Spurs @ Jazz Jan. 28 - Game Blog

[Cherry]

Ok, down by 10 we can do it :ihit

[carina_gino20]

come on, Spurs. Time to pull your heads outta your asses.




Seriously. :pctoss

[ThomasGranger]

Pop needs to leave Ime in for the entire 4th.

[itzsoweezee]

keep those wastes of space, horry and vaughn, off the court!

[e20dylan]

Pop may be right, we are in danger of missing the playoffs...

no we arent. it will get figured out just like every year. why is this year any different? because we are older?

[boutons_]

Spurs have 2 players in double figures after 3 qtrs, while yielding 50% FG.

Only 10 AST for 24 FGs.

[angel_luv]

All right. Everyone who prays. say a prayer for the Spurs. :)

[Ice009]

I thought I'd wait until after AS break to judge this team, but forget that, we have MAJOR LIABILITIES all over the court, and that makes the Big 3 to force too much.

Exactly. The big 3 are trying to force it. The role players on this team are completely worthless right now. They are doing nothing. That's what makes this year different IMO.

TP must drive the rest of the game.

[VaSpursFan]

wtf manu...dribble, dribble shoot? where is the ball movement dammit?

[loveforthegame]

What's the lineup?

[Russ]

The Spurs are like the stock market -- you just don't know when they'll hit bottom and start climbing back this season. A lot of false bottoms so far. :wtf

[loveforthegame]

Don't forget we play tomorrow night. Pop isn't going to overplay someone no matter how much we want him too.

[e20dylan]

8 point game baby we can cut this down

[Udrihlooms]

no we arent. it will get figured out just like every year. why is this year any different? because we are older?


Because this year is unlike any other previous year. The west is so unbelievably loaded that a 50-win season may not be a guarantee of a playoff seat. Just look at the standings, the Jazz and the rockets are out of the picture, and there is not much difference between the first 6 seeds.

Unf&cking believable.

And the way the Spurs are playing? Unf&cking believable too!!!

It's still a long way to go, but the spurs can't really lose too many games this season.

[Cherry]

C'mon Manu :ihit

[Amarelooms]

All right. Everyone who prays. say a prayer for the Spurs. :)

God does not care about basketball let alone Spurs...please dont say stupid things like this :elephant

[boutons_]

Amazing, only -6, Spurs are beating themselves.

[VaSpursFan]

the d is picking up...now, can we score

[ducks]

spurs will win

[Capt Bringdown]

Good teams can manage to win games even win they play like shite. I hope this is one of those nights for the Spurs.

[ducks]

spurs are 22-6 on givng up points on turnovers

[angel_luv]

God does not care about basketball let alone Spurs...please dont say stupid things like this :elephant

You can't prove that God doesn't care. Praying can only help.

[e20dylan]

bonner needs more playing time

[milkyway21]

Spurs can't get over the hump, Tony useless, 2 pts, 3 PFs, 2 ASTs.no wonder ...

http://images.sportsline.com/u/photos/basketball/nba/img10604869.jpg wahhhhhhhh :cry

Go Spurs!:flag:

[Ice009]

ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCKK KKKKKKKKKKKK

stupid shot selection. ATTACK. ATTACK. ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

I don't think we're coming back. The Jazz have weathered every attempt we've made. I know a lot of time left but this one has felt like a loss for a long time now.

Something is seriously wrong with this team.

[bdictjames]

I don't think we're coming back. The Jazz have weathered every attempt we've made. I know a lot of time left but this one has felt like a loss for a long time now.

Something is seriously wrong with this team.
Its January blablabla. :donkey

[Supergirl]

Only Manu and TD appear to be able to score tonight. WTF is going on with Parker?

[boutons_]

4 Spurs starters total 14 pts in 40 minutes.

[nkdlunch]

Sit Parker down. But even Vaughn is getting tired. Just let Manu + Duncan take the shots. nobody else should be shooting.

[peskypesky]

God does not care about basketball let alone Spurs...please dont say stupid things like this :elephant

He just doesn't care about the Mavs.

[bdictjames]

Only Manu and TD appear to be able to score tonight. WTF is going on with Parker?
Bring Damon Stoudamire in.

