Game Thread: Spurs vs. Mavericks - Dec. 23 @ 6 PM CST

[Boomersgold]

Patty Mills > Gary Neal

[carina_gino20]

sweet pass

[Uriel]

Nando :wow

[Uriel]

I want Matt Bonner! :hungry:

[polandprzem]

best creative guard duo in the NBA

[loveforthegame]

NDC makes passes you have to see to believe.

[Boomersgold]

Awesome pass by De Colo.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard with 5 steals. Nothing new.

[Paranoid Pop]

The inside scoring with Manu and De Colo is amazing.

[Cry Havoc]

Only 24+ minutes for one player tonight. Bodes well for the coming games.

[Manu-20]

De Colo dropping dimes on them mavs.

[Spurs Brazil]

Pop make me happy; Up 70505 and still no Bonner :lol

[Darkwaters]

That was a sweet pass by Nando

[Cry Havoc]

NDC makes passes you have to see to believe.

Manu's are still the best, IMO. Dude makes passes I've never seen before.

[HI-FI]

so funny that some on here were saying Nando would be a bust.

[timvp]

Pop make me happy; Up 70505 and still no Bonner :lol

:lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

knew it, bonner time

[Capt Bringdown]

Blair's been practicing some unnecessary pump fakes for just this occasion.

[Boomersgold]

so funny that some on here were saying Nando would be a bust.

You can't exactly be a bust when you're a second rounder.

[Brazil]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

[timvp]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

Hell no. FTM.

[TDMVPDPOY]

patty mills using up his fouls, nothing to see here...

[Cry Havoc]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

Well, stop it. They're still the Mavs.

[foodie2]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

NEVER feel bad for the Mavs. I do kind of feel bad for Blair and Bonner.

[loveforthegame]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

Not me. F them.

[loveforthegame]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

Not me. F them.

[Cry Havoc]

Leonard's trey was silky there. Mmmm.

[foodie2]

I have a new favorite player--Kawhi.

[TDMVPDPOY]

bonner already 2 rebs, more than blair

[timvp]

Blair went up to jump on his floater and couldn't even get off the ground :depressed

[Captivus]

I almost feel bad for the mavs

I do...shame they couldnt keep Chandler and Barea. Amazing how the champs disappeared.
I feel bad for Dirk.
Collison is a very good PG, underrated IMO when he was in IND.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard is my favorite player. Crazy considering who else is on the team.

[Libri]

Blair, the once celebrated beast, has now been relegated to 40 point garbage time.

[HI-FI]

Leonard is my favorite player. Crazy considering who else is on the team.

second favorite. Timmy is still first for me, the tried and true. Gino is third.

[Raven]

I do...shame they couldnt keep Chandler and Barea. Amazing how the champs disappeared.
I feel bad for Dirk.
Collison is a very good PG, underrated IMO when he was in IND.

they actually could, they just decided not to.

[benstanfield]

Blair is just gonna throw up shots whenever he touches the ball. You can tell this guy doesn't give two shits about the Spurs.

[Uriel]

How did Rodrigue Beaubois go from potential all-star to bench warmer?

[TheSkeptic]

When he's fed by great playmkers he can indeed.

I guess backhanded compliments are a sign of progress. :lol

Now that Leonard's back I want a rematch against Denver.

[Libri]

Blair went up to jump on his floater and couldn't even get off the ground :depressed

How could that be? He should be able to jump higher with his reduced weight.

[HI-FI]

Nando is the shit man, damn

[Cry Havoc]

Bonner Boomstick!

[TDMVPDPOY]

whats bonners +/- now?

[Uriel]

WTF. Since when was Gary injured?!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

lol getting yanked right after an airball. i know its not because of the airball but that is still hilarious.

[maverick1948]

Second smile from Kawhi!!!!

[bbarry]

Kawhi smiled???????????? :lmao :lmao :lmao !!!

[Darkwaters]

What did happen to Roddy Beaubois? I thought he was supposed to be the savior of the Mavericks. Now hes a scrub?

