Spurs vs. Rockets Dec. 9th - Game Blog

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Oh how I hate the Rockets. But that's not enough to make a good take, so I guess I'll need to come up with something to discuss. Let's do some head to heads...
Better defensive coach-Pop or Van Gundy? Pop's Spurs tied with the Pistons last year, but Van Gundy is doing a good job with far less in Houston.

McGrady vs. Duncan-who's the better scorer? Clearly Tim's got the D working over T-Mac but which scorer would your rather have-good ol' Groundhog day's 20-25 a night or T-Mac's streakiness with the occasional 45 point explosion every dozen games or so?

Best dopy looking white boy guard-Beno, Barry, or Sura?

Worse coach hair-Pop's wusstastic Riley wanna-be or Jeff's Comb-over of Doom?

[Useruser666]

I rather have Duncan because I doubt he would walk out on a losing team even if it was the end of the season.

[emveepee]

Rockets? After our Spurs lost last night, let's hope we get better sleep 2nite.

And btw, let's also hope Dirk mangles the Starbucks team! :elephant

[timvp]

Rasho should be able to resurface tonight playing against Yao. If Rasho doesn't log over 25 minutes, then something is wrong. He might also go to the line tonight :wow

Bowen will hopefully be awake in the first half this time.

[Experiment2100]

Parker/Beno should have a field day against this team. The PG spot is definitely the weakest which hopefully equates to easy points

[Duff McCartney]

This game is a brick fest. Ugly ass basketball.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

End of first quarter. So far, Spurs look as bad as they did in the first yesterday. Looks like Seattle may go down as one of those games that cause you two losses. Rasho is active on the glass but not finishing.

Spurs 20% shooting for the quarter. Rockettes at 25%, but finish the quarter on a 12-2 run. Rose shooting jumpers outside his range (don't hate, those were Kerr's words), Barry still not hitting, offense looks bad.

[timvp]

Rasho is alive!

Nice first quarter for him.

No comment on anyone else.

[ggoose25]

i like 12pt quarters... great to see last night really lit a fire under their collective ass

[milkyway21]

Malik Rose: forced shots, missed shots..get him OUT!

[Marcus Bryant]

Mass is in.

[Marcus Bryant]

FREE TONY MASSENBURG?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Manu is en fuego! (he was last night, but no one passed him the ball after the first quarter)

[Marcus Bryant]

Good D on Yao

[milkyway21]

2nd qtr.: Manu is furious, he's mad they lost yesterday,he's on the loose..

[mattyc]

Manu is loving the 3-ball tonight. :elephant

[ggoose25]

sweet lets take out our hottest player for Bowen.

[milkyway21]

is TD taking a night-off? hope he'll recover in the 2nd half.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Damnit, ggoose beat me to it. Screw the minute rotation, we need points, keep the MANu in.

[Marcus Bryant]

Ok, Spurs' O is looking ragged.

[milkyway21]

Rasho w/ 3 fouls is on the bench, yao is now making his shots...

[timvp]

Manu is en fuego! (he was last night, but no one passed him the ball after the first quarter)

:wtf

Manu was 1-for-9 on two-pointers last night.

[Experiment2100]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz*snort*zzzzzzzz

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

LJ, 3-5 on threes (same as tonight so far from out there).

[ggoose25]

did pop go through his whole bench except for wilks? jesus this is sad...

[Marcus Bryant]

Pop needs to make the "I got a Rasho, bring another one" call just like in that commercial.

[timvp]

Parker needs to start taking the PG scrubs to school.






P.S.

The only one that looks half way decent is Andre Barrett.

[Experiment2100]

Pop needs to make the "I got a Rasho, bring another one" call just like in that commercial.

It could end with Carlisimo pulling up with Sean Marks. He did dunk on Yao in the Olympics.

[Dex]

The Spurs need to score 5 more points than the Rockets in the second half!!! :oops

Dex == stat master

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Pop: "We are what we are."

THAT'S REASSURING.

Dear Bruce, no more jumpers earlier in the shot clock... ever.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Damn this game is setting back basketball decades.

[ggoose25]

just wondering... if you get the ball stolen from you, does that technically count as a personal turnover?

[Dex]

Anyone else hear the Spurs fans sitting near the cameras?

