Spurs v Hornets December 29--Game Blog

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Here's hoping our guys remember the *#$%!slapping they received in OKC from these guys. Time for some payback.

How are they going to contain Chris Paul tonight?

[ducks]

bruce bowen

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Bruce Almighty is going to work hard tonight (just like every game I guess); Paul is quick. It's amazing to me that Bowen can (at his age) keep up with these guys night in and night out.

[boutons_]

Hornets have the Spurs' number this year.
Spurs already blown out by Hornets once.
Hornets are too young and too athletic and too fast. :)

Go Spurs Go

[bigbendbruisebrother]

NO/OKC's +/- numbers (http://www.82games.com/0506/0506NOKP.HTM) are pretty interesting. Speedy doesn't seem to be a good fit with this team.

[ducks]

Take Care Of The Ball
Manu Will Help The Spurs Tonight
No Fancy Passes Though Manu

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The entire stadium is going to watch a vulgar display of:




paaaaaarrkkeerrrrrtiiiiiiiiiiime!

[E20]

Take Care Of The Ball
Manu Will Help The Spurs Tonight
No Fancy Passes Though Manu
Nice Haiku

[boutons_]

"No Fancy Passes Though Manu"

Manu looked the other night like he was running around about 6" off the floor, bursting wiht energy, just dying to play ball again, wanting to make plays, maybe even win back his starting position. Expect some crazy-assed stuff. :)

[ducks]

manu will have lots of turnovers tonight then if he is not carefully ...

he better be carefully or he could be in the DOG house with those turnovers

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Come on, Ducks. Give Manu some slack in that leash. Sin Manu, this team has been boring as hell. I'll take Manu for 36 points, 8 assists, 4 steals, 7 rebounds and 6 turnovers please.

[ducks]

turnovers killed the spurs last time they faced these idiots

[ducks]

Come on, Ducks. Give Manu some slack in that leash. Sin Manu, this team has been boring as hell. I'll take Manu for 36 points, 8 assists, 4 steals, 7 rebounds and 6 turnovers please.

I sure as hell do not want manu to have to play that many minutes against the hornets

[bendmz]

It's Payback Time !!!!!!!

[Spurologist]

Run em out the building

[manu]

Who's Winning??!!!! What's The Score?

[bendmz]

anybody playing DEFENSE????

[bendmz]

11-8 Hornets up

[loveforthegame]

Not a good start.

[bendmz]

game still young...... Hornets played in Houston last nite..

[Spurologist]

As soon as pop decides to put manu in, the onslaught will begin

[bendmz]

As soon as pop decides to put manu in, the onslaught will begin
DIDDO....... :elephant

[ducks]

D. West 5 4-4

[ducks]

5:48 SA - M. Ginobili enters game for M. Finley

[bendmz]

20-23 Spurs up....Manu in the game

[ducks]

3:40 NOK - C. Paul steals the ball from M. Ginobili

[bendmz]

looks like Manu abit rusty

[doldrums]

manu stole it back

[bendmz]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...........................

[ducks]

3:05 SA - M. Ginobili steals the ball from S. Claxton

[Spurologist]

:wow 88% at the ft line so far

[bendmz]

Spurs up 28-22..... time out

[ducks]

T. Parker 9 4-5 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10

[bendmz]

at this rate Spurs will score 120 points........LOL

[loveforthegame]

2 fouls on Paul and Claxton. Ginobli or Parker should be able to attack both and get a 3rd foul on one or both of them.

[manu]

did Manu Dunk???

[loveforthegame]

did Manu Dunk???

Yahoo shows he made a 3 pointer.

[ducks]

2:20 SA - M. Ginobili makes a 24-foot three-pointer from the left wing. Assist: R. Horry

[bendmz]

90% fron the free throw line........WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurologist]

T. Parker 9 4-5 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10

it'll be a basketball crime if he doesn't make the ASG.

[loveforthegame]

Nice to see the Spurs making their ft's with the Hornets in the penalty.

[Spurologist]

the +/- when manu is in must be off the charts

[bendmz]

nARZ'S GETTING TOUGH

[bendmz]

35-22 end of 1st quarter.....SPurs up !!!!!

[ducks]

the spurs are to hot now they will be cold in the fourth

[loveforthegame]

Holy shit. Did Finley actually make a shot? It would be nice to see him get back on track.

[ducks]

:02.8 SA - M. Finley makes a 23-foot three-pointer from the right corner. Assist: T. Parker

[bendmz]

Damn Berry hit one

[ducks]

10:37 SA - B. Barry makes a 23-foot three-pointer from the right corner. Assist: N. Van Exel

[bendmz]

Nick for 3.......

