Game Blog: Spurs vs. Cavaliers 2/27/09

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I actually thought Pop overcoached again and played around too much with the lineups in the first quarter. It's a chicken/egg situation though, since they were falling behind quickly with Parker struggling. Seeing Udoka that early was probably his last chance to get meaningful minutes this season, and ended up being kind of a white flag on the game. Hairston has done nothing but show me he's already an above average individual defender in the NBA. I expect him to get a lot more non-garbage time going forward.

[HarlemHeat37]

that's the feeling I got with Pop playing Ime too..that looked like his last game playing meaningful minutes as a Spur..Hairston outplayed him against the same compe ion..

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Hairston held his own against the best player in the NBA who was LOOKING to score on him several times in a row. That's pretty damn big.

[Ice009]

that's the feeling I got with Pop playing Ime too..that looked like his last game playing meaningful minutes as a Spur..Hairston outplayed him against the same compe ion..

Well I hope you are right. Malik played hard again last night.

I still really like Ime cause he's a good guy, but I would like to see Malik take his minutes and see what he can do with them.

I love Malik's ability to put the ball on the floor and drive it to the rack.

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There is 28 pages that will let you know. Start reading.

That makes me every time I scroll past it.

[mystargtr34]

I've never been so encouraged about a Spurs loss in my entire life. Nice to get blown out in order to get some good burn for their young guys. The Spurs' future looks bright for the next several years based on the young talent they're developing.

Likewise. For all the talk about the Spurs future, or lackthereof, they have some serious talent and potential waiting in the wings. Obviously its naive to think theyre all going to pan out and become stars, or solid rotation players for that matter, but theres alot to look forwaard to.

George Hill
Ian Mahinmi
Malik Hairston
Pops Mensah-Bonsu
James Gist

Then you got a 23 year old who is already the best player in Europe, and who i think could be the best of the bunch, Tiago Splitter.

Like i said, you cant expect them all to pan out, but thats some strong talent.

[Spursmania]

Who are you to talk after your team went to overtime with the THUNDER!!!!

Didn't Houston choke away a 17 point lead to the Bulls tonight?

[urunobili]

Hairston held his own against the best player in the NBA who was LOOKING to score on him several times in a row. That's pretty damn big.

+1

[Manufan909]

they didn't call anything when Hairston was guarding Lebron..he played him very, very well..

I'm surprised Bowen didn't guard Lebron at all though..I guess Pop wasn't trying to show his hand in the regular season, as usual..

Damn, Bonner gets no love, he didn't get the block when he stuffed Dirk, and now he gats called for an s foul off a clean block. I hope I live to see the day where robots ref the NBA, robots that don't put years played, time in the game, ability, or anything like that into account, if it's a foul, IT'S A GODDAMN FOUL.

[rascal]

Mavs< Spurs

Good analysis on Manu. I've been telling these homers they are over rating him.