Spurs have two really tough games coming up potentially. Orlando has their new players. Denver will look for revenge. It's crucial to get that first win against Denver.
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Spurs have two really tough games coming up potentially. Orlando has their new players. Denver will look for revenge. It's crucial to get that first win against Denver.
Truthfully, I got a headache from their stupid conversations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurs Brazil
Tough back to back Wednesday/Thursday .
They were alright. However, they had so nasty things to say about Bowen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurs Brazil
Nice photo, Neal & Duncan
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/ap/25/fullj...7a5a423fce.jpg
It was typical big-lead sloppiness by the Spurs. Once the Suns got close again, the Spurs woke up and put the game away. Like you said, a win is a win. :toastQuote:
Originally Posted by BoricuaCJA
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Originally Posted by ducks
Absolutely not.
Manu 3PT shot is way off this month
Chris Quin with +19 lol, highest on the team.
Someone always steps up...that's one of the hallmarks of a championship team.
Keep on winning, guys! GO SPURS GO!!!!!
if spurs can trade and improve the teamQuote:
Originally Posted by DPG21920
spurs are going to have to trade a player to get a player in return
hill will get you more of a player then neal
Choooo fucking choooo
Great win!
NBA TV interviewing Gary Neil... Brent Bary there listening to him talk about Tony Parker. Now asking him questions.
Awkward...
tired legsQuote:
Originally Posted by Spurs Brazil
more back to back games
more games in in a row
glad there is no game tell thursday
manu old body should be rested:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao
We play WednesdayQuote:
Originally Posted by ducks
He just had a really good start this year with it but now you can see he's really coming back down to earth and inconsistant with it. It has nothing to do with being tired.Quote:
Manu 3PT shot is way off this month
that means MANU WILL SUCK ON THURSDAY:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bangQuote:
Originally Posted by Spurs Brazil
on tnt
lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lo l:lol:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TMTTRIO
Good news about Ginoili's shot being way off for the past couple of games - he's due for a fantastic game in the near future, and we've got some tough opponents coming up. With the way he's going, he's poised to go on a positive streak during a game where we really need him.
And I disagree about Ginobili not being tired. He specifically said he was extremely tired for the Denver game and that he didn't have his legs under him at all (post game interview for the Spurs-Denver game). Spurs had - what - a day rest for Memphis and then a day rest for Phoenix? It'd probably be helpful if Spurs had a 2+ day rest streak for Ginobili to rejuvenate his legs again.
My dude Ducks stay trolling. Iaintevenmad.jpg
I wonder how this dude acts outside of ST.:lol
Great game for everyone.
On To The Next One.:toast
The Spurs have had trouble putting away opponents lately, even while racking up the wins. Following an overtime victory against Memphis the Spurs had hoped to do away with the Suns relatively easily. The Suns, shorthanded and without the aid of their new trade acquisitions, such as Vince Carter, looked like something of a sure win to the streaking Spurs.
Steve Nash and company, however, had other plans. Nash himself put up 17 points along with 10 assists, while Jared Dudley, averaging 6.8 points per game this season, exploded for 27 points on 54% shooting. Grant Hill added another 19 points to go along with significant contributions from Hakeem Warrick and Josh Childress. As a team the Suns shot 53% from the field and showed that regardless of how short handed they might be, no Steve Nash led team would go down without putting up a fight.
The Spurs, lacking a fantastic sixth man in George Hill, saw their best scoring come from Gary Neal, who put in 22 points including clutch free throw shooting down the stretch. Tony Parker, recently named player of the week in the Western Conference, added 19 points and six assists despite spending a good amount of time in foul trouble. Tim Duncan's impact was felt on all sides of the court as he rumbled in for 20 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals in what was one of his best all around performances of the season. It's obvious Duncan still has a lot in the tank, even if he is letting other players carry more of the load these days.
The Spurs started sluggish but started to pull away in the later half of the 1st quarter, moving to an 11 point lead. However, the Suns battled back, going up by a single point and entering the halftime break in the lead, 54-53. The Spurs respond, starting out the 3rd quarter strong to break open the game, leading 93-78 entering the 4th. The Suns would never catch the Spurs but they would challenge for the lead several times during the final twelve minutes of the game. A strong offensive performance by Gary Neal balanced Tim Duncan's defensive presence, which was highlighted by Duncan's back-to-back blocks against Josh Childress. Though the Spurs shot atrociously from the 3-point line, hitting only 28% of their shots, they managed to find ways to score in the paint and with an array of midrange shots.
