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Spurs Take Must Win Game 2

Authored by Daniel Sonnenberg - April 28, 2005 - 1:36 pm

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The San Antonio Spurs set out to prove not only that their loss in Game 1 of their best of 7 series against the Denver Nuggets was complete fluke, but also to establish their control of the series.

The Spurs may have just done that with a complete annihilation of the Denver Nuggets at the SBC Center by a final score of 104-76. The deal was all but sealed with the Spurs out scoring the Nuggets 34-14 in the second quarter.

The Spurs also changed things up a little bit on Wednesday by giving Brent Barry the start instead of Manu Ginobli. The move gave confidence to Barry and led him to on to score 16 points on 4-4 from behind the arc, and 4-4 from the free-throw line.

The Spurs also held the Nuggets to a lackluster 36 % from the floor. The Spurs also got 17 from Manu Ginobli off the bench and a much improved 11-15 shooting night from the Big Fundamental, who finished with 24 points. The Spurs also got a solid effort from Tony Parker, who scored 19.

The Spurs shot a sweltering 56 percent from behind the arc and managed to limit Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin to a combined 17 points. Manu and company will look to ride the momentum of their blowout victory into Denver for Game 3 and it just maybe what they needed in order to take full control of a series that once looked like an inevitable upset, but with the series tied 1-1, there’s a lot of basketball left to be played.

The Spurs will expect the Nuggets to be resilient and feeling the adrenaline of playing before their home fans in Game 3, which will be a game the Spurs will not take lightly.