Spurs @ Heat: Saturday Oct. 20th: 5th Preseason Game (2:30 PM CST Start Time)

[Bruno]

:)

[bthewigwam]

NBA TV!

[Darkwaters]

Going to the game today. Hope I don't get stabbed for wearing the wrong colors! This is Miami after all...people are routinely stabbed for less!

[Brazil]

:tu great pre season game

[JRHernandez88]

Hell yeah this is the first time i get to see the team this year besides going to the scrimmage. Couldnt get better then this. :downspin:

[spurs10]

Going to the game today. Hope I don't get stabbed for wearing the wrong colors! This is Miami after all...people are routinely stabbed for less!

Good luck!

[xellos88330]

Anyone have a guess on who will be starting?

[tmtcsc]

Going to the game today. Hope I don't get stabbed for wearing the wrong colors! This is Miami after all...people are routinely stabbed for less!

Stabbed ? How about getting your face chewed off ?

[JRHernandez88]

Stabbed ? How about getting your face chewed off ?

ZOMBIE LAND, OH GAWDD *big sean voice*

[jyra]

259715745670389760

Too bad, I would have liked to see Kawhi defend him.

[jiggy_55]

259715745670389760

Too bad, I would have liked to see Kawhi defend him.

That sucks...

[Bruno]

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[Manu-20]

This should still be a good game even with james out.

[Wildcat67]

Two questions.

1. Will everyone on the Spurs be playing? I've only gotten to watch one preseason game and was extremely disappointed that Kawhi and SJax didn't play.
2. I really hope they put Kawhi on Dwade just to really test him. Do you think that's a possiblity?

[spurs10]

Lebron probably thinks he's playing some heavy head game, but instead he's tipping his hand. He's still afraid of the Spurs....:hat

[bklynspursfan]

Wow, so Pop hinting final spot between Curry & Brown?

[ace3g]

Jeff McDonald ‏@JMcDonald_SAEN

No surprises among Spurs' starters: Parker, Green, Leonard, Duncan, Diaw. Heat start small: Cole, Wade, Allen, Battier, Bosh.

[mfanatic]

Anybody have a link? THANKS

[Juggity]

Anybody have a link? THANKS

check your PMs

[benefactor]

You can post links here during the preseason.

[Bruno]

You can post links here during the preseason.

Only for games that aren't nationally televised. This one is on NBA TV so don't post links, please.

[jiggy_55]

Wow, so Pop hinting final spot between Curry & Brown?

Seriously, Brown?

[benefactor]

Is NBATV even considered nationally televised? You can't even get it without paying for either League Pass or the sports package with Dish.

[AztecSpur]

can someone pm me with a link pls

[TimDunkem]

can someone pm me with a link pls

*cough*firstrow*cough*

[jyra]

Ah crap, Heat announcers on league pass..

[Manu-20]

Had no idea temple was on the heat.

[elemento]

Should be a great game even without Lebron

Let's see how SA plays against small-ball Miami

[TimDunkem]

Should be a great game even without Lebron

Let's see how SA plays against small-ball Miami
I predict a barrage of 3-pointers that does the Spurs in early.

[AztecSpur]

Stream not working on my tablet. I wanna see posts "KL SLAM"!!!!!

[TimDunkem]

Danny with a two-pointer!

[Juggity]

hell yeah, KL steal

[ace3g]

Green feeling it

[TimDunkem]

Danny with a three!

[justinandimcool]

Kawhi is clueless on the break :lol

Danny 33333333

[jestersmash]

I've paid for NBA TV but it's unavailable in my area (Austin). Usually this means the game is playing on FSSW or KBVO, but it's not on either channel. How are people from Austin watching the game?

[justinandimcool]

damn, terrible perimeter jumper under pressure and a bad foul on a pumpfake. Kawhi is trying sooooooo hard to be a standout. stay within the game.

[jestersmash]

Never mind, NBA TV is working again. Really irritating that they arbitrarily blacked it out, though.

[jiggy_55]

Leonarddddd jumper

[Juggity]

There's some good team play from Kawhi. Nice 3

[justinandimcool]

there you go Kawhi, great shot and great D on wade. then a lucky putback!


the ball movement is amazing.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I hope one day we have statues of Leonard and Curry at the AT&T Center.

