Game Thread: Spurs @ Jazz, 12/12/12

[TE]

tbh these fans are worse than the Thunder.

You can see the jizz on the court when the Jazz do something remotely positive.

[Splits]

Green 3 coming, same play we ran against the Lakers.

[TDfan2007]

Could've really used that jumper by Timmy. His outside shot has been off today for some reason, and on the other end Jefferson is hitting every outside shot he takes.

[Sean Cagney]

Manu three coming up

WELL HOPE HE MAKES ONE.

[spurraider21]

not the greatest shot but 2 for 1 is a good idea

[loveforthegame]

Seriously. wtf

[BanditHiro]

fuck

[Sean Cagney]

Game over we will lose this fucking damn game now. Watch.

[spurs1990]

OT game means no big 3 tomorrow I'd wager.

[LakerHater]

2 OT games for ESPN!??

[Mugen]

goddamnit

[DatBoyGood]

Oh god.

[SPIDER2311]

I love how pop takes out mills when he is hot

[Darius McCrary]

Everyone knew Mo Williams was going to chunk a brick in that situation. Spurs just couldn't get the rebound.

[BatManu20]

You know they're going to hit a game winner here. Spurs have no one to blame but themselves. Our role players decided not to show up tonight out side of Splitter.

[superjames1992]

WELL HOPE HE MAKES ONE.
He's already made two...

[TheSkeptic]

Need defense here...Man I miss our SF.

[wut]

not the greatest shot but 2 for 1 is a good idea

you meant 1 for 2 right?

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck. OT or loss but I'm leaning towards a make by Jefferson tbh

[TDfan2007]

Awesome. No rebound. I have NO idea why Tony switched that. Luckily Mo took an awful shot.

[loveforthegame]

That's the play Pop drew up??

[Floyd Pacquiao]

mo with the game winner tbh

[AussieFanKurt]

great

[Malik Hairston]

don't let Millsap shoot !!!

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Not winni g this shit.

[Texas_Ranger]

have a bad feeling about this one...

[TE]

Wow, Tony misses a shot he makes normally. The Jazz miss a shot, get an offensive rebound, and now have the last shot.

Yeah, expect a game winner here (i'm not even trying to jinx here).

[DAF86]

We take a quick shot so that Utah can get a 2 for 1. :tu

[wut]

I'd foul on purpose tbh.

[LakerHater]

Jazz win with free throws?

[Malik Hairston]

don't let Millsap shoot !!!

[wut]

Jazz win with free throws?
Since it would be unexpected as soon as they give it to a big foul...and play the odds for a final shot with under 4.

[Juggity]

u kidding me?

[WeNeedLength]

gross

[ace3g]

...

[spurraider21]

yikes

[HI-FI]

Kawhi please come back soon:cry

[Libri]

:wow

[TE]

lllllllllllllllllllllol

[BatManu20]

Did I call it or did I call it

[DatBoyGood]

LOL so bullshit

[TIMMYD!]

Fuck me. Fuck. Fuck.

[Splits]

Oh well.

[loveforthegame]

Fuck that!!

[timtonymanu]

Goddamnit.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

nooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOO

[TampaDude]

mo with the game winner tbh

^ this

[LakerHater]

mo with the game winner tbh
Fuckin called it!

[HI-FI]

crybaby Mo Williams of all people, smh

[Darius McCrary]

Even Shaq hit a FT every once in a while. Everyone knew Mo Williams would chunk it again. This time he made it.

It happens.

[TDMVPDPOY]

damn i love this pathetic spurs team, just fkn pathetic

[siraulo23]

great shot tbh

[Quiet Strength]

The main two I blame for the loss are blair and manu

[Texas_Ranger]

lol celebrating like they won something...

[Boomersgold]

WTF just happened? I fell asleep for 5 seconds, and wake up to see that the Jazz have won by 3?

[TE]

Wow, Tony misses a shot he makes normally. The Jazz miss a shot, get an offensive rebound, and now have the last shot.

Yeah, expect a game winner here (i'm not even trying to jinx here).
...

[Paranoid Pop]

LoL

[ElNono]

http://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/FUUUUU-2-psd81145.png

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

i cant believe that emo bitch beat us.

[Ice009]

Danny Green stinks. Lost us that game.

[Uriel]

The law of averages states we're bound to lose a close game eventually. Well, there you go.

[Brunodf]

Shit defense, 2 seconds on the clock and YOU DON'T CLOSE THE FUCKING DISTANCE??????????????

[loveforthegame]

What a deflating loss. Spurs shit the bed when it mattered.

[TheSkeptic]

On to the next I guess. Utah played hard. They're clearly better than they were last season.

