filled in admirably in Manu's big shoes tonight: 21 points and 10 rebounds :tu

Brent Barry should take note on how it's done :smokin

he should, but he won't

[Spurologist]

FINley = the FINISHER

[milkyway21]

classic game

i think Manu's ass is switching side by side on the bench while the game is played... dying to be on the floor:lmao

:tu for the Spurs

[loveforthegame]

Solid game by Finley. Not much more you can ask for (21pts/10rbs) in place of Ginobli.

[Spurologist]

FINley = the FINISHER

[kolko]

Finley 21 pts 10 rebs

[milkyway21]

Solid game by Finley. Not much more you can ask for (21pts/10rbs) in place of Ginobli.i told you so, mavsfan1000. he could be a factor to us, when needed.

[td4mvp21]

All the haters got owned by Duncan. He's not so bad afterall, now is he?

[ChumpDumper]

All the haters got owned by Duncan. He's not so bad afterall, now is he?Well, 3-13 leaves plenty of room for improvement.

[sanman53]

Dang, I missed the predicted score by ONE! I got the Vbookie, but I said 96-87...dang!!!!

[MI21]

These sort of games remind you just how hard it must be to actually beat the Spurs at home. Spurs obviously didn't play there best, no Ginobili, Timmy's FT's etc, and they still pull it out.

If the Clippers had Maggette and the Spurs didn't have Ginobili, I think it may have been a different story though.

[Budkin]

Wow, great win Spurs. Had Timmy actually hit a free throw it wouldn't have even been close. Wonder if the foot problems are messing him up at the line?

[td4mvp21]

Well, 3-13 leaves plenty of room for improvement.

Yes, plenty. But other than that I say we keep him. :rolleyes

[Solid D]

Wasn't the last game v. Clippers a 2OT win? I think Manu went for 40 in that one.

Finley's double-double works for in a pinch, though. :smokin

[DieMrBond]

Yeah, fantastic game by Michael, but yet again - however, it wasnt as impressive as the play-by-play effort by Solid D :) How do you find time to enjoy the game??

And damn ... broke again.

[T Park]

Fantastic games from Finley, Duncan, Parker.

The end of the 4th and ot I thought Rasho played solid, other than that he was mediocre.

Van Ex had some HUGE shots near the end of the 4th.


Yeah, I think that Duncan guy is worth keepin around.


Alot of those FTs tonight missed, were in and out, only a couple times did he leave em short.

Not worried at all, the last two he missed, both rimmed in and out.

Keep it up Timmy, theyll fall most of the time. :tu

[milkyway21]

...The end of the 4th and ot I thought Rasho played solid, other than that he was mediocre.

...worth noting. he only had 1 rbd(?) @ halftime, finished with 8 :tu

[angel_luv]

Holy Cow! :spin

What an awesome win!!! :)

How about Timmy's game saving free throws in the end of regulation! Dagger! Dagger!

The atmosphere was electric ! De ja vue to the playoffs!

Rah did a great job defending clean and grabbing that last ( in regulation) defensive rebound.

And Michael Finely in overtime! Dude! He's the man! Sign him to a lifetime contract.

Whoo hoo oosh! :D Those are my Spurs! :elephant

[milkyway21]

Holy Cow! :spin

What an awesome win!!! :)

How about Timmy's game saving free throws in the end of regulation! Dagger! Dagger!

The atmosphere was electric ! De ja vue to the playoffs!

Rah did a great job defending clean and grabbing that last ( in regulation) offensive rebound.

And Michael Finely in overtime! Dude! He's the man! Sign him to a lifetime contract.

Whoo hoo oosh! :D Those are my Spurs! :elephant:lol

[T Park]

worth noting. he only had 1 rbd(?) @ halftime, finished with 8

Yes.

His defense also in the 3rd end of the 4th and OT was fantastic.

Running out to shooters.

Pushing Brand and Kaman a tad.

Kaman is a beast though, damn that dude is a handfull.

[T Park]

Angel Fan is right.

The electricity in the arena tonight was second round esque.

Nip and tuck.


