Spurs vs. Nuggets Jan. 8th - Game Blog

[timvp]

:smokin

The Nuggets have a new coach and players returning from injury. They'll have a lot of energy, especially since they haven't played in a while. We'll see if the Spurs can come out ready against a team they could easily overlook.




P.S.

Solid D earned a spur for his great job in last game's blog.

Congrats.

[Solid D]

Tip to Gino, goes in for layup and blocked by Melo from behind.

Denver misses jumper, Spurs having trouble getting open shots. Duncan 15 footer good.

Block by duncan - Gino takes it weaving in the lane for the layup 4-0.

[Solid D]

Kenyon misses jumper . Duncan from the left baseline, 16 footer, swish! Timout Nuggets. 6-0

[Solid D]

Do we have anyone not able to watch the game, right now?

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Do we have anyone not able to watch the game, right now?
Me but i am on NBA.com Flash

[Solid D]

Melo backs in on the left block on Bowen. Bowen pulls chair and Melo blocked by Rasho. Jump ball. Rasho saves after missed shot behind back to Duncan.

TP reverse layup on other end, miss, Rasho misses tip didn't get much of it,
Other end foul on Gino falling down could have been charge. 2nd foul on Gino - Barry in for Gino.

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Melo backs in on the left block on Bowen. Bowen pulls chair and Melo blocked by Rasho. Jump ball. Rasho saves after missed shot behind back to Duncan.

TP reverse layup on other end, miss, Rasho misses tip didn't get much of it,
Other end foul on Gino falling down could have been charge. 2nd foul on Gino - Barry in for Gino.
Yep i see that on NBa.com Flash Play By Play

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Rasho 4 reb, 1 block

[Solid D]

Martin for the dunk. 6-3.

Shot missed by Bowen, Rasho rebounds, Duncan jumper missed.

Barry fouls defending the paint, didn't quite have his feet set but probably the third call on drives that could have gone either way. 2 FTs good 6-5.

Duncan misses jumper. Timeout.

[Solid D]

Boykins defending TP. Parker around 2 screens floater in lane, good. 8-5
Miss by Denver, rebound Barry. TP off middle screen jumper from 17 good.

Boykins misses baseline right, jumper.

Parker with hook!

Melo with a jumper, good. Duncan on right block feed from TP. 4 foot bank . good

Bowen steals mid lane, 2 on 1, Melo fouls Bowen. 2 FTs 16-7.

[Solid D]

KMart shoots off glass 16-9.

Duncan isos at FT, juke, pump, juke, jumper good!

Parker off Horry corner screen dishes to Duncan at FT line extended. Ball fake, jumper from 17 good!!! 20-9

Barry fouls Melo under the basket, slapping down at ball. FTs coming Timeout.

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Duncan 10 pts

20-9

[Solid D]

Lineups after timeout with 2: left in 1st.
TP, Barry, Bowen, Horry, Rasho.
Boykins, Camby, Nene, Martin, Miller.

Barry reverse layup beating Miller off dribble with screen help

[Karl Mundt]

Man, those statitians really don't like Rasho. I saw he had one block earlier, a second later it was gone.

(on Yahoo! sports)

[Karl Mundt]

0/4 FG and 5 offensive rebounds in the first quarter.

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Rasho miss everything, but rebounding and block very good. He had 7 rebounds in 1st quarter.

[Solid D]

Nene misses dunk, at other end ob. Ball thrown in by Rasho but intercepted by KMart coast to coast dunk. 24-13

Miller fouled misses 1 of 2 FTs.

Parker to Rasho set play, Rasho turnaround 13 footer missed.

Nene steals and dunks.

Boykins full court pressure almost steals from Parker. full court pressure d by Denv.

Devin penetrates and shoots leaner in lane, no good. Rasho rebounds and misses layin and misses tips twice. :(

Boykins goes the other way shoots jumper with .6 left to close out 1st strong for Denver. 24-18

Spurs are going to have to take care of the ball and Rasho...get set and quit playing volleyball, it ain't workin.

[Solid D]

Start 2nd
Udrih, Bowen, Devin, Horry, Malik

Horry rebounds , nearly goaltending.

Passing around the perimeter, Rt. corner 3 missed by Bowen. Boykins fouled by Beno

[Solid D]

Udrih cut to basket feed from Horry for layup!

3-2 zone, Nene gets in behind Rose, dunk!

Block by Brown on layup attempt, Beno running break to Devin on wing DUNK!

Udrih fouled on drive. 2 FTs good. 30-22

Miller misses jumper from lft. wing

Udrih cutting to hole, fouled by Boykins. 1 of 2 FTs good.

Offensive foul on Melo, where was that when Manu was in there (sitting with 2 early fouls). 31-22 Timeout.

