GameThread #5: vs Heat
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 5:30 PM CST
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PrintMiami Heat at San Antonio Spurs, Nov 7, 2008 7:00 PM CST
I sure hope we get to see Hill and Chalmers go head-to-head tonight.
Feel the sizzle of the fajitas and put lots of jalepenos on tonight as we host the Heat.
Open the tortilla and look inside to see what's cooking.
[Sorry about getting this up so late. It was a hectic day.]
Game Time: 7:00 Spurs Time
TV:ESPN
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| 1-3 | Tony Parker | FinDog | Fab | Tim | Mr Potato Head |
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| 2-2 | Mario Chalmers | Dwayne Wade | Udonis Haslem | Michael Beasley | Shawn Marion |
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Officials: Derosa, Fraher, Poole
Keys To The Game:
Chalmers: Can the rookie come close to containing Tony?
Beasley: Will he be able to pull Tim away from the basket? If so, Tim could have some trouble with him.
Rebounding, rebounding, rebounding. And defense. And defensive rebounding.
Some other reading:
You can find a preview by the enemy at Peninsula is Mightier.
Other:
Some thoughts on Roger Mason: I like Roger Mason because he can score without somebody else creating the opportunity for him. While he won't be the spot up shooter Brent was, I think he is much better for us offensively. Overall, I think Roger is a HUGE step up from Brent Barry (I guess the BlackBarry might be offensive, but it is cleverly geeky). In that regard, I think our team is better than last year. If Ime can get his production and minutes back, I expect we will start to see much less of FinDog. Bruce, Manu, Roger, and Ime is a pretty solid four guys at the two wing positions. And if George Hill can get some consistency, with a little Roger and Manu at the point in times of need, The JV's minutes may disappear. Now if we can only get Tolliver and Mahinmi on the floor we may get Bonner taken care of as well.
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A middle of the pack/lower level Eastern Conference squad. Perhaps tonight the Spurs will hold an opponent under 95 points and out rebound them. JUST MAYBE!
I’ll believe it when I see it. And not before.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 5:49 PM CST up reply actions
We’ve got the blueprint now, just give Parker the rock and let him do his thing. With Mason chipping in nicely and Duncan leading the way all the other guys gotta do is hustle on D and hit the occasional shot and we’ll be fine.
My prediction: if Parker takes at least twenty five shots we’ll win by double digits.
Currently down by 9 in the first, it’s early, no worries.
by WinstonDetroit on Nov 7, 2008 7:29 PM CST up reply actions
How long till Mason is starting?
I mean, its gotta happen right? Or at least some Manu-type backup minutes
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Mason’s already made a cse for starting over either Bowen or Finley. But this is Popovich’s team. Don’t expect anything soon.
chaos... panic... pandemonium... my work here is done.
Well, rick2g, eat those words. Mason is starting tonight.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 7:07 PM CST up reply actions
Hell no you didn’t. Mine’s higher. You got stuck matching parentheses.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions
I think seeing this will put everyone in a good mood before the game starts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7715037.stm
Left work at 5:00p.m, made it home by 5:03p.m. That is the luxury of living right across the street. Yes, I know, I’m a loser, but I’m saving a ton on gas and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
Dr Richard Kimball is pissed already
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Good call on the Fugitive reference.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
Ive been pumping that one for a week or so
I think it fits
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Wheres the Crowd?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Mark Jackson, Mike Breen and Van Gundy
are my favorite announcers in any sport
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Does anyone know whats wrong with Mahinmi?
I cant seem to find any answers on the spurs page or anywhere else
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
This is nuts
I love Manu and all, but it shouldnt be this bad
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Forget the game, just pray that the injury isn’t bad. This could be the season right here!
by WinstonDetroit on Nov 7, 2008 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
Someone get Marbury on the phone, STAT
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
hey, theyre gonna need scoring and penetration
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
It better not come down to that, I don’t want to see that puffed up moron in a Spurs jersey. Although maybe it would be a good move for him, I could easily see him touching up that tattoo on his head to look like our logo.
by WinstonDetroit on Nov 7, 2008 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
head tattoos are seldom a good idea
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Is it too late to ask Finley to retire?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Can we get Dominque to come out of retirement?