The Clippers are the Sonics from last year, but better.

These Clippers, when they get healthy, are going to meet the Spurs in the western Finals.

Book it.


They have inside, outside.

Their defensive cohesion isn't TOTALLY there yet, but there are stretches where they play FANTASTIC man to man D.

Cassell playing defense tonight was absolutely stunning.

Dunleavy getting him to play D, is akin to Avery Johnson getting Jason Terry to play defense.

They should share the coach of the year honors just for these monumentus feets.

[milkyway21]

In for injured Ginobili, Spurs' Finley comes up big in OT

Dec. 13, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports


SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan hit two free throws with 12 seconds left to send the game into overtime and then led the Spurs past the Los Angeles Clippers for a 95-87 victory Tuesday night.

The Spurs climbed back from deficits as large as eight against the Pacific Division's leader, outscoring the Clippers 11-3 in overtime.

Michael Finley, filling in for an injured Manu Ginobili, had 21 points and 10 rebounds, both season highs. Finley had seven points in overtime, including two free throws with 28.7 left to seal the win.

Duncan was 1-11 from the free throw line before hitting two in the clutch. He swished the first and bounced the second in to tie the game.

He had 27 points and 22 rebounds and five assists and Tony Parker had 25 points and seven assists.

The Spurs were trying to bounce back from Saturday night's loss to the league's worst team, the Atlanta Hawks, and overcome nagging injuries.

The Clippers were led by Elton Brand with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Sam Cassell had 20 points.

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Duncan scored the first four points of game, showing no signs of a nagging sore foot. Parker had 11 in the quarter as the Spurs held a lead as high as six points.

The Spurs turned up the defense after trailing at the half and went on a 16-9 run to take the lead at 6:15 in the third. Finley sparked the run with 10 points, including the go-ahead score to clean up a miss by Parker.

The teams exchanged the lead in the fourth, but Chris Wilcox led the Clippers offense, hitting a runner in the lane as Duncan was called for the foul midway into the quarter. By the 6:35 mark, the Clippers led 78-72.

The Spurs climbed back, led by Duncan who hit a runner in the lane after being hammered by Brand to cut lead to two with 5:08.

Duncan's banker over Chris Kaman tied the game again at 82 with 1:20 left.

The Clippers' Quinton Ross hit a 17-footer for a 84-82 lead with 17.5 seconds left.

In need of a basket, Brand fouled Duncan with 12.6 seconds left. He hit both free throws and after Kaman missed a shot in the lane, Nesterovic grabbed the rebound with 1.8 seconds left.

Robert Horry inbounded to Duncan who overshot the rim as time expired.

Notes
Ginobili (foot sprain) did not play. Sean Marks for the Spurs was inactive. ...

The Spurs set a franchise low for turnovers with four, eclipsing its mark of five set on March 18, 2004 against Minnesota:tu. ...The Clippers placed Shawn Livingston, Corey Maggette and Zeljko Rebraca on the inactive list. ...

The Clippers this year are 1-2 in overtime while the Spurs are 2-0. :tu
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[milkyway21]

hey the article didn't mention the Spurs recorded a worst low in FT of 6-19=31.6%. So there was worst than that? :lol

[sprrs]

It's times like this I'm glad we got Van Exel and Finley for their offense, the Spurs were stone cold most of the fourth

[T Park]

Give credit to the Clippers.

They played good defense.

Duncan didn't have 1 open shot.

[ploto]

Yes.

His defense also in the 3rd end of the 4th and OT was fantastic.

Running out to shooters.

Pushing Brand and Kaman a tad.

Kaman is a beast though, damn that dude is a handfull.
Rasho was a BIG reason the Clippers only had 34 second half points and 3 in OT. After he sat for those couple of minutes early in the third quarter, he came out motivated, to say the least. I was glad to see Pop give him the chance at Crunch Time- both late in the 4Q and OT and he played great. The stop and rebound at the end of regulation were big.

Finley did a great job tonight, as did Parker. Tim's 2 FT's late in regulation were amazing after such an awful night at the line and the free hernia check from Sam Cassell.