[Karl Mundt]

How is Udrih doing guarding the midget?

[Solid D]

Not very good at first he got a foul on a drive. However, Boykins is having equally hard time on Beno.

Spurs went to zone last trip.

[Karl Mundt]

Must be funny playing against someone a foot shorter than you.

[Solid D]

Jump ball after Spurs misses Nuggets control. A. Miller leaning bank shot from left wing, good.

Andre Miller gives Gino hip check and forearm cheap shot. Flagrant. Gino 1 of 2 FTs.

Gino to Rose in middle of lane, Nene gets academy award and flops.

Miss by Boykins from rt wing. Parker in with Beno, Brown, Rose and Duncan.

Devin misses jumper, Camby gets another big rebound - fastbreak Nuggets Miller layup good. timeout Spurs. 32-28. :(

[Walton Buys Off Me]

Devin Brown needs to park his ass on the bench- and take the insignificant slob of crap that is Malik Rose with you.

Pop puts the cowshit in and the Nuggets reclaim the momentum.

[SLOVENIAN 8]

duncan season high quarter:9 field goal atte

[polandprzem]

Wtf with the radio???????????????????????????????????????????/

[Solid D]

Duncan misses short hook. Rose loses rebound over back.

Over and back call on Denver from baseline ob pass. Camby fouls Rose playing through screen. Gino in for Bowen.

Parker drives circles inside baseline to Gino for 3!!!!! Martin misses jumper.

Boykins strips TP on drive. 35-28.

[Solid D]

Bowen back in. Anthony misses as shot clock runs out. Manu shoots from top for 3 - fouled on shot. Manu makes all three 38-28.
4:38 left in half.
Rasho in for Rose.

Melo misses long from left wing. Rasho reb. Duncan on rt. block turn and banks good!

Melo turnaround 16 footer over Bowen from rt. wing. 40-30.

[Solid D]

Parker fouled. Misses both FTs. :(

Rasho blocks Boykins but as shot clock is down, feed inside to Kmat dunk!

Duncan jumper good from left wing!

Martin misses floater Nene strong off. rebound taking it away from Duncan. Blocked or lost on upfake! No foul fortunately for Spurs. Fast break TP down the middle to Manu streaking left wing, layup!!! 44-32

Timeout Nuggets. Not sure if that was a foul or not but it is really getting physical with Nene really going hard to boards.

[Solid D]

Spurs small lineup. Camby on rt. block good bodying up on Manu.

Manu fouled at other end. FTs good! 46-34

[Solid D]

3-2 zone by Spurs. Beno, Gino, Bowen Tim Rasho,

Block by Rasho but Nene dunks strong!

Bowen drives around baseline screen, leaner from 6 ft. good.

Miller seft baseline jumper good. Manu misses long jumper.

Last shot working clock for Denver in half. Travelling by Milller with jab step fake.

5.4 seconds left Spurs ball.

[Walton Buys Off Me]

Did we actually run the final play for Rasho Fucking Nesterovic?!

When was the last time this waste of carbon hit a shot?

[Solid D]

Set play out of Timeout Gino dribbles behind back past pressure, drives kicks back to Rasho for 18 footer behind right FT line, off back iron. halftime. 48-38.

Spurs had a wide open look, Rasho just couldn't convert

[ALVAREZ6]

Did we actually run the final play for Rasho Fucking Nesterovic?!

When was the last time this waste of carbon hit a shot?
:smokin :hat :drunk

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Rasho play good Defens in first half :smokin

[Slo spurs fan]

Solid D for PRESIDENT :king !!!

[Solid D]

You know, for as little time as Gino seemed to play...it's amazing that he has 13 points. He's playing with good energy.

I'm really disappointed in Rasho's offensive output given the opportunities he's had in this game. I mean he is really doing well defensively. He's just sloppy with his tipins and shots around the rim. His outside shot isn't there on the 2 shots he's taken outside but it's inside touch that is really wayyyyy off.

[Walton Buys Off Me]

Pop has him conditioned to focus solely on defense, which is hurting his confidence of the offensive side of things. You can see he has no rhythm whatsoever.

He was pretty good defensively in the first half, I'll give him that.

[Solid D]

Start half, Kmart baseline foul on Rasho, FTs good.

Manu doulble dribble, lost handle of ball on hip preparing to pass.

Johnson misses from left corner, Bowen drives on Melo 360 spin from lane good, and 1!

Bruce miksses Ft, rebound though. Parker runner floater good!

Miller posting up TP misses fall away, TP misses rt side jumper

Denver misses reb. Melo feeds cutter Miller catches TP sleeping. layup.

Gino gets ball on left wing drives and high runner off gless! 54-42

[Experiment2100]

LMAO a Rasho calling for the ball for five minutes and not getting it.

