Game Thread: Spurs vs Knicks: 1/3/13 - 6:30 PM

[SpursIndonesia]

I kinda wonder what kinda idiocity to call an all star proven PG shooting 50% from the field and making 5 assists without turn over in the half, been HERO BALLING ??

[Cry Havoc]

Then what other word describes holding the ball for 15+ seconds and then setting for an ill-conceived shot that misses badly?

Yes, as we ALL know it's ALWAYS the PG's fault when this happens. It's NEVER that there isn't enough off-ball movement, or the passing lanes don't open, or god forbid we're running a little clock instead of burning our starters up in the first. Yep. It's always a bad play despite the fact that Tony is one of the most efficient PGs in league history.

[will_spurs]

Then what other word describes holding the ball for 15+ seconds and then setting for an ill-conceived shot that misses badly?

You really might want to learn a couple of things about basketball...

[jestersmash]

oh hey everyone I just heard of this cool basketball phrase "hero ball". If I KEEP using it, I mean just RELENTLESSLY, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, will I seem really, you know, knowledgeable?

Yeah I pretty much ignore anyone who seriously uses the term "hero ball." superjames1992 is notoriously ignorant about it.

[Warlord23]

Very lucky to be within 2. The problem is they won't have their legs in the 2nd half.

Pop needs to quit messing around and try De Colo for a while. The ball-handling when TP is out is atrocious.

[99 Problems]

Can we trade for Isiah Thomas, we need to get even smaller imo.


Can have Nate when D- Rose comes back.

[Boomersgold]

You really might want to learn a couple of things about basketball...

I play basketball.... That's what I would call hogging the ball, or "hero ball".

[Cry Havoc]

You really might want to learn a couple of things about basketball...

He might want to isolate himself and do some reading on offensive sets.

[will_spurs]

I play basketball.... That's what I would call hogging the ball, or "hero ball".

...

[Dr. Robert Lee]

I'm a hater.

[Cry Havoc]

I play basketball.... That's what I would call hogging the ball, or "hero ball".

:lmao

This is rich.

:lmao

Clearly you have a higher BBIQ than one of the best PGs in the NBA. If only he could read the game like you.... :lmao

[Cry Havoc]

I'm a hater.

Shocking.

[freetiago]

This game calls for bonner tbh
spurs players cant dribble tonight
just get him out there for his floor spacing then lock him away so pop cant go back to his mistress

[ace3g]

at least in this game we have 1 SF

[Boomersgold]

:lmao

This is rich.

:lmao

Clearly you have a higher BBIQ than one of the best PGs in the NBA. If only he could read the game like you.... :lmao

I never said I did. How many years have you played in the NBA, buddy?

[TDMVPDPOY]

if u guys are going hate, u better hate it with a passion, u dont hate a player and disappear cause he scored the next basket...

[jestersmash]

I think Boomersgold's schtick is to deliberately post stupid things, but in reality he's just trolling us all.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Shocking.
We have lovers, haters, etc. on this forum. I'm a Neal hater. I can be a Parker hater.


This game calls for bonner tbh
spurs players cant dribble tonight
just get him out there for his floor spacing then lock him away so pop cant go back to his mistress
Oh, Bonner has a mistress? That's kinky. Wonder if he's ramming one of the Silver Dancers?

[Cry Havoc]

I never said I did. How many years have you played in the NBA, buddy?

I'm not the one spouting random shit, talking down to an all-star candidate like I know better than he does. :lol

[Brazil]

Boomers old is on a roll playin hero ball tbh

[Blizzardwizard]

Finally, glad I'm not the only one that gets pissed off by the hero ball term.

[Boomersgold]

I think Boomersgold's schtick is to deliberately post stupid things, but in reality he's just trolling us all.

What stupid things have I posted?

[Boomersgold]

Boomers old is on a roll playin hero ball tbh

This is the first time I've even used the term "hero ball" in this forum. (I'm not the one to usually point it out)

Check my history, folks.