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf bonner is fkn beastin

[timtonymanu]

Damn, Neal injured?

lol Neal haters

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol Blair

[loveforthegame]

Leonard smile is always gold. :lol

I can't stand to watch Blair even in a blowout.

[99 Problems]

Good seeing Dirk back. Should trade him to Greece to help bailout whilst he still got a game.

[TDMVPDPOY]

blairs a fkn scrub, contested rebounds he doesnt attempt to fkn jump

if its uncontested, he jumps for it and act all hard....wtf, gtfo

[timtonymanu]

What did happen to Roddy Beaubois? I thought he was supposed to be the savior of the Mavericks. Now hes a scrub?

Didn't he suffer the same injury as James Anderson?

[Texas_Ranger]

Blair is finished

[Darkwaters]

I can't stand to watch Blair even in a blowout.

I agree. Blair is just painful to observe.

[Boomersgold]

WTF, Blair?

[TheSkeptic]

Bonner's played some good ball this game. You can always count on him during a blowout.

[Darkwaters]

Shit, the lead is below 40. Red alert!

[Libri]

They assemble the scrubs just in case they play. lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

make 2 more 3s u idiots

[loveforthegame]

Blair is a disgrace now.

Wright always plays well no matter what. I don't understand why he doesn't get more playing time.

[Boomersgold]

Great pass by Blair.

[Uriel]

Shit, the lead is below 40. Red alert!
Our point differential is falling. :bang

[timtonymanu]

Can't really try to beat the 3 point record when Blair either keeps losing the ball or going 1-on-1.

[Darkwaters]

make 2 more 3s u idiots

Seconded.

Patty and Matty, I'm looking at you two.

[Captivus]

they actually could, they just decided not to.

They did tried to get D12 and Deron...still...maybe they are willing to trade Dirk...or is that a little extreme at this point?

[Boomersgold]

Blair follows up a turnover with a foul on the other end. Even in scrub time he plays like crap.

[Libri]

blairs a fkn scrub, contested rebounds he doesnt attempt to fkn jump

if its uncontested, he jumps for it and act all hard....wtf, gtfo

Looks like staying away from Whataburger did him bad.

[Capt Bringdown]

Blair's dream of having an NBA career is finished.

[capek]

ugh Blair...used to have such high hopes for this kid. I've been holding out some sliver of hope that he would eventually learn how to play well within his limitations, but at this point it seems like he doesn't have much of a clue...

[GB20]

i am glad blair is gone after this season

[Spurs Brazil]

The only bad thing about this game: Blair is done

[Uriel]

I actually think Blair needs to gain more weight. His low center of gravity was what made him such a great rebounder in the first place.

[Darkwaters]

What do you want to bet that if we win this game by 40 points some GNSF posts saying, "I hate to burst your bubble, but Miami lead these guys by 45 the other night. We're 5 points worse than Miami. Woe is me."

[loveforthegame]

i am glad blair is gone after this season

Me too. I wish the Spurs could get something for him but letting walk is win-win for them.

[Uriel]

There we go. One more.

[Captivus]

Blair's dream of having an NBA career is finished.

That escalated quickly...

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol the idiot defender leavin bonner for jax

[Darkwaters]

One more!!!

[Paranoid Pop]

Bonner shouldn't be the one to do it tbh...

[timvp]

ugh Blair...used to have such high hopes for this kid. I've been holding out some sliver of hope that he would eventually learn how to play well within his limitations, but at this point it seems like he doesn't have much of a clue...

Nothing is wrong with Blair mentally. He just has no knees left. He literally can't jump.

[Darkwaters]

lol the idiot defender leavin bonner for jax

I guess teams are leaving Bonner off the scouting report these days.

[Uriel]

Nothing is wrong with Blair mentally. He just has no knees left. He literally can't jump.
Could this be a function of his lack of ACL's finally catching up with him?

[loveforthegame]

Boom. Mills!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

sweet got it

[Cry Havoc]

The record!

[Uriel]

Got the record. Now let's make the lead 50.

