Spurs vs. Sixers Jan. 14 - Game Blog

[duncan228]

Duncan. And one.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

What did I say to you Bowen - no more DRIVES for you. No more jumpers for anyone else. Fark!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one

Give him the ball the whole quarter

[Hemotivo]

Philadelphia 71, San Antonio 66

[Hemotivo]

Philadelphia 71, San Antonio 69

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

Fin 3 !

[SAtown]

Tie game

[greens]

I didn't like seeing Manu clutching that hand again. I almost wish they would just sit him until he doesn't have to wear that stupid splint. It's obviously affecting him even though he says it doesn't. I hope this finger injury doesn't linger on for the rest of the season and affect his shooting:(.


I feel really bad for Manu, it looks like his hand/splint is really bothering him...and when he got fouled, it was a slap right on his bad hand...

[telecomguy]

Spurs are becoming like what Mavs used to be (and sometimes still are).....living and dying by jump shots. Its sad. They seem to have forgotten that they have a Hall of Famer in the post

so finally the brain dead Parker realizes he should dump the ball into Duncan and we have 3 pt. play. TP, you have an easy job. jUst get the ball into tD.

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley J

Tie game

[ShoogarBear]

WTF Bruce is doingActually, given what was happening, I didn't mind him not trying another 3, even though it's probably not the best option.

[greens]

TD and a 1!

And go Fin!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Finley out?????

He was the only one making shots

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

this is how the spurs keep us entertained all season long

[dbreiden83080]

Oh for Shits sake, give the ball to Tim down low and be aggressive Tim, stop waiting, you are the best player on the court.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

this and mcdonalds rap commercials

[duncan228]

...you are the best player on the court.

By leaps and bounds. :)

[loveforthegame]

Finley's actually hitting a few shots and you sit him? WTF? He's 6-12 and 2-4 from beyond the arc while Bowen is 1-8, Ginobli 0-6, and Udoka 1-5.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ime, why do you think they're laying off you??? They WANT you to shoot that, so DON'T. It's one of those nights where no jumper will go down, so don't even try.

Pop has done a terrible coaching job in this game. I will elaborate in the game thoughts thread.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Why Do We Keep Shooting Mother Fucking Threes
We're worse than Golden State.

[telecomguy]

Oh for Shits sake, give the ball to Tim down low and be aggressive Tim, stop waiting, you are the best player on the court.

no kidding, he needs to just take it aggressive with all his post moves. They will double or triple him soon enough and then he could pass it out.

THis is the problem with Spurs lately.....they are not Inside Out anymore... they are OUtside and OUtside!!

[Amarelooms]

We're worse than Golden State.

GS actually makes them :elephant

[duncan228]

Duncan making it happen.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD hook shot

Tie game

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

will manu get his ft touch back?

[Spurs Brazil]

Dalembert with 5PF

Manu to the line

[SAtown]

GS actually makes them :elephant

3pt % (Season stats)

GS - 35%

SA - 38.9%

dumbass

[duncan228]

Manu 3.

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

oh mama haha

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Manuuuuuuu 3333!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spurs up 1

[SAtown]

Manu!!

[duncan228]

Manu 3...again!

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Manu again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

"thank you" yes bill yes!

[dbreiden83080]

Manuuuuu!!!!!!

[anjlbitz]

Ginobili!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Spurs up 4

[boutons_]

die by 3s, live by 3s.

[loveforthegame]

Ginobli finally.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

:lol Manu showed up, with some timely back to back 3's

can always wait on him

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Who woke Manu up? Mr Mercurial. Awesome.

[Udrihlooms]

die by 3s, live by 3s.


EXACTLY.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

GS actually makes them :elephant
:lol

[telecomguy]

"thank you" yes bill yes!

Manu has BALLS! Clutch. TD and Manu should be the only players trying to shoot from now on.

Udoka playing good defense. I like this combo, Bowen and Udoka with TD, Parker and Gino.....4 lock down defensive players with 3 offensive weapons.

[Amarelooms]

:lol

Wow happy about barely beating the Sixers.....nice....a new low for Spurs homers :elephant

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Now, no jump shots!

Get it to Timmy, drive the ball, anything but jumpers!

[SAtown]

LMAO That kid got tackled by TP

[carina_gino20]

just logged in...wow. back to back threes from Gino-bleeeee!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TP J from Manuuuuuuuuuuuu

[telecomguy]

Manu has BALLS! Clutch. TD and Manu should be the only players trying to shoot from now on.

