Game Thread: Spurs @ Clippers: Nov 7, 2012 @ 9:30 PM CST

[Mugen]

lol DeAndre

[timvp]

Patty Mills left his game somewhere between London and Australia .......

[Clipper Nation]

Wow, Monkeyball is having the absolute game of his life, tbh...

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Free De Colo give him the ball!
Spurs need to address the big man problem.

[ElNono]

getting spanked, tbh... burn the tape

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol padding stats against the bench,

[dbestpro]

Blair is just useless.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

lmao @ del negro playing his starters in garbage time

[rasho8]

Best part is the Clippers had to put their starters back in to stop our bench.

[timtonymanu]

Damn it. Patty continues to struggle.

[LakerHater]

Knicks the only undefeated NBA team!

[timvp]

Was Jordan's shot outside of the lane? If so, first time since 2010-11, tbh.

[emanueldavidginobili]

God Damn I love Jax he had Manu back in a heart beat.

[Mugen]

DeJuan showcasing his game for the Toros

[Darius Bieber]

Lol guys the Clippers still suck, the Spurs would still sweep them in the Playoffs. They just made some lucky ass long ranged shots. If those weren't made, Spurs would be cruising to a victory now. No need for a meltdown.

[siraulo23]

Was Jordan's shot outside of the lane? If so, first time since 2010-11, tbh.

he hit a long jumper vs spurs in the POs

[maverick1948]

Sad display of substitution. Will come back to haunt the Clips later on. Not wishing injury on any player but this is when it happens more often than not.

[Mugen]

lol vinny having the starters out there.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

None of our guys can make any shots. Also we have a lot of options for back up point guard. Hopefully we explore options other than Gary Neal early in the season.

[Manu-20]

Lol this game spurs played one of the worst games I've seen them play in years guess when the clipps treat this game as if it were game 1 of the playoffs they deserve the win with fluckey shots,mokeyball and all solid win clipper nation.

[SpurSwag]

i fuckin hate when teams leave their stars in...you're up 23 with 5 minutes left, you should have some confidence that you can hold on to that

[Clipper Nation]

Clippers continuing to treat this like a playoff game. Carry on, still doesn't amount to shit :lmao

Tbh, them Spurs are tenacious regular-season warriors, so the Clips needed to bring their A-game tonight...

[TE]

Lol still having the starters in.

[Uriel]

Hmmmm, I think you are confusing correlation and causation... :lmao
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Yes we get to see 5 more minutes of De Colo.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stifler vs sherminator hahahaha fkn sad

[dbestpro]

Not really impressed by Clippers. Don't see them handling an engaged Spurs team.

[ElNono]

This is CIA Pop giving the Clippers more advantage from the Lakers for seeding purposes down the road...

[Clipper Nation]

One point away from the Law, sons...

[Libri]

lol vinny having the starters out there.

He was worried Bonner might get hot. hehe

[timtonymanu]

rofl the Clippers are just begging for a D-Rose type injury to happen.

[LakerHater]

No Delay??

[Uriel]

I expected the Spurs to lose this game at the onset. It was pretty obvious the Spurs were due for a loss, and the Clippers a win.

But still. The manner in which they did it -- coming out flat and playing with no energy -- is simply inexcusable.

[Richie]

De Colos passing is out of this world

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Patty Mills left his game somewhere between London and Australia .......

Didn't he ever... :depressed

I was sure he'd be a great backup PG for us this year, but he's been terrible.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol blair gettin run over on a alley, fck that small turd

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Patty Mills left his game somewhere between London and Australia .......

Didn't he ever... :depressed

I was sure he'd be a great backup PG for us this year, but he's been terrible.

[TE]

Lol odom

[crc21209]

The Clippers are a team full of fake ass flopping thugs. First off, Jordan fouled the shit out of Blair and then stared him down, should've been a foul and a tech for taunting. And then, CP3 flops his ass off and gets the call. And Jack gets a tech for what? Coming to Manu's aid after monkey baller Griffin came and got in Manu's face? What a load of shit. Jack got that tech soley based on his reputation in the past...

[dbestpro]

Blair's engine is on cruise control too much of the time for a guy who is suppose to bring energy to the team.

