FINAL SCORE------- 91-79 SPURS win Game 1

TIMEOUT!? D'Antoni calls for a break with 39 seconds left in the game -___-

1:03 remaining in the game-- 

1:50 remaining in the game--- Duncan sits. Lakers bring it up. Howard fouled. NO! Extending the inevitable. 

2:30--- Howard bricks free throw. 1-2 from the line for Howard.

Ginobili steals. Runs back and takes his time. ....Misses three... Howard gets fouled. 

AND-1! Lakers foul Leonard. Why are they fouling? This game is painful to watch!

3:22 remaining in the game--- Lakers at the line. 12-point game Nash sinks both free throws

4:04 GAME OVER????! Bonner sinks a three! Biggest lead of the game for the Spurs. 

4:44 remaining--- Howard fouled... Misses both free throws.

BOOM! Green sinks the three to make it a 13-point game! 

5:28 in the game... Howard banks in the shot. 10-point game. 

6:46 Gasol short on the shot.... 6:31 Lakers again with a chance to cut the lead and can't! Gasol misses an open jumper. Looks like they are giving up. 

7:16 1-2 Gasol on the FT line. Leaonard misses three on the other end. 

7:25 Splitter to Parker. Beautiful pass. Two points for the Spurs... The Lakers continue to attack. This is the third team foul for the Spurs. 

8:14 MWP gets muffed! Then MWP can't block Leonard and it's a layup. 

9:11 WHAT A PASS FROM GASOL! But foul called. Lakers inbound. Nash misses the fade away. Parker makes them pay. Sinks open jumper. 

9:47 You would think the Spurs were trailing and trying to battle back! They get consecutive offensive rebounds. They can't take advantage.

10:09-- Gasol sinks the jumper and it's a single-digit lead. Popovich calls timeout!

Spurs starts out as they give them some rest.

10:51 Ball tipped out of bounds. Lakers ball. Gasol takes advantage on Bonner. 

Lakers start it with a bucket from Howard, but Joseph then sinks a jumper. 

----------------------END OF THE THIRD QUARTER------------------

GINOBILI IS SO CONSISTENT!!! Sinks another three to give the Spurs their biggest lead of the game!

:47 seconds left in the game--- Spurs can't add more. 30 seconds to play in the third--- 

1:17 Ginobili with his unorthodox style. Scores five points after knocking down a three!!! Gets the Spurs crowd on its feet!

1:38 Lakers at the line. Jamison goes 2-2. 

Gasol to the line. 1-2 from the line. Jamison called for the foul. Bonner taking fee throws. 2-2 

Gasol in. Howard out. Duncan will have the advantage on the offense. Two on Dunca. 

2:13 Lakers can't cut the lead after Ginobili missed the free throw. Duncan fouled. Four fouls on Howard. Dumb foul. 

3:04 to play in the third quarter--- Clark called for a foul. 2-2 from the line. Back to an eight-point lead. Blake with the jumper. BOOF! Sinks it. 

Gasol takes a seat, Meeks is healthy. . . Duncan fights for the rebound! The refs don't hit Duncan with a tech!? Wow! Must be playing favorites. Lakers turn it over after getting the turnover. 

4:24 Blake misses the fade away.. Ginobili drives! Almost gets the And-1! He's at the line. 2-2 

5:09 Howard goes down. Hahaa and weakly, jokingly lobs the ball up from the floor for the attempted continuation.
Gasol makes it a four-point game again.  

5:45 What a move by Blake! Fadeaway over Parker. Four-point game. Splitter is now at the line. 2-2 from the FT

Parker sinks a jumper... MWP answers with a three! Six point game as we're at the half way point of the third quarter.

TIMEOUT SPURS--- Lakers on 5-0 run as they nibble away at Spurs single digit lead.
Expect a pretty play from Popovich out of the timeout.  

6:45 Corner jumper for Nash. Had foot on the line. Lakers finally sink a shot and take advantage of struggling Spurs

7:45 MWP with a layup. Once again single digit game. Time for a turnover. YES! Blake picks it up. MWP with the post. MWP again with the post. Falls away, misses. 

8:36 Parker at the line. 1-2 from the FT. ....8:14 Nash misses three. MWP commits foul. Spurs ball

9:12 Duncan misses wide open jumper and Nash connects with a jumper.... Splitter on the other end grabs an offensive rebound allowing Parker to drive and draw the foul.

10:00 Lakers get offensive rebounds and can't connect. 

TIMEOUT LAKERS---- Spurs back up 12. Lakers offense continuously messing it up for the defense. Then when the defense collapse, the complete team just falls.  

10:28 Parker with the runner ..... Scores again! Nash blocked by Splitter and Parker goes on the run. 

10:52 second turnover of the game for Duncan. The Lakers offense again can't take advantage

11:19 Steve Nash needs to be benched. He has no arc on his shot as he misses a runner. 

12:00 Spurs start second half with a turnover. Duncan then fouls Howard on an entrance pass

----------START OF THE 3RD QUARTER---------------------

Do you think the Lakers can keep up their defensive effort in the second half? 

------------------------END OF THE First Half---------------------
Spurs lead 45-37. Spurs and Lakers both shooting 42 percent. However, Lakers with 12 turnovers and Spurs with only 4. 

:2.7 seconds remaining in the first half---- Duncan heaves! And airballs. 

Lakers hold for last seconds of the first half. Three-second violation on Lakers. Stupid basketball and Morris makes in the shot, but it doesn't count. What a shame. 

HACK-A-HOWARD IS ON! 1-1 sinks first shot without a problem. 2-2. Wow. 

