Game #48 Recap: Spurs get stomped by Aldridge, Blazers - 86-99

by silverandblack_davis on Feb 2, 2011 10:05 AM CST in Game Recaps

The San Antonio Spurs' Rodeo Road Trip got off to a rocky start as the silver & black were torn apart by the Portland Trailblazers, led by LaMarcus Aldridge's career night. The Spurs simply couldn't find a way to contain Aldridge, who scored 40 points on a highly efficient 16-23 shooting and added 11 rebounds. Manu Ginobili topped all scorers on the Spurs' side with 17 points, while DeJuan Blair came up with 14 points and 12 rebounds, most of them coming in the first half as he was rendered completely ineffective in the second.

Let's try something different and hopefully not too painful, next.

Been wanting to try this one some time, but figured it'd be better to use in a loss. Since my recapping luck (I still think the mojo is dead) finally ran out and I'm now forced to recap a losing effort, I thought about finally trying it. The inspiration came from At The Hive's Visual Recaps, and while I can never top those, as well as Dave from BlazersEdge's hilariously clever use of figures of speech, I've decided to make the 'cap as quick and painless as possible. And also, because it's 1 am and I'm supposed to wake up in a few hours.

[pre-game chatter]

"Oh mama! It's my favorite time of the year, folks! Malik, can you guess what it is?"

"Hey, Bill. Thanks for having me here because Sean's too gimpy to go on road games. Uh... lemme see... spring time?"

"... It's not actually weather-related... try again!"

"Playing the Blazers, so we can talk about their injuries for 40 minutes or until the next injury scare?"

"Well... not really, bu--"

Malik-rose_medium "I know, I know! Road games!!!"

"CLOSE! You're almost there..."

Malik-rose_medium "Okay, okay, I finally got it. I got this. A ROAD GAME... against the BLAZERS! Damn I'm so much smarter than Sean..."

"Oh mama.... I don't know if I can survive nine games with this guy." /facepalm

[inside the locker room]

4642_medium " 'Sup Manu?? CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MY MORNING WENT? LOL"

3380_medium /groans "Yes, what is it DeJuan?"

4642_medium "I woke up this morning and noticed I had 6 rebounds already!!!! SIX! SMH!!! SMGDH!"

3380_medium "Oi... I hope that's a good sign."

4642_medium "Coach been tellin' me, man... just go out there and don't think! Just play because god is watching and he sees everything you do including sending tweets and auto-tuning with my homeboys and asking Pop to do bass vocals for my next album! LOLOLOL"

3380_medium "I don't feel too good about this... " /double facepalm

[1st HALF!]

4642_medium (miss)

4642_medium (lolbound)

4642_medium (putback)

(clank!)

4642_medium (lolbound)

4642_medium (putback)

3527_medium (clank!)

3380_medium (brick!)

4642_medium (lolbound)

4642_medium (fLOLter)

4130_medium (scores)

4130_medium (swish!)

4130_medium (scores)

"Somebody put a body on that man, goddamit!"

4130_medium (swoosh!)

4130_medium (scores)

4130_medium (scores) "Whoa... I can do this all day, baby... ALL. DAY."

[end of 1st half]

[inside the Spurs locker room]

"I am sick of guys like West and Aldridge tearing us to pieces! I need defense, dammit! Who's with me???"

3527_medium (looks at his feet)

3380_medium (checks locker to see if there are any more alfajores left)

3173_medium (staring at RJ, trying to play jedi mind tricks)

3832_medium ("Damn... why's Timmy lookin' at me like that?" /cold sweat)

4642_medium "... ... ... LOL."

Pop-mug_medium "THAT DOES IT! If nobody wants to play defense, then we're not going to play defense. Buncha wussies... " /walks out, slams door

[2nd HALF!]

4130_medium (scores)

4130_medium (bucket)

4130_medium (swish!)

4130_medium (scores)

4243_medium "Holy cow... he's goooooo-oood."

4134_medium "That could've been you, Greg. Actually... that could've been... us." /runs back to locker room, sobbing

4243_medium "D'oh!"

(whistles) "Foul, Spurs No. 45."

4642_medium "S-M-H... wasn't me!"

4130_medium (swish!)

4130_medium (scores)

4796_medium (clank)

4796_medium (ker-plunk!)

(whistles) "Foul, Spurs No. 45."

4642_medium (goes to bench, haz a sad)

4130_medium (scores)

3173_medium (gets hacked) "Aaaagghhh... foul??!"

"... ... ... "

4130_medium (scores)

[buzzer sounds, Spurs lose, 86-99]

Gregg_popovich_medium "How many points does Aldridge have?"

3173_medium "I think he's at 40, Pop."

Gregg_popovich_medium "Sweeeet. We limited him to 40. GREAT JOB, GUYS!"

