Here it is !!!!!! I spent a whole hour so I hope you'll like my recap !!
Game Recap
Updated list of injured players and transactions around the league
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In the 1st Quarter :
San Antonio wins the tip off. Parker passes to Nesterovic. The Spurs' Center dunks. Odom dunks over Duncan. Mihm rejects Duncan. Duncan takes the loose ball and scores a lay up. Atkins misses the long 2. Odom rebounds and dunks. After spinning, Parker scores a close shot over Bryant. Awesome shot by Kobe Bryant. At 4 on the clock, he draws Ginobili's foul and scores a 3 pointer. What a shot ! He will go to the line for one more. He scores it ! Mihm intercepts the pass. Butler makes the 2. Nesterovic misses the shot. Odom misses the shot. Ginobili, from Argentina, dunks. Bryant scores his 6th point of the game, a lay up. Duncan dunks after Parker's no-look pass. Butler misses the shot. Duncan is blocked by Mihm. Parker takes the loose ball and scores a lay. Bowen intercepts. Parker draws Bryant's foul and will go to the line for 2 shots. 0/2. Duncan grabs the rebound and dunks. Grant scores the shot. Parker loses the ball. Butler misses the shot. Nesterovic misses the lay. Bryant scores. Duncan misses the shot. Grant scores. 6-0 run for Los Angeles. Parker scores a lay up in traffic. Grant is rejected by Duncan but Nesterovic touched the ball so it's Lakers' ball. Bowen can't scores the open 3. Vujacic scores. Ginobili misses the hook-shot. Vujacic scores. Time out : Spurs. San Antonio decide to play his usual playstyle, the Post-Up with Duncan. He dunks over Mihm. Vujacic misses the shot. Parker scores the lay-up after 2 spins. It seems San Antonio's time out was really effective. No mark on Butler, he attacks the basket, Duncan defends, he wants to block his shot, but Butler avoid it... he just send the shoot out of bounds. Parker loses the ball. Butler does it again... this time he makes it ! Over Nesterovic ! Duncan with the facial over Grant ! Bryant sends his shoot out of bounds. Parker scores his 10th point of the game, a lay up. Vujacic misses the shot. Parker jumps 3 times but can't get the rebound !! Cook rebounds and scores. The shotclock is off. Duncan posts up but here's the Double Team ! He loses the ball and that's the end of the 1st quarter.
In the 2nd Quarter :
Duncan blocks Atkins. Atkins takes the ball and makes the shot with contact. Duncan misses the shot. Bryant misses the 3. Barry scores the long 2. Atkins scores. Rose dunks. Time out : Lakers. Grant scores. Rose dunks. Walton scores. Odom intercepts. Bryant dunks. Devin Brown jams after dribbling Walton with awesome steps. Atkins misses the shot. Barry dunks (the same as Brown's). Bryant dunks. Parker is fouled by Grant. Once again, Brown isolates Walton. He scores a lay up. Walton misses the hook. Parker delivers an excellent pass to Brown, open, for a 3. He scores ! Rush scores. Brown was going to the dunk but Rush fouls him. 2 shots. 0/2 but nice rebound by Horry, he scores a lay up. Walton scores. Barry misses the lay. He rebounds and misses another lay. Rush misses the shot. Anothe no-look pass by Parker, this time for Brent Barry for an open 3. He scores ! Atkins scores. Odom steals. Rush misses the 2. Rush steals. He can't make the 3. Devin Brown dunks during the fastbreak. The 3 was missed by LA. Horry dunks. Barry's good defense is impressive, Grant misses a close shot. Barry misses the 3. Horry rebounds and lay up but he's blocked by Odom... NO ! Goaltending. Miss by Butler. Barry scores a long 2. San Antonio keeps scoring and scoring ! Atkins misses. What happens to Los Angeles ? Barry misses the 3 at 1 on the clock. Horry rebounds although the Lakers box out ! He dunks. Impressive play by Horry. Finally ! Grant scores a bucket for LA ! The shotclock is off... Horry for the buzzer shot... He misses it ! That's the end of the 2nd quarter.
