GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: SAN ANTONIO (17-3) at GOLDEN STATE (11-9)

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 78
GOLDEN STATE 89 3:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 80
GOLDEN STATE 96 0:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 84
GOLDEN STATE 96 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 25 12 27 20 84
GOLDEN STATE 23 30 26 17 96 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: SAS - MATT BONNER 25, MANU GINOBILI 13, TONY
PARKER 11
GSW - STEPHEN JACKSON 20, BARON DAVIS 18, MATT
BARNES 16</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
SAN ANTONIO 84
GOLDEN STATE 96 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (84) AT GOLDEN STATE (96)

SAN ANTONIO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PARKER G 29:16 5-14 1-2 1 1 2 6 1 0 6 11
M FINLEY G 17:02 3-9 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
F ELSON F 16:52 1-5 1-1 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 3
B BOWEN F 21:16 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 3
M BONNER C 39:15 9-16 4-4 6 11 17 1 5 0 3 25
E GINOBILI 28:34 4-14 4-6 1 2 3 1 1 1 5 13
B BARRY 25:02 1-4 2-2 0 5 5 3 1 0 1 5
F OBERTO 21:26 1-3 1-2 3 3 6 2 4 0 1 3
J VAUGHN 16:42 2-3 3-4 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7
I UDOKA 15:57 3-7 1-1 2 4 6 0 0 2 3 7
R HORRY 8:38 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 30-78 18-24 16 35 51 17 17 3 21 84
(.385) (.750) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 21 (0 PTS)

GOLDEN STATE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

B DAVIS G 34:29 7-21 3-4 3 3 6 6 3 3 2 18
M ELLIS G 19:42 3-6 0-0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 6
M BARNES F 35:00 6-14 2-2 4 4 8 4 4 3 0 16
S JACKSON F 42:49 6-16 5-6 1 4 5 5 3 4 1 20
A HARRINGTON C 22:02 3-8 0-0 1 8 9 1 3 1 0 6
K AZUBUIKE 43:30 7-18 1-2 6 3 9 2 5 1 1 16
M PIETRUS 18:32 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0
A BIEDRINS 18:06 6-8 2-4 3 4 7 1 1 0 1 14
A CROSHERE 1:47 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T HUDSON 2:16 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M BELINELLI 1:47 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 38-97 13-18 19 27 46 22 23 14 9 96
(.392) (.722) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 10 (0 PTS)

SAN ANTONIO 25 12 27 20 - 84
GOLDEN STATE 23 30 26 17 - 96

BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - F OBERTO 2, M BONNER, E GINOBILI, I UDOKA.
GOLDEN STATE - M BARNES 2, K AZUBUIKE, A BIEDRINS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 6-18 (.333), M FINLEY 1-6, M BONNER 3-
4, E GINOBILI 1-3, B BARRY 1-3, I UDOKA 0-2. GOLDEN STATE 7-27 (.259),
B DAVIS 1-7, M ELLIS 0-1, M BARNES 2-6, S JACKSON 3-6, A HARRINGTON 0-
2, K AZUBUIKE 1-4, M BELINELLI 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ELY ROE, JOE CRAWFORD, MICHAEL SMITH.
A - 19,827. T - 2:07.</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (84)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Parker 29:16 5-14 1-2 1-2 6 1 11
M Finley 17:02 3-9 0-0 0-1 0 1 7
F Elson 16:52 1-5 1-1 1-7 0 0 3
B Bowen 21:16 1-2 1-2 0-1 1 3 3
M Bonner 39:15 9-16 4-4 6-17 1 5 25
E Ginobili 28:34 4-14 4-6 1-3 1 1 13
B Barry 25:02 1-4 2-2 0-5 3 1 5
F Oberto 21:26 1-3 1-2 3-6 2 4 3
J Vaughn 16:42 2-3 3-4 1-1 2 1 7
I Udoka 15:57 3-7 1-1 2-6 0 0 7
R Horry 8:38 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 30-78 18-24 16-51 17 17 84
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.385, FT-.750. 3-Point Goals:
6-18, .333 (M Finley 1-6, M Bonner 3-4, E
Ginobili 1-3, B Barry 1-3, I Udoka 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:5 (F Oberto 2, M
Bonner, E Ginobili, I Udoka). Turnovers:21 (T
Parker 6, E Ginobili 5, M Bonner 3, I Udoka
3, B Barry, B Bowen, F Oberto, J Vaughn).
Steals: 3 (I Udoka 2, E Ginobili).