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
Michael Beasley=Derek Coleman
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Xrays negative, thats good
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
too late
at least Hill will get some major PT, but the next game isnt until Tuesday, so perhaps it wont be as bad.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Huh. Mason gets the freebie. How sweet is that? He really is our BlackBarry (sorry again if it’s offensive… it makes so much sense).
So, I just checked the boxscore. Mason’s dried up, and we’re collectively shooting .33? We can’t keep shooting that bad.
Mason playing point guard right now. Duncan +1.
TD would help his chances of making the HOF if he made his FT’s.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
Crazy talk. He could be a 10% FT career shooter and he’d still be a shoe in for the HOF.
Not that he doesn’t suck at FTs.
when Tony and Manu are hurt our team is 1 Stud and a bunch of Suck.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:07 PM CST reply actions
Wow...I'm embarrassed.
Duncan seems like he’s not even trying out there without Tony and Manu. And our bench sucks. Just sucks. Not even a guy out there who I feel has a solid stroke or ability to D up effectively. I am officially embarrassed by what we have become. I am prediciting it now, we will not make the playoffs.
Allez Spurs!
Blah
To be fair, theyve had a fairly tough schedule so far, but this is bad, the new guys still seem scared to shoot.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
http://www.nba.com/games/20081107/MIASAS/boxscore.html
There isn’t anything good in this box score.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions
Oh hey, LatinD, I need your help, what time is it over there in Argentina? My grandma wants to know for calls and stuff. I know some provinces jumped ahead one hour and some didn’t, do you know if Santa Fe did?
People not named Tim are 6-26
And Ime was 3-6.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:16 PM CST reply actions
me too, so I can bet against the Spurs.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
Do you know what the off-Fremont Street Experience is?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
I’m not too certain, but I know that par of it does involve running for your life.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
The off-Fremont street experience is getting mugged and raped and left on a doorstep.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
So I was right. Does that mean I have experienced the off-Fremont Street experience if I was drugged and raped?
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
I have a feeling that you and SiMA could hang out together.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Hate the Spurs for trading Scola
I still dont get that one? Is the luxury tax that bad
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
I love this Korean announcers on JustinTV.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:25 PM CST reply actions
yeah, but real choppy and korean announcers.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
yeah justin tv is a godsent to us Soccer fans
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Let's play name that song: Here is a lyric
I love little fuzzy ducks.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:29 PM CST reply actions
Im getting a Robinson in 1996 feeling
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
this injury could lead us to the Lottery
not likely b/c this team is better than that one, but this is pretty ugly
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
This might be the youngest line up we have put on the floor in years.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:31 PM CST reply actions
No, I think I went to obscure for this crowd. All the hate was getting me down.
