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GameThread #26 - San Antonio Spurs @ Philadelphia 76ers - Part II



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ha! That’s committment to defense. Can we sign this guy already?

I’m still not tired of this

When did that happen?

last night i think

Just the other night.

Hey make suure if you post a big gif like that to put some hyphens in your subject line

LOL! And he calls for an alley oop after running back, and misses badly.

my favorite part is his teammate in the paint has to motion for him to come back

I was about to post this. Just read the story on yahoo. Man, that’s one guy I never want on the Spurs.

Oh, JaVale..

good defensive play by both teams in the first half…not a good shooting game.

That’s an absolute positive. Means we’re heading where we need to be. Timmy’s mentioned the defense somehow starting to turn around a corner. The past 4 or 5 games have been very encouraging.

And when Manu gets back it will improve by that much more.

I do appreciate Malik’s commentary. Not Bill and Sean but nice for a change.

yeah, I actually like it too…

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haha hilarious but so fukkin true

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Good thing they don’t show Splitter’s minutes.

Maybe they should? So we could see how efficient he’s been.

Love ya for being on the Splitter Chopper, brosky.

I’ve never felt so Brazilian, bromarade.

Still the 9th man. It’s a traveshamockery.

Fire Pop, pronto.

Also, it’s weird to have the 9th man on the depth chart to be in the Rising Stars game, compared to say, Iman Shumpert who used to start and plays heavy minutes.

That’s because Knick fans are already over Shumpert.

They’re loving Lin now.

Who would have thought that a kid from Harvard would be the guy who gets the NEW YORK Knicks fans excited.

I’ve read somewhere that the Warriors fan loved him too when he was in GS.

He’s an exciting player. It’s just weird being in New York.

And the Free Lin movement is dead. He has been Lin-berated!

Paul George actually turned into a really good player. I remember when we thought about trading Tony to draft him.

Yep. He was the guy I was hoping for in ’10.

Give the green light to neal to just go off

oh shit. Neal is on my opponent’s team in the PtR fantasy!

i hate when that happens

man I really want to see more splitter in the second half this is just getting beyond stupid how little he is used and he was playing very well

It’s on Pop. It’s as if they are scared to hurt Duncan’s feelings. David Robinson had no issues stepping aside, why should Timmy?

I wouldnt say its duncan fault it seems he dosnt mind at all and actully plays with more energy from what Ive seen when he and tiago are in the game toghter

It’s not n Timmy, it’s n Pop is my point.

so Pop can’t read Timmy all of a sudden? I’m pretty sure Timmy doesn’t mind stepping aside at the right moments. Just sayin

Maybe Tiago is fine with the minutes he’s playing so Pop doesn’t feel any pressure to keep him on the bench.

Clippers-Cavs must be very defensive. 40-40 at the half!

the injury to Billups sucks for the Clipps

Yeah it does. But apart from Billups, I don’t really like the team, so I won’t let it bother me.

my thoughts exactly

Was just going to mention that

RJ. I am not impressed right meow.

I’m not in defense of RJ :P

I understand he’s doing better, but this game he hasn’t held up his hands when his man shot, and he really needs to hit the open threes.

He often looks scared on D to get up to his guy.

Philly takes the lead.

fukk they’re suddenly ahead

Looks like we need the bench already

Put Neal and Tiago In

TWSS. Literally I agree.

I see what you did there

You’re a tough cupcake, I’ll give you that.

Thank goodness their shots aren’t falling. It could be worse.

TP never practiced his teardrop before shooting it for the first time? WTF?

Really.

I like these announcers.

Tony… behind the back? …Really?

Feeling frisky

and now he’s on the bench

Duncan with another double-double night.

hi guys!

Hi lulls!

how’s it going, dlf?

Good. Had an exam earlier this afternoon and now hoping for a Spurs win to forget about it. How are things on your end?

great great great. Just getting some “rest” from my super busy day.

Enjoy your “rest”. Cheers.

Milwaukee

Detroit…

Buffalo?

heart of rock n roll…

::sax solo::

i forgot the “uh!” before it though.. FAIL!

huh-huh-huh-heart of rock n’ roll
BA! DA DA DA!!

:::drums fade into a heartbeat:::

::thinking “What Would Patrick Bateman do?”::

Duncan taking a rookie for a walk.

Can RJ make a shot?

