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Also, 5 TOs.. Jennings. Wow.
GH3 D was GREAT
Also, 5 TOs.. Jennings. Wow.
Hill has turned pro. That three point he made at the end of the 3rd.. and him just fist pumping the guy has balls!
yes sir yes sir
I'll take it. That lock down on Jennings, George hill was a bright point for sure.
Spurs finally win with Duncan scoring 20 or more. 2 game win streak baby!
Damn. Look at the plus/minus stats:
Duncan +12
Finley +16
Bogans +18
Bonner +26
Way to turn that around after that scary last 4 minutes of the first half.
Hill was amazing tonight. Timmy played awesome again. Team defense was the best yet this year. And the ball movement on offense is something I hope we see more often.
Great game to build on.
And Bonner was simply unconscious....love it when he comes off the bench.
6-6 i can breath a lil bit easier now
you guys better don't hate bonner!
Not really.. the Bucks still shot 49%. The other night the Wiz shot 33%.. best defensive night we've had.
bonner tied his career high with 6 3Pters made. And only 2 pts off his career hi. w00t.
The defense was pretty good, but 49% is not very good at all. I thought they would have had a lower percentage than that.
Let's hope yahoo doesn't lie.
I didn't know Gadzuric has only 2 players ahead of him who's played most games in Bucks history.
i'm hoping most of that is attributable to that awful 2nd quarter
Well I really did think the defense was good for the most part and was kinda surprised with that number.
Of course it would be great to see what the percentage was if you take out that second quarter stretch and also garbage time in the 4th.
%'s yes. Overall team defense...I think this game was better due to the Bucks being somewhat fresh and the Wizards playing the second of a B2B.
Updated.
Spurs stop Bucks’ win streak behind Duncan
By Paul J. Weber
The San Antonio Spurs were finally able to take advantage of a big night from Tim Duncan.
Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Spurs halted the Milwaukee Bucks’ three-game winning streak with a 112-98 victory Monday night, getting their second blow out in as many games after an unusually lackluster start to the season.
Duncan could hardly be blamed while San Antonio was 4-6: the Spurs had been 0-4 when their All-Star forward scored 20 or more.
“We’ll win a lot more games if he scores 20. I’ll tell you that much,” Spurs guard Roger Mason said.
Ersan Illyasova led Milwaukee with 20 points. Brandon Jennings scored 12— held well below his rookie-leading average of 25.3 points per game—and Michael Redd scored four points off the bench in his first action in nine games because of a knee injury.
San Antonio’s bench was better. Matt Bonner had 23 points and the Spurs won consecutive games for only the second time this season. Bonner was 6-of-8 from behind the arc, George Hill scored 14 and Mason had 11 as San Antonio’s reserves outscored its starting five.
“That’s what we need when the energy isn’t there or someone isn’t playing well, for other people to step up,” Duncan said.
The win came after the Spurs clobbered Washington 106-84 on Saturday night, and Duncan credited the improved play the last two games to better ball movement. The Spurs have won two in a row after losing three straight, when Duncan averaged 21.6 points and 11 rebounds during that skid.
Five of San Antonio’s six wins have come when scoring 100 points or more.The Spurs (6-6) climbed back to .500 during what has been one of the worst starts to a season in the Duncan era, and play four of their next five at home.
Hakim Warrick scored 15 points and Carlos Delfino had 11 for Milwaukee. Jennings was 6 of 21 from the floor and was held under 17 points for just the second time this season.
“I was getting to the lane. But my shots just weren’t falling,” Jennings said. “It was an off night.”
The Bucks entered the game as the top rebounding team in the league but were bullied on the boards 46-29. San Antonio pulled away with a season-high 37 points in the third quarter, when Duncan had 15 points and five rebounds.
“We had a hard time in general,” Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. “We had a hard time keeping them out of the paint. We got destroyed on the boards.”
Redd played 11 minutes off the bench and showed a predictable bit of rust while playing for the first time in four weeks. His first shot was a jumper that badly missed the rim, and he finished 1 of 3 from the field and made just one of six free throws.
Bucks coach Scott Skiles said Redd returned probably a little sooner than even he expected. But the 10th-year guard fared well after getting through his first contact practice Sunday.
Milwaukee lost for the second time in nine games as the Bucks (9-3) came to San Antonio off to their best start since the 2001-02 season
Richard Jefferson had 11 points and Keith Bogans added 10 for the Spurs.
Notes: Spurs G Manu Ginobili is said to be making progress on recovering from his strained left groin, but coach Gregg Popovich offered no firm timetable for his return. Ginobili has not played since Nov. 18. … Bucks C Kurt Thomas, the only one of three Spurs players Milwaukee kept in the Jefferson deal this summer, had six points and five rebounds.
I wish I could enjoy this win more.
so nice to get home and see that the Spurs won again. also nice to see Duncan with another huge game. and props to Bonner for knocking down those shots. it's also cool to see how Bogans is really adding a spark to the team. now if the coaching staff can just figure a way out to get RJ more involved in the offense....
The defense was ok, nothing great tonight. We let them shoot close to 50%. The only reason we won was bcoz of rebounding.
I remember lot of open shots and blown cover. Team Defense is still a work in progress, but individual D was better. Another step in the right direction.
Beer helps.I wish I could enjoy this win more.
I think the defense was good in the third quarter, the pivital part of this game. However, the Spurs were fortunate the Bucks were also injured. Andrew Bogut gives Tim problems, Mbah a Moute defends well, and Redd wasn't close to being back, yet.
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