Game Thread: Spurs @ Memphis - Jan. 11 @ 7pm CST

[ffadicted]

fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[ace3g]

bring SJAX back in the game

[ElNono]

so we went from up 3 to down 3... smh

[boutons_deux]

Spurs lose the game TWICE!

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol where the hero?

[Chris]

Tony had a good look there

[Brazil]

See I'm very calm

[ElNono]

Time to draw something for danny green :jack

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Big mistake by Hollins to sit Gasol.

[boutons_deux]

spurs 1 of 8, choked in OT

[weebo]

get jax and neal back in and hope for the best

[KaiRMD1]

I'm surprised this game even went into overtime tbh

[RD2191]

WE LOST AGAIN

[baseline bum]

Put Stak5 in the damn game

[TheSkeptic]

Well...Wasn't even a bad shot tbh.

[Darius McCrary]

Dammit Parker pass the effing ball. Fundamental aspect of heroball is that other teammates get cold not touching the ball.

[Juggity]

Jax has the hot hand. Send that dude in.

[Captivus]

Damn do we need one of those power dunkers...

[Floyd Pacquiao]

fuck it rematch on wens tbh

[Chris]

Green is in I bet the play is set for him

[weebo]

da fuck is gree doing there

[Johnny RIngo]

Scrub of the week to have career game against Spurs:
Wednesday - Earl Clark
Friday - Darrel Arthur

[baseline bum]

Dammit Parker pass the effing ball. Fundamental aspect of heroball is that other teammates get cold not touching the ball.

Um, when he passed the ball Manu got his shit rejected son

[baseline bum]

dp

[KaiRMD1]

Tony isn't clutch, he's lucky, remember that folks

[ElNono]

Danny Green :lmao

[ElNono]

WTF is that choker doing there?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Dammit Parker pass the effing ball. Fundamental aspect of heroball is that other teammates get cold not touching the ball.

STFU. He's go over 30, he's hot, he got a good shot and it rimmed out. Really, STFU.

[Juggity]

Jesus, Danny.

[carina_gino20]

Why is Green even in...I don't understand.

[Boomersgold]

Is Danny Green supposed to be dribbling out the clock?

[timtonymanu]

It wasn't a goaltend, but that missed basket really hurt.

[Chris]

I wanna see SJAX take the shot tbh

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol overrated coach still no jax or neal, yet continue with the turds on the court throwing the game away

[RD2191]

TIME FOR NEAL

[Arcadian]

WTF? I was listening on the radio, and the Spurs led 100-97 after a goaltending call. Now we're losing 101-98??

[Spurs Brazil]

Why the fuck Jax is not in the game?

[weebo]

that fucking human toad has no business being on the court right now fuck

[blkroadrunners]

Why is Jack not in the game?!

[EVAY]

GEEV thee boll to Manu

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pop should've played Jax instead of Diaw for the whole of OT - Jax loves situations like that.

[ElNono]

I want a Tony tres!

[Darius Bieber]

What kind of bullshit 3 point line up is this?

[Darius McCrary]

Um, when he passed the ball Manu got his shit rejected son

There are other players on the court than Manu, son.

[carina_gino20]

Pop's choices... smh

[Malik Hairston]

In before the blind optimists that enjoy close losses:lol

[Chris]

Terrible shot by Manu tbh

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm going to call this a great loss - we played well for most of the game, and this will make the team hungry to get back to their best.

[Boomersgold]

What was that?:wow

[bklynspursfan]

What the fuck Manu there was 3 seconds left

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf was that from manu

[Juggity]

:lmao grizzlies releasing streamers

[baseline bum]

Gotta give props; Memphis guarded those two inbounds perfectly.

[ace3g]

and Manu holding his back...

[Quiet Strength]

Wow why was green even in there? Why not sjax? Dumb coaching

[Hemotivo]

a pg should try to pass the ball

[siraulo23]

good game

that tp 3 was crazy

[spurtech09]

waste of a overtime

[blkroadrunners]

Good game, but man Pop sucks.

[timtonymanu]

Well, I appreciated the effort, but the Spurs definitely should have executed that better. Much less, hold their two leads.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

for the best chance to win i think jackson over kawhi in the OT would have been the better move. oh well, it was close and we got outplayed by a lot the last few minutes of the 4th and overtime.

[Spurs Brazil]

Good call Pop, Jax on the bench...

[Richie]

Bad luck Spurs. Didn't have the legs for OT. Splitter fouling out was big in this one.

