Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 8:11 am  |  41 responses

Line Of The Night — French Pastries

And have some bacon crepes, Nene!

Tony Parker, product of double OTby Shannon Booher

Line Of The Night:

Tony Parker — 55 points, 10 assists, 7 boards

Get your shine on, get your shine on, all day long, Tony, get your shine on! Possibly because he’s not a “pure” point and because he has two star teammates in Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, the French Pastry is left out of the “best point guard in the game” arguments, time after time after time. But guess what — your boy does in fact play point guard, regardless of his pureness, he has won three chips, and now, with this double-nickel performance, joined a club which previously only had two members — Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson. Come on y’all, he’s in the conversation. Just ask Randy Foye and Corey Brewer, two guys who will probably get a little sick to their stomach at even the sight of a croissant, in the future.

Honorable Mention Of The Night:

Amare Stoudemire — 49 points, 11 boards, 6 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks

LeBron James — 41 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals

Sorry guys. It was looking good early, for one of you, then “Minnesota finds a million ways not to close out the Spurs” happened. Double OT = double-nickel.

Worst Of The Night:

This is not a good sign for the Charlotte Larry Brown Era:

“Jared! Jared!” Brown yelled down the bench, looking for forward Jared Dudley. “He’s in the game,” one player called back.

No further comment necessary.

Contraction Club Of The Night:

New Orleans, 79 points vs. the ATLiens

Did we mention this was in New Orleans? That’s a nice road win, Atlanta. Looks like Dem Georgia Boys did not get complacent after their playoff run-in with the Ceatles last season and are bringing the D this year. They have yet to give up more than 90 points in a game, and are now undefeated at 3-0. Could this be your Southeast Division title winners?

Thanks, But I’ll Keep My Job Of The Night:

Luke Ridnour — 20 points, 11 assists, 7 boards, 2 steals

Right after we called for his job, Ridnour shows us why it is in fact, his job, in a 112-104 OT win over Washington. His P-N-C Ramon Sessions had a 22/8 night as well, so maybe Washington needs to work on that perimeter defender? Stopping the ball is Bacon Biedrinsusually a good idea.

Eat Your Breakfast Of The Night:

During the fourth quarter of the Denver/G-State game, Andris Biedrins dribbled the ball near center court. He found Captain Jack at the high post, then received the ball back on the ol’ give-and-go, guarded by Nene. He somehow made a quick dash back into the Oracle’s kitchen, then BAAAAAM!!!! “HAVE SOME OF THESE LATVIAN BACON CREPES, NENE!!!!!! Do they have those in Brazil, playa?”

Nene made quick work of his meal, then kindly left a tip — the And1 foul.

DWade was 2 blocks away from 5×5 glory…Kelenna Azubuike had a ridic block on a Dahntay Jones dunk attempt. Dude never did like breakfast…MJ and Ahmad courtside together in the Garden? We know somebody has a punch line for that…How is it humanly possible, in a Mike D’Antoni offense, for a guy to score 24 points on 9-12 shooting in the 1st half of a game, and then take 0 shots in the second half? Nate Robinson pulled it off, last night, somehow…Another terrible game for the Clip Joint. They drop to 0-5 after succumbing to a late 22-0 run by the Lakers…

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  • Ken Posted: Nov.6 at 8:23 am
    I was more impressed by Amare’s line.

  • Ken Posted: Nov.6 at 8:24 am
    Just to be clear, while I’m impressed that a PG got 50 and 10, it did take 2OT to do it, while Amare got his in regulation. And while it’s hard for a Point to score that much, it’s also rare for a PF to get that many steals and assists too. Just saying.

  • Co Co Posted: Nov.6 at 8:31 am
    Tony’s 55 impresses me more because he’s like 3 feet tall. And, Go Hawks! :)

  • TADOne Posted: Nov.6 at 8:32 am
    Some ridic lines last night. The Pacers interior D and the Minny perimeter D is pretty horrible.

  • Guillaume Posted: Nov.6 at 8:46 am
    TP is now the best scorer in the league -after only 4 games, I know- averaging 33,3ppg (Joe Johnson is 2nd with 28ppg, Duncan 3rd), 7,3 apg, 56% fg. CP3 has always said TP was his model. If the Spurs get to the top 4 in the West, TP should be into the MVP conversations this year. The last NBA player to have at least 55 points and 10 assists in a game was Michael Jordan. He had 57 points and 10 assists for Chicago against Washington on Dec. 23, 1992.