[timvp]

Could this be a function of his lack of ACL's finally catching up with him?
Exactly what it is.

(The slight glimmer of hope is that he was also dealing with an ankle injury a couple weeks ago. Let's hope it's his ankle and not his knees ........ but it's probably his knees.)

[Paranoid Pop]

Bonner with the hesitation like he knew it was important somehow and passed the shot.

[Boomersgold]

Mills broke the record last time as well.

[Darkwaters]

Nothing is wrong with Blair mentally. He just has no knees left. He literally can't jump.

At this point I'm thinking hes probably out of the league at the end of the season. He just looks horrible.

[Cry Havoc]

Could this be a function of his lack of ACL's finally catching up with him?

Most likely. They pegged his career as a very short one in the NBA, and it's the reason we got him so late in the draft.

[Manufan909]

Mills putting on the jets to help NDC up. Now that's teamwork!:toast

[Darkwaters]

Most likely. They pegged his career as a very short one in the NBA, and it's the reason we got him so late in the draft.

Well, thats why he signed a four year, fully guaranteed, deal as a second rounder. It was low wage, but had a lot of years (for a second) and a good amount of money. He knew he'd probably never get another one.

[DPG21920]

Well, spacing in that starting line up might not be an issue with DG/Kawhi/TP able to hit 3's :lol

[timvp]

At this point I'm thinking hes probably out of the league at the end of the season.
If it's his knees, I agree. You can't be 6-foot-5 and can't jump and still be in the NBA as a PF.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I like how even though Patty and NDC are competing for minutes, Patty still runs halfway across the court to help DeColo up.

[Raven]

20 triples.. wow

[Cry Havoc]

Get the lead to 50!

[Captivus]

Is 23 3 pointers still the record?

[TDMVPDPOY]

lets beat them by 50

[Boomersgold]

Patty Mills with the sweet stroke!

[Budkin]

This is just awesome.

[Cry Havoc]

Most 3-point field goals made in a game
23 by the Orlando Magic vs. the Sacramento Kings on January 13, 2009


Also:


Most 3-point field goals attempted in a game, none made
11 by Antoine Walker, Boston Celtics (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) on December 17, 2001

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[DPG21920]

I still think 100% if the Spurs called the Lakers with Bonner/Mills for Hill, LAL accepts.

[Brunodf]

Mavs getting too many FTs

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

NDC!!!!!!

[Cry Havoc]

De Colo is the real deal. Wow.

[capek]

Nothing is wrong with Blair mentally. He just has no knees left. He literally can't jump.

That is the exact "limitation" I was talking about. But I guess it was a little unrealistic to not expect his no-acl's to greatly impede his ability to play at the NBA level.

[Libri]

Manu a mentor for De Colo. What more can you ask?

[Darkwaters]

Blair got a rebound!

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf blair floater at ft line, gtfo

[Uriel]

DeJuan :pctoss

[Cry Havoc]

Side note, I think the Spurs are probably going to have the most 130+ point games in the regular season by anyone since the early 80s.

[Boomersgold]

wtf blair floater at ft line, gtfo

What were you expecting? A dunk?

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf blair with the chuckin now

[capek]

Mavs getting too many FTs

Stern troll job tbh. Reminding Spurs he'll always be there to fuck with them...

[loveforthegame]

Blair makes me want to break things. He's not taking it seriously anymore. F him.

[Capt Bringdown]

Blair thinks with his knees? Injuries aren't the excuse for his mistakes and poor decisions.
Blair does not have an NBA head on his shoulders. He cannot deal with the pressure of expectations.

[Uriel]

GET A STOP. This thing needs to be a 40 point game.

[Paranoid Pop]

I still think 100% if the Spurs called the Lakers with Bonner/Mills for Hill, LAL accepts.

They need a SF with Metta playing the 4, we could try to sell them on Green tbh.

[Captivus]

Am I the only one expecting Nando to do the "elbow pass"??

[Cry Havoc]

Blair makes me want to break things. He's not taking it seriously anymore. F him.