[Juggity]

Good effort, win some/lose some.

[crc21209]

:lol Fluke ass shot by a fluke ass streaky shooter tbh.....

[HI-FI]

Blair is such a dumbfuck, he'll probably whine about his minutes after tonight

[Malik Hairston]

Shitty loss, poor execution down the stretch, fluke shot to lose though..

[davemaniscool]

Utah mugged their way to a win

[TampaDude]

Told y'all. Close loss. Gotta go full out tomorrow now.

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn mormons celebrating like they won the presidential election, fkn pathetic

[spursparker9]

this one on blair

[Darius McCrary]

Sucks losing on a game winner by Poor Man's Iverson. SMH. Lotta baby Mormons gonna be born in 9 months after this one.

[ElNono]

lol 2 for 1

[DAF86]

Nice game guys. I specially loved that part where we choked an 8pts lead with 4 minutes to go. :tu

[Boomersgold]

I blame Pop's weird rotations tonight. Randomly inserting Joseph...?

[Ice009]

that and 1 foul by Green cost us the game.

[TE]

oh well, one game.

On to the next one.

[Sean Cagney]

:lol Fluke ass shot by a fluke ass streaky shooter tbh.....

Who gives a shit

[timtonymanu]

Mo Williams is another player I fucking hate. If he's not turning into Kobe Bryant against us, he's hitting stupid game winners.

[spurraider21]

Blair logged 12 minutes and 2 seconds more time than we need him to play

[FkLA]

fucking mormons :pctoss

[wut]

Shit defense, 2 seconds on the clock and YOU DON'T CLOSE THE FUCKING DISTANCE??????????????

yeh I was thinking the same thing, why not make that shot harder.

[Bill_Brasky]

:lmao Jazz shooting a 3 with Williams on that last shot
:lmao streamers when the shot went in

[AussieFanKurt]

Shit turnovers in last few minutes lost the game

[TheSkeptic]

The main two I blame for the loss are blair and manu

Danny Green?

[Richie]

Horrible last shot but fair play to Mo for making it

Tony and Timmy both missed open Js down the stretch. Turnovers killed us and let them back in the game. Really poor final few minutes tbh.

[ThePop]

It's alright, 77-5 is still possible

[Salty]

18-5. Sucks to lose this way but it means nothing in the long run, not healthy to stress over one regular season loss.

[crc21209]

that and 1 foul by Green cost us the game.

Wasn't much of a foul tbh....

[TE]

Blair is such a dumbfuck, he'll probably whine about his minutes after tonight
tbh I hope he goes off on Twitter, and they cut his fat ass.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wasting duncans 20/20 game, fkn pathetic when no one turns up

[cd98]

Tough loss. Jazz one of the best at home and took them a miracle three to win. Spurs played a great game overall.

[spursparker9]

Ginobili with 8 points???

Is he gonna retired or not? don't be half ass

[superjames1992]

The main two I blame for the loss are blair and manu
LOL!

Yeah, Manu with 8 Pts, 6 Rebs, 5 Asts on only six shots.

Meanwhile, Neal hero balls it up going 2/9 from the field for five points, plays no defense, and he gets no blame? :lol

[capek]

well that sucked :(

[ColinB]

Congrats to the Jazz on their championship.

[wut]

I blame Pop's weird rotations tonight. Randomly inserting Joseph...?

or closing with Green despite how horribly he played tonight.

[TDMVPDPOY]

someone needs to expplain to me duncan 18pts first half, 3 pts 2nd half...fkn what happen to his touches...fkn stupid sht happen

[Brunodf]

This loss is on Pop for those shit rotations and playing DeColo/Manu/Neal together

[Darius Bieber]

I can see the Spurs lose all three of these National Televised games.

[Johnny RIngo]

Not as bad a loss as some are making it out to be. Jazz are a tough home team(only lost once in Utah) and Spurs made a few mistakes down the stretch that cost them tonight

[FromWayDowntown]

:cry Spurs should go 82-0 and anything else is absolutely unacceptable!

[Duncan2177]

Fucken fluke ass luck shot. :bang

[TE]

lol here comes ESPN with the top story being a Spurs loss

[spurraider21]

Utah now 9-1 at home. Tim had virtually no help most of the night. Gordon Hayward played a heck of a game

[TampaDude]

Told y'all this felt like a loss.

BTW, Spurs will lose at Portland and again back at home against the Celtics.

[spurraider21]

lol here comes ESPN with the top story being a Spurs loss
spurs too old tbh

[superjames1992]

Ginobili with 8 points???

Is he gonna retired or not? don't be half ass
It's amazing how people post stupid shit like this.