[Cherry]

:madrun :madrun :madrun ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCKK KKKKKKKKKKKK

stupid shot selection. ATTACK. ATTACK. ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!! :madrun :madrun :madrun

[Korny Earl]

Am i really unlucky at seeing a good bonner game, or does he suck worse than any1 on here seems to realize.. I keep reading "put in bonner!! wooo!!" & i get confused..

[Ice009]

Any more jump shots get you locked up in a cell with a man called Bubba ;).

[ducks]

booner sucks

[bdictjames]

Okay, we officially suck.

[VaSpursFan]

weaksauce timmy

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Spurs will surge. They just need to ride Duncan and Manu.

[bdictjames]

weaksauce timmy
Duncan is not to be blamed... EVER.

[ludda]

Now would be a good time to make a run

[e20dylan]

bonner is the shit just needs more playing time. he brings good defense to the table and a reliable 3

[Supergirl]

If only Manu and TD can score, do the SPurs even deserve to win this game?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Been trying to change my avatart ot Udoka, but the site keeps saying the pic is too big even though I reduced it to 120x107 pixels, 4kB. :pctoss

Sums up the Spurs today.

[loveforthegame]

7 turnovers for Duncan.

[Supergirl]

I don't think we're coming back. The Jazz have weathered every attempt we've made. I know a lot of time left but this one has felt like a loss for a long time now.

Something is seriously wrong with this team.

I agree in terms of this game, although I think the Spurs will turn this corner.

[naico]

It's all over now

[peskypesky]

If only Manu and TD can score, do the SPurs even deserve to win this game?


nope

[sa_butta]

Spurs can still win this game. Right now they are just not playing like they want it. Too many turnovers.

[Budkin]

When is this shit going to end?

[VaSpursFan]

udoka needs significant minutes going forward...make it happen pop...he's a competitor

[ducks]

duncan is sucking worse then tp
tp is sick duncan is not

[Udrihlooms]

Now would be a good time to make a run


this is pretty tiring. come playoff time, if this trend continues, we'd be pretty wasted or sucked up. spurs dig a sh^t hole in Q1 and they spend so much effort to climb out.

they don't need to make a run if they got up for Q1.

[milkyway21]

5-pt game guys!

:flag:

[Budkin]

We need consistent scoring... that's it. We don't have it now. It's gone.

[Ice009]

F.uck thse pussies. That's how u do it IME. that's how u finish Bruce.

[jmard5]

Pop is shuffling his lineup right now.

[nkdlunch]

Pop hates Parker. he is trying to embarrass him. or else he would sit him down tonight.

[ducks]

no more threes
DRIVE AND DUNK

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This road trip will be UGLY unless something big changes soon.

[meta2007]

Jazzs are the dirtiest team in the whole league!

[ducks]

Pop hates Parker. he is trying to embarrass him. or else he would sit him down tonight.
:rolleyes

[Udrihlooms]

5-pt game guys!

:flag:

5 pts.... 3... tie.... down 10 again....

repeat until buzzer... :pctoss

[ducks]

This team can't win without the big 3 playing well. Tony is injuried and Manu and Tim scoring isn't going to get it done. Udoka is looking good but other than Tony,Manu, Tim, Udoka, nobody else can score.
no this team is tp's when he struggles spurs do

[e20dylan]

Pop hates Parker. he is trying to embarrass him. or else he would sit him down tonight.

well for one the last spurs jazz game deron was TORCHING us that COULD be the reason.

[peskypesky]

this is pretty tiring. come playoff time, if this trend continues, we'd be pretty wasted or sucked up. spurs dig a sh^t hole in Q1 and they spend so much effort to climb out.

they don't need to make a run if they got up for Q1.

I think it's time to shake things up and start Manu and Ime. I'm sick of getting behind in the first quarter of every single game and having to play catch up.

[ducks]

duncan 7 turnovers pathetic

[O.J. Mayonnaise]

Duncan 22pts
Parker 5pts
Who is sucking more?

[boutons_]

Bonner Udoka get the nod for crunch time. Meaningful?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim, Manu, Ime need to play lots.

Bruce, Matt, Michael, Fab, Jacque need to play some.

Tony needs to rest.

Rob needs to retire.

Fran needs to be traded.

Brent needs to get healthy.

[e20dylan]

red bone gonna mix it up!

