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I hope we have good news on Manu

They are shooting over 67% and we only down 7.

Blairs shot rims out but it seems like the whole night, every shot the Timberwolves have taken has gotten the bounce. Ridiculous, i mean come on, they are not that great of shooters

Actually, they have a lot of really good shooters.

Anyones LP blocked out?

talk about a weird game…

Both teams shooting pretty good. The Wolves kept making their jumpers during the 1st half. I don’t think that will last until the 4th.

My lp is fine no issues

This is terrible D, on top of that the timberwolves are getting all their shots to fall.

I’ve seen worse…..all of last year

Didn’t last year we played the Twolves and we were down by like 22 but we came back and won in overtime?

we did in my mind

I think we did that twice.

I know we did it once and we were playing in Minny for sure.

yeah, but that’s so tiring

And we have a couple of back-to-backs this week.

I hope that Manus injury was just a dislocated finger or something. Thats what it looked like on the replays.

I can only not get our game…

Tried closing LP and re-opening it?

Is Manu okay? What happened?

He reached in and apparently injured something on his left hand maybe a finger.

Damn. fingers crossed

probably just jammed

Hopefully yours and not Manu’s

He’ll be back in a snap.

"Snap" might be a fateful word.

I think Neal is going to be with the team by tomorrow

We might need him if manu’s injury is longterm.

yeah.. but I’m hoping its nothing serious.

hopefully just a sprain or maybe he jammed it. Hoping for the best.

I hope it’s just a sprain or something, not a dislocation

he’s not ready yet

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

OSU vs Luck & Co. on ESPN

so if you are the colts do you draft Luck and trade Peyton?

You draft Luck and KEEP Peyton…

I dont know, IMO you at least listen to offers for both of them

I would keep both and let Luck learn from (one of) the best… Even if you “can’t afford it”, can you afford not to? Look at other teams with no QB, no shot! You could go RG3PO, but you’d have to change your style, Luck’s a better fit.

but, you’re right… If someone’s willing to Hershel Walker one of those dudes, can’t say no to that!

the problem is that Luck is NFL ready right now

Rooting for the Cowboys.

didn’t they loose yesterday to the Giants?

the Giants ended their season…

How about them______.

no half-time fish for good luck?

First!!

oh, wait….

First like Spurs D in the first half.

We are winning the rebounds and assist :O? How the heck are we behind.

Were losing the rebound battle. The twolves are shooting 67% from the floor and 88 from 3.

Yeah. Love has been lighting it up. I don’t know how many step back 3s he shot last night against the Mavs.

We are not winning squat.

Timberwolves shooting over 67% and over 88% on 3.

Plus our d is horrible so yeah.

It was bad during the 1st Q but it got slightly better in the 2nd. The Wolves just kept making those jumpers and tough contested shots.

First… oh wait…. what the heck are you doing here Spurs Kiwi…. stick to your own timezon, dude!

Neals time with the Toros might be shorter than expected if Manu needs time.

Monroe_SA Mike Monroe
@manuginobili being examined now by Timberwolves doctor

not good. On both fronts.

What about a Spurs doctor?

Tollah….! Mah man!!!! Long time no see ya

Hey there, Argento! What’s up?

Dallas announcers just said “Vince-anity!”

He seems to be giving some effort right now.

Hey Guys, first time joining the party this season. GO SPURS GO!! We’re looking good, the t wolves are just hitting every garbage shot they put up

Uh sure our offence looks great and RJ is playing out of his mind but the t wolves are getting wide open looks.

¡Bienvenido!

Luck scores first and man was it perfect.

Wow what a play.

Shit manu’s not playing.

Manu not starting the half.. bad news..

Dejaun blair is missing.

now Love’s missing

Beasley showed up though.

Welcome and thanks for the optimism

Bad Dejuan tonight

We need tiago to get more minutes over blair tonight

Stop giving the ball to Blair!!!! Hes too small against Milicic. Move the ball!

TD should be the one posting up… not Blair.

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Stop giving the ball to Blair!!!! Hes too small against Milicic. Move the ball!

Come on Blair pass that ball

He Missed!

There goes their 5-0 run.

where’s the D???

i rather have manu rest no matter if the injury is minor

Another wide open three for the the Wolves.

can’t watch this. good night guys!