Ginobili is a streaky player. Remember game 4 of the 2007 Finals? What did he have? 3 points or something? It happens with him. At least he settles when he's sucking and doesn't hero ball it up like some players. He was only 2/6 tonight and still contributed in other ways with six rebounds, five assists (including that SUPERB pass to Stiffler), and good defense.

[TDMVPDPOY]

why didnt pop play splitter more, fkn diaw is like a black hole on the court very passive

[Ice009]

Is Danny Green even a good solid defender.

He makes plays on defense, but I don't know if I would call him a good defender.


Fucking TD played his heart out and these fuckers let him down again.

[timtonymanu]

I hate the Jazz crowd. I hate Mo Williams. I hate Randy Foye. This loss hurt...

But I won't lose sleep over it. The team fucked up, but Jazz are tough at home. We almost stole this game. Onto the next one. As much as Tim played tonight, Pop can't rest him against Portland. No need to drop that winnable game.

[TIMMYD!]

Actually, not really that mad. We just have to win next time

[dunkman]

The law of averages states we're bound to lose a close game eventually. Well, there you go.

[Uriel]

The worst part about this loss is that OKC is now ahead of us by virtue of a fluke game winner of their own.

[spurraider21]

why didnt pop play splitter more, fkn diaw is like a black hole on the court very passive
being passive is quite the opposite of being a black hole...

[td4mvp21]

So annoying considering the Spurs had this one in the bag and uncharacteristically choked down the stretch. That's why this loss is shitty as fuck. Oh, and they play in Portland tomorrow.

[davidbowie]

tbh I hope he goes off on Twitter, and they cut his fat ass.

blair's the man get off his dick!!!

[Truckules]

This game sold me on the fact that Blair must be traded. MUST

[timvp]

It sucks losing in Utah but overall I liked the effort in the second half. They needed one more shot to put them away late but didn't get it.

[superjames1992]

or closing with Green despite how horribly he played tonight.
Um, he didn't play horrible. WTF are you talking about? Should Pop have played Neal, who played horribly?

[Capt Bringdown]

We had some fun wins, so I guess we were due for an off-night painful loss.

[Thomas82]

wasting duncans 20/20 game, fkn pathetic when no one turns up

IKR.....I was praying they would pull it out for him.

[TampaDude]

It was that last rebound. Had the Spurs got it, it would've been Neal hitting that GW 3.

[TE]

blair's the man!!!
rofl, totally!

[Mugen]

Is Danny Green even a good solid defender.

He makes plays on defense, but I don't know if I would call him a good defender.


Fucking TD played his heart out and these fuckers let him down again.

Pretty good D on that last possession. Mo's just pretty clutch in December games.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

lol pretty much called it tbh....mormons gotta get lucky every once and a while tbh

[crc21209]

Told y'all this felt like a loss.

BTW, Spurs will lose at Portland and again back at home against the Celtics.

:lol Nah. Portland is always tough for the Spurs, but the Celtics aren't the same Celtics anymore. They don't have a bench and they had to go 2 OT's tonight to beat the lowly Mavs IN Boston....

[spurraider21]

even though this loss isn't on Blair its always nice to have a scapegoat. he didn't play any meaningful minutes, and we had an 8 point lead that we coughed up late. that wasn't on blair. either way, his effort tonight was disgusting

[superjames1992]

\Fucking TD played his heart out and these fuckers let him down again.
It would have helped if he would have made that wide open shot from the baseline with under a minute to go...

[Boomersgold]

Should've given Joseph's minutes to Patty, tbh. +8 with him, Ginobili and Splitter on the court.

[Sean Cagney]

So annoying considering the Spurs had this one in the bag and uncharacteristically choked down the stretch. That's why this loss is shitty as fuck. Oh, and they play in Portland tomorrow.

Spurs do this a few times a year, one loss that just makes you shake your head.

[TheSkeptic]

why didnt pop play splitter more, fkn diaw is like a black hole on the court very passive

I think Splitter should've gotten about half of Blair's minutes and that...*sigh* Bonner...should've gotten the other half of Blair's minutes. Pop needs to start someone else. Especially against teams with decent bigs.

[dunkman]

Utah is good at home, tbh.

[spurraider21]

I think Splitter should've gotten about half of Blair's minutes and that...*sigh* Bonner...should've gotten the other half of Blair's minutes. Pop needs to start someone else. Especially against teams with decent bigs.

[superjames1992]

It was that last rebound. Had the Spurs got it, it would've been Neal hitting that GW 3.
Yep, he was 2/9 in the game. That last shot surely would have went in. :lol

[timvp]

I don't get blaming Green on that last shot. A 2-for-8 Mo Williams shooting a long three-pointer over an outstretched defender is a shot I'll definitely live with considering how the Jazz were beasting in the paint.

