GT: Spurs vs. Magic

[Nolan]

When: 7:00 PM ET, January 18, 2012
Where: Amway Center, Orlando, FL



VS



Starting Lineups:

Spurs:
PG - Tony Parker
SG - Kawhi Leonard
SF - Richard Jefferson
PF - Tim Duncan
C - DeJuan Blair

Magic:
PG - Jameer Nelson
SG - J.J. Reddick
SF - Hedo Turkoglu
PF - Ryan Anderson
C - Dwight Howard

Well we`re 0-5 on the road so far this year so lets see if we can get that first road win tonight in Orlando.

Go Spurs!!

[co_laper]

I hope we can, but this is at Orlando and we came off a tough road game. Orlando has been hot so far and while they're also on a back to back, it's a back to back home game and they're a younger team. So I don't think this is the game we get out first road win.

[Donald Kaufman]

I predict more ugliness. We suck on the road and Orlando are decent, even with their superstar that doesn't want to be there.

[batmana]

I expect us to put a fight because last night against Miami we played well but got destroyed in one quarter and we are hungry. It was also a plus that after that quick turnaround the game was out of reach and our guys got their rest. Just stay home on Orlando's shooters, play single coverage on Howard and it could happen.

[co_laper]

Hm.. we won. Tony basically put the team on his back. He's basically our only offensive option out there.

There's really not much good things that comes out of this game. The defense was pretty good but I think it was also a situation where both teams are coming off a b2b so both of their shots aren't falling.

About Tim Duncan thou, we might as well have Kevin Garnett right now. Duncan doesn't exactly have much low post game anymore and it's not just againts Dwight, he just doesn't have it anymore. He's not quick or decisive enough in the low post. When he gets the ball, he just holds it too long to make his move,. When he backs people down, they don't move because TD just isn't a strong player. When he face up, he's not quick enough to blow by people. So now we're seeing what TD has become, which is strictly a jump shooting big man. He's most effective now when he's shooting midrange jumpers, which is kinda what Kevin Garnett does nowadays.

[Donald Kaufman]

Ugly game but we got the W. We popped our road cherry! Finally.

It's difficult to watch TD at this point. He still physically looks like 2003 Timmy but we know that his game is nowhere near what it was then.

[co_laper]

Well, atleast we won one. I didn't expect us to come out of this b2b with a win at all. It's a successful road trip on my book.

[Nolan]

Well we finally won our first road game of the season, just barely but we did. I'll take an ugly win over a loss any day of the week.