Spurs vs. Lakers - Nov. 13 Game Blog

[easjer]

Nice Tony! Liked the ball movement.

[Mister Sinister]

Fin Funnel for 2!

[easjer]

Fucking Elson. GRRRR.

[ShoogarBear]

Damn, Tim is showing no intensity on offense. Fortunately, not mattering.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Elson tries to cover up his fuck up by adjusting his mask.

[Spurologist]

:lol

Snappy blaming the mask for Elson's fuckups. "he can't see"

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

TP is making the Lakers pay tonight.

[LakeShow]

:pctoss

quit throwing the fucking ball away! :madrun

[easjer]

That is a lot of fouls, guys. Settle down.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

:lol

Snappy blaming the mask for Elson's fuckups. "he can't see"
I know! :lol He fooled the announcers.

[Mister Sinister]

Tony!

[ShoogarBear]

GMAFB. Kwame Brown?

[hitmanyr2k]

Elson tries to cover up his fuck up by adjusting his mask.

Many players do that. When they fuck up they adjust their wristband/arm sleeve/headband/whatever lol.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP again, 22pts

[Spurologist]

Damn tp. Damn.

Fakers = tp's bitch

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

TP is earning us early relaxation...

[Cry Havoc]

Ugh, gotta listen to this game on radio.

How are we moving the ball? How is Bowen's defense on Kobe?

[ShoogarBear]

Good lord. Is this a contract year for Kwame? 'Cause the Spurs should get a percentage of the new one.

[easjer]

So, yeah. Apparently we can have Bonner on a good night, but only if we have suckage from the rest of the bigs. Or we can have the other bigs playing well and Bonner sucking donkey balls.

Sigh.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Ugh, gotta listen to this game on radio.

How are we moving the ball? How is Bowen's defense on Kobe?
Kobe's missing all by himself.

I think he's off tonight.

TP is doing a good job quarter backing the offense, and Finley and Bowen are making points so Duncan doesn't have to...

it's one of those nights where our depth really shows.

[ShoogarBear]

Ugh, gotta listen to this game on radio.

How are we moving the ball? How is Bowen's defense on Kobe?Ball movement was excellent in the second quarter once the Spurs realize the Lakers were packing the paint.

Third quarter the only thing they have going is TP's jump shot. Which fortunately has been enough.

Kobe came out on fire on both ends of the court, but Bowen doing his usual pestering keeping him from going off.

[Otaku]

Boring game. Spurs are completely dominating the Lakers... it remembers me the last spurs game totally outpacing its rival.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Tim is 2 of 11 ????

[Spurologist]

Good lord. Is this a contract year for Kwame? 'Cause the Spurs should get a percentage of the new one.

Spurs providing him with an escort service to the lane.

Kwame will be back to earth very soon

[ShoogarBear]

Griz up 6 on the Rockheads.

Dallas now up 6 on Philly.

[easjer]

Thank God for Tony Parker tonight.

[hitmanyr2k]

Parker is killing anyone on him right now. And good close-out "D" on Fisher's three also.

[easjer]

Griz up 6 on the Rockheads.

Dallas now up 6 on Philly.

Yes! Go Grizz!

No! Go Philly!

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Holy shit Tp!

[hitmanyr2k]

Duncan sit your weak ass down...little bitch :lol

[Spurologist]

Fuck Td

Slam That Shit

[ShoogarBear]

WTF did Joel just say about the Lakers and Mavs winning the season series last year? He must not remember the Bucks own the Spurs

[easjer]

Tim, there are still people who paid to see you in November and may even have been excited about the Lakers being in town. Please, try. Make the appearance of caring a smidgeon.

[Spurologist]

TP can do no wrong.

Pass to manu for333333333333333333333333333

[ShoogarBear]

It's the Kwame Brown Show!

[Spurologist]

Kwame is starting to show signs of reality

[easjer]

WTF did Joel just say about the Lakers and Mavs winning the season series last year? He must not remember the Bucks own the Spurs


True. And we all know how much the regular season matters. So round of applause for last year's Lakers, yes? :clap

[ShoogarBear]

Holy crap, Bonner. Decaf.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Pop should ban Bowen from the rim.

