Spurs vs. Warriors Feb. 25th -- Game Blog

[timvp]

The Warriors are more talented than their record indicates. Hopefully the Spurs don't overlook this game and drop another back-to-back affair.

[lilmads]

^ They will not!

Or at least I hope they don't:)

Go Spurs Go!

[spurschick]

After last nights almost bullshit loss, I don't want to see anything less than an absolute blowout. I put some vbookie money on Beno for the last shot because I expect him to be in with the scrubs in the 4th. I want to see people heading to the exits midway through the 4th quarter because we're up by 30+. I know it's a back-to-back, but I believe it's our first second of a back-to-back at home and we need to win.

[mavsfan1000]

Go Warriors. They got the talent to beat the spurs but we'll see.

[SoCalSpursFan]

I hope the SPURMS LOSES!!! :cuss

What are you? 12?

[ChumpDumper]

If Baron isn't playing the Warriors have a chance, but Parker should return to form tonight.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Have the spurs won a single back to back this entire season yet? :lol

[Hook Dem]

Go Warriors. They got the talent to beat the spurs but we'll see.
Don't you have a date with Pansy Cuban tonight? :lol

[TDfan2007]

If Tim gets his head out of his ass and starts hitting his FTs and starts taking it inside instead of settling for so many outside shots (which are very difficult to hit w/ PF) we should win.

And also, I wasn't watching last night's game, but wtf happened to Tony? 9 points?

[Horry For 3!]

If Baron isn't playing the Warriors have a chance, but Parker should return to form tonight.
Baron is out for a long time I believe.

[Hook Dem]

If Tim gets his head out of his ass and starts hitting his FTs and starts taking it inside instead of settling for so many outside shots (which are very difficult to hit w/ PF) we should win.

And also, I wasn't watching last night's game, but wtf happened to Tony? 9 points?
Got in foul trouble.

[ChumpDumper]

Baron is out for a long time I believe.Well then, they might make the playoffs.

[mavsfan1000]

The warriors suck without Baron. He is the guy that runs that team. It should be an easy win for the spurs

[Spurologist]

The warriors suck without Baron. He is the guy that runs that team. It should be an easy win for the spurs

my fantasy team is plumetting as a result :pctoss

[ALVAREZ6]

I am feeling a blow out tonight.

[yeahone]

come on spurs lets go lads

[boutons_]

What, when happened to breakable Baron? his back again?

[Horry For 3!]

What, when happened to breakable Baron? his back again?
Nope. Severly sprained ankle.

[DMFFL341]

Man, they are damn good team with Baron but without him they are trash. Maybe they can pull a Toronto and shoot godly from 3 point range. I think they have a chance just because ya'll played a tough game against the Grizz, but ya'll should win pretty handily. Maybe they can pull it out, they were the last team to beat the Mavs on their homecourt way back when.

[CubanMustGo]

Someone tell Bruce it's OK to let someone else shoot ... three shots in the first four possessions ??

[Spurologist]

Someone tell Bruce it's OK to let someone else shoot ... three shots in the first four possessions ??

with two makes. can't complain when they go.

[bendmz]

Narz is playing tough....

[CubanMustGo]

Looks like Gino is back tonight!

[bendmz]

nice smooth play so far...

[SuperManu!!!]

NAzr starting??? NIce MOVEE!!!!!!

[aaronstampler]

Rasho showed real nice hands catching that bullet Tony pass and finishing...

no way Nazr handles that ball...

[yeahone]

Bruce for MVP lol

[Spurologist]

Nazr and Rasho in at the same time. Interesting move by pop.

[CubanMustGo]

The Twin Towers, with severely less talent :lol

Man, you have to like the assist-to-shot ratio for SA so far.

[bendmz]

Spurs are out doin themselves today

[aaronstampler]

they're making short work of the Warriors thus far. Manu and Bruce have 8 each, and Rasho is playing out of his mind right now. Both him and Nazr are boarding great.

