Spurs Wreck the Clipper Ships, 118-88

by Tim C. on Mar 13, 2010 10:35 PM CST in Game Previews

That was a pretty epic beatdown. Then again, it was against the Clippers.. and Kaman only played 20 minutes.

This one was in the bag from the mid-first quarter on. Instead of blathering on endlessly about it, I'll concentrate on a few good performances.

George Hill - Cubits continues to impress, putting up a double-double with 14 points, 11 assists, and a steal. And ZERO turnovers... that's pretty incredible for a starting PG. George also led the team in +/- at +23.

Richard Jefferson - 18 points(8-14 shooting) and 9 rebounds nearly led RJ to join George in the double-double club. He had a couple of ugly turnovers, but I'll take this kind of effort from RJ any day of the week, as he led the team in rebounding for the 3rd time in the last 4 games. I love the way he's attacking the boards lately.

Matt Bonner - The Red Rocket shot the ball with precision today, going 8-9 from the field and 5-6 from long range, finishing with 21 points to lead the team in scoring.

Cedric Jackson - The Entertainer had another pretty good outing, notching 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in his 15 minutes on the floor. He also had 2 turnovers, but one of them was a miscommunication between he and Blair which probably had to do with his lack of system knowledge. Good outing - I like this kid a lot.

Ian Mahinmi - I called him dumb in the game thread, but he played well in his limited minutes, getting 7 points, 3 boards and a block in 8 minutes.

Manu Ginobili - Manu had a great shooting night, going 6-9 from the field for 14 points, to go with 6 assists, 3 boards and 2 steals.

DeJuan Blair - The Beast quietly gathered 8 boards and 8 points on 50% shooting.

Perhaps the best stat of the night was the fact that Tim Duncan played all of 13 minutes and 19 seconds. May the rest do wonders for him.

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This is my favorite kind of game. It was awesome to watch.

by Spurlady on Mar 13, 2010 10:38 PM CST reply actions

Jackson and (possibly) Garrett Temple might be nice pick ups going into next season. Coupled with Hairston (partially guaranteed next season), there might be nice young additions that play D.

Spurs FO will have to depend on these young cheap guys since they don’t have a lot of money to play with and RMJ and Finley aren’t going to be back. Maybe Bonner, but for cheaper. And Bogans is probably a good chance he’ll be back for cheap.

by grego21 on Mar 13, 2010 11:18 PM CST reply actions

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Garrett-Temple-1388/

by grego21 on Mar 13, 2010 11:45 PM CST up reply actions

Spurs sign Garrett Temple

by grego21 on Mar 13, 2010 11:50 PM CST up reply actions

I watched most of the game at a bar with some friends and man, I am really liking Jackson. He played some solid D&D (defense & distributing, not the D&D that would first come to Duncan’s mind). When I read the recap on espn, I got to the part of the article about us signing Temple and first thought they had their facts pretty wrong about “The Entertainer,” but I’m liking our direction toward young defense minded prospects. We still need to get a better defensive SF, but maybe we’ll go that way in the draft with Pondexter.

All in all, it was a great day for the Spurs to see the so called “youth movement” start to be productive. Our approach of hounding the D-League looks like it’s going to pan out.

"I like the fact that he’s a man." – Hubie Brown on Blair

by Manu ex Machina on Mar 14, 2010 3:23 AM CST up reply actions