This Week in San Antonio Spurs Basketball: Not-Quite-Monday Late Edition

by LatinD on Nov 16, 2009 9:15 PM CST in TWSS Comment 20 comments

I know, I know, this is a bit late, but I was at de beach, keikis! Time passes differently over there.

If you want to know just how exactly the Spurs ruined their chances of having a completely positive week, read this post, after the jump.

Here we'll provide information, links and summaries for all the games the Spurs played during the week, so that no one has to miss Pop sneering at a reporter.

This week:

Date	Game	Result
Mon 9	Spurs 131 vs. Raptors 124	W
Wed 11	Spurs 92 vs. Mavericks 83	W
Sat 14	Spurs 98 vs. Thunder 101	L

Standings
Current record: 4-4

Upcoming games:

Date	Opponent	Time	Local TV	Nat TV	Radio
Wed 18	@ Dallas	8:30pm	FSNSW		WOAI-AM 1200
Thu 19	vs Utah	7:30pm	FSNSW		WOAI-AM 1200
Sat 21	vs Washington	7:30pm	My35 HD		WOAI-AM 1200

Game #6: San Antonio Spurs 131 Vs Toronto Raptors 124

Manu Ginobili - Postgame
Coach Pop - Postgame
Richard Jefferson - Postgame
Matt Bonner - Postgame
George Hill - Postgame

Pounding The Rock: Game Preview #6: Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs
The Maglev has left the station.

Pounding The Rock: PtR QuickCap: Manu is back, Spurs Slash Raptors 131-124, Pop Suffers Brain Aneurysm
The Spurs outran and outscored the Raptors. Find out more here.

Pounding The Rock: Toronto @ San Antonio Game Thread
Craving for that .500 spot. Part 2

Pounding The Rock: Toronto @ San Antonio Photo Recap: Bonnercalypse
Some thoughts on the Spurs' 6th game of the season.

Pounding The Rock: Spurs vs. Raptors: Stats of the Game
Did the Spurs just score 131 points without Tim or Tony playing?

48 Minutes of Hell: Toronto Raptors 124, San Antonio Spurs 131
"Manu Ginobili is magic. That’s how we’ll remember Spurs’ victory over the Raptors."

Project Spurs: Spurs vs. Raptors Recap
This one was fun for everyone, and Jeff García tries his hand at recapping it.

Spurs Dynasty: Matt Bonner Dunks, Creates Irreconcilable Paradox, Destroys Existence
There's life after Aaronstampler, people. SecretChord53 is writing some good recaps, and I'm having fun reading them. Take a look.

MySA: Ginobili powers Spurs past Raptors
"While George Hill filled in ably for Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili pulled a page from his pre-injury past, totaling 36 points, eight assists and four blocks to lift the Spurs past the Raptors 131-124."

Game #7: San Antonio Spurs 92 Vs Dallas Mavericks 83

Richard Jefferson - Postgame
Coach Pop - Postgame
Antonio McDyess - Postgame
George Hill - Postgame

Pounding The Rock: Game Preview #7: Dallas Mavericks @ San Antonio Spurs - The Defense Sleeps
Are you not entertained?

Pounding The Rock: Dallas @ San Antonio Game Thread
Pop wants to try some smallball. Part 2

Pounding The Rock: PtR QuickCap: Spurs Discover Long-Lost Art of Defense, Stifle Mavs in 92-83 Win
Rich Town recaps this game in stellar fashion

Pounding The Rock: Spurs go back to winning ugly in beating Mavs
Wayne loves ugly 92-83 wins.

Pounding The Rock: Spurs vs. Mavericks: Stats of the Game
BlaseE writes: "Thank you Pop for not playing around with the starting lineup and setting the tone for the whole game."

48 Minutes of Hell: Dallas Mavericks 83, San Antonio Spurs 92: the Early Edition
"Four of our starters didn’t play for the team last year. All five were not on the Spurs during the 2007-08 season. And we were still up at half."

48 Minutes of Hell: A Shot Chart is Worth a Thousand Words
Graydon Gordian writes: "Although the tactical details of basketball can be rather complicated, the underlying strategy is surprisingly simple. At a certain point, it is merely a question of number and proximity."

Project Spurs: Spurscast #179: Mavs Recap Live
More Podcast goodness from our Project Spurs friends. Fun times.

Spurs Dynasty: I'm Not One to Jump to Conclusions, But Clearly Duncan and Parker are Holding Us Back
The title made it for me.

MySA: McDyess and friends limit Nowitzki
"New Spur Antonio McDyess did the bulk of the defensive work on Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki on Wednesday, but limiting the Mavericks' All-Star to 9-for-27 shooting was a team effort."

Game #8: San Antonio Spurs 98 Vs Oklahoma City Thunder 101

Tim Duncan - Postgame
Coach Pop - Postgame
George Hill - Postgame

Pounding The Rock: Game Preview #8: OKC Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
What will the Spurs' ever-changing lineup look like tonight against a young, athletic OKC Thunder?