Mostly, I was proud of the lack of turnovers-- only 4 in all of 4Qs plus OT.

[sprrs]

Give credit to the Clippers.

They played good defense.

Duncan didn't have 1 open shot.

True too, but that's why it's important that we've got dependable scorers other than Duncan, especially with Ginobili out

Van Exel's play was overshadowed by Finley, dude hit some big shots that kept us in the game

[milkyway21]

Hear this, hear this:

Tim Duncan is pleading with himself: give himself a chance :lol

SAN ANTONIO -- Even after going 1-for-11 from the line, Tim Duncan resisted the urge to try a new approach to his shot.

Duncan made two free throws with 12 seconds left to send the game to overtime and the San Antonio Spurs dominated from there, defeating the Clippers 95-87 Tuesday night.

"I don't ever do anything different. I just put them up there and hope they go in," said Duncan who had 27 points, 22 rebounds and five assists. "Sometimes it goes good, and sometimes it goes bad, but I just want to give myself a chance."

[slayermin]

17 straight against the C's.
8 straight against the Clipps.

AND MY FAVE, 6 STRAIGHT AGAINST THE LACKERS! :lol

Will someone please crack Showbie in the mouth for me? Thanks in advance.

[NZHayden]

ohh yeah spurs did it again

[sanman53]

Congrads Spurs

[grjr]

Hear this, hear this:

Tim Duncan is pleading with himself: give himself a chance :lol

SAN ANTONIO -- Even after going 1-for-11 from the line, Tim Duncan resisted the urge to try a new approach to his shot.

Duncan made two free throws with 12 seconds left to send the game to overtime and the San Antonio Spurs dominated from there, defeating the Clippers 95-87 Tuesday night.

"I don't ever do anything different. I just put them up there and hope they go in," said Duncan who had 27 points, 22 rebounds and five assists. "Sometimes it goes good, and sometimes it goes bad, but I just want to give myself a chance."

Tim's free throw form is drasticly different from pre-season and early season when he was making them all. He has now reverted to last years form without realizing it. I was shocked during pre-season at how much better his form was....good release timing with his legs and a nice arc. This also seemed to translate to his outside shot which also looked great.

Now, though, he's back to poor release timing which leads to the flat arc we've seen for the past few games. I wish he'd watch some tape from when he was shooting well. I'm sure he'd realize what he's doing.

[Sportcamper]

Clippers were Short-handed & shot a season-low 33.3%... And scored three points in OT...Impressive victory SA... :smokin

[td4mvp21]

Clippers were Short-handed & shot a season-low 33.3%... And scored three points in OT...Impressive victory SA... :smokin


Well, we didn't have Ginobili, and Duncan and Parker have nagging little injuries, and our defense was PHENOMINAL in the fourth quarter and overtime. It was an impressive win, wasn't it?

[boutons]

first half sucked, outscoured both 1st and 2nd qtrs, badly outrebounded and out hustled.

Spurs appeared to show some interest in the game in the 3rd qtr, but couldn't sustain it in the 4th qtr. Looked like another Atlanta game.

Spurs played well in overtime. escaping with an ugly W. It's December.

[Solid D]

I saw this game differently. I thought it was a hard-fought game, once the Spurs upped their rebounding and defensive intensity in the 2nd half. The Clips were beating the Spurs to reb. and loose balls in the 1st half.

Their 3rd quarter effort was outstanding. The Spurs took care of the ball particularly well considering the Clippers doubled Tim hard almost every touch. It was a matchup of two of the best defensive teams in the league and the Spurs held true on that by holding the Clippers to 33% FG shooting.

It was a very entertaining game, highly competitive and indicative of a battle between 2 of the top 4 teams in the league.

[ShoogarBear]

I agree. Never thought I'd see a top-tier important NBA game against the Clips.

[boutons]

I agree it was a great game WHEN THE SPURS DECIDED TO PLAY, which excludes at least all of the first 24 minutes.
I recorded the game on my DVR. I see no reason to keep the first 24 minutes.