Pounding The Rock

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - February 1, 2012 reply

you won. you’re the winner

thats dedication

JUMBACO!!

I would flip my shit if that was a real thing

I love it!

JUMBAAAAAAACOOOOOO!

Not when McDonald’s is clearly sponsoring the Rockets.

yay!

What a comeback! Way to go Spurs!

I feel great

how did i come fifth in comments when i missed a huge chunk of the second half? you people are slacking!

i was too depressed to type

SanAntonioGiant - February 1, 2012 reply

I noticed that too. Thread activity went up after Duncan took a sip from the fountain of youth.

anirontag - February 2, 2012 reply

WhtaGame!

It’s good to be at the other side of the comeback.

I think we’re always down in the 1st 3Q or half lately.

WHAT A WIN!

Wanna see Jumping Pop!!!

JUMPOPPO! JUMPOPPO!!!

THIS!

lmao

Argentinian Mamba - February 1, 2012 reply

haha nice

I was keeping up with the game over the phone at work, not expecting this wondrousness.

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - February 1, 2012 reply

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TAKE IT POCKETS!!!…

In the 666 - February 1, 2012 reply

Comeback Kings

Yayy, my second win in the last 3 games!!! Time to call gunnin gervin out!!!

Gary looks exhausted

Spurlady - February 1, 2012 reply

I’m always in the 75-80 range lately. That’s my new range, I guess. It’s okay. I’m older now, I don’t just whip out my keyboard and comment all over the post. I am a selective poster, going for quality over quantity.

Korean comics are NOT quality.

+10000000

+1 trillion

It’s still nice to see your comments even they were many long ago. One of the reasons I joined PtR, not just lurking on it.

Thanks, Confidant. That’s awfully nice of you. So nice, in fact, that I feel like I’m being tricked. Am I? Am I?!

Not really, I always fail to watch Spurs games, and the only way I can see how the game went is by looking at the highlights,box score, recap, etc., but the best part is reading PtR.

Well, stick around then. PtR is a group project.

am with you

ಠ_ಠ

I was doing 40 comments a game thread but I guess I was excited today and in the climax of the game surged forth a fountain of comments.

It’s difficult to keep them in near the end of the game.

Too true.It’s like the slightest touch of the keyboard and just…Splash. Comments everywhere.

you are too obvious.

day_late_friend - February 1, 2012 reply

Hello.

Great win. Very happy.

Ed (dfjmed) - February 1, 2012 reply

Parker dominate Lowry and Dragic like a boss

All-Star PG.

He can’t be. Mike Conley’s got the spot behind CP3 locked up.

aw. I think he really needs that rest anyway.

Ha!

Watching this game I realized who Danny Green reminds me of—he’s like a modern version of Mario Elie.

Mario Elie was one of my favorite players to watch growing up. Great comparison.

ptcashion - February 1, 2012 reply

Great court awareness, toughness, good shooter, sneaky athletic, decent ball handling. Hopefully he’ll hit some big shots for us in the postseason.

I’m really excited about Green’s future. I just hope it remains he remains in silver and black. Doesn’t his contract expire soon?

ptcashion - February 1, 2012 reply

Loved me some Mario Elie!!!

Trey Felder - February 1, 2012 reply

play_splitter - February 1, 2012 reply

I would prefer Jumping Pop

Dark Black - February 1, 2012 via mobile reply

Lear jet Flying, Cadillac driving son of a gun!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good night for old people, Timmy with 25, Nash with 30 and 10.

Im a Rockets fan

Do you guys feel like you got more calls than Houston in this game?

Pretty much every Rockets fan is pissed at the refs

VBG - February 1, 2012 reply

Pretty much every ~~Rockets~~ Spurs fan is pissed at ~~the refs~~ Kevin Martin…

In the 666 - February 1, 2012 reply

I see what you did there

This is awesome.

It really is.

rec’d

Oh my goodness. LMAO

Dont worry ….. Tim Duncan shooting 10 free throws is not going to happen that much

Every fan feels like their team gets shafted

I honestly didn’t notice a big disparity. Sure, Duncan gets calls but that’s true for every star.

Now that I think about it, the refs did let a lot of contact slide in favor of SA.

Even the Spurs are having those kind of nights, and these people/we go crazy in their keyboard.

Not really

Honestly, I think the refs call it in our favor. But hey, that’s the NBA.

We were the home team, after all.

Sometimes I think the refs call it in favor of the more aggressive team.

Like Durant and Westbrook going to the free throw line like 20 times a game

we got f**k in Dallas, is about time!

refs rarely actually cost a team the game. it’s usually an easy out when they lose, rather than looking at the things the team did wrong.