Dude has no ACLs. Come on now. If you had no ACLs you probably wouldn't be able to play a minute of basketball. Not an easy thing to deal with.

[keywester]

tonight de colo > mills > neal

[loveforthegame]

I do not feel bad for Blair. I wasn't expecting him to have a 10 year NBA career but he burned his bridges here before his knees were even shot imo.

[CGD]

Blair needs to go

[capek]

Blair thinks with his knees? Injuries aren't the excuse for his mistakes and poor decisions.
Blair does not have an NBA head on his shoulders. He cannot deal with the pressure of expectations.

Kind of my thoughts too. But I can see how not having acl's would eventually wear on an NBA player, making all the BB IQ in the world moot.

[Boomersgold]

tonight de colo > mills > neal

As PG, De Colo> Mills> Neal

As SG, Mills> De Colo> Neal

Either way, Mills and De Colo still rank above Neal in terms of how they've played the last week or so.

[Brunodf]

de colo > mills > neal

[Capt Bringdown]

Dude has no ACLs. Come on now. If you had no ACLs you probably wouldn't be able to play a minute of basketball. Not an easy thing to deal with.
Should we keep him on the roster out of pity then?

[Mugen]

I do not feel bad for Blair. I wasn't expecting him to have a 10 year NBA career but he burned his bridges here before his knees were even shot imo.

how so? just cause of some dumb tweets?

[timvp]

Blair thinks with his knees? Injuries aren't the excuse for his mistakes and poor decisions.
Blair does not have an NBA head on his shoulders. He cannot deal with the pressure of expectations.

He cannot deal with the pressure of expectations? Huh? What human 6-foot-5 who can't jump would have success in the NBA as a bigman?

[Darkwaters]

With Blair so worn down, the Spurs really really need another big. If only to have depth in case of injuries.

[TDMVPDPOY]

blair without ACL, his bbiq also went down with the stupid bad shot selections chucking up shots just to get his individual stats...

[Cry Havoc]

Should we keep him on the roster out of pity then?

There's a difference between saying, "Well we should probably let him go." and "omg fuck him he's playing bad because he doesn't care." We're better than that.

[TDMVPDPOY]

With Blair so worn down, the Spurs really really need another big. If only to have depth in case of injuries.

shouldve kept curry, his like blair but 7ft...

[JRHernandez88]

129 points!!!!! GOT DAMM!! We're coming for that okc ass this year, watch us. when were clicking nobody can beat us.

[therealtruth]

If it's his knees, I agree. You can't be 6-foot-5 and can't jump and still be in the NBA as a PF.

Should have been working on his ball handling skills. He could be a decent big small forward in the Artest, Corliss Williamson mold. It's probably too late now.

[tim_duncan_fan]

129 points!!!!! GOT DAMM!! We're coming for that okc ass this year, watch us. when were clicking nobody can beat us.

There were 20 threes.

And the Mavs are garbage.

Nothing to get excited about, tbh.

[siraulo23]

wtf all these whiny posts when the spurs are up by 30

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Fool's gold performance. watch the Spurs miss those shots against real contenders...

[Blizzardwizard]

Great game, you know it's good when I'm disappointed that we couldn't keep our lead over 40. But, holy crap, Blair is bad.

[Darkwaters]

Dang, Danny Green scored 25 points on 10 shots. Thats awesome.

[racm]

Side note, I think the Spurs are probably going to have the most 130+ point games in the regular season by anyone since the early 80s.

While also allowing 90-100 points at most :hat

[Blizzardwizard]

Bucks? :lol :flag:

[DPG21920]

Man, I didn't realize how much I missed Kawhi. Dude is just oozing with potential and definitely a domino effect with him back in the line up (see: Green, Danny).

Those 2 in the starting line up (with TP too) make us pretty athletic, springy and it definitely helps.

