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GameThread #13 - San Antonio Spurs vs Phoenix Suns - Part II




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Guess I’m first.

And greetings, everyone.

What up, B. With Rubio there, wouldn’t you want to be a Wolves fan, too?

Houston’s the first team, Wolves and Spurs are pretty much sorta seconds. It’s been an interesting season for Minny ( not so much for Houston)

Damn I cant watch the game and study for exam tommorow at the same time….solution watch only the game :)

Were you really considering studying?

nah, I got my priorities straight

C’mon dude… priorities.

Splitter is going to get a brazillion points tonight!

yup, Suns doesn’t have the size or defensive presence in the paint..

Isn’t that why they traded for Gortat after already having drafted Lopez?

I see what you did there

Nice 1

How about a Kawhiliion, as LD said?

how about Ginobillion?

This thread WINS!

36-28, Spurs.

8:46 remaining before halftime.

I never noticed shanon brown was in phoenix, when did this happen?

This year. He signed with them instead of going back to LA

free agency. Lakers fans seem to really hate him.

No they don’t he got a great ovation / welcome back when Phx played LAL at Staples. They played his highlights, standing O, etc.

Barry you suck.

Twice he’s said we’re too old.

and then his pick is the ponies…am confused

what a joke.

He’s projecting…

That’s just an “I used to play but now all I get to do is criticize those that do play” jealousy thing.

fuk you jon barry

can we trade Bonner for a pony?

Jon Berry.....

What a moron

and I recognize the irony of misspelling his name

Straw – Berry?

fffff you jon barry!

ESPN dork saying the Spurs aren’t going to make it anywhere this year. But the Lakers on the other hand, doing great.

Lakers?? Lol

How do these guys get paid for this job?

Kobe only concern is scoring 40, he doesnt care about the win

Exactly. Too bad for the Lakers this is a team game.

Kevin Love is a great player, to bad he does not play defense

He doesn’t need to, he shares the court with Darko!

Jib I say…

Jab, I say


JibJab even…




JibJab odd

that’s not coffee at all….

Shoot me a link. I don’t know that one.

Yo yo yo

hey bossman

Hey there, you old tiger

You’re looking particularly… uh, well-styled tonight

That’s why I was late, had to get the ’do just right!

Yo, boss man.

Hey, writer extraordinaire.

Again, your post today was excellente!

Thanks… I try to get by on marginal talent like a true D-Leaguer.

It’s the Wilco way!

Oh JB with his expert commentary… look out for those Clips. I love how one team is a sure thing, and there’s a bunch of other ‘maybes’, and the Spurs just can’t possibly be one of them. Ha!

another Splitter dunk!

Another dunk by Tiago.

If he wants to be a Spur for life, then he must reduce the number of dunks

And Pop is pissed.

Tiago is being really aggressive. I like it.

TWSS

Is there ANYTHING that ANYONE can say about Elliot, without it being followed by a TWSS?

Let’s try i out and see

Let’s try ANY vowel out and see!

Is the game streamed on radio? Dont want inane espn chatter any more.

Bonner is not shooting well this season

Shooting is so outdated.

It’s so last year.

But Defense and Rebounding never go out of style!

And we have our Red Rocket for that .Playoff wins guaranteed!

We don’t have him out there for his shooting, we have him playing for his defense.

Sean just illustrated how Frye being concerned about Bonner failed to switch to Tiago.

He s t r e c h e s the court

He also makes it w h y – d e r

Don’t get it.

“Stretches” has a second ‘t’ – you misspelled. Sorry, I’m an English teacher, and that makes me a fully signed up Grammar Nazi.

Don’t apologize. There’s no need.

Way before I took over PtR, I cut my teeth on this site correcting people’s grammer and spalling.

Tiago is really wroking Frye over.

It’s a lot easier to hide Bonner with Tiago on the floor.

Cant hide Bonner in the playoffs….

You can hide him under the bench.

Id rather he hide in a locker

You’d be one of the ones to help him in there, eh?

Since Bonner can’t hit a shot, how about seeing some &erson?

