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Spurs shooting at 55.9%, Blazers with 43.2%.

not bad, not bad at all

Who was the top +/-? Not Matty.

+9 for Anderson.

but will we play him? Probably not

Matty got more minutes than &erson. Ugh.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-13/horse-fly-named-after-beyonce/3771224

CSIRO researchers have paid a backhanded compliment to US pop singer and actress Beyonce – naming a rare horse fly after her in honour of its bootylicious golden behind.

That’s hilarious.

gross. golden behind?

golden arse. or ass for americans.

or rump for British nannies

Blazers have 15 points off Spurs 14 TOs!

The good luck charm is in bed, now. I’m not beyond waking her up for mojo-ic reasons…

Australia Spotted Jellyfish. Phyllorhiza punctata

They have only a mild venom and are not considered a threat to humans. However, their ability to consume plankton and the eggs and larvae of important fish species is cause for concern. Each jellyfish can filter as much as 13,200 gallons of sea water per day. While doing that, it ingests the plankton that native species need.
Since at least 2000, Phyllorhiza punctata has been found in large numbers in Gulf of Mexico. While it is not known how it was introduced to the region, it has been theorized that budding polyps may have attached themselves to ships, or gotten carried in a ship’s ballast tank which was subsequently dumped in the Gulf. As an invasive species, it has become a threat to several species of shrimp. In Gulf waters, the medusae grow to unusually large size, upward of 60cm across.

They’re also notorious white supremacists.




Jellyfish=favorite animal

How majestic!

oh finally, one of our species is an introduced pest, rather than it happening here!

Jellyfish are useless

Let’s hope the Box Jellyfish didn’t hear that.

Narwhals are the Jedi of the sea, Jellyfish are like the Force

I got stung in the balls by a jellyfish during high school. True story.

was it as painful as i just imagined?

Yes, crazy painful I thought I had to have it cut.

You were neutered?

Oh, " Thought", important word I missed there.

To lighten up the mood a bit, I love this bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnNURx3Y6Q

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That’s awfully cruel.

or cruelly awful

squirrel away!

you go, squirrel.

you just single-handedly gave that phrase significance again…oh wait it never had any to start with

" I was right. They did not believe me but I was right. I told them one day I would fly".

I miss the Brent Barry HEB commercials…. You could tell he and BigFun had a blast together.

I enjoy all sa commercials since.i moved away.

Sweet Pass

i remember when i used to gif threads. then yall got spoiled

and you took an arrow to the knee

Jamal Crawfish is 0 for 6….ouch

*Crawford

should have left it Crawfish. He is the epitome of a streaky shooter

Hope he doesn’t go off. Still dangerous.

let’s hope Popovich told the Spurs had to catch, dribble, and pass to the right jersey colors

Blair commits his 3rd foul. Tiago back in the game.

MOAR TIAGO! Okay, and JA too.

Tiago should have tried making a shot over Aldridge.

GottDAMMIT…………. oh YES

We suck™ at passing

Take care of the ball!

We got lucky.

and the sloppiness continues

does anyone here thinks that we need another PG? Ford is injury-prone, Pop doesn’t trust Joseph yet..now, what if (God forbid), TP goes down?

I think we do yes

Then they tank the season

But yes another pg is needed

If Tp goes down, goodbye season. A third string PG is not going to change that.

Bad pick-and -pop defense.

Bring in the bench!

can I has smallball?

And we got lucky on that play.

Timmeh’s just showing off, now…

Rebound!

That was a long rebound. That’s on the guards.

Lamarcus Aldridge…one of the individuals on the infamous “Spurs Killer” list

Let’s name Spurs killers.

Goran Dragic

The list begins and ends with Scola.

I’d say Derek Fisher.

I thought we would leave the obvious ones for last

I was saving Dirk for last

2006 Bonzi Wells.

and we’re losing

We starting the half like we started the game

9-2 start ...for Portland

Ouch. 9-2 run by the Blazers to start the 3rd.

Aldridge trying to make an All-Star statement

Wow, that and-1 was Duncan’s fault. Timmy couldn’t handle the ball and turned it over. He’s been awful this game.

3rd Q Collapse.

Hey now. We don’t mention these when they may or may not be occurring.

so then never mention them?

