Spurs vs. Grizzlies Dec. 30 - Game Blog

[timvp]

Time to bounce back from last game's ugliness, while also getting revenge on that GAY buzzer beater.

:hungry:

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

They will BOW to DerMarr.

[ATX Spur]

Boom! :ihit

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I like to watch the Grizz - Miller, Gay, Lowry can all play, Navarro is exciting when hot (hopefully not tonight), Gasol has his moments... but please, will the real Darko please stand up, please stand up?

Go Spurs! Time to stop this slide and show some grit.

[kobe_bryant]

spurs lose by 6

[BeerIsGood!]

Demarr Johnson will go for 16 and 6 tonight.

[Budkin]

Spurs are going to win this one in a blowout. Book it.

[urunobili]

Anyone watching the Blazers now? they have a great heart

[Cry Havoc]

Drop the Griz.

A double-barreled shotgun of the T crew (Tony and Tim) should bring down just about any bear. :hungry:

[bigfundamental21]

Spurs will bounce back in the usual style after an ugly loss. I expect to see a more determined team and a great game from Tim and Tony.

[duncan228]

Focus, (take care of the damn basketball), energy, defense, teamwork.
That's what I want to see and what I expect to see after the way they've played lately.
I've never seen Duncan not respond strong after a game as ugly as the Raptors one. I expect him to be a monster.
They must come out and send the message immediately. If they let the Grizzlies hang around on their court it could get ugly again.

[djohn14]

So Demarr is gonna be active tonight?

[loveforthegame]

I'd like to see the Spurs come out swinging so Johnson can get some decent playing time.

[conversekid]

demarr 16 and 6? you think he'll get more than 5 minutes?

[duncan228]

Spurs call on League Pass!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

On BB LP today too! :)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How funny is the FSN studio guy's hair!? :lmao

He looks like the Fonze!

[Spurs Brazil]

Horry starting

[duncan228]

On BB LP today too! :)

I'm thrilled! :)

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 33333333333333333333

[duncan228]

Go Finley!

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 333333333333333333333333 again

[Spurs Brazil]

TD scores

2pts 4rebs

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 33333333333333333333333333333

9pts

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Fin!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fuck

2PF on Finley

Ime for Fin

[Spurs Brazil]

7-0 Grizz run

Pop calls time out

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Rob looks terrible. His shot is off, and he made an uncharacteristic mistake on D which led to Fin's second foul. Get Fab on.

[loveforthegame]

Fin's on fire. Too bad he picked up two quick fouls.

Where is everyone else?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

They are doubling and tripling Timmy which will hurt with Manu/Brent out, unless TP and someone else (say Ime or Fab) pick up the scoring slack.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Must make open Js tonight to win.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

4 point blank misses by Tim now.

Where is TONY???

[Spurs Brazil]

It looks like the raptors game

We can't score

Oberto and Bonner in for TD and Horry

[Budkin]

Is it a rule that we have to dig ourselves into a hole every fucking game?

[picnroll]

Parker being a complete pussy again tonight.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

And please STOP SHOOTING 3s every second possession!

[boutons_]

dammit, Spurs shooting 30%, AGAIN.

[Budkin]

We're getting our asses kicked by the Grizz once again... nice.

[duncan228]

It got ugly fast.

[Spurs Brazil]

14-0 run for the Grizz

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This is HORRIBLE. WTF was Tony thinking... he's not going to throw that down???

[Sp Ginobili 20]

dammit, Spurs shooting 30%, AGAIN.Ouch. Any word on when Manu's coming back?

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 333333333333333

Spurs 5-0 run

[mVp]

OMG Tony... WTF?!

[loveforthegame]

Parker disappearing once again.

Long night for Duncan. Fin forced to sit and will probably come back cold after his hot start.

Throw Johnson out there and see what he can do.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tony is being guarded by Damon Stoudamire - take it to the hole EVERY TIME!

[Spurs Brazil]

WTF Gasol making 3s

[Budkin]

What the fuck happened to our team?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

WTF is Tony thinking? He has to be injured. He should be creaming Stoudamire.