[ShoogarBear]

Smokin' Bruce Bowen. :smokin

[SpursFanFirst]

Geez! Kobe only has 8 points? What's going on?
I was just allowed to turn to the game.

[ShoogarBear]

Bowen 13 points.

Kobe 8 points.

:smokin

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Holy crap, Bonner. Decaf.
That was a lame attempt. I hate it when role players try to play above their abilities.

[easjer]

Bowen 12 points.

Kobe 8 points.

:smokin


That's terrific! Except he needs another 13 or so!

[hitmanyr2k]

That Farmar kid has potential. Extremely quick.

[ShoogarBear]

That was a lame attempt. I hate it when role players try to play above their abilities.I wouldn't call it lame, but there were definitely delusions of grandeur.

[Spurologist]

DAMN

TP is a willing passer tonight

[easjer]

That Farmar kid has potential. Extremely quick.


Yeah, but he's a goofy looking bastard.

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

[Tek_XX]

Spurs just toyin with em.

[td4mvp21]

I could have sworn we have a superstar power forward.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bowen 13 points.

Kobe 8 points.

:smokin
Kobe is being non existent again???? It's one of those games where he's half there?

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Yeah, but he's a goofy looking bastard.
:lol agreed.

He looks like he could be an extra on the set of Lord of the Rings.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP fantastic

[anjlbitz]

damn kobe shoot!

[easjer]

Hate to say it, but the Spurs need better competition, lest they not hone their skills efficiently enough. Much as I am loathe to admit it (and writhing in pain contemplating it), I am almost hoping for a loss to the Mavs. I care more about beating Houston right now. I expected better in this game.

[Tek_XX]

Yeah, but he's a goofy looking bastard.

Is he black or is he white?

[dbreiden83080]

Has Tim ever played any worse than he has tonight, thank GOD the Spurs are as good as they have ever been as a team.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Tony is playing a perfect game...shoots it when he is open and passes it when he is covered!
He hasn't made any mistakes at all. Makes every shot.

I think we can beat all three teams this week.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Tony is playing out of his fucking mind! Scoring, distributing the ball, defending... I dare Tony haters to find something wrong now :lol

[easjer]

damn kobe shoot!


But not too much!

[ShoogarBear]

Kobe is being non existent again???? It's one of those games where he's half there?Actually, Kobe was hella existent in the first half. Nothing this quarter, but I expect he'll put up about 10 shots in the fourth.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

haha becket looks stoned and or buzzed

[hitmanyr2k]

Has Tim ever played any worse than he has tonight, thank GOD the Spurs are as good as they have ever been as a team.

Did you forget the game against Houston already?

[ShoogarBear]

God, Bowen sucketh in transition.

[easjer]

Is he black or is he white?


Dunno. But he's got very, erm, prominent ears. Reminds me of my cousin, actually.

[SpursFanFirst]

Geez! Kobe only has 8 points? What's going on?
I was just allowed to turn to the game.


Anyone?

[ShoogarBear]

Fortunately, his FTs are always :greedy





Damn.

[Otaku]

McGrady with 39 points and the Rockets closing the game to just 2 points.

[hitmanyr2k]

Dunno. But he's got very, erm, prominent ears. Reminds me of my cousin, actually.

Reminds me of Alfred E. Newman.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

Has Tim ever played any worse than he has tonight, thank GOD the Spurs are as good as they have ever been as a team.

Pop wants a loss, he must have told tim to play like total shite

[easjer]

McGrady with 39 points and the Rockets closing the game to just 2 points.


No! GRIZZ. GRIZZ, I say.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Actually, Kobe was hella existent in the first half. Nothing this quarter, but I expect he'll put up about 10 shots in the fourth.
On the defensive end, I noticed him. But 6 points in the first half??

I think he's not playing the role of carrying the team offensively. The Spurs defense/offense has something to do iwth it in his mind probably.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

WTF?? that wasn't a foul!! Tony should have had those 2 points

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

D-Wash baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Spurologist]

If you look real close in TD's eyes, you can see a message.