[Warlord23]

1 FG in overtime :lol

[RD2191]

WE HAVE TO DESTROY THIS MEMPHIS TEAM AT HOME, EFF THESE HOMOS

[Brunodf]

Greg"the best coach drawing plays out of the timeout" Popovich

[capek]

Damn. lol fun game though.

[EVAY]

Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.

[ffadicted]

Great defense by the grizzlies at the end there, they weren't about to make the same mistake twice

[Arcadian]

And also can someone summarize how this game went to overtime? I stopped listening when the Spurs were down by 4 with 7 seconds remaining, and Rudy Gay was about to shoot free throws. So we scored 4 points in 7 seconds? :lol

[Darius Bieber]

Um no Neal, Jax, Bonner, or Mills out there for the three? The starting five are tired after regulation! Should have played the bench some time in Overtime!

[Darius McCrary]

I had some game thoughts to post if we would have won, but screw it.

My final thoughtthat I want Spurstalk to take home is this: Memphis should not scare you anymore. We got this team. 2011 is in the past.

[Juggity]

Gotta say this loss falls at least partly on Tim.

Dude needs a break.

[ElNono]

Time to release all the pent up anger watching the Lakeshow get destroyed on National TV

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Memphis celebrating like they just won the championship. Wtf.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Good competitive game by both teams. Should be a good one next week in San Antonio.

[timtonymanu]

Maybe I'm becoming too spoiled, but I hate that we dropped 3 out of our last 4.

Duncan doesn't look right, even though he played great D.

[Duncan2177]

Wow why was green even in there? Why not sjax? Dumb coaching

Like always.

[TheSkeptic]

I think TD needs to sit next game.

[JRHernandez88]

Dam I wanted this 1 bad. Fk it good game Spuurs looked good for the most part. Regular season champ spurs got me used to winning these games lol.

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs played hard and fought the whole game but a lot of mistakes on both ends. This should be a win

[Paranoid Pop]

Tp was open for 3 before the timeout, Pop shat the bed.

[spurtech09]

hope so....hope spurs don't let me down when the spurs play the grizz again....

[TDfan2007]

I'm going to call this a great loss - we played well for most of the game, and this will make the team hungry to get back to their best.

Are you being serious or just trolling? The defense was solid enough, but Memphis isn't a difficult team to stop. Our offense was atrocious. Nothing has changed in the last 3 games. Poor spacing, Timmy AWOL, and awful passing.

[Rito3d30]

Why is Green out there instead of Neal
Missing two clutch three and messing up the previous final play wasn't enough?

[ace3g]

WLWLWL isn't going to cut it

[weebo]

He's a 42% three point shooter who plays very decent to good defense. Who the fuck are you going to trade that's better than that without going way over the cap?

He hits shot when they don't fucking matter. When the fuck did I said to trade him?? Fucking moron.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Can't believe how little Jax played in this game. Should've played in OT.

Still, we played tough for the first time in 5 games so I'm not that unhappy, although it hurts to lose this game. Hopefully it stings the players to give their all and pull themselves out of the doldrums.

[SpursOwn]

No Jackson, but danny fucking green? I'm sorry, fuck you pop you senile fuck. And Tim Duncan, wake the fuck up and finish your damn shots. Looks like a 13 yr old girl coming up short time and time again.

[ace3g]

Spurs did a bad job covering outlet passes either, cost us big points end of 4th and OT

[FromWayDowntown]

If Jack is in the game in OT and misses the same shots everyone else missed, SpursTalk crucifies Pop.

If Jack isn't in the game in OT and everyone else misses shots, Pop gets crucified.

SpursTalk is blessed with omniscience.

[Captivus]

Good game, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose...(i just made that up)

[Josh810]

The little hissy fits are hilarious. Pop doesn't suck. Tim doesn't suck. Danny doesn...ok he sucks sometimes but not overall. Calm down, people. Memphis is a great team and played crazy defense.

[RD2191]

i dont see how this team gets any better, tim looks like he's going downhill

[carina_gino20]

Fun game in the 2nd half. TP's Hail Mary was awesome. Just couldn't figure out Pop's choices in OT. Green? seriously? Not sure Pop's experiment to give Green confidence will do any wonders come playoff time. Softness runs deep with DG.

[TDMVPDPOY]

loving this meltdown loss, more oil to the fire fellas..keep the hating strong

[Budkin]

I thought we'd get blown out tonight. Not too upset.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD defense was great in OT but leave Arthur open twice on the same play was bad. Since 2011 we know he can make these shots

[Capt Bringdown]

1 basket in the OT, a 3 ball is a bit disappointing when you've got TD on the block. OK, Duncan wasn't having the best shooting night, but the mere threat of him should be enough to create some better opportunities and conversions.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Pop must be pissed at Capt Jack for getting thrown out last game. It makes no sense as to why he wasn't in the guts of the game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Are you being serious or just trolling? The defense was solid enough, but Memphis isn't a difficult team to stop. Our offense was atrocious. Nothing has changed in the last 3 games. Poor spacing, Timmy AWOL, and awful passing.