And what is with this addiction to 3pt shooting? Fark, get to the hole!

[loveforthegame]

I guess the Spurs haven't had enough taste of embarassment.

[Budkin]

We make shit teams look elite.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Need a strong 2nd Q or this game is over.

[boutons_]

Spurs shoot 8 3Gs in first 10 minutes, a rate of 40 3Gs per 48 minutues.

They've turned into the jump-shooting/3-bombing Suns of a couple years ago. Lazy bastards.

[picnroll]

Spurs have become a team that just jacks up threes.

[Spurs Brazil]

Another 3, another miss

Go to the basket

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK

Another 3, another miss

Stop shotinng 3s

Grizz up 12

[mVp]

If we loose this one I’m going to be pissed :pctoss

[Budkin]

Signs of life?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Much better. Tony has to penetrate all night.

FORGET CONTESTED 3s.

[boutons_]

yeah, Spurs have qtr where the score 20 pts! :lol

[Vinnie_Johnson]

If we loose this one I’m going to be pissed :pctoss

Why do people have so much trouble spelling Lose?

[Spurs Brazil]

Pathetic D

[themvp]

Gasol is a pussy. He falls down for everything.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

is it just me or has tony parker not been hitting his jump shot well ever since he came back from injury?

[Budkin]

Another 3... another brick.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

What's going on with The Spurs Defense?

[bdictjames]

lol

another bad game

this has to stop sometime.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Grizz made a lot of tough shots, D is not my concern.

Tony needs to penetrate, TD needs to make his 2fters, and we need to knock down open Js.

[Budkin]

Not looking good for tonight... we're too tired from trying to dig out from 14+ pt deficits every night.

[loveforthegame]

Pitiful 1st quarter. Spurs must come out better or this one is over. Not enough fire power to come back like last game only to lose at the buzzer.

[Spurs Brazil]

We must run 4-down the entire 2nd quarter

11 3PTA in one quarter is terrible

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz FG 12-16

[ata]

Grizzlies are at 75% FG (100% 3PT 2-2)
Spurs at 31,8% FG (36,4% 3PT 4-11)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why do people have so much trouble spelling Lose?

Because it has the "ooooo" sound, and when people are in a rush they spell phonetically. Or they are poor spellers? That wasn't hard to figure out. :lmao

[duncan228]

Thank God for Finley.

[bdictjames]

Findog.

[loveforthegame]

Why not throw Johnson out there? Could he really do worse than Udoka or Bonner or Horry at this point?

[Vinnie_Johnson]

We must run 4-down the entire 2nd quarter

11 3PTA in one quarter is terrible

On the bright side they hit 36.4% of them.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim should get the ball every time against Swift.

[mVp]

Finley's still hot... that's good, but not enough...

[Budkin]

Great pass there Timmy!

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Because it has the "ooooo" sound, and when people are in a rush they spell phonetically. Or they are poor spellers? That wasn't hard to figure out. :lmao


Reeally!

[Budkin]

Johnny Davis is an assistant for the Grizz? He's like the worst coach of all time.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim just threw it 5m from anyone.

This team is SOOOOOO out of sync.

Ugh.

[duncan228]

Keep feeding Duncan.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD!!!

We need to give the ball to TD the whole quarter

[duncan228]

Duncan has the best hands in the business.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD again

6pts 6rebs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim is playing terribly. Thrown away 2, missed 4 layups. WTF is wrong with him.

Drop step, hook, layup, that's all he should be doing.

[ATX Spur]

Wow the Spurs are working so hard for everything. Weird to see that b/c normally they make it look so easy.

[Spurs Brazil]

Time out

Grizz up 5

[Budkin]

Tim can barely jump for boards anymore... it's just painful to watch knowing what he used to do.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Only way to win this game is for Tim to hold school against Swift and Milicic, and Tony to remind Damon that he should retire by taking him to the rack over and over. So far they are only doing this in short spurts.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Tim can barely jump for boards anymore... it's just painful to watch knowing what he used to do.