Until after the fact.

aye aye M’am

Another one of those weird unwritten PtR rules.

JRW, get on it!

well….we mention them when they’re obviously in effect as well. too early so far though…

At least wait until the last two minutes

NO, I WANT TO BE PRESUMPTUOUS!

I’m sorry I think i just jinked us..I deserve to be shunned.

We’ll just have LD spam you with numerous Korean comics.

haha…erm…wait please no!

coud still be 3Q avalanche!!!!

giving up too many got dang offensive boards

FG shooting down from 55.9% to 47.6%.

Ugly start of the 3rd

like we ever have a pretty start to one

i’m getting a little tired of these little spurs promo things that lady does…

agreed.

Crap

Kurt Thomas trying to help

he knows I’m watching

maybe the bench guys can hook us up again

I guess they are calling it both ways on the crap fouls

Parker’s midrange jumpers are not falling.

I can’t remember the last time they did

no spur is hitting

yep. even RJ can’t score.

we need a shooter in there

Good D by Tiago on LMA

Youngn spark wanted please

LMA with 4 fouls!

we need to look for tiago more

LMFA with 4 fouls!

Tiago and defense are what’s keeping us alive.

nice shot by Splitter

the only way to defend is Aldridge is to let him defend against himself

Timmie with the block

Splitter with the AND 1

That was ugly, but I’ll take it.

wow Splitter in double digits, remember when we used to dream of these days

Tiago with 11pts now.

THAT WAS AWESOME

Tiago going for robinsons 71 record for sure

I love me some Tiago’s ugly jump hooks!

Splitter back to the line

George Hill had 22 pts vs Raps tonight.

Maybe the Raps will be good one day

Bargnani is playing great and DeRozan is finding his 3 pt range. If Valanciunas is as good as advertised, they could be good as soon as next year

Wow, Pop’s really challenging Anderson. Wallace is a tough match up for him.

I’m loving splots!

Tiago new spurs go to player

Tiago doing his best Dwight Howard impression.

Who’s Chris Johnson, never heard of him

Running Back Tennessee Titans

or cornerback for my Oakland Raiders

Couldn’t the Raiders have won that last game? The Tebow hype machine is ridiculous.

I honestly think the NFL was rigged for Tebow. Raiders go 7-4, Tebow gets starting gig in Denver, Raiders finish 1-4

TEBOWMANIA IS RUNNING WILD!!!! Even Gaga is tweeting about tebow

beat the squealers!!!! tebow is god…..actually i could care less. but i do hate the squealers, so………

but no basketball player that i know

plays for Portland

or a guy i went to HS with. cut his tounge on a frozen popciscle one day

TP rememberes he can drive

Tough shot by Parker.

And Tiago scores again.

somebody forgot to tell Splitter about noble Spurs tradition of 3QC

Splitter the leading scorer? Did pigs finally start flying?

Splitter carring Spurs in the Period!

since when were cars aloud on the court for those not named Blake Griffin?

bloody hell….splots, you rock.

THE TIAGO HAS BEEN UNLEASHED

Keep him out there please

tiago is playing great

Where are the Tiago photoshops??

lovely block by Green earlier as well.

Yep, his help defense is good as well.

Too bad easty’s not around.

she wouldn’t be able to post from the excitement

Love how we’re exploiting that mismatch.

Splitter and Green <3

I was waiting for the game where Tiago would put it all together. Now all we need is some consistency from him.

Definitely not a case of that which shall not be named (there ya go Caphill)

They laid on the flour a little to long hugging

Well, who dumped the flour on the court?

Blame it on the flour.

C’mon Anderson

best quarter of Splitter’s NBA career

What happend to Gary's head?

Wallace kiss?

Second quarter seemed the drag on compared to the first and third

Gerald wallace inadvertently making love to Gary Neal

Splitter with the assist

Come on Anderson. You have to hit that.

give and tiaGO

Meh. Bad shot attempt by Neal.

Dayum – Neal air ball.

Maybe he shouldn’t be getting extended minutes.

Splitter is showing what he is capable of

Splitter=Mikan?

pronounced Mi-can or Mi-KAAAAAAHN

maybe if he actually could lift his arms above his head

we ended up hanging tough in the third….

Shoot your floater Tony!!!