I thought Redd hasn’t been shooting well in forever.

Well he was the NBA 3pt % leader just last year.

Wha… he played last year?

He only played 10 games and shot only 33% from 3 point range. The last time he played more than 33 games was the 07-08 season.

Redd that is.

Splots is doing osom on both ends.

That’s what she said.

Eeew…. I misread ‘osom’ as ‘Odom’

Come on Tony, games would be much easier if you could find your midrange game before the 4th quarter.

But then it wouldn’t be exciting!

Exciting is bad for our hearts!

Ha, they are beating the hell out of Bonner.

they are thinking the “take the best player out” strategy.

Like a red-headed pinata.

I see you’re keeping up the Bonner hate, even though most everyone has joined you on that bandwagon. :)

It’s kind of sad. I liked it when it was me against Bonner and the PtR world.

I’m a believer. Bonner is going to come up HUGE in a playoff game sometime soon…

What are you drinking? I want some

Something Chinese, Let me look…

…uh, the label says ’Tea of Eternal Optimism, Kool-Aid added."

I choose to stick by one memory and one memory only. A couple years ago during me and my friends annual drive to the Palace for the Spurs/Pistons game. Friend’s a Pistons fan, Bonner lit it up that game, either 5 or 6 threes, only one miss.

Jon Barry was a mediocre bench player and a terrible commentator….. it reminds me of Matt Millan analyzing football games

Bonner comes to mind?

I like Millen. He knows his stuff.

What’s really annoying is I think Brent’s a fine commentator

the spurs whooped on Denver, beat the clippers, beat the mavs, and somehow they are faulty…. I get it Tony Parker ended your brother’s marriage

Barry is a lot more like Chris Colinsworth, in my opinion.

except chris collinsworth once made a joke about hooking up with high school girls

38-30, Spurs. 5:55 before halftime.

So happy I can actually watch a Spurs game this season.

Good to have you here

LOL, went to click reply to say thank you, but comments came in and it jumped. So I ended up somewhere else and everything got all messed up. (Twitter I think?)

But anyway, thank you!

I know the feeling. I couldnt watch last year, but I am committed to watching every game this year.

(Bones + JB) < Rick Barry

glad to see the ginger making a 3!

Bonner’s taking over, guys ;)

Lucky shot by Bonner

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEED ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKET! SUCK IT HATERS!

Lol

Right on schedule Bonner 3.

Defense! Passing! Threeee!

Sweet ball movement.

Did JB even comment on the Spurs play, or did he wait until after the Suns just scored to compliment him??

Black for Quincy, black with Splenda for Davis and extra cream and sugar for me. What did I miss?

Bonner dominating, so nothing out of the ordinary.

Meh?

It’s a meme, bro. All the Bonner haterz is killing the buzz, so we’re bigging up the Red Rocket to bring the buzz back.

Hq! I know.

Seriously, Bonner gives effort. Sure his game has weaknesses, but he is OUR player, and I’d rather cheer for him to succeed than bash him for not succeeding.

No arguments here. I always root for everyone to play their role well.

wow gortat was wide open

RJ seemed sure Bonner will sink that three.

Come on Tim, you have to play defense. Cant just let him shoot wide open shots.

No one is going to catch Stockton in career assists.

Unfortunately.

Stockton’s three is my first memory, period. I’m still traumatized.

Isnt he number 1 in steals as well?

The guy missed like 3 games in 18 years. Unreal

I also heard sloan saying that stockton was still beating the younger guys on some sort of sprint exercise(can’t remember) at age 40!!!

What amazes me was he able to do that while setting some bone jarring picks against big guys. The man was tough.

I’ve heard he was dirty with the picks

He was dirty like Bruce was dirty. Small guy trying to find an edge in a big man’s game. Plus, guys didn’t like that he stood his ground on the picks.

Yup, cuz big men are always going to be called for the charge.

Now we cant get rebounds. Great.

grab a rebound!!!