In the 3rd Quarter :
Atkins misses the 3. Udrih delivers a good pass to Bowen for a midrange 2. Atkins scores. Duncan dunks over Mihm and Odom. Odom scores after Bryant's missed shot. Duncan misses the shot. Butler scores. Ginobili scores. LA misses their shot. Ginobili scores again. Bowen tried to draw Bryant's offensive foul but he gets a defensive foul. Nesterovic intercepts. Nesterovic dunks. Butler misses the 3. Ginobili scores a 3 after Duncan's pass. Time out : Lakers. Grant misses the shot. Ginobili scores. Udrih intercepts Bryant's pass but Nesterovic misses the shot. Grant scores. Walton steals the ball. Bryant scores a 3. Ginobili scores a lay in traffic. Atkins scores a 3. Walton fouls Ginobili during his shot. 2 Throws. 2/2. Grant draws the foul and makes his shot, nice play ! He misses it ! Butler rebounds and lays it up. Ginobili is actually "on fire", he scores again ! Grant scores ! Udrih scores an impressive shot although there was contact. Atkins scores. Duncan scores. Bryant scores a long 2. Bowen misses a lay up. Atkins misses but Odom tips in. Duncan scores an impressive one-handed dunk. Bryant commits the offensive foul. Duncan dunks. Duncan blocks Atkins. Odom misses the shot. ALLEY-OOP !!! NO ! Duncan misses the dunk ! Too bad... The shotclock is off. Duncan fouls Odom during his shoot. 2 Throws. 2/2 ! Duncan can't score the final shot ! That's the end of the 3rd quarter.
In the 4th Quarter :
Parker loses the ball. Atkins misses the 2. Bowen scores an open 3. Kobe can't score. Parker misses his 2 in traffic. Brown steals the ball ! Quick play by San Antonio, Horry gives the pass to Parker and he gives the ball to Massenburg for a lay up. Butler scores. Odom steals but he's out of bounds. Parker misses the lay up. Vujacic scores a 3 ! The Spurs are only leading by 9 now !! Parker misses the open 3. Odom scores. Brown loses the ball. Butler scores ! What will happen now ?? Grant sends Brown to the line for 2 shots. 0/2 ! But Massenburg rebounds and scores. Phew, finally San Antonio score a bucket. Odom scores. Parker misses again a lay up !! Horry rebounds and scores !! Walton scores. Parker misses a lay !!!! Rush scores a 2. Walton steals the ball !! Barry steals but Duncan loses the ball !!! Walton misses the shot. Finally, Los Angeles missed a shot... Duncan dunks over Mihm and Odom. Time out : Lakers. What ? No time outs left for Los Angeles !! Good news for San Antonio, they've still 3 time outs ! Atkins misses the shot. Ginobili misses the lay. Butler dunks !! Barry saves San Antonio ! He scores a crucial 3 ! About 3:30 left to go in this unbelievable game ! Butler scores again ! 2:56 left... There's a lot of pressure now. Ginobili tries a 3... he's blocked by Butler !!! Grant dunks !! 2 points difference !! 2 FT for Parker after Atkins' foul. 1/2... Bryant scores, it's been a while he didn't score ! Bakcourt violation : Spurs !!! LA can take the lead !! Atkins scores !! Parker is out of bounds... Parker almost steals the ball !! Turnover by Los Angeles !!! Duncan dunks !! Atkins scores !! Duncan dunks again !! Atkins scores a 3 ! Duncan dunks again !! Bryant scores a 3 ! Time out : Spurs. Parker can't score... Technical foul by Lakers ? Why ? It's still FT for San Antonio !! Barry scores. 0.6 left. 105-107 for L.A.. Barry dunks !!!! No !! It doesn't count !! San Antonio lost the game !!
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November, 5th
Games results
Detroit Pistons 84
Toronto Raptors 70
Rasheed Wallace 20pts, 5reb, 1ast, 3blk
Phoenix Suns 91
Philadelphia 76ers 73
Amaré Stoudemire 21pts, 11reb, 1ast, 1blk, 3stl
Houston Rockets 96
Memphis Grizzlies 110
Tracy McGrady 30pts, 4reb, 5ast, 1stl
Orlando Magic 80
New Orleans Hornets 126
David Wesley 22pts, 6reb, 4ast, 2stl, 1blk
Los Angeles Clippers 93
Portland Trailblazers 81
Corey Maggette 24pts, 5reb, 2ast, 3stl,
Indiana Pacers 82
Boston Celtics 103
Jermaine O'Neal 25pts, 12reb, 2ast, 1stl, 2blk
New Jersey Nets 86
Chicago Bulls 102
Kirk Hinrich 36pts, 4ast, 1blk
Utah Jazz 110
Golden State Warriors 90
Matt Harpring 26pts, 6reb, 2ast, 2stl, 1blk
Atlanta Hawks 97
Seattle SuperSonics 99
Rashard Lewis 38pts, 7reb, 2ast, 2stl