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According to mr McDonald only 4 teams have had a better record after 25 games in NBA history...
yeah, lol heckling Charles, lol
According to mr McDonald only 4 teams have had a better record after 25 games in NBA history...
This is our best 25-game start in franchise history.
Imo its a great win for the obvious reasons of it being a back to back in the infamous Denver arena. However they almost gave it away so there's plenty to work on...
Man Melo's a god damn beast though. Really sucks for Nuggets fans that they'll probably lose him at some point but on the other hand for casual NBA fans its going to be pretty fun to watch him play with Amar'e and the Mike D'Antoni Knicks
next Wed rematch against the Nuggets should be interesting
ESPN already hoping we lose Saturday, check out the typo in their game recap:
"San Antonio improved to an NBA-best 22-4 while dropping the Nuggets to just their second loss in 13 home games."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=301216007
Great in game
Nuggets got plenty of home cooking tonight. Nene clearly fouled Duncan, clearly fouled him on a play in the 2nd or 3rd and then lambasted the refs for not giving him the call.
J.R. pushed Ginobili on Melo's 2 point dunk near the end - no call. Ginobili on his game winner, there was contact - no call.
I thought the Nuggets received an appropriate level of "home cooking" from the refs. That last charge was far too blatant for a no call.
Just to be clear, I'm certainly not whining about the officiating. Of course not. I'm merely posting what I posted as a counter-measure to (potential) Nuggets fans whining about the last call when it blatantly called correctly.
I don't think there can be any whining about the final call. It was correct and blatant.
Nope. It was justice though after all the horrible calls that went against the Spurs the entire game...
Yup...
BTW, tune in to ESPN right now they're about to do the "Top 10" plays after commercial, and he hinted J.R Smith's dunk will be number 1.... Watch Manu's shot not even make the cut... ing ESPN....
basically everything that can be said of this game has been said. game was ridiculous. manus the man, and this is the longest game thread ive ever seen. only thing that could piss me off is if i read some story led 'Spurs Nearly Blow 9 Point Lead but Hold Off Denver.'
'96 Bulls, '67 Sixers, '09 Celtics were 23-2 after 25 games. Too lazy to find the fourth team. The first two went on to win championships and we all know what happened with the Celtics in 2009(Garnett injury in post-season).
Was just about to post this, BSPN always does this. Their way of shadowing a Spurs victory.BTW, tune in to ESPN right now they're about to do the "Top 10" plays after commercial, and he hinted J.R Smith's dunk will be number 1...
You would have thought with all the Gordon and Griffin highlights that the Clippers beat the Spurs a few weeks ago
Manu gets #7 in top 10...
lol Pettis jump off the fence kick (which I saw live) should have been #1 on top 10
...what a joke.
lol Melo and Denver ing. The refs were all day on your side. Where was the fould by Afflalo on Manu??
plus BSPN just loves giving the avg double play in baseball way too much love on top 10
Well Yesterday Pierce was #1 on nba.com and Manu's shot was tougher.
Some post-game quotes.
Ginobili leads Spurs past Nuggets 113-112
By Arnie Stapleton
One night after his step-back jumper beat Milwaukee, Manu Ginobili’s defense handed the San Antonio Spurs a 113-112 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Ginobili sparked the Spurs to a big fourth-quarter lead and he drew the foul that negated Carmelo Anthony’s winning basket in San Antonio’s escape Thursday night.
“I knew Carmelo was going to attack the rim,” Ginobili said. “We were not going to let him take that open shot. Antonio (McDyess) made him a driver and I was in the right position. It’s my job to be there and try to draw a charge. When he jumped I knew I was going to get it because I was right outside the circle.
“I definitely didn’t want to make any doubts for the refs. A guy that explosive, it’s hard to stop and pull up. I knew I was right out of the circle and he got me right in the chest.”
Anthony, who led Denver with 31 points, thought he had the game-winning play, not Ginobili.
“No, obviously what I think and what they called are two different things. I thought I made a great play. I took advantage of how Richard (Jefferson) was guarding, attacked. I don’t think I could’ve got a better look at it than that,” Anthony said.
“It’s tough, you know, just going out there playing as hard as we played out there and to lose the game on something like that.”
The bizarre finish capped a frenetic finish in which the Nuggets erased a nine-point deficit with 6 minutes left.
The Spurs led 111-108 with 8 seconds to go when Anthony got behind the defense for a dunk. McDyess’ inbounds pass was deflected by J.R. Smith off Ginobili’s head and into the arms of Anthony, whose basket gave the Nuggets a 112-111 lead with 7.1 seconds left.
Ginobili’s running bank shot at 4.2 seconds put the Spurs back on top 113-112.
After a timeout, Anthony got the inbounds pass from Ty Lawson and drove the lane past Jefferson, but Ginobili slid over and drew the foul as Anthony’s shot fluttered through the net at the buzzer and the crowd went crazy.
Official Haywoode Workman waved off the basket for an offensive foul.
Nuggets coach George Karl was crestfallen over the call.
“It’s a play that I think goes either way a lot,” Karl said. “It seemed like the referees, they like to hit us with tough calls. It was a tough call. Good play. Good basketball. Melo made a great play. It’s close. I’ve seen it called both ways.”
But at the buzzer?
Told that TV analyst Scott Hastings said he hadn’t seen that in his nearly three decades watching NBA basketball, Karl said, “I’d probably agree with Scott.”
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said: “I never even saw it. I just saw Carmelo barreling to the rim and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my god.”’
After a review, the officials put 0.4 seconds back on the clock, and the Spurs inbounded the ball for the win.
It was the second game-winning play in two nights for Ginobili, who hit a fallaway jumper as time expired Wednesday, lifting San Antonio over Milwaukee 92-90.
“He’s a stud,” Popovich said. “He’s been a compe or, he’s won championships here and overseas and he’s been MVPs of things. He scored the two free throws down the stretch, then he scored the winning bucket and then he took the charge. That pretty much says it all about what he’s capable of doing.”
San Antonio improved to an NBA-best 22-4 while dropping the Nuggets to just their second loss in 13 home games.
Tim Duncan had 28 points and Tony Parker added 24 for the Spurs but it was Ginobili’s spurt that sparked San Antonio.
Averaging 20.2 points, Ginobili had just three points when he sliced in for a backdoor basket, hit a step-back basket—like the one he used to beat Milwaukee—and then hit a deep 3-pointer to give the Spurs a 94-88 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Until the final minute, the highlight of the game was Smith’s dunk over Gary Neal with 0.6 seconds left in the first quarter. His subsequent free throw gave the Nuggets a 37-28 lead that marked the most points the Spurs had allowed in any quarter this season.
Smith took off 11 feet from the basket and slammed it through the hoop with both hands as he ran into Neal, sending him to the court. The rim-rattler drew nods of appreciation from the Nuggets bench and was posted on YouTube within minutes.
Notes: Denver PG Chauncey Billups (wrist) missed his second straight game. The Nuggets hope he can return Saturday night against Minnesota. … Spurs C DeJuan Blair returned from hyperextending his right knee Wednesday night against Milwaukee to log 14 minutes.
ESPN just showed that the Spurs start of 22-3 is the 2nd best 25-game start in NBA history. 1st was the 08-09 Celtics with a 23-2 start.
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