[Juggity]

Norris Cole has the dumbest fuckin facial hair. It's terrible

[Manu-20]

great D by kawhi on wade so far.

[Juggity]

Great ball movement, that was a textbook play

[spursince#99]

we're doing well but it would've been hard as hell 2 beat These guys in The Finals

[justinandimcool]

dat ball movement, hngggggg

[ElNono]

Where's Tony's defense? Getting schooled by Norris Cole, seriously? smh

[spursince#99]

Where's Tony's defense? Getting schooled by Norris Cole, seriously? smh


you're dumb

[ElNono]

you're dumb

shut up faggot

[jyra]

Interesting lineup with Jax at the four and Manu at the three. I wonder which big will be the first of the bench.

[timtonymanu]

Terrible possessions there.

[Manu-20]

wth is tony doining out there

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Wow Parker

*face palm*

[ElNono]

Wake the fuck up Tony

[spursince#99]

shut up faggot


Get A life you Fucking punk

[justinandimcool]

now it's ugly, fire Pop.

[Juggity]

Out of rhythm.

[timtonymanu]

now it's ugly, fire Pop.

huh?

[Manu-20]

DE colo in

[hoopdreams11]

Tony looks like he was out all night in miani

[justinandimcool]

looks like Nando/Gary is the 1/2 combo....

[spursince#99]

S-JAX FUCKING SUCKS SLOW PIECE OF SHIT

[lefty]

lol Splitty

[Nathan89]

Are there penalties for flopping in preseason?

[ElNono]

there's no version of small ball that Pop doesn't like to match

[justinandimcool]

Manuuuuuu

[justinandimcool]

Garrett gonna go off for 50?

[lefty]

jjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaax

[justinandimcool]

defense is so bad.

[JRHernandez88]

Manu with HIS move on D wade. :worthy:

[ElNono]

dunk a fucking ball splitter

[justinandimcool]

impressive cut Tiago!

[spursince#99]

WTF?

[ElNono]

lol small ball... lol rebounding

[Juggity]

The Heat are a tough team. With Lebron playing, we would be hard pressed to win a game.

[spursince#99]

FUCKING TRADE S-JAX

[ElNono]

back to 30 point quarters... and without Lebron...

[Juggity]

FUCKING TRADE S-JAX

gtfo

[Nathan89]

FUCKING TRADE S-JAX

Shut up!

[timtonymanu]

Terrible defense. I'm still convinced we wouldn't have beaten Miami had we made the Finals last June.

[ElNono]

FUCKING TRADE S-JAX

goddamn you're stupid

[Manu-20]

I like how De colo played he was throwing some nice passes getting people open, I also thought Danny and Kawhi did a good job on wade when they were on him.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Hopefully we'll see Curry today....and not because the Spurs are down 20 :lol

[ElNono]

Pop matching the smallball epic fail

[ElNono]

oh well... this will be a scrubfest soon enough

[spursince#99]

CAN'T DRIBBLE, SLOW ASS RELEASE, TURNOVER PRONE, NO VISION, NO D, BUT YET HE WANTS TO SIT ON HIS ASS ALL OFFSEASON AND RAP? GTFO MAN HE HAS A VERY APPEALING CONTRACT THAT'LL NET US SOMETHING MUCH BETTER

[justinandimcool]

love that we get a shot of that snoozing bald guy instead of basketball...

[Manu-20]

About dam time you dunk splitter

[justinandimcool]

SPLITTER WITH AUTHORITY

[ElNono]

finally dunk by Splitter

[ElNono]

Garret Temple, former Spur

[GB20]

too many turnover for the spurs

[Manu-20]

GOd dam splitter

[Amuseddaysleeper]

What a move by Splitter!

[Juggity]

Damn, Splitter performing well

[spursince#99]

SPLITTER

[jiggy_55]

Nice Splitter!

[justinandimcool]

Pittman just Hakeemed Splitter :lol

good answer though :lol

[ElNono]

Manu with a quick step... we'll see how long it lasts

[spursince#99]

SPLITTER AGAIN

[Manu-20]

Dam splitter is going ham right now.

[timtonymanu]

I'm still trying to figure out where Bonner is in the rotation. This small ball lineup isn't making me less curious.