Is he hurt? What up with Tim? He is not that old.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP and JV together

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley J, 14pts

[loveforthegame]

Where would we be without Finley?

Stop the fucking turnovers please!!

[WalterBenitez]

Go Spurs go! we can't lose this f..g game

[Budkin]

Nice pass Tony!

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner and one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Two nice setups in a row by TP.

[Budkin]

Spurs look slow and old on D.

[mVp]

Red Rocket!

[Budkin]

Shit... too much for Tony.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs time out

Grizz up 41-36

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz FG - 57.1% - 16-28

[Budkin]

Man, we're fighting so hard just to stay within 5 points of the Grizzlies.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Nice patch on O by Tony. Got to the rack 4 times for 3 good setups and a blown lefty layup. Much better.

[loveforthegame]

Spurs just need to finish out this quarter without the Grizz expanding the lead again. Regroup at the half and beat this team down in the 2nd half. Enough is enough.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fin needs 30 for us to win tonight.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bonner is putting in a good effort.

We'd be up by 3 but for all TD's blown 1st Q layups.

[Budkin]

Damn so many in and out shots tonight.

[Leeroy]

anyone know where i can listen to the game on the net? i have tried woai website but they will not stream outside the U.S

[Budkin]

anyone know where i can listen to the game on the net? i have tried woai website but they will not stream outside the U.S

nba.com

[Budkin]

Woo nice one Tony!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD with 10rebs

[Leeroy]

i thought you had to pay on nba.com. ill give it a shot

[Budkin]

Holy shit within 2!

[Budkin]

i thought you had to pay on nba.com. ill give it a shot

Not for audio... you just have to have an account.

[Leeroy]

sweet. thanks budkin

[Budkin]

Nice!!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Great 2nd Q by TP. Props.

The rest, except maybe Fin, Bonner and Tim's D... ugh.

[ATX Spur]

Good cut by Tony!

[Spurs Brazil]

TP from TD

Spurs cut to 2

[Budkin]

Anyone know when Manu is coming back?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If you want score updates, go here:

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamecenter/live/NBA_20071230_MEM@SA

After his hesitancy in the 1st Q, I think Pop told TP to attack relentlessly, and that's what he's done in the 2nd Q - schooled Conley. Excellent. TP is the reason we're in this game, along with great D by Tim.

[ATX Spur]

Whew! Tied at 42.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP 2fts tie the game

[Supergirl]

Why is Oberto not starting? Is he injured too now?

[Spurs Brazil]

3rd on Horry, Bonner in

[duncan228]

Anyone know when Manu is coming back?

No set date has come out yet.
Pop said he wouldn't rush him back.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We may well be watching the end of Rob's career. He looks a step too slow for the game.

[duncan228]

Yeah Bonner.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 333333333333333333333

Spurs up one

[mVp]

Why is Oberto not starting? Is he injured too now?

Same question here... what's wrong with him?

[Spurs Brazil]

Gay 3rd foul

[Spurs Brazil]

Same question here... what's wrong with him?

I think Pop just wants to give Horry more minutes to see if he can improve

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner om fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ATX Spur]

Booooonner!

[duncan228]

Oberto played a few minutes.
I don't know why he didn't start.

[mVp]

Bonner!!!

[Budkin]

Props to Bonner!

[themvp]

Finish strong! Yeah baby!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bonner has been active at both ends (yes, his D has been good!), TP had a great 2nd Q, Tim's D and boardwork has been great, Fin was hot in the 1st. Everyone else has been pretty poor, yet somehow (Grizz cooling off) we lead 48-46 at the half.

Good game.

[loveforthegame]

Nice games by Finley, Bonner, and Parker. I'd still feel better if we got some scoring from Duncan or someone else in the 2nd half.

Thankfully Finley didn't pick up his 3rd foul while playing nearly the whole 2nd quarter. That could be huge in the 2nd half as well.

[mzone]

when do the Manu come back? It seems that we all need him..

[TMTTRIO]

I'd say a couple more games

[Spurs Brazil]

No Elson tonight

[Budkin]

No Elson tonight

Is that really a loss?

[duncan228]

Duncan to start it off.