They were chanting GO SPURS GO earlier. :lol

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Why is Devin so gun shy? Did Pop pull the reigns in?

[Manu20]

Take the open shots Brown!!!!!

[Dex]

There we go. :elephant

[Marcus Bryant]

DB heating up.

[Manu20]

Did he heard me.

[milkyway21]

TP, 8 assists already?

[Dex]

Is it just me, or do the Spurs seem to play a lot better when they have the lead?

Even when its just a matter of a shot or two, we seem to play with decidedly more confidence if the scales are tipped in our favor.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Put Brown on one wing, Manu on the other, and let's put this thing out of reach.

And Malik, quit shooting long jumpers damnit.

[Dex]

Rasho's going to the line! One-hander time!

[Dex]

Still 50 percent with it, I guess (2/4?). Better than his old average, at least.

[Marcus Bryant]

Holy shit Rasho showed emotion.

[Dex]

AND he got an offensive rebound. He's actually...doing stuff out there.

Maybe we don't need the Mailman after all. :rolleyes

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Rasho = http://www.windex.com/i/img_splash_02.jpg

[milkyway21]

Holy shit Rasho showed emotion.maybe he was browsing this morning and read the threads? :lol

[Dex]

Rasho would shut everybody up if he just threw down one vicious dunk.

Just one. Just to prove that he can.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Rasho says "get it out bitch!"

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Popdamnit Bowen, do not shoot the jumper off the pick and roll, you can't make it.

[Dex]

At least he turned McGrady off again.

Now we just need to get a damn shot to fall.

</Spurs shooting curse>

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

He can shut down Tmac without blowing possessions at the other end trying to play horse with McGracy.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

4th quarter so far:

Rockets 6
Spurs 0

[Dex]

Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you by any means.

Bowen should just pretend like he's not allowed to shoot inside the 3-point arc :lol And he just proved it.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

By the way, after watching him shoot jumpers the last 6 minutes last night, I must say it's nice to see tim taking the ball to the rack.

[slayermin]

Timmuh with 7 blocks so far.

Duncan is carrying the Spurs. He did it last night, why stop now?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Damnit Devin SHOOT.

[mattyc]

Dev picking up the slack. Good lad. :hat

[milkyway21]

Brent Barry is right! DB is playing well this season.

[Dex]

Devin and Duncan carryin the load. A couple more shots should put them away.

DB is inching closer to that scoring average. With Barry's minutes, he might be able to make it. :spin

[Manu20]

Damn Devin is taking Manu's minutes away. It is all good though because he is feeling it tonight.

[Dex]

That Fat Albert movie looks awful.

Fuckin Kenan.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Dear Malik, Yao is a foot taller. Think before you shoot.

On a sidenote, where are the fans tonight? Is Htown that boring to watch/

[myhc]

Duncan having a bad shooting night but he's money everywhere else with 18 boards, 7 blocks and 9-10 FTs. :elephant

[Dex]

Pop just put Manu in the dog house. :(

[Dex]

No fucking way.

I hate TMac.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

And took him back out. If you're gonna substitute O for D, please put Barry in to shoot FTs.

Duncan just made a STUPID foul.

[mattyc]

Methinks Devin is the fucken saviour. :elephant

[myhc]

Oh My F!#!@!g God

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs looking for a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

But at least Duncan ran out on the shooter like everyone wants him too.

[milkyway21]

who's guarding TMac? he's killing us w/ those 3pt shots...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

lol, Pop, Malik, Tony to Devin: "dude, don't pass it to Duncan when they're gonna foul."

[Dex]

Tim shooting FTs at like a 90 percent clip! :wow

[myhc]

Duncan with the clutch FTS!!!!!!!! He's 12-14!! :fro

[Marcus Bryant]

TD is a hoss from the line tonight.

[Dex]

........

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Way to knock them down TD. Just don't foul Tmac on the perimeter again.

Um, here's a thought... trap Tmac and make someone else shoot it besides him.

[manustarting2gd]

Bang! TMAC for three again!!!

[myhc]

What in the freaking world?????? 3 3-pointers in 1 minute? He's trying to pull a Starks on us. Who is guarding him?????

[Dex]

Fuckin word.

I've seen TMac do this a couple times when he played back in Orlando, and I never even made it a POINT to watch Magic games.