[manu]

what's manu's score??????????????????????????

[ducks]

spurs need to burry them because they are going to go cold before the game is over

[bendmz]

is this the same Hornet team from OKC

[Rummpd]

As I picked the Spurs to win by less than 13 tonight is the night they prove me wrong but the hell with VBookie!

[ducks]

M. Ginobili 4 1-1 1-1 4-4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7

[ALVAREZ6]

Go Spurs!

[ducks]

10:00 SA - N. Van Exel makes a 22-foot three-pointer from the left corner. Assist: M. Finley

[Spurologist]

At this rate, Marks might join the party

[ducks]

New Orl/OKC 22 7 29 8:32

San Antonio 35 10 45 2nd

[bendmz]

two misses for Barry....

[loveforthegame]

2nd foul on Duncan.

[ducks]

Miami 52
Detroit 53
Half

[howard2]

Go Spurs go.

[ducks]

spurs getting outrebounded again
only by 1 though

[ALVAREZ6]

Miami 52
Detroit 53
Half
I hope Miami can pull off a win. If we're going against Detroit again in the finals, we need home court advantage.

[ducks]

I hope Miami can pull off a win. If we're going against Detroit again in the finals, we need home court advantage.

where is the d ?

[Rummpd]

Agreed being 3 back in the loss column with a revenge game on the 12th sounds good.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

trade manu

[bendmz]

no D at all

[bendmz]

60 points before half time ????????

[Cant_Be_Faded]

ehhh could we pleeze stop them from scoring points pleeze

[loveforthegame]

Nice to see the Spurs answer the Hornets little run there.

[ducks]

1:35 SA - R. Horry makes a 25-foot three-pointer from the top of the arc. Assist: T. Parker

[Dre_7]

ehhh could we pleeze stop them from scoring points pleeze

:wtf

Spurs are up 17.

[Spurologist]

ehhh could we pleeze stop them from scoring points pleeze

they can stop as long as they have a 14 pt advantage

[Cant_Be_Faded]

:wtf

Spurs are up 17.



do you really think Pop is satisified by this defensive effort?

This is the lowliest team in our division, a team that owned us, we need to put these scrubs in their place.

17? thats nothin

[Spurologist]

1:16 NOK - D. West hits a technical free throw

Illegal defense??

[Rummpd]

Damm this guy named Manu is pretty damm good. 12 points in 11 minutes so far.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Damm this guy named Manu is pretty damm good. 12 points in 11 minutes so far.


chris paul is making him look like rasho

[ducks]

:01.2 SA - 20 sec timeout

[ducks]

:01.2 SA - Bad pass by B. Bowen FUCK

[ducks]

I wanted 2 quarters in a row spurs scored 30 or more

[Dre_7]

10 pt lead at half. Spurs should ice this game in the 3rd.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

DUCKS why don't you get game chat moderating privileges
it would own this silly blog business

[loveforthegame]

Up 20 at the half. Looks like everyone is contributing in some way.

[ducks]

10 pt lead at half. Spurs should ice this game in the 3rd.
WTF?

New Orl/OKC 22 22 44 Half

San Antonio 35 29 64

[Dre_7]

Manu's numbers look good. 12 pts in 11 minutes. 3-4 from the field.

Welcome back Manu.

[Dre_7]

WTF?

New Orl/OKC 22 22 44 Half

San Antonio 35 29 64

Typo. I was aiming for the 2 key, but must have been off.

20 pt lead at the half.

ducks is the last person who should be correcting the typing of others. :lol

[ducks]

Manu's numbers look good. 12 pts in 11 minutes. 3-4 from the field.

Welcome back Manu.
nice three turnovers to

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The author of this thread is a douche of the first order.

taken out of context
replace "author" with "new orleans"

[Cant_Be_Faded]

PUT THE FOURS UP I SAID!!!!! :elephant

[ducks]

Typo. I was aiming for the 2 key, but must have been off.

20 pt lead at the half.

ducks is the last person who should be correcting the typing of others. :lol
:lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

DUCKS

for next home game, ask if you can moderate a game chat

[ducks]

when is the next home game

[ducks]

Miami 72
Detroit 77
:39.8 3rd

[orhe]

manu just entered the game again!

[ducks]

1 2 3 4 Total
New Orl/OKC 22 22 12 56 4:18

San Antonio 35 29 13 77 3rd

[Spurologist]

2:59 SA - B. Udrih enters game for T. Parker

Bye Bye vBookie

[loveforthegame]

Udrih in for Parker. No NVE or Barry yet either.

