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Merry Christmas San Antonio

By Aron Phillips

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28 Responses to “Merry Christmas San Antonio”

1. December 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

   mr K1X says:

   crazy, it looked kinda staged though, j rich jumped over for no reason. g hill (6’8″ btw) had him covered. worst case they go to overtime. plays like that get you waived overseas, LOL

2. December 25th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   Mister Sun says:

   j-rich defended that as bad as you can. that was so horrible.

3. December 25th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

   rangerjohn says:

   HELL yeah!!!!
   i am having a GREAT NIGHT, now all i need is dallas to lose. 1st the hornets (most hated eam IMO), then the spurs beat the suns (oh heall yeah) then the lakers beat that dick head garnett, now for dirk to be non-clutch and lose. lmao

   mason is the shitttttt

4. December 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

   fallinup says:

   That damn corner 3. When will teams ever learn?

   Props to Pau playing defense as well…good ending.

5. December 25th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

   J-Rich says:

   What was running in my head: They were down 2, so I gave up the WIDE OPEN 3.

   And that’s why our team is the most entertaining team out there. All show, no big wins.

6. December 25th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

   Grant Hill says:

   Damn you J-Rich, you wasted our winning basket. All you gotta do was stay home on the shooter!! How hard was that?

7. December 25th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

   baron von faulk says:

   OH HELL YEAH, Mason for threeeeeee!

   Merry Christmas present for me, the Don Pablo!

   I love when the Spurs stick that dagger in Phoenix’s eye, it never gets old…

   That was 9not overhyped, and) one of the best games of the year. Even though the refs were trying to hand the game to PHX in the last 5 minutes, Spurs couldn’t get a call for nuthin’…

   Poetic Justice at its very best my friend!

   Cheers

8. December 25th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

   T-Dub says:

   @ Baron, yeah the calls towards the end were for PHX yet Spurs still go home with the win. Sucks to be J-Rich today.

   They even wasted a decent free throw game by Shaq. Wtf!

9. December 25th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

   baron von faulk says:

   I’m sure it would have gone the same way with the calls if SA played at home (would have been in Spurs favor), it’s all good, got that W anyway…

   Even Pop got off the bench with a double fist pump and toothy Xmas grin, he practically never displays like that.

   Very good shot for Roger (and bad D by J-Rich of course), that’s his 2nd game-winning triple this season already, nice signing by the Spurs for sure.

   The sick part is that Mason hadn’t played the entire fourth quarter, plus that was his first three of the game. He came off the bench Steve Kerr style (irony alert), cold as ice, and still drained the cold-blooded dagger!

   Great sub by Pop to put the top 3-point shooter out there for the final play, well since it worked anyway.

10. December 25th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Michorizo says:

    Pop was out of there like he had to take a dump since the 3rd quarter.

11. December 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    baron von faulk says:

    Just watched it again (like a hundred times), actually Steve Nash was guarding Roger Mason to start the play, left him at the last second on a switch for Ginobili, and kinda left J-Rich hanging in no man’s land (miscommunication). I don’t think J-Rich even knew Mason was behind him if you look closely, he got all turned around.

    That’s why he guarded Tony’s shot from what I can tell, he was lost in space and Mason was probably not his assignment, and sure he is new to PHX so he doesn’t have the team principles down yet.

    Then again, does Phoenix even have defensive principles?

12. December 25th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    T-Dub says:

    @ baron, i can’t even describe how simple it is to stay home on shooters when you know a 3 would be the only shot that will beat you.

    I mean i don’t mind them giving up a contested 3, but not a wide open 3 off a timeout!! Damn.

    mason a good pick-up for spurs.

13. December 25th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    loc says:

    Watching Mo just draink that 3 with one minute left is the reason they got him,

    last year it was 4 dudes waiting for Lebron to do anything!

14. December 25th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    JCARR "K1N6" says:

    Thanks alot dime… that shot had me crying all over my rice and beans which soon turned into some sort of soup with all the tears that came out of my eyes!

15. December 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    JJ says:

    Ha ha…classic setup!, always has to be a bad guy in these endings. Too bad for J-Rich but it was a prefect pass and great play but Parker to draw J-Rich to him.

    I love watching plays where guards makes their opponent’s look stupid like that!