[DesertSpur50]

Love that Splitter is playing a little tougher. I hope it lasts.

[GB20]

tiago needs to dunk more

[jyra]

Nice to see him finish through contact.

[TE]

Splitter playing very well.

[Manufan909]

Splitter pulling a Curry. Speaking of which, I hope Curry gets at least 10 minutes this game.

[Juggity]

Love that Splitter is playing a little tougher. I hope it lasts.

He'll probably suffer a career ending papercut in the 3rd quarter

[DrSteffo]

Splitter still playing well..good to see

[szkorhetz]

fuck

[spursince#99]

De Colo and Manu on the court at the same time

[jestersmash]

'Of course this is the heir apparent to Manu Ginobili' (on Nando de Colo)

:lmao

[szkorhetz]

Nice move by kawhi, but....

[spursince#99]

That. Shot. Can't. Be. Blocked.

[Juggity]

Both teams shooting 60%

[ElNono]

lol Neal defense...

[justinandimcool]

keep the fucking ball moving Splitter

[ElNono]

we have nobody to rebound... it's really terrible

[spursince#99]

Dexter Pittman channeling his inner Magic Johnson

[spursince#99]

BOUT TIME

[Juggity]

There's curry

[justinandimcool]

nice to see Garrett is still terrible

and omg, the turnovers and passing is so bad with this unit

[Juggity]

yikes

[ElNono]

Miller can just shoot over Neal all night

[spursince#99]

we suck in perimeter D

[justinandimcool]

Curry! the savior!!

[ElNono]

:lmao defense

[Juggity]

lmao, what a joke

[spursince#99]

he lit us up last year

[justinandimcool]

Kawhi at PF, championship lineup.

[szkorhetz]

Our defense is the worst Spurs D, I have ever seen.

[ElNono]

Neal just can't play with that D

[Juggity]

Curry the only bright spot at the moment

[spursince#99]

Curry can't be held so just drop it down to him every possession

[Raven]

the defensive rotations are terrible right now...

[Manu-20]

I love neal as a shooter but the dude can not just get it done on defense.

[szkorhetz]

Are we still that high on Kawhi?

[dbestpro]

Neal has a way of making both teams look good. He can be so good with his shot and soooo bad on defense.

[hoopdreams11]

Whoever Neal is guarding scores

[spursince#99]

Kawhi already lost his touch?

[justinandimcool]

with this garbage midgetball lineup, no.

[Nathan89]

I just want Curry to go to work. Give it to him every time.

[spursince#99]

Dump it down to Curry every time please

[justinandimcool]

shit i forgot about CJ, let's go

[spursince#99]

FUCK NEAL

[timtonymanu]

Has Patty been fully healed yet? I would love to see him get some minutes.

[justinandimcool]

omg small ball is over...for now.

[Raven]

Are we still that high on Kawhi?

yes.

[Juggity]

Okay that was a nice pass by KL

[spursince#99]

Wade abusing us

[spursince#99]

where is Witherspoon?

[timtonymanu]

Are we still that high on Kawhi?

Yes. Seriously what is it with Spurfan that if a player suddenly goes through rough stretches that he's already considered trash?

Stop expecting TOO damn much and just let the kid play.

[ElNono]

smh Diaw boxout

[spursince#99]

wow lol

[szkorhetz]

Fucking Wade kills us?

[szkorhetz]

nice move KL!

[spursince#99]

Curry

[Juggity]

Hell yeah, Curry dunks it home

[ace3g]

Diaw to Curry

[szkorhetz]

Curry!!

[ElNono]

nother 30 point quarter

[lefty]

3 pointers all night for Mia

[timtonymanu]

Give the last spot to Curry. He's earned it.

[SPURSCHAMP]

CURRY hook

[Manu-20]

WTF box out.

[ElNono]

come on, boxout and grab a board

[lefty]

lolnard

[spursince#99]

our rotations are HORRIBLE

[jestersmash]

Miami looking very 2011-2012 Spurs like with some of these sets. Couple of great penetrations by Wade.

[jiggy_55]

This defense is awful.. Curry doing great again, I bet he's made the team at this point.

[dbestpro]

Leonard really not looking good either. Not boxing out on at least 3-4 plays in the last five minutes.

