Round 2, Game 3: Spurs vs Suns Official Game Blog Thread

[Budkin]

Man the Spurs are getting owned right now... Manu better start driving!

[ducks]

manu threes have been open

[dbreiden83080]

Manu needs to drive the ball for god's sake and our D is bad right now.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

These fucking ABC free flight games are fucking KILLING ME, why the hell do they put that camera view on
its fucking nonsense

[Pistons < Spurs]

We got this. It's only the first quarter....

WE.
GOT.
THIS.
:tu :tu :tu

[Kobulingam]

Spurs look old and slow.

[Ginofan]

Manu lost his powers like those guys from space jam...=(
:lol

[ducks]

this lineup sucks

[ATXSPUR]

Because you're a fool.

If manu gets going and we win the series then I will gladly eat my crow. But until then im finished with this....

[LaMarcus Bryant]

duncan's on the bench, who the fuck will score for us now...

[NASHville]

The Suns look to have the mental edge so far.

[Borosai]

Tony's forcing shitty shots down low, Manu blowing a fastbreak opportunity with a weak shot instead of taking it strong. What's new?

[Spurs Brazil]

MAnuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[itzsoweezee]

that's manu of old

[lefty]

Manuuuuuuuuuu

[Admidave50]

Diaw is owning us, he abused TD and Horry in the last play

[Amuseddaysleeper]

FINALLY ginobili!

[resistanze]

Vintage Manu

[MannyIsGod]

THAT IS WHAT I AM FUCKING TALING ABOUT!

Yes!

[easjer]

That Is What We Are Looking For Manu!

Keep Doing That!

[Pistons < Spurs]

MANU!!!!! :tu

[baseline bum]

That's what the fuck I'm talking about, Manu!

[Ginofan]

Thank GOD Manu, he needed that.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's the shit!!!!

[naico]

parker and ginobile are terrible for us now!!

[Admidave50]

Finally! Go Manu Go

[gospursgooo]

Ginobileeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[aaronstampler]

They can run that fucking play with Oberto, but not Timmy? It's insane.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD nd TP on the bench

[Kobulingam]

Tony's forcing shitty shots down low, Manu blowing a fastbreak opportunity with a weak shot instead of taking it strong. What's new?

Yeah, I like how Manu didn't take it directly at the rim for a sure basket/foul, but instead trying to go off glass with a weird angle.

[Pistons < Spurs]

OMG Horry..... :depressed

[RashoFan]

Just turned on the game here....not so bad, only down by four. Crowd sounds good at the AT&T.

[SpursFanFirst]

25-21, Suns

[easjer]

Fuck. There we go again.

YES!

[Admidave50]

wtf was that, we come from a possible -2 to -6

[Ginofan]

Nice tandem, Berto and Manu

[Borosai]

Suns are getting way too many wide-open shots.

[Pistons < Spurs]

nice cut and great feed by Oberto! Seeing a little life out of these guys!

[Spurs Brazil]

Oberto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NASHville]

1 quarter at a time.

[easjer]

Nice Oberto!

Not great on the d though. That has GOT to tighten up.

[Warlord23]

The transition defense is just not there today

[ATXSPUR]

phoenix is getting so lucky this game it is not even funny

[Spurologist]

I beleive that church is history

Church will be in session by the end of the night

[Kobulingam]

Manu better score 25+.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We need a miracle sequence, where we make 3 or 4 amazing plays in a row, to get us going.

Not a bad finsh to the Q though... pity about these Phx circus shots...

[Ginofan]

No travel on that????

[Spurs Brazil]

That was a foul

[MannyIsGod]

No fucking foul and no travel? What the fuck?

[slayermin]

Eddie "Fucker" Rush not giving Manu calls.

[SpursFanFirst]

30-25, Suns after 1

[lefty]

They are double teaming Manu :lol :lol

[sprrs]

Manu finally being aggressive!

[Borosai]

Weak fouls. If you are going to foul them, make them feel it and make sure they don't get the shot up.

[Admidave50]

Not a foul on Manu? FUCK you Zebras

[ducks]

manu 2-7

[MannyIsGod]

Manu really came on at the end of the quarter. Good job.

[itzsoweezee]

horrible defense, but at least manu is playing aggressive

[dbreiden83080]

I know the Suns are amazing on Offense but no way we can beat them tonight giving up 30 pt qtrs, our D has got to apply more pressure.

[baseline bum]

This is the Manu I'm used to. The Manu who's the second best player on the team. Aggressive, attacking the basket, and creating great shots for Rob and Oberto.