The Spurs' victory earns them a 9 game win streak, one of only a few NBA teams to have multiple 9 game streaks in the first half of the season. They begin back-to-back nights against Denver and then Orlando, starting on Wednesday. Tune in here for game previews and recaps as the week continues.
http://www.examiner.com/san-antonio-...t-suns-118-110
Thanks in advance! :toastQuote:
Originally Posted by ducks
SPURS!!!!! :king
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010122024Quote:
Spurs handle Suns for 9th straight win
By Paul J. Weber
The San Antonio Spurs looked like they have all season, happy with yet another victory as the NBA’s winningest team.
The Phoenix Suns won’t look like this again. That made them happy, too.
Tim Duncan had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the Spurs won their won their ninth in a row, 118-110 over the Suns, who played undermanned again Monday night following their blockbuster trade with Orlando over the weekend.
The Suns are expected to debut Vince Carter, Martin Gortat and Mickael Pietrus on Thursday back home against Miami. In the meantime, coach Alvin Gentry used just eight players against the Spurs, a night after a draining upset at Oklahoma City.
“Grant (Hill), being the guy he is, said to me, ‘I’m really sorry. I just got tired,” Gentry said. “I mean, I felt like an idiot with him saying that.”
Gary Neal scored 22 off the bench for the Spurs, who improved the NBA’s best record to 24-3 and are one victory from their second double-digit winning streak already this season.
The Spurs are again cruising after putting together 12 consecutive victories earlier this season. It has put the surprising Spurs atop the NBA in the midst of a historic franchise start for the four-time champions.
“We feel pretty good about ourselves right now. But I think we still have a lot to build on, honestly,” Duncan said. “Our record is really good, and that’s a great situation to be in, but we got a lot of things we can clean up.”
Tony Parker scored 19 points, Richard Jefferson had 17 and Manu Ginobili had 15 as every starter for the Spurs was in double figures. DeJuan Blair had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Jared Dudley had 27 points for the Suns, whose halftime lead dissolved into a near-blowout. The Spurs outscored the Suns 40-24 in the third quarter, as Phoenix scored on just two of its first 14 possessions of the half.
In a span of just six minutes, a one-point lead evaporated into a 19-point deficit.
“They had nobody to stop Timmy,” Parker said. “He was getting easy baskets and getting baskets for everybody.”
Steve Nash added 17 points and 10 assists for the Suns. Hill, who had 30 points and 11 rebounds in 37 minutes on Sunday against the Thunder, scored 19 points in 39 minutes.
The 38-year-old entered the game averaging around 30 minutes. But he didn’t make excuses afterward.
“It wasn’t so much tired. I think I was frustrated that we weren’t getting to the free throw line,” Hill said. “I think I was trying to prove a point to the officials driving and we weren’t getting calls. I allowed that to get me frustrated and not read the situation.”
Phoenix returned to San Antonio for the first time since its stunning sweep in the West semifinals last May, but after the latest Suns shake-up, it wasn’t exactly a rematch.
Phoenix on Sunday completed a six-player trade with Orlando, sending Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark to the Magic. Carter and Gortat arrived in Phoenix on Monday while their new team was still in Texas.
Gentry—who joked before the game that he came back to San Antonio with the same team except for “that Amare guy”—said he’s already thought about how he’ll use his newcomers.
For a few stretches against San Antonio, the short-handed Suns didn’t look desperate for their new trio just yet. Phoenix took a 54-53 halftime lead after finishing the second quarter on a 21-7 burst, holding the Spurs to just three field goals in the final seven minutes.
Josh Childress scored 15 points and Robin Lopez had 14 for the Suns. Channing Frye had just three points for the Suns on 1-of-10 shooting.
“We should be optimistic,” Nash said. “We got a lot of guys coming in that give us size, depth and scoring, and defense. We should be a better team.”
Notes: Spurs G George Hill is expected to miss several more games while recovering from a sore right big toe. Hill, the top scorer for the Spurs off the bench, is wearing a boot on the foot. …The Suns have already used seven different starting lineups after using eight all of last season.