Spurs vs Orlando Oct. 14th -- Game Blog

[phyzik]

I know its still about 21 1/2 hours away before tipoff but was just wondering what you guys think about this game. I cant wait for the season to start, good or bad. :hungry:

Where are you gonna be listening to it? :meeting:

what is your prediction? :reading

(edited because its not on TV :depressed )

[angel_luv]

I will be watching it from work in the Terrace Club :hungry: :toast Restaurant.

I am so pumped about the new season being underway.

I expect to see a lot of play from the new guys- which will be nice since I have no previous knowledge of any of them.

And of course, Spurs are going to win. :danceclub

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Is it gonna be on TV?

[Kori Ellis]

Is it gonna be on TV?

No. I think the only Spurs preseason game on TV is the one on the 27th against Dallas.

[phyzik]

No. I think the only Spurs preseason game on TV is the one on the 27th against Dallas.

Damn, could have sworn it was gonna be on TV... Well its either WOAI or I might just have to buy some tickets.

[angel_luv]

Any word on if Hedo is well enough to make the trip?

[Kori Ellis]

If anyone wants cheap seats, there's $9 tickets still available.

[Kori Ellis]

Any word on if Hedo is well enough to make the trip?

I don't think so. He didn't play tonight in Oklahoma City.

[angel_luv]

Thanks Kori.

My new room mate is going to the game tomorrow. It's her first time at a professional basketball game and she's super excited. She got a ticket from work- section 109 not too shabby!

I am going to bring her to a gtg once we start having them again. :)

[Texas_Ranger]

My prediction is that Spurs will win 102 - 88.

[ploto]

Who's going to shut down Howard?

[Texas_Ranger]

^^ Duncan.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

^^Indeed.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

97-74 Spurs

[milkyway21]

Orlando won over Hornets friday night. Tyson Chandler sprained his left ankle and West his right .

i hope the Spurs will will keep it easy on this game. So, we will open the new season with a win, as always :D

[TDMVPDPOY]

im expecting a loss

[milkyway21]

^^ Duncan.how about Butler to guard Howard instead? let's see how he copes. He played in the NBA not one from Europe or Argentina like Oberto. This is the right moment for him to play. This game won't hurt the season's standings.

I'm :hungry: to see if this newcomer fits into the Spurs system.

[themvp]

Its only a pre-season game.

98-86 Spurs

[Bruno]

Spurs will lost this one because Pop will play a lot newcomers and training camp invite. Remember last preseason, he really don't care about winning these games.

[polandprzem]

Spurs will lost this one because Pop will play a lot newcomers and training camp invite. Remember last preseason, he really don't care about winning these games.

I bet the spurs will win :greedy

[spurschick]

how about Butler to guard Howard instead? let's see how he copes. He played in the NBA not one from Europe or Argentina like Oberto. This is the right moment for him to play. This game won't hurt the season's standings.

I'm :hungry: to see if this newcomer fits into the Spurs system.

I'm honored by your sig.

[ploto]

Just a reminder when it mattered--
Thu Apr 13 Orlando 92 Spurs 80

Orlando was playing very well to end last season and that was without Grant Hill and Darko just getting acclimated.

[boutons_]

Orlando on 2nd of B2B. The old Spurs have a chance. :lol

[HeyIt'sMe]

Orlando's looked very good the first two preseason games, but I'm not getting excited since it is only the preseason.

That said, I think Dwight's set for a huge year.

[FromWayDowntown]

Orlando 162, Spurs 77

[Old School Chic]

Orlando 162, Spurs 77

:lol

I'm just happy the Boyz (Spurs) are back! :clap

[CyberBob]

Since the Texas game will be on 1200 - the Spurs have been moved over to 760.

[xamila rey]

i cant hear a thing.
is anything that i can do to fix it?
i dont have the same problem on 1200.

[sa_butta]

I can barely pick up any sound from the web.

[texwheel]

Me too. Sound real low, had to turn computer vol and player vol to max.

[yourtehclay]

Has the game started yet? My audio league pass isn't picking anything up.

[SuperManu!!!]

I have no problem with the audio

[boutons_]

the audio is very weak. I've got the volume turned up max and it's just barely audible. If my PC makes beep while I type, the beep is extremely loud.