[Flawless]

Gotta give props to the Clippers. Hopefully the Spurs learn from this and play better next time...

[Ice009]

Give Bledsoe 32mins a night and he'd be considered a top 10 PG. Seriously. Awesome player at both ends.

He's not even a PG, so how can you put him in the top 10 if given those minutes. He's more of a 2 guard than a 1.

[spurs1990]

when do we play these assholes again? Want vengeance

[BatManu20]

DeColo isn't ready for the NBA. At least not anything more than scrub minutes. Good passer, but he looks lost out there.

[timvp]

Mills needs to just keep shooting. He's not a pick-and-roll player.

[DapDaGenius]

So we got destroyed? :depressed

[Mugen]

GG Clippers, hope you win the division.

[TE]

when do we play these assholes again? Want vengeance
Nov 19

[dbestpro]

Gotta give props to the Clippers. Hopefully the Spurs learn from this and play better next time...

Nothing to learn. When it matters most the Spurs got their number.

[crc21209]

The Clippers will come back down to mediocrity tomorrow night and lose at Portland.....

[TE]

Home game, too

[ElNono]

trade Bonner!

[timvp]

It's always difficult to beat the best team in LA, tbh.

[timtonymanu]

The whole team pretty much sucked but still Bonner pissed me off the most. :lol

[crc21209]

I can't stand listening to Breen and Van Gundy. Breen creams his pants everytime theres a dunk, as if he's never seen one in his life...

[timvp]

Mills running a pick-and-roll = :depressed

[dbestpro]

DeColo isn't ready for the NBA. At least not anything more than scrub minutes. Good passer, but he looks lost out there.

So does Blair and Bonner, but that hasn't stopped them from getting minutes.

[HI-FI]

monkeyballers have been chimpin to the max tbh

[CitizenDwayne]

Clippers winning with class, as usual.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

He's not even a PG, so how can you put him in the top 10 if given those minutes. He's more of a 2 guard than a 1.

How much of him have you watched? I've been following him closely since he came into the NBA.

He came in as a 2 but he's learned to play PG very well. This year he seems to have left the steep learning curve phase of his NBA journey and is now comfortable with the pace.

Let's call him a combo, but he's definitely pretty good at running the point now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

He's not even a PG, so how can you put him in the top 10 if given those minutes. He's more of a 2 guard than a 1.

How much of him have you watched? I've been following him closely since he came into the NBA.

He came in as a 2 but he's learned to play PG very well. This year he seems to have left the steep learning curve phase of his NBA journey and is now comfortable with the pace.

Let's call him a combo, but he's definitely pretty good at running the point now.

[TE]

lol patty mills's passing ability is atrocious

[spurs1990]

seriously lobs up 30 with 2 minutes left???

[Richie]

20 Turnovers. Pathetic tbh

[ElNono]

Sit back and enjoy the Monkeyball show, tbh

[Mav-elous Man]

Lol!!! Spurs getting punked and Manu crying and getting chippy when things don't go his way. Cry-baby Spurs.

[Darius Bieber]

Clippers winning with class, as usual.

They are a young team. They can't handle how to win and can't handle how they lose. They react quickly, as we can see with the Ginobili/Jackson incident.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Eww whats with that shot

[TE]

Who gets the lowest grade for this game, timvp?

[timvp]

Who gets the lowest grade for this game, timvp?

Quite a few candidates, unfortch.

[dbestpro]

TP with blood shot eyes. Hmmm.

[timvp]

Just keeping shooting Patty. Do you, tbh.

[Malik Hairston]

Bledsoe is shooting 25% from 16-23 feet and he still can't shoot 3s..

:lol I have no idea what RuffnReady is questioning, tbh..

Bledsoe still can't shoot, it's a fact..his ceiling is a high-end role player..

[timvp]

First De Colo shot with good rotation :tu

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Yessss!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Noooooooo

[timtonymanu]

Jesus Clipper bench. Show some composure.

[Mugen]

lol that pretty much shows the difference between the two teams

[ElNono]

welcome to the NBA de Colo

[dbestpro]

Grant Hill not impressed. He knows punking comes with risks.

[Darius Bieber]

Jesus Clipper bench. Show some composure.

