Spurs @ Hornets Game 1 Blog

[Radiosparks]

That's why CP is a punk. Tries to cause the contact and then walks away with a y at ude.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Chris Paul thinks the world revolves around him.

[Capt Bringdown]

No excuses, but that ing fire extinguisher fiasco didn't help us at all tonite.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

NO is our worst matchup in the NBA, I've been saying that since watching them destroy us twice during the reg season.

However, this is ONLY GAME 1, it's in NO, a MUST-WIN for the Hornets, so let's not give up just yet, eh?

Pop will adjust in game 2... I hope.

Well we did beat them twice in the regular season too. The problem is Pop is too set in his ways to get creative.

Glad to see Ime and Barry get a combined 30 seconds between them tonight, that worked out well for us.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

this game is pretty much over now - you can see the spurs' faces and manu missing that FT. they just want to go home now.

[boutons_]

this game was not that difficult for the Spurs to win.

[Budkin]

All I know is that I've never seen Duncan not bounce back from a bad game. And this is the absolute worst game I've ever seen out of Timmy.

[WildcardManu]

I just got home and I love what i'm seeing. GO HORNETS!!

Who are you? oh you're that pissy team that lost it's last game of the season to the Spurs. boo hoo

[Don Quixote]

Agreed. Probably the worst big-game that Tim's ever played.

Down 12 with 2:32 to go. It's looking like a loss. Oh well, we'll get em next game.

[SpursFanATL]

I officially hate CP3... what a whiny ing .

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. I was worried that I wouldn't hate the Hornets enough this series, but that problem is solved. ing piece of .

[T Park]

Its like they didn't study any film of the losses at all..

[Ice009]

It's not OVER GUYS. KEEP FIGHTING.

[metalzo]

CP's not a punk and Duncan is not at all soft. It seems all this winning in recent years has spoiled some of you Spurs fans...

[TampaDude]

Timmy, we love ya, but you sucked tonight...

[SpurAddict561]

Duncan is definitely playing like a tonight, Mavs fun

butt out.

[Radiosparks]

Some of you Spurs fans are such ing spoiled little es. Calling Duncan "soft" and . Dude is one of the least "soft" players in the NBA. Shut the up.

Thanks bro!

[MannyIsGod]

Tim hasn't been doubled like this for a long time. It put him off. He will be back next game.

And if pop would run some cutters down the lane it would help him a load.

No it woudln't. There is no space in there. Thats why they've had so many open 3s. They either hit the 3s or they get nothing.


This is what happens when Duncan lays an egg. Really disappointed in him this game.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

anyway, i still haven't seen anything very special on the hornets or any indication the spurs will lose these series - that other than Dwest hitting from everywhere. What if all those shots didn't go in?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The sad thing about tonight is if Duncan actually shows up then we win this.

[hitmanyr2k]

Tim hasn't been doubled like this for a long time. It put him off. He will be back next game.

And if pop would run some cutters down the lane it would help him a load.

Tim Duncan has handled double-teams 10x worse than the ones he saw tonight. Even when he wasn't doubled he still wasn't aggressive. I just don't understand him sometimes. Most great players have a bad half and then come out with a vengeance the next half. When Tim Duncan sucks the guy seems to go the extra mile and make sure it's a complete garbage game lol.

[sting]

Yeah, Paul's a punk, one of the nice guys in the NBA. Don't hate.

[peskypesky]

Duncan had a bad night. It happens. He'll come back strong, he always does.
No one will convince me he's soft or that he doesn't give a . The man is a winner. He'll leave this game behind him and show up in game 2.

i agree with you but there's a lot of "fans" here who have no spines and no faith and no belief in the Spurs.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Sucks to see the Spurs lose but its really no suprise coz the Hornets are a damn good team who is young.

I'm sure the Spurs will step up next game.

[ballhog]

Not their night. Haven't played well since the 'ring of fire'.

[dbreiden83080]

Duncan had a bad night. It happens. He'll come back strong, he always does.
No one will convince me he's soft or that he doesn't give a . The man is a winner. He'll leave this game behind him and show up in game 2.

Maybe the worst game of his playoff career tonight but i am worried about all the double teams. It is going to be hard for him to get up 15-20 shots if they are going to play him like that. He needs to be almost perfect with the shots he does get. Pop needs to make adjustments, Tim needs to be more aggressive, this is going to be a tough series.