[Cry Havoc]

What not stupid things have I posted?

[Brazil]

What stupid things have I posted?

Pretty much all your posts so approx 800 times

[Boomersgold]

Pretty much all your posts so approx 800 times

Example?

[Pauleta14]

This game calls for bonner tbh
spurs players cant dribble tonight
just get him out there for his floor spacing then lock him away so pop cant go back to his mistress

This.

... as much as I HATE to admit it

[Brazil]

This is the first time I've even used the term "hero ball" in this forum. (I'm not the one to usually point it out)

Check my history, folks.

you are paying for all the other ones tbh

[Cry Havoc]

Example?


Better than Parker running down the clock and driving it in, hero ball style, and missing it.

[Arcadian]

:smokintaking bong hits:smokin

[Boomersgold]

you are paying for all the other ones tbh

So when everyone else uses it, they don't get any flak for it, but when I use the term for this first time, because I genuinely felt that Tony could've directed a better play for his teammates, I get called out for it?

That's not very fair is it, mate?

[Brazil]

Then what other word describes holding the ball for 15+ seconds and then setting for an ill-conceived shot that misses badly? I'm a huge Parker fan, but those types of possessions just piss me off. No one's saying that Parker always plays hero ball.


I play basketball.... That's what I would call hogging the ball, or "hero ball".


I never said I did. How many years have you played in the NBA, buddy?


What stupid things have I posted?


Parker hero ball....


I prefer Ginobili play making to Parker's hero ball.


Better than Parker running down the clock and driving it in, hero ball style, and missing it.


Example?

[Boomersgold]

I'd save my strength for TDMVPDPOY (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=977), mate.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

I spread the hero hate around, tbh. Manu is a guilty hero a lot of times, too, even though I love him.

[Boomersgold]

Exactly. That was the first play that I ever called "hero ball" from Tony...

Not very fair; calling someone out for something that gets done regularly by others....

[mattj1x]

Too much....saviour ball

And I want to see Chandler back Patty down on the post :rollin

[Brazil]

So when everyone else uses it, they don't get any flak for it, but when I use the term for this first time, because I genuinely felt that Tony could've directed a better play for his teammates, I get called out for it?

That's not very fair is it, mate?

see now you are posting a reasonable take in a civilized way ! You're welcome

[Anonymous Cowherd]

sorry Boomersgold, I was expressing my annoyance at the term in general, and you happened to have used it a few times tonight. Didn't mean to focus all the negative attention your way. Plenty of posters come up with pretty far out nonsense at times.

[will_spurs]

Example?

Stating that you preferred Manu's 0 assists 2 turnovers "playmaking" to Parker's 5 assists 0 turnovers "hero ball", for starters.

[JRHernandez88]

Dam when did Stephen Jackson sprain his ankle? They said he tripped over a waitress?? Wtf

[Boomersgold]

Stating that you preferred Manu's 0 assists 2 turnovers "playmaking" to Parker's 5 assists 0 turnovers "hero ball", for starters.

I meant his usual playmaking, and by that I mean that I prefer Manu handling the ball than Parker because we all know that Manu's one of the best playmakers on the team. That's a fair comment, isn't it? I don't think I'm the only one that prefers Manu to be the playmaker.

It is a forum, and I'm just sharing my opinions, folks. No need to get butt hurt about it.

[CitizenDwayne]

Dam when did Stephen Jackson sprain his ankle? They said he tripped over a waitress?? Wtf

It was Spike Lee.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

I meant usual playmaking, and by that I mean that I prefer Manu handling the ball than Parker because we all know that Manu's one of the best playmakers on the team. That's a fair comment, isn't it? I don't think I'm the only one that prefers Manu to be the playmaker.
He is, but he also turns the ball over a shit ton of times, which is why he shouldn't play point guard with the second unit and is why we need NANDO in there rather than Neal.

