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With that logic, the Spurs should have never lost their lead or trailed by 12.
TP tonight
he deserves an off night.
With that logic, the Spurs should have never lost their lead or trailed by 12.
Hmm home cooking. What goes around comes around.
We're just playing down to their level right now, and look, the lead is down to 3.
I wish the ing panic merchants would actually jump off cliffs so we wouldn't have to put up with their towel throwing next time the Spurs aren't leading by 25.
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thank god for manu
thank god manu is back
TP!!!
Our defense is....ugh
manu!!!!
he deserves an off night.
All is good if he shows up in the fourth
No, by my logic the other team can still get hot whilst we go cold, which is what happened.With that logic, the Spurs should have never lost their lead or trailed by 12.
All the Spurs really need to do is stop Stephen Jackson - he's the only one doing anything.
wtf
Damn nice effort by kt....
6 TO's by parker. put hill back in.
Kurt thomas just missed like 80 shots right under the rim
This is why we need a center who can dunk
Kurt Thomas looked embarassing trying to put that ball in 2 feet from the bucket
We need Tim back in the game.
Thank you manu!!!
there we go
Manuuu!
Try Fab for just 5 minutes with Tim, try that experiment, Pop!!!
Manu!!!!
Pitiful sequence by KT.
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