I seen studies by smarty pants PhD statisticians that suggests that homecourt advantage is almost entirely attributable to favorable officiating.

Thats true, EXCEPT IF YOU ARE THE LAKERS
If you are the lakers its a rule that they average 40 free throws in a very important game … or in the game 7 of a playoff series

there is a big ft disparity…….

They really didn’t drive a whole bunch. Mostly just a lot of outside shooting.

Homecourt advantage.

Its crap again, everytime I avoid the game threads we win, just like last year.

bigtee34 - February 1, 2012 reply

you know what to do. wheres an island without internet access and electricity?

The Curse of the Blitz

Jordan Leithart - February 1, 2012 reply

Aw man!

My kingdom for a Pop jumping GIF…

It seems the Quickcap doesn’t mention the score.

Alamo - February 1, 2012 reply

I’ll bake cupcakes for a Jumpoppo GIF

Close enough?

Mehhh sure!

YAAAAY! I get cupcakes!

holy shit.

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - February 1, 2012 reply

GOL

What that…

I couldn’t do that in my sleep

He didn’t stick the landing, what a noob.

gmta

tho im not necessarily calling you great

See what I’m saying?

We’re very good at criticizing people who can do things we can’t. It’s a talent.

+1

meh. landing is terrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bSuvOVH0aSQ#t=534s

WOW

Spurs Win!!!

Spurs Win

Mavs Lose

Great night

The Heat and the Bulls lose

They showed it againn!!!! Damnit!!

I don’t want to lose Anderson

I only made one post and that was to say that the Spurs will win this one despite being down by double digits at that instant… and so we did win it!

Reylan - February 1, 2012 reply

it was your lucky night.

I just felt we’d win tonight in spite of the ugly start.

Reylan - February 1, 2012 reply

+10 for being right. -20 for calling the game. JK

We normally win when I only have one post in the game thread… lol

Reylan - February 1, 2012 reply

Have an awesome night, everyone!

Spurs win, AND I got to see a Jumpoppo! (can y’all add that to the quote/name page thingie, btw?)

Love each and every one of you!

Woah woah. Quotes and name page thingies are earned, do not ask for them. You need thousands of comments to come up with a gem, unless you are in which case I’m just crapping gems.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

“unless you are in which”

Wow, another gem from Hipuks. Someone put this in the quotes page.

I missed me.

I missed you too, baby.

gem

You guys crack me up. Hours after the fact, too.

quincyscott - February 2, 2012 via mobile reply

Did you see that movie Butt Diamond?

With Butt DiCaprio?

greyberger - February 2, 2012 reply

I love you more.

GIGGITY

whew, I thought it would be a deja vu of Dallas’ game. Spurs!

TDzilla! - February 1, 2012 reply

this is just a start for our impressive comeback. Tim has warmed up.
Both teams played hard
by Kondor on Feb 1, 2012 6:29 PM PST up reply actions

Sorry, guys, I called the game in the 1st half and spoiled the surprise for y’all.

Hah, we thought you were just kidding.

My most serious post of the season.

Gold star for you.

I think I called it during the halftime…I said more 4 -downs for TD and that happened.

Heman - February 1, 2012 reply

So you called it after I called it. It was the easy call for you!

Ha

Heman - February 2, 2012 reply

Spurs won with me crapping while watching. You’re welcome. #KobeSystem

Ha!

stop copying me.

Ha!

stop copying me.

ha!

Coach Poop.

ha!

+1

Gem right here.

Probably what Coach Poop would say while doing his business.

Is he going to draw up one of those inbowl plays he’s so famous for?

Aaaaand the flush!

TP with the floater?

Haaaa!

Gems everywhere tonight.

Gem of a thread.

Best thread ever? Best thread ever.

+1

Winner

Tiago Splitter with the ugly hooks

Timmy takes it to the bank!

Haha, you folks are killing me tonight.

LOL

Hahaha

The one that always ends in an Alley Poop? You know it.

nah, he likes to let things slide.

GOL

TX2NC - February 1, 2012 via Android app reply

Pff.

GOL

LMAO

It’s good you don’t go to AT&T center to watch games.

Argentinian Mamba - February 1, 2012 reply

Go spurs! Night #ers

Duncan is definitely resting tomorrow.

I thought he just made five 3s?

But isn’t it more important to rest Bonner?

we cannot afford it

But then who’s going to save us if we need to come from behind tomorrow?

Gary Neal, he’s famous for it.

any Jumping Pop pics out there?

