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San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers, Feb 18, 2012 12:30 PM PST


2011/2012 NBA Regular Season
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STAPLES Center
February 18th, 2012, 12:30 PM
FSN Prime Ticket, KFWB 980 AM
Probable starters:
Chris Paul PG Tony Parker
Randy Foye SG Danny Green
Caron Butler SF Richard Jefferson
Blake Griffin PF Tim Duncan
DeAndre Jordan C DeJuan Blair

The Back Story:

The second half thread will post at 1:45.

Chatting with the enemy: Pounding the Rock.

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gotta contain dejuan blair this time
Manu to play limited minutes, most likely about 20-25
Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will be playing in his fourth game since returning from a broken hand that sidelined him for 22 games. Ginobili has played 17, 25 and 20 minutes since returning from the injury and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he plans to continue limiting his minutes.

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Good morning all

and good evening to all my fellows european clipper fans =)

and good afternoon to my fellow East Coast Clips fans
Goodevening!
Sweet didn't realize

we were playing in the LA Stars unis.

The Spurs are the 2nd team I hate the most just behind the fakers, I’d give a lot for us to win this one

Why are we playing a day game today?

It’s not like the Lakers are playing tonight.

Maybe there is a Kings game tonight
Good call.

I didn’t even think about that. Yep, Kings are at home tonight.

I guess we even play second fiddle to them.

The Kings are the top dog in terms of priority

as the AEG group that owns Staples owns a majority share of the Kings as well.

Interesting, had no idea.
pretty sure they get first fiddle actually, then lakers then clippers
So, why is the game so early?
don't be so selfish

think about us, european fans =)

Kings game at 7

I do not care what time Sacramento plays

LA Kings dude
Hengtime it is wise to view everything willriv says as a sarcasm
It's too early for sarcasm! Haha
I hope we can gif it up tonight

Go Clippers!

Maybe the stars will have better luck against the Chaps
anybody have any links yet?

i’m working in Tampa, doh.

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/basketball.html

just scroll down

I'm looking forward to hearing Milph again :)

I can’t remember the last time I heard them, wasn’t able to catch the game against the Wizard earlier this week

21st!!!

Beat SA

enjoy booze

but dont drive

stop talking to yourself

Hello?
Hello?
Is this thing on?

Enough with the Whitney crap

lets play some hoops and golf

i'll preach to that

kute little honey over Ralph’s shoulder

My game predictions:

DeAndre: 12 points, 5 blocks.
BG: 27 points, 16 rebounds.
CP3: 15 points, 15 assists, 5 steals.
Foye: 18 points.

I think Foye will have a nice game.

what has become of Eric Bledsoe. And with that ’do he kinds looks like Buckwheat

I don't think he is in shape yet.

And with all the free time, he can’t get to a barber shop?

Just kidding. It looks cool.

a cross between a fade and gumby

I'm at the game

wow the atmosphere here is just cray

for those who use it

is the league pass working??? here its not

just use firstrowsports.eu

lol

that's what I'm doing

but the quality is quite disgusting

That is typical for streaming sites

that big center from Navy doesn’t play for the Spurs anymore?

I like how Blair is starting at center but is shorter then Duncan is playing at the 4
GET LOUD EVERYBODY
Why do they still refer to Duncan as the power forward and Blair the center? Stupid as hell.

The dude has been a damn center since D-Rob left, I dont get it. Does he want to be called a power forward so he can be considered the best power forawrd ever?

Do these things keep you up at night?
No, but people who call Allen Iverson a point guard do!

high blood sugar and urinating often keeps me up at night

These jerseys are awful, why do we insist on wearing them?
I think they're awesome!
You are alone in that opinion

I think they are cool, I wouldn’t want to wear them every night but I think as a secondary they are nice.

They kind of have a globetrotter feel
we need more jerseys a black/blue/red combo would be great
I wish they would wear the black jersey they sell

we need more wins

How much longer until we get Ray Allen?
OMG THE POWER FORWARD JUMPS AT THE START
nice to see CP3 agressive early
Why do they tip it up?

Why not have home team control the ball 2nd and 4th quarters

Is this a gif worthy win?
any game against the spurs is
Nice up and under by Blake
the spurs didnt think blake could dunk from there
Chris Paul is a BEAST
great energy by the clippers early
Chris Paul took out Shia LeBeouf
I keep thinking we are in white.

These uniforms are confusing.

Great start!

This is doing wonders for my hangover.

FINALLY saw that movie

It's real life, dude.
Nah

it just FEELS like real life, Maynard

Very nice pass foye
Is anyone having trouble accessing the game via nba tv?

I can’t seem to get to the site…it’s not showing..

I knew I should've bet the under.

Dammit.

When Blake gets a jumpshot he will definitely be able to play the 3 for long periods of time

hope Mad Dog gets to the point where he doesn’t think about the shot but rather reacts instinctively

Chris Paul is kinda good player

Where would the Clippers be without JR Smith?

Nice to see B.Griffin setting a good pick
Man I love this team
Did you guys see the ESPN headline that's causing a ruckus about the Knicks game last night?

“There was a chink in the armor”.