[ducks]

tp get with the fucking program

[Rummpd]

I would like to see Oberto get some real minutes.

[ducks]

Miami 83
Detroit 87
7:39 4th

[ducks]

tp leading scorer again

[ducks]

lead got bigger with beno in there

[Spurologist]

tp get with the fucking program

what did he do?

[ducks]

he throw a bad pass and pop took him out at the 2:40 mark of the third

[ducks]

be intersting to see if popp puts him back in with a 20 point lead

[Warlord23]

Beno with the hot hand

[ducks]

8:52 SA - B. Udrih makes a 24-foot three-pointer from the right corner. Assist: B. Barry
9:03 SA - B. Barry defensive rebound

[ducks]

Miami 91
Detroit 94
4:46 4th

[loveforthegame]

Udrih playing well tonight. No need for Parker to come back unless the lead is threatened in the next few minutes.

[Rummpd]

Beno's back and update on Detroit (95) to Miami (95) Wade has been unreal last five minutes.

[loveforthegame]

Man, this Miami/Detroit game is fun. Go Miami.

[ducks]

8:34 SA - F. Oberto enters game for T. Duncan

[ALVAREZ6]

Beno should get more PT from NVE. NVE blows. Beno won't develop in this system, NVE is already an old dude that just jacks 3's and doesn't know how to run an offense, he looks confused on the court as a PG, and we always start playing bad as a team when he's in from what I've seen.

[Spurologist]

Miami 91
Detroit 94
4:46 4th

tied

[ALVAREZ6]

Go Miami.

[Spurologist]

7:07 SA - M. Finley steals the ball from A. Macijauskas

Everyone plays D for the spurs

[efrem1]

Now that the Spurs game is tucked into bed, let's check out MIA/DET.

[Rummpd]

Spurs making a statement that they are going to get it together bigtime in near future.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Go Miami.
LOL :flipoff

Up 2 w/ 2:56 to go.

[Spurologist]

6:03 NOK - Personal foul on J. Vroman
6:03 SA - B. Barry steals the ball from A. Macijauskas
6:26 SA - Layup by M. Finley
6:28 SA - M. Finley offensive rebound
6:30 SA - M. Finley misses a layup
6:31 SA - M. Finley offensive rebound
6:33 SA - B. Udrih misses a layup
6:37 SA - B. Udrih steals the ball from R. Butler

They are just toying with them now

[Rummpd]

Oberto 2 assists to Nazr = play these two together some in earlier part of games.

He just got another assist 103-71.

[ducks]

4:48 SA - Shooting foul on N. Mohammed
5:03 SA - M. Finley makes a 25-foot three-pointer from the left wing. Assist: F. Oberto
5:16 SA - N. Mohammed defensive rebound
5:18 NOK - K. Snyder misses a 23-foot three-pointer from the left corner
5:43 SA - N. Mohammed dunks the ball. Assist: F. Oberto


Mohammed dunks the ball. Assist: F. Oberto

this guy can pass!

[Rummpd]

Go Heat 97 Pistons 99 but Heat with the ball with 2:15 to go. Wade has been unreal and assist to tie game.

[ducks]

1:23 MIA - J. Williams misses a 9-foot jumper in the lane
1:46 DET - C. Billups drives to the hoop for a layup
2:05 MIA - U. Haslem makes a 19-foot jumper from the right wing. Assist: D. Wade
2:19 DET - Personal foul on R. Hamilton
2:29 DET - C. Billups makes an 18-foot jumper from the left wing
2:45 MIA - U. Haslem makes a 19-foot jumper from the right corner. Assist: D. Wade
2:56 MIA - Full timeout (Timeout #6)
3:03 DET - T. Prince makes a 16-foot jumper along the left baseline. Assist: R. Hamilton
3:13 DET - R. Hamilton offensive rebound
3:15 DET - R. Wallace misses a layup

[Pistons < Spurs]

104-99.....1:06 to go!!!


24-3 anyone????

[ducks]

1:06 MIA - Full timeout (Timeout #7) 104-99
1:06 DET - R. Wallace makes a 26-foot three-pointer from the top of the arc. Assist: C. Billups
1:23 DET - B. Wallace defensive rebound

[Spurologist]

104-99.....1:06 to go!!!


24-3 anyone????

The shot by Rasheed might have been the backbreaker

[Pistons < Spurs]

The shot by Rasheed might have been the backbreaker


yep...if we don't screw up, that should be game.