[will_spurs]

I meant usual playmaking, and by that I mean that I prefer Manu handling the ball than Parker because we all know that Manu's one of the best playmakers on the team. That's a fair comment, isn't it? I don't think I'm the only one that prefers Manu to be the playmaker.

It is a forum, and I'm just sharing my opinions, folks. No need to get butt hurt about it.

You can say you prefer Manu's playmaking to Neal's, Mills' or De Colo's... but to bring Parker into this debate won't get you much credibility, opinion or not.

[Boomersgold]

You can say you prefer Manu's playmaking to Neal's, Mills' or De Colo's... but to bring Parker into this debate won't get you much credibility, opinion or not.

I'm not the only one that'll say that they prefer Manu's playmaking to Parker's playmaking abilities. It's a fair comment, mate.

[JRHernandez88]

Boomersgold=lame

[Dr. Robert Lee]

NYK ≠.LOB CITY.

[Splits]

Kawhi hero ball fail

[Cry Havoc]

That's not very fair is it, mate?

:cry :cry :cry It's not fair! :cry :cry :cry

[Boomersgold]

Boomersgold=lame

JRHernandez with an awesome post yet again.

[Mugen]

boomers and TDownsyndrome ruining it for the good aussie posters tbh.

[Cry Havoc]

Tim's 18 footer this year is so pure.

[Cry Havoc]

Tony with the hero travel. :cry :cry :cry

[TDMVPDPOY]

boomers and TDownsyndrome ruining it for the good aussie posters tbh.

hating haters who have legitimate criticisms of ur fav player....

[will_spurs]

I'm not the only one that'll say that they prefer Manu's playmaking to Parker's playmaking abilities. It's a fair comment, mate.

They are called hardcore Manu lovers, though... gives you a fair idea of the fairness of that comment :)

[Dr. Robert Lee]

LOL, Danny going iso. :downspin:

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol knicks 8 on 5

[Cry Havoc]

hating haters who have legitimate criticisms of ur fav player....

You degrade this board every time you post here, FYI.

[Captivus]

LOL, Danny going iso. :downspin:
not enough time to do anything else

[Dr. Robert Lee]

not enough time to do anything else
Oh, I agree. It was just funny...

LOL, Chandler with the air ball on a 14-footer.

[Boomersgold]

They are called hardcore Manu lovers, though... gives you a fair idea of the fairness of that comment :)

Parker's more of a scorer. He isn't near as good of a passer as Manu.

[TDMVPDPOY]

8 on 5 bball is interesting tonight, fkn stern out to get us

[Paranoid Pop]

Some decent bb ball but the Knicks are playing well.

I'd try Boris at the 3 to improve the ball movement.

[Boomersgold]

You degrade this board every time you post here, FYI.

lol. You're not any better, FYI.

[Arcadian]

Damn, the Knicks are really packing the paint. We need to beat them with 3s.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Tiago is the fourth-best player on this team, tbh.

[Cry Havoc]

8 on 5 bball is interesting tonight, fkn stern out to get us

As Tiago gets bailed out. :lmao Your takes... :lmao

[Cry Havoc]

lol. You're not any better, FYI.

I'm just trying to hero post, TBH.

[ace3g]

tough shot from Kawhi

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Damn, the Knicks are really packing the paint. We need to beat them with 3s.
Bring in the Red Rocket, tbh.

[Boomersgold]

Kawhi with the bail out shot.

[ace3g]

Splitter doing a great job protecting the rim tonight

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn clean block there...fkn refs bailiing out fiscal knicks

[024]

splitter got robbed

[JRHernandez88]

JRHernandez with an awesome post yet again.
im glad to see im not the only one here who thinks ur a faggot

[Dr. Robert Lee]

I feel like Kawhi could get that shot more often. Don't know if Pop just doesn't like it or what.

[Captivus]

we need more movement

[Boomersgold]

im glad to see im not the only one here who thinks ur a faggot

Look who's butthurt. Calling Manu a "Shawtin Gawd" when he went 1 of 7 from three. :lmao Could do more of those posts.