GOLDEN STATE (96)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
B Davis 34:29 7-21 3-4 3-6 6 3 18
M Ellis 19:42 3-6 0-0 1-1 3 3 6
M Barnes 35:00 6-14 2-2 4-8 4 4 16
S Jackson 42:49 6-16 5-6 1-5 5 3 20
A Harrington 22:02 3-8 0-0 1-9 1 3 6
K Azubuike 43:30 7-18 1-2 6-9 2 5 16
M Pietrus 18:32 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
A Biedrins 18:06 6-8 2-4 3-7 1 1 14
A Croshere 1:47 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
T Hudson 2:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
M Belinelli 1:47 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 38-97 13-18 19-46 22 23 96
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.392, FT-.722. 3-Point Goals:
7-27, .259 (B Davis 1-7, M Ellis 0-1, M
Barnes 2-6, S Jackson 3-6, A Harrington 0-2,
K Azubuike 1-4, M Belinelli 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 13. Blocked Shots:4 (M Barnes 2, K
Azubuike, A Biedrins). Turnovers:9 (M Ellis
3, B Davis 2, A Croshere, S Jackson, K
Azubuike, A Biedrins). Steals: 14 (S Jackson
4, B Davis 3, M Barnes 3, M Pietrus 2, A
Harrington, K Azubuike).

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SAN ANTONIO 25 12 27 20 - 84
GOLDEN STATE 23 30 26 17 - 96
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,827. T: 2:07.
Officials: Ely Roe, Joe Crawford, Michael
Smith.</div>

 

By Ryan Leong
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Tim Duncan missed his thirdstraight game with a sprained right ankle, and the GoldenState Warriors took advantage of his absence.


Stephen Jackson scored 20 points to lead five players in doublefigures as the Warriors routed the San Antonio Spurs, 96-84, onTuesday night.


Baron Davis scored 18 points for Golden State, which picked upits 12th win in its last 15 games.


But it was a rare victory over San Antonio, which had a 33-5record entering this contest against Golden State since the1997-98 season - Duncan's rookie campaign.


The Spurs could not secure this victory despite a stellarnight by reserve center Matt Bonner, who notched career highswith 25 points and 17 rebounds.


His 3-pointer with 6:39 remaining in the game made it anine-point deficit for the Spurs. But the defending championscould not get over the hump down the stretch.


Golden State led by 22 points late in the third quarter but werejust 2-of-10 from the field over the first 6:31 of the fourthquarter. The Warriors recovered by going on a 13-4 run to sealthe win.


The highlight for the Warriors was a no-look, over-the-head passfrom Jackson to Andris Biedrins for a reverse layup midway throughthe third quarter.


But they didn't start off well.


Golden State settled for perimeter shots and were 0-of-3 fromthe arc, shooting 30 percent from the field midway through thefirst quarter while the Spurs built up an eight-point lead.

The Warriors finally had some momentum when coach Don Nelsonsubstituted Biedrins for Al Harrington and trailed, 25-23, afterthe first 12 minutes.


Golden State finally took its first lead of the game with 9:35to play in the second quarter on a fast-break layup by Biedrinsand led by thirteen after going on a 20-2 run that started atthe end of the first quarter.


With 2:57 remaining in the first half, the Warriors increasedtheir lead to 18 points on a 3-pointer by Jackson.

Golden State limited San Antonio to 12 points in the secondquarter. That matched the lowest point total of any quarterthis season for the Spurs, who made just 4-of-17 shots as theWarriors led 53-37 at halftime.


Tony Parker scored just 11 points on 5-of-14 shooting andManu Ginobili added 13 on 4-of-14 for San Antonio, which hadits five-game winning streak snapped.