[ElNono]

:lol Spurs
:lol same offensive gimmicks
:lol small ball
:lol Pop
:lol taking defense seriously
:lol must improve on D

[justinandimcool]

Curry offensively, so good.


everyone defensively. so bad. credit to Wade though

[Arcadian]

Is anyone still opposed to us keeping Curry? I think we clearly need him. He gives us a big presence inside, and he actually dunks! Lol.

[spursince#99]

This Wade dude is good. He gives so little effort as he dismantles us piece by piece.

[ElNono]

Not even mad with Wade doing his thing... but Neal on Miller and Norris Cole schooling Tony is inexcusable, tbh

[spursince#99]

why is there spacing so good?

[Juggity]

holy shit, rebounding so weak

[ElNono]

dany is back

[Juggity]

Good end to the quarter though

[Nathan89]

Green with the preseason clutchness

[justinandimcool]

great finish there. CJ playing smarter than his fellow backups, tbh.

Green with his confidence back

[Raven]

good end of half.. horrible D however..

[spursince#99]

can ANYONE answer that? Why is there spacing so good compared to ours?

[dbestpro]

I like that Green looks like he is back to playing within himself. In other words, not trying to do too much.

[Manu-20]

That was a terrible half but the spurs can play much better if they just boxout they still can win this game.

[Ditty]

can ANYONE answer that? Why is there spacing so good compared to ours?

They have one of the best play makers in D Wade on the floor

[Manufan909]

can ANYONE answer that? Why is there spacing so good compared to ours?

Wade draws everyone in when he penetrates, and kicks it out to guys named Allen, Miller, and Battier. There's your answer.

[spursince#99]

Not even mad with Wade doing his thing... but Neal on Miller and Norris Cole schooling Tony is inexcusable, tbh


dude shut up that was so long ago, and the game was still close so it's not like he gave up the lead himself.

[dbestpro]

That was a terrible half but the spurs can play much better if they just boxout they still can win this game.

Pop has no interest in winning a road pre-season game.

[Raven]

can ANYONE answer that? Why is there spacing so good compared to ours?

we're basically playing people that do not play toghether a lot.. diaw+curry? too slow to defend jump shooters from middle distance, so the other 3 tend to play more inside leaving the perimeter empty, which is dumb tbh..

[TE]

can ANYONE answer that? Why is there spacing so good compared to ours?
It's the things that leads to spacing rather than the spacing itself that's the glaring problem. Things like matchups, and the fact that they have an aggressive attacking Wade are reasons # 1 and # 2

[ElNono]

:cry IM A GIANT FAGGOT :cry

lol

[justinandimcool]

yeah we weathered the Wade storm without the big 3 and with guys that dont play together

[Brazil]

Did someone tell Elnono that it is just a pre season game? :lol

[spursince#99]

our bigs aren't defending the perimeter. They're too lazy to go put a hand up.

[ElNono]

Pop has no interest in winning a road pre-season game.

pretty much... but if you're taking this as any kind of practice, the defense is a complete fail

[ElNono]

Did someone tell Elnono that it is just a pre season game? :lol

I'm in preseason mode too, tbh... season is just a week away

[Rito3d30]

Is the red rocket injuried or what

[Chomag]

Lets face it Pop has gone full Don Nelson. A game of good defence is just a bonus.

[spursince#99]

lol


go drown in the River Walk you clown

[ElNono]

Did someone tell Elnono that it is just a pre season game? :lol

tbh, should I go with my defense schtick or go back to the Tony schtick?

[ElNono]

go drown in the River Walk you clown

:cry

Try with caps, faggot, I can't hear you crofl

[spursince#99]

But S-Jax and Neal should be packaged in a trade for some baby wipes tbh

[Chomag]

Spurs game plan these days is just to make more shots then the opponents.

[spursince#99]

:cry

Try with caps, faggot, I can't hear you crofl


chill lil homie

[spursince#99]

Spurs game plan these days is just to make more shots then the opponents.


basically, tbh

[GB20]

i agree with el nono. our defense looks like the Phoenix suns defense

[Chomag]

I agree Spurs are going to have to make some trades the current roster is full of talent but lacks a ton of diversity.

