1st Quarter
11:48: Annnnnnd we're off. Tyson Chandler maybe would have finished that lob from Jameer Nelson 4 years ago. Great play design by Carlisle out of the gate, though.
10:32: Jameer Nelson looks geriatric. In other news, Danny Green is still wet.
9:31: These are 2 of the best 5 X-O coaches in the NBA. Love the game of chess that goes on between Pop and Carlisle.
9:12: Holy Chandler Parsons. Slick in-and-out dribble punctuated with a flush over Timmy Duncan.
7:53: Dirk joins the party. The Red Mamba (Bonner) bit on Dirks' pump-fake. He then calmly buried a 14-footer.
7:04: Dirk strips Duncan in transition and shouts "AAHF HIS LEHG". Reminded me of this
6:22: Ginobili checks in. No fouls have been called yet. This is an enjoyable brand of basketball.
Commercial Break thoughts: one way to measure coaching is what they do after time outs, stoppages
5: 38: Poor perimeter defense from SA. Both Jameer Nelson and Monta Ellis are getting into the painted area at will.
5:18: Tyson Chandler doing what Tyson Chandler does.
3:50: Sloppy sequence ends with a Tony Parker corner three.
Commercial break: It's funny because the last time I watched the spurs play, they were playing perfect basketball. this is far from it.
2:50: Aaron Baynes denies Parsons at the rim and Bellinelli buries a 3. Jameer Nelson cans a 3 on the other end. Both offenses seem to be picking up.
2:03: Yikes. Tyson Chandler tweaked his back on one of the attempted lobs. Heading to the locker room.
1:27: Devin Harris looks sharp: mid-range jumper and alley-oop to Brandan Wright on consecutive possessions.
0:47: First one-footed-fallaway jumper of the year for Dirk, this one with a members bounce. Those never get old.
Nice execution by the Mavs at the end of the 1st quarter.
2nd Quarter
11:54: Spurs begin 2nd Q with some full court pressure.
10:08: Baynes is kind of good. Old school. There may be a new Big Fundamental in San Antonio.
9:41: Dirk has now been dropped by Boris Diaw twice. LOL
9:18: Not surprisingly, Danny Green has clearly continued to work on his in-between game. Two smooth looking mid-range Js thus far.
8:14: Richard Jefferson's corpse! He's alive! Dang, Jameer Nelson has now hit 3 3s.
7:27: Greg Anthony was describing Richard Jefferson's "evolution" which most of us would describe as "decay"
4:28: Tony Parker hits a jumper off of a Duncan screen --going to his left. He rarely shoots jumpers going to his right off pick-and-roll. He has a fairly quiet 10 points. Mavs lead by 3.
4:22: Dallas defensive rotations have been really solid. The back-side guard has disrupted an interior pass on several occasions (Parsons the recipient twice)
3:32: Beautiful fast-break by Parsons and Jefferson. I dream about running those fast-breaks at Gregory Gym. My life is very average.
2:39: Out of a timeout, Ginobili posted-up Parsons and scored. Interesting.
1:22: Attention teams who don't shoot corner 3s: watch this game. There have been about 7 between the two teams.
Mavs lead 53-45.