Udoka playing good defense. I like this combo, Bowen and Udoka with TD, Parker and Gino.....4 lock down defensive players with 3 offensive weapons.

oh my god Parker hits a wide open jumper....miracles do happen

[duncan228]

Wow happy about barely beating the Sixers.....nice....a new low for Spurs homers :elephant

Happy that the Spurs woke up. The win is gravy, it's the effort we're looking for.

[anjlbitz]

OMG Parker scored a jumpshot...

telecomguy must be jumping off the ledge

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow happy about barely beating the Sixers.....nice....a new low for Spurs homers :elephant

Yeah, because you're never happy when your team comes out of its funk against the poor team. :rolleyes

Stop being such a fucking hater. :ihit

[703 Spurz]

Wow happy about barely beating the Sixers.....nice....a new low for Spurs homers :elephant

Criticizing a fan cheering for his team.

Asslick

[duncan228]

Manu again. Too sweet.

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[duncan228]

Manu...agian.
Damn.

[WalterBenitez]

Manu scores 8 points in less than 1 minute!

Manu did 14 in 6 seconds once .... (at playstation, of course :p: )

[SAtown]

GINOBILI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[BonnerDynasty]

Ginobiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

[ShoogarBear]

WTF is Philly doing on defense? :lol

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

haha manu

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Wow. Just wow.

[carina_gino20]

oh, wow! Manuuuuuuuuu! :spin

[boutons_]

another W for Manu

[SequSpur]

ginobili.........wah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!11

[loveforthegame]

Oh my. Ginobli sticking it to them. Wow.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lmao

Manu had 8 points on 0-6, 0-4 from 3, until 3 mins to go. He now has 20 on 4-10. :lmao

Welcome back superManu!

[carina_gino20]

Manu is HOT! :wow :wow :wow

[duncan228]

It was worth the horror of the early way they played to see Manu come alive at the end.

[duncan228]

Duncan with the block.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Wow happy about barely beating the Sixers.....nice....a new low for Spurs homers :elephant
no, i was just laughing at your joke, or agreeing with you (at the time :elephant)

[telecomguy]

oh my god Parker hits a wide open jumper....miracles do happen


see how it is when you dump it into TD........wait for the double team, TD dishes it to Gino, and it's automatic.

Did some spurs fan say that the 4 Down is an awful play? They are wrong.

I don't know why they don't pass it into TD more to start the play. inside-out makes way more sense than endless dribbling around only to see a crappy jump shot as time winds down.

[anjlbitz]

Manu did 14 in 6 seconds once .... (at playstation, of course :p: )

FTW!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

TD block

[ClingingMars]

score???

-Mars

[SAtown]

Spurs 89 - 80 Phi 1:09 left in 4th

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

89 80 FTS for Phil

[duncan228]

89-80 one minute left

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs up 89-80

[td4mvp21]

4 fucking threes, GINOBILI

[gilmor]

Manu always fucked around for the first 3 quarters and came alive in the 4th..

It's a strategy.. Just when the opponents were slagging off him, he went for the kill..

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Igudala said something to Manu

Tim told him to cut it out

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Manu always fucked around for the first 3 quarters and came alive in the 4th..

It's a strategy.. Just when the opponents were slagging off him, he went for the kill..
yeah, then Iggie got pissed

[ClingingMars]

thanks...i assume this is a local only game, right?

sigh...at least the Spurs start playing for real when they're on National TV.

-Mars

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

The rest of the team ought take Manu out for surf and turf tonight, he saved their arses.

[Hemotivo]

game over

[SAtown]

Spurs 89 - 82 Sixers FINAL

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Thanks to Manu's threes the Spurs didn't have to do anything for the remaining 2 minutes...:lol

[Admidave50]

Manu has gone loco, he's our saviour!

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

good win g night

[wildbill2u]

Well, we can beat the worst two teams in the league...barely.

I'm ready for that Jan resuscitation of great basketball that some folks are talking about.

[peskypesky]

St. Manu the Miraculous!!!

[duncan228]

thanks...i assume this is a local only game, right?

sigh...at least the Spurs start playing for real when they're on National TV.

-Mars

League Pass, it's the only way to be an out-of-state Spurs fan.
They do deals during the season, keep your eye out for lower prices.

