Game Blog - 1/8/12: Spurs vs Thunder

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

lol

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Any word on Blair?

[Quiet Strength]

I'm surprised Durant isn't shooting free throws instead of Ford

[Barfunk]

Spurs getting their Dissociative Iden y Disorder on. I.E. blow out teams at home and get blown out on the road.

[jag]

Yes. You are hilarious. After the you tried to give me about saying TP looking as if he's lost a step and how it's too early to tell and how you can't prove it conclusively...For you to say that is very amusing to me.

You saying TP is losing a step is very different from what he said about TD.

We could get into the age discussion and then we could talk about player shape due to the lockout. But I feel like you're smart enough to know the difference between the stages they are at in their respective careers.

[stephen jackson]

rj needs to play 40 minutes
hes the only guy i trust right now

[MannyIsGod]

Yes. You are hilarious. After the you tried to give me about saying TP looking as if he's lost a step and how it's too early to tell and how you can't prove it conclusively...For you to say that is very amusing to me.

There's a difference. Tim has been declining for several seasons and Tony has not. Tony looked very good this past summer, Tim rested. Tim is far older than Tony and Tim has looked FAR worse in his 2 terrible games this season than Tony has.

But yes, other than those differences its exactly the same. Point taken.

[ElNono]

Another game where we give up way too many points... Against the nuggets it didn't look like it because we scored more... but our defense has been really suspect the last two games

[Biggems]

so when do the Spurs come out of the lockerroom? don't they realize the second half has already started?

[angelbelow]

We have to go back to playing from the post outward. Duncan's game doesn't take athleticism. He just needs to be decisive and confident and attack early in the shot-clock. This perimeter dancing isn't going to do us any good.

Also, our coaching sucks. We need a new offense badly.

Not that any of this matters. We lack leadership and we're still mentally soft. We're gonna be a sucky road team just like last year.

May as well tank it and get a lotto pick.

No.. it takes tons of athleticism, just the not the kind thats commonly associated with the NBA (leaping ability, high flier.)

To play in the post you need tons of quickness, strength, and elevation. All of those fall under athleticism. Duncans lost a lot of quickness and elevation (a lot of his older moves relied on quickness) and hes lost a lot of strength due to his weight cutting.

[MannyIsGod]

You saying TP is losing a step is very different from what he said about TD.

We could get into the age discussion and then we could talk about player shape due to the lockout. But I feel like you're smart enough to know the difference between the stage they are at in their respective careers.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who sees the obvious. Thanks.

[urunobili]

Spurs looking like trash...

[loveforthegame]

Leonard and Splitter are the only positives to take away from this game so far.

[Mal]

Ok, down by 22, but ref freaking sucks. Durant getting a bunch of free throws, for nothing. That imaginary Blair`s foul was such bull . Hate NBA refs for taking side in such obvious way

[justinandimcool]

lol everyone calling for tanking is happy right?

[urunobili]

Leonard and Splitter are the only positives to take away from this game so far.

Pretty much yeah...

[GB20]

let's get ready for the next game.

[stephen jackson]

thank goodness we dont play elite teams every night....
or else wed be ed.

[ElNono]

Ok, down by 22, but ref freaking sucks. Durant getting a bunch of free throws, for nothing. That imaginary Blair`s foul was such bull . Hate NBA refs for taking side in such obvious way

refs didn't build a 20+ point lead

[MannyIsGod]

The truth is that we should lose to this team without Manu. Its one thing to beat a team like Denver but OKC is a true le contender with a superstar.

[WeNeedLength]

Game. Bonner should be much lower than -10 tbh with how he let Nick Collison look like Kareem out there for 3 straight possessions.

[angelbelow]

Just play the young guns for the 4th.. leave TJ in there to facilitate and run with Green, Anderson, Leonard, Splitter and maybe Diogu later on. Don't think we can make a run with Duncan and Parker anyway.

[Spurs Brazil]

Another game where we give up way too many points... Against the nuggets it didn't look like it because we scored more... but our defense has been really suspect the last two games

Wolves and Warriors also killed us. Of the last 5 the only game the D worked was against Dallas

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Many of you are ignoring the fact we've just played 5 games in 7 days, including a come from behind win against GSW (which saps energy), and we're on a b2b... what exactly did you expect on the road against the Thunder!?

[spectator]

durant getting ridiculous amount of calls

still, cue it's the 4th game in 5 nights excuse