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Hope Bonner chokes on a sub...I have a feeling the only way Pop is going to put Splitter in is going to be in the event Tim, Dice, Bonner or Blair gets injured. Might as well put your signs away--he ain't budging
Thats the big one!
Hope Bonner chokes on a sub...I have a feeling the only way Pop is going to put Splitter in is going to be in the event Tim, Dice, Bonner or Blair gets injured. Might as well put your signs away--he ain't budging
Watching the post game press conference...Pop's speaking...swear his middle name is ...Geez...will it kill him to be even slightly courteous?
On the bright side, it took a 3 from a Duke softie for them to get the game 1 win.
On the not-so-bright side, we're still rolling with McMummy and the turd towers. In other words, Memphis will be in every game.
Tiago will not play ... end of story
The only thing to "believe" in is someone doing a drive by at whatever Quizno's Bonner is eating at...
Is any reporter gonna sack up and ask pop about Splitter and the Grizz ownage in the paint
Nope...he gave the usual corporate answers...might as well be reading from a press release...
If Splitter couldn't get off the bench tonight when Memphis was annihilating Blair and Bonner offensively, then it ain't going to happen.
You seem to forget that Hill didn't get run his first year in the playoffs either. At least not until game 5 against Dallas two years ago when the game and series was over.
Pop inherently distrusts first year players come playoff time. It's a ty habit he got from Larry Brown. That's why Neal's minutes went to nearly none tonight. Manu was back, so all the guard minutes went to Manu and Hill.
Bonner and Blair also had only 5 points alltogether ... Tiago could do better than that as well
Sad, but true Aggie. I wish they could get Tiago out there at least for 5-10 minutes just so Blair and Bonner wouldn't get abused so much.
This is not a style of ball that is fun to watch in all honesty.
I wish DRob could be reamimated at 25 years old - he would make Gasol and Randolf disappear. The softies/turd towers can't stop anyone.
Barkley has a point about the lack of size for SA. It's tough to get stops nowdays. I imagine Pop is not happy with the level of D.
Thank god we got the win. Good to see RJ play a complete game from start to finish and props to george for the clutch free throws.
That's a good point. I still hope Tiago gets some minutes whatsoever to prove himself. Meanwhile, while everyone is wishing injury upon Bonner I don't. I wish Bonner would voluntarily hipcheck/flagrant foul every team's best player so they both get suspended.
Well if the Spurs can't win the series and Splitter doesn't get any minutes we can safely put that one squarely on Pop. Especially this series.
And just think, if we get by Memphis somehow, we get to watch Bonner and Blair get punked by Durant, Perkins, Ibaka, and Nazr.
one team at a time pleaseAnd just think, if we get by Memphis somehow, we get to watch Bonner and Blair get punked by Durant, Perkins, Ibaka, and Nazr.
My head can only take so much
I can't imagine the prison rape that would take place between Gasol-Bynum and Blair-Bonner. There's just no way Pop could trot either one of them out there without Dyess or Tim accompanying them.
He did it before, what makes you think he's not going to do it again?
Yes. Is this your first press conference with Pop?
Pop just being Pop...
I hope Matt remembers to bring condoms because what Marc is doing to him is going to look like child's play if the Spurs even make it as far as Bynum.
Some post-game quotes.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011042024Ginobili’s return sparks Spurs to even series
By Paul J. Weber
Manu Ginobili felt rusty. He played with a bothersome, bulky black brace on his sprained right elbow and didn’t shoot particularly well.
But it was good enough.
Making his playoff debut after top-seeded San Antonio dropped Game 1 without him, Ginobili scored 17 points and lifted the Spurs to a 93-87 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, evening the first-round series.
“It was uncomfortable,” Ginobili said of the brace, which he plans to continue wearing through this week and possibly beyond. “But I felt I did OK. I took some risk. I went for some steals and rebounds and it wasn’t that I played worried about getting hit or something.”
That much was clear as the 33-year-old dived and crashed to the court, looking as physically reckless as usual. He stayed questionable until just before tipoff, yet even with Ginobili, the top-seeded Spurs didn’t have it easy.
The Grizzlies opened the series with a stunner for their first franchise playoff win. And a 2-0 lead seemed possible down to the final seconds, when Sam Young hit a 3-pointer with 14.9 seconds left to cut the lead to 89-87.
It was the closest Memphis had been since trailing by three midway through the fourth. But George Hill sealed the win at the free throw line, and the Spurs assured that the series will come back to San Antonio.
Game 3 is Saturday in Memphis.
“Manu’s Manu, come on,” Grizzlies forward Shane Battier said. “I don’t care if he’s in a body cast, he’s going to be out there and he’s going to be a handful to deal with. That’s why he’s a great player.”
Young led Memphis with 17 points.
Tim Duncan had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, and Hill and Richard Jefferson added 16 apiece.
But the Spurs didn’t win this game without Ginobili.
Exactly one week after spraining his right elbow in the regular-season finale, Ginobili finally returned after unsuccessfully lobbying Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to play in Game 1.
Ginobili struggled with his shot, going 5 of 13 from the field, but got to the foul line 13 times. He had seven rebounds and four assists.
“I haven t played in 10 days. It’s not that much, but when you come from 80 games, playing every other game, I was a little rusty,” Ginobili said. “Hopefully by the next one, I’ll feel better. Used to wearing the thing (brace). Truth is I didn’t feel I was having a good offensive game.”
Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, who combined for 49 points in the opener, were far less dominant in Game 2. Randolph scored 11 points on 5-of-14 shooting and Gasol had 12 points, making just 2 of 9. Gasol had 17 rebounds.
Duncan fouled out of the game in 35 minutes, a sign that the Spurs were far more physical this time around.
“They clogged the paint up,” Gasol said. “They came at us from the weak side every time. They said, ‘Well, if you guys are going to beat us, you’re going to beat us with something else.”’
Tony Allen scored 15 points and Mike Conley had 13 for Memphis.
“They did a great job of taking Zach Randolph out of the game, and we took a lot of jump shots,” Allen said.
Popovich said following the morning shootaround that since Ginobili’s elbow was still sore, the decision came down to whether the ailing All-Star might hurt more than help.
Fearing an 0-2 deficit, the Spurs decided a sore Ginobili was better than none at all.
Despite the bulky brace on his non-shooting arm, Ginobili hardly played with caution. He crashed to the court at least a half-dozen times in the first half alone, charging to the basket with his signature recklessness, and diving for loose balls.
Ginobili was physical enough to fluster Allen, who cursed back down court after getting tangled with Ginobili, then greeted Ginobili for some more words when he returned to the bench.
Tony Parker added 12 points for the Spurs.
Notes: Battier, whose wife gave birth to their daughter following Game 1 on Sunday, returned in time for the Game 2 after not practicing with the Grizzlies all week.
I know Z-Bo was sort of in foul trouble (after the 1st quarter he never HAD to come out because of fouls) but is there any other reason he only got 27 min?
You do know he was in a good mood tonight lol
I hope you get to watch one when he is mad lol
yeah he is making his free throws tonight
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