[Mugen]

some real dumb plays by the roleplayers at the end. Green's foul and Diaw's turnover hurt.

Timmy having a big game is pretty much the same as Kobe puttin up 30. Usually leads to a loss for their team.

Well not as bad as Kobe :lol

[wut]

Spurs played a weak game tonight...mentally and physically, nothing to see here.

[ace3g]

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo) Mo Williams: 1st buzzer-beater for @Jazz (https://twitter.com/jazz) since Al Jefferson had one on March 9, 2011 against the Raptors.

[SPIDER2311]

gary neal is such a front runner

[timtonymanu]

:lol Nah. Portland is always tough for the Spurs, but the Celtics aren't the same Celtics anymore. They don't have a bench and they had to go 2 OT's tonight to beat the lowly Mavs IN Boston....

I would be surprised if Spurs lose to Portland. Their bench sucks. Batum is injured and won't be available to play one of his fluke games he always has against us. Matthews is also out. They're starting Sasha FUCKING Pavlovic.

[superjames1992]

I don't get blaming Green on that last shot. A 2-for-8 Mo Williams shooting a long three-pointer over an outstretched defender is a shot I'll definitely live with considering how the Jazz were beasting in the paint.
I agree. Mo just made an amazing shot. That one must have been from 27 feet out.

[spurraider21]

I don't get blaming Green on that last shot. A 2-for-8 Mo Williams shooting a long three-pointer over an outstretched defender is a shot I'll definitely live with considering how the Jazz were beasting in the paint.
I was actually glad they decided to iso their pg against Green. Green has historically done pretty decent, and the Jeremy Lin shot clock violation is still fresh in our mind. a pull up 26-27 footer is something we have to live with. millsap would have gotten a layup if he got the ball

[crc21209]

I hate the Jazz crowd. I hate Mo Williams. I hate Randy Foye. This loss hurt...

But I won't lose sleep over it. The team fucked up, but Jazz are tough at home. We almost stole this game. Onto the next one. As much as Tim played tonight, Pop can't rest him against Portland. No need to drop that winnable game.

+1. While Portland is always tough at home against the Spurs, the Blazers havent exactly been tearing up the nets lately. They set an NBA record going 0 for 20 from the three point line the other night...

[TE]

I don't get blaming Green on that last shot. A 2-for-8 Mo Williams shooting a long three-pointer over an outstretched defender is a shot I'll definitely live with considering how the Jazz were beasting in the paint.
Yeah, as much as Danny Green played like ass, there really isn't much you could ask for on that last possession. Mo hit a really tough shot.

[superjames1992]

I think Splitter should've gotten about half of Blair's minutes and that...*sigh* Bonner...should've gotten the other half of Blair's minutes. Pop needs to start someone else. Especially against teams with decent bigs.
Matt Bonner actually played pretty well.

I agree that Splitter should get more minutes. I think he should close out the games and not Diaw. Hopefully, we'll see that come playoffs time.

[FromWayDowntown]

I remember when Mehmet Okur hit that buzzer-beater in Utah to beat the Spurs in January 2005.

That pretty much ended the 2005 Spurs' chances to win anything.

[crc21209]

I would be surprised if Spurs lose to Portland. Their bench sucks. Batum is injured and won't be available to play one of his fluke games he always has against us. Matthews is also out. They're starting Sasha FUCKING Pavlovic.

Damn I didn't know that. So Batum AND Matthews are both going to be out?

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I remember when Mehmet Okur hit that buzzer-beater in Utah to beat the Spurs in Salt Lake City in January 2005.

That pretty much ended the 2005 Spurs' chances to win anything.
we should have blown the team up right then

[Splits]

This is a road-weary loss. Team has been on the road for so long, the Jazz were smart to push it up the floor hard every time and either score in transition or get good looks. Jefferson beasted and couldn't miss. Spurs have more road wins than most teams have overall wins. I think we'll be OK.

[crc21209]

I remember when Mehmet Okur hit that buzzer-beater in Utah to beat the Spurs in January 2005.

That pretty much ended the 2005 Spurs' chances to win anything.

:lol

[Richie]

some real dumb plays by the roleplayers at the end. Green's foul and Diaw's turnover hurt.

Timmy having a big game is pretty much the same as Kobe puttin up 30. Usually leads to a loss for their team.

Well not as bad as Kobe :lol

Foye missed the and-1 free throw, it made no difference whatsoever.

