Later bizi.
I wouldnt go so far and say tonights game was an improvment. This is Philly we are talking about and we kept them in untill the end. We should have beaten them by 20 at least if we were actually playing well. Do you honestly think we can beat "REAL" contenders playing this way?
Still Nice to get a win but Still so much work to do.
We are the champions! We are the champions!
No time for losers because we are the champions...
Of the gaaaaaaame!
you dimwits keep repeating this thinking it'll come true, he lead the team in +/- while starting last year. and what does "starting" really insinuate? it's just the 5 man group for the first 5-7 minutes of a game, for the other 42 minutes it means nothing, a good player is a good player and a bad...
depending on the injury situation this year, he'll play just as many minutes as he would a "starter" and he'll play just well as he would a "starter"
stop saying "starter"
I think he had the space and the time to shoot the 3 on that action but because he hesitated and then made the to
yeah, we lost to the mavs because Bonner was a starter
Nice game. Sixers played a tough game, but the Spurs showed good poise and defense.
Updated.
Spurs drop slumping 76ers for fifth straight win
By Paul J. Weber
The San Antonio Spurs won their fifth straight behind franchise centerpiece Tim Duncan.
The Philadelphia 76ers lost their sixth straight while hounded by speculation that their former star, Allen Iverson, might come back to rescue a deepening dismal start.
Duncan led San Antonio in scoring for the sixth time in eight games with 22 points, and the Spurs beat the Sixers 97-89 on Sunday night to extend their longest winning streak since pulling themselves out of a similar early slump last December.
“We really shouldn’t care that much about winning five in a row,” Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. “It’s always good. It helps your confidence, and of course your standings, but we still believe we’ve got a long way to go.”
A far longer road is in front of the Sixers, who dropped to 5-12 and have the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. But reports that the Sixers are weighing bringing Iverson out of retirement and back to the city where he became an NBA star overshadowed the skid Sunday.
Sixers coach Eddie Jordan acknowledged before the game that Iverson has been discussed but emphasized that talks have been just that and nothing more. After the game, Jordan’s availability with reporters abruptly ended after another question about Iverson surfaced.
“It’s something that’s been out there and it doesn’t have any legs except for the media and fans,” Jordan said.
Andre Iguodala had 21 points for the Sixers and Willie Green added 17. Philadelphia has lost five straight on the road with three games left on this trip, which continues Monday at Southwest division-leading Dallas.
“We’re just searching for one” win, Green said.
Tony Parker and Matt Bonner scored 16 points apiece for San Antonio. The Spurs have been on a roll since a skid of three straight losses dropped them to 4-6, their worst 10-game start in the Duncan era.
The schedule might be helping. Only one of San Antonio’s last five wins have come against a team that entered Sunday with a winning record, but the Spurs are about to be tested. San Antonio will play Atlantic division leader Boston on Thursday and Denver, which sits atop the Northwest, on Saturday.
Ginobili played for the first time after missing six games because of a strained left groin and came off the bench to score eight points in 17 minutes.
“We just got to keep improving and be good in April, May, June,” Ginobili said. “That’s when it counts. We are just building. If it happens that we have won five in a row, that’s good.”
DeJuan Blair had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and made his most memorable mark with dazzling successive plays on both ends in the second quarter. It began with Blair, hopping below the basket, hitting a bank shot while falling down on his back in the paint.
The 6-foot-7, 270-pound rookie then rumbled down court in time to e Royal Ivey’s layup attempt into the second row, leading a wide-eyed Duncan to spring off the bench and prompting a standing ovation for the quickly emerging fan favorite.
A person with knowledge of the Iverson talks told The Associated Press on Saturday that the Sixers were approached about signing the recently retired guard. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because talks have not been made public.
Iverson’s statement this week about ending his NBA career after 13-plus seasons hardly sounded like his mind was made up. Saying there is “a whole lot left in my tank,” Iverson said he felt strongly he could still compete “at the highest level.”
Iverson spent his first 10 years in Philadelphia and led the Sixers to the NBA finals in 2001. If the Sixers signed him, it wouldn’t be for nostalgia: injured starting point guard Lou Williams is expected to miss eight weeks, and 19-year-old rookie Jrue Holiday is starting in his place.
Jordan said before the game that although Iverson has been discussed, the Sixers still want to see if their depth can pull them out of their tailspin.
“I have not been oversaturated with Allen Iverson in my mind or in conversations with our front office,” Jordan said. “It’s like any other free agent out there. We’ve talked about a number of people.”
NOTES: Sixers F Elton Brand missed his third consecutive game with a sore right hamstring. Jordan said Brand could still wind up playing the final three games of this four-game road swing for Philadelphia. … San Antonio honored David Robinson after the game by re-unveiling his retired jersey to reflect his new status as a Hall of Famer.
Last edited by duncan228; 11-29-2009 at 11:13 PM.
I thought that Holt or Tim would have given Robinson a check for the academy.
You know the Spurs are starting to look more like themselves when they play uninterested ball against bad teams.
Decent win, but when Finley outplays RJ and Manu you have to wonder.
Of course Manu is recovering from an injury, but that goes without saying.
Meh...it was a typical Finley game. He is either going to look like a world beater or a wife beater.
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Good news over here. a)I played again and felt pretty good. b)We won our 5th straight game. c)I'm done w/the rabies shots. Got my 8th one today!
vastly improved game by blair, i hope he keeps it up
i was sorely disappointed to see mcdyess not get much PT, esp. since he had such a good game against houston. and i dont understand pop's use, or lack of, of theo ratliff. why sign him if your rarely going to play him
it seems like pop wants to get away with giving bad players as much PT as he can get away with. the problem is, your not giving the players that will actually have to pull through together in the playoffs a chance to work on their chemistry
if pop gets the spurs to beat a healthy lakers/celtics and win the le giving matt bonner as much PT as he did tonight, i will stop criticizing him, period
with what? manu should start? no, he's hardly an asset to the team any more, he's like Bonner, if he isn't hitting his 3, he isn't helping the team, he can't get by defenders, his crazy passes usually lead to turnovers...
what else, beginning sets the tone, sure, you can set the tone after a timeout too, or the beginning of the second half, a good team can man up and set the tone whenever they really need to
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