Spurs drop game to Hornets

Spurs 9-game streak began and ended with Hornets

The San Antonio Spurs said all the right things before Monday nights game at the New Orleans Arena; IE that this is a dangerous team and you must play a complete game against them. Well, the Spurs seemed to have forgotten that as the 4th quarter rolled around.

Head Coach Monty Williams praised his team and especially their defense after the game.

“To hold this team to 88 points is a great sign for our defense,” coach Williams said. “Confidence, to me, comes when you defend the right way, and I thought we did that tonight.”

Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich  could do nothing but agree with his former player turned head coach.

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Parker rises up over Rockets with first triple-double

The San Antonio Spurs are riding high and withstood a 38-point barrage from the newest Rocket sensation guard Jeremy Lin while PG Tony Parker secured the first triple double of his career with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

”I’m thankful that I was able to get comfortable out there,” Lin said.  “But that’s definitely secondary to the fact that we blew another close game.  I had the ball to win it and didn’t even get a shot up. That one hurt.”

Gary Neal also had a productive night finishing with 29-points shooting 11-18 and 7-10 from the 3-point line.

”Gary was unbelievable,” Parker said. ”He made some big shots for us. He was the one who kept us in the game with timely 3s, very timely 3s in the fourth quarter and in overtime.”

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