"I'm gonna fuck up the Mavericks on Thursday"

[Mister Sinister]

Oh, we good.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Manu's good at creating the final second plays for his guys.

[Tek_XX]

Dunno. But he's got very, erm, prominent ears. Reminds me of my cousin, actually.

Hey don't be hatin' on us big ear freaks.

[easjer]

Not a bad quarter for a sucky bad quarter.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Ho-hum, looks like it's gonna be another one of those Manu in for 2 minutes of the 4th, and then I change the channel game...

Fucking Lakers...

[ShoogarBear]

I have to switch to the Hou game. Tied with under 2:00 left.

[easjer]

And Hayes just fouled out.

[carina_gino20]

it's nice to see D-Wash's hustle

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Kobe has 7/6/3.

Sounds like Bowen has Bowened him! :lol

[Spurologist]

:lol

That's why Beckett looks stoned. He got owned when Sabathia got the Cy Young award

[easjer]

Good lord, Scola is an unattractive man.

[Mister Sinister]

Bonner!!!!

[SAtown]

damn Bonner!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruce with 14pts and a monster D

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

come on kobe, just a couple more of those

[ShoogarBear]

Memphis up 2 with 58 sec left and Gasol shooting 2.

Hits both. Griz up 4.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bonner thinks he's Kobe

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Good, Pop benched Bonner's ass for that last stupid play.

[Mister Sinister]

D-wash For 3!!!!!!

[Spurologist]

WASH it up for 33333333333333333333333333333333

[hitmanyr2k]

Washington is earning his PT.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

good stroke D-Wash

[SAtown]

Raining 3s

[ShoogarBear]

D-Wash!

[Admidave50]

Dwash can clearly shhot the 3!!

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe was heating up. Thanks D WAsh for the 3

[Spurs Brazil]

Dw 33333333333333333333333

[ShoogarBear]

Griz up 6 with 45 sec left.

[Mister Sinister]

Manu!!!!!!

[E20]

I'm loving the rookie, D-Wash.

[Spurologist]

Bowen makes kobe shoot a tough fadaway. It's a miss and Bowen gets the

Rrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebbbbbbbbboooooouuuuuu nnnnnnnndddddddd

[easjer]

Kobe looks interested again. Another 10-12 points would be fine. But that's it.

[SAtown]

WTF Kobe. Tackling Manu like that, he already BURNED you

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe loves Manu

and Manu was probably like "WTF? get off of me?"

:lol Kobe stroking his balding head.

[anjlbitz]

ok bench kobe...

looks like i'm going to get my 1st vbookie win of the season

[Spurs Brazil]

Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[easjer]

Kobe loves Manu


He has definitely touched him gently many times tonight. Helping him up, patting his head. . .

[Admidave50]

will Ime see some playing time tonight?

[E20]

At least it's not like last year where Kboe accidenlty elbowed Manu. Good sportmanship by Kobe.

[ducks]

Tony is playing out of his fucking mind! Scoring, distributing the ball, defending... I dare Tony haters to find something wrong now :lol
waiting

[easjer]

Looking like Memphis may have doned it.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

At least it's not like last year where Kboe accidenlty elbowed Manu. Good sportmanship by Kobe.
Kobe respects Manu, so I think it's pretty genuine.

I don't know about when he was laughing it up with Bell last year. Sometimes I think Kobe's pretty funny/phony.

[ducks]

tim duncan will he score 10 points?

[E20]

Kobe looks interested again. Another 10-12 points would be fine. But that's it.
:tu

[Spurologist]

will Ime see some playing time tonight?

Time to release the Nigerian

[ducks]

tp>duncan this season so far

[hitmanyr2k]

Damn Manu...what a pass lol.

[Mister Sinister]

Time to release the Nigerian
Pop: Budenholzer! Release the Nigerian!

[E20]

Kobe really needs to start socring.

[ShoogarBear]

Girz up 6 with 7.4 left

And OVAH!

Plus T-Mac was nice enough to get 41 for my fantasy team.

[hitmanyr2k]

And then turns around and fucks up :lol

[Mister Sinister]

Ime!

[easjer]

And here he comes!

[Spurologist]

Pop: Budenholzer! Release the Nigerian!