Pounding The Rock: Oklahoma City @ San Antonio GameThread
The Spurs play against the Cowboy Thunderclusters. Part 2

Pounding The Rock: Thunder Execute Spurs
Wayne's feeling hostile.

Pounding The Rock: We Can't Pretend That Didn't Happen - Alternate Thunder Recap
What went wrong for the Spurs vs. the Thunder.

Pounding The Rock: Spurs vs. Thunder: Stats of the Game
Fred writes: "How about a win when it's my turn, guys?"

Spurs Dynasty: The Ugly Truth
SecretChord53 recaps the OKC debacle.

MySA: Hamstring strain means no Ginobili in fourth
"Fearful that a left hamstring strain that kept Manu Ginobili out of practice sessions on Thursday and Friday had re-tightened, coach Gregg Popovich held Ginobili out of the fourth quarter of a tight game."

MySA: OKC spells trouble for Spurs
"The Spurs spent the bulk of the offseason in reloading mode. They added pieces almost weekly, with an eye on getting younger and more athletic, and broke training camp with seven new faces. By almost any measure, the makeover was extreme."


This is the section for all the original Pounding the Rock content, including the FanPosts that have been recommended by the community.
	Pounding The Rock: Spurs International Roundup Winners. We drafted winners. Pounding The Rock: Oh right, Manu Ginobili plays basketball for a living... Michael Erler recaps the latest Spurs games, and he does it in style. Pounding The Rock: New La Nación article by Manu: "I'll be the father of twins; Many and I are very happy!" Mini Manus are coming.
	Pounding The Rock: A Few More Photos from the Thunder Game janieannie has even more photos to share with us. Pounding The Rock: Proposed Lineup alamobro proposes a lineup and starts the discussion. Pounding The Rock: Ginobili vs. Dracula, Chapter 3 PEN continues to mindshag us. Pounding The Rock: Bella's quirky musings... allas version Bella shares her thoughts on the Dallas game, and it's pretty quirky.


In this section you'll find every bit of Spurs-related news we were able to find through the Intertubes during the week.
	48 Minutes of Hell: The Silver Lining On Parker’s Ankle "In a phrase: increased playing time for George Hill." 48 Minutes of Hell: San Antonio’s Silent Slump "An under-reported Spurs story through six games is their three point shooting slump. Have a look." 48 Minutes of Hell: Andrew Bynum is a Game-Changer Bynum scares the beejeezus out of Tim Varner. 48 Minutes of Hell: Implications from the Spurs’ Final Five Tim Varner writes: "Through 8 games, George Hill is unquestionably the Spurs’ 5th best player, alongside Tim Duncan, Richard Jefferson, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. And he did finish the game in the loss against Oklahoma City, although it was because Coach Popovich elected not to play a gimpy Manu Ginobili in the final quarter. Hill was the Spurs’ best player down the stretch."
	Project Spurs: Welcome To Chemistry 101 "The chemistry between the new Spurs and old Spurs — the learners and returners, is still a work in progress." Project Spurs: Early Home Cooking – Why The Spurs Can’t Afford To Waste It A good article by Dan Ehrlich about the relative weakness of our early schedule. Project Spurs: Role reversal fits Bogans & Bonner Robby Lim looks at Bonner's and Bogans' stats of the last few games, and reaches an interesting conclusion. Project Spurs: Put Him In Coach Pop! Robby Lim wants Hairston in. I agree. Project Spurs: Should the Spurs start Hill? Yes, please.
	MySA: Who should adjust - RJ or the Spurs? "Someone told Richard Jefferson Wednesday night that he seemed to be fitting in nicely after all. His 29 points and seven rebounds hinted at as much." MySA: Manu: Hamstring feels fine "Manu Ginobili says the tight left hamstring that, depending on who you ask, kept him out of the fourth quarter of Saturday's loss to Oklahoma City is feeling fine." MySA: Spurs defense shows improvement against Mavs "The Spurs held Dallas to 35.4 percent shooting, the lowest for an opponent this season. Even after Wednesday’s clamp-fest, the Spurs are still allowing 99.7 points per game. Opponents are shooting 46.7 percent. Both figures rank in the bottom half of the league." MySA: Spurs' Bogans a master of the art of irritation "Every NBA player possesses at least one NBA skill. It didn’t take long for Keith Bogans to discover his: He’s built a career on his uncanny ability to be the most annoying guy in the room." MySA: Equation changes, Ginobili doesn't Buck Harvey: "His agent was talking earlier in the day, about how it was just a matter of waiting. “We can't push it,” Herb Rudoy was saying. “When they are ready to talk, they will talk.”" MySA: Ex-Bucks stop here in Spurs' victory over Mavs "Eight months ago, the Spurs and Mavericks engaged in a five-game, first-round playoff series that, for citizens of San Antonio, was pretty forgettable. For a pair of soon-to-be-former Milwaukee Bucks, meanwhile, the 2009 postseason might as well not have happened at all." MySA: Spurs try Hill-Parker backcourt "For the record, George Hill spent the entirety of Saturday's loss to Oklahoma City wearing the silver and black of the Spurs." MySA: Spurs' good, bad and an ugly turnover "The pluses and minuses of a Spurs roster with seven new players were evident in the final moments of Saturday's 101-98 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at the AT&T Center." MySA: Iverson's act shows he's no Ginobili Mike Monroe: "While Manu Ginobili and Allen Iverson are both likely headed to the Hall of Fame someday, there is a big difference: Ginobili can accept a role coming off the bench, and Iverson can’t."
	NBA.com: Remade Spurs staying calm despite sputtering start "The San Antonio Spurs are finding their version of Extreme Home Makeover to require a lot more than a hammer, nails and a dose of TV magic." OregonLive: Spurs' Jefferson an unexpected defensive presence Really? Our RJ? (ht: Project Spurs) Spurs.com: Official ’09-’10 Season Wallpapers Yeah... I don't like them. The Onion: Tim Duncan Makes Citizen's Foul Call "SAN ANTONIO—Spurs center Tim Duncan took officiating into his own hands Saturday when he made a citizen's foul call on Kings guard Kevin Martin." NYTimes.com: Spurs’ Blair Is Lacking in Everything but Success "DeJuan Blair dropped in the draft because he has no anterior cruciate ligament in his knees. Now he is leading all rookies with 7.3 rebounds a game." (ht: Project Spurs)

