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I must have missed something. What did I do? I didn't see you down there, dude.
New Orleans fans - That defense was incredible.
I love defense and that D the Hornets played was awesome.
I must have missed something. What did I do? I didn't see you down there, dude.
It was quite impressive.
Win 8, lose 1...I'll take that all season long.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
http://www.48minutesof .com/new-o...tonio-spurs-72New Orleans Hornets 96, San Antonio Spurs 72
by Timothy Varner
48 Minutes of
There is no sense in dwelling on this one. The Hornets crushed the Spurs tonight.
One night after holding the Atlanta Hawks to 59—yes, you read that correctly—the Hornets defense held the Spurs, arguably the best offense in the NBA, to an embarrassingly low 72 total points. Everything was embarrassingly low for the Spurs, in fact. The Spurs lost the rebound war by 25 and only managed to score 12 and 10 points in the first and third quarters, respectively.
New Orleans, whose defense was anchored by Emeka Okafor’s interior presence (5 blocks), officially has everyone’s attention. Simply put, New Orleans’ team defense was easily the best San Antonio has seen all season.
Bright spots for San Antonio (other than the fact that the game is over): George Hill’s sprained thumb did not force him to miss consecutive contests, Tiago Splitter made the most of his minutes (led the team with 11 points), and Larry Owens played well in the extended garbage time that was the 4th quarter. Who knows if Owens will stick with the Spurs, but one got a sense of why the Spurs were willing to offer him a 10 day contract.
Finally, even though Gregg Popovich is sure to not like the outcome of this game, I’ll bet he’s proud of Monty Williams. It’s always nice to leave a 24 point beat down with a silver lining under your arm. It makes the bus ride easier.
I was about to say the same thing!Win 8, lose 1...I'll take that all season long.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
To be fair, they also have really bad stretches in their wins. They're just highlighted more in these losses.
And tonight, with the 2nd game of a B2B and the Hornets' great D, it became downright embarrassing.
glad i didn't get to see this game.
Spurs were shaken and perhaps needed to be. That was indeed awesome D, the best I've seen by any team this year. They're really playing as a unit.
Some post-game quotes.
More quotes:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170948
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011012203West leads Hornets to 96-72 rout of Spurs
By Brett Martel
This was supposed to be a brutal stretch of the schedule for the New Orleans Hornets.
Instead, David West and fellow starters have spent back-to-back nights kicking back on the bench in the fourth quarter, smiling as reserves close out double-digit routs of the playoff-contending Atlanta Hawks and the NBA-leading San Antonio Spurs.
West had 18 points and 10 rebounds in less than 30 minutes, and the Hornets earned their eighth consecutive victory while ending San Antonio’s eight-game winning streak, 96-72 on Saturday night.
“I don’t think we expected the games to be like this,” West said. “But we’ve been having some good film sessions, having really good dialogue and talking amongst ourselves about what we’re going to do and how we’re going to defend teams.”
One night after winning by 41 at Atlanta, the Hornets led by as many as 31 against a Spurs team that has the NBA’s best record (37-7), but which has also lost twice to New Orleans (29-16).
The Hornets entered the game with an NBA-low 91.4 points allowed per game and only strengthened their claim as the best defensive team in the league by holding San Antonio to a season-low in points.
“It shows a little consistency,” said Emeka Okafor, who had 12 rebounds and five of the Hornets’ eight blocks. “We’re on a little bit of a tear here. These two commanding wins we’ve had adds some validity to it.”
Including their 100-59 victory over the Hawks, the Hornets have now held consecutive teams to 72 or fewer points for the first time in franchise history.
The Hornets’ offense wasn’t bad, either.
Marcus Thornton and Trevor Ariza each hit all four 3-pointers they took as the Hornets set a season high with 12 3s. Thornton finished with 18 points and Ariza 15. Chris Paul had 11 points six assists and six rebounds in 30:36, playing the most of any starter.
Tony Parker’s 10 points made him the only double-digit scorer among the Spurs starters, who spent much of the second half on the bench.
