Spurs vs. Blazers March 4th -- Game Blog

[timvp]

Spurs need to make short work of tlong's team.

[ALVAREZ6]

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[efrem1]

Criswell prdeicts... Spurs 105 Blazers 91

[boutons_]

Manu's (over) due.

[Dario]

I just came home from really nice saturday night :makeout, its almost 3am here, but i still got some time till i go to sleep to say that spurs will make a great run in the 3rd Q to finish the game with 103-89 score.
Mark it down, because its going to happen!
Go spurs go

[ChumpDumper]

Wow, Nazr was hacked big time.

No call.

[ChumpDumper]

Khyrapa is getting superstar calls tonight. Is this game on Russian TV?

[ChumpDumper]

16-13 Blazers

Blazers got 7 offensive boards.

[spurs=bling]

damn there is the UFC fight and spurs game... i don't know what to do.

[ChumpDumper]

Oberto is playing Horry's minutes.

[ChumpDumper]

Finley to Bowen to Finley to Bowen for 3.

19-18 Spurs

[ChumpDumper]

Spurs completely without energy in transition D.

[ChumpDumper]

24-21 Blazers after 1.

Blazers outhustling Spurs by a factor of 10.

Brian Skinner looks like Sonny Rollins circa 1972.

[loveforthegame]

Spurs need to get on the boards. The Blazers are getting too many 2nd chances.

[1Parker1]

Great, Tony is struggling in the first quarter....

[1Parker1]

Bruce having another excellent game...already has 8 points in the first quarter.

[ChumpDumper]

Another wonder bread lineup lasts about 3 seconds before Portland scores.

Beno is in.

[aaronstampler]

That was the most aggresive Manu has gone to the rim in a month...

[ChumpDumper]

Duncan with a lucky block on Miles.

Beno has been watching too much Tony lately.

[ChumpDumper]

32-26 Blazers.

No effort from the Spurs whatsoever. Blazers get anything they want.

Spurs -7 on the boards.

[ChumpDumper]

NVE's elbow acting up again, hence Beno.

Duncan with basket, steal and pass to Barry for a dunk.

[ChumpDumper]

Skinner goaltends Rasho's weak shit, no call.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

how is TD lookin? the stat sheet says he's lookin pretty solid! :king

[ChumpDumper]

Duncan is showing up offensively. Making moves before the double team comes as he always should.

[ChumpDumper]

Tim goes to the line. Misses both but gets the board and the put back.

36 all

[Pinto Bean]

nice, Duncan rebounding his own missed FT and scoring

[ChumpDumper]

Our D is awful.

Blazers have a wide open lane to the whole every play.

[ChumpDumper]

Duncan owning Randolph.

Barry still adding a spark with a good board.

[Pinto Bean]

Damn, it would be nice to see some Spurs D

[ChumpDumper]

Spurs righting the ship a bit on D, not giving up so much in transition and forcing more outside shots.

Tony heating up getting a couple of jumpers 45-43 Spurs

[Pinto Bean]

Im glad to see Tim score a nice amount of points so far

[ChumpDumper]

Tony with the steal out of the TO steps out of bounds.

Blake with a tough shot over Finley.

Tony kicks out to Fin -- passes up the three when Miles flies at him, hits the two.

47-45 Spurs at the half.

Spurs can take these guys out once Pop kicks them in the ass in the locker roon.

[Solid D]

Hey they are going to show Sean and Rasho at Mrs. Baird's Bakery video at halftime! I wonder if Angel will be visible through the window. :lol

[Pinto Bean]

My grandmother worked a Mrs. Baird's Bakery in Marshall for 20 years. I miss all the free stuff she brought before she retired >.>

[ShoogarBear]

Did Rasho say a word during that halftime piece?

[boutons_]

Spurs getting killed, AGAIN, in the paint, 34 - 24.
Weak side help isn't there, nobody wants to hustle and help out.

[Solid D]

Rasho isn't very talkative in English, I guess.

[spurs=bling]

Hey they are going to show Sean and Rasho at Mrs. Baird's Bakery video at halftime! I wonder if Angel will be visible through the window. :lol

OMG Sean was sniffing Rasho and making funny faces

[yeahone]

leys pulla way from those jailblazers spurs

[TDfan2007]

Tim's playing well, but we're barely beating them. I can't see the game so can anyone explain this?