You are a beautiful man and player, splots.

Hah, too bad you don’t have other ladies to drool with ya.

Excuse me? I’m just not drooling. But I like his play

Yea! No drooling, just appreciation.

my god, that lineup to end the quarter was the most literal display of smallball

Tiago saved us that quarter.

It’s great to see that us running the offense through him.

Without a back up PG, that’s one way to get the offense going. He’s a great passer.

Soon, games like these will be the rule for Tiago, rather than the exception

Ok, so I just tuned in awhile ago and saw Splitter make like 3 plays in a row. Wtf gives?

Dang you Crawfish.

yay you’re embracing it :D

Alert – Tony should be given his rest to start the 4th to have enough gas left towards the end. We just have to hold the fort til then.

Just no Neal at PG

Jumbo deal destroys Jumbaco

Nice pick and roll.

my feed is like 30 seconds too slow.

How can you be witty in slow motion ffs.

Leonard with the three

LEONARD!!! 3!!!

Blair quietly having a good game

In between the airballs and falling on the flour?

KAWHI FIVE-O

What an ugly shot. But if t falls, you won’t hear me complaining.

Was that Leonard?!

when blair cut the middle, the defense has to sag, which leaves open the 3 ball

sean elliot agrees with you

What’s a bushka? Just curious because my friends mom calls me her little babushka ??? Sounds similar & I could be way off since idk what it is but she says it to her daughter too so it has to be all good.

Babushka

bushka — something completely unique

Leonard with the steal

HaKAWHI Muttata, what a wonderful phrase

omg Leonard is a BEAST!

block on Wallace

That looked like a charge.

Whoa!!!

Hes still moving!!

spurs are much for fun to watch when they run

Tarheel makes FTs

Bruce Bowen has given Kawhi his Kung Fu blessing

hopefully Tiago never gets Shaq Fu

The Corner Three was one of Master Bowen’s final teachings.

the final test is to kick Szczerbiak on the face

Gotta take advantage of Blazer-less LA

LA has killed us, but we’ve kept their guards in check.

We’re playing Portland, Cap. Maybe you should put that glass down

;)

You’re lucky I like you, and yes, I’m enjoying my beer right now.

Nice steal by TP and the layup

There goes Blair, not blocking out Rhino.

La comes in & Spurs counter with Bonner!!!

Blair is the tallest Spur on the court

Bonner selling the offensive foul

It’d be nice if LA would foul out

Bonner attracts the offensive foul

And shoots a three.

and gets a three on the other end

Bonbon!

Nice D Bonner………… wait, what??

matty needed that….as did the spurs

Leonard with the AND 1 from Blair

Bonner doing something right for once!

KAWHI and 1!!!

KAWHI!!!!!!!!!!!1

Rhino – nice nickname

KAWHI FIVE-O AND 1!

bwahahahahaha. thats a good one

we should call it KFO

BA-BA-BA-BAA BAA-BAAAA

dont look now, but spurs are up 12 – possibly 13

Outstanding start to the 4QTR

The future of the Spurs on full display

Hope so.

Terrific leak out and hands by Kawhibungaaaaaaa

Bench comming up HUGE!!!

I’m LOVING the way these lesser known Spurs play. LOVING it!!!

we are literally as good as our role players

you’re as good as Leonard, hurry up and get out there on the court!

I really can’t understand why we are ahead. We should’ve been down at least 10 at halftime.

defense?

and the Charles Barkley commercial now plays in my head

shame on you for questioning it

Great shooting during the 1st half.

Don’t question – just enjoy.

cause the big hair disco band is playing out on the patio tonite

All of those + ball movement. When we move the ball we are unstoppable

Spurs with a 14-2 run to start the 4th.

parker needs 1 more assist for a double double LETS GO SPURS!

Bonner/Blair – best big combo

Future looks bright tonight in San Antonio

Mark Henry again

Games like this are monumental for the confidence of our young role players. Hope they keep it up!

Aldridge had 14 in the first, only 11 since

I have no idea what’s happening! Stupid vacations.

yup Neal is running the point

that was a nice pass

Kawhi shows why he’s every bit as great a move as Tiago and Green

He’s got some serious potential.

He could become Gerald Wallace 2.0. I’d settle for just a Gerald Wallace clone.