[Budkin]

Spurs are in decent shape after not starting well. I like Manu taking it to the hole.

[Shaolin-Style]

Manu gets the same contact as Barbosa but they choke on their whistles.

[ATXSPUR]

this fucking game is killing me

[aaronstampler]

This is insane. Look at the plays we run when Tim and Tony are out there and look at what we run when it's just Manu. He could be getting these backdoor cuts and curls all day.

We just don't run the same plays when the big three are together. We turn Manu into a fucking standstill shooter.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Manu needs to create contact on those drives so he can atleast get to the line. He did a great job of getting past the double team, but he's gotta finish, or make them pay.

And Oberto should have fought for the ball there and tried to get a jump ball out of it. Instead he just watched his man laying on the ground fumbling the ball.

[Warlord23]

No adjustments so far from Pop ... he has 3 more quarters to figure something out.

[Budkin]

I agree with Ginofan. We got this.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu looked good there for a little while... then he blew that layup... still, at least he's attcking the rim.

[atxrocker]

wow, already crying about the officiating. and you wonder why people say that the spurs and spurs fans whine too much :rolleyes

[gospursgooo]

I love Manu!!!

[lefty]

I don't know what Pop told Manu during the last timeout, but it seems to work

[LaMarcus Bryant]

parker dammit this one's gonna depend on you

[nkdlunch]

Dammit. Bell should have 3 fouls already. fucking refs!

[atxrocker]

Dammit. Bell should have 3 fouls already. fucking refs!

:lol yeah, ok

[easjer]

Damn. It's great that we are only down 5. After a promising start, they sucked for the rest of the quarter.

It was nice to FINALLY see Manu getting to the rim, but the other side of that equation is finishing at the rim. I'd like to see more aggression from Tony with regard to scoring, but his distribution is ok, I think. Loved what we saw from Timmy.

Defense sucks. They are standing around, not active at all. Transition seems to be non-existent. They aren't altering shots or anything. Rebounding MUST improve on both ends.

But they at least look like they want to be there, so that is an improvement.

[baseline bum]

Manu gets the same contact as Barbosa but they choke on their whistles.

Eddie F. Rush :drunk

[dbreiden83080]

The D is awful they are having their way with us.

[Spurs Brazil]

We must play better D. It sucks so far

[nkdlunch]

manu showing signs of life

[Amuseddaysleeper]

at least manu is takin it to the hoop, eventually he'll either get the basket or the foul call


there are certainly signs of life! :toast

[slayermin]

Manu needs to hit a couple from the outside to open it up a little. Hopefully something will fall from the outside for him.

[Warlord23]

This is insane. Look at the plays we run when Tim and Tony are out there and look at what we run when it's just Manu. He could be getting these backdoor cuts and curls all day.

We just don't run the same plays when the big three are together. We turn Manu into a fucking standstill shooter.

But I thought the reason for Manu's suckage was that he was playing with the bench instead of starting? At least that's the excuse the Church has been parrotting after game 2

[ATXSPUR]

wow, already crying about the officiating. and you wonder why people say that the spurs and spurs fans whine too much :rolleyes

what are you doing here??? Is your team in the playoffs?

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Yup, we gave up way too many points in the 1st. Not going to cut it when the offense isn't clicking.

[Quiet Strength]

The spurs have to pick up their defense if they want to win and keep up their offense.. cant let the suns keep getting easy shots like that

[Ginofan]

I like that Manu is being more aggressive on offense. He's finally driving more, if he could just finish on a few more shots, we're golden.

WE GOT THIS!

[Borosai]

The Spurs aren't active enough on D. They're just watching.

[ATXSPUR]

my bad atxrocker quoted the wrong person

[slayermin]

Eddie FUCKHEAD. Rush :drunk

[Dre_7]

Eddie F. Rush :drunk

I think he was just in shock at the number of times Manu took it to the rim instead of shooting threes to end the qtr that he choked on the whistle.

[SpursFanFirst]

parker dammit this one's gonna depend on you

That is such a great sig!!! I laugh every time I think about it! :lmao

[exstatic]

Pop needs to never use that lineup again. Oberto, Bowen, Jacques, Horry, and a struggling Manu? WTF?

[sunsbum]

Yeah the sacramento queens talk about whinners!

funny how spurs fans call EVERY other fan base whinners. LOL

[atxrocker]

what are you doing here??? Is your team in the playoffs?

did i just foul manu too with my comment, you bitches?