[bendmz]

:lol
The Twin Towers, with severely less talent :lol
AIN'T THAT THE DAT GUM TRUTH !!!!!!

[Spurologist]

Damn 5 assists in the quarter for tp. That must be a career high for him.

[yeahone]

great first quarter spurs

[Solid D]

Rasho is playing terrific and that combo of Rasho and Nazr is solid gold tonight!

[themvp]

Rasho for MVP!

[ploto]

Notice all the nice penetration of Tony set up by Rasho screens!!

[yeahone]

Brennnnnntttttttttttttttt

[Spurologist]

Murphy must have his calendar circled when he knows he's going to play the spurs

[aaronstampler]

Seriously, put in Beno. I can't stand watching NVE play. I just can't.

[ploto]

Rasho with 6 points (3-3), 4 boards and a block off the bench in 9 minutes!!

[ALVAREZ6]

Seriously, put in Beno. I can't stand watching NVE play. I just can't.
word.


NVE is trash

[Solid D]

Awesome ball movement and pass by Barry. Timmy sealed off his man in perfect fashion. The Spurs are killing em on the boards.

[yeahone]

the centers playing really good tonight

[CubanMustGo]

Pounding that glass tonight!

[yeahone]

Barrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Solid D]

Brent for 3 from Tim on the dribble and kick!!! :elephant

[yeahone]

Barry has responded well to almost being traded

[CubanMustGo]

Only 5 FTs between the two teams so far ... letting 'em play!

[Solid D]

Man, Timmy stuck the kid Ellis on the high screen and NVE swishes the floater.

Ellis back the other way runs the baseline and gets free. He's showing something tonight.

[Spurologist]

Barry has responded well to almost being traded

JR Smith would have been nice.

[ploto]

the centers playing really good tonight
Nazr fighting for boards- but not so good with the 2-8 with Foyle blocking 3 of his shots.

[dimsah]

Now, if they could only do something about them rookies who are eating their lunch.

[Solid D]

43-32 Barry with the steal but TP turns it over.

Fisher was the savvy play on Tony.

[midgetonadonkey]

What's the score?

[yeahone]

Brent has found a new life

[Solid D]

Rasho tips it in off Timmy's bankshot miss!!! :elephant

[aaronstampler]

On the Warriors' telecast, they have a trivia question on who are the last 4 second round picks to score 40 in an NBA game. They've gotten Arenas (a Warrior pick) and Rashard Lewis so far, but neither has guessed Manu yet. The color guy actually suggested Bruce...

Who's the fourth?

[yeahone]

Rasho yeah

[tim_duncan_fan]

another great shooting night for TD
2-7 fg
:depressed

[dimsah]

Tim's rebounding well lately. He's got 9 already tonight.

[CubanMustGo]

Have a seat Tony ... crap

[yeahone]

really impressed with Barry's play for the last two nights

[WalterBenitez]

Have a seat Tony ... crap
What's wrong with him, he already have 5 assists? :rolleyes

[Mrs.Szczerbiak]

Agreed!!!! :D

[Solid D]

On the Warriors' telecast, they have a trivia question on who are the last 4 second round picks to score 40 in an NBA game. They've gotten Arenas (a Warrior pick) and Rashard Lewis so far, but neither has guessed Manu yet. The color guy actually suggested Bruce...

Who's the fourth?

Good question. I was thinking maybe Lee Nailon, but I looked up his career high and it said 32 last year vs. Toronto.
I'd have to think about that one.

[boutons_]

Tim has played 9 mins of 24. Pop is resting him. Or maybe he just sucks? :)

Tim shooting 25%.

[yeahone]

good first half

[aaronstampler]

I feel bad for the Warriors. We are getting a lot of calls, and we don't really need to, we're a lot better than them as it is.