On cue

[carina_gino20]

He has definitely touched him gently many times tonight. Helping him up, patting his head. . .

:lol that didn't sound right.

[hitmanyr2k]

The Farmar kid is impressing me...no intimidation from Duncan at all. And with the way Duncan has played today why should anyone be scared of him? :lol

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

tp>duncan this season so far

and some would say to end last season as well

[Tek_XX]

Tim comes in and instantly Farmar makes him look silly.

[Spurs Brazil]

Ime in

[SAtown]

Has Farmar always been this aggressive? Or did he just get better?

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

tp>duncan this season so far
Duncan performance wise has been the third best player.


But don't take Duncan for granted just because he allows himself to step back for his teammates.

[fred33]

eva longoria is at the game?

[SAtown]

It's nice to see that we don't need Tim to score much to win big... against shitty teams

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

shoot the ball Kobe

[smeagol]

tp>duncan this season so far


And Manu > TP so far too, but who the fuck cares except you.

[carina_gino20]

:lol Timmy providing comic relief all night

[Tek_XX]

Fuck I could score on Duncan tonight he is playing like he is scared!

He's playing like it's november.

[Spurologist]

Looks like Memphis got the W. 105-99 against the Rockets

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe really needs to start socring.
Still a lot of time left for Kobe to go off 18 points. He can cut it to 10 or 8 if he wanted.

[Admidave50]

Farmar got some Jumbo ears..

[hitmanyr2k]

Duncan performance wise has been the third best player.


But don't take Duncan for granted just because he allows himself to step back for his teammates.

Duncan isn't just stepping back. He's laying down like a 2 dollar whore lately.

[carina_gino20]

Fuck I could score on Duncan tonight he is playing like he is scared!

nah. i highly doubt Tim's scared of anything. He just doesn't care tonight.

[SAtown]

TrADE DUNCAN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurologist]

Tpppppppppppppp to Bowen

333333333333333333

[smeagol]

Looks like Memphis got the W. 105-99 against the Rockets

We are division numero uno!

[ducks]

And Manu > TP so far too, but who the fuck cares except you.
you do otherwise you would not post that
manu has been on fire it is about time he actually plays well at the beginning of the season
this is about the first time in his career he has

[MaNuMaNiAc]

tp>duncan this season so fardamn, don't you ever quit??

[ducks]

nah. i highly doubt Tim's scared of anything. He just doesn't care tonight.
duncan could care less the game is out of hand
right now

[carina_gino20]

you do otherwise you would not post that
manu has been on fire it is about time he actually plays well at the beginning of the season
this is about the first time in his career he has

2004-2005?

[ducks]

2004-2005?
at the beginning of the season!

[wildbill2u]

TrADE DUNCAN!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely. He's showing his age and we'll be lucky to get anything for him.

Maybe Houston would trade Scola back for Duncan. :smokin

[Tek_XX]

Tim just sit down.

[ducks]

Tim just doesn't have it tonight, which is fine but he shouldn't be out on the floor if he isn't going to do anything
tim better fucking have it against the mavs and houston

[ShoogarBear]

WTF, Ime? :lol

[E20]

Why isn't Kobe shooting the fucking ball? WTF????

[Spurologist]

Udoka was checking the rigidity of the glass on that shot. The glass holds up pretty well.

[mystargtr34]

LOL Ducks has come out of hiding for Tony's big game...

Hey Ducks...

Manu>Tony

[Spurologist]

Bowennnnnnnnnnnnnnn

333333333333333333

[SAtown]

BruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuC E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurminator]

I love this team.

[hitmanyr2k]

I'm convinced. Duncan is betting on this game and is trying to cover the spread.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

couple more Kobe-ster

[E20]

BTW that was the most horrible brick I've seen in a while.

[Admidave50]

Bowen is outscoring Kobe!! haha

[SAtown]

Fuck it. Bruce > Manu > Tony

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Duncan needs to pay more attention to Tony! Come on man!

[Spurologist]

Fuckin Bowen

DPOY

[ThomasGranger]

OK, time for Ian to get some minutes.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yippee! It's Bruce's ANNUAL 20 POINT GAME!!!

