Game Preview: Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs
Preview of the Spurs v Grizzlies. Join our opening day game thread at 7:30 pm tonight!
| Final - 12.21.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Rockets | 24 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 95 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 30 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 97 |
Stories
Western Conference Preview - Christmas Style
Western Conference Preview - Christmas Style: A cast of Yuletide characters gather to discuss the NBA season, and the Spurs.
You're a Sly One, Popovich: Annual Tradition
A Christmas tradition: You're a Sly One, Popovich. Here's our parody of Dr. Seuss' "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch," as an ode to the Spurs' head coach.
PCL: Timmy's Impossible Mission
It's a new PCL (Pop Culture Lesson) -- this time, the Spurs sub in for the spies in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
A Newbie's Take on Spurs Media Day
Justin wanders and wonders through Media Day with the Spurs.
GameThreads
Spurs Fans GameThread on Pounding The Rock
Loading Game Thread from Pounding The Rock
Rockets Fans GameThread on The Dream Shake
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 24 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 95 |
| San Antonio | 30 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 97 |
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Budinger | 24 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Luis Scola | 12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Jordan Hill | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Kevin Martin | 12 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Kyle Lowry | 21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Terrence Williams | 22 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Marcus Morris | 22 | 7-14 | 1-5 | 5-5 | 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 20 |
| Courtney Lee | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Jonny Flynn | 24 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-7 | 1-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Hasheem Thabeet | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Greg Smith | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Goran Dragic | 15 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Chandler Parsons | 20 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Jeff Adrien | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Lin | 5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Donatas Motiejunas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marcus Cousin | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Patrick Patterson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Damian Saunders | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-77 | 5-18 | 22-25 | 35-9 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 27-0 | 95 | |
| .442 | .278 | .880 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (24 pts) | |||||||
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jefferson | 16 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Tim Duncan | 22 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 4-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 19 |
| DeJuan Blair | 19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Manu Ginobili | 23 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Tony Parker | 17 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Gani Lawal | 19 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 3 |
| James Anderson | 16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Tiago Splitter | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 21 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| T.J. Ford | 16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Danny Green | 17 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Cory Joseph | 14 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Frank Hassel | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Luke Zeller | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Matt Bonner | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Gary Neal | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-68 | 7-14 | 20-27 | 36-5 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 22-1 | 97 | |
| .515 | .500 | .741 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 2 (19 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Tony Brothers, John Goble, Tommy Nunez Jr.
Duration:2:09
Officials: - Tony Brothers, John Goble, Tommy Nunez Jr.
Duration:2:09
