was that really necessary?
I still think this team will get to the WCF. But, it is all about the Lakers. For the Spurs to win the le, they have to beat the Lakers.
The Spurs can make that a lot easier on themselves by locking up that #1 seed. If they lose it, that will have lingering effects on this team, especially if they start a series in LA. Five years ago HCA would've been a non-issue,but this team isn't as mentally tough as the other Spurs teams. They need that #1 seed.
In other news, Kevin Martin makes 8 shots ALL game and ends up with ing 33 points. 8-20 from the field overall, 4-10 from 3, and 13-14 from the free throw line. Why do the refs buy this guys bull ? He isnt a star, so why does he get superstar calls? More than half of the time he's just jumping into the defender's body also....WEAK.
Utah just completely imploded on the Lakers, so.....so much for that.
Funkin down 18!
The Spurs MUST win against Phoenix, Atlanta, Sacramento, and Utah now. They can't afford to keep losing like this. They gotta just get ONE ing win to get outta this funk. Win the next 4 games, and hope L.A drops one against either Portland and OKC before the April 12th game against L.A.....
His job is to score and do it efficiently. It works b/c guys jump on his pump fake
yup...
and Tony goes 20 times to the rim and only gets 1 call...
TP = 3 rings, finals MVP, 10 year veteran
Martin = ... ?
The king of the morons speaketh...
@Obstructed_View: You did bail on the Spurs. You should never hope the Spurs lose and LA wins IMO.
Some post-game quotes.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040110Rockets hand Spurs 6th straight loss with OT win
Even a late rally couldn't end the longest losing streak of Tim Duncan's career.
Kevin Martin scored 33 points, including nine in overtime, and the Houston Rockets handed the San Antonio Spurs their sixth straight loss with a 119-114 victory on Friday night.
San Antonio hadn't dropped six in a row since April 10-20, 1997, and the big lead it held atop the Western Conference continues to dwindle over the hard-charging Los Angeles Lakers.
The Spurs lead the Lakers by only 1 1/2 games with another meeting scheduled.
"We're going to see what we are made out of, if we can dig down deeper," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "We'll see if we are worth the way we played this season or not."
The Rockets withstood the Spurs' best comeback efforts in the second half.
"In my mind, that might be the best one we've had all year because you have this team [Spurs] come in here and they lost five in a row, which they haven't done in decades," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "They are fighting the Lakers for the best record."
The Spurs, down by 11 points late in the third quarter, forced overtime on a free throw by Duncan with 18 seconds left in regulation that tied it at 108.
Martin took over in overtime, scoring nine of Houston's 11 points.
Luis Scola had 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Rockets, Kyle Lowry added 14 points, and Chuck Hayes had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
"It was a great game," Scola said. "The Spurs are the best team in the NBA. There's not one season where they don't play great. It's always a fun game to play. It's always a big game. It's a rivalry match. Because of all those things I like to play against them."
The Rockets are three games behind Memphis for the No. 8 playoff spot in the West.
"We're in a little playoff series," Scola said. "We've got six games left and we need to win them all."
Tony Parker led the Spurs with 31 points. Duncan had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Manu Ginobili added 23 points.
The Rockets took a 64-56 lead into the second half and extended it to 79-68 with 5:46 to go in the third quarter. Parker scored eight points over the rest of the period and cut Houston's lead to 87-85 heading to the fourth.
"They are all tough losses now," Parker said. "We are not making plays at the end of games. We have to stay positive and hope it turns our way. We'll see what we're made of."
The Rockets have won eight of nine home games since the All-Star break. Their one loss was to San Antonio.
Houston edged to a 31-27 first-quarter lead with a 9-4 run near the end of the period. Trailing 23-22, Lowry scored five points and Martin added four in the run. Parker kept the Spurs close with 13 points. Lowry had 10 points in the quarter for the Rockets.
Courtney Lee had 12 points for the Rockets and pestered Ginobili much of the game.
"Our sense of urgency is way up there," Lee said. "It helps being at home, protecting home court and the crowd and fans behind us helps us out a lot. So, we have to carry it over to the next game and just every game from there."
NOTES: Houston has not won a season series against San Antonio since the 1996-96 season. The Spurs won this season series 3-1 ... Scola was a second-round draft pick (56th overall) of the Spurs in the 2002 NBA draft. ... Duncan holds the Toyota Center record with seven blocked shots on Dec. 9, 2004. ... Popovich needs three victories to move into third place on the list for most career victories with one team. Popovich has 793. Celtics coach Red Auerbach currently is second with 795 victories.
Thanks, Houston, I needed that.
Houston. They arent gonna make the Playoffs anyway...idiots...
Hit the link for the whole piece.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...nderstandable/Five quick takes: Pop’s late sideline eruption was perfectly understandable
by Tim Griffin
...Want to know how frustrating this skid has become?
Check out Gregg Popovich late in overtime when his team didn’t heed his call for a late foul. The way he slammed his clipboard might have been his biggest show of emotion this season.
It’s understandable why. San Antonio has squandered a seemingly safe 7-game lead on March 20 to only 1½ games only 11 days later after the Lakers’ 96-85 comeback victory at Utah later Friday night.
Watching your team fold like that would have made you irate, too.
Who could blame Popovich?
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lol so we would just have them give up
Yes damn it!lol so we would just have them give up
good game houston, spurs are not really focused at all
stunned Spurs have dropped 6 straight-unbelievable!!!
I thought/hoped the misery would've ended tonight but I had a feeling that the Spurs would be on the losing end AGAIN!!!
Right now, they are barely hanging on-yet they are a playoff team....how ironic....
More than likely they'll lose that top seed (embarrassing) but seeding doesn't matter if they're limping into the playoffs...........the way they're playing now, they might not even survive against their first round opponent. How many more losses must they suffer before they hit rock bottomand get out of this funk/malaise/whatever you want to call it?
still scratching my heads about this.........unbelievable!
that 3 3-pointers of TP was a head scratcher... why not Neal instead if Bonner sucked so much last night?
unbelievable...
I am worried about seeing Duncan limping on the court
None of this ing bull matters. We all know deep down that nobody will stop the Lakers. Kobe shall ring again.
What's with everyone bending over for LA.
KOBE, LA, and ANYONE ELSE THAT SAYS LA WILL WIN IT.
MAN THE UP.
Damnit. Best season ever and in the end they still found a way to everything up SMH.
Look, you know I am not one for the "black and silver linings" in a loss. But I am stunned with how good Tim looks (hopefully his ankle is ok). Same with TP. If those two really can play at the level they have shown in the past two games (minus the boneheaded mistakes), Spurs are still going to be tough. That is about the end of the positives from me though.
I am very worried about Manu, but if someone is struggling, I would rather it be him because I trust that the fire in Manu won't let him quit. At this point in their careers, Manu more than anyone can still impact the game positively even when he is playing bad. I also trust Manu to work himself out of this more than anyone else. I am not saying that will happen, but that if anyone can do it, it's Manu.
Get/Keep the Big 3 healthy. Hold the number one seed. Hope the supporting cast just makes the shots they are supposed to make.
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