Game Thread #60- vs Indiana Pacers

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Mar 5, 2008 4:37 PM CST

Woohoo! A fellow ABA team. We are in the midst of a 4-game string against old ABA'ers.

Nobody is lined up for the recap. Who wants to be the proud selector of our 3 stars?

For those of you who don't know, the book "Loose Balls" about the ABA is out of this world good. I read it about 20 years ago (I think) and loved it. It's full of great anecdotes about what the league was like.

The Pacers don't play much defense and they have a game tonight in Houston. If Tony doesn't run them out of the gym I will be disappointed.

James Silas, Swen Nater, George Gervin: 116
George McGinnis, Mel Daniels, Roger Brown: 92

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Re: Game Thread #60- vs Indiana Pacers

Spurs 97
Pacers 83

Heir Flop, got suspended for a game. HaHa!!!

"I will slap you into a jelly!!!!"

by DennardC on Mar 5, 2008 4:54 PM CST reply actions

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Spurs 107
Pacers 85

by 4Him on Mar 6, 2008 4:09 AM CST reply actions

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i saw semi-pro. freaking spurs, i can't believe they lost to will fucking ferrell.

Spurs - 90
Flint Tropics - 79

"I don't play like this because I want to look pretty... I think people can really see I love the game." -M. Ginobili

by efantich on Mar 6, 2008 8:39 AM CST reply actions

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Dude, thanks alot... you just ruined the movie for me. hee-hee.

by bellasa on Mar 6, 2008 4:55 PM CST up reply actions

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Rumor is that you're better off having it ruined...

by Krukow on Mar 6, 2008 4:57 PM CST up reply actions

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Spurs 96
whomever 87

I can write a recap if nobody else wants to.

by Krukow on Mar 6, 2008 9:44 AM CST reply actions

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Why do I have a bad feeling bout these next 4 games? Here's hoping I'm wrong

Spurs 103
Indy 92

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat.

by Windex40 on Mar 6, 2008 10:14 AM CST reply actions

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SA 92
Ind 79

what else would you expect from me?

by bones on Mar 6, 2008 10:51 AM CST reply actions

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7:00 PM SA - 8:00 PM ET - 11:00 PM ARG

42-17 ............................................. 24-37

Streak:
10 W ................................................. 1 L

Home record:
25-5 ................................................ 12-18

Road record:
17-12 ............................................... 12-19

Last 10:
10-0 ................................................. 3-7

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(Sort of) Interesting facts:

► Tonight (for real this time) the Spurs will be using alternative shirts to commemorate the "Fiesta" day, a tribute to the latino community. You can see the shirt here. (Why not "Las Espuelas"? You tell me.)

► The Pacers come from losing to the Rockets by 18 in Houston last night. SA hasn't played since last Tuesday, when they beat NJ 81-70. (Can we agree that trading Scola was a bad move now?)

► The Spurs won the last game against the Pacers at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana on February 5th by 116-89. Tim finished with 19 points, Vaughn 16, Manu 15 and Bowen 14. Parker was injured and didn't play.

► After this game The Spurs will be facing some toughies: @Denver, @Hornets, @Pistons, @Sixers, Vs. Celtics.

► Like the Nets, the Pacers probably thank God every day that they're in the Leastern Conference. At .393 for the season so far, they're only two games away from the eight playoff berth - held currently by... You got it: the Nets.

► Next games for the Spurs:
→ Vs. Indiana - Thursday 6/Mar - TODAY
→ @ Denver - Friday 7/Mar
→ @ Phoenix - Sunday 9/Mar
→ Vs. Denver - Monday 10/Mar
→ @ New Orleans - Wednesday 12/Mar
→ @ Detroit - Friday 14/Mar
→ @ Philadelphia - Saturday 15/Mar

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Probable starting lineup:

T. Parker M. Ginobili B. Bowen T. Duncan K. Thomas
P. Guard S. Guard S. Forward P. Forward Center
18.5 PPG 20.5 PPG 5.7 PPG 19.9 PPG 2.0 PPG
3.1 RPG 5.0 RPG 2.7 RPG 11.6 RPG 5.4 RPG
5.8 APG 4.6 APG 1.1 APG 3.2 APG 0.0 APG

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by LatinD on Mar 6, 2008 11:11 AM CST reply actions

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Thanks for the info. However...

"Can we agree that trading Scola was a bad move now?"

No, especially since we'd just replace him with Splitter and Ian next year.

by Krukow on Mar 6, 2008 11:44 AM CST up reply actions

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Heh. Well, we'll both be around next year. We'll see. :)

by LatinD on Mar 6, 2008 12:05 PM CST up reply actions

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Truthfully, and it's taken me virtually all season to come to this (after being furious directly after the trade), I agree with this too.

