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Game Preview





Place : The SBC Center, in San Antonio, TX
TV : ESPN
Time : 7:30 pm

San Antonio Spurs (0-0) against the Sacramento Kings (1-0), a clash, who will win this game ?

SAN ANTONIO Nov 03 (TICKER) -- The 1st official match of the San Antonio Spurs this year, since Spurs-Lakers games in Play-Offs.

What will happen during this big game ? We will know in few hours. The Spurs changed a bit their Starting 5, as Turkoglu left San Antonio, El Manu took his SG place. An excellent shooter joined them, Brent Barry. He came from Seattle. The Spurs will be able to rely on Duncan to score points and grab rebounds. Parker is probably better in shoots... Rasho Nesterovic will be against Brad Miller, tough opponent... Bruce Bowen is one of the best defender in the entire league, it'll be interesting to see what he will do against Predrag Stojakovic.

We will now talk about the Sacramento Kings. They acquired Greg Ostertag, an experienced center. He left the Jazz after many years, he played with John Stockton and Karl Malone. But Vlade Divac, left the team, he went to the L.A. Lakers. Brad Miller is still here, so it'll be alright for them. Chris Webber, because an injury, he couldn't play many matches last year, he is probably back with a powerful power, Tim Duncan is a very tough opponent but C-Webb is a really good shooter, so, wait and see... Peja Stojakovic lost the Foot Locker 3 point Shootour last year against Voshon Lenard. But his qualities are still excellent, will he be able to pass Bowen's defense ? Doug Christie will be against Manu Ginobili, Olympics winner with Argentina. Manu's experience grew a lot since these games, so it'll be tough to play against him. Mike Bibby is against Tony Parker, a battle against some of the best PG in the NBA...

ESPN's team got a Tim Duncan interview, let's listen to what he think about this game :
"Well, the Kings are better this year, I watched their games against the Rockets in Beijing on a video, and I think the game will be very tight, I don't know if we'll score more than 85 pts, but we are also NBA's best defense... I hope I'll win my "battle" against C-Webb."

We also got a Tony Parker interview, what does he think about this game ? :
"It'll be hard, very hard, we don't know if we'll win yet, but it's very necessary to win the 1st game of the season, we must get confidence, and then we'll get better and better, each game will be beneficial for the team. The Teamwork is very important in Basket-ball."

Interview of Tony Parker in French (made by George Eddy from Canal+) :
"Salut George, bon bah parlons donc de ce match Spurs-Kings. Je suppose que Bibby est devenu plus fort qu'avant donc avec un peu de chance avec l'entraînement que j'ai fait me permettra de lui tenir tête parce que c'est vraiment l'un des meilleurs meneurs de la Ligue. Je me suis surtout entraîné aux shoots, c'est primordial, j'espère pouvoir marquer plus de points qu'avant, avec un peu de chances je mettrai des shoots au buzzer ! (rires)
- Sinon comment s'est entraîné Tim Duncan en général ?
- Alors lui, faut dire qu'il était vraiment à fond dans l'entraînement, il voulait trop progresser. C'était abusé, il se mettait vraiment à 200 % à chaque entraînement, faut dire qu'il a une meilleure endurance qu'avant et qu'il pourra peut être rivaliser avec l'Hippoposhaq (comme dit le bon vieux Jacques Monclar) ! Son shoot intérieur s'est vraiment amélioré, avec un peu de chance il mettra un peu plus de Lancers francs !
- Et Manu Ginobili ? Il est plus fort qu'avant les J.O. ?
- Manu... attends laisse-moi voir... alors lui il a chômé, non je te dis pas ! A moins qu'il ait gardé une pièce en réserve... Mais noooon je plaisantais il était toujours avec moi on s'éclatait trop, c'était trop drôle. (rires) A chaque fois qu'on ratait un Lancer franc on se chambrait, ou alors on rate un lay-up et bam on se fait chambrer tout d'un coup, je crois qu'il s'est vraiment amélioré de son côté aussi, tiens au fait mon Spin Move est supérieur au sien même si lui ne sait faire que des Crossovers ! (rires)
- Merci Tony et bonne chance pour le match ! Plante donc 30 points pour voir les résultats de l'entraînement ! (rires)
- Tiens au fait vous mettez ce match sur C+ ?
- Oui oui t'inquiète pas ! Allez Ciao !"

