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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:53 pm

San Antonio Spurs (9-2) @ Golden State Warriors (7-5)

Start time 7:30 PM PST @ The Arena in Oakland

Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors

PG - Baron Davis
SG - Jason Richardson
SF - Mike Dunleavy
PF - Troy Murphy
C - Adonal Foyle

Probable starters for the San Antonio Spurs

PG - Tony Parker
SG - Manu Ginobili
SF - Bruce Bowen
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Rasho Nesterovic

Team leaders
PPG - J. Richardson (22.4) | T. Duncan (21.7)
RPG - T. Murphy (8.8 ) | T. Duncan (12.0)
APG - B. Davis (8.7) | T. Parker (5.6)
SPG - B. Davis (2.2) | M. Ginobili (2.0)
BPG - A. Foyle (2.1) | T. Duncan (2.7)

Matchups this Season
Nov 23 - San Antonio Spurs @ Golden State Warriors
Feb 2 - San Antonion Spurs @ Golden State Warriors
Feb 25 - Golden State Warriors @ San Antonio Spurs
Mar 21 - Golden State Warriors @ San Antonio Spurs

Last edited by krome on Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I've been a Warriors fan since they traded Chris Webber. Can you imagine how that's like....

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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:31 am

Biggest test so far for the Warriors. Hard to see them win with their win and then lose trend.

Without Pietrus, the Warriors may find it tough to win convincingly often against anyone. He will be missed.

Against the Spurs, Murphy must be hitting the outside shot to draw Duncan away fron the basket and guys like Foyle have to rebound well. Baron and JRich have to obviously play real well and at the same time not let Ginobili and Parker get off.

I pick Spurs by 10

migya make the ring fall on ya

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sleepyfloyd sleepyfloyd's Profile Role Player Posts: 280 Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:53 pm Location: san francisco Poster Credit: 0	Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:40 am Other than Duncan - i like our starting matchups. of course, their bench is scary good. it ain't fair! Warriors gotta lot of heart though - they'll play each other close throughout but spurs by 5. 11 years of no playoffs and counting...
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hobbes hobbes's Profile hobbes's Website Site Admin Posts: 2240 Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:43 pm Location: Foster City, CA Poster Credit: 20	Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:02 pm Losing Pietrus sucks. Dunleavy really needs to step it up, otherwise we're going to start seeing 20 minutes of Calbert each game. This would be a huge win, and should be a good test for us.
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TMC TMC's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 18461 Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:48 am Location: Somewhere in this site... Poster Credit: -4	Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:39 pm Yeah, we do not matchup that bad against them, except for Duncan, that is. It'll be interesting to see the rotation Monty will use now that Pietrus is out for a while. Spurs +10
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krome krome's Profile All Star Posts: 1075 Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:45 am Location: Union City, CA Poster Credit: 27	Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:20 pm Diogu had participated in a full practice today. Doctors have cleared him to play. Hopefully we might be able to see him debut against the Spurs. I've been a Warriors fan since they traded Chris Webber. Can you imagine how that's like....
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:39 pm

Man, that would be great if we could get Ike some mins against the defending champs. What better way to be introduced to the nba than playing the best team in the game? Everything'll be downhill from there. If today was his first practice, however, I'm skeptical that he will play much if at all against the spurs. I hope he does however...

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Quazza Quazza's Profile All Star Posts: 3244 Joined: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:29 am Poster Credit: 0	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:50 am Duncan-the Greatest PF ever? what u guys think?All Nba EVERY YEAR IN LEAGUE and is a winner.... uptempo wrote:Dude, why are you so obsessed with Mullin?
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:03 am

Quazza wrote:Duncan-the Greatest PF ever?

what u guys think?All Nba EVERY YEAR IN LEAGUE and is a winner....

Greatest of his time, for sure. But greatest ever?. I don't know, in fact, to me, he's a center even if he plays the 4. His game is that of a center.

So, is he the best center ever?, no, top 10 for sure, top 5 arguably, but not the best ever.

If you think of him as a 4, he's even higher in that list. Could be the best ever...

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migya migya's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 21366 Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:50 am Location: Perth Poster Credit: 27	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:41 am I reckon Duncan is the greatest PF ever. He is also one of the greatest winners ever. Don't think any PF ever can guard him. Garnett comes closest migya make the ring fall on ya
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TMC TMC's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 18461 Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:48 am Location: Somewhere in this site... Poster Credit: -4	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:19 am I remember Duncan saying that the best defenders he ever had to face were KG, Sheed and McDyess (pre-injuries, obviously). Not a bad group...
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migya migya's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 21366 Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:50 am Location: Perth Poster Credit: 27	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:29 am Agreat group in fact. Notice the Pistons have these two sleepers........ When they wake up the Pistons will be even better migya make the ring fall on ya
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TMC TMC's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 18461 Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:48 am Location: Somewhere in this site... Poster Credit: -4	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:46 am Yeah, but this McDyess, albeit effective, is not the same player. He relied to much on his physical skills, and the injuries took that away from him.
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migya migya's Profile Hall of Famer Posts: 21366 Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:50 am Location: Perth Poster Credit: 27	Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:56 am The way McDyess played last season was really good. He does that this season and the Pistons should be even better than what they are at the moment with him playing average migya make the ring fall on ya
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:06 am

Duncan is definitely a center not a PF. I know they always give him another big man to play the "center" spot, but he is center sized and will guard the other teams center if he isn't in foul trouble. Just because the Rockets played Ralph Samson and Hakeem at the same time, that didn't make Olajuwon a PF. The only thing that really makes Tim a power forward is that he usually plays facing the basket rather than as a back to the basket type.

If he is a PF, he really is up there with the greatest ever. There really haven't been to many great 4's in league history. I guess you'd have:

Timmy
Karl Malone
Charles Barkley
Elvin Hayes
KG
and maybe some really old guys that I know nothing about.

As far as centers go, he would be behind:

Bill Russell
Wilt
Kareem

in the same group as:

Shaq
Hakeem
Moses Malone

and above guys like:

Ewing
David Robinson
Nate Thurmond

Obviously you're not a golfer.

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