“New Orleans played fantastic defense—physical, physical, well-executed defense,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who spent much of the game grimacing with arms folded, but after smiled warmly and hugged his protege, Hornets rookie coach Monty Williams.
“When you combine that with fine shooting, you’re in for a of a night. They were wonderful.”
The Hornets, who have won 11 of 13, have their second eight-game winning streak of the season, marking the first time in franchise history they’ve had two streaks that long in one season.
It is also the NBA’s longest active streak. The Spurs entered the game with that distinction, but lost it with their worst loss this season.
San Antonio, which shot 36.2 percent (25 of 69) against New Orleans, had not been held below 85 points previously this season and had not lost by more than 22.
“You have to give them credit for their defense,” Spurs forward Tim Duncan said. “They were very good tonight and they did not give us a lot of stuff. On top of that, we missed a lot of shots.”
After a closely contested first half, the Hornets blew the game open by outscoring the Spurs 31-10 in the third quarter. San Antonio’s point total for the period was the lowest of any Hornets opponent in any quarter this season.
After Parker’s jumper got San Antonio as close as 42-40, the Spurs went the next 7:32 without scoring. The Hornets scored 21 unanswered points during that stretch, including 10 by West on three jumpers, a breakaway dunk set up by Ariza’s steal and a tip-in.
Ariza had two 3s during the surge and there were defensive highlights as well, including Okafor’s two blocks on Tiago Splitter in one possession that ended with a shot-clock violation and brought the sellout crowd to its feet.
The Spurs had another shot-clock violation on their next possession, after which West had a tip-in to make it 64-42. Paul’s soaring floater off the glass made it 66-42 to cap the run, but the Hornets’ lead grew to 87-56.
When it was over, Williams sought to keep his player mindful of how a couple of blowout wins could lead to complacency—and losing—if they weren’t careful. On Monday, the Hornets play their third playoff contender in four nights when Oklahoma City comes to town.
“We can’t be satisfied,” Williams said. “I know everybody is going to be talking about how the Hornets beat the best team in the league and making a lot out of that, but we haven’t beaten Oklahoma City in the regular season or the preseason.We have to maintain our focus and our discipline.”
Notes: The teams will not meet again this season. The season series finished tied 2-2. … Announced attendance was 18,023, meaning a crowd of 11,758 or larger on Monday night will void a clause in the team’s arena lease that would allow the club to move after this season.
Last edited by duncan228; 01-23-2011 at 01:05 AM.
+1. Sometimes I think it's good for them to get their asses beaten down just to open their eyes and let them know you can be beat and you need to continue to work at getting better and better...
its not great defense when you are allowed to hack on one end.
Maybe nothing was going right for the Spurs because of New Orleans.
New Orleans Hornets played the best defense I have seen out of any team against the Spurs this season. They disrupted penetration, sealed passing lanes with great team defense and 100% effort. Every shot was challenged. I wish the Spurs would show us this type of defense in the playoffs. We definitely need it. The Hornets did this with Okafor and West as their frontcourt. There is no reason why the Spurs cannot duplicate this type of performance when needed.
Do you not read what you quote?
Good to see Tiago playing decent minutes... He needs confidence, when he plays 1, 2, 6 minutes per game, he enter on the court trying to make everything in small time, showing precipitation and nervousism...
I did some calcula, when he plays more than 15 minutes per game (16 or more), no matter if is against garbage of the other team or starters, he average 20,7 minutes, 9,3 points and 5,0 rebounds, for me is a good numbers for a rookie.
Those numbers aren't too bad, but still he needs to rebound better. I'd be real happy with that point production in 20 minutes per game, but not the rebounding. He really needs to work on rebounding the ball stronger.
Agree
he need improve his rebound, muscular mass, and mid-range shot. In my opinion. But like I said, playing small time like he's playing, is much more hard obtain this.
No, ploto has taken a vow to never say anything favorable to the Spurs (or Spurs fans) since her beloved Nesterovic was let go.
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