  • Eboy Posted: Nov.6 at 8:48 am
    9 steals for Mario Chalmers…..gangsta!

  • TADOne Posted: Nov.6 at 8:49 am
    You know, it is crazy to think the Spurs needed double OT and a double nickle to get thier first win of the season, and that it was only against the TWolves. Does Manu make that much of a difference??

  • Myung Posted: Nov.6 at 8:50 am
    I still say Orlando pulls out the Division title, but the Hawks are for real (for the few faithful, we already knew that). We’re looking like a minimum 45 win team right now… but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. We started off 4-1 two seasons ago (including a huge win at Cleveland), and we finished with 30 wins so there’s no need to get TOO excited about a 3-0 start (but then again, those 3 wins have all come against very good teams). Either way, it’s nice to be considered one of the top 10 teams in the League, even if the season’s just 9 days old.

  • riggs Posted: Nov.6 at 8:54 am
    dahntay jones can get up there though

  • Guillaume Posted: Nov.6 at 8:54 am
    Is it the best scoring performance by a foreign player in the NBA ? (Dirk’s best is 53)

  • TADOne Posted: Nov.6 at 8:59 am
    Myung/Co Co: Do you believe in Woody now?

  • LexaB Posted: Nov.6 at 9:04 am
    Amare’s line is more impressive, just for the fact he didnt need 2OT to pull out those sick numbers!!! But TP’s line is sick too, u guys gotta admit. Maybe that’ll calm down all the TP haters on this site. That’s one of the things I never understood around here : what did my man do to ya’all to deserve such treatment??? Always fought that had a little to do with all this Eva stuff. Yeah, the guy is young, good at ballin’ and gets to sleep most nights with the longoria bombshell. Well done, no need to get all jealous and all!!! Oh and by the way : ATL in 09 Eastern Conference Finals, ya heard it here!! And just because saying those words feels so good these days : Yes We Can!!!!

  • LexaB Posted: Nov.6 at 9:06 am
    sorry : always thought… not always fought :)

  • Niio Posted: Nov.6 at 9:08 am
    TP just made Slam look like genius’ with his top 50 ranking

  • Manumaniac Posted: Nov.6 at 9:11 am
    @Guillaume: Yes, I believe it is! Very good point! I would also like to put another quiz here: are the Spurs the only team in the NBA who has an an NBA MVP (Duncan, 2002& 2003), an NBA Finals MVP (Parker, 2007) and an Olympics MVP (Ginobili, 2004)? I think they are the only franchise with 3 MVP guys in top-3 competition stages.

  • Co Co Posted: Nov.6 at 9:15 am
    NO.

  • mookie Posted: Nov.6 at 9:18 am
    If (touch wood, Spurs fans) Tim Duncan goes down for a couple of games at any point, imagine the numbers TP would put up on a nightly basis, before Manu comes back.

  • LexaB Posted: Nov.6 at 9:21 am
    @Manu : Yes they absolutely are!!! But still people are burrying them like some those Clips or SacTown guys… Maybe that’s the end of the Spurs shining moments. But maybe not.

  • Bryan Posted: Nov.6 at 9:32 am
    Damn Tony Parker.

  • underdog Posted: Nov.6 at 9:37 am
    Larry Brown’s line is awsome. And agreed Eboy, about Chalmers’ 9 steals. Not bad from a rookie considering 11 is the NBA record (Kendall Gill). I wonder what would the rookie record be.

  • Jukai Posted: Nov.6 at 9:43 am
    Amare’s stat line is way better with those five steals and two blocks.

  • Manumaniac Posted: Nov.6 at 9:44 am
    And another quiz: who is the only foreign player in the NBA history who managed to finish second among the league’s top scorers? Tough…

  • Lang Whitaker Posted: Nov.6 at 10:46 am
    I’ll give Shannon credit for giving the Hawks some love. They only had to beat three Playoff contenders in a row (and two of them on the road) to get it.

  • whooo! Posted: Nov.6 at 10:49 am
    amare had a MONSTER line. but i’d give extra props to parker for pulling out last second jumpers in the clutch, while i’d deduct at least 10 of amare’s points for acting like travis deiner manhandled him (after he was chest thumping no less!)