Tonight's key matchup :

Mike Bibby vs Tony Parker

It won't be Chris Webber vs Tim Duncan but Mike Bibby vs Tony Parker. Their skills are a bit the same, Bibby is a bit more experienced than TP, but Parker's shoot grew like he said in George Eddy's interview !

Will Mike Bibby's experience allow him to beat Tony Parker's team ?

Probable starters :

Sacramento Kings :
C - Brad Miller
PF - Chris Webber
SF - Peja Stojakovic
SG - Doug Christie
PG - Mike Bibby

San Antonio Spurs :
c - Rasho Nesterovic
PF - Tim Duncan
SF - Bruce Bowen
SG - Manu Ginobili
PG - Tony Parker

PS : Sorry for the French interview, I just wanted to put it, I don't know if I'll be able to translate it !!

Last edited by LegoTP on Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:18 am, edited 4 times in total.

Lol,

I like Tipi's french interview with George "Mais c'est jordaneeeesque tout ça" Eddie.

great

I've got some good and bad news :
The bad :
- I've got a maths test tomorrow so I won't be able to start the dynasty today like I said.

The good :
- I'm in holidays friday so I will start the dynasty monday, I'm 98 % sure that I will play Sacramento - San Antonio, so please, wait for monday.

(I can't play Live the weekend because my bro' is always on the computer the weekend because he's back from school from Friday to Sunday night.)

On the computer the whole weekend?
J/k, it's all good. I'm waiting to see how you'll do against one of them best team in NBA Live... *beat the Queens*

He's almost all the time on the computer.
Besides, a match will last about a hour and I don't think he'll let me play a hour, even though I've also got a PS2... But, anyway, I'm sure that I will make this game monday ! Yeah, I'll do my best and try to beat them, I want to test Parker...

Hmmm... my bro' will probably back at 8 pm (french hour ) so I will maybe do the match, but not very sure though... I'll be back from school at 3 pm (french hour ) but I will do some basketball (real basketball ) with a friend and I will be back at 4:30 pm or something like that... I'm not 100 % sure but I hope I will be able to do the game ! Otherwise, if I can't, I will play the game monday...

the only thing left to do is start playing games now...so get to it

Updated list of players injured in Around The League

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Games results

Sacramento Kings 104
Dallas Mavericks 90
Peja Stojakovic 38pts, 7rbds, 2asts, 1 steal

Denver Nuggets 109
Los Angeles Lakers 70
Kenyon Martin 27pts, 13 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk, 5/5 FT

Houston Rockets 99
Detroit Pistons 121
Tracy McGrady 34 pts
Rasheed Wallace 31 pts, 12 reb, 4 ast, 3 blk

Last edited by LegoTP on Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:42 am, edited 3 times in total.

Pfff, I was playing the game and, clash ! My computer crashed... I lost my desire to play that game, I think I won't play it today...

Game Recap






In the 1st Quarter :

