Toros Claim Game One Against Wizards

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Apr 8, 2010 9:51 PM CDT in Outside the League

The Toros opened the playoffs tonight with a gritty 98-96 win on the road at Dakota. Or is that in Dakota? Whatever.

I tuned in for the last three minutes, they are streaming the games on the D-League site, and got to see a great ending.

Alonzo Gee hit a really tough baseline jumper to give the Toros a 93-87 lead. The Wiz immediately drained a tough 3 to cut the lead in half. A couple turnovers and layups later the Wiz lead 96-95 with 14 seconds left. The Toros gave the ball to CJ and he hit a pull-up jumper from the left elbow to win it for the Toros.

Our youthful Spurs:

CJ: 28 points and 10 assists. Game winning jumper. 4-9 from 3-point.

Gee: 29 points and 9 rebounds on 12-22 shooting.

Game 2 is in Austin on Saturday.

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Sup man. Good win for the farm.

Been meaning to ask you, is temple the Spurs top secret prospect ?

He looked good in Phoenix. Made a couple of really stupid turnovers, but still. Loaded with potential…

Crappy teams fear us !

by alamobro on Apr 9, 2010 12:30 AM CDT reply actions

Good win without Jones and Williams.

by BlaseE on Apr 9, 2010 7:21 AM CDT reply actions

We should send Blair down, just to win the D-League championship. It’s obvious Pop isn’t going to use him much.

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by Tim C. on Apr 9, 2010 8:05 AM CDT reply actions

He’s saving him…

by Big50 on Apr 9, 2010 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions

Wayne, are you going to the game Saturday? Just would like to hear how both Gee and Jerrels look, since the Spurs signed them both to contracts. I still don’t know much about Gee’s game.

by CapHill on Apr 9, 2010 10:42 AM CDT reply actions

It’s very unlikely that I will go to the game. Gee is very interesting. He’s a crazy good athlete who is developing some offensive game. Judging from the Draft Express profile I read of him last year, he’s come a long way in his development. One would think that if he keeps working he could be fantastic.

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

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Apr 9, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Sorry to be off topic, it’s just that there were other guys like Marcus Williams that were seemingly more hyped. And here we have Temple who has been thrust into a starting role late in April, for Christ’s sake. And he’s been reasonably productive

Crappy teams fear us !

by alamobro on Apr 9, 2010 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions

I guess that is the lesson of productive vs hype.

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

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Apr 10, 2010 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Temple wasn’t exactly rotting away in the D League. I think we were his third NBA team and fourth 10 day contract. Marcus Williams is more hyped in the Spurs system and he isn’t a rookie so he is a more known quantity.

by BlaseE on Apr 10, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions