Round 3, Game 2: Spurs vs Jazz Official Game Blog Thread

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Rest up and figure out how to hold on to the ball guys otherwise you will come back to SA 2-2.

Damn straight.

[RashoFan]

Good to have these two wins at home...now on to Utah...that is when we should see the basketball game taken to a whole new intensity....Spurs have thier work cut out for them at Utah.

[TampaDude]

Once again, the Spurs mail it in down the stretch...but it was enough!

Teams that take a 2-0 series lead have won 55 of 57 series (96%)...good news!

[Deb]

I have a feeling that game 3 is going to be ugly for us, ala Game 3 and 4 NBA Finals 2005.

We are good road team - don't know why everyone keeps doubting

[Texas_Ranger]

Wawawiwa!
Lets go to Utah for two wins now.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kirelinko sucks at defending Ginobili. Anyone see him grab him by his neck?? You call that defense???

[easjer]

Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be up 2-0.

But I don't think that piss poor play will cut it in Utah.

I do think we'll win the series though.

Maybe they shouldn't have those kind of second quarters?

Nah, I like the big leads. More comfortable to have a cushion. Nevertheless, they've GOT to take MUCH better care of the ball and find out where their defense went and get it back.

[Deb]

Outside of the turnovers - we played good B tonight - need to work on the TO's

[td4mvp21]

Damn and ing .

That sure didn't feel like we had the lead all second half.

They better watch a lot of tape over the next 4 days. They got to fix. Talk about lazy and sloppy play. Has there been much good defense from us in this series?

I actually think our defense has been very, very good this entire playoffs. We held the Jazz to low fg% the past two games and I think we contested the majority of shots this game. The turnovers were awful, but our defense is what has been stopping Utah.

[RashoFan]

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This rocks...thanks for making the .gif!!!

[TampaDude]

Could be fatigue there at the end again...but even tired Spurs are too much for Utah...Spurs will be sharp for Game 3 after the 3 days of rest. GO SPURS GO!!!

[themvp]

Is there any link to the press conference?

[Admidave50]

Spurs just need to get one win at Utah and it's over!

[Kobulingam]

Outside of the turnovers - we played good B tonight - need to work on the TO's

not enough rest = more TOs

3 days off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deb]

This rocks...thanks for making the .gif!!![/QUOTE]
Yes, thanks for the .gif

But for those of us who saw it live - what a gift

[easjer]

Regardless of anything else -

Who still thinks this is boring? That lead never was safe. And what happened to the low scoring Bball? Huh?

13 3 pointers. How can that be boring?

[ChumpDumper]

not enough rest = more TOs

Actually it was Utah's trapping that did all that.

Our amount of rest -- especially in game -- has been great.

We're playing another team that is going to run its main seven players into the ground.

[Deb]

This rocks...thanks for making the .gif!!!

Yes, thanks for the .gif

But for those of us who saw it live - what a gift [/QUOTE]
And one more thing - this is the pic of Tim I will carry forever - the happy but AWESOME TD

[milkyway21]

2 Spurs 4th Q near collapse. They better play better defense in the 4th at Utah. Or they come back 2-2 @ AT&T game 5.

for the win Spurs!

[Borosai]

It appears neither team learned anything from game 1. Utah falls behind big in the 2nd, SA give up their big lead in the 4th. Very eerie.

Still, it's good to see the Spurs playing great team ball (except for the TOs). Oberto is cutting the Jazz apart with his off-the-ball movement. Finley with his 3s and the DUNK! Tony, Timmy and Manu with solid games. Barry waking the up. Bowen with the clutch 3s.

!

[themvp]

2 Spurs 4th Q near collapse. They better play better defense in the 4th at Utah. Or they come back 2-2 @ AT&T game 5.

for the win Spurs!

They will be rested.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

The reason I said on Friday this would be a sweep is becuase Utah has no answer. Period. They didn't even lead this game at all. If we lose 1, it's just a fluke. This is a 4-0 series or not even a series.

Spurs typically relinquish a 20-point lead, I don't remember spurs blowing out team. I believe it has to be with sportmanship as well. You can see they just stop being dominant after such lead. It's like almost a feeling of guilt.

[Clutch20]

The reason I said on Friday this would be a sweep is becuase Utah has no answer. Period. They didn't even lead this game at all. If we lose 1, it's just a fluke. This is a 4-0 series or not even a series.

Spurs typically relinquish a 20-point lead, I don't remember spurs blowing out team. I believe it has to be with sportmanship as well. You can see they just stop being dominant after such lead. It's like almost a feeling of guilt.

Agree. Replays show Spurs still remain active in the latter part of game but D drops a bit. Almost, yeah, like there is a sportsmanship element causing them to downgrade the urgency part. The Jazz being young won't take very well to being spanked any further and will commit more frustrational fouls like Kirilinko's pull on Manu's neck and Milsap's silly-looking wrestling bout with Bruce under the basket for the ball. So I'm sure this is running throught the Spur's minds.

[efrem1]

With Oberto in, I guess Pop is using what John Madden called the Heavy Jumbo defense. Result, Spurs outrebound the Jazz. Sweet.

[Darkwaters]

Oberto = Genius

Elson = Village idiot + 6 fouls