Sacramento wins the tip-off. Stojakovic is able to score a lay-up. Duncan posts up but he's blocked by Webber. Bibby scores an inside shot. Christie fouls Duncan, he'll go to the line for 2 shots. He misses both of them, Nesterovic catches the rebound but he's fouled by Miller. 2 FT. He misses both of them. Christie scores an easy lay-up. This time, Duncan dunks over Webber and scores Spurs' first point. Parker steals the ball but Stojakovic defends well and San Antonio lose the ball. Stojakovic misses an easy 3. The Kings get the rebound but Nesterovic blocks Webber. Parker scores a lay-up on the fast break. Bowen sends Peja to the line. He gets 1 of 2. Parker is fouled by Webber. Duncan can't adjust his shot, Miller scores a dunk. Duncan scores a lay-up over Miller and Webber. The Kings miss 2 open shots and Nesterovic blocks Miller. Backcourt violation : Spurs. Songaila replaces Miller. Bibby scores a lay-up. Ginobili scores a lay-up after making crossovers over Christie. Parker and Webber miss the lay. Aggressive block by Duncan on Peja ! Ostertag enters in the game. He takes Webber's place. Rose and Horry replace Duncan and Nesterovic. Ostertag scores a lay. Bowen misses the shot. Bibby scores the jumpshot. Parker misses the lay. Time out : Kings. Martin enters in the floor. Webber scores and Bowen is out of bounds. Udrih and Barry are in. Barry steals but Manu misses the lay. Webber misses the shot. Ginobili dunks ! Peja scores. Udrih scores a lay. The Kings lose the ball and Barnes replaces Stojakovic. Ginobili scores again. Evans misses a shot. Rose rebounds. Ginobili loses the ball. Barnes misses the shot and Udrih rebounds. The shot-clock is off ! Ginobili can't score ! That's the end of the 1st Quarter. The Spurs trail by 5.

In the 2nd Quarter :

Brown replaces Manu Ginobili and Duncan replaces Horry. Duncan dunks over Miller. Bad pass by the Kings, they lose the ball. Spurs lose the ball. Miller dunks. Duncan dunks over Songaila. Perfect defense by San Antonio, 24 seconds violation. Spurs lose the ball. Bibby misses the shot. Rose rebounds. Udrih misses his Free Throw. Rose rebounds and scores. Barry scores a hook in traffic after stealing the ball ! Songaila dunks. Spurs lose the ball. Stojakovic and Parker are back, Massenburg enters in the game. The Kings score. Spurs lose the ball. Bibby makes his Free Throw. Parker scores a long 2. Peja scores a 3. Barry is fouled by Bibby. 0/2 at the line. The Kings score. Tony Parker scores a bucket for San Antonio. Time out : Kings. Mike Bibby scores again. Tim Duncan is at the line. 0/2. Massenburg is now at the line. 0/2. Barry rebounds and scores. Backcourt violation : Spurs. 2/2 for Bibby at the line. Songaila enters. Bowen and Ginobili are back. Parker scores the bucket and draws Songaila's foul. He misses the shot. Massenburg misses a shot but Duncan is here and scores ! Bibby misses a 3 pointer. Duncan scores a dunk. He scores again. Webber and Stojakovic score. Duncan tips in ! Webber loses the ball. Rose is fouled by Webber. 0/2 at the line. Bobby Jackson scores. He scores again. Parker misses 2 shots and that's the end of the 2nd quarter. The Spurs trail by 6.

In the 3rd Quarter :

Spurs' starting 5 is back. Webber scores. Stojakovic scores a 3. Time out :Spurs. Duncan scores. Duncan scores again after Nesterovic's block. Webber and Stojakovic score. Parker scores his "special". Stojakovic scores again. Miller dunks. Parker scores again. Stojakovic scores a long 2. Bowen scores a lay after dribbling Stojakovic. Ginobili steals and scores a lay. Webber scores. Nesterovic scores. Bibby scores. 1/2 for Nesterovic at the line. 2/2 for Bibby. Duncan dunks. Time out : Kings. Parker steals. 1/2 at the line for him. Duncan rebounds and dunks !! Bibby scores a long 2. Parker misses the lay. Bobby Jackson scores. Parker scores with the contact but no foul. Time out : Kings. Bobby Jackson scores. Time out Spurs. Parker can't stop scoring ! Ginobili can't stop stealing ! Awesome ! Plus Nesterovic gets rebounds... That's the end of the 3rd quarter, the Kings lead by 7. Tony Parker is awesome.