Put in Tiago for Blair so we can get some rebounds.

bring back tiagoboy!

man, Spurs getting pounded on the boards. Suns getting all the offensive rebounds they want

two plays in a row ran for RJ and he hits

Thought it was a three…

Great positioning by Blair

I agree! He just pushed his man down low.

did blair start going for just the grilled chicken sandwiches at whataburger?

Blair is in beast mode.

What if Nash missed?

i hate the defensive 3 seconds call

erase that and the handchecking rule

I understand hancd check but def three is pointless

When they started allowing zone defense, they had to do something to take away the unfair advantage that would have undoubtedly been utilized

I think it’s fair

but there’s not consistency to it

Yup, just let them play a zone. WIth the 24 second shot clock, it’s not like it’s going to slow the game down. And zones are easy to beat if you’re competent.

And while we’re at it, put in my rule that you can only take a charge if you are shorter than he offensive player.

in fiba is a technical for flopping

I love that rule.

me too

It essentially saying “man up” to all the players.

Tell that to the Miami Heat.

Suns now shooting 37%.

and 66% from the line.

Due to 2nd unit’s defense?

I must say I like the PTR mobile site much more than the SB Nation android app version.

Doesn’t refresh with comments though, right?

True you have to do it manually or just keep posting. But the autorefresh of the desktop site on mobile makes it real hard to use.

+1000

TP wanted that shot and he made it

Leonard for three

Leonard Cohen Three!

This game isn’t even close

Timmy with the J

Leonard with a 3!

With that last bucket Tim Duncan passed Gary Payton for 26th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Climb that ladder, Timmy.

Timmeh hates that stairmaster!

Outstanding, I did not know that

The higher you get, the less there is in between the spots. Who’s 25th, and with how much?

Clyde Drexler is next at 22,195. The next two on the list are Ray Allen and Dirk.

Bleh, it’d be hard to catch Ray and Dirk while they’re still playing.

Especially with weak knees.

Elgin Baylor is at 23,149, so Timmeh’s not going to pass him this year.

And these are NBA points, not NBA and ABA.

The Glove just got Duncan’d.

37-54 1:21 to go in the 1st half

I still don’t understand how Nash hasn’t snapped and tried to kill everyone else in the locker room within the last year.

He’s such a nice guy. Should’ve had Sarver shot years ago.

He’s Canadian. Chill dude.

Blair with the smart pass there. Blair sucked the D in.

Nice play by Blair – passing out. More mental maturity in his game.

Alvin’s not happy

How could he be? Have you seen the team he’s coaching?

I love how Timmys been knocking down those 18 footers from the top of the key all season. Gonna eventually force the defense to move out a bit, so we get more inside.

Giving more space for Blair and Splitter down low. Doing what Bonner does (and what Horry used to do) for him.

Then he will step behind the three

That Leonard three is making my post look bad.

Leonard using the Manu step

Leonard forcing the issue and going to the line

That looked like a Gerald Wallace move.

Great potential…

more people to run the break! Imagine when Manu comes back.

Leonard with the rebound and the coast-to-coast. Let’s get these free throws.

Is it just me or has Grant Hill been shooting horribly this season?

so what happened to Neal?

did he even play in the 2nd quarter?

Not playing that good.

Neal’s out with some type of contusion

nothing too bad?

Leonard’s rebounding ability is outstanding.

He’s almost as good as Bonner… ;-)

5 rebounds in the game now…

DUNCAN MISSED A THREE, HE SUCKS!

BIGFUN for three!!!!.. (damn)

It was 2008 all over again

Timmie three attempt, no good

Timmeh tried a three. Hah.

Corner???
:00.8 San Antonio Spurs SA Tim Duncan misses a 24-foot three-pointer from the left corner

Bowen’s spot… Probably got curious what it was like to shoot from there. haha!

Also, with halftime up, who do you guys root for in football and baseball anyways?

He was rushed, he needed to have 7 seconds to shoot that thang…

Oh man if Timmy had made that 3 at the buzzer the croud, and me, would have gone nuts.

and against Phoenix too eh?

Exactly.

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