TDzilla! - February 1, 2012 reply

diamonds

Gems?

Josh Guyer (completely deck) - February 1, 2012 reply

pearls?..

In the 666 - February 1, 2012 reply

THEY’RE MINERALS MARIE

LOL

Ayatollah - February 1, 2012 reply

Some Sprite just came out of my nose.

definitely photoshopped though. timmy doesnt smile.

the smile is evidently photoshopped, but the rest looks real

His head is Terry-sized in this picture.

lol. “Terry-sized.”

cojones2thewall - February 2, 2012 reply

bobble head

Not tonight

Wait a minute, forgot who we were playing. Thought it a reference to OUR Red Rocket.

this is a rather mean way of saying ROCKETS LOST

I just made it worse, didn’t I?

I think not, the Red Rocket was “sinking trees”. lol

Heavens no. Its in honor of the hated rockets being shot down by the Spurs.

Props to Anderson, didnt have his best night shooting, but hit an important 3 in 4th Qrt and was part of the group that brought back the Spurs to the game.

A true pro, was out if the rotation yesterday, and in other games, but came in this game and played as if nothing happened, and played with heart.

Dark Black - February 1, 2012 via mobile reply

Absolutely. Great to see.

quincyscott - February 2, 2012 via mobile reply

He’s played even better since the contract wasn’t extended.

Or another way to put is it that he’s been played since the contract wasn’t extended.

Alamo - February 2, 2012 reply

now he has a reason to play well

spursfan87 - February 2, 2012 reply

He’s been a key part of 2 big comebacks. Dallas and now Houston.

The Clippers should be up more. Just have Chris Paul pick and roll, the Utah big men are not hedging out

Instead the Jazz are up

Good night, everybody. Great game, fun thread!

Good night indeed

Nighty night

Dark Black - February 1, 2012 via mobile reply

Jeez the Bobcats are awful

Looking at the boxscore, I was struggling to figure out how we won, but it seems that turnovers were the big difference. The McRockets beat themselves.

*Rockettes

YES and I think Pop Made the right adjustments
Kawhi didnt guard martin very well in the first half

They were probably distracted by their delicious uniforms.

I dont want to imagine the jazz if Favors and Kanter take it to the next level

I know man. Both of those dudes are pretty solid already and it seems they will be able to play off of each other nicely. Man I wish we could snag one of those dudes off of them

Something has to be done with the Spurs startling lineup

they suck, I cant wait for the bench to come in and save the day

Move RJ to the bench. Start Neal and Kawhi.

I know this is not going to happen but, start Neal or Anderson at the 2, bench Blair and play Kawhi at the 4.

I’m tempted to say start Bonner for spacing, since Kawhi is there for D and rebounding, but dude is already going to be getting too many minutes after the last 2 games. I don’t want to encourage such behavior.

The problem with starting Bonner is then you put the spacing problem on the bench unit with Blair and Tiago.

Bonner is playing better d this season and he’s boxing out.

I miss Manu. And TJ. :(

I also agree with you on benching RJ. The guy has turned in Finley, only that Finley was a much better shooter. But RJ most of the time plays with no energy, and is only a jump shooter

Kawhi at the 4? He has a huge wingspan but he would get abused in the paint

probably, but the spurs starting line up cant score and cant play defense

Green Start
Kawhi Benchi ?

I like Green energy off the bench.

Spurs are about to have a hell of alot of options.

As much as I love Kawhi, Green is a 3-point threat and should give the starters ample spacing to run the offense efficiently. This might work.

But Spurs lose a lot in the bench without Green, especially since they lack a backup PG. I don’t mind Neal as part of a duo of backup PGs, with Green, but… meh

Manu will be back eventually. Instant starting lineup cure.

Best win of the season?

(So far?)

I thought Atlanta game was pretty good. Tonight we started slow.

espn are really riding this “dunk of the year thing” on the clips/jazz broadcast.

The people already hate the clippers on youtube EVERYDAY ALL DAY FOREVER AND EVER

They already proclaimed them the best team in the West

Yeah. It’s a bit too much. Good thing B50 is not watching this.

ha!

Lies, ESPN would never go overboard hyping something.

They are calling the best dunk of the century “dunk of the year”? They just diss the guy.

Yeah I can’t believe Mullin is campaigning so hard. But you know how it is with the way the media likes to jump on the next Hot thing.

I don’t usually agree with Skip Bayless but even he said it was a tad overrated.

chris mullin? is that who is doing the colour commentary? couldn’t figure out who it was…but whoever it is, proclaiming it the best dunk they’ve ever seen? holy shit…

Yeah it’s Chris saying that B.S. Chris is becoming a company man. LOL

and there he is. fuck…he was on the court when kemp destroyed lister all those years ago.