16. December 25th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    Gerard says:

    Baron (from the AZ Central):

    View from press row

    Before Jason Richardson left Roger Mason for an open game-winning shot to help defend Tony Parker on what would have been a game-tying shot, Richardson looked out of sorts on the final play. Steve Nash was guarding Mason after Terry Porter switched Grant Hill to Parker before the inbound. As Parker took the pass, Richardson’s man, Manu Ginobili, set a baseline screen for Mason. Nash got around it easily, but Richardson anticipated a switch, leaving Nash to scramble after Ginobili, who ran as free to the weak side as Mason wound up being on the strong side.

17. December 25th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    baron von faulk says:

    ^ exactly, I really don’t think Richardson even saw Mason back there in the corner or he prolly would have stayed on him, not sure if that’s true but that’s how I saw it anyway. Nash looked just as wild running after Ginobili, like, “OH SH*T”

18. December 25th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    Ian says:

    now for real the suns shouldnt even try to play the spurs this shit is getting sad its like if the knicks played every game vs a pissed of reggie miller.

19. December 26th, 2008 at 12:28 am

    Ross says:

    Roger Mason, Jr. = The Grinch (in Phoenix)

20. December 26th, 2008 at 12:56 am

    jamesagee says:

    Ian

    that was classic.

    It seemed to me that J-Rich knew that someone was behind him or he would have fully committed to Parker, it was if just wading around in the middle.

21. December 26th, 2008 at 2:49 am

    Richard Wellner says:

    FUCK YOU NIGGERS. FUCKING MONKEY APES. YOU’RE ALL IDIOTS. YOU FUCKING UGLY NIGGERS. GO BACK TO AFRICA AND STOP STEALING FROM THE WHITE MAN- WHO IS VASTLY SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY.

    YOU NIGGERS CAN ONLY JUMP AND RUN, LIKE ANIMALS, AND WE PAY MONEY TO WATCH YOU ANIMALS PUT A BALL IN A HOOP.

    FUCKING DUMB NIGGERS, STEALING EVERYTHING FROM THE WHITE MAN. WAIT TILL WE WAKE UP AND CUT YOU OFF. THEN YOU WILL GO BACK TO AFRICA CARRYING POTS ON YOUR HEAD LIKE THE DUMB MONKEYS YOU ARE. FUCKING NIGGERS.“

22. December 26th, 2008 at 2:57 am

    Ian says:

    jum didnt wellner say he wasnt gonna post again ever

23. December 26th, 2008 at 7:59 am

    QQ says:

    Richard Wellner is really Jason Richardson taking out his frustrations in a basketball forum.

    That game winning play. Proves that Pop will go down as one of the greatest coaches ever. Damn, I hate the boring ass Spurs as much as the average person, but for a hardcore fan of basketball like me, that kind of coaching is a joy to watch.

24. December 26th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Ansonious says:

    Yeah same old song and dance man I hate the spurs but I liked the game overall it was back and forth all game. It seemed like the Suns didn’t want to accept that Duncan makes wide open jump shots all day long seriously it was ridiculous as hell, another thing out of the old playbook that always comes up that the Suns constantly fall for is T.P. penetrating then at the last second kicking it out to who ever isn’t being guarded,and of coarse it’s always nice to see that when the chips are down even if there only down by a few points in the third that they can still bust a Hack a Shaq. None the less the Suns need a legit big man coming off the bench because Lopez looked lost as hell in that game, couldn’t rebound for anything or do anything to benefit the team at all.

25. December 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    QQ says:

    Ansonious, man, you know there is this thing called a ‘period’. You know, it helps, you should definitely try it.

26. December 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Ansonious says:

    @QQ I know I’m no English major

27. December 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    baron von faulk says:

    Thanks for your highly intellectual discourse there, Richard.

    You must have had a very Merry Christmas indeed, if they celebrate that in the Church of Satan. I bet you are that dude in New Jersey that named your boy “Adolf Hitler” and your daughter “Aryan Nation”.

    Your sentiments are shallow beyond all hope and reason and your existence annoys the rest of us more that Africans could ever annoy you, trust me.

    The only thing the white man is consistently superior at is tricking others into giving up their human rights and hijacking land from it’s rightful owners. It’s quite Satanic actually, which I’m sure pleases someone like you.

    Go back to your sardine can trailer, microwave another Hot Pocket, watch the next NASCAR event instead of basketball, and consider sparing us from your piss-ant notions from now on.

    From one white man to another…kill yourself. All the hate will be gone and you won’t have to see another black man ever again. Think of the benefits!

28. December 26th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Mark says:

    Pop. Greatest coach we have.