Kudos Bruce!

:lmao

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

Udoka was checking the rigidity of the glass on that shot. The glass holds up pretty well.

:lol

[Spurologist]

Boooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[E20]

Come on Kobe you need 5-6 more points!!!

[anjlbitz]

damn kobe stop shooting

[ShoogarBear]

Damn, Uber-Smallball

[hitmanyr2k]

BTW that was the most horrible brick I've seen in a while.

You must have missed Elson's shot early in the first half :lol

[carina_gino20]

at the beginning of the season!

didn't his great play in the Olympics spill over to the start of the season? but whatever...

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

Bruce? Shiiiit that boy out his damn mind

[Warlord23]

Bowen bringing the pwnage on Kobe

[peskypesky]

Does anyone else think it might be smart to take out our starters before anyone gets hurt?
Yep.

[ShoogarBear]

Udoka looks like Pooh-doka out there.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

:lmao Radmanovic's missed Lay UP

[anjlbitz]

wooooooooooooooooo LAKERS ARE GETTING BOWENED

[SAtown]

Does anyone else think it might be smart to take out our starters before anyone gets hurt?

No. Run up the score and call chingos Timeouts in the last minute to piss Phil Jackson off... see if he likes it

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Does anyone else think it might be smart to take out our starters before anyone gets hurt?
Popl was scared of Kobe.

[E20]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK FUCK

Kobe got subbed out. FUCK FUCK FUCK UFK

[Tek_XX]

Udoka looks like Pooh-doka out there.

nice

[carina_gino20]

i love Bruce :lol

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Jesus! the Lakers are slow ass learners! Bowen's been burning them from the corner all night long and they still leave him open

[Spurs Brazil]

TP and Bruce were great

Fantastic game for those two

[ShoogarBear]

I love this team.See my sig. Hardly a ringing endorsement.

[Spurologist]

Much like FIN, it will take Udoka a while to hit his stride with spurs.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

leave it to phil jackson to ruin my perfect fucking night

[ShoogarBear]

No. Run up the score and call chingos Timeouts in the last minute to piss Phil Jackson off... see if he likes itThat would be some funny-ass shiznit. Phil would probably laugh it off, though.

[loveforthegame]

Bowen was out of his mind tonight. Gotta love that.

Duncan will bounce back against the Mavs on Thursday. I hope.

[easjer]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK FUCK

Kobe got subbed out. FUCK FUCK FUCK UFK

I know. SFIE wins $ and I don't and I'm fucking PISSED. Sob. Bring him back for 3 more points. Sob.

Eh, well. Is it really a losing situation when Kobe is held under 20? Not really.

[anjlbitz]

WOOOOOO! vBookie!!!!!!!!

[carina_gino20]

oops. Brent in..:spin

[fred33]

EVA LONGORIA WAS AT THE game?

[Spurologist]

Who still has the old boxscore when Bowen out scored Kobe.

Add this one

B. Bowen 37 7-11 6-6 3-4 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 23
K. Bryant 38 9-19 0-5 0-0 0 9 5 3 2 3 1 18

They've played against each other almost minute for minute

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Duncan isn't just stepping back. He's laying down like a 2 dollar whore lately.
He's had an off night.

He scored 24 points and 14 rebounds or something last week. At a high percentage. Tonight he just looked disinterested on O.

[E20]

Shit Fuck Fuck

[mystargtr34]

Ive never understood the garbage of taking starters out when the game is won BECAUSE they risk getting hurt...i mean wtf is that an American thing???

Im all for taking the main guys out in a blow out to give the other players time on the court but i mean.... your worried about them getting hurt in the last 5 minutes of a game.... yet they play 82 games a year and like 5000 minutes a year...

I dont understand the reasoning...

[easjer]

Glad Brent is back. Didn't appear that Ime has earned a lot of time from him.

[Spurminator]

See my sig. Hardly a ringing endorsement.


You may have a point there.


And now I'm hungry.

[ShoogarBear]

I didn't even know Brent was off the DL.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bonner is weird.

[Spurologist]

EVA LONGORIA WAS AT THE game?

the camera wasn't on her so she probably wasn't there.