I don't troll (well, not often anyway).

Except for the last 4mins of the first half, and the last 2 of the 4th, we played far better than we have recently.

To say we didn;t play better tonight than the past 3 games is utterly wrong - we would've lost this by 20 if we'd played the way we have been.

But for a couple of 20fters by Arthur, we win this in regulation.

I stand by my comments.

[blkroadrunners]

At least the next three are at home.

Too bad two of them are Memphis and GS.

[JRHernandez88]

i dont see how this team gets any better, tim looks like he's going downhill
Stop watching then dam all you do is complain.

[Darius McCrary]

I don't believe in moral victories. We blew it tonight. But again: Memphis doesn't scare me anymore. We will ruin this team in the playoffs.

[ace3g]

Spurs now 3 back in loss column to both Clips and Thunder

[spurraider21]

Play that comes to mind is tiago fouling Marc Gasol 90 feet away from the basket with 10 seconds left in the half. 2 free points and Tiago, playing great, proceeds to foul out late

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Good game, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose...(i just made that up)

Uh, it's a cliche actually. :lmao

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

the lakers losing might make me feel a bit better

[TDMVPDPOY]

remove the inefficiency bball in the 4quarters, we couldve won this game...but gary neal happen when he came in and blow that 7pt lead......

lol overrated coach talkin about gettin back to defense, i didnt see shit all game, let alone any form of stoppages when we need one all season....

[KaiRMD1]

There was no moral victory here. We lost, simple as that and we move on.

[RD2191]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ON MAKING EXCUSES FOR THIS TEAM? YES I KNOW MY ASS PROBABLY GETS ANNOYING BUT FUCK MAN, THIS TEAM HASNT BEEN ABLE TO BEAT A SINGLE TOP TEAM THIS YEAR

[Johnny RIngo]

At least the next three are at home.

Too bad two of them are Memphis and GS.

lol Golden State's not scaring anybody and we've already beaten Memphis this season. Both winnable games. It's not like we're playing OKC or Clippers

[Johnny RIngo]

double post

[Captivus]

Kiwi miss that 3 also...
We had our chances....it just didnt go in.

[spurtech09]

spurs can't beat a good team?

[99 Problems]

Parker, nothing wrong with TP.


Trade him for Darrell Arthur, no hang on, Earl Clark. Second round picks.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

:lol spurs
:lol duncan turning TOSB
:lol danny green
:lol team has peaked

[Sean Cagney]

I don't believe in moral victories. We blew it tonight. But again: Memphis doesn't scare me anymore. We will ruin this team in the playoffs.

This would not be a moral victory anyways, Spurs should have won and blew it in the 4th late with stupid passes and bad shots.

[Josh810]

YES I KNOW MY ASS PROBABLY GETS ANNOYING

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

There was no moral victory here. We lost, simple as that and we move on.

We lost but played much better in doing it. That's really all I wanted to see.

You don't go from a slump to brilliant in one game - it takes a few. ANd this tells me we're coming out of the slump.

[RD2191]

and please stop with the tp hate, wtf was he supposed to do, even tim duncan was bricking point blank shots

[TDMVPDPOY]

only highlight of this game is tiago splitter in beasts mode gettin fouled out....hopefully his smart and doesnt resign to play for this pathetic team filled with pathetic players

[TheSkeptic]

The little hissy fits are hilarious. Pop doesn't suck. Tim doesn't suck. Danny doesn...ok he sucks sometimes but not overall. Calm down, people. Memphis is a great team and played crazy defense.

While sweeping generalizations aren't good at this point, I think it's fair to say that TD played badly -this game, that Danny didn't produce when the team needed him to-this game, and that the rotations were questionable at times -this game.

Memphis is a great team which is why the Spurs couldn't afford for Duncan to go AWOL, for Green to go 20% from 3, or for Bonner to see the floor. I don't see why people should have to deny what they see with their own two eyes.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

I just hope they get out of their funk, this sucks.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ON MAKING EXCUSES FOR THIS TEAM? YES I KNOW MY ASS PROBABLY GETS ANNOYING BUT FUCK MAN, THIS TEAM HASNT BEEN ABLE TO BEAT A SINGLE TOP TEAM THIS YEAR

And that matters in January why?

Let's see how we're playing late Feb. All that matters before SPAM is building a good record.

