GAME 42- Pacers @ Spurs

[Gremz]

Pacers(15-26) Vs Spurs(27-13)
@ The AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX, 8:30pm


Stadium Information
1.You can hold Company Meeting Fiestas there
2.The Wiggles have played a concert there.
3.The restaurant Accountant's name is Dan Silva.
4.You cannot take your pet frog to the game.


Starting Lineup





No wait. That's not it.....

......PG........SG.........SF............PF............C.....

..Jarrett......Mike........Danny........Troy.......Jeff
....Jack.....Dunleavy......Granger....Murphy...Foster
...11.0ppg...16.7ppg....26.4ppg....12.3ppg....7.6ppg
....4.1apg.....4.2rpg.....5.2rpg.....11.3rpg.....6.9rpg
....3.3rpg.....2.8apg......3.4apg.....2.5apg.....0.7bpg
....1.0spg.. .870 FT%.....1.39bpg.. .448 FG%....2.9apg
.. .429 FG%. .436 FG%.. .450 FG%.. .413 3PT.. .542 FG%
.. .832 FT%.. .397 3PT.. .397 3PT.. .764 FT%.. .641 FT%

Bench Players

....Ford........Rush......Graham.....Hibbert..Nesterovic..Diener....Daniels
..13.9ppg......6.3ppg....6.0ppg......5.8ppg....8.8ppg......3.7ppg....14.8ppg
..5.0apg.......0.9apg.....2.0rpg.....2.6rpg....4.1rpg......2.3apg.....2.3rpg


Starting Lineup

......PG........SG.........SF............PF............C.....

....Tony......Roger......Michael.......Tim........Matt
....Parker.....Mason.....Finley......Duncan......Bonner
...20.9ppg....12.0ppg....9.8ppg....20.2ppg.....8.2ppg
....6.6apg....1.9apg.....3.6rpg.....10.3rpg.....4.7rpg
....2.9rpg....3.2rpg.....1.5apg.....3.6apg.....1.2apg
. .506 FG%.. .447 FG%.. .433 FG%....1.9bpg.....0.4bpg
. .400 3PT.. .468 3PT.. .371 3PT.. .511 FG%.. .533 FG%
. .808 FT%.. .870 FT%.. .813 FT%.. .686 FT%.. .483 3PT


Bench Players

...Hill........Ginobili.....Bowen....Thomas....Oberto....Udoka.....Croshere
...7.ppg....14.9ppg......2.7ppg....3.5ppg......2.3ppg....3.8ppg....3.2ppg
...2.2apg....3.5apg......1.9rbg.....4.0rpg.......2.7rpg....2.0rpg....2.5rpg

Injury Reports

Pacers
Ford (sore lower back) and Marquis Daniels (strained left groin) are day-to-day.


Spurs
Ian Mahinmi (sprained right ankle) is out.


Key's to the game
1.Preventing easy post up baskets.Don't let Duncan settle in down low early.
2.Watching for the deadly screens that allow Parker to penetrate so easily.
3.Dunleavy continuing with his solid play.
4. PLAY FOR 48 MINUTES!!!!!!

Inspired Images









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Related game links

http://espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=290120024

http://www.nba.com/games/20090120/INDSAS/preview.html

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spur ... Spurs.html

Let's Go Pacers!!!!!

[Miller4ever]

Awesome gamethread, Gremz. If outcome of the game depended on quality of tradition, we'd win this one by 69 points.

*ahem* Sorry about that.

I think the Spurs are greatly weakened by the absence of Ian Mahinmi. His contribution to the franchise is immeasurable. If TJ and Quis don't play, it won't be a big deal for us, it's not like they're needed.

I think the real player we have to worry about is Tony Parker. Michael Finley could also pull a Peja on us and sink a bunch of corner 3's. So can Bowen.

[Kuq_e_Zi91]

Yep. Parker, like CP3, is too quick to try to trap. He will exploit it and find Roger Mason/Bowen/Ginobli for threes all game.

Danny had to go up against Posey yesterday and it will only get harder with Bowen on him today. I'm looking forward to seeing what Danny can do with a superior defender on him.

Hopefully Roy can get some PT this game.

[cdash]

I have a feeling that Parker is going to eat us alive tonight. Dont know why.

[greenway84]

that foster pic is bad ass

[APerna]

We typically play San Antonio well, but who knows what tonight will bring.

[APerna]

Slow start for both offenses...

[APerna]

It's getting out of hand...

[cdash]

We look like complete crap.

[Miller4ever]

It's a back-to-back after another devastating close loss to the New Orleans Hornets. This is going to be a long night.

[cdash]

Duncan is owning us. A double-double already.

[APerna]

Surprisingly though, we are hanging within distance.

[Miller4ever]

Parker hasn't flipped the switch yet, but Ginobili...man.

BTW, anybody have a recent pic of Foster and his new mustache? I haven't seen it yet.

[cdash]

Yeah, for as poorly as we have played we are still in it. I keep switching back and forth between the game and this Inauguration Ball. Alicia Keys is beautiful, Shakira's body is amazing, Beyonce's dress left little to the imagination about her breasts, and Joe Biden's hair is comical.

[Miller4ever]

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/matchups_090120.html

Look under Tony Parker.

[cdash]

Hmmm...easy mistake to make. They are both French, and they look eerily similar.

[Dunthreevy]

I love the fact that Tim Duncan was able to destroy Rasho and Foster for 3 quarters, and NOW O'brien puts Hibbert in now that we're down 20+ and Duncan is probably done for the night. PURE GENIUS!

[cdash]

Hibbert wouldnt have done anything to slow Duncan down. I actually thought our best bet for guarding Duncan was probably Rasho, due to the familiarity with him and what not. Regardless, this is probably our most uninspired effort of the season. No one is playing worth a crap...and I mean no one.

[Dunthreevy]

Definitely the most pathetic performance of the season. Brandon and Roy made a few pretty good defensive plays though. Gotta take something positive out of this "contest".

[Miller4ever]

^While our FG% was only 37%, at least it isn't negative.