RJ’s reacting well to Edg5’s post.

I want to see Romeo’s reaction when he sees that post

Meh. I have a feeling Romeo hacked Edg5’s account and posted that thing.

Not at the moment.

Is his tattoo awesome?

Green to Blair! Nice!

Nice offensive board by Blair!

Neealll!

You can see the future too?

Bahaha yes, yes I can.

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I knew you were gonna say that…

You knew that she would say that she can see the future? So you can see her seeing the future from the future? My mind is officially blown.

this reminds me that I wanted to take a picture of my daughter’s bath tub inside of my bathtub for all the Inception lovers here… then I thought it was just funnier to look at it myself

you need to get her a bath toy, of a bath tub… then, and only then, should you post the pic…

so it’s gotta be like 3? ugh.

why is TP back in the bench already? Anything significant happen? Missed the first few minutes of the 2nd half…

no just getting rest

we’re really giving our seniors a long burn, aren;t we?

Let’s go spurs, build on this lead

Neal getting better at this PG thing

…Nah.

much better

I was going to say that he was looking for his shot… but never mind. The last one was good.

Can Blair box out?

Not really but look how good tiago is and he can’t even lift his arms over his head

Bon-bon’s logging twice as many minutes as Tiago

He needs his minutes.

Brand on skates

Neal looking like TJ Ford with his passing

Sean said Pop was doing the Macarena. I lol’d.

wait what?

Brand traveled, and Pop was on the sideline making a spectacle for the refs. It was tres funny.

oh… yeah! they should have called that! Too bad I missed pop doing the Macarena.

I have the feeling a chopped gif of that will appear somewhere eventually.

There has to be gifs of Pop doing the Jumpoppo, and now the Macarena.

Good play by Neal.

Def a travel , not called

Pop’s all red and doin’ the Marcarena over there…

thanks for getting Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” out of my head and replacing it with Huey Lewis

any time… you’ll be cursing me later. or are you already?

nah, it was a good-kinda-thanks

I have so many horrible memories of that song. My first job was at Joe’s Crab Shack in ‘96 which happened to be The Macarena’s year. I used to scratch the cd and/or hide in the bathroom so I didn’t have to dance on the tables :(

THE CRAP SHACK!!! that was my only place to watch sports for a while, when I first moved back from CA…

::nightmares::

I bet, y’all had TVs though…

somewhere behind the wackiness on the walls

yeah, wasn’t that the year of the singing bass too?… f’n fish, just starin’ at me… STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!…

Billy Bass?

The Manitoba Smoked Salmon? (I can’t remember his name)

me either…. everyone had those damn things though.

I was trying to remember of Dale’s version in King of The Hill

Splitter back in!

Heeheehee—Pop. HE TRAVELED! Aaaaahhh, HE TRAVELED TOU BASTIDGES!

<3 you, Tony

Yay Splitter is back

So, what exactly did Tiago do to Pop?

Split his old heart in two: Timmy? Tiago? Timmy? Tiago?

My theory is that pop is trying to hide him and save him for the playoffs. Doesn’t make sense otherwise. Or he’s worried that Splitter will get hurt with too many minutes.

Why would he be worried? Tiago’s never been injured, has he?

come on, D. He did last year

Damn. Really? Alzheimer’s…

What was it?

There was a bruised tailbone at some point, when he landed on his ass after dunking so hard.

Yep. But Pop said something about him having an “iron ass” or something…

In training camp I also think he pulled a calf muscle or something.

Tiago has a history of minor injuries(2-3 a year in Spain) that keep him out for a few weeks at a time. So there’s that. Still, never anything major.

I would agree with the second explanation. It makes no sense otherwise.

I agree, and he sees Splitter as TD’s backup

Oui. Helps to have a constant, consistent threat down low— all throughout the game.

Yup the defense is much better that way, but I want to see them close the game together more often

I concur, absoposilutely

I theorized that last year too. But I was so wrong. Pop really doesn’t want to play him too much, period.

See Hipuks’ post last season.

Good, Tiago’s in

Philly youngsters gettin some schoolin’

I like the fact that Parker has no issues giving the ball up to Neal.

Tony just wants to help.

62-57, Spurs. 3:10 left in the 3rd.

its amazing how much better we are defensivley we become with Tiago in I mean he is shutting down the paint right now

and it gets better when he plays with TD…

Nice fake Splitter, but you got to finish those

Splitter to the freethrow line! Tiago and TP are just playing so well together!

TIAGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL

Nice SPLITTER!!!

kidding me!? SPlitter/Neal cmbo is vicsious!

Tiago! You SCAMP!

Tiago with the and 1

Fear not guys, I am here

Glad you made it

just know that when I am not here, I am pist

Now imagine Splitter/Neal/Manu combo?

TIAGO, DAMMIT! SEE, POP?! IT’S SO EASY!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Give the damn ball to Splitter and watch magic happen.

wow. Tiago for the and-1!

How many rebounds does Matty have?

6 now,,,

Well, all right, Coach Bonner. All right.

Five. He’s subsuming Dejuan’s résumé

It’s an And 1 party!

Bonner w/ the rebound!

and he hits the freethrow!

I’m never for Parker and Neal on the floor at the same time, but it has been pretty good the last couple of games.

Indeedy. There’s more space for Neal to shoot if Tony’s penetration is effective.

I just love our defense. We’re playing really well right now!

Oh shit, Bon Bon!!!

Red Rocket finally with the 3 bomb!

EL COHETE ROJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was ugly TP

Don’t let them back in

TP would not be denied on that play

Don’t give it to Tiago, guys. Make it competitive.

Oh are you kidding me Williams???

Was that a walk? Really?

Nah, I think he got it off just in time.

Shes not listening Collins. . .

Grr lucky shot, crowd getting ugly

Crying for travel???

Why do team make ridiculous shot against us?

Bon-bon’s looking at a double-double. Believe you me.

Wow, that really sucks from that ref.

I got to agree that was a bad call but i’ll take it

I don’t think it was a bad call.
Dude was thrusting at Tony like I would if I was next to Tiago.

Hah. …But it was a bad call.

you’re alright, Cupcake. You’re… you’re gonna do just fine here

I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit

My work here is done.

How was that a foul?

no idea… hahaha!

She was offended by the hip action ???

Parker 12-12 from the line. Damn.

SUPERSTAR CALLS. He’s getting them!

wow. The crowd is really getting into it. They DO NOT like those calls…

Violet Palmer aint takin no shhhhhhh

She’s not taking any what? I couldn’t hear you

I think this will be a great fourth quarter.

This lin kid is putting on another show.

Lin >>>> Wall

ASIAN POWER

And Novak is ballin’. 5 threes, 17 points.

he plays like an asian TP minus the burst of speed driving to the basket

I wonder how Abarrientos would have fared.

Wahaha! Maraming malupit dito sa Asya, hindi lang nila alam.

Oh yeah. Damn scouts. I expect our SAS sleuths to be a lot better, though…

we start the fourth with D

We have to keep the pressure on

Good. D to start!

TP with a rocket up his as!!!!

Can you see around corners, too?

Bonner is the new Fab

If by Bonner you meant Splitter then I agree

I meant on the back tap

I see. Good point

P&R with Tiago and Tony seems like a good option.

P&R with Tiago and anybody, really.

Tiago scoring on the pick and roll? How novel.

I think I’m gonna write a post, Ïn defense of Tiago Splitter"

Go for it. I’m pre-reccing it now because I know it will be awesome.

TP with the fastbreak!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TIAGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OH LORDY LORDY TIAGO SPLITTER

Tiago with the dunk

Tiago being effective on offense? SAY IT AIN’T SO.

TP to Splots!!!!

Come on spurs finish them off so Anderson can play

SPLITTER = BALLING

Nice hustle by BonBon.

I assume you mea on the back tip and NOT for getting back on D

That’s right. He fought for that one.

Monsieur va avoir un autre grand jeu

Nice pick and roll play by Parker and Splitter.

don’t step on that sammich!

Bench and teammates should have warned him though, no one else was watching either, bad all around by spurs

yeah, looked horrific…

Bonner wasn’t watching.

Tiago with 13 in 13! Whoa

Nice defense by Bonner there

Oh dear, when Matty shoots inside the 3 he is just so. . . endearing.

Tiago blocked by the rook.

Tiago got packed!

Welcome to OZ beatch!

Tiago just forced that… ugly possession there…

clock was dieing, he had to shoot that

Timmy should teach him bank shot.

Sixers have scored 24, 21, 22 points in the first three quarters. Nice.