That satisfies the papparazzi portion of the spurs blog

[hitmanyr2k]

Bonner cracks me up when he puts the ball on the floor. Nice power step on the way to the rim though...just lost the ball like a doofus.

[ShoogarBear]

Tracy McGrady is not anywhere in the building, is he?

[Tek_XX]

Our Garbage team cuts the lead in half, thanks guy.

[Spurologist]

Udokaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Admidave50]

Ime is finally hitting a shot! He's been struggling so far

[peskypesky]

Ive never understood the garbage of taking starters out when the game is won BECAUSE they risk getting hurt...i mean wtf is that an American thing???

Im all for taking the main guys out in a blow out to give the other players time on the court but i mean.... your worried about them getting hurt in the last 5 minutes of a game.... yet they play 82 games a year and like 5000 minutes a year...

I dont understand the reasoning...

It's simple. Why risk injury to star players when the risk is unnecessary?

[ShoogarBear]

Udoka says "screw the Bruce Bowen shit".

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Glad Brent is back. Didn't appear that Ime has earned a lot of time from him.
Ime sucked and didn't capitalize. He stil doesn't seem ready with the program
yet.

Barry was great because he stopped hesitating to take the three so far.

[Admidave50]

Fuck the refs! Ian's block was as valid as all the Laker's goaltendings that were not whistled tonight

[easjer]

Tracy McGrady is not anywhere in the building, is he?


:lol

No, he was busy racking up the points in a Rockets loss.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

What the fuck?? I'm going to be so pissed if this game ends in single digit lead!!

[ChumpDumper]

Doesn't this group know how to run time off the clock?

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

haha now i know what it would look like if bonner caught an alley-oop haha

[Spurologist]

I didn't know Ian had that nice of a stroke at the line. I don't think he missed a free throw in the last game

[SAtown]

Bring on Dallas :ihit

[ace3g]

he is 100 % for the season

[DannyT]

He's had an off night.

He scored 24 points and 14 rebounds or something last week. At a high percentage. Tonight he just looked disinterested on O.



could it have had anything to do with who the fuck was guarding him.... :wakeup

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Stupid Lakers...no competition at all.

Not complaining though. :lol I'll take the easy W.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

could it have had anything to do with who the fuck was guarding him.... :wakeup
I don't think so. He had some pretty weakass attempts. I hardly saw him use any of his post moves on any of the bigs.

Kobe was the one who blocked the shit out of him. And then Ronny Turiaf??

Tim was just weaksauce tonight, he could have tore them apart if he had a good night.

edit: They DID double him before he even got the ball I noticed sometimes...but that doesn't excuse his pussy lay up attempts.

Also in the first quarter, he had a cake walk to basket, and then the ball flew out of his hand uncontested! So yeah, it was more him, than it was the D.

[efrem1]

Our battle has been completed Lakers. You were an amusing opponent. See ya!! :)

[easjer]

I've been waiting for the Spurs to play Dallas since last year....let's get it on!!!!


Eh, I hope they win, but I kinda feel like it'll be a loss. And I don't want them to lose, but it won't bother me that badly if they do. November. Long way to go until May. So, yeah.

[Russ]

I didn't know Ian had that nice of a stroke at the line. I don't think he missed a free throw in the last game
If he can hit that shot from the FT line during a game, he'll do quite well playing with Duncan. :clap

[mystargtr34]

It's simple. Why risk injury to star players when the risk is unnecessary?

Im about 99% sure the reason Pop takes out the starters in blowouts is not because hes worried about them getting hurt... its to keep them fresh and give the other guys some court time. I can understand if Timmy gets injured during garbage time, people will say oh he shouldnt have been in there... but i mean its a sport, you have the same risk of being injured during the 5000 minutes you play during the season... as you do in the 5 minutes of garbage time in a blowout.

Thats not the reason Pop rests the starters in blow outs..

[wildbill2u]

We got 2 points total out of both centers, got out rebounded by 10 and Tim goes 2 of 12 and we still win?

This team is very deep with capable backup players at every position. This may be a really fun season.

[TampaDude]

Bowen was 6/6 from beyond the arc...wow!

