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i never knew spurs were historically bad against the bucks.
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Tuesday: Bucks (14-17) at Spurs (20-10)
Time: 7:30 p.m.
TV: KMYS
Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350
STARTING LINEUPS
POS - SPURS - BUCKS
PG - 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 8th yr) - 13 Luke Ridnour (6-2, 6th yr)
Parker’s scoring average is up to 22.1, which ranks him 14th in NBA.
SG - 8 Roger Mason Jr. (6-5, 5th yr) - 22 Michael Redd (6-6, 9th yr)
Both shooters are coming off bad nights — Mason 0 for 4, Redd 2 for 11.
SF - 4 Michael Finley (6-7, 14th yr) - 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 8th yr)
Jefferson has led Bucks in scoring 11 times this season.
PF - 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 12th yr) - 12 Luc R. Mbah a Moute (6-8, 1st yr)
Mbah a Moute has five consecutive double-digit scoring games.
C - 15 Matt Bonner (6-10, 5th yr) - 6 Andrew Bogut (7-0, 4th yr)
Bonner has scored only seven points, on seven shots, in past two games.
SPURS RESERVES
7 Fabricio Oberto, F, 6-10, 4th yr
20 Manu Ginobili, G, 6-7, 7th yr
3 George Hill, G, 6-1, 1st yr
12 Bruce Bowen, F, 6-7, 13th yr
40 Kurt Thomas, C/F, 6-9, 14th yr
5 Ime Udoka, G/F, 6-5, 5th yr
11 Jacque Vaughn, G, 6-1, 12th yr
35 Anthony Tolliver, F, 6-8, 1st yr
28 Ian Mahinmi, F-C, 6-11, 2nd yr
BUCKS RESERVES
44 Austin Croshere, F, 6-10, 12th yr
9 Francisco Elson, C, 7-0, 6th yr
50 Dan Gadzuric, C, 6-11, 7th yr
19 Damon Jones, G, 6-3, 11th yr
10 Tyronn Lue, G, 6-0, 11th yr
7 Ramon Sessions, G, 6-3, 2nd yr
11 Joe Alexander, F, 6-8, 1st yr
30 Malik Allen, F, 6-10, 8th yr
42 Charlie Bell, G, 6-3, 5th yr
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Bucks: Scott Skiles
INJURIES
Spurs: Oberto (sore left foot), doubtful; Mahinmi (sprained right ankle), doubtful.
Bucks: None.
PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Oberto, Mahinmi.
Bucks: Croshere, Bell, Jones.
NOTABLE
Tonight’s game is the last of 2008 for the Spurs, who won’t play again until Friday, Jan. 2, at Memphis ..... The Bucks defeated the Spurs on Nov. 19, 82-78. The point total in that game was the second-lowest of the season for the Spurs ..... Bucks assistant coach Kelvin Sampson served, along with Gregg Popovich, as an assistant coach on George Karl’s Team USA coaching staff for the 2002 World Championships. He spent several weeks as an ex officio assistant with the Spurs last season.
- Mike Monroe
never mind her. who's the pair of breast behind her?
Kendra Wilkinson
According to my calculations, a Spurs win tonight should help them to leapfrog the Bucks and possibly the Suns as well, moving the Spurs back up to 12th place.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerranking
Referee Assignments
Tue. Dec. 30
Milwaukee @ San Antonio: M. McCutchen, C. Blair, C. Kirkland
Spurs try to stay on track vs. Bucks
(Sports Network) - The streaking San Antonio Spurs shoot for their sixth consecutive victory Tuesday when they welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the AT&T Center.
The Spurs needed two overtimes to dispose of Memphis in the Alamo City last Saturday in their most recent affair. Tony Parker posted 32 points and five assists in the game as San Antonio outlasted the Grizzlies, 106-103, in the double-overtime thriller.
Tim Duncan added 29 points before fouling out in the first overtime, while Manu Ginobili chipped in 20 points for the Spurs, who narrowly escaped to improve to 12-5 at home.
Parker has averaged a gaudy 27.4 points and 7.4 assists during San Antonio's recent run.
The Bucks, meanwhile, lost for the first time in four games Saturday when Allen Iverson led a balanced Detroit attack with 18 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals, as the Pistons defeated Milwaukee, 87-76, at the Bradley Center.
Andrew Bogut had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucks, who saw their three- game win streak halted and their five-game home win streak become history. Luc Mbah a Moute and Ramon Sessions had 12 points each in defeat.
Milwaukee, which is just 6-12 on the road this season, hasn't had much luck in Texas recently. The team has dropped five of its last six games in San Antonio and 14 of its last 15 games in Texas since the start of the 2003-04 season. The Bucks also play in Houston on Wednesday.
Spurs Team Report
Getting Inside
Gregg Popovich had a premonition going into the game at Phoenix. Considering the history between the Spurs and Suns, the hunch made perfect sense.
“That was a specific line that he used, ‘It will probably come down to one play in this game,’ and it did come down to that,” Tim Duncan said, recalling Popovich’s pregame intuition.
The Spurs won the Christmas Day showdown on Roger Mason’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. San Antonio trailed for most of the game, but as Popovich predicted, it came down to the final play, and the Spurs made the most of it.
