Round 3, Game 3: Spurs vs Jazz Official Game Blog Thread

[01Snake]

Whats up with these late calls on SA?? BS

[TampaDude]

Gawd...no mercy from the refs tonight...NBA doesn't want a sweep.

[hater]

ing refs suck

[Spurologist]

TP and pick and roll are a deadly combination

[Mavs<Spurs]

I have agreed with the calls on Tim Duncan.

However, I think that some of the noncalls were fouls committed by the Jazz.

That's my complaint.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oberto's picks, cuts and hands around the bucket are SO GOOD. It's a basketball purist's pleasure to watch.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tp!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duncan228]

NBA doesn't want a sweep.

Gotta sell more beer.

[L.I.T]

Get the outta the way Elson!

[Admidave50]

Nice TP

[slayermin]

I expect this out of Rush but Delaney too? .

[Warlord23]

The whistles are outta control now

[Admidave50]

Come on, stop fouling them! They can't hit

[CubanMustGo]

get foul calls on nearly every drive, SA almost never. Nice

[Spurologist]

Refs got it stuck on AUTOMATIC WHISTLE for a Jazz drive

[Admidave50]

I guess they can't hit their FTs neither! haha

[slayermin]

Come on, stop fouling them! They can't hit

Who's fouling who?

[Amarelooms]

Utah is horrible...you would think these white guys could at least make free throws lol

[Mavs<Spurs]

However, since the calls on Tim were legitimate, those things were completely within his control.

That's where he's got to realize that he may not get as many calls in Utah as he deserves (ie some Jazz fouling Tim may be noncalls in Utah).


Even Tim knew that he had committed a foul.

Wise teammate Michael Finley trying to rescue Tim from his foul.



We'll see what happens.


Tim needs to play more carefully and thoughtfully in the second half.

[TampaDude]

Okay...either the Jazz or the Spurs are gonna go on a big run here to close out the half...hopefully it will be the Spurs, and we'll go in at halftime with a double-digit lead.

[Mavs<Spurs]

get foul calls on nearly every drive, SA almost never. Nice

Home court.

[JAZZinSIX]

If the Jazz don't take advantage of TD's absence, we deserve to lose. Credit to your D--we can't go on a run. We also cant get our ORebounds going. I still think we beat you guys, but we're not doing what we need to do...to be continued

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wrong. If he gives up those points, he can be more aggressive later. Now, he's out the rest of this half and can't be aggressive defensively in the third quarter either. If he had only had two fouls, he could have been more aggressive in the third.

Is two points worth an entire quarter of defensive aggression?

His presence alone will affect some shots. Play zone, especially against Utah and close out on Okur.

What I meant was that he has a shotblocker's mentality, he would block that shot 6/10 times (he did it over and over and over again in the Suns series, for eg), and you can't just turn off that instinct. He stops going after shots, he may as well stop playing.

I am a shotblocker myself, I know the mentality.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Okay...either the Jazz or the Spurs are gonna go on a big run here to close out the half...hopefully it will be the Spurs, and we'll go in at halftime with a double-digit lead.

Hate to say it, but in Utah if those are the only two choices and Tim is on the bench, the far more likely of those two scenarios is that the Jazz go on a large run.

[Solid D]

However, since the calls on Tim were legitimate, those things were completely within his control.

That's where he's got to realize that he may not get as many calls in Utah as he deserves (ie some Jazz fouling Tim may be noncalls in Utah).


Even Tim knew that he had committed a foul.

Wise teammate Michael Finley trying to rescue Tim from his foul.



We'll see what happens.


Tim needs to play more carefully and thoughtfully in the second half.

True.