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At least we know Dice is in playoff form
He won't be for a longtime if we have to overplay him...
I really fear the next 2 road games
Ahh, thanks 228!
At least we know Dice is in playoff form
He won't be for a longtime if we have to overplay him...
I really fear the next 2 road games
This game has many reasons why the Spurs lost, but let's look at the main reasons why:
1. The Spurs simply stopped moving the damn ball in the 4th quarter and went to TP and Manu ISOs way too much....
2. Manu's shot selection in the 4th was horrible....
3. I don't like to pull the ref card, but some of the calls all game were beyond horrible, even Sean called it out. Some of the whistles were when the Spurs were already dribbling up the court on offense, come on now. As soon as Dice came into the game with 3 fouls, he picked up #'s 4 and 5 within a 2 minute span. Which leads me to...
4. When Dice picked up those 2 quick fouls, it killed the Spurs defense and chance at winning the game. It also killed his aggressiveness on defense and on the boards after that. I think he was subbed out right away for Bonner for a brief time, which led to another Harrington bucket. Had Dice been in there, the end result MIGHT have been different.
5. No Tiago in the 4th at all? Really?
6. When Al Harrington, who has been a POS all season long, goes off for 5 threes on you for 27 points or whatever it was....you just gotta let it go. Dude was celebrating like he won a le...
Damn straight he is! Totally different player when we get to the business end of the season.At least we know Dice is in playoff form
to you, Dice.
We were lucky to not lose by 15. But for 14 missed FTs, Denver blows us out.
it.. i know im late to this but manu trying to shoot over martin for a GW was just damn stupid.. why not give it to the man with the hot hand? gary neal!
Because Gary was watching from the bench?
Actually, I take that back... he was out there... I just rewatched the play
Thats the xact same feelin I had!!
Just some quotes, hit the link for the whole piece.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...hits-key-shot/Spurs Duncan-less and defeated in Denver
Jeff McDonald
...“They got us back on our heels,” Ginobili said. “We stopped being aggressive. We settled for too many jumpers.”
...“We had a chance to win the game,” said Neal, who enjoyed his first 20-point game since Dec. 30 at Dallas. “We didn’t execute down the stretch, and it cost us.”
...Ginobili’s last-ditch 3-point attempt, defended well by Martin, was way off mark.
“There were not many options,” Ginobili said.
We are fukked now without TIM and this loss, just face it. We are ing ED......... We will not win one of these next few games, LA will pass us.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011032307Chandler’s go-ahead basket lifts Nuggets
The old Nuggets couldn't beat the San Antonio Spurs. The new-look Nuggets found a way.
Wilson Chandler hit a go-ahead jumper with 29.3 seconds remaining and the Nuggets beat the Spurs for the first time this season, 115-112 on Wednesday night.
Denver improved to 11-4 since pulling off the blockbuster deal on Feb. 22 that sent Carmelo Anthony to New York and reshaped the Nuggets' roster with a bevy of newcomers and altered roles for holdovers.
"They're a little more unpredictable," said the Spurs' Manu Ginobili, who missed a game-tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer. "They have a bunch of players that can score and they can go to down the stretch."
The Nuggets snapped a five-game losing streak to the Spurs, including three previous encounters this season, behind inspired play from the reserves. Al Harrington led Denver with 27 points. Raymond Felton and J.R. Smith each added 18 points. Felton and Chandler, who had eight points, were among the players sent to Denver as part of the Anthony deal.
Gary Neal had 25 points for the Spurs, who lead the Western Conference and have already clinched a playoff spot. Ginobili had 20 points and Tony Parker added 19.
The Spurs were playing their first game since losing Tim Duncan indefinitely to a left ankle sprain in Monday night's night win over Golden State, but Ginobili said the team as a whole picked up the slack. He said a defensive letdown ultimately is what cost the spurs.
"We had a great opportunity. We were up 10-12 for a big part of the game," Ginobili said. "But they got us on our heels. We stopped being aggressive. We settled for too many jumpers and they made more than us."