Spurs getting their asses kicked 12-13.

[SuperManu!!!]

Oberto looking good! And manu with a 3!

[E20]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=AgCS7.TNwH1Q0r5oz_EVeEi8vLYF?gid=200 6101424

From Yahoo's play-by play the starters are playing pretty solid. Even if it's preseason we should be up by more.

[spursparker9]

manu with 13pts and 5/5 FG

[boutons_]

Manu's feeling it, going for 49 pts.

[E20]

Manu should keep up this play for the whole year.

[boutons_]

Duncan's dogging it, is he hurt already? :lol

[E20]

The starters played the whole 12 minutes.

I'm impressed by Ginobili. Parker I'm happy with. From the boxscore it looks like Duncan is playing with a blindfold or something. Bruce is doing well.

[E20]

There's Horry with the trey and the steal.

[yourtehclay]

How does Elson look?

[timvp]

Elson getting owned.

Whodathunkit.

[T Park]

:lol

Anyone the Spurs bring in other than ball grabbers is less than satisfactory I guess.

Name me some Centers who don't get owned by Dwight Howard.

[Spurologist]

Jacque Vaughn, Jamar Smith and Matt Bonner on the floor at the same time. That is scary.

[timvp]

Darko was playing center.

Oops.

[jayfmyers]

The volume was too low for me too. It's much louder if you go through nba.com but it's an orlando station. Just click on the listen link under our game at the top.

[timvp]

Elson's first half:

12 minutes. 0-1 from the field. 2 turnovers.

That's it.

[E20]

Against Orlando?

[timvp]

As it's looking, Oberto is going to be the starter ... which is the move I wanted before last season.

:smokin

[timvp]

Another miss and another turnover for Elson.

[whottt]

It's good to see Timmay's already in midseason form on his FT's .

Where is Jackie Butler?

[timvp]

ELSON UPDATE

15 minutes. 0-2 from the field. 3 turnovers. 2 fouls.

That's it.

:downspin:

[Mr. Body]

And people made fun of me for wanting to forget about Elson and send the money Javtokas's way.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

interesting boxscore...

[timvp]

Elson almost got a rebound but Barry took it away from him.

Does that count?

[ducks]

And people made fun of me for wanting to forget about Elson and send the money Javtokas's way.
and nazr scored 16 points in a PREASEASON game
it is preason give it up
give him a few games
or do you think he has put david robinson stats up

[MaNuMaNiAc]

The Hawks beat Miami by ten points. Its preseason I know, but its hilarious how you take away Wade and the team is nothing.

[timvp]

Took Butler all of a minute to score.

And it was on the post against Dwight Howard.

:smokin

[Mr. Body]

and nazr scored 16 points in a PREASEASON game
it is preason give it up
give him a few games

Javtokas posted lousy boxscores over the summer, too, so yeah, there's a lot of games left to play. :ihit

[willie]

does elson have pics of holt sucking the coyote's dick?

[ducks]

Elson almost got a rebound but Barry took it away from him.

Does that count?
as long as he gets more then rasho he is an upgrade

[MaNuMaNiAc]

who's on right now?

[ducks]

6:54 SA - J. Butler dunks the ball. Assist: C. Lee

[ducks]

5:43 SA - Layup by C. Lee. Assist: J. Vaughn
5:48 SA - J. Butler steals the ball from B. Outlaw

[yourtehclay]

Jackie Butler is having a nice stint

[boutons_]

Did I hear Spurs outrebounded 48 - 29, @ATT?

[Spurologist]

Who is Charles Lee. It might be time for him to be converted to a PG. If Beno wants to stay, he can be Lee's personal assistant

[timvp]

Butler scores in the low block with the shot clock running down. Next defensive possession, Butler gets a steal and goes coast to coast and was fouled.

Wha-what?

:hat

[ashbeeigh]

That was crazy good hustle.

[timvp]

Spurs bench gives Butler a staning O.

Elson looks like he might have picked up an assist when he handed Manu a cup of gatorade.

[Spurologist]

Spurs bench gives Butler a staning O.