[Ginofan]

Nice defense coming out of the break!

[ATXSPUR]

omg....they called a foul on barbosa!! elson will miss anyway though

[Ginofan]

did i just foul manu too with my comment, you bitches?
Look dude, this is our thread to bitch, whine, moan, groan, cheer, etc etc. If you don't like it just gtfo.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu needs to hit a couple from the outside to open it up a little. Hopefully something will fall from the outside for him.

I can't remember the last time Manu hit a J... poor bastard, it must be killing him.

Is it just me, or is he lacking the explosiveness he showed a few months ago? He doesn't seem to have the same quickness or leap.

[aaronstampler]

Amazing how can you get Manu involved actually running plays for him and stuff instead of having him stand around the 3 point line.

[SpursFanFirst]

omg....they called a foul on barbosa!! elson will miss anyway though

You were saying???

[Warlord23]

Defense! We need more of that!

[ATXSPUR]

I give up

[Borosai]

Once again, wide open.

[Warlord23]

11 pts of TOs ... Bell seems to stick it every time we turn it over

[Spurs Brazil]

Damn Elson

[Spurologist]

FUCK ELSON

you are not MAGIC JOHNSON

:pctoss

[SpursFanFirst]

33-27, Suns

[aaronstampler]

OMG Elson sucks.

[Admidave50]

TOs are killing us! Thx Cisco!

[ducks]

put td and tp back in

[resistanze]

Uh, yeah get some offense into the game.

[itzsoweezee]

this is shitty defense.

[Borosai]

Fuck these idiots can't play D.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Bell is tearing you guys a new asshole.

[easjer]

Fuck. This defense is not good.

Who the fuck is on Bell?

[LaMarcus Bryant]

This is hopeless, spurs defense = absent

[lefty]

DEFENSE ???? what the fuck???? :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss

[Admidave50]

Where's the D on Bell? fuck it

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How do you make the PUKE emoticon?

[Budkin]

Goddamit!

[exstatic]

funny how spurs fans call EVERY other fan base whinners. LOL
Just the ones without a title. :)

[RashoFan]

I give up
Don't give up on the Spurs!

[Kobulingam]

Great defense.

No Nash, yet we're still not defending the three.

[Warlord23]

Bell leads all scorers with 12 :lol

That just about says it all

[nkdlunch]

Duncan is gonna have to play 40+ minutes.

[Budkin]

Raja is ringing our Bell. Shit.

[fred33]

ginobili suckkkkkkkkkkkkk

[dbreiden83080]

If they keep hitting open 3's at this rate there is no chance for us tonight, we better hope this levels off for them a bit.

[Quiet Strength]

I dont understand how elson and vaughn have earned any minutes with the spurs.

[ducks]

I knew that lineup sucked
pop got lucky to end the first quarter ok with it
but he should have put duncan back in at the beging of quarter

[ATXSPUR]

this series is fucking over....what the fuck are the Spurs thinking????

[Amuseddaysleeper]

wow


this game really could not be going any worse right now

[baseline bum]

Nice Elson. Three turnovers, and not going after Bell at the three point line in transition.

[mavsfan1000]

Bell is clutch.

[easjer]

This should be a simple adjustment.

Play some fucking D.

Who is supposed to be on Bell?

[naico]

sloppy bitches!!

[nkdlunch]

Spurs playing like shit on D.

[Budkin]

They won't keep hitting the open jumpers... I just don't want us to get down by too much.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

suns 5-7 on 3's and we're 0-4

[baseline bum]

It's time to cut the bigman rotation to Duncan / Oberto / Horry.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Duncan is gonna have to play 40+ minutes.

Duncan is going to have to score 40+ points to give us a chance to even win this shit

we can't let phoenix score these god damn easy open points

[Quiet Strength]

Bad coaching right now for the spurs

[spurs1990]

Remember the Spurs overcame a 20 point second half deficit against Dallas last year. I expect them to come back.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pop's got to lay it on the line here: this is your season, right here, right now, so start PLAYING LIKE IT MATTERS!!!

:devil

[slayermin]

This series is beginning to remind of Kings vs. Lakers from '02. I hope Horry doesn't have to bail us out like he did LA.

[atxrocker]

lovin this shit

[MannyIsGod]

We have no transition D right now. The Spurs just aren't playing complete ball at all. The Suns are playing better defense and better offense.

