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A team bonds stronger against adversity so this win is extra special.
Go Spurs Go!!!
I think your hole got quoted just fine.
A team bonds stronger against adversity so this win is extra special.
Go Spurs Go!!!
So maybe the glass of Whisky I had earlier did help. Makes you wonder ...
That was a of a come from behind. I really thought the Spurs were going to go on a two game losing streak. Glad I was wrong.
i looked at the boxscore...splitter8min game play only...fck this
So frustrating right? I thought he would at least play decent minutes since the team is being murdered on the glass.i looked at the boxscore...splitter
Haha I know, but come it looked really bleak going into the fourth. Beasley getting injured really changed the game.I have much love for you amused, but the amount of fail you contributed to this thread is through the roof
Wow, what a finishing. Didn't expect Spurs to win. Go Spurs Go
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010120324Duncan has 22 to lift Spurs over T-Wolves
The Spurs made up for three quarters of lousy play with an excellent finish.
Tim Duncan scored 22 points and had 10 rebounds to help the San Antonio Spurs rally from a 15-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-101 Friday night.
“It was a great fourth quarter, and our guys really hustled,” said Duncan, who scored 10 of San Antonio’s final 14 points in the first half. “We made plays and found a way to get it done. Obviously that’s not the situation we want to be in on a nightly basis but given that situation, it’s the best outcome possible.”
Tony Parker and George Hill added 20 points apiece for the Spurs, who improved their NBA-best record to 16-3. Manu Ginobili had 16 and Richard Jefferson scored 15.
Michael Beasley scored 28 points and Kevin Love had 25 points and 18 rebounds for Minnesota.
Ginobili sank two free throws to give San Antonio the lead for good with 1:13 remaining. He made all 13 of his foul shots.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was ejected with 1:10 left in third quarter for arguing with referee Marc Davis.
San Antonio held Minnesota without a field goal in the final 4:13.
“That’s what good teams do,” Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis said. “Good teams have the confidence that they’re going to come back and win. They know how to dig themselves out of holes. Young teams, unfortunately, can’t figure out how to hold big leads.”
Beasley made two free throws to give Minnesota a 99-95 lead, but a turnover by the Timberwolves eventually sent Hill to the line to tie it with 2:56 left in the game.
Both teams were scoreless for over the next minute and a half until Ginobili went to the free throw line.
“We are proud of the way we did, but are definitely not proud of the way we played for three quarters,” Ginobili said. “We’ve been doing that too much. I guess luck has been on our side lately, but we’ve got to start playing for 48.”
In the third quarter, Jefferson made a 3-pointer with 2:01 to play in the third that cut Minnesota’s lead to four, but the Timberwolves answered with an 11-0 run.
“Aggressiveness. We were very aggressive,” Ginobili said. “We attacked the ball. We started blitzing to try to force them to make mistakes and they did. We didn’t make five 3s to make this comeback. It was with defense.”
Luke Ridnour and Corey Brewer both finished with 14 points each for Minnesota. Darko Milicic fouled out with 3:15 left, exiting the game with four points, six rebounds and four assists.
Notes: The Spurs will play 11 of their remaining 14 games in 2010 at home. … Minnesota hasn’t defeated the Spurs on their homecourt since 2004 … The Timberwolves are 1-10 on the road this season.
Great win nonetheless. But it is apparent that to beat the spurs- you need great rebounding big men- kevin love, griffin etc. It is sad to admit but Duncan is no longer the elite defender down low. Or maybe he needs a PF or C partner who can help somehow.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...in-the-future/Notes on a scorecard: Keep an eye on Coach Bud — now and in the future
Tim Griffin
...But most believe that Budenholzer will be taking over the team when Gregg Popovich finally decides to head for the New England hills and become a full-time vintner one of these days.
If that is the case, Friday’s game against Minnesota played out like a dress rehearsal. And the way Budenholzer coached San Antonio to a 107-101 victory Friday night, the budding assistant appears to have an extremely bright future.
Cool photo.
So..Well. Finally, there wasn't any trap. Weird.
I missed almost all of this game, but I read the recap and managed to watch the final couple minutes, but damn, that was a close one. They almost fell right into a trap!
Views from the Other Side:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wo...7PQLanchO7DiUr
Wolves once again falter at finish vs. Spurs
They blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter against NBA-leading San Antonio for the second time in nine days.
