San Antonio Spurs

[Archer sensAtion]

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OT

nya ang uban na thread istrikto man kaayo, kasab an dayon ka.. liman ka ato sauna gi ingnan ko sa pikas nga Glory Hunters ko hehehe, then iya dayon ko gi ingnan

gusto ka himo an tikaw og "Glory Hunters Trade" nyahahaha ang thread nahimo man hinoon og Trade..

na ban na ra ba tawn to siya... High Blood kaayo. magkatawa ko aning uban, pa fanatic fanatic pero bag ohay ra diay gatan aw NBA...

by the way ive been watching this league since 1991..

mao jud! pa swito2x pa kaau... hahahaha tan-awa kron playoffs daghan kaau mo tungha sa mga thread dri... nga mo kalit lang ug pang hambog sa ila team kunohay... tsk tsk



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[tackielarla]

Big Three reunite as Spurs rout Clippers
Jeff McDonald

Manu Ginobili wanted to look good for his big day. So the first thing he did Friday morning was reach for a razor.

“I wanted to feel younger,” Ginobili said. “So I shaved.”

Baby-faced after cutting his whiskers, Ginobili couldn't have looked younger against the Clippers had he simultaneously sprouted hair on the back of his head.

Playing in his first game at the AT&T Center since Jan. 31, and in just his second game overall since missing a month and a half with an ankle injury, Ginobili had 14 points and seven assists in the Spurs' 111-98 victory.

He also provided proof that, with 10 games remaining until the postseason, his comeback is on schedule.

“Any time you're off a while, it takes some time to get your timing back,” Roger Mason Jr. said. “It was good to see him hit some shots and make some crazy passes.”

The buzz began to build throughout the arena midway through the first quarter, as Ginobili made his way to the scorer's table to check in. When he finally entered the game at the 4:59 mark, the crowd erupted in a “welcome home” cheer.

It marked the first time the Spurs' Big Three of Ginobili, Tony Parker and Tim Duncan had all played in the same game since Feb. 11. For much of the first half, which is the only half that really mattered as the game quickly became a rout, it was as if the trio had never been apart.

Parker waltzed through the lane, leading a layup parade that would end with 18 points in 17 minutes. Duncan, himself hobbled with sore knees, dominated the paint after taking a night off in Atlanta. He had 13 points and missed one field goal, and was allowed to rest the entire second half.

Ginobili hit his first four field goals to light the fuse on the blowout, which put the Spurs (48-24) 11/2 games up of Houston for the Western Conference's second playoff seed.

Gregg Popovich got the assist on Ginobili's first field goal, calling a play out of a timeout to set him up with an open 14-footer. Later, Ginobili drove for a layup, faking a pass to Kurt Thomas to deceive his defender out of position.

By the time the first quarter was over, the Spurs led by 20. When Ginobili opened the second quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers, it was 45-21.

One of Ginobili's “crazy passes” went to Drew Gooden, who might figure he passed his Spurs initiation by somehow catching a no-look bullet through four outstretched arms for a layup in the third quarter.

Then there was the Ginobili play that made Popovich, and anyone else with an interest in the Spurs' postseason success, recoil in fear.

Ginobili had been in the game only a few minutes when he tore after a loose ball and nearly barreled into the Clippers' bench in unsuccessful pursuit.

Asked about the play afterward, Popovich shrugged. He's long since learned to live with Ginobili's disregard for his own safety.

“He is Manu Ginobili,” Popovich said. “He's not going to play any different. I've got no shot to try and temper him at all.”

Before the game, Ginobili said his goals were to “blend in” and “not hurt the team.” Instead, he stood out and hurt the Clippers.

It was a far cry from Ginobili's March debut, Wednesday night in Atlanta, when he went 1 for 7 and was so rusty he seemed to be in dire need of some WD-40.

Against the Hawks, Ginobili said, “I didn't feel I helped the team.”

“Every time I came in, they made a run,” Ginobili said. “I wasn't feeling good. Today was different.”

It was different because for the first time the Spurs can see the light at the end of Ginobili's recovery tunnel.

Ginobili says he still doesn't feel like himself. He's a step slow and a little off. It's still early in the process.

But it's a start.

“It's going to take a while,” Ginobili said. “I'm just very happy that I'm playing again, and helping the team.”

[stevelora]

DIRTY & BORING SPURS!

2007 2nd round Playoffs:

Game 1 - Nash Gash, but still played with a nose bleeding and still scored 5 points in a minute.
Game 2 - Suns Won.
Game 3 - Tim Donaghy betting Scandal. All favors go to the Spurs.
Game 4 - Dirty Horry bumped Nash. Amare & Boris didn't want to instigate a brawl, they just want to check if their point guard is ok.
Game 5 - Unfair suspension. Six-players Suns rotation but they lose 3 points.

SUNS COULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY IN 2007.
SHAQ, PORTER, KERR & SARVER DESTROYED NASH'S RUNNING STYLE.

[aykiman]

^^ nice bro..hahaha...

[mab]

O.T.
@steve
normal ka ng hi skul?

npa lain ana kato c david west girahan ni rob..

[footlose]

DIRTY & BORING SPURS!