Final minute of the first half--- MWP can't handle a Gasol pass. Morris commits stupid foul. AND-1 for Ginobili

1:17 Blake sinks the three after the loose ball scramble!! 

2:13 Blake is playing Parker well. Stripped the ball, but went out of bounds... Parker sinks jumper

2:26 Howard too strong for Duncan and gets the shot in. 

2:45 Duncan then goes up and reverses it with a layup

3:14 Blake with the leaning shot.

3:39 Howard fouled. And Duncan picks up the steal after the inbound

3:57 No problem, Duncan answers with adunk on his own. 

4:28 GASOL TO HOWARD! Gasol is pumped! Five assists, 10 rebounds for the Spaniard

Spurs up by 9 points. Lakers can't sink anything on offense. Now shooting under 35 percent. 

5:18 Popovich and Parker wanted a goal tend. Howard gets the ball, but was out of bounds. Leonard knocks down three! Bonner then sinks in the hook shot.

5:52 Nash is missing wide open shots! METTA WORLD PEACE WITH A BEAUTIFUL PASS!

7:11 ALLEY! Gasol to Howard. Bucket. 8-0 Lakers

7:47 Metta gets blocked! ....Laker ball.... Nash misses gets own rebound sinks the jumper.

Gasol misses chance to make it a six-point team. Duncan misses and Lakers ahve a chance to cut the deficit

8:51 I'm still here! Don't worry! Not much going on except Meeks sprained his left ankle. 

10: 19- Howard with a dumb foul. If you're going to foul at least make it worth it. Called for the offensive foul. Lakers scrappy after the Spurs miss shot with an airball. Lakers get two offensive rebounds in possession. Meeks sunks in the layup. 

10:57 Joseph knocks down the jumer and them strips Jamison. Ginobili misses first shot of the game. Joseph against gets called for the foul. 

11:23- Jamison draws the foul. Goes 1-2 from the foul line. 

12:00- Fadeaway three! No two. Ginobili opens up the quarter right after D'Antoni comments on how the Spurs are knocking down tough shots.

The Spurs won the battle on the boards (12-10), assists (6-5), steals (4-3) and had less turnovers (3-5). Spus also shot 50 percent while the Laker made only 35 percent of their shots. 

---------------------END OF THE First QUARTER-----------------------
Spurs lead 24-15. Lakers appeared to have figured out their issues at the end of the first quarter. They are still in thi game thanks to their defense. 

:28 Ginobili sloppy with the ball misses jumper. Lakers hold for last official shot of the quarter. HOW! Jamison sinks the layup from a very tough angle! 

:57- Bonner connects with short jumper from the paint. Jamison fouled on the other end and misses first free throw

1:22 Nash runs up to the free throw line and misses a jumper. Definitely not healthy. 

1:40 Bonner to the line for three!! Was fouled by Jamison and the Lakers are now down by 10 because of it. 1-3 from the line.

1:58 Gasol misses in Lakers next possession.

2:29 Meeks scrappy. Gasol picks up the loose ball and dumps it in for the laup.

2:57 GINOBILI FOR THREE!!! Lakers take a timeout. They have to figure out their offense. 

Lakers shooting under 40 percent in this one. Have had three straight chance to cut the lead, but have failed. Third straight possession that leads to a Spurs turnover. But they miss again on offense!

4:02 Steve Blake is handling business on defense! He has a blocked shot and a steal already. And almost a third steal!! 

5:09 Parker breaks up the passing and then almost connects on the And-1! Will go to the line for two. Miss first

Duncan knocks down the short jumper off the glas. Classic Duncan shot.

Pause in the action as the Spurs lead 13-10. 

5:59 Lakers have a chance to cut it down to three. Yes. Gasol knocks down the jumper after missing the first three shots of the game. 

6:34 Parker knocks down the jumper. Dwight answers. Wow. He sinks the jumper. Nash sits out. 

7:00 left in the first quarter--- First foul of the game on Tiago Splitter

Tim Duncan is on fire. THe Lakers offense is not making shots. 

The Lakers are cold from the floor. Have knocked down consecutive shots so far to make i 9-6 Spurs. 

The Los Angeles Lakers travel to Texas to take on the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Game time is here and it's time to see if the Lakers are really about winning as the Spurs look to continue proving that they are the perfect combination of veteran leadership and young talent. 

For both teams, they will have stars out on the floor that aren't 100 percent. No matter how hard Coach Gregg Popovich has tried to keep his players healthy, Manu Ginobili is a chronically plagued by injuries as Tony Parker is also suffering from injuries late in the season. As for the Lakers, enough can't be said about how much they miss Kobe Bryant. They are finding ways to win, but they will need to bringit all together in the first round of the playoffs. 

For the Spurs, it seems like the one player they can't afford to get injured is Tim Duncan, who seems to never slow down. In2013, Duncan averaged just over 17 points, close to 10 rebounds and three blocks per game. Duncan has been playing since the days of David Robinson making him a 16-year veteran and not to mention he's a four-time champion.

As for the opposition, Dwight Howard would love to finish his career with four NBA Finals rings, however, nobody knows where exactly he will make that happen in after 2013. The Lakers seem to be the only team able ot give Howard big money and with Bryant possibly out for the beginning of the season, the Lakers need a superstar and a face to their franchise, which can be filled in by Howard. 

Now, in 2012-2013, the Lakers were 45-37, meanwhile the Spurs were 58-24. The Spurs were 35-6 at home while the Lakers went 15-26 on the road. It will be interesting to see how motivated the Spurs come out in this matchup. 

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