Spurs vs. Nuggets Game One -- Game Blog

[myhc]

I thought this was going to go 6 games. I just didn't imagine it would be Denver advancing.

[ca®lo]

duncan out of the game.

NUGGETS GONNA WIN THIS 1.

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now im freaking worried.

[Solid D]

2 FTs good by Miller, 93-84.

Beno to Horry at top for 3, yes. 87-93. Game over.

[Tek_XX]

Let's Be Honest Folks This Is Classic Spurs Playoff Basketball, Didn't We Lose 3 Out Of 4 Homecourts In 2003

[Gerryatrics]

Missed freethrow results in an offensive rebound for the Nuggets... of course. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Pop may be the slowest coach in the NBA when it comes to adjusting, and tonight it cost the Spurs this game. Why would you keep forcing into players that are ice cold, instead of putting your offensive catalyst in Brent Barry out there? Or try to find the hot hand? All the Spurs would have needed was to hit a few of those jumpers they missed and they could have gotten the W. But Pop seemed fine with keeping his lineup out there while they got eaten alive, and refused to make any kind of change. Pathetic.

[boutons]

"like game 1 in 2003"

no, the 03 Spurs were good on the road, the 03 Suns weren't nearly as good as the 05 Spurs. Damn, we're ed.

what a choke job by the Spurs. Shot great all game, FGs and FTs, and then tensed up and couldn't hit short, open, easy shots in the 4th, couldn't hit their FTs in crunch time.

[kskonn]

Pop can't make them hit three footers.

Ginobili needs to be greedier in the fourth.

but he can have the offense run through guys who are not missing three footers, the best offesive section of the game was when Barry ran the offense, we were getting easy buckets.

[Dre_7]

Sorry. Duncan is 7/21. Tony is 6-18. Yet Pop keeps running plays through them when you've got a ing World Champion/Olympic gold medalist/icewater in the veins/mother ing All-Star standing over on the weakside spectating brick after brick.

We don't deserve to win as long as Pop is going to run our offense like he does, and everyone who disagrees can kiss my ass.

9 points, 0-18 FGs for 10+ minutes of the fourth.

Unpoppingbelievable.

Dude, if Duncan has the ball under the basket, regardless of his numbers, he has to shoot!

Cant pass up a high percentage shot just cuz youve missed a few! I know you hate Pop with a passion, but this loss is on Tim!!!

If your the best player, you gotta step up!!

We will still win this series!

[E20]

Holy

[chaco]

. Spurs In 6 !!

[johnny00]

Timmy looked like his legs were made out of peanut butter in the fourth

[Tek_XX]

tHIS ISN'T ABOUT MISSING 3 FT JUMPERS, THIS IS ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT COULDN'T HIS FOR HALF AN HOUR, IT ALL FALLS ON POP, HE'S GOT TO FIND A SYSTEM THAT WORKS

[Aud21946]

I was worried when the spurs got this match- up! The Nuggets looked like they wanted it more.

[boutons]

"Lose 3 Out Of 4 Homecourts In 2003"

No. The 03 Spurs were best road team in the NBA, the 05 Spurs are a mediocre 5th.

12 pts in the 4th qtr!! that's ain't championship ball, that's choke ball.

they're goes HCA.

[Leetonidas]

Look at you guys. We lose 1 game and you fall apart. Does anyone remember 2003? The Stephon Marbury 3 pointer at the buzzer that won it for the Suns? Yeah, think of it.

Tim DID NOT look good AT ALL today. Nazr and Manu played great, but Beno killed us at the end of the 2nd.

We can still take this, we just need to BELIEVE!!!.

[ALVAREZ6]

i really feel sick...this was the ugliest game ever......

[Amuseddaysleeper]

man even if we win this series miraculously, as i said in previous threads, our offense is way way way way too crappy to take us all the way. i know defense wins championships, but that 4th qtr said it all

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Is it so ing hard for you to see Duncan is not Duncan? He's HURT. He's playing mother ing hurt. When a guy's hobbling, you don't ride his ass into the ground when you have other people capable of winning you the game.

But Pop is so ing clueless on offense that's what we get.

Let's Be Honest Folks This Is Classic Spurs Playoff Basketball

Yep, it sure is. It looks just like those three spankings LA gave us in the past five years.

Collapse on Duncan, watch Pop force it into him continously, game over.

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

we are NOT going to win the championship, if this series goes 6 or more, there is no way we are going all the way this year im sorry

What a LOSER,yes we lost but its one game,we can still win in Denver

[Uncle Donnie]

I'm not a big Pop fan and I agree he coached like ass in the fourth. But still how many f'n easy shots do we miss. If Duncan plays even halfway decent, we win this game, regardless of how Pop coached.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

believe is dead

[Tek_XX]

you can BELIEVE all you want with this offense but it will be a short playoffs.

[Dre_7]

This is a wake up call!!!!!

Dont worry, we got this!

[Jdspur20]

when you give up 15 ofinsive reb. and shoot 3 for 17 in the 4th you desirve to loose.

[boutons]

Spurs played a great game, so did the Nuggets, but the Spurs totally choked in the 4th quarter. There's that ing inconsistency again. 3 great qtrs, then .