Elson looks like he might have picked up an assist when he handed Manu a cup of gatorade.

How you watching?

[timvp]

How you watching?

Cell phones have advanced.

:cooldevil

[Spurologist]

Cell phones have advanced.

:cooldevil

Nice

[Spurologist]

Olu Famutimi ??????????????

Can Dener be stopped???????????????????????????????

[boutons_]

Diener beat us, not bad for backup p/g.

[ducks]

O. Famutimi got called for that o foul and spurs could not stop them and lost it from there

[ducks]

B. Udrih DNP - Coach's Decision

[ashbeeigh]

B. Udrih DNP - Coach's Decision

Reason: Big baby. :cry

[angel_luv]

Beno wasdoing laps on the sideline before the game. Hopefully he is right back in the mix soon.

It was weird to look over in early warm ups and not have a clue who anyone was.
I can't wait until there are a few road games so I can sit down and really learn who is who.

The stats on the jubro tron was on advertsement instead of the numbers for most of the game- hopefully that was a technical difficulty and not the new norm.
I was busy at work all night training on our new computer system, so I didn't see a lot.
It sounded like Gino had a good game though. :)

[ducks]

was not a bad game with all that time off since the last game
and this was the first game against nba competion
rebounding still needs to be addressed
butler looked good late
elson hopefully was nervous first game as a spur at home

[ducks]

and most importantly no one was hurt

[Obstructed_View]

Jackie Butler with 7 points, 2 boards and 2 steals in 8 minutes? Sounds promising.

[BERSERK]

With these kinds of stats, I'm hoping Butler is our starting center! :smokin

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

If you look at the boxscore on NBA.com Jackie Butler isn't even on the list of the roster.

[BERSERK]

C'mon, they gotta give Butler some props! :(

[spurschick]

It was awesome being back in the arena again. My red dot won the dot race, which is a clear sign that we'll be winning the championship. :toast

I kept laughing at how many guys we had suited up versus the Magic. During the national anthem, the Magic had like 8 guys lined up and the Spurs were crammed into a huge line. During the game, the bench completely wrapped around the corner.

Sydney Duncan has dad's hair. God bless her.

Hedo was there. Manu went over to their bench and gave him a big hug as they were warming up before the second half.

[ashbeeigh]

Sydney Duncan has dad's hair. God bless her.


:fro

[angel_luv]

Sydney Duncan has dad's hair. God bless her.

Hedo was there. Manu went over to their bench and gave him a big hug as they were warming up before the second half.


Sydney meet my friend hair relaxer. :lol Or maybe she'll rock a fro like her dad did last year.

Hedo looked sharp in his suit.

M- I got my first up close look at the Spurs R.V. It was parked outside as I left work.
It's so nice! :)

[spurschick]

M- I got my first up close look at the Spurs R.V. It was parked outside as I left work.
It's so nice! :)


:flag:

[FromWayDowntown]

Lots of what I saw tonight was pretty underwhelming. Butler was a nice surprise -- I liked that he went right at Howard and attacked the rim. He was pretty bad on a couple of occasions on the defensive end.

I'd take that, though, over what Elson offered tonight, which was nothing to speak of on either end. If it was possible for a player to accumulate truly negative numbers in a linescore, Elson might have done that tonight.

Bonner was hit-and-miss, but he was at least aggressive and assertive.

Given who he was playing with for most of the 4th Quarter, I thought Jacque Vaughn was fairly impressive. For what he'll be asked to do, it seems likely that he'll meet that expectation.

Of the non-guaranteed guys, I thought that Charles Lee was fairly impressive. He seemed to have a good feel, showed good handle and a nice burst in bringing the ball up against pressure, was aggressive on the offensive end and showed some nice court awareness with an easy drop-off to Butler for an uncontested dunk.

The starters played a good first quarter, I thought, but it was hard to get much of a read against such a depleted Orlando squad.

[ducks]

Charles Lee was fairly impressive. He seemed to have a good feel, showed good handle and a nice burst in bringing the ball up against pressure, was aggressive on the offensive end and showed some nice court awareness with an easy drop-off to Butler for an uncontested dunk.
beno's replacement?