[Pinto Bean]

Play some friggin D Spurs

[ChumpDumper]

Tim's playing well, but we're barely beating them. I can't see the game so can anyone explain this?Our D was nonexistent in the first half. We let the Blazers think they could win and now they are playing like it--e.g., Randolph just dropped a three in Duncan's face.

[E20]

Who's playing well? Blazers are leading from the ESPN ticker.

[ChumpDumper]

No one is playing well on D.

Duncan, Parker and Nazr are playing well on O.

Manu still can't finish.

[TDfan2007]

Our D was nonexistent in the first half. We let the Blazers think they could win and now they are playing like it--e.g., Randolph just dropped a three in Duncan's face.

thanks. Man, doesn't sound like the Spurs we've been seeing this month.

[efrem1]

The team should be more aggressive. Nobody is close to being in foul trouble!!

[efrem1]

Why is it quiet on this board? There were 20 pages during the MAvericks game at this stage of the game.

[ChumpDumper]

Parker 8 points in the quarter.
Tim gets a T. Thank you Jack Nies...

[ALVAREZ6]

Brent Barry is the shit.

[Solid D]

Blazers playing 3-2 zone. Tim posts up Zach up and under, offensive foul on Tim clearing out with arm.

Randolph in land falls, kicks ball, Spurs ball.

TD low block bankshot good.

Jack for 3, no Barry efforts ball to Tim, TP drives and scores!

Miles misses TP at top drives by Jack and scores on a layup with English on it.

[Pinto Bean]

Why did Tim get a T

[Solid D]

Tech foul on Tim Duncan, Jarrett Jack shoots tech foul.

Tim thought he was pulled down in open court earlier.

Parker goes to the line for his "and-1" now. 65-59. no good on FT by TP.

Miles drives rt. on Ginobili, fouled by Gino.

Miles misses 1st (he's 52% FT shooter). Misses 2nd but tapped to Miles way out.

Miles knocks down the long shot.

Parker drives and is stripped by Miles. Miles drives and misses but tips in his own miss.

65-63. Manu at top drives and is fouled by Outlaw.

[TDfan2007]

Damnit I just found the game on NBC. WTF? The one game where Tim plays decently and I miss most of it.

btw, here's a crazy stat according to sportsline:

Tony: 2-2 on jumpers 5-9 on layups.

[Solid D]

Gino hits both FTs, 67-63.

Telfair off screen, Nazr switches, to Outlaw baseline j, fouled.

2 FTs good by Outlaw. Telfair holds TP on the inbounds. Spurs in the bonus so he'll shoot 2 FTs.

1st FT good, 2nd FT good. 69-65 with 24.6 secs. left in 3rd.

[Solid D]

Fin in for Nazr.

Jack in corner for 3, no, Manu back the other way, steps back and tries to thread the needle to Fin and turns it over.

Jack throws it ahead to Miles, bothered by Barry off balance, off the back iron.

End of qtr. 69-65.

[dimsah]

Sometimes watching this team play makes me want to pull out my hair!
It looks like the Spurs are still giving up way too many offensive boards.

[Solid D]

Telfair drives and kicks to Webser for 3 in corner, no good.

Fin in lane fadeaway, no good but Nazr reb.

Manu bad pass. Miles fast break and jams it over Manu.

Beno to Barry to Fin for the wing 3, no good.

Tim gets loose ball. to Manu running to Barry for 3!!!!!!!

Telfair misses floater.

Manu doubled to Tim inside and misses, ball o/b Blazers ball.

Webster misses inside, gets reb. himself up inside defensed by Tim, no good.

Beno is left corner for 3!!!!! :elephant

[E20]

Has Nazr played 8 minutes or more because on Yahoo! it says he has only played eight minutes.

[Tigole Bitties]

back to back to back threes!

[spursparker9]

ginobili for 3!

[Solid D]

Manu drives and misses Tim misses tip, grabs off. reb. brings it out sets up to Beno to Fin around to Manu in left corner for 3!!! :elephant

Timeout Blazers. 78-67

[loveforthegame]

There's the breathing room I was looking for.