Scola's tearing it up, but I don't think he would have fit in well in SA and can see why we let him go. That said, I don't and likely will NEVER understand why we traded him for a happy meal and some pogs. We should have sold him a little better...

by SgtinManusArmy @ Pounding The Rock on Mar 6, 2008 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

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That said, I don't and likely will NEVER understand why we traded him for a happy meal and some pogs.

That's a chronic problem with the Spurs front office. They were ahead of the curve on drafting foreign players, but they've never been great, or even good, on the trading blocks. Scola's not the only example - Beno was was regarded as an extremely attractive prospect a year-and-a-half ago, but Pop ruined his trade value by locking him in the doghouse.
We let him go for practically nothing, and then after Sacramento got him, they suddenly noticed he was much better than advertised, and a max-contract Bibby quickly became very expendable.
Seriously, you don't think that either Boston or Cleveland, both of whom have been clamoring for a decent passer at the point position, could have given us something... ANYTHING... for Beno?

I'm not going to complain about the front-office too much - they've got a budget to stay under, and they could definitely be worse (see: Thomas, Isiah). But the moves this year rank among the worst I've ever seen in terms of the paper-pushing. The only thing that's salvaged it in my eyes was the Brent Barry manuvering. That was kinda slick.

chaos... panic... pandemonium... my work here is done.

by rick2g on Mar 6, 2008 3:52 PM CST up reply actions

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methinks scola would be a good match-up on D against Flopmeister Wolfenstein.

by bones on Mar 6, 2008 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

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Spurs 100
Pacers 85

by LatinD on Mar 6, 2008 11:12 AM CST reply actions

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spurs 95
pacers 87

who are you who can summon fire without flint or tinder? there are some who call me ... tim.

by ptruser on Mar 6, 2008 2:07 PM CST reply actions

The Last Gimme For A While

IND: 88
SA: 92

With the toughest stretch of the season coming up, the Spurs can't afford to falter here, especially tonight to an obviously inferior team. Indiana, without J O'Neal and Tinsley, is left with Granger and a couple of white boys who can shoot(Dunleavy and Murphy). But, as Stampler pointed out, we lead the league in Ginobilis, so that should tip the scales in our favor.

Simply put, San Antonio needs a win to continue their momentum and confidence heading into the most brutal part of their schedule.

"The Duncan Ul(TIM)atum"

by ATLBraves4Life on Mar 6, 2008 3:02 PM CST reply actions

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Goddamn it! DirecTv gives me Showtime for free for like 3 days and it just matches when the Spurs play. I'm gonna miss Hard Candy, with Ellen Page (hmmm, Ellen Page...) just to see the game one the internet. The things I do for the Spurs..

If they really wanted to celebrate the Latino community,they should have put thousands of soccer fans in the stadium, shouting insults at the refs and a opposing team, hanging huge flags from the rafters and jumping all through the game.

by Hipuks on Mar 6, 2008 4:56 PM CST reply actions

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Los Spurs 89
Pissers 78

Here's to Manu going for 20, 7r and 6a.

I'm still scratching my head over one of mr.french's play's versus jersey. Dribbling around for 15 seconds, passing up an open jumper and giving the ball to duncan with his back to the basket with one second left basically giving timmy no chance, what the fuuck!

Here's to that crappola of a play not happening again tonight.

by DanF20 on Mar 6, 2008 6:13 PM CST reply actions

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The Red Bonner is in!

by Hipuks on Mar 6, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions

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And he's got a field goal!

Is it his birthday?

by Krukow on Mar 6, 2008 7:31 PM CST up reply actions

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And a three! He's on fire!

by Hipuks on Mar 6, 2008 7:45 PM CST up reply actions

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Oh Pop, you're always so ejectable.

by Hipuks on Mar 6, 2008 7:55 PM CST reply actions

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two sweet passes - first from frenchy and then from manu....mmmmmm...must be the mid-third quarter run.

by bones on Mar 6, 2008 8:33 PM CST reply actions

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this thomas-bonner-stoudamire-finley-udoka line-up is quite the lineup...whoa

by DanF20 on Mar 6, 2008 9:15 PM CST reply actions

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Man, David Harrison is such a douchebag.

by Hipuks on Mar 6, 2008 9:28 PM CST reply actions

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Yeah David Harrison is crazy as hell. His antics tonight were a cry for help.

"Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't." - Malcolm X

by John E Sanford on Mar 7, 2008 1:28 AM CST reply actions

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a great win!!! not too many might think that on the surface, but most of our regulars were able to get some big time rest ahead of the tough game in denver and two more hard ones coming right back up. whoever does the recap should definitely have the super bon bon be in the top 3 stars. he came in firing (as usual).

by bones on Mar 7, 2008 7:49 AM CST reply actions

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I think they went with "Los Spurs" since all they had to do was add "Los" on a regular home jersey. It was a little off putting they did not use full Spanish(Espuelas has a u for the spur icon)but it's still pretty cool. That and Espuelas is feminine...

That said, I want one of those Jerseys..

by nautimike on Mar 7, 2008 8:12 AM CST reply actions