[ducks]

:31.9 DET - C. Billups misses a 25-foot three-pointer from the left wing
:49.8 DET - B. Wallace defensive rebound
:51.9 MIA - D. Wade misses a 15-foot jumper from the left wing

[Rummpd]

Props to the Pistons, seem to be on the way to 70 wins. This was a choke job by Miami as well, particularily the play where Jason Williams missed about a 7 footer.

[loveforthegame]

4 steals by Finley.

The Spurs are shooting 10-14 from 3pt land.

[ducks]

15.6 MIA - 20 sec timeout 106-99
:15.6 DET - C. Billups hits the second free throw
:15.6 DET - C. Billups hits the first free throw
:15.6 MIA - Personal foul on J. Williams
:17.3 MIA - Personal foul on U. Haslem
:20.9 DET - B. Wallace steals the ball from U. Haslem

[Pistons < Spurs]

Billups: 30 points 7 assists 3 rebounds 1 TO 12-12 FT's 8-17 FG's

Rip: 25 points 9 assists 4 rebounds 1 TO 7-8 FT's 9-15 FG's

[ducks]

spurs bench is playing well tonight

[ducks]

Billups: 30 points 7 assists 3 rebounds 1 TO 12-12 FT's 8-17 FG's

Rip: 25 points 9 assists 4 rebounds 1 TO 7-8 FT's 9-15 FG's


heat did not play d at all

[efrem1]

Oberto scores!!!!! That made my night!! Good night now!!

[Pistons < Spurs]

heat did not play d at all

Actually....as much as I hate "White Chocolate"...he did a pretty good job on Billups.

We did hit 25-29 FT's which are UN-defendable.

And we hit 7 3's

I won't say anything negative about their D

[loveforthegame]

Stupid Heat choked on that game.

As for the Spurs game, good ass kicking and I don't care if it's against a bottom feeder team. The Spurs need to start kicking some ass.

[efrem1]

Did Macijauskas used to have a department store here in SA before Rivercenter opened?

[boutons_]

Spurs turn in a great game, all 48 minutes, probably best game of the season, up there with the Dallas game.

[T Park]

but yet you had em buried and dead before the game.

Damn.

[boutons_]

All you Piston fuckers, this is the Spurs/Hornets blog.

Don't you people have you own forum to strafe during a Pistons game?

[Spurologist]

:wow 59% for the spurs and 78% ft line

[Bloodline666]

Okay, going into tonights game, I was VERY worried that the Spurs were going to get schooled by a rookie AGAIN! After Halftime is when I said to myself, PAYBACK'S A BITCH!

And I thought Macijauskas was that dude who sniffs out Hemi's in those Dodge Ram commercials!

[ducks]

All you Piston fuckers, this is the Spurs/Hornets blog.

Don't you people have you own forum to strafe during a Pistons game?


sorry we got side tracked the game was getting out of hand
and the piston and heat game was close

[boutons_]

Fuck you, grease bag, quitter, liar.

You don't give fuck how the Spurs play "in December".

[ducks]

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

[Pistons < Spurs]

All you Piston fuckers, this is the Spurs/Hornets blog.

Don't you people have you own forum to strafe during a Pistons game?
:stfu

[T Park]

Fuck you, grease bag, quitter, liar.

You don't give fuck how the Spurs play "in December".

the english structure here is just fantastic BTW son.


No I dont care how the spurs play in december.

But, I don't say damn near every game they are gonna lose, like you do.

[T Park]

Pistons,

he hasnt taken his meds, give him a break.

The Spurs won too, so that really pissed him off also.

[bixente]

How did Parker play?

And, what were his stats?

Thanks a lot :)

[boutons_]

http://www.nba.com/games/20051229/NOKSAS/boxscore.html

[bixente]

Thanks for that...

[Solid D]

The Spurs put on a clinic of how to move the ball and penetrate a zone. They had 30 assists. Parker was terrific and really stepped up to the challenge against Chris Paul, after the rough start. The 3 point shooting tonight was SPECTACULAR. They missed only 4 out of 15 3-pt attempts (.733)! :wow

Duncan was decisive with his moves, passes and shots. I thought the Spurs defense was very good tonight. Timmy is still slow on helpside D. Rasho was very good helpside, as usual.

The Spurs pretty much ran the Hornets out of the gym in every qtr. except the 3rd. The dribble penetration and kickouts for 3s just demoralized the young Hornets. 16 TOs for the Spurs was much better than the 23 TO mess they put up in OKC earlier this month.

