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if we get tony back and hes plays well, we will be in good shape, with dice manu tim rj and tonys playoff expeirence and manu playing like he is i think we can get out of the first round!
Matt Bonner actually had a great, great game. If he hadn't been able to fill the gap for Duncan in the first half, Spurs would've been run out of the building.
The Magic were noticeably trying to exploit Bonner's defense, but he did a good job of holding his own. He was also going bananas on the drives to the basket.
if we get tony back and hes plays well, we will be in good shape, with dice manu tim rj and tonys playoff expeirence and manu playing like he is i think we can get out of the first round!
Who needs Tony? r u stupid? we aint doing anything in playoffs without TP. We need big 3 next year and the same team if we going to win a ring again.
The Jazz SWEPT us this year. They are also a matchup nightmare. Thus the conundrum.
I think I want the Fakers first round - get it over with either way.
Good things mostly since Finley was shown the door...
Agreed.
FIFY.
I'd agree if Tony was healthy. TD has proven he cant consistently score against the length the Lakers will throw at him. And even if he does Gasol will almost cancel him out with his own offense. Tony is our biggest asset against the Lakers.
The "Who needs Tony, eh?" was with raised eyebrows, as in surprise.
Rather take my chances against Sloan and the Jazz. Phil Jackson owns Pop.
I want the Mavs... or the Nugs... NOT PHX, NOT Lakeshow... Utah... meh' they peaked too early...
I almost came in here asking....."exactly by how many points did the Magic school us tonight." but quelle surprise-Spurs won.
I still don't like the Spurs chances in the playoffs but I'll take this win. Just take it one at a time.
That he does.
Actually, maybe the Mavs are the best choice.
Fcuked if I know!
I'm not scared of Utah at all..they fold in the playoffs..this Spurs team is a lot different than the Spurs teams that lost to Utah earlier in the season..
1. Phoenix/Denver(if KMart is crippled)..
2. Phoenix/Denver..
3. Utah..
4. Dallas..
5. LA..
That's the order I would prefer..
Not without Bynum they don't. And it doesn't look like Bynum is going to be back and playing effectively any time soon.
But yeah, maybe the Mavs. I have a feeling the Jazz will beat us in a 7-gamer given that they swept us this year.
However the matchups play out... The first round of the west is going to be exciting as .
Great win Spurs!
When Tony comes back, bring anyone on... enough said.
I think people are expecting too much of him - he still has plantar fasciitis to deal with, and it'll take him time to get his game legs back.
I really hope Pop just uses him as a quick-hitting 6th man (so that Bogans and Mason can eat pine) and doesn't try to hand the reigns over to him. The team is humming without him, don't screw that up!
Best thing I'm finding, regardless of what happens in the playoffs, is that I'm excited to watch these guys again. The last 10 games they have really come together as a team (the Nets was a b2b aberration). I expect absolutely nothing, but it is fun to watch.
Here's to you, Spurs, for keeping the fight going even when you looked lost, down and out.
I hope we face the Lakers in the first round. Either we're going to win the le this year or we're not, and the road to thegoes through LA sooner or later. If we do get by the Lakers, we'll probably make the Finals.
Y'all think we can knock off the Cavs again???
It sucks this game wasn't televised in Austin. At least I got to see the end during a live look-in on NBATV...
Updated.
Ginobili torches Magic for 43 points in Spurs’ win
By Paul J. Weber
Manu Ginobili will be a free agent this summer.
His price might be going up by the game.
Ginobili scored a season-high 43 points, his fourth 30-plus game since replacing Tony Parker in the starting lineup last month, and the San Antonio Spurs completed a weeklong sweep of the Eastern Conference’s three division leaders with a 112-100 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
“We put three different guys on him,” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. “Nobody could stop him.”
Tim Duncan had 23 points and the Spurs temporarily pulled themselves out of the last playoff seed in the West, where San Antonio is bunched up with Portland and Oklahoma City in a race to avoid the No. 8 spot.
Eighth means a likely first-round matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers, who San Antonio will get next Sunday. But the rejuvenated Spurs aren’t withering lately against the NBA’s best like they were earlier in this underachieving season.