The Spurs made this one look easy, didn't they?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Watched the Hornets game last night in which Tim turned out a masterful offensive performance - drop steps, drives and jumpers. And then this...

His early season form is always baffling.

[peskypesky]

Im about 99% sure the reason Pop takes out the starters in blowouts is not because hes worried about them getting hurt... its to keep them fresh and give the other guys some court time. I can understand if Timmy gets injured during garbage time, people will say oh he shouldnt have been in there... but i mean its a sport, you have the same risk of being injured during the 5000 minutes you play during the season... as you do in the 5 minutes of garbage time in a blowout.

Thats not the reason Pop rests the starters in blow outs..

You seem to miss the crucial point. Yes, the chance of being injured in garbage time is the same as being injured in non-garbage time. But the difference is necessity. You NEED to play your stars in non-garbage time. You DON'T need to play them in garbage time.

[ShoogarBear]

We got 2 points total out of both centers, got out rebounded by 10 and Tim goes 2 of 12 and we still win?

This team is very deep with capable backup players at every position. This may be a really fun season.I hope the depth keeps them focused, i.e., they'll always be able to find a group out there that will play hungry.

Otherwise, it will be hard for them (and the fans) to not just wish for the playoffs to get here.

[peskypesky]

Im about 99% sure the reason Pop takes out the starters in blowouts is not because hes worried about them getting hurt... its to keep them fresh and give the other guys some court time. I can understand if Timmy gets injured during garbage time, people will say oh he shouldnt have been in there... but i mean its a sport, you have the same risk of being injured during the 5000 minutes you play during the season... as you do in the 5 minutes of garbage time in a blowout.

Thats not the reason Pop rests the starters in blow outs..

The other factor is that it's considered unsportsmanlike to continue to play your starters in a blowout win. Running up the score is not cool.

[J.T.]

Tim was awful tonight, but shit it happens... if he plays like this against Dallas we will lose...because Bruce isn't going to go 6 for 6 on 3's again.

How quickly you forget the 2003 playoffs when he went 7-8, also against LA. He also had a great scoring game in the 2005 Finals against Detroit, Game 2 I believe. Bowen isn't a go-to guy like Manu but he has games like this left in him.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I hope the depth keeps them focused, i.e., they'll always be able to find a group out there that will play hungry.

Otherwise, it will be hard for them (and the fans) to not just wish for the playoffs to get here.
I hope in the Spurs case, they take this season's early success due to our depth as a blessing, where winning begets more winning.

If they can keep enjoying themselves and collecting the W's, then we should be fine.

I was surprised Pop didn't try to rest the players earlier than they did. The players also mentioned that they had a lot of fun against New Orleans in that blow out.

[carina_gino20]

Ive never understood the garbage of taking starters out when the game is won BECAUSE they risk getting hurt...i mean wtf is that an American thing???

Im all for taking the main guys out in a blow out to give the other players time on the court but i mean.... your worried about them getting hurt in the last 5 minutes of a game.... yet they play 82 games a year and like 5000 minutes a year...

I dont understand the reasoning...

refer to Nuggets vs Knicks last year... as others have said, it's not necessary to play the starters when the lead is so high up. it's not just the risk of getting injured. bad things can happen anytime so you want to protect your stars as much as possible.

weird for Pop to put them back in tonight though. He was probably scared Kobe was going to pull a T-Mac.

[J.T.]

LOL nice to see he has great games once every couple of years...so we should look for another fantastic performance in 2009? :toast

Nice backpedal there buddy.

[SAtown]

LOL nice to see he has great games once every couple of years...so we should look for another fantastic performance in 2009? :toast

Without Bowen, the Spurs don't win as many rings, if any.

[ShoogarBear]

Fred Carter is such a tool.

Fred to Bud: "Two words: Tim Duncan."

Bud: (long pause) "Well, not his best night."

[ducks]

Without Bowen, the Spurs don't win as many rings, if any.
wow
I could have sworn early it was all because of manu by some posters

[TampaDude]

LOL nice to see he has great games once every couple of years...so we should look for another fantastic performance in 2009? :toast

Down the stretch towards NBA Title #6 and the threepeat, right? :hat