Game Blog: Spurs v Rockets - 12/29/2011

[jag]

why does tim duncan always try to act loose in the pregames, joking around and in with sean elliott and . he looks terrible out there and the ing around isn't helping any.

i want to kick him in the knee cap so bad right now.

I'm trying to figure out if this is a real take.

[Tmac&Luther]

Ya, everyone loses to non-playoff teams. When the Spurs go onto their next game, they will just chalk it up to losing to a bottom feeder that tried pretty hard.

Bottom feeder...last I checked, your team is bitting the pillow right now.

[Dex]

Haven't seen us play zone defense in a long long time. Seems to be working.

Spurs had trouble solving the zone last night, too. Teams are going to start to recognize.

[Libri]

Spurs schedule at the end of March

3/23 Mavs
3/24 Hornets
3/25 76ers

3/27 Suns
3/28 Kings

[DMC]

Bottom feeder...last I checked, your team is bitting the pillow right now.

Bitting?

[TE]

Bottom feeder...last I checked, your team is bitting the pillow right now.

We've got a re right here.

[ElNono]

You cannot see tired as well as you can see winded. I think they are tired, not so much winded.

They got almost nothing for training camp, almost no preseason, and this is game 3, and 2nd of a b2b.

They are tired. Not getting back on defense, no one running the floor.

I'm just going to disagree. If you have no problems running on offense, you shouldn't have a problem running back.

[Fireball]

And not playing D, and turning it over, and not moving on offense, not covering open shooters...ect

right about the missing D ... Anderson was killed by Martin ... but 6 TOs is very good for a half

[Dex]

Well at least we have a better FT%.

[DMC]

I'm just going to disagree. If you have no problems running on offense, you shouldn't have a problem running back.

But who's running on offense? How many fastbreak points?

[TE]

Really, this game will be more of the Spurs mistakes then the Rockets good play.

[ElNono]

Bottom feeder...last I checked, your team is bitting the pillow right now.

Last I checked, we can lose this game and still be above the Rockets...

[Fireball]

0 Ast by Parker ...

[Muser]

0 Ast by Parker ...

That's more on the Shooters sucking ass than Parker not looking for them.

[ElNono]

But who's running on offense? How many fastbreak points?

You don't have to run a fast break to run on offense. They're moving, they're active... they're not sitting around.

I don't see them tired. Maybe they will in the 2nd half, but right now it's just a cop-out. They played poorly and missed a lot of shots.

[jag]

well wipe the menstrual blood out of your eyes (dang you must be a heavy bleeder) and maybe you'll figure it out.

Your understanding of women's anatomy is about what I'd expect from one of the few non-chinese rocket fans.

[Fireball]

That's more on the Shooters sucking ass than Parker not looking for them.

yep ...

[Dex]

Everything has been sloppy. The ball-handling, the passing (weak passes into the post or into crowds, when not going right out of bounds), the rebounding, the transition D, the perimeter D, the shooting....The team is just completely out of sync and Houston is taking advantage. Going to take a monumental turnaround just to have a chance at getting back into the game.

[DMC]

You don't have to run a fast break to run on offense. They're moving, they're active... they're not sitting around.

I don't see them tired. Maybe they will in the 2nd half, but right now it's just a cop-out. They played poorly and missed a lot of shots.

I understand your point, and it seems that way, but I don't believe the entire team said it.

[NASpurs]

Well at least we have a better FT%.

Too soon?

[Ditty]

Cut it down around the 10 point mark by the end of the quarter Spurs, grind this one out.

[timvp]

This is a classic overconfident Spurs reality check. The Spurs looked good last night but just about everyone not from New Hampshire played really damn well. That just doesn't happen more than once or twice a season. This team hit adversity and crumbled.

At least Pop will have some ammunition for his "don't skip steps", "we're not as good as we think", "we need to get over ourselves" mantras.

[ElNono]

I understand your point, and it seems that way, but I don't believe the entire team said it.

I don't think they said it... I do think Scola set the tone early. And when your shots don't go in, it's all uphill.

[ace3g]

#RealCoachPop sitting Duncan to start second half according to Monroe twitter

[Fireball]

Splitter and Leonard starting the 2nd ...