[milkyway21]

there he goes again...spurs is just 2 pt. ahead!we can win this one. Go Spurs!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Popdamnit Why The Fuck Do You Let Tmac Shoot It?

[Dex]

....................*shoots self*

[Kori Ellis]

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Devin, next time hold the ball and let them foul you.

[Marcus Bryant]

I need a drink.

[myhc]

Somebody Tell Me What Happened. Was It Tmac Again?

[Dex]

For everything that he did, Devin Brown lost this one with that last play.

[Kori Ellis]

Devin messed up, but he also is the one who got them back in the game. I can't kill him about it, but damn, damn, damn.

[myhc]

Please tell me what happened!!!! I don't have it on tv.

[Manu20]

Devin fu*ked up!!!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The end of the game is the kind of situation where you put the ball in the hands of your vets. Sorry.

[Kori Ellis]

The Spurs had the ball up by two. Devin had it and should have just gotten fouled and gone to the line. He tried to dribble or something, tripped and lost the ball to the Rockets. They came down and hit a 3 to win the game.

[manustarting2gd]

GAME OVER ROCKETS WIN by one ! 81-80 TMAC went off with 4 three's in the last minute or so.. F***!!!! :oops ; :hang

[Kori Ellis]

The Rockets scored like 11 points in 40 seconds or something.

[Dex]

I'd hate to be in that locker room right now.

[mattyc]

Fucken hell T-mac. :pctoss :bang

Gotta be bloody kidding. T-Mac singlehandedly nailed our ass.

[ZStomp]

i can't help but laugh a little....:lol


The Spurs were up by 10 with 49 seconds left....OMG

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I'm off to go shoot a basketball or something. And not like TMac, I mean actually shoot a basketball.

[milkyway21]

we are ahead 10 pts after TD hit two free throws, I am kind of DISAPPOINTED!!!!!pOPS WAS OUTSMARTED BY vAN gUNDY, THAT'S FOR SURE!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I'd hate to be in that locker room right now.

The Spurs ought to ride home in a Greyhound bus. Like the one from Major League.

[Dex]

Just flurking incredible.

Can we just pretend like we won?

[TheChamp]

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm laughing my ass off here! :rollin

[PM5K]

we are ahead 10 pts after TD hit two free throws, I am kind of DISAPPOINTED!!!!!pOPS WAS OUTSMARTED BY vAN gUNDY, THAT'S FOR SURE!

Van Gundy had nothing to do with that, he was going through the motions like any coach down by ten with less than a minute to go would, Tracy McGrady won that game by himself plain and simple....

[Marcus Bryant]

TMac carries his team to the early December championship.

[Dex]

The Spurs ought to ride home in a Greyhound bus. Like the one from Major League.

:lol

"She should make it most the way, but she might give out on you when you're, say, 49 seconds or so away from home"

[Warlord23]

Up by 10 with 52 seconds to go ...
McGrady makes 4 threes and a free throw in 35 seconds