[Brazil]

Boomers gold making a name of himself :lol

[JRHernandez88]

Finally get to watch the game:corn:

[Cry Havoc]

We need to spread the floor a bit more... Knicks have 3 guys in the paint all the time. Make them pay for that.

[JRHernandez88]

Manu Ginobili= shooting GAWD

[CitizenDwayne]

Nice foul, Manu. Really nice.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs have no offense whatsoever, this game is over

[Boomersgold]

Manu Ginobili= shooting GAWD

He usually is, but not when he goes 1 of 7 from three.

[Cry Havoc]

Look who's butthurt. Calling Manu a "Shawtin Gawd" when he went 1 of 7 from three. :lmao Could do more of those posts.

Butthurt... hero ball... got any more colloquialisms to throw at the board to show off how original you are?

[Warlord23]

For fuck's sake, Ginobili needs to sit the rest of the way. Nothing working for him on either side of the court.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

He usually is, but not when he goes 1 of 7 from three.
He is two-for-seven overall and two-for-four from three.

[Brazil]

Hard to say but we need bonner out there

[Mugen]

Bonner is going to be needed to win this game tbh.

[Uriel]

Our jump shots aren't falling at the rate they had been these past few games. Hopefully that's just a function of them playing their 4th game in 5 nights, because this seems to recur against every good team they face.

[Kidd K]

Officiating blows. Spurs have to get fouled twice for the refs to blow a whistle on a Knicks foul, meanwhile it seems like every time the Knicks don't take an open shot, the refs have a pre-emptive whistle ready.

[keywester]

Try Manu/Mills....

[Cry Havoc]

Our guys just don't have the bounce tonight. No energy on D. I'd like to see NDC in the game for a bit.

[Anonymous Cowherd]

I suspect Manu would be out there less had Sjax not been pulled up injured early on tbf

[Cry Havoc]

Officiating blows. Spurs have to get fouled twice for the refs to blow a whistle on a Knicks foul, meanwhile it seems like every time the Knicks don't take an open shot, the refs have a pre-emptive whistle ready.

Refs have been fine. If anything it's a little home cooking for the Knicks. Nothing bad. Just HCA.

[Manu-20]

Even if we lose this game it's not that big of a deal fourth game in five nights could of easily been up by at least 7 if we had made some of our open 3's, but i'm expecting full meltdown mode tbh if we do lose just seems like one of those games.

[Boomersgold]

Butthurt... hero ball... got any more colloquialisms to throw at the board to show off how original you are?

lol. You've probably used "hero ball" more than I have. I call whatever I see.

[Cry Havoc]

lol. You've probably used "hero ball" more than I have. I call whatever I see.

I've never once used hero ball. Except to mock you for making use of stupid terminology. :lmao

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Da fuq, Manu?

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn cant get shit to drop

[CitizenDwayne]

Manu with the Hakeem fail

[Cry Havoc]

Amare is so bad. :lol

[JRHernandez88]

He usually is, but not when he goes 1 of 7 from three.
Shooting GAWD

[Uriel]

Stoudemire is a blessing for us.

[Russo21]

Duncan has the sweetest fucken jump shot this year for a big man. I feel like it's going in whenever he takes one.

[Kidd K]

Refs have been fine. If anything it's a little home cooking for the Knicks. Nothing bad. Just HCA.

In the last 3 minutes? It's been very one-sided. I literally predicted that the refs would blow a whistle in favor of the Knicks every time they took it to the basket, and they did. And just now, they did it again.

Any time the Knicks don't take an open shot (last 4 non open shots), a whistle has been blown despite minimal brush contact on 2 and no contact on the other 2. Meanwhile the Spurs have to get hit twice for a whistle to be blown, and they don't call noticable bump fouls on shots (like Duncan's shot)

[TMTTRIO]

this is why I think Manu should retire at the end of the season. He's not the same player and we can't rely on him very much anymore

[Cry Havoc]

Leonard 1-5 from 3. :bang

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn hero cant even defend prigoni? gtfo

[Uriel]

Good timeout by Pop. :tu Don't let this game slip away.