Company man or prisoner of the moment, you be the judge on Chris Mullin? LOL. I believe company man

Bobcats 48
Trail Blazers 85

48 – 92

Gerald Wallace is +38.

I am almost ready to call that game

Want to bet me? LEts go. I got a strong feeling about those Bobcats. They have a comeback in them!

I’ll put a buck on Portland against your ten

Nice come back for our Spurs tonight.

Early morning for me tomorrow. Good night, fellas.

GOODNIGHT BROHAM.

Good night. Good time for me to leave as well.

Man, the AT&T was ROCKIN’ during that comeback!!!! Never seen a game like that live :D So proud of my Spurs!!!! I have no voice btw—I think the Mrs. and I should get 6th man honors ;)

Trey Felder - February 1, 2012 reply

Awesome!!!

Manu has something for you

Those cheap bastards, they should’ve made a lefty one for him.

FirstRowSports is Dead

what the! what’s next, Megaupload is gonna go down?

lol

It’s still working for me. Does it mean I’m the chosen one?

they changed the domain to firstrow now

day_late_friend - February 1, 2012 reply

It was a week ago when I first saw that change.

fffffffuuuuuuuuuu

while i don’t need it for the nba, i use it because the australian league is delayed horribly here (games are shown anywhere between 2-6 hours after they finished, or not shown at all like today’s game), but the feed from the game was being tapped live by people. shit.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, it became the go to site for sports.

SanAntonioGiant - February 1, 2012 reply

WTF??? Im on it now!

They are watching you….

change your IP and drive to Mexcio asap

Hah

meh. it’s been a useless site for us here.

Ayatollah - February 2, 2012 reply

Blazers 112- Bobcats 68, Yikes!

Michael Jordan is rolling over in his grave.

beat me to it :) I should learn to type faster.

I wounder if he shows up to practices and berates his players, it wouldn’t surprise me.

I wonder of he bets on Bobcat games.

I wonder what brand of underwear he wears.

I wonder if the sun sets in the East.

quincyscott - February 2, 2012 via mobile reply

Awesome game to be at! It was rocking’ during that third quarter. Totally worth the drive in from San Marcos. And I have to say, Bonner played great D.

MiniMegaMoose - February 1, 2012 via mobile reply

You are the lucky one, congratulations!

I have to say, Bonner played great D.

Please, don’t tell it to Fred.

Go utah

Our bench continue its domination. Combined +75 tonight (Neal +26, Bonner +20).

Bonner pulled down 10 boards, as well. And he played some D on Scola.. oh snapp……!

His 2nd good game in a row. He had the team-leading +21 @Memphis with 5-9 3pt shooting.

Statistically, but I thought once he started to hit shots a few games before that, he was turning the corner. I’ve been happy with his D (relative to Bonner/Blair standards) in units with Tiago, as well.

That’s true, he started the season slowly (probably missing the training camp?), and has been much better recently. These last two games were his best two games so far. And he is a good fit for Tiago’s inside game.

Unless Pop is f-ing with me, I’d expect a lot of Tiago/Bonner in tomorrow’s game. And then small ball as the other main lineup. I have a feeling TD will sit a lot or not play at all.

Pop is 5king with everyone. I don’t know if he would dare to sit Tim again without a good reason though. Timmy has been pretty good recently, and he doesn’t like to sit out games.

5th game in 7 nights on the second set of back-to-backs for this week though. There’s also a game Saturday night.

Yes, it’s been a home stand, so anything goes.

The team plays with more energy starting from the 2nd half in Dallas. If I am Pop, I would try to ride the momentum and not make any drastic changes, just tweak the minutes a little. But of course Pop may do something completely different.

I don’t think you can continue to play Timmy these big minutes. And Parker as well who was over 35 minutes against Houston.

I would play Timmy for 20 minutes max against NO. But if the game is close … I don’t know. It should be easier to get a W tomorrow than on Saturday.

Well, in the last NO game, Splitter played out all of the 4th quarter. Bonner played out most of it (Duncan played 5 minutes).

by the way, Kobe averages 38 min/game, Tony 33 and Timmy 27.

Kobe might be not the greatest, personality wise, but his work ethnic, has definitely paid off throughout the years.

Our guys have it relatively easy, with Pop managing their minutes.

