Duncans shove near end of Game 5

[RD2191]

LMFAO, That's hilarious. Duncan is a .

[hater]

"our guys are choir boys and pussies" "our guys are s"

make up your minds

who gives a , Stephen Jackson would have thrown Jeff to the 2nd row. It's game 5 of the playoffs. Time to draw blood. I also saw Green try to step on Elian Gonzalez's ankle in the 4th quarter. I stoop up and aplauded but I'm not gonna make a thread about it. It's time to send those es back home crying to momma Jackson.

[BillMc]

"our guys are choir boys and pussies" "our guys are s"

make up your minds

who gives a , Stephen Jackson would have thrown Jeff to the 2nd row. It's game 5 of the playoffs. Time to draw blood. I also saw Green try to step on Elian Gonzalez's ankle in the 4th quarter. I stoop up and aplauded. It's time to send those es back home crying to momma Jackson.

True. Though based on this season's shooting, Jax would have missed the 2nd row...

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Here's the video:

Duncan is just showing the scrub who is boss

[Man In Black]

I'm telling you. ALL MALICE INTENDED! Manu & Tim was not going to let Nikki Fairchild




stop the team from using the traction pad they step on prior to stepping on the court.

[ironman2886]

Serious horse play? Duncan's stare down was scary.

[maverick1948]

Duncan was NOT horseplaying with Jefferson. RJ was asking for the push. Joseph, Manu and Kawhi were going to the mat and RJ was standing on it and not moving. Duncan had already started towards the mat when Manu pushed RJ. TD then pushed him out of the way and stared him down. I dont know what RJ was thinking but they furnish 2 mats for the teams to wipe their feet. Didnt see second one, but I dont think Timmy is playing here. I think it was to be a message to the Spurs that RJ wanted to send but it backfired. No one I repeat no one is afraid of the wuss named Richard Jefferson.

[aal04]

Clear as day.

RJ came in and jokingly put plastic cover on Manu.

Spurs are in full serious play off mode and Duncan was super pissed off at the physicality of the games plus the fact that he was frustrated with his performance + flu.

It started off as a joke, but the spurs were not in a joking mood.

[Skoobz]

Touche'

[james evans]

they should be nice to RJ. when he's on the court, he's our 6th player

[crc21209]

Yeah that didn't look like much of a joke. Gotta love TD and Manu having Cory's back...

[Legacy]

Too funny. This is J.T's avatar, too... it always cracks me up.

[Legacy]

That was "You sucked as a Spur, piss off"

Love tap..

I gotta' agree. Just the way RJ tripped nervously, lol, while looking skeered as he was backing away from the scene... and the "look of death" on Timmy's face during the stare down. He got those crazy-ass serial-killer bug eyes. No joke. Scared me for a few seconds just watching that.

[iManu]

RJ put that dirt of everyone's shoes on Manu. I wouldn't call much about this a joke at all. It's on until the series is over.

Thank God LJ can finally give Soft some A's.

Go Spurs Go.

[Baynes]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...im-down-video/

It made the news LOL.

Manu and Timmy shoving him out of the closet

[jag]

I think manu was serious and so was Jefferson. Duncan came in towards the end and probably believed they were jokingly pushing around so he joined in on the action. Duncan realized right after by the look on jefferson's face that it wasn't a joke and well the deed was done already.

The second push later on in the game was to show jefferson that he meant nothing bad by it and tried to relieve some of the awkwardness that developed between the guys.

Read through the thread. This seems the most accurate.

[BigTex342006]

Everybody was serious with the Spurs. It was all business and it a heated game, they had (as they should) their game faces on. You don't come out of a time-out in a 50-50 playoff series in the second round joking around with players on the other team, former ones or not. Not sure about the other shove though.

[Fireball]

I just remembered an interview during a Spurs practice when RJ was still on the team. He wore a hooded shirt and Manu hugged him from behind ... that came because of the evident trade rumors. How much has changed since then, but I do not think Manu or Timmy would shove RJ intentionally if not meant as a joke. Timmy just has the perfect poker face ...

[SpurPadre]

You see RJ stuck that sticky mat to Manu's arm. That was obviously all in fun. Spurs are always friendly with ex Spurs.

Well, except maybe Dennis Rodman.

[hater]

RJ put that dirt of everyone's shoes on Manu. I wouldn't call much about this a joke at all. .

pretty much. The Gay one was salty about something. Hope Manu got a tetanous shot

[milkyway21]

Agreed. Duncan's stare looked similar to what gangstas in the hood do, minus the flashing of a gun

didn't read this before


Jefferson standing on the courtside sticky pad so Cory Joseph couldn’t use it during Game 5 on Tuesday.

First Manu Ginobili pushed him, and then Tim Duncan followed up with a shove and stare down.

[exstatic]

I just remembered an interview during a Spurs practice when RJ was still on the team. He wore a hooded shirt and Manu hugged him from behind ... that came because of the evident trade rumors. How much has changed since then, but I do not think Manu or Timmy would shove RJ intentionally if not meant as a joke. Timmy just has the perfect poker face ...

This is exactly why RJ never worked here. There are no jokes in a tight playoff series.

The TNT crew nailed it on the head. Before the first game, the players hug. Before game two, they high five. After that, they just dap. There are no friends during playoff series. You can be friends before and after.