[Boomersgold]

I've never once used hero ball. Except to mock you for making use of stupid terminology. :lmao

LOL. It's a real terminology whether you like it or not. How many people have used hero ball to describe Neal?

[Brunodf]

That defense...

[Dr. Robert Lee]

this is why I think Manu should retire at the end of the season. He's not the same player and we can't rely on him very much anymore
You must have missed the Spurs' last seven games or so... SMGDH.

It's funny because I still expect Amare to go off on us every time we face him. I still remember his dominance from the mid-2000s, I guess.

[Cry Havoc]

In the last 3 minutes? It's been very one-sided. I literally predicted that the refs would blow a whistle in favor of the Knicks every time they took it to the basket, and they did. And just now, they did it again.

Any time the Knicks don't take an open shot (last 4 non open shots), a whistle has been blown despite minimal brush contact on 2 and no contact on the other 2. Meanwhile the Spurs have to get hit twice for a whistle to be blown, and they don't call noticable bump fouls on shots (like Duncan's shot)

I saw that shot Duncan took. Chandler was straight up. It was a good no-call.

We've got more FTs than the Knicks in MSG. That's really fucking lucky.

[Boomersgold]

Prigioni....

[SpursIndonesia]

Can't punish from the outside, the paint is closed, as simple as that .....

[Brazil]

this is why I think Manu should retire at the end of the season. He's not the same player and we can't rely on him very much anymore

:lol

[Cry Havoc]

LOL. It's a real terminology whether you like it or not. How many people have used hero ball to describe Neal?

How many of those people are idiots? Answer: All of them.

Hero ball is a stupid fucking term. You think Pop tells Neal to go out there and not take open 3s? :lmao

[Mugen]

that the Spurs will prob lose this game isn't that big of a deal, it's that the Big 3 will probably be playing heavy mins while doing so.

[ElNono]

Spurs are tired... Manu has no lift out there... just bring the 3 point bombers off the bench and see if we can get a lift...

[Captivus]

We have to consider the possibility that they are good team...sometimes you lose and sometimes the other team wins.

[PingPong]

Manu and Tony look so tired...

[Blizzardwizard]

Doesn't matter if we've played 4 in 5, defense has got to improve.

[Cry Havoc]

this is why I think Manu should retire at the end of the season. He's not the same player and we can't rely on him very much anymore

God damn. When did the game threads get so overpopulated by people who have no clue about the NBA?

[Kidd K]

I saw that shot Duncan took. Chandler was straight up. It was a good no-call.

We've got more FTs than the Knicks in MSG. That's really fucking lucky.

It was still more contact than the last 4 fouls against the Spurs. Ginobili swipes at the ball, foul. Splitter gets a clean block, foul. Melo jumps into Duncan, foul. Or earlier in the game, Melo practically hits the floor before touching Duncan, foul.

[BillMc]

Team looks tired

[AusSpur]

The Spurs look like zombies, the slow kind.

[CitizenDwayne]

*waits for someone to complain about Tony attempting a 3

[Blizzardwizard]

Who do we bring to inspire the team, Boris Diaw!

[Brazil]

Spurs are tired... Manu has no lift out there... just bring the 3 point bombers off the bench and see if we can get a lift...

This

[Boomersgold]

How many of those people are idiots? Answer: All of them.

Hero ball is a stupid fucking term. You think Pop tells Neal to go out there and not take open 3s? :lmao

True. Some of Neal's shot selections though....

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn diaw should shoot that shit everytime his fkn free...fkn stupid shit with the ball

[PingPong]

Bring second unit....

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Nice pass, Timmy.

[Kidd K]

*waits for someone to complain about Tony attempting a 3

Isn't he shooting 41% on the season? Who would complain about a 41% shooter taking a three?

[Dr. Robert Lee]

FUCK YOU NEAL.