[ilovethespurs]

Thanks for the great game Spurs! That was a good Christmas present for all us Spurs fans here in the Philippines. :flag:

[timtonymanu]

Agree with DPG. Kawhi actually looks better now than he did to start the season.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Should have been working on his ball handling skills. He could be a decent big small forward in the Artest, Corliss Williamson mold. It's probably too late now.

thats a waste of a roster spot to keep him around, when there are better alternatives...he doesnt have a jumpshot or spread the floor...his basically worst then bonner now

[Capt Bringdown]

He cannot deal with the pressure of expectations? Huh? What human 6-foot-5 who can't jump would have success in the NBA as a bigman?
Success? He's worn an NBA uniform and had a temporary fling in the lineup. To define that as success make a mockery of players who actually are successful.
He played his way out of the lineup a long time ago, before his physical limitations came home to roost.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

129 points!!!!! GOT DAMM!! We're coming for that okc ass this year, watch us. when were clicking nobody can beat us.

the spurs aren't going to beat okc or the clippers or memphis. like i said, fool's gold win.

[JRHernandez88]

the spurs aren't going to beat okc or the clippers or memphis. like i said, fool's gold win.


There were 20 threes.

And the Mavs are garbage.

Nothing to get excited about, tbh.

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[TDMVPDPOY]

man everytime they zoom onto the spurs bench stiffler, ginoboli, boris (kumar), and the asian physio (harold) sitting in the back << looks like fkn casts from american pie

[CGD]

It's time to trade Blair for a protected 2nd round pick to a team of his choosing. Not sue there is ANY value there at his point. I'm ok with a rotation of td, split, Boris, and bonner with Leonard and Jax playing some smallball 4.

[aal04]

Id say we are 40% chance to beat OKC and about 60% chance to beat clippers.

I dont like this hot/cold crap. We need consistency. Pop cant coach when people are lava hot or freezing cold

[TDMVPDPOY]

the last time green fluked that many 3s, he went cold the next couple of games

[easy7]

Great game. Good ass beating.

[Capt Bringdown]

It's time to trade Blair for a protected 2nd round pick to a team of his choosing. Not sue there is ANY value there at his point. I'm ok with a rotation of td, split, Boris, and bonner with Leonard and Jax playing some smallball 4.

Don't be mean. He's so successful.

[Darius Bieber]

Fool's gold performance. watch the Spurs miss those shots against real contenders...

:lol Bucks

[TDMVPDPOY]

matt bonner is like automatic everytime he pumpfakes and penetrates with that strong floater of his

[Boomersgold]

Seconded.

Patty and Matty, I'm looking at you two.

You called it, buddy. Bonner hit the 19th three and Patty hit the record breaker.

[team-work]

I'm not trying to spread pessimism.

When I checked the boxscore, my first thought was about the Spurs' inevitable rebuilding. But I am convinced the process won't be as painful as imagined. With a front office who know what they are doing, bringing in the right players (usually), we don't need to go to the bottom to find another no. 1 pick before we are true contenders again.

[benstanfield]

Fool's gold performance. watch the Spurs miss those shots against real contenders...

:wowWE AREN'T GOING TO BEAT REAL CONTENDERS BY 40?!?!?!?:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow: wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wow:wo w:wow:wow:wow:wow

[td4mvp21]

A 38-point ass kicking vs. the Mavs? Damn good Christmas gift :smokin

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[spurs10]

Fool's gold performance. watch the Spurs miss those shots against real contenders...
:rollin
Bucks :lmao

[capek]

Man, I didn't realize how much I missed Kawhi. Dude is just oozing with potential and definitely a domino effect with him back in the line up (see: Green, Danny).

Those 2 in the starting line up (with TP too) make us pretty athletic, springy and it definitely helps.

The effect may still be subtle, as Kawhi still has a lot to learn and a lot of work to do, but he really does transform this team into a younger, more athletic and hard nosed version of itself. But as long as he stays healthy from here on out this season, I'm thinking his growth is going to be a joy to watch this year.

[TampaDude]

Easy win...NEXT!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Sean Cagney]

Fool's gold performance. watch the Spurs miss those shots against real contenders...

THANK GOD YOUR SHITTY team is not a real contender, you should not even waste your time talking on here....