They can't help themselves, they won't see another Win against the Spurs, they need to have fun while it lasts.

[LakerHater]

DeAndrea Jordan: "What the Fuck"!

[TE]

Burn the tape.

[BatManu20]

"WHAT THE FUCK!!" -Deandre Jordna's close up LOL

[timtonymanu]

rofl who was that guy feeling up Jordan?

[crc21209]

Shit like that is why the Clippers won't ever win shit. Crawford going between Nando's legs with 30 secs left in the game? And their bench going crazy...:lol Calm down faggots...

[Clipper Nation]

Jesus Clipper bench. Show some composure.

Tbh, the Spurs have ALWAYS owned us, so it's expected that the young scros would be celebrating a rare win over them...

[capek]

Spurs continue on with their fetish for giving shitty teams hope tbh

[Mugen]

Tbh, the Spurs have ALWAYS owned us, so it's expected that the young scros would be celebrating a rare win over them...

gg scro. At least we didnt lose to the fucking Jazz :lol

[timtonymanu]

Tbh, the Spurs have ALWAYS owned us, so it's expected that the young scros would be celebrating a rare win over them...

Sons congrats on the win.

[timvp]

Hope I'm wrong, but this has all the makings of a loss. The Clippers will be looking for revenge and have probably had this game circled on their calendar since the start of training camp. The Spurs have been winning but in the last two games there were stretches where they got away with simply going through the motions. Besides, this regular season winning streak can't last forever.

I expect the Clippers to win and then at least a half dozen meltdown threads -- with a couple of them being how the Spurs need to trade Bonner.

Time for meltdowns.




P.S.

I hate being right sometimes.




P.P.S.

Pop is the happiest man in L.A. right now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bledsoe is shooting 25% from 16-23 feet and he still can't shoot 3s..

:lol I have no idea what RuffnReady is questioning, tbh..

Bledsoe still can't shoot, it's a fact..his ceiling is a high-end role player..

TP couldn't shoot when he came into the league either. Bledsoe's shot is improving.

With Bledsoe's superb D and ability to penetrate, improved passing, he could be like Lowry in a couple of seasons. Lowry looked poor for his first 4-5 years in the NBA, Bledsoe looks much better in his 3rd season than Lowry did.

Oh, and it's not "fact", it's conjecture from both of us.

[Clipper Nation]

gg scro. At least we didnt lose to the fucking Jazz :lol

:lol Lakers 1-4

GG Spurs, non-issue, still 4-1, et al.

[PingPong]

gg scro. At least we didnt lose to the fucking Jazz :lol

And Cavaliers...

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

De Colo has to get up in Crawfords face after that play...

[TampaDude]

Well, the unbeaten streak had to end sooner or later...and 4-1 is better than 1-4. :lol

Still gonna be a Spurs-Heat Finals. :lobt2:

[TampaDude]

Hmmmm, I think you are confusing correlation and causation... :lmao

Heh...if I could really control games like that, I'd be a billionaire.

[TD 21]

Time for meltdowns.




P.S.

I hate being right sometimes.




P.P.S.

Pop is the happiest man in L.A. right now.

I saw it coming too; I just didn't have time to post earlier.

I'm not going to go nuts over it and get carried away, but I will say this: Rebounding is quickly becoming a major issue.

[LakerHater]

Welp, there goes 82-0

[Ice009]

How much of him have you watched? I've been following him closely since he came into the NBA.

He came in as a 2 but he's learned to play PG very well. This year he seems to have left the steep learning curve phase of his NBA journey and is now comfortable with the pace.

Let's call him a combo, but he's definitely pretty good at running the point now.

I've hardly watched him at all, but from what I have seen, he doesn't look like much of a PG on offense.

[spurs10]

Boards............................................ .

[capek]

I saw it coming too; I just didn't have time to post earlier.

I'm not going to go nuts over it and get carried away, but I will say this: Rebounding is quickly becoming a major issue.

