San Antonio Spurs at Charlotte Bobcats 1/15

[rsxnova]

Great win tonight!

[Toocool]

Great game. I was surprised in a way that we won, but I'm happy that we did.

Positives to note:
-Diaw...Played great defense, scored and rebounded. Needs to do this more often to help spread the floor.
-Auggie and Felton did great driving in and then dishing it out.
-Defense was stiffling. We utterly locked down Duncan+Blair.
-DeeJay got a nice hunk of playing time
-Hendo managed to get out onto the court
-Our bench played good
-Big steal and coast to coast dunk by Wallace. Wish the guy didn't move out of the way, would of been a massive posterizing dunk.

Negatives:
-Manu Ginobilli didn't break any of his ankles so we can laugh at the flopping tool

[TheBeagle]

Surreal. Absolutely kicked the shit out of the team that I have the most respect for (can't stand them, but damn, they're a well-oiled machine for years and years now) and Pop, who I think is by far the best coach in the league. I mean, we got Pop to wave the white flag with 4 and a half minutes left for crying out loud!!!

I would compare this game to last year's PHX game in that it was an unexpected ass-whuppin', but tonight's game is even more improbable because the Spurs are so much better than last year's Suns it's laughable. This is, no hyperbole, arguably the most impressive win ever by the Cats. Sure there are other contenders, but this game has to be in the discussion.

Boris. Wow. He followed up what I thought was a great performance against HOU with a magnificently glorious game tonight.....on both ends. I mean, shit, he owned Timmy tonight, once again, on both ends of the court. By my calculations, that is 4 out of the last 5 games from Boris with at least a solid contribution. This could be the return of the Boris I fell in love with last year....not keeping my fingers crossed, but delighted at the prospect.

Also, massive defense from both Raymond and DJ on their backcourt. Tony Parker who? George Hill what? Fabulous job, guys. Fabulous!

Also, the swarming team defense and utilizing Coach Smith's patented half-court trap to perfection made this Spurs team as uncomfortable as I've ever seen them at full strength. They really were a rattled bunch which led to the second half shooting slump, I belive.

Play of the game for me was Gerald ripping the ball right out of Timmy's hands in the 3rd, saving the ball from going out of bounds to start a fast break. I'll be honest, I don't even remember what happened with that possession, but GW's tenacity there, and the look on Timmy's face was a beautiful moment and signaled the coming of the end from the Spurs on this night.

Let's keep this train rolling along, baby.

[ziggy]

On another site someone who said they saw the pregame show had Jax on. Said he and Boris have "talked" about his role and that he needs to be aggressive, draw defenses and spread the court. Jax said the "new" Boris is permanant.

I wonder if that "talk" looked something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_GJkKMPHxw

I'm glad as hell that the "talk" worked. With Boris playing the way that he is playing we are on a completely different level.

[spectre]

Heh, I can see that...esp. since we're talking Jax here! It sure would be nice to see/catch those interviews...we're missing some serious info without it.

Anyone catch that defensive board both Crash & Boris went after where they lost it out of bounds? Looked like Crash had it and Boris caused the TO...but at any rate right after they were talking, and from the looks of Boris' face it looked like he said something like "WTF...I thought you wanted me fighting for boards?". Crash..."Yeah, but not against ME.".

Probably not.

Good recap as usual Beagle...love reading your after game thoughts.

Felton needs a huge shout out for his D vs. Parker...and right after some stellar D vs. Brooks the game before. In a lotta instances the opposing PGs just couldn't get the ball, and that was due to Felton riding them like a glove. I'm thinking all that effort he's putting out on defense has affected his shot somewhat; it's not looked as relaxed as it has been the previous games.

[BRNC]

Diaw needed (and deserved) a good ass-kicking...I'm just a little surprised it took Jax so long to do it...Jax wants to win...now...