[ducks]

Duncan 22pts
Parker 5pts
Who is sucking more?
WHO IS SICK AND HAS BONE SPURS

[Ice009]

Pop hates Parker. he is trying to embarrass him. or else he would sit him down tonight.


I was actually going to say that during half time. Maybe Parker is pulling a Beno with the injury and Pop is trying to embarrass him? I have no idea why Parker is even playing if he's going to be this bad.

[ducks]

7 tunovers = 14 points for jazz

[ducks]

I was actually going to say that during half time. Maybe Parker is pulling a Beno with the injury and Pop is trying to embarrass him? I have no idea why Parker is even playing if he's going to be this bad.
TP IS NOT PULLING A BENO

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bonner Udoka get the nod for crunch time. Meaningful?

No-one else was doing anything. :lol

Udoka has played 4th Q last few games. :tu :tu :tu

[spursjustice]

4 point game.. believe!!!

[jmard5]

Parker should eat whatever Kirilenko is eating.

[Ice009]

WHO IS SICK AND HAS BONE SPURS


WHO THE F>UCK HAND PLANTAR FASCIATIS and put up more points in his sleep? TIM DUNCAN!

[ricketts]

God does not care about basketball let alone Spurs...please dont say stupid things like this :elephant


so if not for a win what do you pray for? the Mavs to win a championship? keep praying.

[ducks]

WHO THE F>UCK HAND PLANTAR FASCIATIS and put up more points in his sleep? TIM DUNCAN!
not tonight

[Sp Ginobili 20]

TAKE IT TO THE RIM!

[angel_luv]

Come on Spurs.

I believe! :)

[nkdlunch]

there is no fucking way we can win with Kirilenko hittin 9/10... no way

[naico]

jojo jojo

[O.J. Mayonnaise]

Yeah, its obvious he's sick, but still....

[ducks]

Ducks is moron just ignore him!
ducks is right
duncan is playing like crap

[ducks]

manu is playing the best tonight

[boutons_]

Spurs got nothing but total mediocrity.

Tony disappears, and half other guys can't make it up.

[nkdlunch]

ducks is right
duncan is playing like crap

I hope u're joking. Duncan was the reason we are not down by 32 tonight

[ducks]

How bad this team is playing and considering it's going to be a back to back game against Seattle I'm worried they are going to lose to them too!
hope you do not lose any sleep over it

[sa_butta]

Where is the D??

[Udrihlooms]

there is no fucking way we can win with Kirilenko hittin 9/10... no way and us playing 3 quarters only...


Fixed.

[ducks]

I hope u're joking. Duncan was the reason we are not down by 32 tonight
no manu is

giving jazz 14 points on your 7 turnovers is not helping spurs win

[peskypesky]

The Spurs are wasting another heroic year by Duncan.

[sa_butta]

Someone tell that screaming bitch in the background the STFU.

[loveforthegame]

The turnovers have hurt the most tonight.

[milkyway21]

really I wouldn't be mad if we lose this game. at least they tried unlike that against the Hornets...the spurs there really sucked(esp JV), on that one :lol They gave up too early.

[Korny Earl]

GINOBILI!!!!.. cant do it again.. fuck

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Sign Damon, send Tony home and get him well.

Play Damon/Finley/Udoka/Tim/Fab with Manu/Bruce/Matt/JV off the bench in set rotations and live or die by it. Stop shuffling them like a deck of cards!

Trade Elson for Pietrus.

[ducks]

The Spurs are wasting another heroic year by Duncan.
really is the trophy handed out in jan?

[milkyway21]

Manu tres.

[sa_butta]

Ginobili will not win this on his own.

[rasho8]

Someone tell that screaming bitch in the background the STFU.

/SIGNED!!!!

[Udrihlooms]

Manu thinks he's playing for the Suns or the Warriors now...

[angel_luv]

I love Gino!

[VaSpursFan]

manu drives instead of chucking 3's...yay!!!

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Manuuuu!!!

We still have a chance.

[angel_luv]

/SIGNED!!!!


Hello! Long time no see!

[rasho8]

Hello! Long time no see!

Yeah I just lurk.. all the time *lol*

But that screaming chick annoyed me so much I had to sign it.

[Udrihlooms]

Enough of the 3 points already, we're shooting 4/14!!!

[sa_butta]

Manuuuu!!!

We still have a chance.If Parker stops playin like shit.