Good night to ya.

so what now? pop throws in the towel?

Pop time ouuuuuuuuuut.

c

hmm…i think i might switch to watching the cricket.

Second test has started?

After india screwed up the chase, I couldn’t watch.

i much prefer the idea of australia bowling in the 4th innings than chasing.

yep, day 1. india 4/75, though tendulkar is still in.

Oh. gonna open up a feed for that too. Sports overload :O

i’ve got the tv showing it (though on mute), while the spurs are on the monitor.

Haha. The other way here :)

We wasted 2 possessions giving Blair the ball. And then we are leaving everyone wide open on defense. Wth man

Stop playing blair hes ineffective against minny’s frontline.

he’s playing dumb

I changed my mind about Cousins

LOL blair for Cousins.

You wanted him before this?

he’s talented. in the right environment, he could be a beast.

Yes and hes a bit crazy too.

is he? i’d say no, he’s just young and immature.

and feels entitled

is he? that team is dysfunctional as all hell. tyreke admitted in an interview a couple of days ago that they don’t have an offense.

TP with the teardrop.

good evening pounders! We suck!

Ridnour is killing us which is very bad.

good defense there.. lets keep that up!

Blair might not be shooting well tonight, but I still love his effort.

Only down 10. People need to chill

I’m not worried about being down 10 to the Wolves, its manu thats worrying me sick.

His shooting should only get worse and we’ll go in a 20-5 run or something before the end of the 3rd.

Sorry. Their shooting should only get worse.

could be nothing. We dont know yet.

the wait for any news on manu is just killing me.

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They’re working on him right now…

we can do this!

RJ draws the foul.

*commits the foul

A some point our guys must learn to shoot shots they can make.

Okay the wolves howling in the background is getting annyoing. Its bad enough that its louder than the crowd in the target center.

do yo prefer the Ric Flair’s wooooo?

Been like that for years… probably since always!

Can we just get Blair out of there now. Hes just playing bad tonight.

I would love to have Love in our team hah

Luck just got picked off!

come on Cap’s team

And now Love even misses a FT.

They’re cooling down

only down by 8…we can, we can

Timmeh as always!

Timmy drills the jumper.

the old man with no swagger!

alright! Spurs picking up on offense..

but how about some defense

Anderson finally makes a three.

Ridnour is torching tony.

FUCK

Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA 1h Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
News doesn’t get much worse for #Spurs than a borken left hand for @manuginobili bit.ly/v5dqXC

nooooooooooooo!

wow….no…

Damn. 8th seed here we come. Hopefully.

That sucks.

At least he’s got time to recover before the playoffs.

Why does this always happen to Manu? Seriously, he has the worst possible luck..

Everything going right for Minnie.

are they going to miss?

shit. everything just going right for the wolves.

They gonna set a record for threes today?

Wes Johnson can hit 3s?

6 point turn around, we miss our three, they make theirs

And the Wolves starting to get hot again.

what in the fuck???!!!

11-13 from behind the arc…

lol at their shooting

Well we lost this one its over we can’t play on the road were doomed.

Can someone please recap the game so far in haiku form?

crap crap crap crap crap
crap crap crap crap crap crap crap
crap crap crap crap crap

That is a special

kind of haiku.

Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA Close
Report on @manuginbili is broken left hand bit.ly/v5dqXC

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Oh shit. Hes going to be out for a long time.

Son of a bitch.

Start the year with the FUUUUUUUUUU!!!

* sigh * It never ends.

85-68, Minny. Pop calls timeout.

Just throw in the towel already. They cant miss, and we cant make our open shots.

They sort of did this yesterday with the 3s. /sigh

Last night’s mojo is working again for them.

Never mind.
My God.

Milllllllllichic hurt.

Does it matter?

Not as much as Manu’s fractured finger

game is over for me

WORST GAME EVERWe

broken finger! DAMN!

so i guess we’re going to be 0-33 on the road this season.

But 33-0 at home

33 would get us in the playoffs.

Anderson and Blair are playg like crap

Damn the last time i saw the t wolves shoot this good is when they would do it to their own foot!!! Hey-oh!!!

Brake mine instead!

haha nice, i think every spurs fan would wish the same

Leonard with a steal.

We need to get it back to 8 before 4QTR

“Blair guards Love”

Uh, yeah, like that ever happens.

More like Blair follows Love.

i remember this happening a few times last season – spurs losing when tim had a great game.

Yes its really sad especially since hes on the backend of his career.

Clawing backlawing

In all honesty, that might keep the rest of Manu fresh for the playoffs… If these younger guys can get it together and get us in there. We already know that TP will wear down, and BigFun doesn’t need to try to carry the load at this point.
HALF FULL PEEPS, HALF FULL!!!

Danny Green buries a triple.

Tony freaking parker missing FTs!

green machine…come on!

I like that one!!!

only problem with it…it’s stolen from danny green the boxer – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Green

should be fair game for all Greens…
:)

This is the 2009 season all over again…

Tony missing the floater.

Tony and the young guys. Here we go.

They cant fing miss

We also can’t play d to save our lives.

I say we still win this game by 7

The Western conference just breathed a sigh of relief.

This still sucks, and manus injury makes it worse.

Rest is more important than winning?

Wolves timeout.

89-74, Minny. 2:50 left in the 3rd.

Seriously this Wes Johnson guy is either getting lucky or something. Making contested fuckin 3s. Damn man. BS.

He's been getting ridiculously lucky.

Wes has been absolutely godawful this year. He airballed a wide open 3 pointer last game.

Just his night, I guess

johnhollinger John Hollinger
RT @Monroe_SA: Fractured 5th metacarpal on left hand for @manuginobili … He’ll be re-examined in San Antonio’ no estimate for return
3 minutes ago

Keep his legs fresh. All will be good, and Spurs stay under the radar as usual. Only to return like the plague!

is that the pinky?

yes! 4th is the ring finger

Oh good. So he’ll be back in time for June. Good timing.

Weird place for a break

In the structure of the palm leading to the ring finger.

Manu down. That is going to kill us. WE NEED NEAL BACK NOWM

The luckiest team in the NBA

I want to punch that stupid mascot in the face _

Well, this is just hard to accept.
I didn’t see it happen, so I refuse to believe it happened.

wow that kid looked thrilled that the minny mascot pulled him on camera…

Splots not yet giving up

good move there.

5th metacarpal

My kingdom for a metacarpal

How long would an injury like this take to heal?

How long does it take for a fracture in the metacarpal bone to heal?

It takes approximately 6-8 weeks with a cast. If you do not have a cast it will take a lot longer because if you do not have it in the straight position in the healing process it could form the wrong way and you will be scarred for life.

crooked pinky? &erson?

Ugh, thats basically half of the season. Just his luck.

ouch. Thats going to take some time huh? On his shooting hand too.

oh…ouch..wow…

at least is the pinky

take Blair off the game already!

Dejaun blair with a stupid foul playng stupid again.

HE STUCK HIS DAMN LEG OUT TO KICK BLAIR!!!

(sorry, I’ll calm down)

Blair just regressed

they’re calling Love MVP this early?

There's a lot of gallows humor

and tongue-in-cheek humor in Timberwolves fandom. We know how badly we’ve sucked since before KG left.

Darn. Not even end of 3rd and they have 92

5th metacarpal

I broke the fourth metacarpal at the age of 23. Cobra cast for 8 weeks, took another 4 weeks to feel normal again!

Crap thats 2 months.

Manu is not normal

man, makes me wish the initial diagnosis is wrong.

Was doctor allen doing the diagnosis?

Geez this is really ugly to watch.

im not watching it anymore I’m learning about metacarpal bones

Not for Twolves fans. Geez, they really can’t miss.

Blair, finally

Rubio with a block wow.

a steal, but almost a fastbreak

you gotta feel that pressure from behind Durant, make the dunk!

durant?

cruel reference to a much better memory of a block from behind of what should’ve been a sure dunk…

that’s a foul!

Nope he got the hand which is considered part of the ball, just the way the game is going

The rim does not want to give us a damn bounce! Fk you rim!

Bone healing may occur within 6 to 12 weeks, but bone strength and the ability of the bone to sustain a heavy load may take up to several years

WELL YOU’RE JUST A RAY OF SUNSHINE

That is not good news.

Thanks for the good news.

but its on the hand, its not a load bearing bone right?

Just as long as you don’t use the hand.