2007 2nd round Playoffs:

Game 1 - Nash Gash, but still played with a nose bleeding and still scored 5 points in a minute.
Game 2 - Suns Won.
Game 3 - Tim Donaghy betting Scandal. All favors go to the Spurs.
Game 4 - Dirty Horry bumped Nash. Amare & Boris didn't want to instigate a brawl, they just want to check if their point guard is ok.
Game 5 - Unfair suspension. Six-players Suns rotation but they lose 3 points.

SUNS COULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY IN 2007.
SHAQ, PORTER, KERR & SARVER DESTROYED NASH'S RUNNING STYLE.

oops dugaya na ani oy, ayaw ani kay mauwaw ta.. pildi gyud Suns bisan unsaon nato huna huna, di ta maghimo og alibi.. part mana sa Game na naa misfortunes..

Spurs bandwagoner ra ba karon hehehe

[MalditohoN]

btaw no... infairness ni stevelora, ang integrity sa nba games kay nios-os baya tungod sa mga scandals regarding the referee and even the commissioner himself has his own scandal, like the one on the draft lottery way back the 90's when alleged that commissioner stern intentionally folded one of the papers on the lottery draft in favor for the knicks to acquire another hall of famer, that is patrick ewing...

but its part of the game, whether we like it or not but we just have to live with it! just continue to enjoy the game and hope these things won't happen again...

[ju-Luis]

DIRTY & BORING SPURS!

2007 2nd round Playoffs:

Game 1 - Nash Gash, but still played with a nose bleeding and still scored 5 points in a minute.
Game 2 - Suns Won.
Game 3 - Tim Donaghy betting Scandal. All favors go to the Spurs.
Game 4 - Dirty Horry bumped Nash. Amare & Boris didn't want to instigate a brawl, they just want to check if their point guard is ok.
Game 5 - Unfair suspension. Six-players Suns rotation but they lose 3 points.

SUNS COULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY IN 2007.
SHAQ, PORTER, KERR & SARVER DESTROYED NASH'S RUNNING STYLE.

kapila na tawn gi tak-tak sa among spurs ang imong suns? luoya nmo samot na krn d kaapil playoffs... watchmode lng sa ka as our spurs will win the crown again...

[tackielarla]

Mason hopes Manu will help beat the blitz
Jeff McDonald

NEW ORLEANS — In his moonlighting role as the Spurs' backup point guard for most of the month, Roger Mason Jr. has spent much of his time being outnumbered.

He'd come off a pick and the opposing team — with seemingly nothing better to do — would blitz him with a pair of defenders. For Mason, it led to a rash of turnovers and a little bit of self-doubt.

Mason has three words for blitzing defenders now: Bring it on.

“Now, there's another shooter over there,” Mason said. “And it's Manu Ginobili.”

Ginobili recently returned from a month and a half layoff while dealing with a sore right ankle. No individual Spurs player stands to benefit more from his comeback than Mason.

For the past 14 games Mason, the team's starter at shooting guard, has been running the point with the second unit. The experiment has been inconsistent — Mason's scoring has been down over that stretch, and his turnovers up.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has defended Mason's work at the point, saying he just needed more time to become comfortable with his new secondary role. It turns out, Mason only needed more time with Ginobili.

“One thing it does automatically is it brings another shooter there,” Mason said. “When I pass him the ball, I know he's a threat. It opens it up for everybody. Recently, we've been calling a lot of pick-and-rolls, a lot of plays for me. It will actually help me more.”

Parker's 10K: Barring something unforeseen and potentially disastrous for the Spurs, Tony Parker should become the fourth player in franchise history to reach the 10,000-point plateau tonight in New Orleans.

Parker, 26 years old and in his eighth season, needs just seven points to hit that milestone.

George Gervin, David Robinson and Tim Duncan are the only other Spurs enshrined in the 10,000-point club. In NBA history, only 25 other guards have reached that milestone.

Parker is averaging a career-best 21.9 points and 6.9 assists this season, and has been instrumental in the Spurs' survival as Duncan and Ginobili have been slowed with injuries.

“It's the most he's had to carry us by himself for so long,” Popovich said. “He's played so well for so long. He deserved his All-Star status, for sure, and he's played better after his selection, actually.”

Oberto skips trip: Center Fabricio Oberto did not accompany the Spurs on their trip to New Orleans. He remained in San Antonio while dealing with a heart ailment.

If all goes well, he is expected to be cleared to play by the end of the week.

DIRTY & BORING SPURS!

2007 2nd round Playoffs:

Game 1 - Nash Gash, but still played with a nose bleeding and still scored 5 points in a minute.
Game 2 - Suns Won.
Game 3 - Tim Donaghy betting Scandal. All favors go to the Spurs.
Game 4 - Dirty Horry bumped Nash. Amare & Boris didn't want to instigate a brawl, they just want to check if their point guard is ok.
Game 5 - Unfair suspension. Six-players Suns rotation but they lose 3 points.

SUNS COULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY IN 2007.
SHAQ, PORTER, KERR & SARVER DESTROYED NASH'S RUNNING STYLE.

[tackielarla]

Spurs vs Hornets ongoing! Believe!