Parker and Duncan both missed open jumpers in the last minute, and Parker turned it over at the end 30 seconds before Diaw did.

Did you even watch the game?

[spurraider21]

I remember when Mehmet Okur hit that buzzer-beater in Utah to beat the Spurs in January 2005.

That pretty much ended the 2005 Spurs' chances to win anything.
i see what you did there

[LakerHater]

http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/AP_NBA/201212122255825425075-p2.jpg

[justinandimcool]

didn't even realize we play tomorrow on TNT. send the shitbags home, pathetic performance tonight.

[spurraider21]

http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/AP_NBA/201212122255825425075-p2.jpg
Gregg Popovich Dio

[TampaDude]

I remember when Mehmet Okur hit that buzzer-beater in Utah to beat the Spurs in January 2005.

That pretty much ended the 2005 Spurs' chances to win anything.

:lol

[Reck]

This game was not Winnable regardless.

The refs made it abundantly clear Utah had this.
timvp Show the mobile user some love. Damn near impossible to post on phone here. Smh

[Boomersgold]

I would be surprised if Spurs lose to Portland. Their bench sucks. Batum is injured and won't be available to play one of his fluke games he always has against us. Matthews is also out. They're starting Sasha FUCKING Pavlovic.

I wouldn't be surprised either. That Luke Babbitt is an absolute beast!

[dunkman]

The last error loses the game, same way as a hero shot wins a game.

[spurraider21]

Tim logs 33 minutes and we have a road game tomorrow night? Pop is facing a dilemma here.

[Mugen]

Foye missed the and-1 free throw, it made no difference whatsoever.

Parker and Duncan both missed open jumpers in the last minute, and Parker turned it over at the end 30 seconds before Diaw did.

Did you even watch the game?

Forgot about Foye missing the free throw. But you really gonna blame the loss on TP & Timmy? :lol

Don't get those knickers in a twist over a December game tbh.

[spurraider21]

Why must the Spurs save their terrible performances for nationally televised games? Clippers, Jazz, and no big 3 against Miami

edit: miami was an awesome performance, but still, no big 3.

[Brunodf]

Like i said, when Blair was injured the Spurs was playing like a Juggernout and finishing games in the 3rd, Blair comes back and the Spurs barely beat Harden-less Rockets and lose to Utah. Also Neal is playing too much.

[Sean Cagney]

Tim logs 33 minutes and we have a road game tomorrow night? Pop is facing a dilemma here.

Okay SIT TIM you lose tomorrow as well, I agree it is a bad situation.

[BatManu20]

Poop on Spurs

[crc21209]

Surprise, surprise...while the Spurs will be playing their 5th game in 7 nights tomorrow, the Blazers last played on Monday night. Awesome...:td But on a positive note the Blazers starting line-up as of late has been Lillard, Pavlovic, Claver, Hickson, and Aldridge. With Jeffries, Babbitt, Leonard, Smith, and Barton coming off the bench....

[TheSkeptic]

Matt Bonner actually played pretty well.

I agree that Splitter should get more minutes. I think he should close out the games and not Diaw. Hopefully, we'll see that come playoffs time.

BonBon most definitely played well. Has been for the last few games to be honest. The truth is I don't trust him.

Otoh Blair has the Spurs in a bind. When the team is tired like it was tonight, the last thing TD needs is to be babysitting Blair against a solid frontcourt. Blair's dead weight in the SL. He needs to come off the bench or not play at all.

Agreed on Splitter. Though if Tiago gets around 25-30/game I don't particularly mind Diaw closing depending on the match-ups.

[Darius Bieber]

Meltdown + Trade (Insert Bench Player Here) threads going to pop up by the dozens now.

[Richie]

Forgot about Foye missing the free throw. But you really gonna blame the loss on TP & Timmy? :lol

Don't get those knickers in a twist over a December game tbh.

I'm gutted but my panties aren't in a twist. I'm just not a fan of people blaming this all on the role players when Timmy and Tony didn't make the big plays at the end. Hell, the only person to hit a jumper in the last 4 minutes was Green.

Last 4 minutes we got outscored 14-3, Duncan missed a free throw, an open baseline jumper, Parker missed an open free throw line jumper, had a turnover as did Diaw and Green.

The whole team shit the bed in the last 4 minutes, not just Green is all I'm saying

[spurraider21]

Okay SIT TIM you lose tomorrow as well, I agree it is a bad situation.
Probably won't sit him, but minutes will be monitored more heavily than usual, and that could be bad news against Lamarcus

[TDMVPDPOY]

BonBon most definitely played well. Has been for the last few games to be honest. The truth is I don't trust him.