Yeah, Scola had an awful game. He usually lights us up.

quincyscott - February 2, 2012 via mobile reply

Spurs played pretty good D on him. They even did a good job on Martin in the second half. Patterson took honors for being the big that caused the Spurs problems this game. Lowry was subpar (relative to his other games)

http://www.nba.com/games/20120201/CHAPOR/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp0021100324#nbaGIboxscore

Wow, look at that +/-

Felton = +41
Gerald Wallace = +38
Wesley Matthrew Jr = +37

Only Marcus Camby (+28) was under 30 in the starting lineup.

Jordan Leithart - February 2, 2012 reply

Bigger question is… why are the starters playing 30+ minutes in that game?

For Portland? Only the youngins, Matthews and Felton played at least 30.

who thinks were getting keyon martin?

RJSpurs20 - February 1, 2012 via Android app reply

People who are on legal/non-legal substances?
Dreamers?

i expect FO to make some unexpected move and bring in somebody we never thought about.

Luke Bonner…

you ruined it

Perhaps, or…..

The goal is to lower expectations so that at least the surprise is a surprise within itself…

Is Luke actually playing?

Luke was a rebounding machine for the Toros, grabbing 5 in only 8 minutes to go along with his 5 points. The 4 PF were a hindrance.

Alamo - February 2, 2012 reply

Evidently, it runs in the family.

Utah/LAC is quite entertaining game

Are we the only team in the NBA, which doesn’t have a player scoring 30 whole season?

cojones2thewall - February 2, 2012 reply

quality assurance not quantity assurance

Hey guys. I just have to say I miss you and this fun stuff here. I am working nights now.. and the way things are, I can’t get here as I would like to… Just one thing to say: Go Spurs Go!

oldtimeyspurfan - February 2, 2012 reply

Oldtimey! We’re missing you in the game threads.

Keep safe, wise one.

day_late_friend - February 2, 2012 reply

I was thinking about you recently. PtR was not the same without you.

SanAntonioGiant - February 2, 2012 reply

.

Best moment of the game.

42 inch vertical leap

spursfan87 - February 2, 2012 reply

Did anyone check on Fred? Is he still alive with all the Bonner domination? Is he recapping the game?

Last 10 games +/-

73 Bonner – King of the +/-
+48 Splitter – Well, he’s just beautfiul..
46 James Anderson – This suprised me, but this makes sense since he was part of the Dallas comeback and Houston one.
+44 Green – well this one seems to be indicating right
+26 Neal – he’s been picking it up recently as he gets his legs, and Pop finds other guys to cover for his D
+5 Parker – His score is hurt the most by all the groups he plays with.
===
Eeek…
-20 RJ – yep, he’s dropped off with some of those recent games where the starting 5 was poo
-24 Duncan – makes sense with some of the games where he just didn’t have it
====
Holy crap
-52 Leonard – the life of a rookie, especially in a super quick season. His lack of consistent shot hurts a bit as well.
-58 Blair – this is not good.

http://www.nba.com/statistics/plusminus/plusminus_sort.jsp?pcomb=1&season=22011&split=22&team=Spurs

If you look at all games it isn’t much different. On a per minute basis, Manu, Bonner and Anderson look close as the team leaders with Green not far back.

Alamo - February 2, 2012 reply

In summary, there’s something wrong with the starting line up. Those 5 just dont play well together

spursfan87 - February 2, 2012 reply

Only one of them(RJ) can shoot the 3. It’s a nightmare for the offensive spacing.

Tim C. - February 2, 2012 reply

RJ’s +/- until recently was positive, but was killed by the Houston game (-15) and some of the other recent games.

There’s a reason why Leonard has seen a fluctuation in his minutes. Both he and Blair can lose a lot of minutes, especially in the 2nd half of games due to their inabilities.

Of course, our starters play against tougher opposition in general, but still our bench has been very impressive. Bonner must have been doing something right after all. May be he is hacking the computers and changing the stats?

Battier was wrong….Bonner is the real stastical freak, he has no imbalance whatsoever in his game — there is no one way to play him that is better than another. He is equally inefficient both off the dribble and off the pass, going left and right and from any spot on the floor.

Chilai - February 2, 2012 reply

Yet, the teams don’t expose him that much, except in lineups with Blair. So is the real problem Bonner or Blair?

they are both the problem. When only one of them is on the court we can hide them. When both are playing together, disaster ensues.

Chilai - February 2, 2012 reply

Based on what I’ve seen recently, it seems Bonner has been hidden much better. This is why Blair plays about 8 minutes in the second half of the last 6-8 games, and also why Bonner’s /- is terrific, while Blair’s is at the bottom, in the last 10 games (73 vs. -58)