[Solid D]

Manu playing more aggessively tonight. Nice scoring drive by Manu! I think he's been holding back on his drives the past few games (Mabe Pop told him to do so?).

Great rim defense by Nazr at the end. Halftime score 54-35

[yeahone]

foor a team with a terrible back to back record we playing good

[CubanMustGo]

What's wrong with him, he already have 5 assists? :rolleyes

Thot he had picked up his third foul on that charge. Sorry.

[Mrs.Szczerbiak]

I think Manu is a little hesitant about getting another injury???

[ploto]

Great rim defense by Nazr at the end. Halftime score 54-35

??Nazr not in the game.

Finley??

[ChumpDumper]

Good question. I was thinking maybe Lee Nailon, but I looked up his career high and it said 32 last year vs. Toronto.
I'd have to think about that one.Redd?

[ChumpDumper]

Finley got that last block after Rasho funnelled Fish to the baseline.

Role reversal!

[ploto]

Starting bigs combined: 4-16; 8 points

Rasho: 4-4; 8 points :)

[Solid D]

Okay, I think Eddie House was a 2nd rounder and he went for over 40 didn't he?

It says on NBA.com that his high is 31 points vs. Utah, so I guess it's not Eddie.

[boutons_]

Rasho 4-4, 8 pts, 5 RBs. going for a little double-double off the bench.

Rasho and Brent got kicked in the head this week. Good to see them manning up to the challenge.

[Mrs.Szczerbiak]

We're up by 20... As for the Warriors: SUCKAS!

[ploto]

Tim has played 9 mins of 24. Pop is resting him. Or maybe he just sucks? :)

Tim shooting 25%.

He played 16 minutes- scoreboard must have been wrong.

[aaronstampler]

have either Bobby Simmons or Okur cracked 40?

[Solid D]

??Nazr not in the game.

Finley??

Oops, yeah it was Finley. Good call.

[WalterBenitez]

Rasho 4-4, 8 pts, 5 RBs. going for a little double-double off the bench.

Rasho and Brent got kicked in the head this week. Good to see them manning up to the challenge.
Looks like Rasho is doing a good job

[aaronstampler]

I just checked, Redd was a 2nd round pick, so he has to be the 4th. Nice job for whoever guessed him.

[ChumpDumper]

I just checked, Redd was a 2nd round pick, so he has to be the 4th. Nice job for whoever guessed him.
:smokin

[bendmz]

let's hope the Spurs don't get cold over the half

[boutons_]

up by 19, nothing to be proud of, GSW w/o Baron are weak, only 9-16 on the road. Spurs should be blowing them out.

Now the question is can the Spurs hold the lead better than they did last night?

[Solid D]

Yeah, Michael Redd scored 41 twice this year. Good one.

[bendmz]

Nazr getting it done...

[Solid D]

Ooooh, Murphy fouled Tim but Nazr cleans up and gets the and-1.

[Solid D]

Nazr's feelin' it. Sweet post turn into the lane and fade!!!

[mavsfan1000]

The warriors without Baron Davis has no hope like I said before. Baron Davis is to the Warriors what Nash is to the suns.

[CubanMustGo]

Nazr must have read the board at the half :lol

[Spurologist]

Nazr on cleaning duty tonight

[yeahone]

go spurs

[Solid D]

Manu got hammered on the drive no call, but TP blocks Fish on the transition layup! Spurs ball.

[Solid D]

D-Fish with the 3. 61-44. Timeout Pop not happy with that sequence.

[Spurologist]

TD 3-12. :wow

[CubanMustGo]

That's one ugly two minutes of b-ball ... enough, please!

[CubanMustGo]

Make that an ugly THREE minutes. Tick, tick ...

[Horry For 3!]

Troy Murphy always does good against the Spurs for some reason

[CubanMustGo]

WTF is up with all these blocks by GS?

[ducks]

Spurs Need To Get Murphy

[Solid D]

D-Fish looking at the refs. I think he wanted a foul on Finley on the Pietrus layup attempt.