[Spurs Brazil]

Td!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce 33333333333333333333333333

Spurs up 7

[loveforthegame]

No Elson tonight

How sad. I hadn't even thought about him tonight. Is it his foot or something else?

[duncan228]

Bowen!

Boy, Pop must have set them straight at the half.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD from Fin

10pts 10rebs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Now THAT is Spurs ball.

:smokin

[Spurs Brazil]

How sad. I hadn't even thought about him tonight. Is it his foot or something else?

He's just playing terrible for a while

[mikejones99]

what a fuckin turn around game

[duncan228]

Duncan block.
Parker score.

[Spurs Brazil]

TP layup!!

19-4 run

[mVp]

We're looking good now... we need more of Tony taking it to the rim and making things happen, that and some 3's should be enough... I would like to see Tim more involved offensively thought.

[mikejones99]

57 46 spurs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pop's tinkering with lineups.

Tim's D has been awesome, but his O looks way off.

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz -45.9%

Bruce killing M.Miller

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Props to Tony - he's owning Stoud as he should.

I think Pop really got up him at the end of Q 1, and ever since he's annihilated them.

[duncan228]

Finley 3 from Duncan.

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 33333333333333333333333 from TD

Spurs up 14

[mikejones99]

veterans are getting it done

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Sean Elliot on TD's pass to Fin: "guess what i found? A friend in the corner." :lol

[mVp]

Finley's feeling it :spin

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz 6-0 run

Spurs up 8

[ATX Spur]

Two easy fastbreak dunks for the Grizz. Spurs look too slow in transition.

[duncan228]

Sean Elliot on TD's pass to Fin: "guess what i found? A friend in the corner." :lol

That's why I get so excited when LP has Spurs call. I love listening to Sean.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ouch.

I've worked it out. Tony gets confused against the ZONE and does stupid things.

Zone offence - flash TD to the high post and throw cutters baseline. Watch it.

[loveforthegame]

These turnovers make me want to rip my hair out.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's why I get so excited when LP has Spurs call. I love listening to Sean.

Yeah, Sean's great.

And I like the way they usually call it when the Spurs make mistakes. They're mild homers, not rabid ones like those idiots in Sacto.

[themvp]

How many assists Tim has?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Zone is the problem on the last 3 plays. Interesting to see what we do to attack it.

[ATX Spur]

Finnnnnn!

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley 3333333333333333333333333333

[Spurs Brazil]

How many assists Tim has?
7

TD and one!!!!!!!!!!!

[duncan228]

How many assists Tim has?

7

[mVp]

wow, finley's really feeling it...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Nice pump fake by Tim.

If you want stats, go to ESPN/CBS/etc. I never understand why people ask questions about the score or game stats. ?????

[Spurs Brazil]

TD!!!!!!!!

15pts 12rebs 7asts

[duncan228]

Yahoo stats are okay too.
They update every 30 seconds.

[ATX Spur]

That would have been crazy exciting if Tim had thrown that lob down.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Um, no alleyoops to TD any more please. His leap is gone. This is not 1999! :lol

Yeah, CBS or Yahoo are best for stats, ESPN not bad.

[Spurs Brazil]

We may see Langford and DJ in the 4th quarter

19-19FT for Bonner in the season

[duncan228]

TD!!!!!!!!

15pts 12rebs 7asts

And a block and a steal! :spin

[loveforthegame]

2nd game where Fin has 20 points. The scoring is nice but it's the rebounding that I'm liking.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

They are attacking the zone well now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Damn, Grizz, stop the bleeding! You are killing my vBookie! :lmao

[Spurs Brazil]

JV in for TP

[Spurs Brazil]

JV J

Spurs up 20

[ATX Spur]

Man, even Vaughn is nailing jumpers. Good night Grizz!

[duncan228]

They sure are pretty to watch when they play Spurs ball.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bowen on Miller and not Gay is interesting. Gay is the better scorer, but Miller is a playmaker.

[loveforthegame]

Finish strong Spurs. I wanna see some Johnson out there. :hungry:

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

They sure are pretty to watch when they play Spurs ball.