[Cry Havoc]

True. Some of Neal's shot selections though....

Listen closely.

He's.

A.

Gunner.

That's what gunners fucking do. They go out and shoot a 3 if they can reliably see the rim. It's why he's on the fucking team in the first place. Not to run point (he fell into that role). Not to make cute passes. To drill shots right in the face of the opponent. You don't put a Steve Novak on the court to make alley oops and play tough defense.

[Blizzardwizard]

utter crap

[TDMVPDPOY]

hero in for hero, lol hero turnover pathetic

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol hero again

[Boomersgold]

Fuck. Neal's slow for a point guard.

[CitizenDwayne]

Isn't he shooting 41% on the season? Who would complain about a 41% shooter taking a three?

It seems no matter what Parker does, some people will take issue with it.

[Brunodf]

BUT BUT BUT he is instant offense

[Brazil]

Well..

[Blizzardwizard]

And that, is the game, my friends.

[spurraider21]

Double digits. Bleh

[TDMVPDPOY]

here come the unlimited 3s trying to get back into the game

[Cry Havoc]

Manu's 2 misses go completely ignored because Neal misses a shot. :lol

[Kidd K]

It seems no matter what Parker does, some people will take issue with it.

Yeah, fuckin idiots who don't know shit about basketball, lol.

Parker is dope.

[Cry Havoc]

Amar'e b'itch'ing. :lol

[spurspokesman]

Diaw sucks. He is becoming useless tbh

[Paranoid Pop]

It's on Pop. You can't tell me otherwise. The PG less lineup is terrible...

[TheSkeptic]

I think Manu might have shot a little bit too much this game.

[ElNono]

Prigioni made a career out of those inbound steals... poor scouting by Neal

[Boomersgold]

Matty B in to hit threes.

[Uriel]

I blame DeJuan Blair. If he hadn't blown our lead yesterday, the Big 3 would've had extra rest for the game today.

[Libri]

Manu's 2 misses go completely ignored because Neal misses a shot. :lol

Reason:

CoM membership > CoN membership

[TDMVPDPOY]

shouldnt that be a 3sec violation...fkn amare was in there baking a cake

[024]

how is that not 3 seconds??

[boutons_deux]

Spurs can't score, can't win. 35% FG

[Cry Havoc]

Knicks with 66 points near the end of the 3rd.

:cry Our defense is so bad :cry

[diego]

i've been keeping an eye on prigioni and didnt want to post anything to not look like a complete homer, but he has adapted to the NBA better than anyone could have expected. missed opportunity IMO, cheap back up and lots of experience playing with splitter...

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Bonner fighting for rebounds, tbh.

[CitizenDwayne]

Why foul Stoudemire?

It's obvious if you just stand in front of him, he's gonna miss tonight.

[Anonymous Cowherd]

smart foul by Neal, finally does something right

[ElNono]

Knicks with 66 points near the end of the 3rd.

:cry Our defense is so bad :cry

60 pts through 3.... our offense is shit tonight

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Gary Neal is an idiot.

[Brazil]

i've been keeping an eye on prigioni and didnt want to post anything to not look like a complete homer, but he has adapted to the NBA better than anyone could have expected. missed opportunity IMO, cheap back up and lots of experience playing with splitter...

I like him tbh

[Boomersgold]

That Neal shot selection...

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf was that from neal no deal

[Blizzardwizard]

Why Neal??

[Brunodf]

Neal taking the shot with 5 seconds:lol

[CitizenDwayne]

Terrible shot.

Somehow we're still in this.

Tony, come in and take this thing over. Please.

[keywester]

This is the perfect type of game for Mills...Neal +/- -7....Mills +/- +3

[TDMVPDPOY]

this is what happens when u live by the 3pt line, u die by the 3...cant even hit shit tonight

[Cry Havoc]

60 pts through 3.... our offense is shit tonight

My point exactly. We have no legs. This team isn't built to play 4 in 5 nights. It just takes away our firepower.

