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GameThread #17 - San Antonio Spurs @ New Orleans Hornets - Part II



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me to

I was getting ready to cry. I felt so lonely

Spurs are hot. Shooting 59%! Sucks that Nooch shooting at 50% as well..

not a good sign…for either team…which one goes cold?

defence wins championships. ergo, neither of these teams are winning jack this season.

we have depth. depth does not win in the playoffs.

Well, that was a lot of unusual lineups. Weird.

OKC up by 30 on Detroit in the 2nd quarter.

“too high, way too high”…

Too high? What the eff does that mean?

The score in this game is too damn high

“too high, way too high” is from a movie. I think it was from Major League. My response was the response.

lol this is basketball not reality

HI people!! how are we doing? I heard something about Anderson getting minutes and Tim and Tiago playing together….what the hell happened? Popovich reads PTR?

Watch for donkeys flying soon

you missed it! you missed everything! hello.

The Spurs are giving me a heart attack every game this season.

all part of stern’s master plan…

Hey everyone. I see that one of the worst teams at putting the ball in the hoop has 55 points against us already. I am not surprised. haha Whats the story of the game??

Our road opponents make season high marks against us every game for.something

That is definitley what it seems like.

HEB RULES!! MANU MENTIONING CHIMICHURRI!!!

IM ARGENTINE IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW WE GET NO RESPECT AND FANGIO IS THE BEST GUY TO EVER WALK ON EARTH

fangio who? lol just kidding…manu ftw

rhetorical question for pop: where’s your wing man?

3 minutes for Kawhi… wth

Hi. I’m not watching. Day’s been too long, too loud and too craaaazzeeee.

Are we doing ok?

Winning by 1 at the half against the worst home team in the NBA.

easily moved object vs resistible force….

Ohh the whataburger commercials.

That patty melt looks awesome… haven’t had one, and I live in TX (wtf)…

Visited a few years ago told the kids we had to stop there.

I have a little theory I have been thinking for a while now: The spurs defensive philosofy (Popovich’s) has always been protect the paint with Timmeh, guard the 3 point line at all costs and let the other team shoot a bunch of long 2 pointers.
That worked for years, but not only Tim has aged (and plays less minutes) I think that the NBA in general has become better at shooting those long 2’s. Teams are more offensive minded each year, and “defensive specialists” that cant shoot are becoming rarer each passing season. Tradutinal Big men are in a process of extctinction and are being replaced by guys who love to shoot long 2’s and can make them

hmmm…maybe. still seems like the guys who dominate are the guys who can go inside/outside ala jordan. kobe, durant, james etc.

interesting theory. be interesting to see if numbers back it up re: mid- and long-range 2 pointers (looking at percentage of shots taken from there, and accuracy, over the years).

maybe Ill make a post. Or maybe not. Time will tell.

Interesting. Dooo eeeet.

to me it looks like token defense… sure they’re “in position”; looks good, but they’re basically pylons… dudes shoot over outstretched brooms in practice, you have to do better than that Spurs…

should the spurs somehow win their second road game

i shall be quite pleased. nooch is tough..they just have trouble finishing. just like us LWM.

What was that?

How about not giving up open 3s

TP is trying to reach his career high in assist tonight

Wait, you are from Alcatraz or something? im waaaay behind
Great first episode by the way

What happened to Leonard? Did Neal start the 2nd half?

we have rj defending the paint instead.

Yes Neal started, don’t know why

Leonard hasn’t seen much playing time in this one. Haven’t seen him since the start of the game..

Damn

Sigh Blair is still taking stupid shots. And we are getting killed by smits or something

Play tiago!

tiago start now? please?

Yea blair didnt even try for rebound then

Duncan showing he can still play ball!

nela and rj in, defense goes south.. coincidence?

This feed is waaaaaaaay behind.

refresh!

Great, now it’s halftime again.

at least we have the lead then…

refresh again. and again. and again. eventually you’ll go back in time far enough to get to a time when the spurs were good. like 2005.

I’d be happy with 2007.

2004 with no foul?…

That was 2006. 2004 was .04 or. .4, whatevs.

.04, yes. led to a rule change…it was that egregious.