I started watching late but from what I see, the defense is nice

Tiago only 2 boards. Bench him, Pop.

Bonner’s been eating up the rebounds, not much more he can do. Hah!

One of which was after getting blocked by a rookie. That’s so weak.

Parker with 31pts now.

Dayum. He’s an All-Star, people.

Parker going for second 40 point game this season.

Green can’t buy a basket

just give it Tiago!

Parker making minced meat of the vaunted 76ers defense.

Not Green’s night

He’s not a starter :)

yup, has look uncomfortable all game long

If Tony doesn’t make it to the All-Star game, I’d be peeved

Another bad shooting night for Green.

D Green has gone all RJ with his shot. Not good

maybe we should put Neal back in

yeah, take Green out for a couple of minutes..

When was the last time both Green and Richard failed to score a point?

I don’t think thats happened yet this season…

Careful now.

Thank you Neal!

How long has it been for a spurs basket?

Neal got that threee back

Neal had like 5 shooting opportunities.

I’m sweating right now. Sorry if that’s TMI.

It would be TMI if you included where.

tang-ina! They’re clawing right back!

Is philly the team with all the williams’? Like 4 guys named williams or something?

The Nets have 3, I think.

Yea but they suck so we don’t count them.

Sorry I forgot I couldn’t say that.

Please Gary, don’t hurt ’em

nice work by Splitter

TIAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAMMMNN, Tiago!

(Tiago looked like he walked)…

That Neal shot REALLY depressed the Philly commentators…

Monster board Bonner!

Bonner rebound!!!!!

Pop, enough Bonner-love! Put Big Fun back in—- Medium Fun ain’t enough!

but he’s rebounding the ball SO WELL!!! Pop has some big decisions to make here…

Tiago was on goddamn roll

oh man! So he took out the hot hand?!

What??? I meant Bon-bon, Pop!

I always like it when other announcers admit there wasn’t a foul.

It helps when the announcer is a Spurs fan at heart

wait… Malik doesn’t announce for SAS?

he did last year, now he does for Phily

Ow, I didn’t know that. He’s probably pretty objective this game then.

Not really. Still complaining about a million travels

Yeah, that’s true..

torn between, I see

He did at one point I thought.

That’s Malik? Damn, no wonder…

Now philly youngsters losing their cool

not used to playing AGAINST good defenses… Nice. Go Spurs!

Tiago driving them crazy.

I will never understands the knuckleheads that get T’ed for plays like that.

Why is Splitter not in the game!?

he needs some gatorade

Hey PtR!

damn it pop! Put Tiago back in!

Damn Pop, listen to anirontag!

that’s what everyone is saying! Put Tiago back in!

everyone’s saying he should listen to you?

hahaha! No no, that he should put Tiago in.

You have a sick mind.

It’s so fucking ridiculous. I haven’t felt this mad in a long time.

Where were you? We’ve been calling for it ever since the season began.

Calling me out? I had Tiago’s back since he was 14 and playing in a Brazilian favela!

Nope, I meant we’ve been mad about Splitter not playing a lot for the longest time.

Bakkie likes this.

Pop mindfucking with everyone.

This is an ugly game. Too much sparkles will mess that up

Splitter & Timben working lately too

cant play with 2 seven footers at the same time

Oui. We’ve never really done that, haven’t we?

Because that would be too…effective?

exactly, its like cheating

Up, up, down, down, left, right…

we need splitter.

God Bonner please defend

TIM TIM TIMMY TIM TIM TIM TIM

Take that, Brand!

man, Duncan struggling against Brand…

well, I take that back now.

Fadeaway by Duncan.

DAMN, holdin Timmy!!!

Brand with the stiff arm

make up call there

BULLSHIT call on Tim. Brand was holding him.

How is that a foul on my husband?

<3

Timmy wont let this game get away

Again, he holds my man jersey

That was a big bucket by TP. Really.

was that sean marks????

He’s part of the Spurs staff.

hot damn i love this years team!

They really don’t Timmeh playing upset

Parker with the midrange J.

Way to put it in Tony

TWSS

That’s what she used to say……to Tony that is

Mmmhmm

uneasy because of the lack of Sparkles?

2:37 left in the game. Spurs up by 8.

Man, Duncan still upset about Brand grabbing him..

Neal 18-5-6

Jeremy Lin’s got nothing on the Nail.