[high fives all-around]

4642_medium "We coulda won if I wasn't in foul trob... LOL."

3380_medium 3173_medium 3527_medium "SHUT UP, DeJuan."

4642_medium (pulls out phone to Tweet... typing) "I HATE LOSING!! SMH!!!"

[Meanwhile, in a corner, far, far away from everyone]

(sobs)

(tap tap tap)

(sobs)

(tap)

4306_medium (via Twitter) "We lost today against the Blazers, we play bad the second half but next game will be different.."

(sobs)

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Take this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wkV2r7MIt8

manuuu

by Marek Głowacki on Feb 2, 2011 10:25 AM CST reply actions

Best recap of a loss EVER! Rec’d and thanx for lessening the pain:) GSG!!!!!

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Feb 2, 2011 10:38 AM CST reply actions

I laughed the entire time. I almost completely forgot we lost. This was perfect.

And it adequately sums up the game.

It's in the dictionary under D-E-F-E-N-S-E...I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be may be may be wrong, but I doubt it.

by SpursfanSteve on Feb 2, 2011 10:56 AM CST reply actions

EXCELLENT, you made me laugh about a Spurs loss. thanks a lot, recced to the 37 pick and beyond

"Kevin Garnett once described defending Tim Duncan as "trying to guard a tree"

by Chilai on Feb 2, 2011 10:59 AM CST reply actions

ASTIG! This is so cool! Now i enjoyed the loss. :)

"Panatalihin bayuhan ang bato!"

by Ayatollah on Feb 2, 2011 11:26 AM CST reply actions

Have to let go of the past, we do. Because......

No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

by Spurs Yoda on Feb 2, 2011 11:32 AM CST reply actions

Yes, it now seems to have happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away!

by Alamo on Feb 2, 2011 11:39 AM CST up reply actions

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

by Spurs Yoda on Feb 2, 2011 11:46 AM CST reply actions

Ha rec’d

"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobili

by spursfan87 on Feb 2, 2011 12:00 PM CST reply actions

--

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Feb 2, 2011 12:40 PM CST reply actions 7 recs

That was the best part of the game.

by Spurlady on Feb 2, 2011 1:47 PM CST up reply actions

yes it was

"I had an excellent game. It was just an excellent game. We are an excellent team. I had an excellent game." DeJuan Blair 12/29/10 SA 97 - LA 82

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

by Joe deLarios on Feb 2, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions

I'm embarrassed for Dante on that play.

but your animated .gif nearly busted my computer. :(

"The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason." - G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909

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by T Darkstar on Feb 2, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

manu had some nifty defensive stops too. That soccer move steal using his hands and feet was kewl

by i luv this site on Feb 2, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

If Danta wasnt already rightfully and sufficiently embarassed for himself, I would be embarassed for him.

[ "Duncan, the Spurs' 34-year-old captain, was aghast when Splitter told him he used to watch him as a kid."]

"I didn't enjoy that at all," Duncan said

by alamobro on Feb 2, 2011 10:55 PM CST up reply actions

Damn, that was nice.

by LatinD on Feb 2, 2011 10:56 PM CST up reply actions

Que pez, cabron.

[ "Duncan, the Spurs' 34-year-old captain, was aghast when Splitter told him he used to watch him as a kid."]

"I didn't enjoy that at all," Duncan said

by alamobro on Feb 2, 2011 10:57 PM CST up reply actions

Really clever, Davis. Awesome.

by DrumsInTheDeep on Feb 2, 2011 1:01 PM CST reply actions

I heart you, davis.

I have flying monkeys at my disposal, and I'm not afraid to use them.

by Lauri on Feb 2, 2011 1:04 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Great recap – no hand-wringing, no pseudo-coaching, just a funny, honest assessment!

"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5

by janieannie on Feb 2, 2011 1:47 PM CST reply actions

Of course, defense was the primary problem.

But the Spurs needed Blair that 2nd half. Pop’s got to let him play with fouls.

Also, Neal (1-6) and McDyess (4 turnovers) both had off-nights.
Spurs will need more from the Bench to beat the Lakers.

by SpursfanNrome on Feb 2, 2011 1:55 PM CST reply actions

The Blazers announcers mentioned that Dice’s pass to the ref might have been due to similar color uniforms as the refs had as the spurs i.e. black pants.

I vote we ask Stern change the refs uniform colors… how about polka dotted hot pink ones?

by i luv this site on Feb 2, 2011 8:39 PM CST up reply actions

Hopefully this loss will get SA refocused on defense, especially in the 2nd half—all that waiting around for the offense to get untracked later in games was bound to catch up with them at some point.

Here’s to renewed focus against the lakers tomorrow.

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton

by Trey Felder on Feb 2, 2011 2:24 PM CST reply actions

It’s not 2005 anymore you know. We don’t win by playing defense, we win by scoring 100+ points. It we scored 100 points, we’d win the game.