It’s the bone that supports your finger’s movement, so, yeah it kinda is

How does this kind of stuff happen to us of all teams?

“Gosh, I don’t know.” —Portland Trailblazers

^^ the team that drafted Bowie before MJ and Oden before Durant… Some people choose their luck…

I think he meant all the injuries for them the last couple of years. Specially Roy’s.

yeah, it could be a lot worse.

It's a karma return

for getting Duncan while Robinson was still a dominant player. The rest of the league would beg for the Spurs’ luck.

when rubio is making a lebron block, you know its not your day

When the Timberwolves are shooting lightsout its not your day either.

this is what happens when we dont have Korean comics

LatinD’s fault then? I’ll take that.

or fish

End of 3rd.

94-80, Minny.

12 minutes to turn this game around

So we go on a 15-0 run to start the fourth quarter eh?

I’m up for that.

except we start with a turnoner

TJ with a nice move.

Love is missing, it’s our chance!

But Danny Green is guarding Rubio!

More bone info

Doctor said it’s difficult to heal because of the spot. Which is why they put a cobra cast. Makes your wrist arch backwards in order to get the bones to line up. Hard to get the bone to compress. Usually, they put a screw it.

Stop sharing the good news. Do not want.

Broke mine in 1995. It still isn’t as strong as my right. Bonus: It predicts the weather now!

Manu weatherman?

So since its manu he will be back stronger than every!

Good to know Manu’s got a back up career if this ball thingy doesn’t work out.

the Rise of Cobra

ok enough bone info :(

Put Jefferson back in he couldn’t miss.

they listened

I know now watch him miss every single shot in the fourth.

Maybe if I stop watching, they will make a comeback?

maybe if Manu was here we would be winning…. :(

we were down before he got injured. it’s just suckitude all round tonight.

(well, other than tim and rj)

Just get Blair out of there please. Put in Tiago!!!

pop already waved the white flag

Where’s CuJo?…

It’s a semi-white flag. Pop won’t push Duncan in unless it seems winable. It’s good practice for the young guys though.

Get Bonner and Blair out they suck.

Stan 14 OSU 7 with seven min. to go in the half.

Thanks for the update.

And Blackmon scores a TD to tie.

PAT to tie…
;)

oh bonner, when dont you suck

at least Neal is coming back…

Yeah but it might be a week though.

At least the Spurs are deep at the wings though.

Heat 87, ATL 96 59.6 4QTR

Atl will blow this.

the only good news I’ve heard today.

Thought we could use some good news

Looks like Toronto might beat NY.

thanks for the update!

i wish that would cheer me up more than it is.

okc losing tonight would be nice too…

Nah. I prefer to see the Mavs losing.

Well folks, looks like Anderson and Neal are going to be seeing a lot more playing time.

bench development

And Green and Leonard and RJ. All will mix up the minutes.

Bonner has had wide open looks and hes made none. Hes in there to make 3s. He hasnt really been makingnthem this season.

I know it makes him pratically useless if hes not that already.

Blackmon just scored again!

This is my right hand
Fractured 5th metacarpal on right hand
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5329702/frac.png

Dont ask why …
4 weeks with a plaster cast

Stop with the bone showing please.

how long before you could use it again?

4 weeks … + rehab 1 or 2 weeks

But im not a NBA player

How well could you use it?

Excellent
Ginobili will be fine

Must be nice being young! ’89?

You had that Ford!

Ford Pinto…

Lightning!

If he’s really good, we can call him the Jaguar!… (which is just an overpriced ford)

or Cracker Jack…

X<Manu out, we will have to NEAL with it!/strong>

sleep well tonight bunnies…

There giving us open looks but we cannot hit.

Thats been the difference tonight.

we are getting stops now but not scoring

why couldnt it have been bonners metacarpal? why?

like bonner would attempt a steal…

haha that made my night

Bonner will still finish with the highest +/- pm the team.

this made me laugh

10 point game

12 point game, damn you rubio

14 thanks to old Luke

Miami is no longer undefeated

The best news of the night.

(Other than a Wolves win, of course (sorry)).

The Hawks win! 100 to 92. The Evil Empire has lost.

Detroit might be orlando hurray!

getting burnt by ridnour really says it all….

You know when ridnour is killing you and your shooting specialist are so special things aren’t going your way.