[Korny Earl]

WHOOP THEIR ASS turn this into boxing

[ducks]

could be a 4 point game

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Manu is playing his heart out.

[ducks]

If Parker stops playin like shit.
if duncan does not throw the ball to williams for a dunk

[rasho8]

Udoka... OUT!

Crappy

[angel_luv]

What happened to Ime? :(

[sa_butta]

Udoka out, bullshit.

[VaSpursFan]

what the hell happened with ime getting tossed???

[Korny Earl]

uduka is a moron.. like the jazz fans

[O.J. Mayonnaise]

That last jumper by Duncan really sucked.

[angel_luv]

Ime we did not need that technical. Darn it!

[jmard5]

I like Udoka's attitude. We need someone like him who is not afraid to mix it up with Spurs' opponents.

[Cherry]

What happened???

[bonesinaz]

Ok-
I can't see the game, but is Salvatore reffing? It seems like a foul and tech fest now.

[Udrihlooms]

Udoka, thank you, we needed that... on the second thought, i hope this fires up Timmy.

[naico]

Could somebody tell us whats goin on?

[Korny Earl]

I like Udoka's attitude. We need someone like him who is not afraid to mix it up with Spurs' opponents.
remember what happened to stephen jackson... pop hated him he didnt mesh well

[lefty]

I like Udoka's attitude. We need someone like him who is not afraid to mix it up with Spurs' opponents.

And screw up our chaances to come back in a game ?

sure

[DazedAndConfused]

What an idiot Udoka is. That could have cost them the game.

[ludda]

Cmon Spurs

[Ice009]

F>uck Ime Blew His Top Wowwww

[VaSpursFan]

I like Udoka's attitude. We need someone like him who is not afraid to mix it up with Spurs' opponents.

we need some tenacity on this team

[rasho8]

No one decided to cover that brady bunch looking fucker?

[angel_luv]

Holy Moley what was that!


Can a sister not get a rebound! Honestly!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

WTF happened????

Ime got tossed for what?

[Supergirl]

what the hell did Udoka do to get tossed? and is it just me or are the refs throwing around techs awfully quickly tonight?

[peskypesky]

ouch

[jmard5]

Why is Duncan leaving Boozer at all to double team Deron? DAMN IT.

[sa_butta]

Did he say something to get tossed??

[milkyway21]

just give me Manu and Duncan in the crucial minutes of the game and if we lose or not, no hard feelings.

okay who IS guarding Kyle?

[Don Quixote]

Korver nails the 3. And that should do it.

[naico]

OW that hurts..offensive rebounds jeej

[lefty]

Udoka FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[Udrihlooms]

I like Udoka's attitude. We need someone like him who is not afraid to mix it up with Spurs' opponents.


great, i guess he just costed us a game!

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Dagger.

[ClingingMars]

fuck the fucking refs. i fucking hate utah.

-Mars

[Capt Bringdown]

Close (kinda), but not enough. Becoming a trend of late, no?

[Cherry]

Are the refs drunk? What happened wiht Ime? :wtf

[loveforthegame]

Udoka probably cost us the game. He played well and I love an attitude as much as the next guy but we were only down 2 when he got that technical and now we're down 6.

[lefty]

:pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss :bang :bang :bang :madrun :madrun :madrun

Udoka :donkey

[peskypesky]

Tim and Manu cannot beat entire teams by themselves. We are in trouble.

[ducks]

just give me Manu and Duncan in the crucial minutes of the game and if we lose or not, no hard feelings.

okay who IS guarding Kyle?
DUNCAN SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE FUCKIGN REBOUND

[tony09manu]

WHAT is it with us an close games!?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

what the hell did Udoka do to get tossed? and is it just me or are the refs throwing around techs awfully quickly tonight?

No, that's NBA 2008 - you can get tossed for sneezing these days. Bullshit.

[Korny Earl]

im turnin the tv off.. thats it.. all over with that 3

[ducks]

Tim and Manu cannot beat entire teams by themselves. We are in trouble.
dude tp will be there when he is healthy

[lefty]

I hope Ime will hear it from Pop !!!!!

[jmard5]

great, i guess he just costed us a game!

That was a BS call.