Otoh Blair has the Spurs in a bind. When the team is tired like it was tonight, the last thing TD needs is to be babysitting Blair against a solid frontcourt. Blair's dead weight in the SL. He needs to come off the bench or not play at all.

Agreed on Splitter. Though if Tiago gets around 25-30/game I don't particularly mind Diaw closing depending on the match-ups.

the problem with blair playin with the bench, same with the wanker gino and neal, they prefer the green light to shoot stupid shot selections and are turnover prone....

[crc21209]

:lol Thunder. I swear they've had a cupcake schedule for the past month or so. Other than the Grizzlies, everytime I see highlights they're playing weak ass teams...

[timtonymanu]

Damn I didn't know that. So Batum AND Matthews are both going to be out?

As far as i know. Who knows? The Spurs bench may play to their level or one of their scrubs like Babbitt scores a career high and beat us. Strange things have happened in that Blazer arena.

[TE]

:lol Thunder. I swear they've had a cupcake schedule for the past month or so. Other than the Grizzlies, everytime I see highlights they're playing weak ass teams...
It's all good, the remaining schedule will even out and this bullshit will sort itself out.

[Reck]

:lol Thunder. I swear they've had a cupcake schedule for the past month or so. Other than the Grizzlies, everytime I see highlights they're playing weak ass teams...

So have the Spurs imo.

[Mugen]

I'm gutted but my panties aren't in a twist. I'm just not a fan of people blaming this all on the role players when Timmy and Tony didn't make the big plays at the end. Hell, the only person to hit a jumper in the last 4 minutes was Green.

Last 4 minutes we got outscored 14-3, Duncan missed a free throw, an open baseline jumper, Parker missed an open free throw line jumper, had a turnover as did Diaw and Green.

The whole team shit the bed in the last 4 minutes, not just Green is all I'm saying

Definitely not putting the entire loss on Green. But there were a lot of missed assignments throughout the game that freed up his man for open looks.

Timmy carried the team the whole night so I'll give him a pass on a missed free throw and jumper tbh. Same thing with Tony IMO. Didn't end well but kept us in the whole time when Spurs should have been down big going into the 4th with the way they played in the 2nd and half of the third.

[Brunodf]

So have the Spurs imo.

The Spurs has one of the toughest schedules, stop trolling

[cd98]

At least Memphis lost.

[TampaDude]

How can the Jazz be so fucking good at home and so terrible on the road?

[crc21209]

So have the Spurs imo.

While that may be true, the Spurs have been on the road for about 3/4 of the first half of the season so far. Everytime I check, the Thunder are at home. As a matter of fact, if you want stats..the Thunder have played 8 of their last 12 games at home. The Spurs have played 9 of their last 12 games on the road...

[crc21209]

How can the Jazz be so fucking good at home and so terrible on the road?

They've been like that for the past 6-7 years or so...:lol

[TampaDude]

At least Memphis lost.

^ this

Don't care as much about OKC. Memphis is in our division. We need to stay ahead of them.

Thanks, Phoenix! :toast

[Boomersgold]

How'd you guys feel about Patty's 8 points in 6 minutes on 100% shooting? Not a bad spark off the bench, was it?

[TampaDude]

They've been like that for the past 6-7 years or so...:lol

That's what I'm saying. Even when Sloan was coaching, they were Jekyll and Hyde. Has anyone ever figured out why?

[Brunodf]

How can the Jazz be so fucking good at home and so terrible on the road?

Refs

[keywester]

mills shooting stats are getting better and better!!! too bad nando can't score like mills.

[timtonymanu]

How'd you guys feel about Patty's 8 points in 6 minutes on 100% shooting? Not a bad spark off the bench, was it?

He was a good part of how the Spurs made the comeback. Too bad they didn't get the win. But that's what I expect out of Patty. Now he needs to score 25+ points against his old team tomorrow so we can rest the Big 3 and still get the win.

[TampaDude]

Refs

Altitude.

[TDMVPDPOY]

do the utah jazz still tamper with the ball placing it in some freezer to make the ball heavier...

[timtonymanu]

Oh, and I thought the lockout season ended?

This schedule is terrible and so compacted right now.

[TampaDude]

While that may be true, the Spurs have been on the road for about 3/4 of the first half of the season so far. Everytime I check, the Thunder are at home. As a matter of fact, if you want stats..the Thunder have played 8 of their last 12 games at home. The Spurs have played 9 of their last 12 games on the road...

Just means the Spurs will be at home more in the second half. Good.