Most definitely yes.

That would be great!

If Chip could get him shooting like RJ, he’ll be like nothing I’ve ever seen.

sweet pass by Leonard

BLAIR!!! from KWHI!!!

haha wallace missed the FT

hmm

I’ve never been so proud

bench doing it again tonite

Stats don’t lie?

RJ saves under wrong basket

one more bound for Blair to get the double double

Green with the block on Aldridge

5th on Aldridge

Aldridge commits his 5th foul.

Tallest player is 6’7

Horrible D from Dejaun there completely bailed out by green

Another great help block by Green.

What the hell got into number 2?!!!!

BAM on Beast mode

85-71, Spurs.

5:28 left in the game.

These guys are forcing pop to keep them in the game

Blair missed aldridge AGAIN and got help from green again…

If Leonard could be this consistent offensively, he’d be a serious contender for ROY

especially now that he is starting

I could see Leonard getting serious consideration by year’s end

If they keep this up we might not see Timmy and Tony anymore.

Ever!

they may come off the bench

Great, now I look like I don’t wanna see them play at all lol. How does one fix such an egregious faux pas?

You let LD spam you with Korean comics.

If that’s what must be done, so be it lol

It’s my new punishment – maybe that way I never have to see another one again.

Ah, I see—I’ll gladly bear that cross for you, CapHill :)

they’ll retire!

“spurs don’t need us no more”

That’d be fine with me!

And that would be great!

I’m OK with that. If it’s just for this game.

You gotta hand it to RC Buford. We improved from George Hill, that’s for sure

I do miss Cubits, but it was the right move.

I would have missed him more if he was the backup 2, instead of the backup 1. Was not right for the team

Tell that to Manuwar. He doesn’t believe Kawhi > George.

Janie Annie sighting

Was she the one with the “GO”! sign?

Yes

Cool. That’s the first time I caught her.

Young core of Tiago, Leonard, and Green is incredibly promising.

as long as we can keep that old guy TD off the floor, we seem to be all right, even against Aldridge

put tp back in there

blair has a double double now

Parker in, I can now stop cringing every time I see a ball passed

Green on the point… ugly

TP with the steal and layup again

Way to force the issue, TP

1 more ast from TP, double-double

Spurs started out terrible, ended up playing much better than I thought they would

though more Anderson would have been nice

Maybe Pop will put him back in now.

he is not as good as our other guys

time to develop is essential

Even when y’all thought we were having a 3QC.

and see I even wished to see Anderson

I LOVE me some Parker!!!!!!!!!!!

KAWHI with the steal!!

Parker taking charge of the offense now.

dialing it up now. whoa. still a ways to go though.

This is starting to remind me of my NBA Live 10 game

Nice D by Parker and Kawhi

TP has become the closer nice

Are cujos arms broken or what whys he sitting

Cause he’s really young, only played one year in college, no training camp either

No why can’t they just do this on the road?

Maybe our young bench just thrives off the home support. They’ll take their show on the road soon enough

Spurs 3rd in the NBA in scoring

The San Antonio Suns!

we’ve become what we once mocked.

We’re the Citizen Kane of the NBA

3:37 left in the game. Spurs up, 91-76.

It can be Thomas time?

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when will this be an official meme? I demand it be recognized

We did this last year.

I mean recognized by the internet as a whole

Since when did we play defense?

since Leonard became our starting SG?

And Tiago is getting minutes instead of MAtty?

I didn’t expect him to make that big of a difference

Portland has 17 steals……….WOW

and are down by almost as much

Tony is brining it lately. Glad to see he can still score at an elite level

let’s trade him

for Al Jefferson!

if we can figure out how to keep it out of aldridge’s hands, we might be OK. every time he touches it, they score.

y does neal have a piece of bologna stuck to his forehead?

They ran out of ham

CoJo AND Dr. Malcolm coming in.

Here comes Thomas

Im happy witwith our draft day trade

Putting in Splitter would be nice….

Wow. Parker breaks loose again.

ok, I only caught a glimpse of the adhesive bandage cos I’ve been away – what hit the Nail on the head?

Split it open on the medicine cabinet, staple to close it

Parker is so smooth it’s disgusting.

Malcolm in the Middle!!!