[naico]

a stop, a three, foul, a three= overtime

LETS DO IT

[Ice009]

MAN IME that was silly, but IME is NOT AFRAID OF ANYONE. HE WOn't TAKE SHITE FROM ANYONE. THIS TEAM NEEDS THAT.

unfortunately we also needed Ime's rebound and defense that last possession. f.uck not smart IME, NOT SMART. FUCK

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Would it kill these guys to show a reply of the Udoka / Kirilenko incident that got him tossed?

[boutons_]

Jazz hitting all the big shots. fucking gameover.

Spurs suck.

[sa_butta]

No, that's NBA 2008 - you can get tossed for sneezing these days. Bullshit.Or laughing.

[ludda]

Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!

[rasho8]

Oh well... Spurs still playing good for 3 quarters.

Hopefully the rest of the road trip will get them playing 4 quarters by the time its done.

[loveforthegame]

Why call a timeout? The game is over.

[peskypesky]

Udoka did not cost us this game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ime getting himself tossed was bad, but we were NEVER winning this game.

Our team is in a deep hole and no-one seems to have a clue what to do about it.

[lefty]

No, that's NBA 2008 - you can get tossed for sneezing these days. Bullshit.

I think Ime got ejected for thinking

[Supergirl]

well, if Udoka did something stupid and got tossed, he blew the game.

but i haven't heard what he did, and there seems to be some question about whether it was a bs call. if he didn't DO anything, then it was the refs making sure they killed the spurs' momentum so the jazz could have the W.

[Don Quixote]

Harpring scores. Good to see the Silver & Black get a stop when they need one.

Really, they've played like trash for several weeks now. At some point they're going to have to begin "gelling."

[sa_butta]

Would it kill these guys to show a reply of the Udoka / Kirilenko incident that got him tossed?Maybe they are afraid of lip reading.:p:

[Cherry]

Tim and Manu cannot beat entire teams by themselves. We are in trouble.

and Tony is gone somewhere :depressed

[Korny Earl]

Would it kill these guys to show a reply of the Udoka / Kirilenko incident that got him tossed?

nothing! he was jawin off to the ref over something stupid and got ejected..

[angel_luv]

I love Gino for never giving up on a game. He and Timmy did well tonight- just needed some help.

[sa_butta]

What the hell happened to the heart and soul (defense) that we rely on so much??

[Xylus]

The Spurs are losing because the Jazz are shooting at a 50% clip, not because of Udoka.

[Ice009]

man would it kill you to not leave shooters open in crunch time SPurs???????????????????????

[spursjustice]

Jazz played better...
We only showed up for 20 minutes of the game...

[ducks]

Ime Was Not The Reason The Spurs Lost

[lefty]

Ime getting himself tossed was bad, but we were NEVER winning this game.

Our team is in a deep hole and no-one seems to have a clue what to do about it.

It was a 2 pt game before the T :wtf

[sa_butta]

The Spurs are losing because the Jazz are shooting at a 50% clip, not because of Udoka.They should have known to tighten down on defense when Utah shoots so well.

[angel_luv]

Yeah I just lurk.. all the time *lol*

But that screaming chick annoyed me so much I had to sign it.

:lol

[Korny Earl]

chuck is guna have a field day with the spurs on Inside the NBA for sure.

[ricketts]

so what did Ime get tossed for?

[ducks]

and Tony is gone somewhere :depressed
DAMM HE IS GOING TO TICK ALOT OF SPUR FANS AFTER HE WINS ANOTHER FINALS MVP AWARD THIS YEAR

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bruce is LOST. poor bastard. His game is largely gone.

Same with TP, although that's injury.

Time to make a big move - the team as it is will not win the rings this year.

[boutons_]

4 Spurs starters finished with 14 pts total, 10 RBs.

A disastrous season. No repeat for these losers.

[loveforthegame]

This sucks.

[Don Quixote]

Other than the Lakers, when was the last time we beat a good team?

[VaSpursFan]

this season could get ugly fast if we don't figure out what's wrong with us

[ludda]

:wtf :wtf :wtf We need to get it together.

[lefty]

Bruce is LOST. poor bastard. His game is largely gone.

Same with TP, although that's injury.

Time to make a big move - the team as it is will not win the rings this year.


Um, okay
:rolleyes

[Sp Ginobili 20]

Ime being tossed killed the momentum. Seattle next.