Read that this am. Very insensitive and stupid

I wonder if it was malicious or just absentmindedness.

Some people are very jealous about all the attention for Linsanity

Floyd Mayweather...

I understood what Pretty Boy was saying and was in agreement. What ESPN did was hatred and ignorant.

LOL

Sigh, as a sarcastic Asian, I find that humoring..

an article on NBA.com said they apologized and will process the situation
Yeah, apparently the headline was only up about half an hour.

I understood the sign in the garden that said “Yellow Mamba” and did not have problem with it because the Fakers were in NYC that game. However when does “chink in armor” apply to basketball?

It's a common said phrase.

That’s why I’m not sure if it was mean or accidental.

they knew

Speculation gets thrown out of court.

not the court of public opinion

Would you say Jeremly Lin (also) has something to do

with JR Smith picking the Knicks over us?

I'm pretty sure its all money.

He had more PT and a better chance to win here.

more Benjamin Franklin than Jeremy Lin

DAYUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blake never gets any calls.

This guy gets hammered more than anyone.

LOB CITY BUT HOWS THAT NOT A FOUL??
we're playing the spurs...
WOW how is that not a foul
Back to back lob cities!!!
chris paul needs to take notice of those lobs 2 Blake!
'Sup guys...

I thought the game started now and tuned in late… what did I miss?

spurs shaving points
rest blake bring Reggie

rest Paul bring Bledsoe

lol gomes, go away
Gomes such an idiot!
Straight Up

why don’t we trade him for DHoward?

can they throw in a 1st?
Gomes with his normal contributions!
leave it to Gomes to immediately make a mistake
Dude is basketball ebola
kills any momentum instantly
He's on his Cook swag.
Good job clips!!!

Im absolutely hating the crowd right now! No DEFENSE! Chants or nothing! I mean come on! Get excited give the clips some more energy on Defense!

+1
The Spurs have probably put the crowd to sleep.
i feel like gomes could have easily been called for a foul too on leonard's 3
I said the same thing to myself.
nobody can contain Blake
GRIFFANZ
RAYJING BUUL
MAD DOG GRIFFEN
BATEMAN N ROBBUN
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
SMIFF-N-WESSUN
BLAKE THE SHIMMY SHAKE
That was a weird silence
I must say I enjoy watching Duncan's demise a bit.

Because I absolutely loathe the Spurs and their dirty play and flopping, and the fact that they get away with all of it.

Duncan is one of my favorite players...

so it’s kind of sad for me. I agree on hating the flopping, though.

Should just keep Kmart in bring in DJ and Evans
Crowd is sooooooo dead

even the announcer is dead….when Reggie comes in and Blake leaves, show some emotion

huh?

its pretty alive…u can’t blame us for being indifferent with Gomes on the floor

Evans Gomes was right next to you
nobody trusts Gomes and I don't blame em
true

just play KMART at SF already Vinny

martin is a worse shooter than blake somehow
I blame ryan gomes
come on gomez! damn!!

reggie wants to pass it to you cause he cant really dribble and you just stand there like an idiot!

yep that was all on Gomes
what was that?
transition three?
why have our last few games been prisonball?
this is the part of the clippers I don't like when they start doing this type of crap.

mental mistakes! we can’t beat the spurs making mental mistakes

New nickname...

Ryan “Mental Mistake” Gomes

Morena Baccarin from Homeland is fine

difficult shot by cheese
I was at the game against the Lakers, and Oklahoma City, and thought the crowds were quiet.

I thought this was the place to be?

Gomes finally did something
he even got a rebound a few minutes ago
Gomes is on Fire!!
NEW JEREMY LIN

believe Gomes has a few chinks in his armor

GENIUS GOMES!
I hate when Mo has those dumb turnovers
I hate when Mo tries to fastbreak to the hoop

he never converts, always turns it over

wow gomes a jumper
You can't stop Gomes...

you can only hope to contain him.

GOMES IS ON FIYA
Splitter out with strained calf

Less depth down there. Need to exploit.

cheese bingo!!!!
Wait. Who's cheese? What's cheese?
Its Maurice Williams
comes from dairy

You’re just on fire today. :|

WOW!!!!

thats what im talking about!!! good job reggie!!!

MOOOOOOOOOO!
Did you just drive by a cow?
great, great D on Parker

Like I said, I loathe the Spurs, but I like Parkers game

Who needs that punk, JR Smith...

We have Gomes.

rec'd

this should be green!

was that rhetorical?

believe you just answered your own question

Well, one does get paid more..
How great is it having Kmart and Reggie!
GOMESANITY!
That is hilarious.
Haha, don't get ahead it yourself with gomes.
Trade Gomes for

Jeremy Lin.

They are both flashes in the pan.

Trade Gomes for

Dwight Howard

straight up, Maynard

Strike while the iron is hot.
actually

orlando should include some picks

Danny Green is still in the league?
I have a bad feeling about this game.

Tonight’s gonna be a good night

i have a bad feeling after timeouts.
If K-Mart were the key to our offense, I'd agree
if we lose it'll be because of you so
I better make all my shots.
pretty sure DeAndre doesnt shoot 3 ft out Mike
Gomes just missed a layup?

Cut him.

i think its about time to bring in blake and jordan
why isn't blake in there yet?
Spurs are the 1 team I would hate to see in the playoffs
DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!!! DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DJ JUMPSHOT!!!!!!
Lightning struck twice.
DJ is on fire.

He should sign up for the three-point shootout.

how far was that from?
oh shit!

nobody was moving on offense that’s horrible though.

yes DJ does shoot outside 3 feet
DJ the next ray allen!!!
tighten up Clips
Just home

and I’m on the recap tonight. I can gather most of what I need from the box score, but did anything significant happen to this point worth mentioning?

DJ Made like a 17 foot jumper
More like 18

he was like a step away from a 3 pointer

first thing I saw when I turned on the tube

I think Blake had something like 12 in the 1st. roght?

Gomes has been a difference-maker
wait is this sarcasm
Yes, but he has 4 points and at least 1 rebound
O... M.... G.....
I think they gotta get caron more plays
That DJ jump shot was better then your average blake dunk
See how fast that FT was.. he didnt have that long pause
right there he had the long pause
why does everyone on the clippers wear a sleeve?
omg seriously!! come one refs
how the hell is that not a foul?

oh wait, we’re playing the spurs

Wow that is a bad missed call
DJ getting cocky about his offensive prowess
Who cries more, Blake or Kobe?
Kobe

But Blake gives him a run for his money

Kobe

Blake is single

I think it's warranted so far this game.
probably blake, but what kobe does a lot is complain instead of getting back on defense
blake but its justified for as much as he drives to the basket and they never gets called
Kobe cries for no reason

Blake usually has a legitimate gripe.

What about Tim Duncan?

Isnt the face that blake makes after every bad call kinda known as the Duncan Face?

damn it caron is cold
wtf are we doing now?????????????
showing how to blow a 13 point lead in the 2nd quarter
don't worry though, we'll win
Coaching rears it's ugly head again.
Sigh....
exactly!

pop adjusted and vinnie didn’t counter.

we look like last year team
Joey Crawford not my favorite ref
that offense is not good and chris paul is not helping us very much 2 points
Kind of wish we had any semblance of an offensive system.
that's a killer right there!

4 our psyche.

Choke of the fucking century.
ok lets calm down
pretty sure the dunleavy putting Ewing in the game was in this century

as well as allowing a couple of late four-point plays…

and LeBron last year.

I've tried to block The Daniel Ewing Game out of my mind.
the what game?
The Daniel Ewing Game...

chilling in the “Do Not Recall” department of my brain, alongside The Nevada Game and The TCU Game.

my point was

that I don’t “remember” it either.

Shows you that defense is more about effort than anything else

Defense @ Potland has gone missing.

Trade VDN and a 1st rounder...

for Greg Popovich.

Throw in Bledsoe as well
Bledsoe will be a player...

by the end of the year.

If that's all it took...
Throw in Jasen Powell
Defense was good early on

Spurs came back by Parker running fast break layups off turnovers.

some of you are at the game, right?

it’s not to late to start the fire del negro chants

We missed a lot of open shots and werent executing and had some stupid mental lapses
Who should be a better defensive team

Lakers or Clippers?

Probably the Clippers

The Lakers have no PG that can defend, at all.

yes but gasoft and bynum are way better than Blake and DJ

and defending the paint is the key

way better?
As much as the defense wasn't great towards the end, one cannot expect the Spurs to just lie down

They are the hottest team in the league last I checked

I'm in agreement with 82-0.

This is the biggest meltdown in the history of the National Basketball Association.

In all of sports, actually.
Worse in Clipper history?
In WORLD history.
Lets run these oldfucks out of the building in the 2nd half.
yeah I know

35-year-olds have nothing left to contribute to society

They're too old to run out of the building.

We’ll have to settle for making them leisurely jog.

One of the best heckles I've heard

was my buddy yelling at Iverson, telling him to “Go back to playing shuffleboard.”

We need a defensive 2
I need a million dollars.
Except for the 4th Quarter, CP3 has been very underwhelming this year.

I think he is hurting and it’s been somewhat under wraps. Hopefully not going the way of Brandon Roy. Dump it off to Blake to hit a n 18 foot buzzer beater? Really?

Biggest mismatch of the game

Pop vs VDN

What's sad is that...

VDN played for Popovich. You’d think he’d know something, ANYTHING, about how their system works.

Parker and CP3 a close 2nd so far.

Let’s just get CP3 to the 4th Q in a close game.

Foye will take over.
instead of going back to blake that's what they do?
Where is the energy besides BG's?
you don't come out in the second half and do that shit!
xcept for blake I like him today!
Pass out barbituates or something!

Wake up, Clippers!!
Bring in Reggie Evans and tell him to tackle that Bonner dude.

chris paul needs to score...
chris paul need to wake the fuck up!
No Fucking Defense!
does foye think hes kobe?
Down by 10?

Outscored by 23!

Nice halftime adjustments you fucking idiot...

VDN!

chris paul has done nothing
i see everyone has left lol

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