My cable company is having a free preview January 22-28, check yours, it's probably a national preview.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

What's happened to Bruce lately?

[peskypesky]

Obi Wan Ginobili!!!

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The rest of the team ought take Manu out for surf and turf tonight, he saved their arses.
seriously, I was dreading one of those potential Overtime games or close wins or losses that are dragged out and just so damn embarrassing against teams like these.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Well, we can beat the worst two teams in the league...barely.

I'm ready for that Jan resuscitation of great basketball that some folks are talking about.

January? Nup wait until just before or after the AS-break.

[mVp]

Manu just killed the 76ers tonight, thanks Manu! :spin

[WalterBenitez]

It was worth the horror of the early way they played to see Manu come alive at the end.

Manu only lives for 4th quarter, then Manu could sucks or being SuperManu, this last option is only sugested in Playoffs :smokin

PS: Use Manu under Medical prescription

[peskypesky]

I actually kind of feel sorry for the Sixers. What a bitch-slap by Manu...

[Armando]

Up next Chewfingers and the Cavs

[WalterBenitez]

St. Manu the Miraculous!!!

amen :angel

[duncan228]

In all the Manu flurry at the end, Duncan ended up steady from the second quarter on.

18 points on 8-14
16 boards, 6 offensive
6 assists
2 blocks
2-3 FT
only 1 TO

[angel_luv]

Manu is my hero! :)

[Budkin]

My guess is that they sleepwalk through the first half and squeak it out at the very end. I don't see them breaking out of their funk just yet

Bump. Same old January story. :smokin

[greens]

Igudala said something to Manu

Tim told him to cut it out

Yup, I think Igudala yelled at Manu or something, then Tim came over to tell him to cut it out...I love it when teammates stand up for each other...

And Manu, WOW, 4 threes all in the fourth quarter!!!! And here I thought the whole game, his hand was hurting...he came through big time!

And why would you leave him open after he already makes like 3 threes in a row? :spin

[ducks]

Manu is my hero! :)
I though rasho was :spin

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Yup, I think Igudala yelled at Manu or something, then Tim came over to tell him to cut it out...I love it when teammates stand up for each other...

And Manu, WOW, 4 threes all in the fourth quarter!!!! And here I thought the whole game, his hand was hurting...he came through big time!

And why would you leave him open after he already makes like 3 threes in a row? :spin

:lol yeah by the 4th one, I was wondering how stupid the 76ers were to let it happen the 4th time..

but I like how Timmy saw he was on fire from beyond the arc, and kept feeding him. It was cool to see him wait just enough to set Manu up for them.

[angel_luv]

I though rasho was :spin

Tonight there is a tie. :)

[angel_luv]

I was pleased that Timmy told Iggy what is up.

[marini martini]

Bump. Same old January story. :smokin

Bump! Halleluha :toast

[telecomguy]

Manu just killed the 76ers tonight, thanks Manu! :spin

If you watched the game, the wide open shots for Manu started happening when they initiated the play by dumping it down into Duncan, and sure enough, one of the Philly wing player would double down and TD would swing it back out to Manu for an open 3. This is so much easier than for Manu or TP to try to slither their way through the paint for layups in a half-court set. Pop should really go back to 4 Down more often until the defense stops doubling up TD (in which case TD could get his 35+ when single covered).

I think the Spurs in the recent years have become more guard/penetrate oriented team....perhaps too much. It seems to me that we should go inside more often and let TD dictate what the defense does, and then make his decision/play. IF they double him, he can dump back out to TP, Manu, fInley, or Bowen and they can do their thing whether its drive penetrate or shoot the 3's. I notice that when the ball stays in the guard's hands and they try to create on their own with TD standing around in the perimeter, it's usually not easy to get an easy basket.

Yes I know TP has become a star (as Gino) but TD is a force they should be using more, not as a second fiddle. We are talking about a Hall Of Famer who now more than not DEFERS to TP and GIno most of the time? I don't get it.

[telecomguy]

Yup, I think Igudala yelled at Manu or something, then Tim came over to tell him to cut it out...I love it when teammates stand up for each other...

And Manu, WOW, 4 threes all in the fourth quarter!!!! And here I thought the whole game, his hand was hurting...he came through big time!

And why would you leave him open after he already makes like 3 threes in a row? :spin

BECAUSE Duncan would have taken Dalembert one on one and go to the rack with his post moves.