[tim_duncan_fan]

3-13 fg.
is Tim blindfolded?

[boutons_]

halftime: BCats 74 @ Suns 68.

Some Suns troll tell us again how Suns have toughened up on defense! :lol

[Solid D]

3-13 fg.
is Tim blindfolded?

Yes but he has 14 rebounds and it's only the 3rd.

[Warlord23]

2 positive aspects about this game:
1. Defense (GS shooting 37%)
2. Rebounding (Spurs leading 42-30 on the boards)

Seems like Pop's setting priorities in line with the playoffs.

[ducks]

Yes but he has 14 rebounds and it's only the 3rd.

MURPHY DID THIS TO DUNCAN LAST TIME HE PLAYED
THEM

I WANTED SPURS TO TRADE FOR HIM
BUT THEY DID NOT
:pctoss

[Solid D]

Great block by Rasho on Zarko. Plus he comes up with the possession.

Manu misses the high finger roll but it's 74-57 at the end of the 3rd.

[Solid D]

Timmy is trying to hit the open guys out of the D. He's got 4 assists but 5 turnovers.

[yeahone]

its suprsing that after 3 quarters spurs only attempted 10 fts

[Solid D]

NVE, Manu, Finley, Rasho and Nazr start the 3rd.

Bad pass by NVE.

Dunleavy with the midrange j.

Nazr turns it over.

Biedrins with the off. reb and score.

Manu baseline finger roll, no but Nazr reb., jump ball.

Nazr gets ball after his own jump tip, then scores layup. :elephant

[Warlord23]

Both Nazr and Rasho playing well today?! Doesn't that violate some fundamental law of nature? :lol

What'll Spurstalk bitch about now? Guess the 2-time MVP will be the target of the "he's garbage" and "trade him" threads today.

[ducks]

Spurs 5 Players In Double Figures

[tw05baller]

crap, i forgot there was a game tonight

[tw05baller]

is kens 5 using some sort of sharpness filter? it looks all wierd

[ducks]

Mike Is 0-4 So Spur Fans Can Bitch About Him

[yeahone]

Nar and Brent spurs best palyers tonight lol

[Warlord23]

Brent Barry is on a mission out there.

[CubanMustGo]

Mohammed! Barry! Rasho!

WTF is going on here?? :smokin

[loveforthegame]

Nazr has been on a terror lately. What's he been eating?

And Barry is playing the best I've seen him in the last few years. Let's hope he carries that with him into June.

[Solid D]

Manu with the sweet block to NVE uptempo to Barry in the corner for 3!!!!

Tim comes in for Rasho.

Ellis drives and partially blocked by Tim, Zarko reb. and fouled. Misses 1st FT, hits 2nd.

79-62

[ducks]

Spurs Have 6 Players In Double Figures

[loveforthegame]

Mike Is 0-4 So Spur Fans Can Bitch About Him

Yeah, too bad he's shooting poorly because he's grabbed 3 rebounds, dished 2 assists, and has a steal along with a block.

[Solid D]

Timmy doubled but fades andddddd scores (hit back rim and down)

Pietrus misses long attempt at top Barry reb. dribbles and wraps around to Tim. Nazr on low block, fakes, fouled. Timeout.

[ducks]

Manu Is Also 5-15
Another Bad Shooting Night For Him

[Warlord23]

Spurs Have 6 Players In Double Figures
And none of them is named Tim Duncan! When was the last time that happened?

[Trainwreck2100]

Reinegel you son of a bitch

[CubanMustGo]

Ladies and gentlemen: your Spurs' leading scorer so far tonight: Nazr Mohammed!

[aaronstampler]

Manu Is Also 5-15
Another Bad Shooting Night For Him


He can't seem to get any bounces on the rim lately. He's gonna need to get his hops back and crunk a few down to get his shooting percentage up. When you watch the Spurs championship DVD last year, you see a lot of Manu dunks...