In the 4th Quarter :

Bibby can't ajust his shot. Parker is blocked from behind by Webber. TP scores the hook over Bibby ! 23pts, 3stls and 1ast for the frenc ! Bibby can't score agains Barry. Parker gets the ball. Barry misses the 2. Bibby scores. Parker scores another lay-up. 10-2 run for San Antonio ! Stojakovic misses the long 2. Rebound for the Spurs, they lose the ball. Bibby scores... It's a battle between Tony Parker and Mike Bibby !! This time Duncan scores ! Parker scores another time ! Nesterovic denies Songaila ! Duncan misses both of these 2 Free Throws. Barry will now shoot 2 Free Throws. 1/2 ! Ginobili steals !!! Parker against Bibby in One-on-One. The French wins ! He scores a lay ! 29 PTS !!! Ginobili steals again after Rasho's perfect defense ! Once again, One-on-One, Parker-Bibby. Parker scores an incredible basket ! Miller helps Bibby but TP scores anyway with the contact ! The score is tied. 5:57 left. The public is yelling "Tony ! Tony ! Tony ! Tony !!!" Duncan defends very well !! He draws Bibby's offensive foul ! Parker passes to Ginobili and he dunks !! The Spurs are now leading by 2. Bibby can't score the hook ! Duncan rebounds and passes to Parker. Ginobili loses the ball... Rose intercepts it ! Parker misses the open 3... Stojakovic misses the 2. Manu misses the 3. Peja Stojakovic is fouled by Barry. He'll go to the line for 2 shots. 2/2. Parker is fouled by Miller. It's his 5th personal, like C-Webb ! Parker is fouled by Stojakovic. Parker isolates Bibby. He draws his foul and will go to the line for 2 Free Throws. 1/2. Parker steals and passes to Ginobili. Parker misses his "special". Matt Barnes is fouled by Nesterovic. He'll go to the line. 1/2. Duncan scores a dunk. Ginobili steals but Christie steals the pass. He dunks. Bowen misses the lay-up. Bobby Jackson misses the long 2. He now scores a 2. Duncan scores a dunk. Stojakovic can't score the easy 2 ! Duncan rebounds. Time out : San Antonio. To the line : Tony Parker ! He misses them both. Horry rebounds and he's fouled, he'll shoot 2 Free Throws. 1/2. Now it's Duncan's turn : 0/2. Horry once again : 2/2. Time Out : Sacramento. Jackson misses the 3. Duncan rebounds. That's the end of the game !! The Spurs win their first game !!


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November, 3rd

Games results

Houston Rockets 82
Toronto Raptors 114
Jalen Rose 29pts, 4ast, 3reb

Milwaukee Bucks 90
Orlando Magic 106
Cuttino Mobly 26pts, 3reb, 3ast, 1stl, 3blk

Indiana Pacers 108
Cleveland Cavaliers 78
Jermaine O'Neal 38pts, 11reb, 2ast, 4stl, 2blk

Washington Wizards 90
Memphis Grizzlies 76
Antawn Jamison 25pts, 16reb, 2ast, 1stl, 2blk

Dallas Mavericks 85
New Orleans Hornets 84
Baron Davis 30pts, 4reb, 7ast, 3stl

New York Knicks 67
Minnesota Timberwolves 102
Wally Szczerbiak 27pts, 5reb, 2ast, 1blk

Atlanta Hawks 79
Phoenix Suns 82
Joe Johnson 24pts, 4reb, 2ast, 2stl, 1blk

Philadelphia 76ers 68
Boston Celtics 106
Paul Pierce 33pts, 7reb, 9ast, 2stl.

Last edited by LegoTP on Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:45 am, edited 3 times in total.

Oh thats great LegoTP, its briliant how you have done Quarter Updates. Keep up the good work man!!!!!!!

Some screens would be nice, man! Hope you win against the Kings.

Thanks man, I did a "Play-by-Play" or something like that. I'm happy you like this maneer of makind a Game Recap.