[Korny Earl]

Other than the Lakers, when was the last time we beat a good team?

the mavericks, w/o duncan

[milkyway21]

the rest of NBA teams are watching and happy of the Spurs' struggles.

well, the WC top-seeded team better pray hard the San Antonio Spurs won't end up #8 in the WC playoffs or they'll be in trouble. :lol

that's it. WE lost again.

so what's the plan for the next 3 B2B road games, right now, we can't even win the last 2?

[rasho8]

All in all good game for half of it.

spurs 3 point shooting is shit recently but they seem to want to jack them up anyway. I dont understand this. Turnovers are hurting. Lack of ability to stop... really anything when it matters.

Not much penetration, Tonys nagging injury hurting us there.

Plenty of time to turn it around though. We just need to get in stride and figure out where everyones (except Timmy... he knows where his is) shot went.

[td4mvp21]

Udoka should have just kept his mouth shut...we coul dbe looking at a win right now. God dammit.

[Don Quixote]

Yes, Tony is not quite himself this year. I understand he's been hurt?

Of course, getting to come home to Eva every night, I'm not sure how he has any energy to play the other team!

[Punkkboy44]

You wanna know whats wrong??? Vaughn..Horry..Elson..Bowen...THE SPURS CANNOT SCORE OK???????

[peskypesky]

Spurs lost because age and lack of athleticism has finally caught up to us. Horry, Finley, Bonner, Elson, Barry, Bowen and Oberto are all either too old or too unathletic to compete at the top level.

Duncan and Manu are still great. Parker lacks toughness. Who's left? Ime and Vaughan, who try hard but are not first-stringers. Spurs are in SERIOUS trouble.

[chaco]

Thanks Manu. ! (2:30 AM Night 4 all )

[ducks]

Yes, Tony is not quite himself this year. I understand he's been hurt?

Of course, getting to come home to Eva every night, I'm not sure how he has any energy to play the other team!
dude he does not have sex half the time he is at hme

[Xylus]

With Utah's win tonight, the Denver went from the 4th seed to the 9th seed in the blink of an eye.

[Jeremy]

The Jazz just went from a non-playoff team a few minutes ago to the 4-seed now. LOL!

[Don Quixote]

the mavericks, w/o duncan

True. When was this again? It was several weeks ago.

[rasho8]

4 Spurs starters finished with 14 pts total, 10 RBs.

A disastrous season. No repeat for these losers.

Since you think the seasons lost, feel free to take your bandwagon ass the fuck out of here then.

Enjoy crying in your drink and stop being an idiot on the forums.

[lefty]

Damn, some of you guys remind me of 2007.

" Trade"

"Not athletic"

"Old"

Would you STFU ????

Please

[Ice009]

Ime being tossed killed the momentum. Seattle next.


Ime could have cost us the game tonight because we really needed him on the court, still if we had won it would have been unfair as Utah really outplayed us for most of the game. We needed Ime's defense and rebounding at the end there. Oh well IME may have just fired the team up for the rest of the season. I like that Ime doesn't take shite from anyone, just gotta tone it down with the refs.

[Punkkboy44]

Serious trouble is an UNDERSTATEMENT...if they lose to SEATTLE...OMG..BELIEVE ME..IT CAN OR COULD HAPPEN!!!

[ricketts]

man, they better be gettin gas tired of this shit as i am.

[Capt Bringdown]

Bruce is LOST. poor bastard. His game is largely gone.


Sad...but true.

[boutons_]

"when Utah shoots so well"

No surprise, Jazz average 49%, best in NBA

[Ice009]

I still stand by what I said. POP START IME next game.

[Cherry]

:wtf :wtf :wtf We need to get it together.

i start to loose my patience :pctoss :cuss :sick :smchode:

[ducks]

Spurs lost because age and lack of athleticism has finally caught up to us. Horry, Finley, Bonner, Elson, Barry, Bowen and Oberto are all either too old or too unathletic to compete at the top level.

Duncan and Manu are still great. Parker lacks toughness. Who's left? Ime and Vaughan, who try hard but are not first-stringers. Spurs are in SERIOUS trouble.
spurs lost because they played 24 mintues and not 48
and had way to many turnovers and jazz made them pay every time they made the spur pay

[jmard5]

You wanna know whats wrong??? Vaughn..Horry..Elson..Bowen...THE SPURS CANNOT SCORE OK???????