[Richie]

Timmy had some excellent defensive plays but he can't even finish at the rim the last couple games.

Splitter fouling out was big, Tim was tired. Can't expect to win OT games against big, young, athletic teams like the Grizz

[Sean Cagney]

:lol spurs
:lol duncan turning TOSB
:lol danny green
:lol team has peaked

LOL I still laugh at this dude, a BUCKS FAN? HAHAHHAHA.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lol spurs
:lol duncan turning TOSB
:lol danny green
:lol team has peaked

Is this a timvp troll identity? :lmao

[Budkin]

We'll be fine. Probably won't win a title but we'll improve.

[blkroadrunners]

lol Golden State's not scaring anybody and we've already beaten Memphis this season. Both winnable games. It's not like we're playing OKC or Clippers

Memphis is pretty confident now, and GS goes hard. I predict wins too, but the way the Spurs are playing lately u never know.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

tim has to get his shit together tbh hope his knees aren't bothering him

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

only highlight of this game is tiago splitter in beasts mode gettin fouled out....hopefully his smart and doesnt resign to play for this pathetic team filled with pathetic players

Go and support another team, seriously. The Bobcats would suit you.

[99 Problems]

Memphis Starshoppers too good.

[FromWayDowntown]

It really really really sucks to be a Spurs fan.

[RD2191]

bayne coming to save the season

[GritandGrind]

<Grizz fan good game and alot of respect but I still want you guys in the playoffs over the Clipps and Okc.I'll take our number 1 rank defense on 7 game series vs old Duncan and Parker.

[Paranoid Pop]

While sweeping generalizations aren't good at this point, I think it's fair to say that TD played badly -this game, that Danny didn't produce when the team needed him to-this game, and that the rotations were questionable at times -this game.

Memphis is a great team which is why the Spurs couldn't afford for Duncan to go AWOL, for Green to go 20% from 3, or for Bonner to see the floor. I don't see why people should have to deny what they see with their own two eyes.

Perfectly put.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

<Grizz fan good game and alot of respect but I still want you guys in the playoffs over the Clipps and Okc.I'll take our number 1 rank defense on 7 game series vs old Duncan and Parker.

Parker's old? Watch what you wish for.

[Brazil]

Go and support another team, seriously. The Bobcats would suit you.
Still surprised that we continue to answer him tbh

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

<Grizz fan good game and alot of respect but I still want you guys in the playoffs over the Clipps and Okc.I'll take our number 1 rank defense on 7 game series vs old Duncan and Parker.
I'd rather see you than OKC and LAC as well.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It really really really sucks to be a Spurs fan.

You are being facetious, of course.

[Capt Bringdown]

Where's all the depth we had not so long ago? Looking pretty unreliable at the moment.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

LOL I still laugh at this dude, a BUCKS FAN? HAHAHHAHA.

glad i could entertain you

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Still surprised that we continue to answer him tbh

True. We shouldn't feed the troll. :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Where's all the depth we had not so long ago? Looking pretty unreliable at the moment.

Yup, agreed. We need to trade some depth for quality.

[FromWayDowntown]

You are being facetious, of course.

Maybe. I read SpursTalk.

[TheSkeptic]

Yup, agreed. We need to trade some depth for quality.

Team should start by shoring up the back-up pg spot imo. If Pop is going to go mad scientist on us I'm officially in favour of trying out a De Colo/Green second unit backcourt. I'm also seriously thinking that CoJo should be called up as well.

[crc21209]

Re-watching the game right now, and that "double foul" in the late 4th with 33 secs left against Randolph and Splitter was complete BS. They were both fighting under the basket, might as well let them play. That, and it didn't do shit to hurt the Grizzlies, but it hurt the Spurs because Tiago fouled out on that play. And after tonight, I'd have to give Tim a D. His offense really wasn't there, his D was OK but shit the bed when he left Arthur open on back to back plays. And he also had a crucial turnover that led to a Rudy Gay dunk that tied the game at 87...

[TDMVPDPOY]

Re-watching the game right now, and that "double foul" in the late 4th with 33 secs left against Randolph and Splitter was complete BS. They were both fighting under the basket, might as well let them play. That, and it didn't do shit to hurt the Grizzlies, but it hurt the Spurs because Tiago fouled out on that play. And after tonight, I'd have to give Tim a D. His offense really wasn't there, his D was OK but shit the bed when he left Arthur open on back to back plays. And he also had a crucial turnover that led to a Rudy Gay dunk that tied the game at 87...

rudy gay gift wrap this game for the spurs to win in regulation, blame the idiots who went cold in OT....

this fkn spurs team suck donkey ass dick, the hunger to win games even when ur fatigue with ur backs against the wall is just not there to pull out wins....

when they give up, they just give up without putting up any fight, its always the same fkn morons who continue to get minutes when they have pulled out the white flag while the coach wont go into his depth roster give someone else minutes....

when was the last time overrated coach went dig deep into players asses to put their shit together and start playing real spurs CHAMPIONSHIP basketball...