[Solid D]

Dermarr Johnson works free directly under basket, fouled trying to go up. Duncan caught finger in eye. FTs good.

Beno in at timeout. Rasho stripped on inside shot attempt.
Kenyon attacks and scores on hook over Duncan.

Manu misses 3 badly from top airball.

Udrih feeds Tim deep in lane misses hook off back iron

Miller hits bankshot 54-47

[ALVAREZ6]

LMAO a Rasho calling for the ball for five minutes and not getting it.
poor Rash.

[Solid D]

Duncan goes to hole and can't jump high enough to dunk??????? :(

Spurs try to steal and ball ob, Spurs ball. Nuggets running their first zone.

Parker misses short runner. Nuggets miss, steal, Camby misses easy lane jumper.

TP fastbreak layup in traffic, tough shot.56-47

[Solid D]

Camby makes this jumper this time. 56-49.

timout Spurs.

[Experiment2100]

Duncan goes to hole and can't jump high enough to dunk???????

I think he was checking to make sure that the basket hadn't moved sure enough it didn't.

[Solid D]

Spurs Barry and Horry in. Melo is sitting rt. now, with Johnson playing in his stead.

TP runner from rt side, Goal tending. Johnson turnaround jumper good.

Horry off screen 13 footer in lane swish!!! Travelling Denver.

[ShoogarBear]

Cavs are up by 31 and ABC won't switch games on the East Coast.

[Experiment2100]

Kenyon Martin :"What da Hael"
:lol :lol :lol

[Solid D]

Duncan fouled over the back, non-shot. Miller tries to steal pass by Barry to wing, ob.

foul on Kmart on Horry. Good d by Denver, shot clock to 1 Gino misses long 3 from left wing. clock violation.

60-51. 4:32 left in 3rd.

[Solid D]

Miller fouled by TP. 2 FTs by Miller 60-53.
Devin Brown in . Parker misses as shot clock goes down. Duncan reb no good.

Kmart dunks rebound miss by Miller with authority. lead down to 5.

[Solid D]

Defensive 3 seconds. Barry makes 1 FT. Duncan out replaced by Rasho.

Boykins back in also. Parker off high screen and takes it strong around two guys and seal by Rasho for layin.

Johnson goes to hole against Devin. fouled. FTs good. 63-57.

Horry goes strong to hole on p and r from top. layup good and 1.

[Experiment2100]

Boykins guarding Horry? 3-point play opportunity.

[Solid D]

Coach Mike Budenholzer drawing up play for TP and Horry in side meeting. Mark Jones sideline interview with TP's mom, Pamela Firestone. Blonde wearing cowboy hat :wow

Bryon Russel 3!

Good D by Denver, shot clock down Parker drive and baseline kick to Bowen THREEE!!!

Boykins jumper good!!!

Horry fouled 2 FTs 70-62

[Solid D]

Boykins driving right side, fouled by TP. TP frustrated but he did foul Earl. FTs good.

Horry misses leaner, uptempo the other way, Boykins quick left wing jumper from 15 good!

70-66 Boykins killing.

[Solid D]

Ball slippery so ref puts talcum powder on it ??

Horry misses corner 3. Quarter winding down. Ball into Camby on block. Bowen doubles and fouls on turnaround going strong. FTs good 70-68

[Solid D]

Parker from top screen, around the fenceposts, in for the layup!!!

Last shot Denver, Nene gets inside and misses monster dunk attempt!!!!!

Ball all the way out to side off the rim caught by Denver, desperation 3 off the back iron. Quarter ends. Spurs by 4.

[polandprzem]

It's getting hot

[ShoogarBear]

ABC finally switching to the Spurs game for the 4th quarter!!
:elephant

[Solid D]

Incredible since Melo is on the bench. Great job by Dermarr Johnson in his place.

Nuggs drawing fouls and fighting hard.

Udrih, Gino, Bowen, Tim, and Rasho start the 4th.

Gino takes it into the lane and demostratively draws foul. 1 of 2 FTs

Boykins drives looking for foul but misses layup, no foul

Udrih misses jumper.

[Solid D]

Denver airball saved to Duncan. Udrih to Bowen in left corner 3!!!!!

Camby runs baseline right with acrobatic layup. 76-70.

Rasho misses leaner. Melo back in.

Boykins takes ball into lane on Udrih. Head down. Foul on Beno. Boykins makes FTS.

76-72

[ShoogarBear]

Melo is a freaking one-dimensional turnover machine.

If his shot doesn't fall, he's completely useless.

[Solid D]

Rasho passes to cutter Gino in traffic, bad pass.

Melo misses three long off iron, ob.

Udrih defended by Boykns. Gino drives from rt. corner, layup foul yesss, and 1. FT good.