I can't remember him getting one in the past two months.

[boutons_]

Michael no-shows again, but this time against a junk team.

[Solid D]

Timmy 1 - 2 on his FTs.

Nice off. reb by Tim but off-balance and Nazr didn't see pass.

How many off. reb. by the Warriors on that possession? 4 or 5? They still can't convert.

Spurs can't score either, Warriors finally score - Doigu.

84-67

[yeahone]

timmy having a terrible shgooting hnight

[Trainwreck2100]

Michael no-shows again, but this time against a junk team.


Thanks to the Michael law of average he'll have an awesome game against the Mavs, as long as he sits against New York.

[Warlord23]

OT: The Bobcats-Suns games is mind-boggling. 93-84 at the 7:30 mark of the 3rd quarter. The way they're going, both teams might hit 140 in regulation.

Both teams shooting 54%. 3-pt shooting: Suns 8-16, Cats 10-13

[CubanMustGo]

Why did Tim get T'd up?

[Solid D]

Timmy with 16 reb, Nazr with 14 and 9 of them are off. reb., Rasho with 6 reb. That's 36 reb. between the three bigs, so far.

[thispego]

good game

[Solid D]

Brent - Shoot the ball!!!! Bad mistake.

Beno, Brent, Fin, Marks and Oberto in during garbage time 90-74

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Did Timmy get T'd for his shirt being untucked? I noticed he tucked it in right after they called it.

[boutons_]

Razr with big double-double, 25 - 20.

[dimsah]

Offensive rebounds are tied? Wow.

[Solid D]

Sweet block by Barry on Ellis' layup to make up for the TO.

Oberto with the grab on Diogu and Ike falls to the floor.

Seanie Marks off the pick and pop for the 21 footer!!!! :elephant

[ploto]

Brent and Rasho basically the bench tonight! Who would have guessed this a couple of days ago! :)

I want to give credit to Rasho for how he is playing off the bench. Last night was rough- but he has had 2 of 3 very good games coming off the bench, especially for a guy who has for the most part started the past 6 seasons. People talk about the adjustment (Finley, Barry, Hedo,...) and I think he has done well this week, all things considered.

[Warlord23]

The Warriors have a bunch of promising players .. Pietrus, Diogu, Biedrins, Ellis, Murphy. They ought to trade some of the crappy contracts like Foyle and Fisher for cap space, and try and retain as many of these youngsters as possible

[spurs=bling]

Did Timmy get T'd for his shirt being untucked? I noticed he tucked it in right after they called it.

i don't know...i think i heard him say "you are so fucking blind" i think i'm not sure. because after he got the T

[Solid D]

92-75 it's a FINAL.

[ducks]

Murphy Just Has His Number

Murphy Needs To Be A Spur

The Good Side Is Spurs Have 6 Players In Double Digits
This Team Is Very Deep And Is Really To Share The Ball

[ducks]

Most Teams Do Not Play Team Ball They Just Hope Their Star Player Shows Up

[TDfan2007]

Tim with 9 points. WOW...just...wow. And it's not like he was bashful out there (17 FGA's). Fucking pathetic.

:pctoss

The Spurs winning this game really helps though. I don't know if I could have slept tonight if he shot like this and they lost.

[boutons_]

Spurs shoot 40%, that really sucks, but most other categories are big winners,

41% 3Gs (3Gs better the 2Gs!! weird)

18 AST/37 FG

RB 55 - 47 (LOTS of RBs, both teams didn't shoot for shit)

[dimsah]

Most Teams Do Not Play Team Ball They Just Hope Their Star Player Shows Up
I wish our star player would show up.
:depressed

[boutons_]

Tim can't show up, his PF must be killing him. His RBing alone won't be enough in the playoffs. We need his offense and defense.

[spurs=bling]

I wish our star player would show up.
:depressed

he will.

