I was at this game only to realize that all of a sudden Nelson AND Turkoglu were missing. I looked around as many fans were asking what happened. I saw Nelson walk into the locker room earlier in the 1st half but I hadn't seen where Turk dissapeared to. Then I realized they were both injured, what luck. As 3QC reports, Jameer Nelson left the game with a chin contusion and Hedo Turkoglu with a sprained wrist.
One would think that losing Turkoglu and Nelson in the first half, would mean automatic doom. No so tonight. Dooling and Arroyo stepped up off the bench and had us leading 69-61 in the 3rd quarter, but we couldn't pull it off in the end. Too much Ginobili and missing free throws killed us. Dooling and Arroyo played great as they finished with 19 and 17, respectively.
To make matters worse, we let the Spurs shoot just about 60% (actually 58%, but close enough) in the first half and they seemed to never miss. Our defense was dreadful. J.J. entered the game in the first half and the crowd went nuts. But it was all for nothing, as he went en route to a 0-5 night, ending up with 2 points. But as if thats not bad enough, he lost his defensive assignment, and single handedly gave the Spurs countless opportunities to come back.
Then Bogans got fouled on a 3 pointer, and missed all three free throws. That just about did it. After that, the momentum changed to the Spurs favor and we just looked lost.
Duncan killed us with his high-post jump shot and sweet free throw shooting. Dwight needs to be taking notes on his game because adding a nice shot and good FT shooting, like Duncan, will make him unbeatable.
Dwight did post a 20-20 game with 24 points and 21 rebounds. But Howard did miss some critical free throws and ended up 4-8 from the line, for the game.
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