0:52 74-64 Tracy McGrady missed layup.
0:52 74-66 Yao Ming made two point shot.
0:52 74-66 Yao Ming offensive rebound.
0:48 Tony Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Scott Padgett. 74-66
0:47 74-68 Scott Padgett made dunk.
0:47 San Antonio 20 Sec. Timeout.
0:47 Emanuel Ginobili enters the game for Bruce Bowen. 74-68
0:44 74-68 Tracy McGrady Personal Foul. McGrady's 1st Personal Foul, Houston's 10th Team Foul.
0:44 Devin Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2. 75-68
0:44 Bruce Bowen enters the game for Emanuel Ginobili. 75-68
0:44 Devin Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2. 76-68
0:35 76-71 Tracy McGrady made 26 ft three point jumper.
0:31 76-71 Bob Sura Personal Foul. Sura's 6th Personal Foul, Houston's 11st Team Foul.
0:31 76-71 Reece Gaines enters the game for Bob Sura.
0:31 Emanuel Ginobili enters the game for Malik Rose. 76-71
0:31 Devin Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2. 77-71
0:31 Devin Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2. 78-71
0:24 78-74 Tracy McGrady made 26 ft three point jumper.
0:24 Tim Duncan Shooting Foul. Duncan's 4th Personal Foul, San Antonio's 2nd Team Foul. 78-74
0:24 78-74 Ryan Bowen enters the game for Yao Ming.
0:24 78-75 Tracy McGrady made Free Throw 1 of 1. 0:24 San Antonio Full Timeout.
0:24 Malik Rose enters the game for Bruce Bowen. 78-75
0:24 Brent Barry enters the game for Emanuel Ginobili. 78-75
0:16 78-75 Scott Padgett Personal Foul. Padgett's 3rd Personal Foul, Houston's 12nd Team Foul.
0:16 Tim Duncan made Free Throw 1 of 2. 79-75
0:16 79-75 Yao Ming enters the game for Ryan Bowen.
0:16 Bruce Bowen enters the game for Malik Rose. 79-75
0:16 Emanuel Ginobili enters the game for Brent Barry. 79-75
0:16 Tim Duncan made Free Throw 2 of 2. 80-75
0:16 Houston Full Timeout.
0:11 80-78 Tracy McGrady made 26 ft three point jumper.
0:11 San Antonio Full Timeout.
0:11 Brent Barry enters the game for Bruce Bowen. 80-78
0:11 Malik Rose enters the game for Emanuel Ginobili. 80-78
0:11 80-78 Ryan Bowen enters the game for Andre Barrett.
0:07 Devin Brown Lost Ball. Stolen by Tracy McGrady. 80-78
0:01 80-81 Tracy McGrady made 26 ft three point jumper.
0:00 Tony Parker missed 27 ft three pointer. 80-81
0:00 San Antonio offensive rebound. 80-81
0:00 End of the 4th Quarter.
0:00 End Game

[myhc]

Hey guys, was it TMAC who hit the game winner???

[Spurminator]

Spurs didn't blow that game. Tracy McGrady ripped it from them.

[Dex]

0:07 Devin Brown Lost Ball. Stolen by Tracy McGrady. 80-78

:cuss

[Marcus Bryant]

TMac wins an ESPY or whatever

[PM5K]

No the Spurs did loose that game, your defense can't give up thirteen points in thirty-five seconds, and Brent Barry should have had the ball in the end, not Devin Brown....

[Dex]

Goddamn it. I can't take this dropping back-to-backs thing. It's too much stress for consecutive evenings.

[Warlord23]

Spurs didn't blow that game. Tracy McGrady ripped it from them.

Dude, granted that McGrady gave an other-worldly performance ... But you can't blow a 10 point lead with 52 ticks without making mistakes:

0:48 Tony Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Scott Padgett. 74-66
0:24 Tim Duncan Shooting Foul. Duncan's 4th Personal Foul, San Antonio's 2nd Team Foul. 78-74 (when T Mac made his 2nd 3)
0:07 Devin Brown Lost Ball. Stolen by Tracy McGrady. 80-78

[timvp]

Other than Devin's bad turnover, the Spurs didn't really do anything to lose this game. TMac just went off and hit a couple miracle shots.

Never leave an NBA arena early.

[Spurminator]

You guys are fucking miopic if you think this was anything less than a TMac Miracle.

I know bitching helps get your inner demons out but damn. This is like criticising someone for calling heads on a coin toss and losing.

You can't stop shots like that.

[Spurminator]

No team is flawless for any 45 second stretch. Shots are missed, turnovers are made.

Except if you're the Rockets at 9:30 pm CST on 12/9/04.

[grjr]

0:48 Tony Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Scott Padgett. 74-66


I thought we would lose right after this happened. It's the kind of shit that gives a team hope. Right before that when Kerr said something about the 10 point lead being more like 20 in this game I told my wife, "Hell, they can score 10 points in 30 seconds if you let up on them."

Maybe I'm just too pessimistic from getting rivered in my online poker games all the time.

[Experiment2100]

You can't fault Devon Brown. That was the first time he was in that situation so late in the game. That's the hardest way to learn a lesson but the best.

[milkyway21]

and Brent Barry should have had the ball in the end, not Devin Brown.... :angel

[Ari Gold]

i can't help but laugh a little....:lol


The Spurs were up by 10 with 49 seconds left....OMG

:lmao

[Trainwreck2100]

You can't fault Devon Brown. That was the first time he was in that situation so late in the game. That's the hardest way to learn a lesson but the best.


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My first game blog post :cry

[dg7md]

wtf

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Lol good ol experiment 2100