PS : I'm modifying pics and I'll show you all of them with interviews, etc...

Great dynasty!Keep this goin' on.

Game Interviews and Highlights with NBA TV and NBA Action



Interviews :


Tony Parker : I didn't play very well in the 1st half, so I had to score points in the 2nd half. That's what I did. Tim (Duncan) gave his help, his big help with his rebounds, Rasho (Nesterovic) with his blocks (4 blocks), Manu (Ginobili) with his steals, well, everybody participated to our victory ! Even "Pop" ! (laugh) Next time, it'll be against the Lakers. We must take our revenge since the Play-Offs. Since Shaq, Gary (Payton) and Karl (Malone) left, Kobe is alone, but Lakers recruited Rudy T, who is an excellent coach. Kobe is probably better than last year, he hasn't any problems anymore now. Plus, they acquired Lamar Odom, Vlade Divac, some Heat players, and they are good. So I don't know if we'll win but if I play like I did today we'll win for sure. I'm a bit disappointed that Tim got the "Player of the Game" award because I could have it, but we won, and it's the most important.

Tim Duncan : I think I did a good match in both 1st half and 2nd half, but Tony (Parker) took over the relief in the 2nd half with his points, sometimes he feed me when Songaila was there, so it's was easier than against Webber, he was much better than me in the 4th quarter, I just scored some baskets. Rasho also did a superb job on blocking our opponents. Manu stole the ball 6 times if I remember so it was awesome, fine play. Now, we must focus on our next match, against the LA Lakers, they're tough to beat... But we'll do our best. If we win, it'll be 2-0, otherwise, it'll be 1-1.

Mike Bibby : I'm very disappointed, we were leading during 3 quarters, and just because of one player, Tony Parker, we lost. I admit it, I underestimated him a bit, he grew a lot in few years. He is going to be better than me so I must train, train and train so I'll grow too. He was really awesome, I still don't know what to say about him. But he frequently loses the ball, and that's his weak point. 8 times if I remember, and for me, only 3. San Antonio was better, that's all, we must train now, Brad Miller and Chris Webber did 5 fouls, that was a huge handicap for us... Peja (Stojakovic)'s shoot wasn't very efficient today. Hope he'll be better next time !


Tony Parker was San Antonio's clutch player during this game, without him, they'd lose.

San Antonio Spurs' box score
Sacramento Kings' box score

Score and stats quarter by quarter :

1st :
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2nd :
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Key players at the half

3rd :
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4th :
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Player of the game

Some screenshots of the game

Tony Parker tries for his "special"
Tony Parker scores a basket in spite of the contact on Miller
Tim Duncan dunks over Brad Miller
Tim Duncan's aggressive block on Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento's small forward

Bonus : Tony Parker, in French (interview by George Eddy from Canal+)

George : Salut Tony, comment ça va ? T'as bien récupéré depuis le match ?
Tony : Salut George, ah oui ça va super bien ! Et toi ?
George : Moi ça va comme d'hab' quoi... Sinon, bref, tu sais que t'as reçu beaucoup d'éloges de la part de San Antonio, de moi même, de Jacques Monclar, etc... même de Bibby pour ton super match hier !
Tony : Ahh oui, bah tu sais George, tu m'as mis au défi, tu te souviens ?
George : Oui c'est exact ! Et t'as gagné !
Tony : Et ouais ! J'ai pas marqué 30 pts, mais 32 !!
George : Oui bon d'accord... Et sinon, le match contre les Lakers tu le vois comment ?
Tony : Bah j'ai dit le principal dans mon interview sur la chaîne ESPN. Mais j'espère que Bruce (Bowen) fera un meilleur match... Il sera en deuxième arrière, donc contre Kobe, c'est le plan fétiche de "Pop" et ça marche souvent ! Mais l'année dernière le Shaq conrtecarrait nos plans ! Cette année j'espère gagner !
George : Eh oui c'est exact... De plus y a pas Derek Fisher pour vous marquer un panier à 0.4 de la fin du match ! (rires)
Tony : Ah ouais, je m'en souviens comme si c'était hier, des temps morts de ouf, et puis voilà, le shoot qui vient de nulle part... J'y croyais vraiment pas, mais pas du tout ! En plus j'ai pas montré du grand basket dans les derniers matches !
George : Ouais c'est vrai... bon bah je vais te laisser et fais donc un peu plus de passes la prochaine fois ! Histoire de changer un peu tes stats ! (rires)
Tony : (rires) Ouais je verrais ! J'espère au moins faire 5 passes ! Diffusez ce match sur NBA+ ou je vous défonce !!! (rires)
George : Houlàlà tu me fais peur !! (rires) Bah oui t'inquiète pas on le diffusera !!! Bon ok un pari, on diffuse tous les matches des Spurs cette année si t'es dans le 5 majeur tout le temps !
Tony :... (rires) Haha ok... Allez Ciao !