Vaughn at least competed tonight.

[ducks]

"when Utah shoots so well"

No surprise, Jazz average 49%, best in NBA
spurs beat them all the time

[ducks]

Vaughn at least competed tonight.
he throw passes to jazz

[ludda]

True. When was this again? It was several weeks ago.

we beat both the mavs and jazz without Tim. That was when Manu was on a tear and was an absolute beast. But the mavs and jazz have picked it up since then while we are still searching for ourselves. We will be there in the end though.

[Crookshanks]

All in all, it's just becoming painful to watch the Spurs play. Whereas I used to not worry about them being down 8 or 10 points, now it seems the kiss of death because they just have a hard time coming back from a deficit.

It seems they aren't ready to play at the tip-off and they get in a big hole - then they play halfway decent for the rest of the game, but not good enough to overcome the 1st quarter deficit.

[Don Quixote]

dude {Tony} does not have sex half the time he is at hme

Maybe not, but 50% of the time is still significant. If you're home 8 hrs a day, that's still 4 hrs of gettin' it on. That leaves only 4 hrs for sleep, eating, and whatever. The dude's tired.

On the other hand, Manu was superb tonight. And Tim was solid.

[td4mvp21]

Very disappointing loss :depressed

Maybe the "switch" will just stay off this year.

[jmard5]

spurs lost because they played 24 mintues and not 48
and had way to many turnovers and jazz made them pay every time they made the spur pay

Duncan alone had 7 turnovers. Manu with 4.

[peskypesky]

Damn, some of you guys remind me of 2007.

" Trade"

"Not athletic"

"Old"

Would you STFU ????

Please

Would you wake the f-ck up? Please?

[meta2007]

That is because other spurs cannot shoot, and Jazzs can double them.


Duncan alone had 7 turnovers. Manu with 4.

[ducks]

Would you wake the f-ck up? Please?
would you get off your drugs

[td4mvp21]

I can't wait until the all star break this team just looks old and needs time to focus again.

Tomorrow should be a win, and then Thursday night should be a toss up considering how bad we have been on defense lately.

Thursday a toss up???!?! Are you fucking serious?

[MaNu4Tres]

The rotation needs to be tightened period. Elson looked decent tonight. Ime has the fire, compassion and competitive hunger we need. He needs 25-30 minutes a game, even if that means play Vaughn less so be it. Let Manu run point. There's always a 5 minute stretch where we have Vaughn Oberto Horry Manu and another wing out there and we just about always fall in some sort of whole and it's getting old.

[ducks]

Maybe not, but 50% of the time is still significant. If you're home 8 hrs a day, that's still 4 hrs of gettin' it on. That leaves only 4 hrs for sleep, eating, and whatever. The dude's tired.

On the other hand, Manu was superb tonight. And Tim was solid.
solid 7 turnover are typicaly for duncan?

[milkyway21]

if the Spurs shld add another player before deadline I hope they think of one who is not just a role player but one who can really score. This might be Duncan's last shot of repeating. Who know's TP will sign with another team next yr or so. I say this because I think it's just what I saw in him now. He's one player who looked like he doesn't care if he gets traded. I condemned those who started those rumors about him bec it started the distraction on way or another.

Still, I'm behind you Spurs.

THE REPEAT IS STILL POSSIBLE.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Spurs need to run off 8 WINS in a row, to make up for these terrible back to back losses.

Give Tim Duncan 20 shots already. He was like 5-6 at the half. He needs ten shots each half.

[ploto]

Every time the Spurs made a run, Utah answered. That is the problem with digging yourself a hole to start the game. You can't show up for only part of the game and think you will win.

The Spurs had a grand total of 11 assists- Williams had 14 of his own along with Boozer's 7. Tony had more turnovers than assists and Vaughn had no assists in 15 minutes of playing time. Every big man not named Tim sucked.

[Crookshanks]

Duncan alone had 7 turnovers. Manu with 4.
yeah - the 1st half wasn't even over and the Spurs had 9 turnovers - with the Jazz scoring 13 points off those turnovers. And the Spurs were only down 5 at that point!

