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Tony was a little 'erratic' during the second half
3. Parker looks great. Fast as ever. Can't wait to see him in the 3 pt shoot-out.
"He did a great job moving his feet to draw the charge."
1. If it wasn't already apparent, Reggie Miller is crap as an announcer. "He did a great job moving his feet to draw the charge." lol
2. Oberto looks stronger physically. He showed his awareness around the basket on offense but he wasn't effective on either end compared to the playoffs last year.
3. Parker looks great. Fast as ever. Can't wait to see him in the 3 pt shoot-out.
4. Darius Washington -- RAW with a capital RAW. I liked his speed and agression. He looked like he has the team mentality that will ease his game into "The System"
5. I liked the run Barry got alongside Finley. It looked like Barry has finally conceded to Pop that it's his job to chuck it up whenever he gets a touch. Nevertheless, he looked confident and fast on both ends.
6. Was that a SKYHOOK by Finley??? When did he add THAT to his game.
7. BRUCE!!! He shut that R.O.Y. DOWN! Could anyone see the despair on Brandon Roy's face? I expect Bowen to be what he has always been for us. Age is simply NOT a factor in his game. Geez -- TP was way more winded than Bruce last night.
8. Manu dunked. Good Omen.
9. Love the fast break style that the Spurs play.
Tony was a little 'erratic' during the second half
3. Parker looks great. Fast as ever. Can't wait to see him in the 3 pt shoot-out.
"He did a great job moving his feet to draw the charge."
Oberto had foul trouble.
Elson looked horrible and
Parker looked lost out there in the second half. Duncan was plain unstoppable when getting the ball down low.
they may have been a bit disjointed, but pop seemed to be limiting minutes due to the 2nd game of a b2b tomorrow. i expect rotations to be haywire until jan-feb anyway. the defense should come together by then. elson's missed dunk was hilarious.
he was clutch
Elson did look terrible but it's always somehow funny when he messes up. Especially now with the mask.
The 3rd quarter continues to be the 'Sleep-Walk'.
I think there was the usual lack of focus coming out of the locker room but it lasted well into the 4th. Throughout the season, that tendency to coast usually remains but doesn't last as long. Then they closed it out with D -- as usual.
I was impressed by how "Duncanesque" Aldridge looked. To be honest, I didn't think he would ever be this good seeing him play for a yeat in Austin. I have to wonder if Pritchard made a mistake (injury notwithstanding) by drafting Oden over Durant. Durant-Aldridge would be a LOAD offensively.
That wasn't hilarious, it was frightening. Portland seemed to be hot at that time. Webster was hitting all his jumpers.elson's missed dunk was hilarious.
Once again, Spurs got lucky at the end and Parker hit a fadeaway J. But that play was overall whack.
Seems Im not the only one comparing Aldridge to a young TD.
He hustles in defense, has a great hook and jumpshot, and good at freethrows. The only problem I see is that he needs to have that court vision when double-teamed. Pop had that strategy and it limited Aldridge and caused some turnovers for the Blazers.
Parker got tired, is a little out of shape?
Parker will have to ask eva permission everytime he wants to wear the championship ring.
Cheryl Miller does not need a Halloween costume tonight
Yeah I think he's averaging one dunk a game now8. Manu dunked. Good Omen.
Aldridge was impressive - he will come close to TD but not quite the brilliance.
1) Parker looked tired in the 2nd half and forced some issues.
2) As I said before the season began, Manu Ginobili is going to play MVP level this season I think.
3) I think Bonner is a worse defender than Brent Barry if possible.
4) Barry looked great...didn't hesitate to take open shots that were there...unlike in past years where if he missed shots, he'd get hesitant.
5) Finley looks like he's on his last run. Was not overly impressed with him and haven't been since the Denver Game 5 last season.
6) Duncan was Duncan...I think he was passing on too many shots in the 1/2 half, but was more aggressive in the 2nd.
7) Bowen was Bowen...still not sure how long he can keep doing this! Memo to NBA ANNOUNCERS at the game: It was 5% Roy's Achille's Heel and 95% Bowen that held him in check...not the other way around as they kept on insinuating.
he looks a lot more muscular, especially upper body/arms. that high release on his jumper can't be blocked.
It's amazing what players turn out to be good pros and what players don't. Not that they hate Tyrus Thomas, but anyone thinking Chicago wouldn't rather have LaMarcus Aldridge instead?
Have you looked at the Spurs schedule for the first two weeks of March? I think we'll see a lot of different rotations then.
Manu's 5 steals set the tone for the others not Bowen about the defensive mind they'all need to re-adapt to win ball game's... glad he dunked... and even more glad how his PT as PG in the preseason showed with his 8 assists... i thought POP would say something about it...
While Manu's 5 steals were great, Bowen's defense on the guy Portland goes to in crunch-time was "straight-jacket". Manu and Bowen both deserved high praise, but Bowen put down the clamp. I didn't have the benefit of hearing expert analysis since I was at the game, but it was pretty obvious who were the key tone-setters in this game.
The only problem was Bowen's shooting....it was horrible tonight. He didn't just miss. he missed by country mile. I wonder why Udoka didn't get any playing time? I suspect Udoka will bring more to the table on the offensive side and if he can do 80% of what Bowen does on the defence, we could have a special season this year. Spurs didn't close out on the perimeter too well tonight (hence all the jump shots by Portland) but it's the first game of the season so the intensity probably wasn't there. Having said that, Portland shooters were hot today and I don't expect them to shoot that well next time Spurs play them which should result in the usual 15 to 20 point victory for the Spurs. Manu was amazing. Did everything......definitely the MVP of the game with Duncan close second.
bowen locked roy down very well. left the game when he left, came right back in when he did. it seemed to me that they played a long stretch without roy at the end of the third well into the 4th.
I never pay attention to Bowen's scoring, just as people never payed attention to K.C. Jones - the perimeter shut-down defender for 9 years (8 championships) with the Celts. Russell got all the acclaim for the interior D (justifiably) but KC defended the top perimeter player. KC won two NCAA championships with Russell and he won a Gold Medal in the Olympics. KC averaged 7.4 ppg for the Celts and he was a starter for many of those years. Sound familiar?
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The surprising thing is that NBA.com's boxscore lists Manu as having the worse +/- score of the whole team save Elson...
Aldridge played two years at Texas, he got injured almost mid season his freshman year.
Aldridge/Oden would be a far more dominant tandem than Durant/Aldridge, if you consider the defensive side of the floor. Oden is the straight up shot blocker and Aldridge is a perfect weakside blocker.
Durant is a pure scoring machine for the new millenium, and Aldridge likes the ball in his hands too. Plus Aldridge has one huge flaw in his game, as we all saw, he falls in love with that stupid insanely high released jumper of his. So he would occupy alot of the spaces on the court that Durant would like to operate in. Oden/Aldridge makes far more sense to me.
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