All in all, quite clinical tonight.

[T Park]

Rasho was very good helpside, as usual.

but but but Rasho doesnt do anything.

HES WORTHLESS!!!!



Timmy is still slow on helpside D

amazing how that will improve come April as well.


The Spurs put on a clinic of how to move the ball and penetrate a zone.

Zone D from a better team might be a better indicator. but slowly but surely I think years later, the Spurs are somewhat finally learning how to beat a damn zone.

[Dre_7]

but but but Rasho doesnt do anything.

HES WORTHLESS!!!!

Cuz we all know that PJ Brown and C. Anderson are just as good as the Wallace's! :lol

[T Park]

Cuz we all know that PJ Brown and C. Anderson are just as good as the Wallace's!

eh?


Typical blind hate.

[Admidave50]

voila! that's how we should handle the Hornets ;)

[The Cougar]

Clinic.

[Manu20]

SPURS 111, Hornets 84
Post Game Quotes: Spurs vs. Hornets
December 29, 2005

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/quotes_051229.html

Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich

On the game - “It was a good all-around performance. I thought they moved the basketball well. We found the open shooters. The offense was very sharp. The defense did a good job individually and team wise.”

On Manu Ginobili - “His energy is important for us. The energy increases when he’s on the court. The level of aggression rises when he’s on the court. He played about 17 minutes. I was going to play him about 20, but when we got
the lead, I opted to be safe with him.”

On playing Denver - “They’re going to make sure we know it’s a high altitude situation. We’re going to get tired. It’s going to be important for the bench to play well. We’ll have to limit the people on the court (their time). Manu will probably be that guy that we want available at the end of the game. Playing a lot of people will be the key.”

Manu Ginobili

On the game - “We make little adjustments every game and we did that tonight. We played well overall defensively. We had a lot of wide open shots and we nailed them. So overall it was a good game for us.”

On his right ankle - “I am feeling good. I am not trying to rush anything right now. I am getting back into basketball shape right now. I was able to attack the rim and not think about the ankle.”

Michael Finley

On Manu Ginobili’s return to the lineup - “As a team (having Ginobili back in the lineup) makes us all better. He does things on the floor that not many people in the league can do. He is trying to get back into the swing of things, and until he does, we are just trying to keep the ship up.”

On playing time - “Any time that I get a chance to get on the court is great for me, whether it is in the first quarter or in “garbage time.” It gives me time to get things figured out defensively and offensively.”

On getting payback against New Orleans/ Oklahoma City after their 12/18 matchup - “It was an unspoken motivation for us against them tonight. We have veterans who remember what happened. They beat us pretty well at their place, and we just wanted to establish ourselves early and often and I think we did that.”

Hornets Head Coach Byron Scott

On the game - “You have a young bunch of guys and you try to tell them what to expect. I told them coming into this game you have a team over there who are the world champions. They remember the last time they played us and they’re going to try to destroy us. I don’t think they believed me, but now I think they understand exactly what I was trying to say. That we were going to have to play at the highest level and we couldn’t make mistakes on either end of the court and we made so many of them it was pathetic. In the second half they figured out what they (Spurs) were all about. And when you play them at their place you better play at your best. We knew that we were going to have to play well and we didn’t do that.”

On how the Hornets fell apart in the first quarter - “Bad shots and them just getting open shots. We saw open shots after open shots. We were very indecisive on the defensive end. Everything we could do wrong we did wrong.”

PJ Brown

On the game - “It was the turnovers. Our defense was as bad as it’s been the whole year. It was a combination of that and giving up so many points in the paint. We just didn’t give ourselves a chance to win. I thought we played into the middle of the first quarter and then we couldn’t get any rhythm then. They did what they wanted to do and we gave them no resistance.”

On the offensive rhythm of the Hornets - “I know our offense wasn’t good, but I think our defense wasn’t there either. It’s hard to play a half court game when you’re playing a team like this.”

[Bloodline666]

when is the next home game
January 4th, vs. the....






























JAIL-BLAZERS!!!!!

[angel_luv]

Better late than never... props to my Slovenian boys!

And how great is it to have Gino back!


BTW, is anyone besides me still mourning the loss of Timmy's fro? Summer, where you at?

[Bloodline666]

BTW, is anyone besides me still mourning the loss of Timmy's fro?
Yep! I am! :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

[angel_luv]

Yep! I am! :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

His new year's resolution should be to grow it back! :lol

[boutons_]

Tim is much more handsome with a short fro, the short beard wasn't bad, either. :)