"We just keep putting wins in the bag, kind of like picking strawberries." - RJ 2.0

by Kondor on Feb 2, 2011 11:09 PM CST up reply actions

I blame Pop for this loss. He needs to trust the bench more and give them the meat of the game. He is playing Manu too many min. we need him fresh for the fourth to close games out for us. The bench is good enough to keep us in most games. 30 to 35 min. a game for Manu is to much. He should be under 30 min. a game like Tim. Come on Pop you see how young McDice is when you give him a week off! 25 min. a game for Manu and Tim would be perfect. Trust the bench Pop I think they more than earned it already!

by spurlover on Feb 2, 2011 2:27 PM CST reply actions

32 minutes a game is resting manu. The starters already play less than every team we go against. 25 minutes a game is only half the game!

"SMH!!! ITS THAT BAD IMMA A BEAST LOL!!!!" - DeJuan45

by greyberger on Feb 2, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions

i am with you – playing Monday morning quarterback – Pop should have played Tiago more – couldn’t hurt! Aldridge was kicking our ass anyways

"I had an excellent game. It was just an excellent game. We are an excellent team. I had an excellent game." DeJuan Blair 12/29/10 SA 97 - LA 82

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

by Joe deLarios on Feb 2, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions

small ball killed us =/

by i luv this site on Feb 2, 2011 8:39 PM CST up reply actions

This brightened my morning.

Okay, so about the game -

Aldridge scores 40 on 23 shots and 9 free throws (one and-one). Throw in his two TO and that’s 40 points on 33 possessions. He also had 3 offensive rebounds and 3 steals…

Wes Mathews and Andre Miller also played well. But Aldridge just destroyed us and carried the Blazers every quarter.

Aldridge Mathews and Miller played 44, 40 and 36 minutes respectively. Pop’s not going to match their starters minute for minute and it’s expecting a lot from the bench to stop LMA when the starting lineup couldn’t.

"SMH!!! ITS THAT BAD IMMA A BEAST LOL!!!!" - DeJuan45

by greyberger on Feb 2, 2011 2:39 PM CST reply actions

he could have played Tiago more – it was the lack of an athletic big man that got us tonight -

"I had an excellent game. It was just an excellent game. We are an excellent team. I had an excellent game." DeJuan Blair 12/29/10 SA 97 - LA 82

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

by Joe deLarios on Feb 2, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions

__

It had to be a Horn that destroyed us…

Thanks for the levity though, much needed.

by In the 666 on Feb 2, 2011 2:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Freaking Awesome S&BDavis! really, would love to see more of these -

"I had an excellent game. It was just an excellent game. We are an excellent team. I had an excellent game." DeJuan Blair 12/29/10 SA 97 - LA 82

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

by Joe deLarios on Feb 2, 2011 2:45 PM CST reply actions

De Juan: taaaalllllmmbboouuutttt

Poor Tiago.

Thanks so much for doing the chatter.It gave me GOLs. Moar would be appreciated.

De Juan is TOTALLY Twitterpated. He’s been babbling ever since the loss. I suppose its his outlet for losses.

"It's hard to see all my teammates working hard and have to sit there and watch the games." "Of course, the massages are nice." ~Tiago Splitter

by eastbaysd on Feb 2, 2011 2:46 PM CST reply actions

I quit following Dejuan—too much babble, too often.

by Spurlady on Feb 2, 2011 4:53 PM CST up reply actions

Atleast something to laugh about, after this crapfest. Love the recap! Excellent job!

by Ed (dfjmed) on Feb 2, 2011 2:48 PM CST reply actions

Sick.

by indiancharlie on Feb 2, 2011 3:55 PM CST reply actions

Blazer fan here

Fantastic recap. I especially liked the part about Brandon running back to the locker room, sobbing. It reminded me of the good old days, when Brandon could run. (Sigh)

So glad it’s you guys who are at the top of the league instead of those twits in LA, Miami, etc.

Wiggada Wiggada Zers!

by Corvid on Feb 2, 2011 3:58 PM CST reply actions

Seconded.

"The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason." - G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909

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by T Darkstar on Feb 2, 2011 4:36 PM CST up reply actions

you guys are awesome. much respect to your team and fans alike. im happy to see aldridge developing nicely.

by MikeyKosa on Feb 2, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions

they just played us the way the Phoenix Suns played last year, lots of pick and roll

"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobili

by spursfan87 on Feb 2, 2011 5:02 PM CST reply actions

they need to let him play so he can be ready for the playoffs. i know pop doesnt want to fuck up the rotation but splitter can be used to stand in the paint with his hands str8 up

by BLACKANDSILVER on Feb 2, 2011 5:52 PM CST reply actions