[Spurologist]

Manu can't run the show on his own pop. That means tp/td need to get more minutes. Too fucking predictable

[dbreiden83080]

They won't keep hitting the open jumpers... I just don't want us to get down by too much.

they had better start missing because we got no shot if they are hitting 3's at this rate.

[nkdlunch]

They won't keep hitting the open jumpers...

that's what Utah said last night

[atxrocker]

Remember the Spurs overcame a 20 point second half deficit against Dallas last year. I expect them to come back.


remember that dallas is the biggest choking team in the nba?

[Pistons < Spurs]

We've played 14 minutes ... and TP and TD have already had 5 minutes rest on the bench. BS. It's the playoffs. Your teams down. And the guys have had 3 days rest. Play them. 40 minutes should not be unexpected if you need them.

[lefty]

How do you make the PUKE emoticon?
http://www.boognish.com/ween_archive/weirdie/puke-1.gif

[easjer]

I want to see Parker score.

I want to see some fucking D.

I don't want to see anymore Elson.

[Spurs Brazil]

Late Call

[Admidave50]

GINOBILI SUCKS! that's it

[ducks]

bell is 4-4 from downtown

[Amuseddaysleeper]

better late than ever

[ginobili fan]

fuck manu he suckssssssssssssssssssss

[slayermin]

Cool. I'll take it.

[ducks]

manu shooting free throws yes

[Kobulingam]

Time for pop to make Vaugh/Elson permanent bench warmers.

Spurs had 4 days rest, fuck. Play TD/TP all game long.

[Texas_Ranger]

C'mon Spurs. Start play like you should.

[atxrocker]

that call was terrible

[TheSanityAnnex]

Don't wanna hear about any more foul calls.

[~Sweetmelody~]

Everytime they show Amare, I get sick.

[ginobili fan]

I'm starting believing that 2005 was just fucking luck fuck wake up manu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[atxrocker]

Don't wanna hear about any more foul calls.

[Spurs Brazil]

That's great, Diaw kiliing us

[resistanze]

wow, if this is how they plan to play w/o Nash and Amare they better start thinking about game 4.

[Admidave50]

Diaw and Bell destroying us!! This game is looking UGLY

[aaronstampler]

We're playing horrible defense inside right now.

[ATXSPUR]

Oh well...I hope detroit can win it since we have decided we are not going to show up.

[ForeignFan]

they do not miss Amare with Diaw ...

[easjer]

This is not good.

WTF was that possession?

Where the fuck is the D?

They are digging a hole I'm not sure they can come out of.

[Kobulingam]

Maybe Manu was just on roids or something in 04/05. He sure doesn't look anywhere near as fast or built anymore.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We are watching our season disintegrate right before our eyes... :(

They're outplaying us in every facet of the game.

[Budkin]

Damn we are sucking badly... Spurs are playing soft as shit.

[phxspurfan]

somebody needs to box out Diaw.

[baseline bum]

The Spurs are awful offensively, and even worse on D.

[ducks]

come on tp

[Pistons < Spurs]

Timmy is the man!!!!

[Warlord23]

Go Timmy!!

[SpursFanFirst]

39-33, Suns

[Budkin]

It's just sad that they talked all that shit about us and this is how we respond to it... unless something changes drastically we're not winning this series, let alone this game.

[MannyIsGod]

They finally called a walk. Jesus now I know how other teams feal about Tony Parker travelling and never getting called for it.

[lefty]

And 1!

[Pistons < Spurs]

yes!!! Tony!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TP and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[resistanze]

THERE YOU GO! Damn.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's what we needed - a mini-run.

Now stay awake Spurs!

[SpursFanFirst]

Nice job, Tony!!!! Let's do more of that!

[Spurologist]

FUCK yeah TP and1

[Warlord23]

Tp + 1!!!!!!

[Admidave50]

AND1! Yes tony

[RashoFan]

thank you tony and1

[ducks]

yes tp
thomas 2

[spurs1990]

Stop comparing Ginobili to the 2005 version. Ever heard of aging? Fuck guys.

[slayermin]

At least both TP and Manu are being aggressive. Bell has killed us thus far with his three point shooting.

[Kobulingam]

Game 3 is too important. Keep TP and Timmy out there until halftime. There are enough breaks, timeouts, tv timeouts. They can rest at the half.

[slayermin]

I can't believe I'm saying this but fuck, Oberto with his third foul.

[Phil Hellmuth]

Fabricio O'Foul'to?