[Brazil]

tbh, should I go with my defense schtick or go back to the Tony schtick?

Tbh you should keep your schticks for the season. Using them for pre season is a bit of a waste imho fwiw nevertheless I understand you need some conditioning before the season start but imho again you r ready to go

[spursince#99]

More effort on D. Less effort on O.

[spursince#99]

we need a couple of defensive stoppers; preferably wing players, but defense shouldn't be the only attribute they possess.

[AztecSpur]

streaming questions....do I have to accept the iLivid and Codec downloads it's telling me I need to get the feed?

[xellos88330]

Neal was getting abused tbh. He was easily the weakest link defensively. The Heat looked like they were actively passing the ball to whoever Neal was guarding, sitting back and waiting for the 2 or 3 pts.

Curry needs to step up his pick and roll defense. I can't complain about Curry's offensive presence though.

Overall it looks like the Spurs have to close out harder on the shooters. If your defense is going to give up points, it might as well be 2 and not 3.

[TE]

we need a couple of defensive stoppers; preferably wing players, but defense shouldn't be the only attribute they possess.

We can't have our cake and eat it too.


Calm down though, it's just preseason :lol

[GB20]

we need a couple of defensive stoppers; preferably wing players, but defense shouldn't be the only attribute they possess.
the spurs won four championships with defense

[spursince#99]

We can't have our cake and eat it too.


Calm down though, it's just preseason :lol


I guess I'm basically asking for a couple All-Stars huh? Lol

[spursince#99]

when Green is hot, he's HOT

[szkorhetz]

when Green is hot, he's HOT
Unfortunately it's not 2007 any more...

[Chomag]

Playing Defense is no fun. Scoring baskets is funball. Just ask the Suns how well "funball" has worked out for them.

[Juggity]

I don't think that really is spurs ball. Green threw it out

[Biggems]

I like the Heat announcers. Even though they are working for the Heat, they call a nice game....almost as if they were a national broadcast team. So far, they are the best opposing announce team I have listened to. Far and away better than the Suns, Celtics, Mavs, and Rockets. So far my only criticism of the team is that they didn't mention that Temple was a former Spur.....well maybe they did, but if so, I missed it.

[ace3g]

hopefully Parker is ok, everyone returned in the 2nd half, except for parker in the starting line up

[Raven]

decolo is sooooooo tournover prone...

[ElNono]

Tbh you should keep your schticks for the season. Using them for pre season is a bit of a waste imho fwiw nevertheless I understand you need some conditioning before the season start but imho again you r ready to go

:lol

[Chomag]

Damn, KL might want to forget this years pre-season and act like it never happned. lol

edit- that last play was nice though (watching a slow updated box score lol )

[loveforthegame]

Leonard attacking. Keep it up.

[spursince#99]

Bosh TOOOO little

[Juggity]

De Colo giving it up

[GB20]

hopefully Parker is ok, everyone returned in the 2nd half, except for parker in the starting line up
parker still drunk from last night party

[Chomag]

I need a good answer here.... Will someone tell me why Bonner is needed on this roster?

[justinandimcool]

DANNY IS A MONSTER.

[Juggity]

greeeeeeeeen

[Raven]

green kicking it...

[spursince#99]

Green >>> Ray Allen ..... And I'm talking about from 3

[ace3g]

green is in recycle mode

[ElNono]

defense picked up too

[Chomag]

KL stepping it up!!! Nice assist and block

[Manu-20]

dam green bad pass

[szkorhetz]

Green in regular season mode.

[Raven]

I need a good answer here.... Will someone tell me why Bonner is needed on this roster?

to force certain teams not to play two very bigs at the time..

[ElNono]

scratch that defense comment... :lol

[Manu-20]

I like the way the spurs started this quater so far.

[spursince#99]

so basically Bonner has his trade already in place

[Raven]

Green >>> Ray Allen ..... And I'm talking about from 3

not sure what you mean with that..

[spursince#99]

not sure what you mean with that..


If they had a 3 point shootout, Green would win basically.

[szkorhetz]

If they had a 3 point shootout, Green would win basically.
What about no?

[Chomag]

If they had a 3 point shootout, Green would win basically.

lol - no Geen is a pretty good shooter when hot though.

[spursince#99]

Leonard needs to stop