Is it wrong that until a few days ago, I just assumed Lin was a center?

I have to say, I like what the Spurs are doing versus the 76ers, a very good team. And all this without Manu, TJ, RJ, Green, and with Tiago injured and in the bench for most of the game. Nice going!!!

Hahahaha! Wanna co-write a Tiago post?

You can take the snarky view.

Sure. I can do some stuff this weekend.

Sweet. Thanks baby, we’ll G-Talk it out soon.

My pleasure, hot stuff.

Damn, Hawes shoulda’ played. Takes a little saccharine off this win-juice… if we win, that is… oops

Does it? We are without Manu so…it would still count just as much

guess so… but it would have added to our awesomeness still

wait tiago is hurt?

He must be! Why else would he sit while Bonner sullies my laptop’s screen?

Sullies?! There is nothing sweeter in the world then Bonners uncoordinated attempt at driving the lane.

I just assumed we were gonna get drilled tonite. So yes this is pretty good

Timmy’s box score as of late is making me rethink his “35”

he’s been filling it up lately… amazing really…

DAMMIT, from inbound!

Williams’ killing us!

Good play the Sixers. Good thing Parker and Duncan are playing well.

PARKER THE CLOSER!!!

TP is unconcious

I’ve never seen so many "dammit"s in a game thread.

Followed by a YES when Spurs answr!

Splitter’s limutes despite his good offensive play is just SO frustrating…

Ah, my greatest creation… “limutes”.

I was typing limited minutes when I remembered reading limutes somewhere here before… hahah!

And what about his defense!

He might be better in limutes. And maybe Pop is actually trying to save him for the playoffs more than anyone else.

Good thing Malik isnt whispering in their ears.

Parker with the jumper! Spurs up 7!

Wow, Tony. Vous etes magnifique.

il est, c’est certain!

nice board by Matt

Yet another rebound for Matty. Is that 7?

Tony and Timmy have been quite formidable lately… better than last year

BONNER = REBOUNDING GOD

Anytime Big Fun is having a great game, Medium Fun’s gonna do half as much… logically, that’s equate to a good game.. ha

the Hero Sammich?!…

Bonbon big rebound

Damn! Timmeh and Brand!

Damn, I hate when TD goes to the floor…

Opponent with 90 not bad

.

which one is young?

The one who has been hitting jumpers on Bonner.

Tiago. So he needs to play more.

It’s funny how Pop always gives us something to be mad about. Gotta love this guy.

Nice line for tony

Bonner for the rebound!

One stop away from the Sixers giving up

Yesssss

And there it is. That was easy

Seriously, glad you’re back in the game thread, bones.

wohoo, i made it!

Tony Parker

37 points
8 assists

he should pass more

Yeah, so selfish with his 50% shooting.

going for another 40 pt game? still have around 50 seconds in the game..

DANNY I LOVE YOU

0-5, but again, a pretty solid game. And a clutch steal!

Nice steal by Green

YES………………………RJ will score

This Spurs team is very good

Green for the steal!

Just got back from church (I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t praying for the Spurs lol). Am I to believe the score on the espn ticker?

yay go team!
Y’all have fun in the QuickCap!

My duty is clear. Go to bar, watch game, get kind of wasted, Spurs win. Repeat for all of February.

If you ever need someone to sponsor you let me know

What ever works, just don’t drive home

Bicycle. Whee! I wear a helmet, so there’s that. :D

This

Can we call it can we call it?

there you go… Spurs win!

6ers thought they were playing the lakers

Tiago 7-10. What does he need to do?

he needs to shoot 3s

10-10 or back to the bench!

Dunk without landing on his buttocks.

Yes, I get to watch a game live, and we win!

Only thing missing is the victory song. Great win.

Wow! first win in Philly in about 3 years… I guess that seems about right..

we’ve lost there 4 years straight, so in 5 years time?

SPURS WIN!!! 100-90.

I almost missed the fun! Go Spurs!

Good win for the Spurs! Good job!

damn, RJ, why you score? This game could have been unprecedented… first time you and Green’s dropped in doughnuts, supposed to

Holy shit. I was so wrong in expecting a loss in Philly.

Same here. It really looks like we turned a corner

Yup, looks really different than last season.

I like the Sixers. I hope they can be consistently good and make a run in the East during the playoffs.

I am so positively high on this… eeeeeeeee-haaa~!

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