112-101

Well the game was fairly entertaining to watch, but let's take stock of that list I put up yesterday.

- Amar'''''''''e Stoudemire posterizing a Spur
Didn't happen, although he threw down some pretty vicious looking dunks.

- DeJuan Blair posterizing a Sun
- DeJuan Blair grabbing 15+ rebounds
Don't think he even dunked at all and he only grabbed 8 rebounds. However, he also only got 15 minutes of playing time so that's pretty darn impressive. It did seem like he had magnets on his hands while he was out there.

- Jared "JMZ" Dudley catching fire and hitting 5+ 3 pointers
Sadly, it didn't happen as he only hit 1 of his 3 three point attempts. Roger Mason of the Spurs came close, as he hit 4 3s in 9 tries. When he first stepped on the floor, he couldn't miss.

- Manu Ginobili dropping 40+ points
- Anyone yelling "GINOBILI" like Charles Barkley
- Manu Ginobili demolishing somebody going up for a dunk
Also sadly, Manu put up somewhat of a clunker tonight. 5-14 shooting, didn't earn a single trip to the line and only 3 rebounds and 4 assists. So basically there weren't very many opportunities to yell his name. Disappointing.

- Any moment where Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess or Tim Duncan tries to do something only to leave the impression, "Man, they look ooooooooooold"
Jefferson and McDyess actually had pretty decent games. Jefferson put up 17 on 60% shooting from the field while McDyess pulled down 7 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in 21 minutes of playing time. Duncan however, did look a bit off. His final line actually looks kind of decent, but far from Duncan-esque.

- Taylor Griffin getting playing time.
Well, he got assigned to the D-League before the game so...no.

- Jason Richardson slamming a monster dunk
- Jason Richardson missing a dunk
No misses, and he did slam down a big two-hander. However, it was sort of disappointing since I was really hoping for a 360 or a windmill or something more exotic given that it happened on a 5-on-0 fastbreak. He had another fastbreak opportunity a bit later but threw down an even more vanilla dunk. Maybe that miss was still in his head, who knows.

- Goran Dragic faceplanting again after a dunk
Not even a dunk from Goran. He had a chance I thought could possibly have worked, but he just went for a layup instead. Yawn.

- Eva Longoria (Parker)
Pretty sure she wasn't in attendance. Not that we sat close enough to be able to see anyway but yeah.

So clearly, if this list was a game of BINGO I would have been nowhere close to finishing, but that's alright. It was still a good game to watch and close for the most part until the Suns started pulling away. We'll see what this 112-101 victory means for both teams in the end. For now, it allows the Suns to keep pace with Dallas and Denver, who both won tonight, as the three of them pull slightly ahead of Utah, who also played tonight but lost in Houston. As for the Spurs, they fall into a three-way tie at the 6-8 spots with Portland, who beat the Clippers, and the Oklahoma City Zombie Sonics, who lost to Denver. Aside from the Laker's 4.5 game cushion, the whole Western Conference playoff picture is extremely tight, and each remaining game has huge playoff implications riding on it. Should be fun to watch.