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (84) AT GOLDEN STATE (96)

SAN ANTONIO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PARKER G 29:16 5-14 1-2 1 1 2 6 1 0 6 11
M FINLEY G 17:02 3-9 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
F ELSON F 16:52 1-5 1-1 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 3
B BOWEN F 21:16 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 3
M BONNER C 39:15 9-16 4-4 6 11 17 1 5 0 3 25
E GINOBILI 28:34 4-14 4-6 1 2 3 1 1 1 5 13
B BARRY 25:02 1-4 2-2 0 5 5 3 1 0 1 5
F OBERTO 21:26 1-3 1-2 3 3 6 2 4 0 1 3
J VAUGHN 16:42 2-3 3-4 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7
I UDOKA 15:57 3-7 1-1 2 4 6 0 0 2 3 7
R HORRY 8:38 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
T DUNCAN DNP - SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

TOTALS 240:00 30-78 18-24 16 35 51 17 17 3 21 84
(.385) (.750) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 21 (24 PTS)

GOLDEN STATE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

B DAVIS G 34:29 7-21 3-4 3 3 6 6 3 3 2 18
M ELLIS G 19:42 3-6 0-0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 6
M BARNES F 35:00 6-14 2-2 4 4 8 4 4 3 0 16
S JACKSON F 42:49 6-16 5-6 1 4 5 5 3 4 1 20
A HARRINGTON C 22:02 3-8 0-0 1 8 9 1 3 1 0 6
K AZUBUIKE 43:30 7-18 1-2 6 3 9 2 5 1 1 16
M PIETRUS 18:32 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0
A BIEDRINS 18:06 6-8 2-4 3 4 7 1 1 0 1 14
A CROSHERE 1:47 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T HUDSON 2:16 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M BELINELLI 1:47 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D MBENGA DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 38-97 13-18 19 27 46 22 23 14 9 96
(.392) (.722) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 10 (12 PTS)

SAN ANTONIO 25 12 27 20 - 84
GOLDEN STATE 23 30 26 17 - 96

BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - F OBERTO 2, M BONNER, E GINOBILI, I UDOKA.
GOLDEN STATE - M BARNES 2, K AZUBUIKE, A BIEDRINS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 6-18 (.333), M FINLEY 1-6, M BONNER 3-
4, E GINOBILI 1-3, B BARRY 1-3, I UDOKA 0-2. GOLDEN STATE 7-27 (.259),
B DAVIS 1-7, M ELLIS 0-1, M BARNES 2-6, S JACKSON 3-6, A HARRINGTON 0-
2, K AZUBUIKE 1-4, M BELINELLI 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ELY ROE, JOE CRAWFORD, MICHAEL SMITH.
A - 19,827. T - 2:08.</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at GOLDEN STATE

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (84)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Parker 29:16 5-14 1-2 1-2 6 1 11
M Finley 17:02 3-9 0-0 0-1 0 1 7
F Elson 16:52 1-5 1-1 1-7 0 0 3
B Bowen 21:16 1-2 1-2 0-1 1 3 3
M Bonner 39:15 9-16 4-4 6-17 1 5 25
E Ginobili 28:34 4-14 4-6 1-3 1 1 13
B Barry 25:02 1-4 2-2 0-5 3 1 5
F Oberto 21:26 1-3 1-2 3-6 2 4 3
J Vaughn 16:42 2-3 3-4 1-1 2 1 7
I Udoka 15:57 3-7 1-1 2-6 0 0 7
R Horry 8:38 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 0
T Duncan DNP - SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 30-78 18-24 16-51 17 17 84
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.385, FT-.750. 3-Point Goals:
6-18, .333 (M Finley 1-6, M Bonner 3-4, E
Ginobili 1-3, B Barry 1-3, I Udoka 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:5 (F Oberto 2, M
Bonner, E Ginobili, I Udoka). Turnovers:21 (T
Parker 6, E Ginobili 5, M Bonner 3, I Udoka
3, B Barry, B Bowen, F Oberto, J Vaughn).
Steals: 3 (I Udoka 2, E Ginobili).


GOLDEN STATE (96)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
B Davis 34:29 7-21 3-4 3-6 6 3 18
M Ellis 19:42 3-6 0-0 1-1 3 3 6
M Barnes 35:00 6-14 2-2 4-8 4 4 16
S Jackson 42:49 6-16 5-6 1-5 5 3 20
A Harrington 22:02 3-8 0-0 1-9 1 3 6
K Azubuike 43:30 7-18 1-2 6-9 2 5 16
M Pietrus 18:32 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
A Biedrins 18:06 6-8 2-4 3-7 1 1 14
A Croshere 1:47 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
T Hudson 2:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
M Belinelli 1:47 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
D Mbenga DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 38-97 13-18 19-46 22 23 96
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.392, FT-.722. 3-Point Goals:
7-27, .259 (B Davis 1-7, M Ellis 0-1, M
Barnes 2-6, S Jackson 3-6, A Harrington 0-2,
K Azubuike 1-4, M Belinelli 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 13. Blocked Shots:4 (M Barnes 2, K
Azubuike, A Biedrins). Turnovers:9 (M Ellis
3, B Davis 2, A Croshere, S Jackson, K
Azubuike, A Biedrins). Steals: 14 (S Jackson
4, B Davis 3, M Barnes 3, M Pietrus 2, A
Harrington, K Azubuike).