The Clippers did to us what we did to OKC a few nights ago. Simple payback. Anyone with half a brain saw this one coming, so you guys can drop the whole Kreskin act. I mean, you nailed it in your "major issue" comment(fucking lifeless sarcasm if that was meant ironically), but have you not visited the forum in the last 3 months? Why do you think the entire first page is covered in threads bitching about the Spurs failure to pick up a long, defensive, rebounding 4? Teams like the Clips, with a lot of quick, athletic bigs are going to roast us alive on the boards whenever Duncan is out of the game. Every other big we have is fucking soft as shit on the boards. We reap what we sow.

[Stabula]

Pop is the happiest man in L.A. right now.

[Kidd K]

Looks like backup PG is a big hole right now. :\

[silverblk mystix]

Why would anyone be worried about the Clippers, a team the Spurs swept out of the playoffs in one of the most lopsided playoff series ever? This happened about 6 months ago, and neither team has changed much. The only logical conclusion is that the Spurs are still the superior team and are expected to win every time they face each other.

Now, it goes without saying that "If X has a huge letdown, then X will lose the game." You can substitute any team from any place from any time in that sentence and it works. It's based on circular reasoning, because having a letdown by definition predisposes one to losing a contest. So we really don't need to include this in our predictions or analysis. It can be assumed a priori.


Genius.

[silverblk mystix]

Judging by that beatdown the clips administered to the lakers-this will be a tough one to win. Hope I am wrong but the clips look pretty damn good and as deep if not deeper than a deep spurs team.


I'm not the kind of guy that would say I told you so....but

[Fireball]

Wow, I just watched the game ... have the Spurs ever looked that bad last season? Hopefully everybody is even more down to earth now and the Spurs just had a bad night ...

[jestersmash]

Wow, I just watched the game ... have the Spurs ever looked that bad last season? Hopefully everybody is even more down to earth now and the Spurs just had a bad night ...

Plenty of times, and they'll look this bad (or worse) plenty of times this season as well. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. We aren't going to shoot 50% from the field, 40% from 3, and 85%+ from the free throw line for 105+ points every single game.

[ColinB]

Stephen Jackson: "That was a pvssy ass flop"




:lmao

Did he say this? Was it audible on TV? Missed it and can't find it on the recording.

[Clipper Nation]

Why would anyone be worried about the Clippers, a team the Spurs swept out of the playoffs in one of the most lopsided playoff series ever? This happened about 6 months ago, and neither team has changed much.
Wrong, the Clippers are a lot deeper and more balanced this year than they were last year...

[TD 21]

The Clippers did to us what we did to OKC a few nights ago. Simple payback.

You're not too bright, are you?

The Spurs beat the Thunder on a buzzer beater; the Clippers blew the Spurs out.


Teams like the Clips, with a lot of quick, athletic bigs are going to roast us alive on the boards whenever Duncan is out of the game

En route to sweeping the Clippers last season, the Spurs out rebounded them by 4.25/game, despite the fact that Duncan was "out of the game" for 14 mpg on average.

The Spurs led the league in defensive rebounding percentage last season and were tied for sixth in rebound rate. This season, they're tied for fifteenth in the former and they're twenty-eighth in the latter. So don't act like this is a longstanding issue.

The problem is not that
Every other big we have is fucking soft as shit on the boards. because Splitter is a decent rebounder and Blair appears to be trending towards better than decent again. The problem is, Leonard, Diaw, Bonner and Green are well below their rate of last season, while only Blair is well above his. To compound matters, Leonard, Diaw and Green are playing significantly more than they did last season.

[TampaDude]

Payback is coming...11/19 at the T. Book it.

[Sean Cagney]

Looks like backup PG is a big hole right now. :\

YEP and some IDIOT on another board tried to tell me Neal would be the backup PG this year and he worked on it in the offseason alot lol. Good lord some of our fans.

[ace3g]

looks like Spurs need to try more Green/Leonard on CP3, Clippers lost momentum tonight when Blazers but Batum on him

[Kidd K]

YEP and some IDIOT on another board tried to tell me Neal would be the backup PG this year and he worked on it in the offseason alot lol. Good lord some of our fans.

lol, they said that last year too. . .and nothing changed. We have a bunch of quick guys, but none of them can run an offense besides Parker. They can all shoot, but that's pretty much their main skill. Mills seems to have the most potential imo on both ends of the floor, but they don't play him too much. Probably a reason for that.