Here are the full lyrics:
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow-moving trains, and rain
I love little country streams, sleep without dreams, sunday school in may,
And hay
And i love you too
I love leaves in the wind, pictures of my friends, birds in the world, and squirrels
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass and i love you too
I love honest open smiles, kisses from a child, tomatoes on the vine, and onions
I love winners when they cry, losers when they try, music when it’s good, and life
And i love you too
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
Yes sir. Thank you. I’m listening to the Breen, Jackson, Van Idiot suckitude trio.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
3 rookies… jeez… when was the last time we have 3 rookies on the roster much less on the court together…
I’m telling you, Pop has turned a corner.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
that was a weak ass call on the block, not much real contact.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions
My favorite comment from Van Idiot tonight:
He was talking about the Spurs personnel on the floor and how they could space it “they have Tim Duncan and 4 shooter, uh, 4 perimeter players”. I like that he caught himself and thought he couldn’t really call a lot of the guys shooters.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:42 PM CST reply actions
Bruce Bowen: 5:59 of pt
Dwayne Wade: 9-14 from the field
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:42 PM CST reply actions
Hipuks, you are the man. Marc Jackson just made the Richard Kimble comment.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions
I thought you made the Fugitive reference.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
no that was me, opening night I believe
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Credit to me, Mr Jackson
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
“Finley throws up a 3” is really accurate unfortunately. This game is depressing.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:49 PM CST reply actions
GEORGE MOTHERFUCKIN’ HILL DON’T NEED NO STATS, BITCH!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:54 PM CST reply actions
there are way too many Dleaguers on this team
i never realized how cheap the front office is
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Who are you watching this abomination with?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:56 PM CST up reply actions
PARKER OUT TWO WEEKS
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3689164
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Look at the bright side, a Spur is leading the league in scoring.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
Probably some foreign player who’ll never set foot on American soil.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
Hell yeah, Ricky Rubio
hes gonna be awesome
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Tonys got a lot of miles on him
Rubio is only 18, so he might not come over anyway…..we’ll make the playoffs, so its all academic
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Rubio is 6'4 as well, so its possible
He showed some flashes in the Olympics
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
this should be a classic interview with Pop
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 8:59 PM CST reply actions
PLAY THE YOUNG GUYS. PLAY THE YOUNG GUYS. WHERE’S MAHINMI?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions
No, he’s hurt. But this would be a great time to have him available if we are going young.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:04 PM CST up reply actions
i cant find any word what his injury is
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Yeah, that’s a fucked up foul call. They haven’t been calling that kind of shit all night.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions
Wow, that 3 point play was the end of it. I can’t believe Pop even bothered to put Tim in.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions
What is this salty discharge seeping out of my eyes? This is weird, it’s happening in November when it usually happens around mid June every other year. What is going on?
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
You couldn’t keep yourself away from Fremont St could you? You always end up with a nasty discharge when you go over there.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
No, we chose somebody better instead!!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:13 PM CST up reply actions
do you think the spus ever practice boxing out?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:12 PM CST reply actions
hard to believe. this is just abysmal.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Im getting the feeling they took Hill solely b/c of his "long arms"
A lot of people paid a lot of money to Theo Ratliff for the same reason, howd that work out?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
wow, I didn’t know curb-stomping was cross cultural.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
Como se dice desperation?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
I don’t want to see Dirk stretching his groin.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:18 PM CST reply actions
I saw them live in ’87 just before they hit the big time. They opened for the Cult. They sucked.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
And then have a nice glass of chianti.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
Fava beans.
I like the idea of larva beans though.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:28 PM CST up reply actions
ffs league pass broadband, stop FUCKING BUFFERING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
shit
by sleep research facility on Nov 7, 2008 9:25 PM CST reply actions
Maybe we need to change our mindset, like before game start we think, I wonder how much we’re gonna lose by today. That way when we win it would seem like a nice surprise.
My wife wanted to, but I waved the hand at her.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:33 PM CST up reply actions
At this point, I’m wondering if we’re going to get healthy in time to get into the playoffs.
chaos... panic... pandemonium... my work here is done.
A before Parker, b after Parker
Two weeks isnt so bad, but how bout
The Front Office definetly gets an F
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
There sure have been a lot of “first in franchise history” this early season.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
I think someone posted a seperate Parker fanpost
vent away
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
they just showed the reply of TP's ankle 3 times in a row
and then they froze the frame with it completely sideways
I am calm, filling myself with patience - Manu Ginobili
Later, we are back at it on Tuesday. Enjoy the weekend.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 7, 2008 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
Ricky Rubio highlights should ease any pain
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
imagine a 5 of mcdyess, thomas, jv, finley and …bowen.
by sleep research facility on Nov 7, 2008 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
Oh by the way guys even if the Spurs miss the playoffs, the first round pick belongs to the Sonics. We gave to them in the Kurt Thomas trade.
Is it lottery protected?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
pfew
I really doubt it’ll come to that, but if Tony is out for a month, then Manus not back until xmas….we could be in quite a hole and the West is probably even better than last year.
HIll/Vaughn the worst PG duo since AJ/Courtney Alexander
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
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