Amen, sista! :)

Props to TP for attacking until he broke the Grizz apart, Timmy for doing what he does, Bonner and Fin for finding the net. Stonecutter work all around. :D

[loveforthegame]

Who's been guarding Gay?

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner playing very well

[ATX Spur]

What was that stuff they had on the screen a little while ago about the Cavs bench refusing to go in the game?

[mVp]

Even Vaughn is looking good now :lol

[duncan228]

Why is Duncan on the floor?

[Spurs Brazil]

Oberto in for TD

[themvp]

Matt is really playing nice today!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Go Grizz!

Need the Spurs to win by 15. ;)

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Who's been guarding Gay?

Good question. I guess it's been Fin/Ime.

[Spurs Brazil]

Grizz 32pts in he 1st quarter

2nd and 3rd quarter Grizz scored 32pts

[Budkin]

Damn I just turned the game back on from halftime and I see the Spurs are kicking some ass! Awesome!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Gasol has the quietest 17pts in the history of ball. :lmao

[themvp]

Go Grizz!

Need the Spurs to win by 15. ;)

Don't be greedy, you'll regret it :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Ime from TP

[ATX Spur]

Gasol has the quietest 17pts in the history of ball. :lmao

Right on cue as he airballs a jumper.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

TP and JV out there together again.

Not a fan of that.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Don't be greedy, you'll regret it :lol

True. My bad. :oops

[ATX Spur]

Whew, careful what you wish for Ruffy. (though I'm thinking the same thing) :spin

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs now up by 15 - BLOW THE WHISTLE! GAME OVER NOW! :lmao

[mVp]

Okay... wake up guys!

[loveforthegame]

Not a fan of this lineup at all.

And what's up with Oberto lately? He's not playing well the last few games.

[duncan228]

Duncan back in.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Scrubs will stabilise the bleeding - they forgot that in this position you don't shoot early, or run up and down, you milk the clock and pass the ball until you get an open J.

[duncan228]

Duncan with immediate impact.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oh, okay, Tim back for a minute or two.

[duncan228]

Duncan simply amazing.

[ATX Spur]

What a block by Tim!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD bank

21pts 13rebs

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Duncan - layup, banker, crushing block. :tu :D

[efrem1]

Findog is great tonight. Get the starters out now folks!!

[ATX Spur]

I agree, pull the starters please.

[Spurs Brazil]

Langford in

[efrem1]

Why is TD still in?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why is Tim still in? This game is over.

[Spurs Brazil]

17rebs for TD

[duncan228]

Duncan incredible tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Cisco in for TD

DJ also in

[gospursgojas]

Just got here....


Fin good game tonight


Duncan incredible tonight

Recap?

[mikejones99]

shit the first 5 rows of posts was like spurs would lose for sure, now look Spurs on fire

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Duncan incredible tonight.

After the first Q, I totally agree.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Now go Grizz!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Langford J

[duncan228]

Duncan tonight:

24 points on 10-20
17 boards, 5 offensive
7 assists
3 blocks
1 steal

4-7 FT
5 TO's (nobody's perfect! :))

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

With those 4 blown 1st Q layups, he should've had 32! Not that it matters... :lol

What impressed me most was the way he came back after a horror start, and his D/boardwork all night.

[Armando]

So I take it no Rudy Gay game winner tonight.

[Spurs Brazil]

Duncan tonight:

24 points on 10-20
17 boards, 5 offensive
7 assists
3 blocks
1 steal

4-7 FT
5 TO's (nobody's perfect! :))

He's +30

[themvp]

Duncan tonight:

24 points on 10-20
17 boards, 5 offensive
7 assists
3 blocks
1 steal

4-7 FT
5 TO's (nobody's perfect! :))

That's the Tim I like it! :hat

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Damn, I'm going to lose $1000 on VBookie.

[duncan228]

What impressed me most was the way he came back after a horror start, and his D/boardwork all night.

He never gives up.
If his offense is off he still brings so much to the game.
His will to win is intense.

[Spurs Brazil]

DJ scores