[Budkin]

That was a shitty fucking loss... we had an 8 pt lead with 4+ minutes left. Agggh

[Reck]

While that may be true, the Spurs have been on the road for about 3/4 of the first half of the season so far. Everytime I check, the Thunder are at home. As a matter of fact, if you want stats..the Thunder have played 8 of their last 12 games at home. The Spurs have played 9 of their last 12 games on the road...

True but Spurs resiliency and focus on the road have made that stat somewhat irrelevant.

Like someone else said, it will even out eventually.

Just took a look at the Spurs schedule and they basically will be home the entire month of March. Basically they bunched up all their homestand games in a month. IMO it will end up benefiting them at the end.

[Sean Cagney]

That was a shitty fucking loss... we had an 8 pt lead with 4+ minutes left. Agggh

Oh yeah tell me about it lol and thanks for reminding me again :( That was a choke, period the Spurs turned to the SPARES and blew that game. They had it. They played bad most of the night and still should have won, they blew it.

[TampaDude]

The Grizz lost to PHX and the Heat lost AT HOME to Golden State, so things aren't so bad.

[Sean Cagney]

True but Spurs resiliency and focus on the road have made that stat somewhat irrelevant.

Like someone else said, it will even out eventually.

Just took a look at the Spurs schedule and they basically will be home the entire month of March. Basically they bunched up all their homestand games in a month. IMO it will end up benefiting them at the end.

Yep, thats a big positive!

[Bruno]

I hate how Pop is managing the bench/role players this year. After 23 games played, he is still playing the mad scientist and changing his rotation each quarter.

If you want to develop a player, you had to stick with him when he is struggling and let him figure it out. It's hard for a player to grow and start being consistent if his role/playing time is always changing.

Off course, injuries haven't helped to settle a rotation, but it's more than the time for Pop to make choices. He has a make a commitment to some players. It might cost few wins now but it will pay dividends in the playoffs when it really matters.

[crc21209]

do the utah jazz still tamper with the ball placing it in some freezer to make the ball heavier...

Sean did say during the telecast that at shoot around he was messing with all the balls available on the rack and they were all rock hard....

[TDMVPDPOY]

someone needs to explain to me why the fkn oxymorons on the team always go away from the hot hand?

splitter had like 3-4 good continuous possessions and pop either yanks him to the bench or some fkn oxymoron stop feeding him the ball....

[99 Problems]

Did Golden State have authority to beat the Heat?

[Brunodf]

someone needs to explain to me why the fkn oxymorons on the team always go away from the hot hand?

splitter had like 3-4 good continuous possessions and pop either yanks him to the bench or some fkn oxymoron stop feeding him the ball....

He was wide open multiple times, but this is no surprise, they always ignore Splitter. The only one that used to pass was Nando and now he is turning into another Neal...

[polandprzem]

I hate how Pop is managing the bench/role players this year. After 23 games played, he is still playing the mad scientist and changing his rotation each quarter.

If you want to develop a player, you had to stick with him when he is struggling and let him figure it out. It's hard for a player to grow and start being consistent if his role/playing time is always changing.

Off course, injuries haven't helped to settle a rotation, but it's more than the time for Pop to make choices. He has a make a commitment to some players. It might cost few wins now but it will pay dividends in the playoffs when it really matters.

It's still time IMO

I also do not like that Pop is so not consistent with the rotations. It's never good. Player should know how many minutes he is gonna play and what his role is and that he can make mistakes and still go forward.
Let's see how it's gonna be looking in january.

[polandprzem]

Btw.

In Utah it always was something about the crowd balls and baskets.

[Ice009]

It would have helped if he would have made that wide open shot from the baseline with under a minute to go...

Tim Duncan is 36 and he had a magnificent game against a team with 4 good big men. Fans expecting anymore from than that from TD is a joke.

Blair, Bonner, Diaw are the ones that needed to step up and they didn't do shit, they're bordering on useless and I have had enough of them not helping TD out on a consistent basis. Blaming Tim for missing that jumper is total crap after everything else he did in the game for the Spurs.

[TampaDude]

Tim Duncan is 36 and he had a magnificent game against a team with 4 good big men. Fans expecting anymore from than that from TD is a joke.

Blair, Bonner, Diaw are the ones that needed to step up and they didn't do shit, they're bordering on useless and I have had enough of them not helping TD out on a consistent basis. Blaming Tim for missing that jumper is total crap after everything else he did in the game for the Spurs.

Which reminds me...how is it that we see all these other teams with big after big, and we can't seem to get anyone to help Timmy out?

Is it just a $$$ issue?

[elemento]

I hate Dejuan Blair starting. He is such a weak link in the starting lineup.

[TampaDude]

Well, we get the Jazz at home in March. I can't wait to blow them off the floor. 3/22/2013 circled on the calendar.