Extra protein? Get manu some mootopia milk asap!

I heard badget milk does wonders.

F U Luke Ridnour. Why is he making these shots? Ugh just our night

Manu will be fine, he drinks Mootopia Milk! Won’t be tense, either.

add some Alfajores (or some Foie gras), and he’ll be back in no time.

Whats the Argentinian equivalent to Foie gras?

Foie gras production is illegal in Argentina as a mistreatment or act of cruelty to animals

They just ran the HEB Mootpia spot

loco que bajón lo de Manu…

Crazy!!

allow me please.
la reputa madre que lo parió!

When Luke Ridnour has 19 points, you know things are going against you

Timmy is missing oh no.

Not many bright spots in this game, but Danny Green has looked good. At least the Spurs are deep at the wings, unlike the front court.

Just our night I guess.

At least the Spurs also have more home games in the first half…

17 TOs and they still up 11

That’s what happens when you have over 36 pts from 3-pt land. I cry

It’ll win you games, but it can lose you games too, when you don’t make them.

Most of the time you don’t make that many

it was just their night.

i’m going to guess and i say manu is going to be out 4 weeks

he’ll be playing in a month.

Orlando 78 Detroit 89.

TP makes a floater.

TP misses a floater.

Can I buy a miss for the Twolves?! ARGH!

Im with ya there.

it’s gonna take more than a couple…

We need to buy a value pack at Costco

groupon yo!

Amazon prime shippin?

are you shittin’ me?

Duncan with a turnover.

Splits splits the double team

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My thoughts exactly

Just when the twolves start to play bad we can’t come back.

106-93, Minny. 3 + mins left.

Rubio traveled! We still have a chance.

We cannot hit a basket now.

Just can’t buy a bucket

Or buy a Twolves miss.

They are missing, only 12 points 4QTR

But such a deficit to come back from.

damn it. thats it for me. i’m out. See you guys next game. I hope Manu’s injury heals fast.

2:08 left in the game. 106-94, Wolves.

Gott’em right where we want them!

13-0 run to finish the game. we can do this!

6 possession game let’s go!

Toronto 90 NY 85.

This game was just a bad night and a lucky night for the wolves. Shots that didnt go in went in for them. We are only down 12. Just a lucky night for them. Oh well

They also have 17 turnovers, so they’ve covered up a lot of their mistakes.

yup, just one of those games…

I’m not sure how I feel. On one hand, the Spurs are losing. On the other hand, Michael Beasley is doing well for my fantasy team.

we need a three

We need a lotof 3s.

As in the position?

Just a bad night for us.

do the wolves have all their starters still in?

Now they cant make a shotKill

Good night guys!!!! SHitty game!

Well this one is over boys. Not mad at the lost but at manu’s injury is going to hurt us.

There might be some positives to that. At least it’s still early.

We haven’t won on the road this year yet!

We suck on the road.

2 games. Houston was 4th game in 5 nights at the beginning of the season.

Only 2 games though. Houston one was nearly impossible to win.

Keeping our record intact!!

my first time watching a game this season and we lost. wow

Its all your fault.

I see a pattern.

I share the blame. My first game too. Way to start.

Nite yall

We held them to only 106; they had 92 after 3QTR

10 points in 17 seconds? where’s reggie miller?

Good D in fourth but just couldn’t play an entire game.

They played good D, but Twolves made nearly every one of those contested shots.

Grrr… Dallas is also beating OKC.

Don’t tell me that.

time for OKC to lose a game

It would be better for Dallas to lose. They are in our division, so them losing is always great.

True and its always nice to DAL lose

The year did not start right for us.

I guess this means we’ll see more of Manu drawing up plays from the bench…

Spurs fall to 3-2 after this loss. Next game will be against the Warriors in the AT&T Center.

Watch Klay Thompson come alive and drop 50 on us.

He can’t shoot. He sucks

let’s get our revenge then!

ear the wolves beat the Spurs, we won a ring.Last

i shouldn’t have bothered getting out of bed this morning.

Well, all in all not a good night.

At least I still got my looks!

If Manu’s injury can heal fairly quickly, and well, it might not be too bad. Good reps for the younger players, Anderson, Leonard, Green et al.

21—21 tie game with 27 sec. in 1st half.

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