By JERRY ZGODA, Star Tribune
Last update: December 4, 2010 - 12:36 AM
SAN ANTONIO - Knees iced and body slumped at his locker, Timberwolves forward Kevin Love stared at a stat sheet that didn't nearly explain how his team blew both another two-touchdown lead and the game to the San Antonio Spurs.
He crumpled up the numerical evidence of a 107-101 loss and flung it toward a nearby wastebasket.
It missed, wide right.
And so it went Friday night, when the Wolves lost a 15-point, third-quarter lead and their composure just nine days after they led the Spurs by 21 points only to fall in the final minute of overtime.
This time, the Wolves clobbered San Antonio on the backboard with a 59-37 advantage that included a 24-8 edge in offensive rebounds.
This time, they finished off the third quarter with a 25-9 flurry ferocious enough that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich apparently decided he had seen enough, and got himself ejected from the game late in the quarter.
And this time, the Wolves once again completely unraveled in the fourth quarter, allowing the Spurs to trump their run with a 36-15 quarter that decided the game.
"Yeah, that's not good," forward Michael Beasley said after his 28-point night again carried the Wolves to the brink of victory but no further.
Beasley missed part of the Spurs' comeback when he turned an ankle with his team leading by 14 points with 10 1/2 minutes remaining. He didn't return until 6:19 left because he went to the locker room to have the ankle taped.
"Honestly, I didn't even see what happened," Beasley said. "I walked to the back and heard the crowd and when I got back, we were only up two."
He exaggerated slightly. The Wolves led by six points when he returned, but not for long.
The Wolves didn't score a basket in the final 4:13. They committed seven of their 17 turnovers in the fourth quarter, including three in less than two minutes down the stretch when they repeated their mistakes in losing leads to the Spurs, Bobcats and Thunder earlier this season.
Veteran point guard Luke Ridnour threw the ball to no one in particular. Beasley airmailed another short shot when the pressure mounted. Center Darko Milicic watched most of the fourth quarter with five fouls, went back into the game with 3:25 left and fouled out 10 seconds later on a play 30 feet from the basket.
The Wolves allowed the Spurs to perfectly run a play out of a timeout that finished an 8-0 run with Richard Jefferson's slam dunk for a four-point lead with 47 seconds left.
Shortly thereafter, Love missed two free throws in the final minute after he had made 44 in a row entering Friday's game. He finished with 25 points and 18 rebounds.
"You can definitely feel it out there," Love said when asked if the finish had a here-we-go-again feeling. "But we have to pick our heads up, stop feeling sorry for ourselves and just go play like we're in the park, our five against their five, nobody in the stands, no coaches."
The Wolves aren't just losing games, 15 times in their first 19 so far.
They're losing their poise.
"That's kind of what we got to stop doing," said Beasley, who could barely walk on his ankle after the game but vowed to play Saturday against Cleveland. "If we're going to lose our composure, don't show it. If you can see it, that means the Spurs can see it. We got to learn how to step on their necks."
I loved his energy tonight. George Hill is so effing awesome.
Man, Kevin Love looked so sad at the end of the fourth quarter. They really don't know how to finish out an opponent. But anyways, that game was a lot of fun to watch in the fourth quarter (again). Go Spurs!
Just re-watched the game. Hill is finally picking his game back up. Actually elevating it. I think his defense has gotten better.
The Spurs were really clicking and Hill/Blair weren't playing well. Now with Hill playing very well, it gives the Spurs something they were lacking: A truly multi-dimensional player.
If Hill can continue to grow and the Big 4 can keep up their health/level of play, this team has a very high ceiling.
The Spurs have to shake off these slow starts. They will pretty much be in every game, but they need to come out a bit more focused. A little more work in the beginning will save them a lot of work in the end.
San Antonio Spurs 107, Minnesota Timberwolves 101: Mike Budenholzer leads the Spurs back from 15
by Timothy Varner
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The last time the Spurs played the Timberwolves, Minnesota’s frontcourt completely out-muscled and out-hustled their San Antonio counterparts. After the three quarters, this game looked destined to follow the same course. Minnesota led the Spurs 86-71, Gregg Popovich had just been tossed for protesting a non-call, and Minnesota was beating San Antonio badly on the glass, when Coach Bud took the controls.
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