Next Game

Last edited by LegoTP on Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Looks great bro I like the interview with Parker (I mean, I like the format, I don't understand french )

Thanks, yeah, if for example, there was an interview of Ginobili in Spanish, I won't understand too... I'm glad you like it !

neat lookin' dynasty and for me neat is nice keep it up. i'll be a follower......

hope you lose in L.A. though.....

Hope I'll win in L.A. !
Hey, if you look at my Free Throw %, you'll look that if I would score all of them, I would score more than 100 points ?
I must train in Free Throws now...

great allways loveing it

Rumor in San Antonio

According to TNT, Bruce Bowen trains alone in San Antonio, after the daily training, because of his poor performance yesterday against Sacramento. With his 2 points, 1/8 in Field Goals, he probably wanted to train in shoots... Hopefully he'll be better against the Lakers tomorrow. We received some pics :

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He also asked Tony Parker if he could play a One-on-One against him to judge if he is better than before. Here are some pics :

Bowen lays it up
Bowen shoots a 3 pointer
Parker lays it up
Parker for an acrobatic shot
And the winner is...
Game Stats


Interviews :

Bruce Bowen : Yeah, that's right, I asked him if he could play a One-on-One against me, and he did it, he's very nice, I think I'm better than before Sacrament-San Antonio...

Tony Parker : He is much better, he did a good 2/3 in 3 pointers. Too bad because he's very strong, his defense was great, hope he'll do the same against Kobe Bryant.

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November, 3rd

Game results

Seattle SuperSonics 92
Los Angeles Clippers 89
Ray Allen 28pts, 5reb, 2ast, 3stl

Portland Trailblazers 74
Golden State Warriors 102
Mike Dunleavy Jr. 31pts, 11reb, 6ast, 1stl

Miami Heat 133
New Jersey Nets 90
Eddie Jones 29pts, 3reb, 5ast
Shaquille O'Neal 27pts, 10reb, 7ast, 3stl, 1blk
Dwyane Wade 16pts, 5reb, 6ast, 1stl

Los Angeles Lakers 110
Utah Jazz 95
Lamar Odom 29pts, 10reb, 4ast, 2stl, 1blk


November, 4th

Washington Wizards 84
Charlotte Bobcats 91
Steve Smith 22pts, 2reb, 2ast in 23 min (off the bench)

Cleveland Cavaliers 93
Miami Heat 82
LeBron James 21pts, 9reb, 7ast, 2stl, 1blk
Shaquille O'Neal 19pts, 14reb, 4ast, 1stl, 2blk

Minnesota Timberwolves 96
Denver Nuggets 84
Latrell Sprewell 30pts, 1reb, 5ast, 1stl, 2/2 3PT in 34 min

Last edited by LegoTP on Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:03 am, edited 2 times in total.

I like your Bowen story, gives us information about the background of your team.

Thanks, I hesitated to do this with Nesterovic too, but hopefully he will be better next time, he blocked 4 times and it was very good so that's not a huge problem.