[spurschick]

The starters played a good first quarter, I thought, but it was hard to get much of a read against such a depleted Orlando squad.

The Magic put up a helluva fight though and they have some good shooters.

Got an interesting look at Brent at the PG spot. I thought he ran the floor well, but he's going to have a hard time guarding some of the quicker, smaller PGs.

[ducks]

beno would to

[timvp]

I'd take that, though, over what Elson offered tonight, which was nothing to speak of on either end. If it was possible for a player to accumulate truly negative numbers in a linescore, Elson might have done that tonight.

Sad thing is that this will be like a B+ game for Elson :rollin

[MI21]

How was Melzer? Still can't believe he is getting a run in real preseason games, there are many better American players who played in Australia last season.

[Kori Ellis]

How was Melzer? Still can't believe he is getting a run in real preseason games, there are many better American players who played in Australia last season.

He didn't do anything. He didn't suck, he just didn't have any opportunities and was a non-factor. He played 8 minutes.

[MI21]

Hmm, ok, cheers. Hope he succeeds just can't believe he is even there. The team he played for over here actually has 2 new imports and both of them are at least as good as he ever was.

I also believe the the Breakers (Melzers old team) have some type of relationship with the Spurs happening according to a magazine over here. Spurs really do get after it globally.

Is Timmy in good shape? Seems over the last 2/3 years there has been times where he seemed a little bit heavy. I've always thought the lighter Timmy was a better player.

[Kori Ellis]

Tim looks to be in really good shape. I think the Spurs are saying he was lighter last year and gained a little weight (muscle) this summer.



Here's my thoughts on the game.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51658


Here's some postgame audio.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51663

[MI21]

Cheers :)

[Bruno]

I bet the spurs will win :greedy

:)

[ShoogarBear]

Vaughn seemed to have a good game by the boxscore: 5 assists in 17 minutes, no turnovers. How did he look?

[FromWayDowntown]

I thought the no turnovers part of Vaughn's line last night was particularly impressive because he played most of the 4th quarter with at least 2 of the non-guaranteed kids on the floor with him.

I was pleased (but not surprised) with what I saw out of JV last night.

[Kori Ellis]

Vaughn seemed to have a good game by the boxscore: 5 assists in 17 minutes, no turnovers. How did he look?

He looked fine. He got most of his run with the scrubs. Here's how the subs went (by my rough notes).

1st quarter - Starters all 12 minutes

2nd quarter - Elson/Horry/Fin/Sanders/Barry started with 5:20 left, they had subs. Elson/Bonner/JSmith/Barry/Vaughn

3rd quarter - Starters til 5:04 mark. Then Elson/Horry/Fin/Sanders/Barry again.

4th quarter Butler/Bonner/Melzer/Lee/Vaughn started. 3:51 left Famutimi in for Lee, Smith in for Melzer, Reiner in for Butler.

[ShoogarBear]

I thought the no turnovers part of Vaughn's line last night was particularly impressive because he played most of the 4th quarter with at least 2 of the non-guaranteed kids on the floor with him.
Maybe he just never passed them the ball. :lol

[veronicamae]

I didn't see Hedo on the floor at all - was he not dressed?

And yeah it was so funny how we had like 50 players dressed and Orlando had 10. Even still, neither team had enough chairs for all the people that sit on the sidelines. at least 5 Spurs players were sitting on the floor where the camerament sit. is it just me, or is the press table thing longer? the coaches took up nearly all the seats!

[Kori Ellis]

I didn't see Hedo on the floor at all - was he not dressed?

And yeah it was so funny how we had like 50 players dressed and Orlando had 10. Even still, neither team had enough chairs for all the people that sit on the sidelines. at least 5 Spurs players were sitting on the floor where the camerament sit. is it just me, or is the press table thing longer? the coaches took up nearly all the seats!

I think the press table is the same as usual. It's just that the Spurs had 18 players dressed. In the season, they will have 12.

Hedo wasn't suited up. He was still out with the stomach problem.

[ShoogarBear]

Hedo wasn't suited up. He was still out with the stomach problem.I believe he had that when he was here.

BTW, I just drafted Hedo again for my fantasy team. I don't think I've ever had a fantasy team without Hedo. :smokin