-------------------------------------------
SAN ANTONIO 25 12 27 20 - 84
GOLDEN STATE 23 30 26 17 - 96
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,827. T: 2:08.
Officials: Ely Roe, Joe Crawford, Michael
Smith.</div>

 

By Ryan Leong
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Tim Duncan missed his thirdstraight game with a sprained right ankle, and the GoldenState Warriors took advantage of his absence.


Stephen Jackson scored 20 points to lead five players in doublefigures as the Warriors routed the San Antonio Spurs, 96-84, onTuesday night.


Baron Davis scored 18 points for Golden State, which picked upits 12th win in its last 15 games.


"Tim Duncan, he controls the boards, he controls the defense andhe really sets the tone for them defensively and offensively,"Davis said. "For us, it was a good win. We couldn't look atthe fact that Duncan wasn't there, we had to stick to our gameplan because that team still won three games in a row withouthim."


But it was a rare victory over San Antonio, which had a 33-5record entering this contest against Golden State since the1997-98 season - Duncan's rookie campaign.


"We'd rather have him than not have him," San Antonio coachGregg Popovich said. "Plays seem to work better, but thatinside presence for us is important against the Warriors. Wereally need that against them because, athletically, they'remore athletic than we are - longer, leaner, quicker, faster - asa small team so Timmy really's our X-factor in a game like thiswith Golden State."


"We knew our chances to win the game went higher when we foundout he wasn't playing," Jackson said. "We had the sameconfidence we had to win the game even if he's playing. Butwithout him out there, that's one more guy we don't have toworry about and we took advantage of that tonight."

The Spurs could not secure this victory despite a stellar nightby reserve center Matt Bonner, who notched career highs with 25points and 17 rebounds.


His 3-pointer with 6:39 remaining in the game made it anine-point deficit for the Spurs. But the defending championscould not get over the hump down the stretch.


"I think the important thing is we got down pretty big in thesecond quarter," Bonner said. "We didn't give up, we keptfighting, battled back and got it down to single digits and hada chance to make a run at the end to make a game of it, and theycame up with some big shots to put it out of reach."

Golden State led by 22 points late in the third quarter but werejust 2-of-10 from the field over the first 6:31 of the fourthquarter. The Warriors recovered by going on a 13-4 run to sealthe win.


"You've got to give them the credit they were really physicaland very aggressive and they got it done in the second quarter,"Popovich said. "We got it done in the second half, but thehole was too deep."


The highlight for the Warriors was a no-look, over-the-head passfrom Jackson to Andris Biedrins for a reverse layup midwaythrough the third quarter.


But they didn't start off well.


Golden State settled for perimeter shots and was 0-of-3 from thearc, shooting 30 percent from the field midway through thefirst quarter while the Spurs built up an eight-point lead.

The Warriors finally had some momentum when coach Don Nelsonsubstituted Biedrins for Al Harrington and trailed, 25-23, afterthe first 12 minutes.


"I coached this game on matchups and certain ones I wanted,"Golden State coach Don Nelson said. "It wasn't always prettybut it was in the right column. I thought defensively wecompeted and won a game in which we didn't shoot very well, sothat's always a good thing."


Golden State finally took its first lead of the game with 9:35to play in the second quarter on a fast-break layup by Biedrinsand led by thirteen after going on a 20-2 run that started atthe end of the first quarter.


With 2:57 remaining in the first half, the Warriors increasedtheir lead to 18 points on a 3-pointer by Jackson.

Golden State limited San Antonio to 12 points in the secondquarter. That matched the lowest point total of any quarterthis season for the Spurs, who made just 4-of-17 shots as theWarriors led 53-37 at halftime.


Tony Parker scored just 11 points on 5-of-14 shooting and ManuGinobili added 13 on 4-of-14 for San Antonio, which had itsfive-game winning streak snapped.


"You never want to lose," Ginobili said. "You always want towin 82 games. Tonight we just were not ready, starting with me.That is the frustrating part. My job is to bring solutionsfrom the bench and today I brought problems."