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San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets - The Game Thread

By Wayne Vore (ATS)

It's a matinee game against the Rockets. A loss throws us right into the mix for the division title with the Rockets and Hornets. A win gives us some good breathing room.

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Game Time: 2:30 Spurs Time, 4:30 pm Argentina
9:30 pm Palestine, Egypt, 8:30 pm CET
4:30 am Perth, Japan, 3:30 am Philippines
5:30 am Guam
3:30EDT, 1:30 MDT, 12:30PDT
TV: Kens 5 		Officials: Bavetta
Kenendy
Lewis


45-23
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Tony
Roger
Roger
Tim Duncan
Tim
Bonner
Matt
Michael Finley
Mike


46-25

Aaron
Shane
Yao
Luis
Ron
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24-10 Home 29-8
21-13 Road 17-17
97.5 Offense 98.7
93.5 Defense 94.9
46.4 FG% 45.2
39.2 3-pt% 37.4
76.4 FT% 80.7
41.1 Rebounds 42.8
12.0 TO's 14.3
6-4 Last 10 7-3
L 1 Streak W 3
PG
SG
C
PF
SF
Bench
Coach
Intangibles
Mojo
Winner

Breakdown

  • Point Guard - Brooks had zero assists in the last matchup and shot 7-18 in a good game for him. Hopefully, Tony can overcome his unclutch performance from the other night.
  • Off Guard - I'd like to give Roger the edge, but he's been a bit off lately.
  • Center - Speaking of a bit off lately, Tim ain't right. He's was getting abused by Perkins the other night.
  • Power Forward - BonBon is a bit off too. I'm sensing a trend.
  • Small Forward - FinDog has been playing fairly well recently. I'm hoping he goes 5-10 and RonRon goes 5-20. Both are likely to happen.
  • Bench - I'll be wearing my George Hill jersey.
  • Coach - I just hope it is close late, then Pop will coach circles around Adelman.
  • Intangibles - I think Manu will play and that will be a big boost for us and the crowd.
  • Mojo - Manu mojo.
  • Winner - Spurs in the clutch. Again.

Keys To The Game

  • Limiting Ball Movement - If the Rockets have to score by playing one-on-one or pick-and-roll, then they are in trouble.
  • Tim - Will Tim be able to make Yao work OR dominate Scola? He hasn't looked spry lately, so I'm suspicious.
  • Free Throw Shooting - I'm hurt.

Some other reading

Other Things of Possible Interest

Game feeds

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ATDHE.net
PPNBA
MyP2P
OneNation (This is an archive of NBA games, but it hasn't been updated lately.)
BitTorrent Davka (A torrent site where you will find most of the latest games in the league. Bookmark.)

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