[atxrocker]

here comes amare

[Spurs Brazil]

Agreessive TP now

[phxspurfan]

the playoffs are about stars taking over, and TP is doing just that. only good thing i'm seeing here.

[Spurologist]

DAMN

tp is taking no prisoners.

ALL OUT BLITZ ATTACK

[itzsoweezee]

spurs are gonna have to make some threes if they want to win this game

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Parker clearly wants it. Great move.

[Kobulingam]

Stop comparing Ginobili to the 2005 version. Ever heard of aging? Fuck guys.

He's 29.

Manu better find his roids supplier and get back on whatever he was juicing up with in 05. I miss 05 Manu.

[kevm2]

This team just isn't that good beyond the big 3. Did anyone think a team consisting of a bunch of old timers and mediocre players was going to win the championship this year? Sad thing to say, this series, it's not even the big 3 really, since Manu isn't playing up to his potential. How about next time we don't assemble a bargain budget team to stay under the luxury tax? PAY for a GOOD team during this Duncan era. It's not going to last forever.

[baseline bum]

Why doesn't Finley post up Nash?

Finley is an awful post player.

[atxrocker]

spurs coming back from the line. how impressive.

[SpursFanFirst]

little by little, they're knocking down the lead...let's go guys!!!

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I guess I'm an idiot for saying the Bell and Thomas acquisitions a year ago were not going to work in the suns favor cuz it really does seem like they're locking down our whole team during stretches.

[phxspurfan]

lol @ horry hitting the floor on every play

[slayermin]

Horry is playing hard tonight.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Finley is an awful post player.


Has the popavich call for Finley posting up EVER WORKED Ever??!?!!?!?


seriously

HAS FINLEY POSTING UP EVER WORKED?????

[ducks]

amare is a piece of shit

[Admidave50]

WTF? What is that call???

[Warlord23]

Eddie Fucking Rush

[~Sweetmelody~]

Wth?!?!

[Admidave50]

Suns having 2s to shoot and they give them a shitty call

[LaMarcus Bryant]

DAMMIT PARKER omfg

[baseline bum]

Has the popavich call for Finley posting up EVER WORKED Ever??!?!!?!?


seriously

HAS FINLEY POSTING UP EVER WORKED?????

It was terrible when Fin posted Nash in the first quarter on one possession. His turnaround went off the front of the rim and straight into the floor.

[resistanze]

WTH Parker

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

O lord, TOs and missed 3s gonna kill us again...

[SpursFanFirst]

46-39, suns

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs rattled after game 2, just like last year.

[atxrocker]

beautiful

[Borosai]

Good idea...just leave them open. Great D.

[E20]

For some reason the Suns players are pissing me off more than ever right now. Just there expressions on there faces from being tired to laughing/clapping to complaining.

Bell, Barbosa, Stoudemire, Nash, Marion, Diaw, Thomas ALL PISS ME OFF EVERYTIME I SEE THERE FACES.

COME ON SPURS FUCKING END THIS SHIT AND BURY 'EM.

[ducks]

bowen should be on marion

[slayermin]

Three point shooting killing us.

[SpursFanFirst]

if we start hitting shots... :depressed

[atxrocker]

back to a 9 pt lead

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Duncan is getting OWNED by 3 suns every time we miss a shot because every spur is so quick to get back on D...

[baseline bum]

The Spurs look like they don't even give a shit tonight. I've seen Bowen, Finley, and Elson each just stand there or half-ass the closeout on an open three in transition.

[phxspurfan]

suns playing team ball tonite.

[easjer]

This isn't going to get better if we keep leaving them open on 3 and missing offensive rebounds and turning over the fucking ball.

What a miserable game. Must win for us, and we forget how to play D.

[ducks]

bruce,finely and horry suck shotting

[resistanze]

They rattled Nash

[Phil Hellmuth]

spurs d making nash look like ridnour, but still down 8 not a good sign,

[itzsoweezee]

bowen is playing amazing defense on nash. now if only the spurs could hit a freaking three

[aaronstampler]

Y'all have been yelling at Manu too much to notice, but not one damn guy on our team has hit a jumper yet.

[ducks]

nash 2 fouls

[Admidave50]

Nash seeking for a nose bleed once again?

[Budkin]

The fucking wide open 3s are killing us.... why why why!!!!!

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I really wish Bowen would guard someone who is shooting all those threes.

[lefty]

Bowen coast to coast

So Manu playing like Bruce

Bruce playing like Manu



:wtf :wtf :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Only TP and TD playing for us

They need help