[Mugen]

id throw the energy unit out there to start the 4th and hope Patty/Bon can knock some shots down. Otherwise, i hope Tim and TP don't play the rest of the game.

[Splits]

Only 12 assists through 3 quarters. Entire team playing hero ball

[jmard5]

Terrible game for Neal.

[Paranoid Pop]

Put the giant lineup Pop, KY Diaw Tiago Tim, let's all the rebounds if we're not gonna shot well.

[Richie]

As soon as Neal came in the Knicks started to pull away. Lets see some De Colo/Splitter P'n'R in the 4th.

Sit Manu the rest of the game, he clearly doesn't have it tonight.

[Boomersgold]

Where's cryhavoc ? Aren't you going to defend Neal's last shot?

[jiggy_55]

Neal has been absolutely horrendous.

[Kidd K]

Spurs outrebounded by 10, Knicks have 50% more assists than Spurs, Knicks shooting 3% better from field and 11% better from three.

[Blizzardwizard]

Where's cryhavoc ? Aren't you going to defend Neal's last shot?

:sleep:wakeup

[Libri]

id throw the energy unit out there to start the 4th and hope Patty/Bon can knock some shots down. Otherwise, i hope Tim and TP don't play the rest of the game.

At one point we used to say Blair but unfortunately he's no longer that type of player.

[Cry Havoc]

Where's cryhavoc ? Aren't you going to defend Neal's last shot?

:lol

So Duncan has never taken a bad shot? Manu has never taken a bad shot? Stop being a tool.

[JRHernandez88]

WOW

[Kidd K]

Once again, any time the Knicks go to the basket and there's any slight brush contact, whistle. Been like that the whole 2nd half.

[Manu-20]

How the hell did splitter miss that.

[CitizenDwayne]

What happened to Tiago there?

[Russo21]

Somewhere Stern will be chuckling away to himself. Before the massive fine Pop woulda rested some of the boys tonight. Stern 1, Pop 0

[Richie]

ffs Manu sit the fuck down. Terrible foul.

[TheSkeptic]

I don't like where this is headed. You win some you lose some I guess.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

tiago has got to finish that

[Boomersgold]

:lol

So Duncan has never taken a bad shot? Manu has never taken a bad shot? Stop being a tool.

:lmao

[Dex]

Congrats to the Knicks, they got this one sewn up.

[AusSpur]

I love Manu, but when he is bad he is properly bad!

[Paranoid Pop]

Get Manu out of there and stop the midgetball, go big.

[Mugen]

oh well, take manu out Pop.

[Kidd K]

Somewhere Stern will be chuckling away to himself. Before the massive fine Pop woulda rested some of the boys tonight. Stern 1, Pop 0

Yeah really, why do they always schedule a Stern-preferred team for us at the ass end of every 4 in 5?

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao

That's what I thought. You laugh because you have no other recourse. Tool.

[Boomersgold]

Put Parker back in. Neal's hurting us...

[ElNono]

game... Green on Melo is suicide

[NickiRasgo]

Game over.

[Kidd K]

Game's over. Any run the Spurs might possibly go on will be smacked down by the refs. Time to find something else to watch.

[Uriel]

Oh well. We can't win 'em all.

[Brazil]

Shut down the starters and call it a night

[Boomersgold]

That's what I thought. You laugh because you have no other recourse. Tool.

w/e you say man. You tried to defend him when I called out his shot selection.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I think this loss should be credited to Pop for putting Blair in, and then Blair for sucking.

[ElNono]

time to pull the white flag and regroup for philly

[CitizenDwayne]

Terrible loss. Damn

[Paranoid Pop]

game... Green on Melo is suicide

Irrationnal love from Pop is irrationnal.

[Spurs Brazil]

Wow, we have only 4pts in the paint

[Brunodf]

Bonner/Neal getting minutes:lol

[polandprzem]

time to pull the white flag and regroup for philly
pretty much

[Boomersgold]

Shut down the starters and call it a night

We can still do it. We've come back from worse deficits before.