[dimsah]

Tim can't show up, his PF must be killing him. His RBing alone won't be enough in the playoffs. We need his offense and defense.
I was just kidding. They didn't need him to score tonight so it worked out.
He still had a pretty good defensive game, and had a few dimes.

I'm still hoping to see Tim's trademark game, and I am praying it wasn't the 21, 20, 10, and 8 against the nets in 03, although that would be tough to beat.

[mikejones99]

If the rest play this good, Tim can have a few off nights. Spurs -4 vs Dallas?

[TDfan2007]

I wish our star player would show up.
:depressed

:lmao

[boutons_]

"play this good"

Spurs shots 40% @ATT against lottery dreck, that's good? The Spurs FG% has been low 40s to 30s several times since Christmas. The offense and shooting ain't clicking at all.

[1Parker1]

Man, reading over these last few pages I would've thought the Spurs had lost :lol

People seemed to forget that Tim had bad games in LAST year's playoffs as well. However, despite 3 ankle sprains, he managed to show up when needed...notably Game 7, 4th quarter of the Finals. If guys like Finley, Barry, hell even Rasho continue to bring some points off the bench, that takes a load off Tim. Many Spurs fans seem to think that Tim Duncan needs to shoot 50% from the field, score 20+ and 10+ rebounds in order for the Spurs to win. However, Spurs have won plenty of games this season with Duncan playing sub=par. The point is, Spurs have a lot of offensive players now to make up for Duncan's sub-par play. Problem is, until recently, most of them weren't hitting their shots...which made Duncan's sub=par play more noticable.

[dimsah]

Man, reading over these last few pages I would've thought the Spurs had lost :lol

People seemed to forget that Tim had bad games in LAST year's playoffs as well. However, despite 3 ankle sprains, he managed to show up when needed...notably Game 7, 4th quarter of the Finals. If guys like Finley, Barry, hell even Rasho continue to bring some points off the bench, that takes a load off Tim. Many Spurs fans seem to think that Tim Duncan needs to shoot 50% from the field, score 20+ and 10+ rebounds in order for the Spurs to win. However, Spurs have won plenty of games this season with Duncan playing sub=par. The point is, Spurs have a lot of offensive players now to make up for Duncan's sub-par play. Problem is, until recently, most of them weren't hitting their shots...which made Duncan's sub=par play more noticable.
This is simply people who are afraid of the unknown. What if Tim's foot causes him to play badly in the playoffs as well, or worse, what if he's never himself again. That's why people overreact to bad games from him.

[boutons_]

'I would've thought the Spurs had lost"

no, just an unimpressive, ugly W @ATT.

It seems that Tim's ankle injuries last season weren't as hindering as his PF this season.

Spurs go nowhere without defense, and Tim has not been able to move around on defense, alter/block shots, etc. Several teams have beaten, even destroyed, the Spurs in paint points, and the Spurs lost most of those games. Those are games where Tim might score (but mostly score low), but not in the paint but as a jumpshooter, and where he wasn't able to defend against paint scoring.

[infinite styles]

TD 4 blocked shots....guess he didn't alter shit tonight then. WTF? They just won by 17 and Tim didn't even have to go into double figures. Are we really wanting to win another championship or see Tim put up MVP numbers. I always thought if you can win convincingly without your best player scoring big points than that was a good thing. Wait a minute what if Tim was averaging 25 and 15 and we were winning would you then complain about how Tony isn't avg more points or the bench wasn't contributing or what-the-hell-ever else it would take to make you be a damn pessimist.

[ploto]

Manu Is Also 5-15
Another Bad Shooting Night For Him
Thanks for the stat-- cumulative total:
9-33.

[angel_luv]

Erin Barry, Brent's brother and (I'm assuming) the brother's wife, came into the Terrace Club for dinner last night.

Erin is just stunning- so tall, and elegant, and nice too. Good choice Brent. :tu :)