Did you not watch the game? All the threes that Gino hit were wide-open. Why do you think that was? Because they forgot about him? Not likely.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Tim was fantastic from the second quarter on! He kept the Spurs in the game and he deserves the game ball!
Agreed, he was the only one who got things working for from all over the court.

Played pretty perfectas a leader, knew when to help his teammates, and then brought his O game tonight, by finishing strong a lot.

[telecomguy]

Tim was fantastic from the second quarter on! He kept the Spurs in the game and he deserves the game ball!


As soon as he came back in the game in the 4th qtr., the spurs stopped jacking up contested jumpers and used TD in the low-post to initiate. Then everything started to open up.

The issue I have is that Spurs only go to TD when they can't hit their jumpers and initiate the flow via their guards. They have it ass-backwards. They need to dump it into TD and let him create.

I know this is only regular season but the Spurs are becoming too much like the MAvs....living and dying by 3's. Mavs have to do this because they have no low-post dominant player but the Spurs have TD down in the paint? WHy waste his talent until its very tight and the game is on the line?

[Budkin]

Hopefully this game got Manu back on track. He was clearly the reason we started the season so well.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Hopefully this game got Manu back on track. He was clearly the reason we started the season so well.
yeah, I hope he rides off this too, in his shooting confidence with that splint. You could argue that the game up until the 4th quarter was looking like another episode of the New York Knicks game.. so yeah, he definitely helps get the W easier for us.

Iggie and them were probably expecting to grind it out, with the Spurs playing so poorly, then Manu hit back to back to back to back threes and it was over.

[~Sweetmelody~]

Anyone have the final 4 minutes. It didn't record the last 4 minutes and hubby is about to kill me :oops

[marini martini]

[QUOTE=~Sweetmelody~]Anyone have the final 4 minutes. It didn't record the last 4 minutes and hubby is about to kill me :oops[/QUOTAs he should!

I hear a b.j. in your future :toast

[T Park]

Personally I thought they played good defense.

There was good effort, the third quarter they just couldn't buy a basket.

This was one of their better efforts in the past couple weeks.

[milkyway21]

Quote:
Originally Posted by angel_luv




Manu is my hero!



I though rasho was


:lol


Congratulations Spurs for the win and your franchise's 35th-Year anniversary!!!

[marini martini]

:lol


Congratulations Spurs for the win and your franchise's 35th-Year

anniversary!!!

#35th Year????????????????


I loved the 1/2 time re-cap at the Alamodome!

Damn, bury me now :toast

No, never mind, till we win it this year :toast

[bigfundamental21]

Personally I thought they played good defense.

There was good effort, the third quarter they just couldn't buy a basket.

This was one of their better efforts in the past couple weeks.

The defense was..... average. We did hold them down except for the third quarter, but we should have dominated this team on both ends.

As for effort, I would only say that we showed effort in the fourth and not even for the entire quarter. We once again started the first quarter hot and then could not hit the side of a barn the rest of the way. Thank God we kept it close and Manu exploded in the fourth with his flurry of threes. If not, we would have been looking at another loss.

[bigfundamental21]

In all the Manu flurry at the end, Duncan ended up steady from the second quarter on.

18 points on 8-14
16 boards, 6 offensive
6 assists
2 blocks
2-3 FT
only 1 TO
Duncan did have a steady game. He was getting double and triple teamed the whole game. So, to have only one TO was good. He was great on the boards and seemed to turn up the defense in the fourth when we made our run. It was not a glaring dominating performance and most fans would not have noticed his great play throughout the game. But this was a typical Duncan type effort. He puts in the work and quietly makes a difference in the game. The last few games, when the whole team has been struggling, Duncan remains steady. Gotta love him!

[Kori Ellis]

Hopefully the frenzy of threes gets Manu out of his shooting slump.

Unimpressive win. But a win is a win.

[ShoogarBear]

Kori's "two days" = T Park's "year"

[Kori Ellis]

Kori's "two days" = T Park's "year"

:lol No one has banned me.

I am asking to be banned. I didn't claim I could stay away without it.

[T Park]

We did hold them down except for the third quarter

They held them to 19 while not being able to make a shot.

Holding any team below 20 in a quarter is good D.

Sorry they didnt hold em to 11 :lol

[TampaDude]

Manu was on FYYYYYAH in the 4th...a WIN is a WIN...GO SPURS GO!!!