2006 you mean…

all are correct… I guess I did a better job of blurring it than i thought possible…

How low can this team go?

::sigh::

confidence is an amazing thing

Sigh can the Spurs just fucking defend. This one of the worst teams in the league and they have 69 points on over 50% shooting.

Neal and Blair two weak points for defense in with the starters help NO go on a run. Why is Kawhy not starting?

both Neal and Blair just scored for you

I know they can score…but I’m worried about the defense.

and neal’s 3 was a bad shot despite the fact that he made it. He had a defender on him and it was early in the shot clock. Contested jumpers early in the shot clock are the worst.

We need some tiago. Get Blair the hell out

Neal not doong well

No Tiaho. Bonner. Sigh.

Tia Ho?… not very nice sir.

Sorry i cant type. G next to h

mi tia sings in the church choir.

one of my tias wants to be a desperate housewife (oof).. but, in her defense, she did look like phoebe cates forever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqMIfeTc-CM

:) that’s her… waaaaaaay too many of my friends wanted to go to my family functions growing up…

geez, now i wanna go…no offense bro

none was ever taken… it was pretty damn funny, she played that crap up.

i f you’ve got it…flaunt it

barbocoa, beer and boobs…life is good.

aaaaaaall of that sounds awesome!

Plus crappy app leaves me tiny keyboard touchscreen on my phone.

No rebounds cant defend the three

No oh mommas yet

the pasing lanes are so closely guarde dby each opponent. why? no inside game.

good luck reading that drivel.

Neal redemption

when neal calls for the ball, give it to him.

Neal with another 3!

no flow to this game…just come down the floor and put up a J

Tony Parker trying his best to make everybody look better than they really are.

TP with a tear drop!

Why are we losing?

Lack of D

with an overload of crap?

Same story as all the other road games. Hornets shooting above 50%.

there it is. our opponents believe they can win. the spurs have no mystique. LWM.

we’re shooting better than them, yet we’re still losing.

because we are one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA

Splitter played so well in the first half

Why isn’t he playing

Pop’s saving hime for the 4QTR

Another 3, whaddya know…

Sigh this isnt good.

Duncan starting to miss… getting tired?

Jarret Jack is now shooting like Kobe. Great

TP is playing awesome tonight

Wow…Jarret Jack has become Jordan f or today

Tony Parker! 16 points, 15 assists!

Damn shame if we lose…

Trade him!

is he dominating fisher yet?

for Deron Williams!

nope. for Devin Harris

Oh crap

finally Jack misses! about time!

I’m not afraid to say this, but I just feel like the Spurs are going to trade for Deron Williams.

i don’t think that’s going to help this team though.

I dont even know how we are only down 1 right now.

I will refer RJ as Jumbaco now just so I can say "JUMBACO for three!

What time is the game?

All games have been rescheduled until after Manu returns

It feels like Spurs not named Duncan is afraid of playing defense on road. WTF, we have seriously become the Suns.

Leonard hasn’t played since the 1st, I wonder if pop will even put him back him.

Waz up people? close game eh..

That brisket looked better than this game

ha!

Hard to find good brisket on tobacco road

try lockhart, luling or elgin

Im not in tx

homesick…i understand.

“tobacco rd”

You need to get some Kruetz sent up to you… “World famous”

I remember – Id settle for rudys at this point

Rudy’s has good chicken (and b-fast tacos, but that’s not bbq), but the rest is meh to me… I see your point though. when I lived in CO I had family send me some Kruetz sausage up to me. I used that shiz as currency up there, good times…

gotta say, kreuz has gone downhill…try smitty’s or black.s instead. or even chisolm trail. and, southside market is always awesome (but closed on sundays). word.

smitty’s is Kruetz…. I can’t go to the money hungry sister… I like the sausage and the “fatty” brisket…

moist end cut ftw

why do they insist on calling themselves the “bees”? they’re hornets. different creatures.

bench started with a TO, followed by RJ three

RJ still trolling us.

another D stop, followed by Green score

jefferson giving the finger to romes!

RJ with another 3!

NOH………Time Out

rj is punking us in my opinion.

nice D on that possesion!