[Ice009]

Which reminds me...how is it that we see all these other teams with big after big, and we can't seem to get anyone to help Timmy out?

Is it just a $$$ issue?

It's a money thing. Bigs are overpaid and we have Tim Duncan, who in comparison, makes most other bigs look like crap.

The Spurs have to overpay to get someone here, but once you've had D-Rob and Tim Duncan you don't really want to pay any of the scrubs out there their asking price.

For example, I would not pay anywhere near 15 million for Tyson Chandler. Someone like that would probably put us over the top, but after having Tim Duncan, there is no way you'd want to pay even someone like Chandler 15 million. The other issue is he probably wouldn't want to come here even if we were offering the same amount of money as another team, he'd probably choose the other team pretty much every time if they were in a bigger market.

Spurs are in a pretty shit position. Their best bet is taking a gamble on someone. They should have taken a gamble on Blatche. It really sucks if they were the ones that passed up on him and it wasn't Blatche himself that didn't want to come here. Greg Oden is someone else the Spurs should take a look at if/when he makes a comeback attempt. They had the right idea with Curry, but they should have done that with Blatche instead. Oden is someone with a massive reward, they should definitely keep an eye on him.

It really stinks that TD has to carry most of the load himself still.

[TampaDude]

It's a money thing. Bigs are overpaid and we have Tim Duncan, who in comparison, makes most other bigs look like crap.

The Spurs have to overpay to get someone here, but once you've had D-Rob and Tim Duncan you don't really want to pay any of the scrubs out there their asking price.

For example, I would not pay anywhere near 15 million for Tyson Chandler. Someone like that would probably put us over the top, but after having Tim Duncan, there is no way you'd want to pay even someone like Chandler 15 million. The other issue is he probably wouldn't want to come here even if we were offering the same amount of money as another team, he'd probably choose the other team pretty much every time if they were in a bigger market.

Spurs are in a pretty shit position. Their best bet is taking a gamble on someone. They should have taken a gamble on Blatche. It really sucks if they were the ones that passed up on him and it wasn't Blatche himself that didn't want to come here. Greg Oden is someone else the Spurs should take a look at if/when he makes a comeback attempt. They had the right idea with Curry, but they should have done that with Blatche instead. Oden is someone with a massive reward, they should definitely keep an eye on him.

It really stinks that TD has to carry most of the load himself still.

Just one more run to a championship, that's all I ask. Duncan can retire and I'll be okay with Spurs mediocrity for a few years. Just want #5 for Timmy.

[TDMVPDPOY]

theres still fkn birdman, kmart or eddy curry

i dont give a shit if eddy is shit at defense, his still a fkn 7ft big taking up space and u still have to try and score over his head...as for blair lmao jump over him

[Bruno]

It's still time IMO

I also do not like that Pop is so not consistent with the rotations. It's never good. Player should know how many minutes he is gonna play and what his role is and that he can make mistakes and still go forward.
Let's see how it's gonna be looking in january.

Yep, let's hope he will find his rotation in January. I just find he is spending (wasting?) a lot of time doing so. It would have been better to have 82 games to work on the rotation than about 50 games.

In additions to injury, what isn't helping Pop is that Spurs' roster is strangely build with a logjam of guards and not a lot of depth in the frontcourt. It isn't an excuse for Pop, since, as a big part of the FO, he is a reason of this weird and unbalanced roster.

[polandprzem]

Yep, let's hope he will find his rotation in January. I just find he is spending (wasting?) a lot of time doing so. It would have been better to have 82 games to work on the rotation than about 50 games.

In additions to injury, what isn't helping Pop is that Spurs' roster is strangely build with a logjam of guards and not a lot of depth in the frontcourt. It isn't an excuse for Pop, since, as a big part of the FO, he is a reason of this weird and unbalanced roster.

It depends
82 games it's a lot and the spurs core knows how to play basketball. The problem is with the rest of the guys - those who are not a big3 :)

It's tough to have such strange roster where everybody can contribute. Especially the worst IMO is to find a space for Mills and Neal. De Colo probably will not get a chance to play in the playoffs. All in all Pop will hve to pair Ginobili as a playmaker with one of this two man.


Frontcourt is getting worse and worse. Bonner is who he is, Blair is fading and it seems like Diaw as well. That's not good prognostic for the rest of the season. I hope Diaw will level his game up. And let's hope Splitt will progress as he does.



All in all the situation cannot stay for a whole season, because again in the PO where the rotations are shorter spurs needs to have stable 8-man rotation.

[crc21209]

I find it hilarious that this game led off SportsCenter last night. What a joke. If the Spurs had won there's no way they lead SportsCenter...