I mean the Jazz had what, 13 steals tonight?! That's totally unacceptable! However, in the Spurs defense, many of those steals probably would've been called as fouls with a different officiating crew. :depressed

Oh, and as far as Ime being tossed - I have to agree with Sean - Ime was just fed up with the Jazz flopping around and all the stupid fouls being called. He wanted to play a competitive game - not a game of "let's see who's the better flopper." :madrun

[Punkkboy44]

LESS PT FOR VAUGHN????? HOLY CHRIST>>>What a great idea!!!! Something is wrong in Tony's personal life to have a game like this..remember I said it....

[meta2007]

From now, the spurs are fighting for a playoff spot!

[peskypesky]

All in all, it's just becoming painful to watch the Spurs play. Whereas I used to not worry about them being down 8 or 10 points, now it seems the kiss of death because they just have a hard time coming back from a deficit.

It seems they aren't ready to play at the tip-off and they get in a big hole - then they play halfway decent for the rest of the game, but not good enough to overcome the 1st quarter deficit.

Of course we get in a hole every game!!! Only ONE, count 'em, ONE, starter is a consistent scorer. Tim Duncan. Oberto can't score, Bowen can't score, Finley only occasionally scores, and Parker is MIA. I'm sick of Pop thinking Manu can come off the bench and fix this problem every single f-cking night.

[E20]

Those tickets are as good as mine. 7 game win streak ahead for the Spurs.

[jmard5]

he throw passes to jazz

I checked the box scores, and Vaughn just have 1 turnover (I know, it could be wrong). It was painful seeing Parker forcing his drives and bricking his jumpshots.

Vaughn at least did better than Parker tonight.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

THE REPEAT IS STILL POSSIBLE.
I think if they just hit their threes, stop with the lazy turnovers, and Parker gets his explosiveness back towards the end of the season, we don't even need a trade.

Either or; we have good chances for both.

[Ice009]

we need his energy with Manu on the bench. Manu needs another defender and shooter out there while he is with the second unit!

We need that from ime to start the game. We don't need to be in a hole that we can't come back from every first quarter. Michael can jack up shots from the bench.

[peskypesky]

Who know's TP will sign with another team next yr or so. I say this because I think it's just what I saw in him now. He's one player who looked like he doesn't care if he gets traded.

I'm starting to think he wants to be traded too. Maybe he and Eva want to go to LA be like Posh and Beck. I really wouldn't be surprised.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The hard thing about that is when our outside shooting isn't falling the other team will just double Tim and dare our players to shoot. This is why Barry is vital for this team.
Yeah, we're now acknowledged to be a poor 3-pt shooting team in the game plan.

Even Manu's threat is suspect. Though I would like to see Timmy and Manu do that two man game, because it gives Timmy more space between the double team.

[jmard5]

LESS PT FOR VAUGHN????? HOLY CHRIST>>>What a great idea!!!! Something is wrong in Tony's personal life to have a game like this..remember I said it....

It's time for you to sleep.

[greens]

I'm still confused...How did Udoka get the first technical? He and Boozer were arguing? If it was double tech, then why didn't the Spurs get one technical foul shot?

Gotta give big props to Manu for an amazing game...29 pts, 9-9 FTs, in the fourth quarter, it seemed like he was the only one playing especially. Timmy did play pretty good with his 26 points, but 7 TOs is very unlike him at all...I'm really worried about TP right now, he just doesn't look healthy out there at all...He had another bad game...And what's happening with Finley and Bruce? And Oberto? Horry? Pop's decisions? I think Udoka did a really good job, I'm still confused why he got kicked out??

[milkyway21]

what's the actual conference standing for the Spurs right now #6, right?

[Crookshanks]

It was painful seeing Parker forcing his drives and bricking his jumpshots. Man isn't that the truth! It's gotten so I cringe every time he shoots! Either that, or he drives in the lane - right into 3 or 4 defenders and loses the ball! It's been a long time since Tony has played this poorly.

We can't just rely on Manu to save the day every game. SOMEBODY else - not named Tim - needs to step up and start hitting their shots.

[peskypesky]

We need that from ime to start the game. We don't need to be in a hole that we can't come back from every first quarter. Michael can jack up shots from the bench.

EXACTLY!! Stubborn goat Poppavitch has to realize his rotation no longer works. We can no longer dig a hole every single game and struggle to catch up.

We need to start Manu and Ime. And maybe even Vaughn for a while.

Imagine if the Celtics decided to have Ray Allen on the bench to start every game? You think they'd have such a great record?