Up by five at the half, the Spurs took a 93-90 lead into the fourth quarter and stretched it to 98-91 on a layup by Matt Bonner. That's when the Nuggets countered with an 11-0 flurry that put them in front 102-98 for their first lead since the game's opening moments. Harrington had 3-pointers to start and finish the surge.
"I've always felt like I was a rhythm player," Harrington said. "Sometimes it's hard for me to get it going in 4 or 5 minutes. I realize the more aggressive and better I play the more I'll play."
The Spurs tied it at 112 on a layup by Gary Neal with 1:34 remaining before Wilson hit the decisive jumper from just inside the foul line. After Ginobili missed a jumper, the Spurs fouled Felton, who made one of two free throws with 9.5 seconds left.
Harried by the Nuggets' Kenyon Martin, Ginobili's try on a tying 3-pointer ended up being an air ball.
"Six seconds to go, down by three and I had Kenyon Martin all over me. I couldn't get closer. It's not like I had a lot of options," Ginobili said.
Said Martin, the Nuggets' top defender who was assigned to Ginobili in the late going, "I take every possession personally, especially at the end of the game when the game is on the line and you can make a play. I got a hand up and he took two tough shots."
San Antonio hit nine of their 13 3-point attempts in the first half, and led by as many as 14 before settling for a 69-64 advantage at the break.
After Neal connected from beyond the arc to put the Spurs up 55-42 with 6:19 left in the second quarter, the Nuggets got close with a 13-2 run. Felton and Danilo Gallinari each hit 3-pointers and Harrington converted a three-point play during the surge.
NOTES: Nuggets G Arron Afflalo, sidelined since re-injuring his left hamstring at Miami on Saturday, is expected to return for next Wednesday's game against Sacramento. ... The 69-point total by the Spurs in the first half was three shy of their season high and one shy of the season high by a Denver opponent. Golden State scored 70 in the first half against the Nuggets on Feb. 9. ... The Nuggets have won eight straight at home.
Parker at his best
http://www.nba.com/video/games/nugge...s=iref:nbahpt2
Blair hammers it home
http://www.nba.com/video/games/nugge...s=iref:nbahpt2
There's a good article on Timmy on the MYSA/Spurs Nation website that Pop stated Timmy may be back by the start of April.
Pop on Timmy: “I’m hoping it won’t be that long, a good four or five games for sure,” Popovich said. “Beyond that, I really won’t know until we get back.”
“Once he gets back on the court in a couple of days, we’ll be able to tell more,” Popovich said. “But four or five games for sure.”
Asked again Wednesday if team doctors had given any indication Duncan might miss the start of the playoffs, Popovich said, “No, no, no.”
Here's the whole article: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...turn-by-april/
Unfortunately, Pop's going to ignore that stat, convince himself that the Spurs were actually in the game for the last three quarters and feel justified in running Bonner/Blair lineups for long stretches. I wouldn't be surprised if Bonner's starting before Duncan comes back, and it could be sooner rather than later.
I hadnt noticed 228 had posted this already in the Duncan update thread, my bad! But oh well, just in case people hadnt seen it, I'll leave it...
SHYT we are fuked then!!!!!
Nah, not until Pop decides to start Bonner next to Duncan for the playoffs to give the team extra offensive firepower. Of course, having him out there will immediately part the lane like the Red Sea for Parker and Manu, who owe their ability to score inside to Matty.
man, even Blair's miss dunk is in the highlights!!
Not really. Blair & Bonner aren't getting us very far in the playoffs anyway, and regarding the possibility of actually beating the Lakers 4 times in a series, fuggetabou .
It'd take a team like the '99 or '03 Spurs to topple those cats. I wish it weren't so, but they're just too damn loaded. Most teams are lucky even to have a serviceable big, and they've got 3 good ones + Kobe. That's probably one of the most lethal lineups ever, & we simply can't compete.
Yeah I noticed it was on Page 2 now that's why I decided to leave it....
It's too bad Spurs lost this one, but if we have homecourt advantage in the playoffs and maybe we run into these guys in the second round, Nuggets won't last a chance.
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