Kmart puts on floor and drives on Tim. foul :( FTs good. 79-74

[Solid D]

Udrih closely guarded by Boykins, foul on Boykins reaching around from behind.

timeout Denver. Announcers say bad call but Earl fouled before ball came flying out.

[Solid D]

You can tell Michael Cooper is really stressing D. The Spurs aren't getting easy shots.

3 second Defensive tech on Denver. Manu shoots FT 80-74.

Manu dribbling guarded by KMart after switch. foul on KMArt.

Parker back in. Manu misses long 3 as shot clock down. Timmy rebound great effort DUNK!!!!

[Solid D]

Denver misses 3 in close, Manu reb. and throws 94 feet in air to Horry. Foul on shot.
FTs good 84-74

[Solid D]

Melo misses left corner three. Manu over the back on reb.tough call.

Turnover nuggets ob. Duncan can't handle pass other end either. :(

Duncan blocks Martin but Melo gets it and makes short bank shot that rolls in.

Manu takes it hard from arc to the basket and is grabbed on left arm by Camby.

FTs good 86-76

[Solid D]

Spurs double on camby with Horry. Nene at FT line jumper swish!

Parker gets pass at baseline and is knocked out of bounds, missed both FTs by TP.

Manu great steal on perimeter. Fastbreak by Manu on rt. wing, over the head pass as Gino enters lane to Timmy trailing down the center. Flying extension DUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sports center moment.

[Slo spurs fan]

Where is Beno? Gone home?

[Solid D]

Kmart lob to Melo misses dunk but gets it and lays it in. 88-80.

Duncan fouled. Misses 1 of 2 FTs 89-80.

Melo bothered by Bowen trying to post him up. blocked and stripped or was that a shot?

Bowen from the right corner 3!!!!!

Manu rips ball away then makes thread-attempt pass to cutter and stolen by Miller. Tough pass to make.

Nene at other end, dunk. Timeout. 92-82 just under 4 minutes left.

[Solid D]

Gino is playing too well and so is Parker and so is Bowen. that's why no Beno right now.

[Solid D]

Gino making cut and Gino offensive foul.

Melo defended by Parker off switch. Misses three attempt at top of key.

Gino to Parker drive and kick to Bowen in left corner, Three!!!!!!

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Ginobili season high 11 free throws

[Solid D]

Kmart cuts to middle and post feeds him for the short shot, good.

Parker dribble penetration dish off to Horry, short hook, yes!!!97-84.

Camby shoots good.

Horry fadeaway 12 footer on right wing, no good.

Denver misses. Parker goes off top screen wide open TP jumper from left wing Swish!!

[Solid D]

Dunk by Kmart

Miss by TP, uncontested fastbreak layup good.

Ballgame!!! 99-90.

[Solid D]

Melo comes over to shake hands with Pop.

That's it folks.

[ducks]

duncan 2 free throws?

he must still be sick

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Spurs WIN :smokin :smokin

[Karl Mundt]

Thanks for all the updates, Solid, it's appreciated.

[ALVAREZ6]

Manu and Bowen with the 4th quarter energy to win the game.

[Spurminator]

Burce Fucking Bowen bitches.

[polandprzem]

Yes good job. (Your & Spurs.)

Now I'm gonna get some nice and peacefull sleep.

[boutons]

dammit, the Spurs AGAIN played down, lackadaisically, to a shitty, embarrassing team. shoulda been 110-85 with all kinds of entertaining plays and general festivities. Nugs get within 2 pts late in the game @SBC and Pop has to close the game with the starters? GMAFB

That color guy for ABC is dumb as shit, what a horrible, repetitive, annoying commentary.

[Solid D]

I'll do this when I can...if I'm not at games or not tied up on travel. Thanks though.

[Solid D]

Color guy was former PG Mark Jackson teamed with announcer, John Saunders.

Bill Walton was in the studio a la Charles Barkley, which was kind of different.

[Spurminator]

Mark Jackson's just starting. Give him some time, I think he'll be fine.

[Slomo]

Thanks again Solid D.

Even when I do not read the game blog "live" (because games are in the middle of the night over here) I always check the game blogs the next day because they give a much better picture of what was going on than the official play by play.

So thanks again to all that do them!

[smeagol]

Solid D rules!


























Walton posts three times, two of them are "bitching posts". No surprises there . . .

[RobinsontoDuncan]

dammit, the Spurs AGAIN played down, lackadaisically, to a shitty, embarrassing team. shoulda been 110-85 with all kinds of entertaining plays and general festivities. Nugs get within 2 pts late in the game @SBC and Pop has to close the game with the starters? GMAFB

That color guy for ABC is dumb as shit, what a horrible, repetitive, annoying commentary.


do you mean charles barkley?