[TheSkeptic]

Put De Colo in. Might as well let him get some reps in.

[Captivus]

GAME OVER?

[Cry Havoc]

Put Parker back in. Neal's hurting us...

:lmao

yes. His 3-8 shooting has been devastating. Never mind Manu's 2-10, Splitter's 0-3, or Duncan only getting 8 shots. It's all Neal's fault! :cry

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs will be 0-2 against the Knicks and Clippers now. Nice.

[Boomersgold]

Put in De Colo and Patty.

[Kidd K]

We can still do it. We've come back from worse deficits before.

Not against: Knicks, Heat, Thunder, Clippers, Lakers.

[ElNono]

Time for Blair to get dunked on by everybody

[BillMc]

Wow, we have only 4pts in the paint

Partly because we're tired. No penetration, all outside jump shots.

[DPG21920]

Why would Pop play the guys tonight? Obviously tired..

[Manu-20]

4th game in 5 nights was hoping for a W but can't win them all now back to square 1 with Jax out hopefully he can be back soon than later seeing green playing SF is not a pretty sight.

[Paranoid Pop]

You dont pull the white flag, games vs contenders are too rare to do that, we need every bit of info/testing vs real defenses imo

[Warlord23]

Now Pop will do what he should've done at tip off ... play a lineup of Mills, De Colo, Blair, Bonner and Neal.

If it hadn't been for Stern's dictatorship, the big 3 would've got a lot more rest, and maybe SJax's ankle would've been fine.

[Brazil]

We can still do it. We've come back from worse deficits before.
Not this game dude...this one is over

[Richie]

game... Green on Melo is suicide

No doubt. Leonard is 21, why the hell cant he match Melo on minutes? This little 4th quarter Knicks run is on Pop

[Darius Bieber]

Why would Pop play the guys tonight? Obviously tired..
Doesn't want another fine.

[PingPong]

0-10 in the 4th..

[NRHector]

this the type of game Stern wanted against the Heat when Pop send the boys home

[Kidd K]

Now Pop will do what he should've done at tip off ... play a lineup of Mills, De Colo, Blair, Bonner and Neal.

If it hadn't been for Stern's dictatorship, the big 3 would've got a lot more rest, and maybe SJax's ankle would've been fine.

Good point. Too bad teams can't fine Stern for lost assetts. Stern should have to pay Jackson's salary until he's back from ankle injury.

[TheSkeptic]

4th game in 5 nights was hoping for a W but can't win them all now back to square 1 with Jax out hopefully he can be back soon than later seeing green playing SF is not a pretty sight.

I wonder if maybe Manu and Diaw can take some minutes at the 3 with Jax out.

[jmard5]

Team obviously tired, plus Neal having a very terrible game. Yeah, in hindsight, Pop should have given the big 3 imaginary injuries and rested them.

[FkLA]

w/e you say man. You tried to defend him when I called out his shot selection.

That shot selection is why Neal has balls of steel. Sure when he misses they look like terrible shots but you have to take the bad with the good. You know who had pretty good shot selection and tried really hard to just fit in? RJ.

[TDMVPDPOY]

dunno whats the point of a motivation speech when the chokers on the team has called it in a night

[Manu-20]

LOL Blair just nodding his head in la la la land while pop yells at the spurs at the start of the 4th.

[Paranoid Pop]

Lol Blair.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

NO ball handlers out on the court. Nice.

[Boomersgold]

Team obviously tired, plus Neal having a very terrible game. Yeah, in hindsight, Pop should have given the big 3 imaginary injuries and rested them.

Agreed.

[TDMVPDPOY]

novak has 2 3s in bonners face already

[polandprzem]

demolition

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Pop has thrown the game, tbh.

[024]

novak out-bonnering bonner

[Boomersgold]

Bonner with the rare airball?

[TDMVPDPOY]

wankers on the taem wasting splitters hard fought effort tonight