Kori Ellis
11-28-2004, 02:44 AM
Brown performs mean throwdown
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Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
The Spurs got an amazingly efficient game from Malik Rose off the bench in their Saturday night victory over the Utah Jazz at the SBC Center — 16 points off just six shots in only 19 minutes. But the bench player everyone was talking about afterward was Devin Brown.
Connect on one spectacular alley-oop dunk and the world beats a path to your door.
Brown's spectacular throwdown off a lob pass from Brent Barry with 7:45 left in the Spurs' 109-76 victory seemed a lock to make a certain highlight-reel sports show.
"If that's not No. 1 on (ESPN) 'SportsCenter' tonight," Spurs captain Tim Duncan said, "I don't know what is."
Curiously, Brown insisted he had no intention of heading straight home to tune to ESPN to find out if Duncan was right.
"No," Brown said. "Same routine. Go get something to eat and go hang out with the family."
Barry, the triggerman on the play that brought nearly everyone in the house to his feet, had a response to Brown's assertion of disinterest.
"Yeah," Barry said, "Devin's at the deli ordering a fat chance on rye. He'll be watching."
Brown, the former UTSA star, had to admit the dunk may have been the best he had done in a game, at any level. He started the play himself when he picked off an errant pass by Utah's Howard Eisley and headed up the right side of the court, spying Barry streaking down the left side.
One cross-court pass to Barry and a lob back, and Brown was putting his athleticism on display.
"I've had some nice dunks in the past," he said, "but I do have to rank that right up there."
The credit, he said, should go to Barry for perfectly placing the lob, tossing it high enough to optimize the spectacular effect.
"Brent did a great job," Brown said. "As soon as I got the steal and I saw him running, I knew to throw it to him and he would throw it back. It's something we did in the preseason a couple of times.
"It makes you feel good (when everyone gets so pumped up). I just want to chip in and play well and be consistent. Plays like that help out.
"Just another day at the job. Enjoy it while it lasts, but that's it."
Said Barry: "I didn't do anything. He did it all. It was just a heck of a play by Dev. In the preseason, we tried to hook up a little bit when we were running transition. Trust me, I did the easy part. He did the hard part.
"I didn't even see a replay, but I heard the reaction of the crowd. And I'm sure Dev will be watching it late tonight on 'SportsCenter.'"
Meanwhile, Rose, whose 16 points on 4-for-6 shooting and 8 for 8 at the foul line were a team high, was content with what he said was his "best game in a long, long time."
"I'm just hoping I can build on it," the backup power forward said.
Rose had to endure some ribbing from his teammates after he fell over his own two feet while backpedaling on defense in the second half.
"I'm usually more sure afoot," he said. "I was just backpedaling ... and there was a sniper in the 200 section who took me out."
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA112804.9C.BKNspurs.brown.9cd125d6.html
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
The Spurs got an amazingly efficient game from Malik Rose off the bench in their Saturday night victory over the Utah Jazz at the SBC Center — 16 points off just six shots in only 19 minutes. But the bench player everyone was talking about afterward was Devin Brown.
Connect on one spectacular alley-oop dunk and the world beats a path to your door.
Brown's spectacular throwdown off a lob pass from Brent Barry with 7:45 left in the Spurs' 109-76 victory seemed a lock to make a certain highlight-reel sports show.
"If that's not No. 1 on (ESPN) 'SportsCenter' tonight," Spurs captain Tim Duncan said, "I don't know what is."
Curiously, Brown insisted he had no intention of heading straight home to tune to ESPN to find out if Duncan was right.
"No," Brown said. "Same routine. Go get something to eat and go hang out with the family."
Barry, the triggerman on the play that brought nearly everyone in the house to his feet, had a response to Brown's assertion of disinterest.
"Yeah," Barry said, "Devin's at the deli ordering a fat chance on rye. He'll be watching."
Brown, the former UTSA star, had to admit the dunk may have been the best he had done in a game, at any level. He started the play himself when he picked off an errant pass by Utah's Howard Eisley and headed up the right side of the court, spying Barry streaking down the left side.
One cross-court pass to Barry and a lob back, and Brown was putting his athleticism on display.
"I've had some nice dunks in the past," he said, "but I do have to rank that right up there."
The credit, he said, should go to Barry for perfectly placing the lob, tossing it high enough to optimize the spectacular effect.
"Brent did a great job," Brown said. "As soon as I got the steal and I saw him running, I knew to throw it to him and he would throw it back. It's something we did in the preseason a couple of times.
"It makes you feel good (when everyone gets so pumped up). I just want to chip in and play well and be consistent. Plays like that help out.
"Just another day at the job. Enjoy it while it lasts, but that's it."
Said Barry: "I didn't do anything. He did it all. It was just a heck of a play by Dev. In the preseason, we tried to hook up a little bit when we were running transition. Trust me, I did the easy part. He did the hard part.
"I didn't even see a replay, but I heard the reaction of the crowd. And I'm sure Dev will be watching it late tonight on 'SportsCenter.'"
Meanwhile, Rose, whose 16 points on 4-for-6 shooting and 8 for 8 at the foul line were a team high, was content with what he said was his "best game in a long, long time."
"I'm just hoping I can build on it," the backup power forward said.
Rose had to endure some ribbing from his teammates after he fell over his own two feet while backpedaling on defense in the second half.
"I'm usually more sure afoot," he said. "I was just backpedaling ... and there was a sniper in the 200 section who took me out."