White flag! And not by Pop!

some french dressing to finish it off

tim ended up sitting a LONG time

Im hoping for a block from Thomas

Duncan’s got no excuse if he doesn’t play well tomorrow, he’s gotten a LOT of rest tonight

We play on Sunday.

woops, then this point is made even more profound

Well, Parker surely dominated Fisher in the 2nd half.

Leonard & Green are some serious weapons on D

Ginobili on the bench

Damn, I was in a good mood, TDzilla!

Well TP wont get his double-double

All eyes on Thomas

Maybe he can steal what’s left of bonnets minutes

poor Tiago, he almost was the leading scorer

better late than never! I was hoping to see you on my game thread debut

What debut are you talking about? Have you NEVER been in a GT before?

for this year haha. Such a long absence of my presence must feel like an eternity for you all

You can see what it did to me. I’d forgotten that you’d ever come to a game thread in your life.

how could you forget all my Sunkist rantings and ravings. #heartbroken

Hey, I’d NEVER forget all those ravings, I just remembered them as a part of the normal comments, not GT ranting.

hmm…alright. But I’ve got my eye on you >.>

The eye of a 16-yr-old rests heavy upon me!

A little late, bossman.

I’ve been watching the game in the office with the family tonight.

Bah.

Rationality

The more certain u feel of ur rational conclusion the more certain u are to be wrong. Ur brain being an instrument of distortion, the more active the brain the greater the distortion.- rand

RAND said that? Here in PtR?

Babushka ranted it here in PtR

I thought we were your family :,(

Now you know bettah!

You have an office big enough for the entire family?

Ask SpursfanSteve, he’s actually come to Casa Wilco!

Wouldn’t even be a really tight fit ATM.

Once the kids get bigger, though, that’ll become a bit more challenging.

::looks at watch::

and what time do you call this, mister?

Time to finally join the game thread now that the game is put away and the family has left the office.

oh way to make me feel like a jerk…

Hey, I can’t make you feel like something you don’t already believe that you are!

i believe i am the greatest human being on earth!

But that’s likely not the ONLY thing you believe about yourself.

i believe i am tired?

Right now you do!

Saturday morning, right?

for another 5 minutes. suffering from sunburn though, so it’s thrown me out of whack.

Have you ever believed that you’re in whack?

mind = blown.

Is this what you want to say?

now THAT is an expression. gonna have to steal that…

and so humble too

You know what that’s all about too, doncha?

I just say whatever the Sunkist tells me to say bossman

And that I believe about you.

Up next: Malcolm in the Middle!

Cory Joseph scores.

and Thomas gets twp boards

and Blair got to play some PG

Neal has a band-aid on his head?

Parker is playing great

What happend to Gary’s head?

medicine cabinet.

Brain transfusion from Manu

Green = +27

WoW.

Great overall game for him.

Never understood those things!

The net number of points while the player is on the court. If you enter the game, make a bucket and then leave. You are a + 2.

If you come into the game and your opposition scores 10 straight points, you’re a -10.

nice rebound by Thomas, he already looking better than Ike did

old man Ike

another great decision

Joseph showing some (garbage time) court vision.

Chris Johnson back in for Portland

i love that thomas got that offensive board and immediately reset to the PG

DIAL 1800-SPURS-WIN

I doubt 1800 works

unless we’re referring to how old Pop is after that first quarter

winner winner chicken dinner!

Why cant we play like this on the road?

We’re saving all our road wins for the RRT.

Yes! It all makes sense now!

Agree with that

Neal’s shot was short all game long. Maybe he’s tired

that band-aid changes the trajectory of his shot

Well Portland has been crowned best team in the west so this was a great win

Pretty sure OKC is the one that got crowned.

Well Spurs will always be best to me

The Thunder are who we thought they were. Now if you wanna crown em, then crown their ass

They were crowned for one night, after defeating the Lakers. The following night, they got blown up by the Suns and OKC gets the title back.

My MVP for the game: Kurt Thomas because I miss him so much

Spurs MVP for me is Kawhi Leonard. He was possessed by Bowen tonight.

I might have to watch this MIA-DEN game.

I’m already watching it. It should be good.

I think it’s spelled Maiden.

Portland commentators haz a sad

That’s the truth

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