Orlando was the third division leader the Spurs knocked off in the past seven days. It started with a home win over Cleveland, followed by a blowout in Boston.
The Spurs have yet to clinch a playoff berth, but with seven games left and a seven-game lead over Memphis, they inched closer.
“We couldn’t beat anybody the first 40, 50 games of the good (teams),” Ginobili said. “I’m very glad we started doing it. It’s better late than not doing it at all.”
Rashard Lewis and Mickael Pietrus had 18 apiece for the Magic, whose three-game winning streak ended in Texas one night after beating Dallas. Dwight Howard had 10 points and six rebounds, but hit just 2-of-11 free throws as the Spurs fouled him at every opportunity down the stretch.
Howard said he was frustrated by the Hack-a-Howard game plan.
“My mind wasn’t on the free throws. It was on the coach for the intentional fouls,” Howard said. “Really upset about that.”
Howard was 2 of 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. One fan behind the Magic bench who heckled Howard to “Work on your free throws!” was removed from the arena after Howard said he continued to shout as other Magic players told the man to calm down.
“Sometimes people can take it too far,” Howard said. “It’s a great thing to have fans come to the game, but once you attack somebody personally, guys sometimes take that serious, especially after a frustrating night.”
Howard’s night ended by fouling out with 3:06 remaining.
Fittingly, it was Ginobili who drew the foul.
He then stepped up and sank two of his 14 free throws, having missed just three on the night. When Ginobili hit his last two foul shots with 49 seconds remaining, a chant of “M-V-P!” swept through the AT&T Center.
For the Spurs? Without question.
It looked bleak for already-underachieving San Antonio when Parker broke his right hand March 6, but Ginobili has carried the Spurs to a 10-5 record without their starting point guard.
Matt Bonner added 15 points for the Spurs. Jameer Nelson and J.J. Re had 15 apiece for Orlando.
The Spurs avenged a 26-point loss to Orlando on March 17 that was their worst of the season. Duncan had five points in that loss and was 1 for 10 from the field, the worst shooting percentage game of his career.
“Everybody in the league has frustrated nights,” Van Gundy said. “I saw Tim Duncan after 12 years have one of those frustrated nights against us in Orlando, so let’s not pretend it’s just Dwight. I saw one of the calmest guys in the league have a very frustrated night and do nothing but complain when he was in Orlando. It happens to everybody.”
Duncan took a seat early after being whistled for three fouls in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the game. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich didn’t last much longer.
Official Tony Brown ejected him just before halftime while Popovich—who picked up his first technical arguing Duncan’s early fouls—protested that Ginobili deserved a foul shot after being bumped by Howard on a jumper.
But Ginobili hardly needed help finding ways to score.
By midway through the third quarter, Ginobili already had nearly half of San Antonio’s 70 points. The Spurs call it “Manu being Manu”—drawing a foul on 3-pointers, pulling up for jumpers and recklessly barreling toward the basket.
Manu has been Manu a lot lately.
Since being thrust into the starting lineup 14 games ago, Ginobili is averaging 25 points—about 11 better than what he gave the Spurs each night before Parker’s injury.
Ginobili’s resurgence is likely benefiting him as much as the Spurs. The 32-year-old will be a free agent this summer and is proving he’s still one of the league’s most dynamic guards after injuries slowed him down the past couple years.
Ginobili was 13 of 25 from the field and hit three 3-pointers.
NOTES: Ginobili’s last 40-point game was Feb. 21, 2008, when he scored 44 in a win over Minnesota. … Popovich said before the game that Parker is still on track to return as early as the final week of the regular season.
Last edited by duncan228; 04-03-2010 at 12:14 AM.
That kind of fouling brought Cleveland back into the game the last time we played them (they started earlier though)!
Well damn, sure would have liked to have seen this game and watch Manu drop 43. Thanks DirecTV schedule for not having it listed even though I could have sworn there was a game tonight but figured it must only be televised on NBA League Pass.
Anyone know if games shown on KENS 5 are repeated anywhere or available online free?
I agree with this strongly. Manu and George Hill are playing great, the offense is way more dynamic than it was even before TP's injury IMO, and it's hard to imagine TP won't be showing some rust whenever he comes back.
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