That's it for today. Just another week for a .500 team.

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I really don’t like the tiny font. Can we fix that somehow? Or is it part of the PTR template now?

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by LatinD on Nov 16, 2009 9:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I can’t figure it out. Did you do this template in Word or something?

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 16, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No, it’s in every table we use after the SB Nation facelift. Check out the previews.

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by LatinD on Nov 16, 2009 10:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Just zoomed in on the page to 125% and PTR now fills my screen and the font is much more readable!

by janieannie on Nov 16, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, I think you can quit whining now.

Of course, you’ll have to use this as your template now.

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 16, 2009 10:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Shoot, I missed one. Fixing it now.

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 16, 2009 10:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

it looks uglier now

[ducks]

free george hill!

by sleep research facility on Nov 16, 2009 10:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but it is bigger.

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 16, 2009 10:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d tried that myself, actually, but I went back because:

it’ll be a lot of work in the future, because I’m not sure how I could add that to a blank template.
it looks ugly to me for some reason. Don’t kow why.

But thanks for the hard work. :)

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by LatinD on Nov 16, 2009 11:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm, not sure how it can look uglier. I thought SRF was just yanking my chain. Mine looks fine.

LD, can you take a screenshot and send it to me?

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 16, 2009 11:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As soon as I get home.

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by LatinD on Nov 17, 2009 6:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Never mind, I think it’s in my mind. But it doesn’t seem practical to add a < p style=“font-size: small;” > tag to each line, every time. I tried adding it to the table settings, but couldn’t get it to work.

Thanks again.

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by LatinD on Nov 17, 2009 6:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks LatinD for all the links...

As you guys probably know already, I’m writing some articles for ProjectSpurs right now. It was great to see LatinD providing a lot of links to our articles at PS. We really do appreciate it.

And also thanks for the comments back there hope to see guys around. More power here at PtR!

http://myspurslink.blogspot.com
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by Robby23 on Nov 17, 2009 8:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You’re welcome, Robby, keep up the good work. Sorry I didn’t add something from your blog… I was in a hurry last night and forgot…

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by LatinD on Nov 17, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No Worries LatinD

Besides there’s nothing to add right now from my blog (except for the post that I’m writing for ProjectSpurs). :)

My latest Post are on http://projectspurs.com…. Again Thanks! and more power at PtR!

http://myspurslink.blogspot.com
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by Robby23 on Nov 17, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That’s it for today. Just another week for a .500 team.

You’re ruining the week for me.

Well, at least Pacquiao won.

"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50

by theonlyromeo on Nov 16, 2009 10:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I can’t tell you how sad I was Pacquio won. It’s not that I don’t like Manny it’s just Cotto is like the David Robinson of boxing. Super humble, family first guy, never talks shit….needless to say he is my favorite fighter.

Just call me The Profit

by Manuwar on Nov 16, 2009 10:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm… I didn’t get that vibe from Cotto. Manny is known to be humble. He definitely used to be. A lot of people say he’s getting a bigger head, but I’ll tell you this, he’s no Floyd either.

Good fight though. Cotto’s a fighter for sure.

"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50

by theonlyromeo on Nov 17, 2009 12:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Great Win for Pacquiao

I liked how Cotto fought, a lot of heart I should say. Honestly though I was a little worried about Manny fighting Cotto ( i have high respect for the guy). But a great day for Filipinos. go Manny.

Next up should be Floyd, IF that fight materializes and Manny Pacquiao wins, then no questions asked. Manny is one of very best boxers of All-time.

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by Robby23 on Nov 17, 2009 8:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else notice how many minutes TD and TP played? Over thirty each – were they not coming back from injury? Why did Pop play them so long when he has not done so, so far this year?

"Mr. Gilmore deserves to be in the Basketball Hall of Fame damnit. Highest field goal percentage EVER"

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilmoar01.html

by Artis Gilmore on Nov 17, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs