The Official Spurs vs. Jazz Thread

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since there was no spurs vs suns or spurs vs nuggets thread thought i get this one started early you yall got and why????


Spurs vs. Jazz: How the West is won

By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer
May 19, 2007

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- After the drama both on and off the court that the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs faced during the Western Conference semifinals, the teams are looking forward to just playing the game.

And getting reacquainted in the postseason. The teams last met in the playoffs in 1998, when the Jazz eliminated San Antonio on their way to the NBA finals, where they lost to Chicago.

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"We are two teams that try to do the same thing, just put the ball in, play from the inside out, when we have the opportunity we are going to run," Spurs star Manu Ginobili said. "It's going to be fun with a lot of good plays and tough possessions, hard to score. So, we'll see what happens."

Game 1 of the best-of-seven series to decide the West is Sunday in San Antonio.

"They don't make any mistakes," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "They're terrific. They do a great job. Their coach does a great job with them. They've got everything you want."

The 1998 playoffs were the last time the Jazz made it to the conference finals. The Spurs won the conference finals in 1999, 2003 and 2005 and went on to win the championship all three times. In 2001 they made it to the conference finals, but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The teams split the season series 2-2, with each team winning its two home games. The Jazz have lost their last 16 games in San Antonio, dating to 1999.

"We try to change history. We go down there with the mind-set that what happened before is behind us," Utah's Carlos Boozer said. "We're obviously a different team than a lot of those losses. ... We're looking forward to making some new history, hopefully."

The Jazz won their second-round series with the Golden State Warriors in five games, while the Spurs took six games to eliminate the Phoenix Suns.

The Spurs' series with the Suns was marked by rough play that resulted in one bloodied and bruised eye for Ginobili and six stitches to close a gash across the nose for the Suns' Steve Nash. Nash also went tumbling into the scorer's table at the end of Game 4 after a flagrant foul from Robert Horry. The incident resulted in a two-game suspension for Horry and a one-game suspension for the Suns' Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw for leaving the bench during the minor scuffle.

Hostile words also were exchanged as Stoudemire early on called the Spurs a "dirty team" and targeted Bruce Bowen and Ginobili in particular.

For the Jazz, there were family concerns off the court that made news during their series with the Warriors. Derek Fisher arrived late during Utah's Game 2 overtime win after flying in from a New York hospital, where he was present for his 10-month-old daughter's cancer treatment.

Fisher said his daughter, Tatum, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a cancerous tumor in her left eye, is doing well now and improves with each day.

"To be honest, I really haven't been able to enjoy it much," Fisher said Saturday of Utah's playoff run. "Right now, we're dealing with a lot personally so it's kept me in a really kind of cautiously optimistic state."

The Jazz last played Tuesday, while the Spurs didn't eliminate Phoenix until Friday night, giving them just one full day of recovery time before Sunday afternoon's matchup.

"We understand we're fortunate to be in this position," Bowen said Saturday. "I think a lot of people would rather take this position than complain about fatigue at this point."

Bowen said rebounding will be a key for the Spurs.

"We've had some games against them where we didn't rebound particularly well and because of that they got a late 3 and we don't win the game," said Bowen, who was second for Defensive Player of the Year behind Denver's Marcus Camby. "So it's very important for us to make sure we get in there and try to mix it up with those big bodies."

The Jazz have averaged 46.5 rebounds during the playoffs, eight more than their opponents, while the Spurs have averaged 41 rebounds a game, with their opponents grabbing 41.5 boards per game.

"We just hope our team defense can be good enough," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "It's not an individual thing with Utah. The team has to be able to guard."

The Jazz will have to work to contain Tim Duncan, who was a consistent offensive and defensive force for San Antonio during the series with Phoenix. Duncan has averaged almost 24 points, more than 12 rebounds and better than 3 1/2 blocks during the playoffs.

"He's so skilled. ... He has every move on the block in the post. He's probably the best post player we have in the game," Boozer said. "As a competitor you want challenges. And what better challenge in basketball than for a power forward to go up against Tim Duncan."
 
I like this...

Jazz fan since Lakers vs Celtics for my tandy computer...

Glad to see my boys back in the mix after a long Hiatus.. Spurs got the edge, but with the way the playoffs have been playing out, who knows...

D will and Booz need to keep doing what they are doing.
 
freaky_1 said:
Seriously.

Snoozefest
It is strange when two fundamentally sound offensive and defensive teams are considered "boring" ........ Two excellent teams from small markets are considered boring ......... Maybe you'd like to see the Knicks against the Lakers dumbasses. :smh:
 
Tim Duncan's going to do what he does, the usual dub dub. But it'll come down to not letting Ginobli go crazy and not letting Parker get easy buckets.
 
i wouldnt call it a snooze fest unless the spurs slow
the game down to the pace they like to play, but
utah has been playing good basketball this season
 
HandsSolo2K5 said:
It is strange when two fundamentally sound offensive and defensive teams are considered "boring" ........ Two excellent teams from small markets are considered boring ......... Maybe you'd like to see the Knicks against the Lakers dumbasses. :smh:
Actually no. There's nothing exciting about this series. Fuck the Lakers also. I'll be watching Detroit and Cleveland. That will be exciting. Not the snoozefest in the west.
 
true b-ball fans can see this series as a matchup nightmare for BOTH teams.

san antonio has to deal with some size on the boards, a deep bench, physical players... a good, hard-playing team.

utah has to deal with a confident, experienced team, a decent bench, and SPEED (tony parker). and let's not forget, DIRTY bruce. :smh:

i think the series will come down to who can stop parker from penetrating and if san antonio can keep utah off the offensive glass.

utah can go BIG on san antonio forcing them to play elson & oberto along with duncan. they won't have the luxury of having just ONE big guy on the court at a time like they did against the suns.

interesting series... not boring at all to me. both teams can play "slow" grind-it-out ball AND both teams can run & gun, but with a little discipline-unlike phoenix and g.s. that both jack-up 3's whenever.

now, the eastern series, detroit vs cleveland... THAT will be boring. both detroit & cleveland play good ball when they want to, but cleveland can get DOMINANT on the boards.

utah and san antonio both play hard all the time.
 
HandsSolo2K5 said:
It is strange when two fundamentally sound offensive and defensive teams are considered "boring" ........ Two excellent teams from small markets are considered boring ......... Maybe you'd like to see the Knicks against the Lakers dumbasses. :smh:

I'd rather see the Bulls vs. Cleveland, but it's not going down like that.

Knicks vs. Lakers???

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Its Tip-Off time this should be interesting...... WTF is up with the announcing team color commentators van gundy and mark jackson :smh:
 
so far, the game is going according to plan:

utah is running their efficient offense and rebounding well.
parker is penetrating at will.
 
max-dawg said:
true b-ball fans can see this series as a matchup nightmare for BOTH teams.

san antonio has to deal with some size on the boards, a deep bench, physical players... a good, hard-playing team.

utah has to deal with a confident, experienced team, a decent bench, and SPEED (tony parker). and let's not forget, DIRTY bruce. :smh:

i think the series will come down to who can stop parker from penetrating and if san antonio can keep utah off the offensive glass.

utah can go BIG on san antonio forcing them to play elson & oberto along with duncan. they won't have the luxury of having just ONE big guy on the court at a time like they did against the suns.

interesting series... not boring at all to me. both teams can play "slow" grind-it-out ball AND both teams can run & gun, but with a little discipline-unlike phoenix and g.s. that both jack-up 3's whenever.

now, the eastern series, detroit vs cleveland... THAT will be boring. both detroit & cleveland play good ball when they want to, but cleveland can get DOMINANT on the boards.

utah and san antonio both play hard all the time.
Wow, What we have here is a true b-ball fan :yes:
 
HandsSolo2K5 said:
Wow, What we have here is a true b-ball fan :yes:

:lol: oh yeah, i'm a b-ball fanatic. :lol:

1st quarter, tony parker is penetrating at will, 3/4 shooting.
1st quarter, utah has 5 OFFENSIVE rebounds... 5. :eek:

both teams have to STOP the other team based on these two things.
 
so far the spurs are in control and utah aint taking the shots they want if they dont pick it up soon its gonna get ugly
 
Spurs wuppin the Jazz up. I hope this shit is just rust on the Jazz side of the ball or this will be a sweep.
 
the spurs are shooting 65% from the field AS A TEAM in the first half.

with that shooting %, you can't lose.

utah just has to weather the storm and play consistent.

it would also help if the refs called defensive 3 seconds against tim duncan who's simply camping-out in the lane... playing centerfield. :smh:

utah will play hard til the end, but they need to do something to STOP parker's penetration.

here's what the jazz need to do:

1. whoever tim duncan is guarding NEEDS to stand outside the 3-point line... forcing duncan to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE LANE PLAYING CENTERFIELD. he'll HAVE to get out of the lane then, or it's a tech for defensive 3 seconds.

2. on the weak side (away from duncan's side), they need to post williams or boozer or drive to the basket from the weak side.

duncan can NOT help if he has to travel that far... and if so, he'll be coming TOWARDS the offensive player and NOT sitting back waiting to block the shot.
 
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^^^^^^^stop parker..... Manu..... and TIM.....but even if they stop all three they need to get thier offence going thier shooting jumpers with hands in they face
 
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As far as basketball, the Spurs play great team basketball. But as far as entertaining to watch, that shit is the most boring basketball you can watch. I swear if the Spurs play Detroit, I will lose it. I cant take that boring ass basketball again.
 
l_sizzle210 said:
good game utah showed alot of heart, the series is far from over
Sloans teams won't quit. I love the way the Spurs play, and Darrent Williams is the best young pg in the league (better than Chris Paul IMO) and he did what he wanted to for this game. I am more impressed every time I see him play. I stated yesterday that Boozer would have a tough time with the length (and sneaky athleticism) of the Spurs big men. Yao was a statue and Golden St. had no answer for him. I see the Spurs in 5 or 6. Give me any team but the Cavs (my sleeping pill) in the Finals.
 
Crown&Coke said:
As far as basketball, the Spurs play great team basketball. But as far as entertaining to watch, that shit is the most boring basketball you can watch. I swear if the Spurs play Detroit, I will lose it. I cant take that boring ass basketball again.

Yo bro
Just take a couple of squigs of that shit you got in your avatar....maybe should stay awy from the blunts....and you should be awiiiiight.....
I know yall still reeling from that 1st round disater...by them excitings ass Mavs...
 
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