“It’s a great win for us in every way, shape and form,” Popovich said. “We started the game down 11-0, and the guys just hung in and played ball all night long.”
San Antonio’s resiliency has been on display all season. The Spurs, once 2-5, lead the Southwest Division and sit in second place in the Western Conference.
Beating the Suns is just the latest in an impressive stretch of wins for the Spurs.
“It was a great game for fans to watch, and we’re thrilled we were able to get a victory against a of a team,” Popovich said.
The Spurs then came home and treated their fans to another memorable win, Saturday’s double-overtime game against Memphis.
SPURS 106, GRIZZLIES 103 (2 OT): Tony Parker scored 32 points and hit two of San Antonio’s three baskets in the second overtime to fend off Memphis on Saturday night at the AT&T Center. Tim Duncan scored 29 points for the Spurs before fouling out in the first OT, and Manu Ginobili scored 20.
San Antonio, which has won five in a row, is 3-0 against the youthful Grizzlies this season.
Memphis was down by two in the closing seconds of the second OT when Michael Finley blocked a game-tying attempt from Rudy Gay. O.J. Mayo had 29 points for the Grizzlies.
Notes, Quotes
• The Spurs weren’t necessarily going for the win on the last play at Phoenix, but they also weren’t going to pass up a chance at ending it with one shot. Spreading the floor with 3-point shooters, Gregg Popovich put the ball in Tony Parker’s hands.
“It was designed to go to Tony with shooters in the corners, and Tony makes the decision on what’s available,” Popovich said. “We don’t care if it’s a 2 or a 3. If you’ve got a 3, take it, and Tony made a great decision and hit the open man, and he deserves a lot of credit.”
That open man was Roger Mason, who nailed a 3-pointer from the corner.
“Pop just told me to penetrate, and if I had a clear layup or a tear drop, obviously I’m going to throw my tear drop up,” Parker said. “As I beat Grant Hill, Jason Richardson came in and Roger was wide open and that’s his shot.
“He’s been knocking (them) down all season long, so I trusted him to make that shot. It was going to be a tough layup for me because Jason Richardson was coming.”
• The Spurs took Friday off, but it wasn’t because of the gut-check win at Phoenix. A stretch of seven games in 11 days ended Saturday night, so Gregg Popovich wanted to work in an extra day of rest.
“The schedule for us has been loaded,” Popovich said. “Six in nine days, three in five nights. We’ve got one in January that’s like five in six nights, the way it works out, five in 6 1/2 nights, because the next game is a noon game.
“So the guys are definitely a little bit tired, but that doesn’t matter. Nobody cares. At the end of the season, you don’t get handicap points for how much you were tired or what your schedule was like. We don’t talk about it with the team. Everybody has periods in their schedule where they think they’re getting screwed. You’ve just got to let that go.”
Quote To Note: “I’m tired, but it was a good win. Memphis is tough, give them credit. They made big shot after big shot.”—Tony Parker, after scoring 32 in a double-OT win over Memphis.
Roster Report
Rotation:
Starters—Point guard Tony Parker, Shooting guard Roger Mason, Small forward Michael Finley, Power forward Tim Duncan, Center Matt Bonner.
Bench—Forward Kurt Thomas, Guard Manu Ginobili, Forward Ime Udoka, Forward Bruce Bowen, Center Anthony Tolliver, Guard Jacque Vaughn, Guard George Hill.
Player Notes:
• G Roger Mason knows he’s not the go-to guy in San Antonio’s offense. But he also knows that Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker can’t take every shot.
Being prepared when the ball comes your way is crucial. Mason was ready to fire when Tony Parker found him in the corner Thursday for the game-winner at Phoenix.
“You’re always ready, that’s the biggest thing,” Mason said. “You stay ready, that’s what this game is about. As a shooter, you’re always prepared, and the coach put me in in that situation, and I knew if I had it I was going to shoot it and hopefully it would go in, and thank God it did.”
• G/F Malik Hairston is headed back to the D-League affiliate in Austin, but at least he’s a Spur now. Before being signed by San Antonio, Hairston played 11 games for the Austin Toros.
He was a free agent at the time and could have gone to another NBA team. The Spurs signed him on Dec. 22, and he was with the team in Phoenix.
• F Tim Duncan continues to lead Western Conference forwards in the latest All-Star voting results. Duncan has 903,311 to easily outdistance Phoenix’s Amare Stoudemire, who has 626,796.
Medical Watch:
• C Fabricio Oberto (foot injury) remains sidelined.
• C Ian Mahinmi (sprained ankle) is inactive.
Very winable game tonight.
it's ok, we all know what you're about here. ignore the idiots.
-Mars
Game blog: Spurs vs. Bucks
By Joe Alexander
The Spurs should have fresher legs for the first time in a while when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at the AT&T Center.
The Spurs have had two days off at home since Saturday's victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at the AT&T Center. That was the Spurs' fifth game in an eight-day stretch that included two back-to-backs.
The Spurs have won their last five games and 11 of their last 13.
The Bucks beat the Spurs 82-78 on Nov. 12 in Milwaukee. That was the second game of a back-to-back for the Spurs, who were without both Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.
The Bucks have won five of their last seven games. They are coming off of an 87-76 home loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.
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