Entries from March 2010

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

San Antonio Spurs 119, Houston Rockets 102

AT&T CENTER-George Hill has been shuffled through the lineup from bench to starter, from point guard to shooting guard and back. Along the way the second year guard has been asked to be part Tony Parker, part Avery Johnson with a dash of Bruce Bowen. While not quite yet an amalgamation of all these parts, [...]

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Other People: Mahoney on the Spurs

My mellow, my man Rob Mahoney of the Two Man Game stopped by Hardwood Paroxysm to do some preaching: Now, the Spurs are not dead. But the three-star system that relied on Parker, Ginobili, and Duncan to bring out the brilliance in one another as equally important parts? Like a doornail. It’s rotting, maggoty (I [...]

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Austin Toros 101, Los Angeles D-Fenders 94

AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER - For three quarters, the Austin Toros couldn’t get much of anything right. There were deflected passes, cut-off driving lanes and missed shots. Entering the fourth quarter, the Toros faced a 80-64 deficit and showed no signs of turning it around. But they did. Austin went on a 16-6 run to start [...]

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Get your Manu Ginobili fix

No, Manu Ginobili didn’t play in the San Antonio Spurs disappointing loss to the New Jersey Nets last night. But luckily, Zach Lowe at CelticsHub.com has a great video breakdown of how the Celtics defended Manu on pick-and-roll situations in the Spurs 94-73 win on Sunday night.

Monday, March 29th, 2010

San Antonio Spurs 84, New Jersey Nets 90

In the roller coaster ride that is fans’ emotions, this one night will undo all the goodwill the San Antonio Spurs have built the past two games and transform the Spurs from potential world beaters into first round playoff fodder. A loss to a New Jersey Nets team that, just a week ago, was in [...]

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Spurs vs. Nets: No letdowns

The San Antonio Spurs have won three of five games going into tonight’s game with the New Jersey Nets. Considering the Spurs’ winning percentage under Gregg Popovich is .671 and the type of competition San Antonio faced in the previous five games, the Spurs’ level of play appears close to where it should be in [...]

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Ginobili Blocks Garnett

Monday, March 29th, 2010

San Antonio Spurs 94, Boston Celtics 73

Given the caliber of the opponent, the margin of victory and where the game was held, I think it’s fair to describe the San Antonio Spurs 94-73 win over the Boston Celtics this evening as the Spurs most dominant win of the season. Tonight’s contest was the last in a grueling five game stretch during [...]

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Austin Toros 122, Bakersfield Jam 110

AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER - As the Austin Toros march closer to the D-League Playoffs, it seems like personnel decisions are overshadowing every game recently. First, it was the return of Marcus Williams to Austin. Then, it was the San Antonio Spurs signing Curtis Jerrells for the rest of the season and reassigning him to Austin. [...]

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

February 8th, 2009

On February 8th, 2009, the San Antonio Spurs played one of my favorite regular season games of the past few years. The Boston Celtics were hosting the Spurs that particular Sunday afternoon. Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker were all well rested; Gregg Popovich had chosen to bench all three in the previous game, [...]

Friday, March 26th, 2010

San Antonio Spurs 102, Cleveland Cavaliers 97

AT&T Center-For all of Manu Ginobili’s strengths, perhaps no attribute is more significant than his indelible sense of the moment and ability to take full control of it. And with a 102-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the AT&T Center, the Argentine guard can sense the Spurs making a better late than never push [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

No rest for the weary at the AT&T Center

The minutes and miles of March are mounting, and they are taking a toll on Tim Duncan. Heading into the month, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich stressed the need to find rest for his star big man amid this hellish time. It was only a few weeks ago that Popovich reiterated his stance on resting [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Silver and Black Swag: UNDRCRWN x DUCKDOWN tee

Ed. Note: I apologize for being a little absent in recent weeks. I’m in the process of moving across the country and things have been a bit hectic. In honor of Duck Down Records 15th anniversary, Undrcrwn’s Dustin Ocanalin designed a t-shirt inspired by the Spurs’ Fiesta colors logo. It was given out to people [...]

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Austin Toros 118, Springfield Armor 89

AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER - The Austin Toros sat in second place in the D-League’s West Conference going into Wednesday night’s game against the Springfield Armor, the second of a back-to-back with Springfield. The Armor were positioned in last place in the West conference, a full 12 games behind the Toros in the standings. In the [...]

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Curtis Jerrells called up to Spurs, sent down to Austin

If the headline is a little confusing, then you’re on the right track. The San Antonio Spurs called up point guard Curtis Jerrells from the Austin Toros today. And immediately reassigned him to the Toros. The San Antonio Spurs have signed guard Curtis Jerrells from the team’s NBA D-League affiliate Austin Toros and immediately assigned [...]