[crc21209]

The Magic just beat the Clippers in LA 104-101. The Magic were on a 10 game losing streak...

[TDfan2007]

I don't troll (well, not often anyway).

Except for the last 4mins of the first half, and the last 2 of the 4th, we played far better than we have recently.

To say we didn;t play better tonight than the past 3 games is utterly wrong - we would've lost this by 20 if we'd played the way we have been.

But for a couple of 20fters by Arthur, we win this in regulation.

I stand by my comments.

It's a step in the right direction, but the TOs and Timmy's struggles are reaching alarming levels imo. I see where you're coming from though.

[Ice009]

We lost but played much better in doing it. That's really all I wanted to see.

You don't go from a slump to brilliant in one game - it takes a few. ANd this tells me we're coming out of the slump.

It was a very tough physical game, the Spurs where right there with them, should have one in regulation and also had their chances in overtime. I love that Splitter played tough, but in this kind of game the Spurs still went up weak at the rim. They need to go much stronger when going to the rim and not throw up weak shots that get blocked.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Clippers and Grizzlies lose today

[boutons_deux]

what a bad week,

Lose to 16th, bottom-of-West @NOH, who was 3 - 13 at home (our division)

Lucky to barely beat a depleted LAL AND @SA

Blow a 6 point lead in final minute to tie, then shoot 1-9 in OT @MEM (our division)

[TampaDude]

The Grizz have played FIVE less games than the Spurs? WTF, Stern?

BTW, this will be a loss, sorry.

Yup...fuckin' knew it...

[Ice009]

Memphis have now lost two in a row. They should be fired up against the Spurs. They got thrashed at home Vs the Clippers last night. Did anyone watch those two games they lost? Were the Grizzlies spent from the Spurs game or are the Spurs just playing that poorly?

[bklynspursfan]

Memphis have now lost two in a row. They should be fired up against the Spurs. They got thrashed at home Vs the Clippers last night. Did anyone watch those two games they lost? Were the Grizzlies spent from the Spurs game or are the Spurs just playing that poorly?

Last night without Gay they struggled to put up points. The clips defended and clogged the paint well. Thought CP3 was out, Bledsoe filled in nicely and the Clips have more firepower.

The game against Dallas was definitely fatigue related. To go into OT with the Spurs then play the next night in Dallas, had upset written all over it.

[Fireball]

Memphis have now lost two in a row. They should be fired up against the Spurs. They got thrashed at home Vs the Clippers last night. Did anyone watch those two games they lost? Were the Grizzlies spent from the Spurs game or are the Spurs just playing that poorly?

I watched the Dallas game and it was clear that the Grizzlies were a bit tired. But thats not surprising because they played a very tight rotation against the Spurs. The Mavs jumped on the tired starters early and suddenly the Memphis coach dug much deeper into his bench than against the Spurs. Pretty obvious they were willing to sacrifice the Dallas game in order to win against the Spurs the night before.

About them Clippers ... I fear they are better than we all want to admit. They cannot be pushed around like the Spurs and completely took out the Memphis crowd.

[Ice009]

I watched the Dallas game and it was clear that the Grizzlies were a bit tired. But thats not surprising because they played a very tight rotation against the Spurs. The Mavs jumped on the tired starters early and suddenly the Memphis coach dug much deeper into his bench than against the Spurs. Pretty obvious they were willing to sacrifice the Dallas game in order to win against the Spurs the night before.

About them Clippers ... I fear they are better than we all want to admit. They cannot be pushed around like the Spurs and completely took out the Memphis crowd.

Yeah, that sounds more inline about Memphis being tired. As for the Clippers game, I didn't even know Chris Paul was out. I just checked the scores today and the Clippers won again. I think they are legit, doesn't look like many people want to admit that, but they are legit. They're a top 3 team in the west, possibly better than the Spurs if the Spurs don't start playing better.

[Fireball]

As for the Clippers game, I didn't even know Chris Paul was out. I just checked the scores today and the Clippers won again. I think they are legit, doesn't look like many people want to admit that, but they are legit. They're a top 3 team in the west, possibly better than the Spurs if the Spurs don't start playing better.

They easily dispatched the Rockets in Houston on the second night of a b2b without CP3 ... Grant Hill fitting in nicely as well