[efrem1]

about time

[Solid D]

Blake at top for 3, yes. That cancels Manu's 3 I guess.

Barry in corner to Fin to Beno at top for 3, no.

Barry blocks Dixon from behind ahead to Beno all alone for the layup.

Randolph scores on rt. block.

Randolph from Miles running the floor scores and fouled by Fin.

Finley wide open for 3!!!!!!!! 83-75.

Randolph inside and fouls Bowen. Spurs ball

[Gerryatrics]

Yikes, is this a three point shooting contest?

[TDfan2007]

Yikes, is this a three point shooting contest?

Not anymore! Barry alleyoop to Finley! Great stuff.

[mavsfan1000]

Does Duncan ever think he fouls?

[Solid D]

Sorry, I got a phone call.

Beno running the break, to TP running left wing misses layp fouled by Blake.

TP makes 1 FT 87-75.

Illegal D by Spurs (3 sec.). FT good.

Pushoff by Miles on inbounds, off. foul.

TP with Tim high screen roll Spurs going small.

Tim off side screen behind the back pass from TP, TIm inside misses, gets reb. and puts it in, no fouls? oh well.

89-76

[yeahone]

well we can chalk this up as another win

[Solid D]

Miles out high and drives as Tim closes. Miles misses but Tim fouled him.

Miles 2 FTs good 89-78 with 3:59 left in game

[Solid D]

Barry drives and kicks to Tony right wing, jumpshot no good.

Beno, TP at guard. Barry and Bruce at F. Tim at C.

Barry feeds post and Tim spins quick and scores!!! and-1

[yeahone]

Timmy got a 20/ 10 wow

[yeahone]

the rebirth of timmy

[sanman53]

Almost all of our players are in double digits in minutes played. I noticed the other night with Troit that only 5 or 6 players played in double digit minutes, which happened to be their starters. They seem to be playing minutes like that all season. Do you all think they will get tired come playoff time? Any comparisons to them and PX last year (PX didnt have much of a bench last year)?

[Solid D]

Tim hits FT to make it 92-78 3:20

Miles inside lane and arches j off the back iron, Barry goes highhhhhhh for reb.

Manu lookoff pass to Barry wide open under the basket for a layup!!!! Wow.

[Spurologist]

Timmy got a 20/ 10 wow

when is the last time that happened

[Gerryatrics]

The SF is the best passer on the floor. :fro

[mavsfan1000]

Timmy is really injured right now. It shows by his performance. The mavs had nothing to do with Duncan's performance last game. :rolleyes

[TDfan2007]

Holy crap! Tim got 20+ points!

*waits for apocalypse*

[aaronstampler]

When it's all said and done, it's gonna look like a ho-hum 100-80 win. All we had to do was dominate one quarter and play 'em even the rest of the way. Team managed to pick up the intensity in the second half and Manu looked a lot more aggressive, rebounding and fighting for the ball, and Tim was very active on offense.

[Solid D]

Amazing Barry ran the floor and nobody picked him up on that last basket.

Blake for 3, good.

Barry for 3 in corner, no but Tim reb. Barry at wing to Beno in corner drives baseline and finger rolls it in!!!

Telfair misses inside, reb. tim TP to Beno uptempo, yes!!!!!!

98-81. Pop subs in Rasho and Oberto in garbage time.

[orhe]

hey come on portland! bring the deficit back down to 17!!!!

[mavsfan1000]

Tim being injured is bullshit. He is just having a bad year.

[orhe]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Solid D]

3 point attempt at top by Portland short. Rasho reb.

Beno to Oberto late in clock, short jumper no good.

Outlaw in corner, misses.

Beno at top, runs clock to Barry rt. wing for 3!!!!!

Webster drives baseline and Rasho gives him a Spalding Burger!!!!! Game over

101-81

[spursparker9]

spurs won by 20!

[aaronstampler]

Tim being injured is bullshit. He is just having a bad year.


And despite that, we can still kick your ass pretty much whenever we feel like it. 62 pts in the 2nd half, man that Mav D is intense!

[Tigole Bitties]

Blazers kept it interesting and competitive until the Spurs blew it open in the 4th.

