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Temple is starting tonight?
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericksDALLAS -- Officially, the San Antonio Spurs have 6-foot-6 rookie D-League grad Garrett Temple listed as the starting point guard for tonight's Game 1 against the Mavericks at American Airlines Center.
Officially, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich deemed second-year guard George Hill a game-time decison. "He's probably 50-50."
Officially, that's hogwash.
"He says he's going to play," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said after this morning's shootaround of his injured teammate, an key cog in the Spurs' grand scheme. "He's a little hesitant right now. We only had 1 1/2 practices, so it's hard after you've been out to come back. It's not going to be that easy."
Hill, who declined to chat with reporters, missed four games with a sprained right ankle before returning in Wednesday's regular-season finale in Dallas. He re-aggravated the injury after he tripped over a cameraman along the baseline in the first quarter.
Judging by Ginobili, it sounds as if Hill will start at point guard with Ginobili at shooting guard, leaving the always dangerous Tony Parker, who actually came out Friday to tell the world that Hill planned to play, to bring his slashing attack off the bench.
Parker has played in just six games, all in a reserve rolle, since returning from a month-long absence due to a broken right hand. Popovich officially declared Parker to be at full strength.
"Tony's ready to go," Popovich said.
Let's go, I'm hyped!!!
My heart sank when I saw that.
I fully expect Hill to play, but it's interesting that, in the event George can't go, Pop is sticking with Temple in the starting lineup and Parker off the bench. It seems he's committed to get some tangible results, one way or the other, on the Parker bench experiment. Also says a lot about how impressed they've been with Temple in game situations.
Ouch, Salvatore. At least it isn't Crawford, Mauer, or Bavetta.
Its funny how the refs with the most controversy still get a bunch of playoff games. Even with the teams they are known for screwing over.
I'm so damn pumped for this game! GO SPURS GO!
FTM
lol Mavs
lol Mavs fans
lol Cuban
lol any Mavs fan LOLing
lol anyone who still believes in Dirk Diggler
Once the little brother always the little brother...............
The little brother that kicks the older brothers ass.
lol 06
lol 09
lol the little brother
let's just start this , tired of the articles
Changed my avatar to all the Spur fans favorite player
those were Jason Terry's words, get mad at him
hey sup
just checking my user...
game can't come soon enough!
and maybe tell some more truth about the spurs....
lol 06 lost to heat
lol 09 played a spurs team without manu....
We're talking Mavs-Spurs here. Keep it relevant.
oh so u accept 09 was a lucky win for the mavs...good....
I have ton of mixed emotions as this series starts. My mind is telling me that the Spurs just don't have the horses and aren't consistent enough to take out the Mavs in a best of seven...while my heart wants this team to defy the odds, riding the back of Supermanu to a fifth le.
Let's get this going...I need some peace.
a lucky series win? One that was over in 5?
I like the officiating crew for tonight..
They're usually biased to the home team..the home team wins in 70% of the games where Salvatore is the main ref, and the other 2 refs are biased to the home team as well..the difference here is that all 3 of these refs have usually been pro-Spurs this season, even when the Spurs were on the road..
Spurs are 3-1 when Salvatore is the ref this season..statistically, he's favored the Spurs..same with the other 2 refs..
I don't expect preferential treatment or anything, but these refs are usually fair when it comes to the Spurs..that's all you can ask for when it comes to officiating on the road..hopefully it stays that way..
someone gotta put a knife in manu's hand and some mavs related stuff...
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