Mavs up 3 on the Suns. Go Suns…

Finally good D.

Philly wins big on Washington, again. 6ers back?

….its the wizards. even WE could be the wizards. probably.

So is Danny running the point?

Tony still has as many assists as the hornets do

Bos 73, Orl 48………………4QTR? this night is crazy

Bill Simmons’s head is exploding.

wow!! did the Magic touched the magic ball from SPace Jam that absorbed the ability to play basketball?

Boston is playing withouth Rondo, Allen, Pietrus, Dooling and Wilcox……

Hou up 5 on Minny, end of 3. Go Wolves…

We’re giving this one to them.

time for manu! oh…nevermind. (sorry)

It’s ok.

We’re all thinking it.

i was distracted by all the barbecue and boobs talk. not an excuse, just an explanation.

I had no idea such talks were ongoing.

you need to show up “on time” sir…

Not if that’s all you guys were talking about I don’t!

there’s a game, of course that’s all we were talking about….

Well, you certainly couldn’t have been singing the praises of the Spurs defense.

dude. scroll up.

If I need to find them, I’m sure your directions will be invaluable.

you could get a good idea of what a Tia of mine looks like…

Pop looking to choke someone.

OH he’s gonna tear our guys up after this game.

what happened?

RJ got beat to an easy rebound.

Green said calm down, I got this

I’ve always wondered what your drawing was staring at…

I’m watching the game, of course!

IS THAT… IS THAT JRW’S MUSIC?!

Dum dum dum
Dum dadum
Dum dadum…

I wish I was tracking with this one.


na na na na… nananana… na na na na na..
“Ge’in’ jibby with it!”

Very jibby, thank you very much.

Who is the PTRocker, that would risk his hand for his brother man?

Here he is, and his name is Spartacus!

You daaaaamn right.

Splitter with the dunk

Tiagoooooooooooooooooooo!

TIARKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Watch for Tim. We shouldn’t just let him sit too long.

Bonner with the good interception!

And en Tony gives it right back

Nooch with the lead again..

Man Matt Bonners back plays better D than Bonner.

Also Pop is 100% cutting off someones hands after this.

Just bad turnovers at bad times, and Jarret Jack keeps hitting contested jumpers.

Something I’ve been noticing these past few games. Once Tony and Tim go out and Green and Tiago come in, the defense immediately tightens up. Since when did our starters (minus Manu) become our liability?

in this shortened season, tired legs=suck D. There will be games our starters’ D isn’t just as sharp.

Timmie and Splitter in

woah..anderson scores in the 4th.

the fact that he’s in the game this late is a surprise already…

Did Leonard get hurt?

Dont know

not sure, don’t see him on the bench

It’s finally time for &erson, so someone’s got to sit.

didn’t notice anything. But Belinelli was shooting the lights out when Leonard was on him..

The rebounds finally show up

Jack is ridiculous

Mr.Anderson stat padding with his own putback.

nice board by Tiago

benefit to timmy and tiago…rebounding

lemonade, that shoulda been out of bounds…

nice shot by Splitter

thanks ptr! this thread is more entertaining than the game…

Splitter with the rebound!

How many fouls til we’re in the bonus… 6?

Deron will be our next pg.

If you keep saying it, will it become true?

just incase should i repeat it to?

is he the guy that got sloan fired?

Nooch turnover! Good job by TD pointing that out!

man thats an ugly hook but it SMELLS LIKE VICTORY

Timmie throwing boes?

Step it up Tony.

Timmeh & Tiago=length, defense, hustle, etc, …

especially when TD is well rested.

Timmie with that put back

Tim you old fart.

TP has 17 assists! sick!

New career high.

really? thats great! He’s learning to pass the ball lately.

career high, sayeth the announcers.

Trade him for Deron!

Nope, trade him for Fisher

Harris! I heard he’s good.

we need at least 3 more and 7 more points…

What’s the Spurs single game record? I remember watching a game on national TV in 1995 where Avery Johnson had 20, and they interviewed him right after the game on the court. The first thing he did was thank “The Lord, my savior, Jesus Christ…” Very humble.

Good lord. Duncan playing like a young man again!

