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34-3 At home.
bobcats actually gave a decent fight tbh
34-3 At home.
tim duncan will be coach
Great win...
Good burn for the players that don't usually play much.
(uhem, Tiago)
Man
WTF
Bobcats have no D against 3 point shots.
I like Duncan and all but he's too nice to be a coach.
Next thing you know Timmy is handing out Ice Creams to make the players feel better after a loss.
Harder to get injured out there, I reckon.
Nice to have 56 Ws at this point in the season.....Back in October I thought we would finish at 55-27. I'm happy to be wrong about that.
You can thank foul trouble for that.
I hope the big three rest agains GS and will play hard the next 3 games after that
Splitter with an impressive showing. His length and smart defensive rotations are what we need...Pop's stubbornness is giving me an ulcer.
I like Duncan and all but he's too nice to be a coach.
Next thing you know Timmy is handing out Ice Creams to make the players feel better after a loss.
who knows mentality changes from player to coach..pop seems like a nice guy if it isnt about basketball
I thought we would get around 55 as well this year and finish 3rd or 4th in the West behind LA, Dallas and OKC (Who was hyped alot), glad to have been wrong there myself. Spurs have played great this year, made us proud.
Way to up all of the numbers. I realize this was a glorified preseason game, but 50% shooting, -5 on the glass and 98 points (75 in the final 3 quarters), to a Bobcats team missing Jackson? Along with the Cavs, there isn't a more untalented team in the league. Granted, Duncan didn't play and Blair and McDyess didn't play much, so the rebounding can be explained away, but they still should have been able to hold them to under 90 and well under 45%. They squandered an opportunity to cut the rising points allowed and opposition field goal percentage, while significantly improving the point differential. Also, Parker shouldn't have had to play 31:41.
It has been that way for years man, they do this since 03 or so since I can remember with leads.
BTW to those who said sit bonner and he suks out there, he is useless pretty much later in the year and it continues pretty much on que. I am not a fan at all, I wish he were gone.
That's about the only thing I'd agree with. As for the rest, who gives a ?
The bench players got some burn, Tim and Manu got rest, and nobody got hurt. Good win.
An easy win at all. Duncan rested, Manu didn't play after 2nd quarter and we win easily. Nice game.
It's not necessary to analyze this game, it was really very easy.
Manu started the 2nd half and made two 3 pointers in the quarter...
Post-Game Video
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174991
Post-Game Quotes
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174988
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011031924Duncan misses first game as Spurs roll by Bobcats
By Paul J. Weber
Announcing that Tim Duncan would miss his first game all season, the San Antonio Spurs listed him on a pregame injury report as "trop vieux" -- French for "too old."
The NBA's winningest team can afford a sense of humor.
Steve Novak scored 19 points and the Spurs managed fine without Duncan against the skidding Charlotte Bobcats, riding their reserves to a 109-98 victory Saturday night.
The Spurs let the 34-year-old Duncan rest a night after they really needed him in a win at Dallas. Tony Parker had nine points -- after the Frenchman volunteered the wording for Duncan's night off.
"An excuse. I don't know why he's not playing," Parker joked.
The reason is the NBA-best Spurs trying to save their aging All-Star forward for the playoffs. Also looking toward the postseason is the Bobcats, even after losing their third straight and dropping to 28-41.
Gerald Henderson scored 19 points in Charlotte's ninth loss in 11 games. But the Bobcats remain just 1 1/2 games behind Indiana for the No. 8 playoff seed in the East and play the Pacers at home Wednesday.
By then, Charlotte expects to get leading scorer Stephen Jackson back. Jackson didn't play against the Spurs because of a strained hamstring. And despite the loss, the Bobcats caught a break since the Pacers also lost Saturday.
"It's been like that for quite a while," Bobcats forward Boris Diaw said. "In a run for the playoffs, every game is going to be important. To get a 'W' is important, so it's frustrating."
Bobcats coach Paul Silas said that unlike the Spurs and Duncan, Charlotte sorely needed Jackson and his 18.9 points per game.
Duncan was the only Spurs player to start the team's first 68 games, having stayed healthy unlike recent years. Even though his role has greatly diminished and his averages are at career lows, Duncan remains a big reason why the Spurs (56-13) are on pace to surpass their franchise record of 63 wins set in 2005-06.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the time has come to start thinking down the line. He didn't want to overextend Duncan on consecutive nights after scoring 22 points in 32 minutes against the Mavericks on Friday.
"It's late in the year and back-to-backs are probably not the best idea for some of our payers at this point," Popovich said.
Rookie Tiago Splitter got his first NBA start in place of Duncan. The milestone started badly for the Brazilian, airballing his first free throw and driving his second one into the backboard. He settled down and finished with eight points on 4-of-6 shooting.
Manu Ginobili and Parker practically had the night off with Duncan. Ginobili had 11 points in 19 minutes.
Ginobili doesn't foresee having many other games to rest, even if the Spurs wrap up the West's top seed.
"We might see one game or two," Ginobili said. "We got to keep in shape and keep playing. Because when you realize the playoffs are here you don't want to lose your conditioning."
A night after the Big Three scored 80 in the 97-91 win over Dallas, San Antonio's reserves picked up the slack this time. Gary Neal scored 15 and George Hill had 12.
The Spurs tied a season high for made 3-pointers, going 17 for 34 from long range. Charlotte attempted only six and made two.
The Bobcats struggled to find offense early without Jackson. They shot just 29 percent in the first quarter and trailed by as much as 26. That deficit haunted the Bobcats in the fourth when they still couldn't get close despite a 12-2 run.
Diaw scored 16 points and D.J. White had 13 for the Bobcats.
"Tim Duncan didn't play tonight, but they really didn't need him," Silas said. "But (Jackson), we do."
NOTES: Silas said Jackson tweaked his hamstring the previous night in a loss at Oklahoma City. ... Spurs F DeJuan Blair sprained his left wrist in the first half but returned after getting it taped up.
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Who's the chick in your avatar? I've seen her twice on ST (if that is her in the oops lol sig where she falls down the stairs) and in a demotivational poster as well.
San Antonio Spurs 109, Charlotte Bobcats 98: Tim Duncan thinks your music is too loud
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of
On a good night, the back and forth verbal sparring between Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan has been one of the highlights of this gig. Popovich might joke that Duncan is too hard to coach, while Duncan might point out that Pop complains too much.
Popovich usually gets the last laugh.
Coming off a stellar performance against the Dallas Mavericks the previous night, Tim Duncan was given the night off to treat an injury. The official report from the San Antonio Spurs: Duncan was inactive with “trop vieux”.
It’s a degenerative and chronic condition with no known treatment. It’s also a career-ending affliction, eventually.You see, “trop vieux” is french for too old. Until the playoffs begin, consider Duncan day-to-day.
Popovich is brilliant. Anytime you can take a goodhearted cheap shot at your franchise player, you have to do it. And anytime you need to manufacture energy against a team like the Charlotte Bobcats, sitting said star player and giving those minutes to the little used guys at the end of the bench is a great way to do it.
Against the Bobcats, with no Stephen Jackson, Tiago Splitter got his first NBA start and Steve Novak probably scored the most points he’s had in March since leaving college in a 109-98 victory.
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They ran a pretty small line-up in the 2nd half at times. In the 1st half the Spurs were +9 on the boards at one point....
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