  • BETCATS Posted: Nov.6 at 11:01 am
    aww damm. Jared!

  • Benoit Benjamin Posted: Nov.6 at 11:11 am
    Why do people want to compare amare’s and tp’s stat line. They don’t play the same position, it wasn’t the same game. Just give TP respect for doing what only the Big O and MJ did before him.

  • LexaB Posted: Nov.6 at 11:23 am
    @Benoit Benjamin : So u dont want us to compare TP’s line and Amare’s line because they dont play the same position and it wasnt the same game… but ya ready to compare TP’s line to MJ’s line???? Just to be sure : do TP and MJ play the same position???? Did they do it in the same game??? Thats a weird way of thinking of yours… even if my man TP has all the love and credit in the world for what he does, no doubt about it. But if you dont want us to talk TP/Amare, just dont talk TP/MJ. Regardless of how much I love TP’s game, those two will never be in the same ballin’ planet, thats for sure.

  • Darksaber Posted: Nov.6 at 11:51 am
    STAT deserved the LOTN. PF playing with his significant other limited to 11 mins. Due to foul trouble? U slammers do know that Amare got his in regulation, right? Or do u just see 55 and go weak at the knees. 2 other spurs contributed 56 points, no other sun scored on the twenties. It’s no contest. Amare went Kirilenko on us last night (flash too) but supersized it.

  • Darksaber Posted: Nov.6 at 11:54 am
    Latvian bacon crepes: a new team name is born

  • Anton Posted: Nov.6 at 12:03 pm
    It took 55 points to win in double over time over the Timberwolves?
    hahahahahahahaha

  • whooo! Posted: Nov.6 at 12:23 pm
    darksaber, forget the “2 others put up 56″ for san an, when you consider that everyone except those 3 put up 18pts total. as a proprotion, 49 of phx’s 113 pts is like 1 percent more than than 55 of 129. tony also had 10 assists and 8 boards, but amare’s line was beasting considering 2 of his misses were 3s. but add in parker’s clutch play and deduct points for amare’s sissy-flop.

  • Darksaber Posted: Nov.6 at 1:01 pm
    i dont really get hung up on percentages for this kind of comparison ,whoo. As always it’s a matter of personal preference and Amare’s line was more impressive to me because (amongst other factors) he did it all this game with less offensive help against a solid eastern team, while Tony had had to bail out an ex nba champ level team against a rebuilding one. I could care less about the flop. Worm did that ish all the time and stayed valuable.

  • Jukai Posted: Nov.6 at 1:08 pm
    Amare’s was definitely better. 49 points, ELEVEN rebounds, SIX assists, FIVE steals, TWO blocks… All in regulation! Come on!
    Parker didn’t even top 40 before the first OT!
    Co-sign Darksaber and LexaB.

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  • NBA-JERSEY-KING Posted: Nov.6 at 3:55 pm
    9 steals to a rookie from the 2nd round is the big line of the night – go Mario C

  • ciolkstar Posted: Nov.6 at 6:25 pm
    Man people will always hate on Tony. I’m certain that anyone who says they “weren’t impressed” did NOT watch that game. Ol’ boy was Ridiculous!!!

  • ciolkstar Posted: Nov.6 at 6:34 pm
    Amare dominated a weak interior team physically. Tony did it with speed, skill AND clutch shooting not a barrage of dunks against a helpless frontline. Its really a matter of prederence, but just to give Tony’s Double Nickel the “Jukai” treatment he added SEVEN rebounds and TEN assists, and had multiple moments that saved/won the game and single handedly dominated both OTs. Haters hate.

  • ciolkstar Posted: Nov.6 at 6:35 pm
    Also, more than 1/3 of Amamre’s points came from the freethrow line as long as were nitpicking TP

  • Darksaber Posted: Nov.6 at 8:53 pm
    ok, ok, fine. Both players played hard :-) .

  • Guillaume Posted: Nov.7 at 4:05 am
    If CP3, Baron Davis or Gilbert Arenas had had a clutch 55-10-7 line, it would have been called “the performance of the year”…

  • Greg Posted: Nov.7 at 4:25 pm
    This is a amazing dunk and I think he’s going to more of this!I want to see someone shut him down while being able to gaurd shaq!lol

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