Jack lucky day damm

Timmy grabbing a fistful of jersey and talking to Green. You think hes angry that Jack keeps making every fking shot?

Teachin the young’n

And now its parker again

Fricken jack and bellinelli

26 Rbs vs 36 Rbs .. that explains a lot

Tony’s previous career high was 15 assists, which he got twice

game up for grabs

nice shot by TPPPPPPPPP

Tony’s not afraid.

Yo, guys. How’s it looking?

well NOH has not scored 100 all year, they have 98 right now

Like a bad Korean comic.

PUT LEONARD ON JACK, DAMNIT!!

Will those Hornets ever miss?

all we gotta do is outscore them…

Alright Timmy, we need these.

pop was screaming at green from the bench after that jack jumper…

Jarrett cant miss a shot/…

Win game on fts?

clear outs? gtfo hornet announcer

3 assists in one minute? Totally plausible

ha! jack missed a fast break

Splitter!

Here we go again.

finally..defense on Jack

Damn it! Jack scoring like Kobe…

game comes down to one stop.

no foul?

looked clean on the replay…

Sigh no overtime please…

Oh shit

DO NOT GIVE UP A 3-POINT PLAY!!!!! PLEASE SPURS!!!!!!

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oh no Splitter!

Look like i got here just in time.

Finish this game! D please!

I want to get to bed early tonight please

Soo… about those heart attacks every game… anyone need cpr yet?

I’m good. No thanks.

ok, there was a foul against splitter there, got heaps of body contact. nice time to swallow the whistle refs…

Splitter gets no love from the refs.

nevermind he was blocking out two guys at once..

I can make up for that.

Are you a referee? Can you please take over this game?

sure I can blow a whistle

is that what the kids are calling it these days?

just the cool ones

So much for resting the starters soon with an easy win…here we go

Kidding?!!?!?!?! Again?!!?!

tiago forgot to block out.

no threes pleaseee

goal tending….?

FUCKING BOX OUT YOU STUPID DICKS!

The ball was still on the fucking rim! Uh come on guys, no overtime please.

what the hell!? Rebounding problems costing us again!

I think that was offensive goaltending. BS!

well apparently if 50% of the ball is out of the rim, you can tip it.

My hairs already gray.

Oh well. Go for the buzzer beater!

This is every game thread I’m in.

There goes that old man

duncan retro ftw

Hello.

you’re late?

I posted a comment and suddenly Duncan hits a running hook shot to break the tie. Coincidence? I think not.

you must forever be in a state of perpetual commenting…

Well I’ll be dipped in dogshit.

THAT’S THE BIGGEST FUN!!!!

I like that one.

Hell yea

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TIMMEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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can we get a stop HERE?

NO 3s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim Mother F****** Duncan

NO LOB NO LOB NO LOB

Kawhi!

oh timmy oh timmy oh

oh timmy timmy, oh timmy timmy, oh

:01.4 San Antonio Spurs SA Tim Duncan makes a 13-foot running hook shot in the lane 104 – 102

duncan should be in

geez five seconds

Spurs win!

that shit was 7 secods…

SPURS WIN!!!!!

I counted at least 6

We replayed it a couple times, definitely was a violation. Even watched the ref and he got to 5 before ball left his hands

Anderson beat him with the ‘crazy arms’ defense

That’s one of my favorite defenses.

pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

that was not fun.

+1

I feel like Wayne out here…

seems like forever since I said “Spurs Win”

Praise the Lord

Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was entirely too close.

Who took the last shot for them?

Carl Landry deep 3.

Didnt even hit the rim. Airball :)

still awin though!

Spurs games now a days are not good for my heart

You keep saying that, but the wins are definitely good for my soul.

Timmy, you old stinky, GOAT. And I do mean G.O.A.T.

I say Timmie play every other game. It will be like having a young Timmie

parker career high assists, duncan season high points, spurs win…by 2…

its all about the D. We have none

That’s what LWM is all about, my man!

Nice couple of sequences at the end.

SPURSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

It’s a road win, I don’t care how ugly it is its my baby and i love it

Still, I cant believe, it was TD against set defense of okafor for that go ahead basket.

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