[loveforthegame]

Good to see the Spurs simply crush Portland in the 4th quarter.

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Did Randolph score at all when Bowen was on him?

[Solid D]

Parker cranked up the volume and started doing fly-bys on the Blazers. Mach I.

[Warlord23]

Tim being injured is bullshit. He is just having a bad year.

Will you STFU already? He is injured, and hasn't had this kind of game in a month. Yes, the Mavs D is better, but Tim being injured had a lot to do with his performance.

The Mavs lost to the Spurs, fair and square. Will you take a break on the whining and wait for the next game in April? You're behaving like a bigger pussy than Irk and his brokeback partner Cuban, combined. It's totally understandable why you're a Mavs fan, actually.

[Pinto Bean]

Nice to see a 20 point win

[mavsfan1000]

Will you STFU already? He is injured, and hasn't had this kind of game in a month. Yes, the Mavs D is better, but Tim being injured had a lot to do with his performance.

The Mavs lost to the Spurs, fair and square. Will you take a break on the whining and wait for the next game in April? You're behaving like a bigger pussy than Irk and his brokeback partner Cuban, combined. It's totally understandable why you're a Mavs fan, actually.
The name is Dirk asshole. Dirk is so called "injured" as well. You are the one that should stfu. You don't even give the mavs credit for shutting Duncan down. Diop could shut Duncan down anytime.

[Solid D]

The Spurs going small worked well with TP and Beno in the backcourt. Bruce switching to Zach was also huge in gaining separation.

[1Parker1]

Diop could shut Duncan down anytime.


:lmao :lmao

[efrem1]

Well, I guess the page count went to 40 to 4 tonight. Good win Spurs and take it to the Fakers Monday.

[efrem1]

Well, I guess the page count went to 40 to 4 tonight. This seems to be the fewest posts I've seen in a long time. Good win Spurs and take it to the Fakers Monday.

[ChumpDumper]

The name is Dirk asshole.Ok, Dirk Asshole got shut down by a 6'6" guard!

[Solid D]

Duncan being guarded by Zach Randolph is something that Tim should be able to take advantage of even at 25% use of his foot. He was doubled some but nothing like Dallas did when they collapsed.

Talking about Diop one-on-one on Duncan isn't really accurate. Dallas plays team D just like the Spurs and they fronted and backed Tim (Tim sandwich) in the post frequently.

[Warlord23]

The name is Dirk asshole. Dirk is so called "injured" as well. You are the one that should stfu. You don't even give the mavs credit for shutting Duncan down. Diop could shut Duncan down anytime.

The only thing wrong with Irk is the itch in his vagina. How many 6-7 defenders is he going to get owned by? Wake me up when this 7 foot, soft as charmin SG does something notable in May or June other than showering with Cuban.

LMAO at the Diop smack. Why stop there? Pull out the Dampier and Mbenga card out as well. I'm shaking in my boots, as I'm sure, is Tim.

[Budkin]

Diop could shut Duncan down anytime.

Dude, you are fvcking delusional.

[mavsfan1000]

Has anyone ever seen Diop's defense? He is a beast in the paint. The guy is relentless against anyone trying to make a move on him. The only weakness is he occasionally gets in foul trouble.

[leemajors]

Has anyone ever seen Diop's defense? He is a beast in the paint. The guy is relentless against anyone trying to make a move on him. The only weakness is he occasionally gets in foul trouble.

yeah he was a real monster in the paint last night in the 2nd half...

[yourtehclay]

wow mavs fans are insane

[Brutalis]

No man they are just eating one too many shrooms. This happens to them all the time and frankly I don't see how they can take it much longer.

[cs100]

I heard that Tim has been getting treatment on his foot similar to what is used to break up small gallstones. Maybe that is helping his foot. Whatever is happening, I hope he continues to get better. His defense has been pretty good and he was aggressive tonight on offense.

It doesn't matter what uninformed or ignorant posters think about Duncan. The only thing that matters are the championship trophies Timmy keeps winning for us.

[ORION]

amen , tim not being 100% just shows how strong the team really is. how many other teams can keep winning despite their best player being hurt

[TDMVPDPOY]

Seriously BENO UDRIH > PORTLAND BLAZERS in scrub time :D:D:D:D