RRT Game 4 Thread: Spurs @ Bulls - Feb. 11 @ 7:00 PM CST (Live on NBA TV)

[Obstructed_View]

I think there are teams that want him but they know about his knee and are probably using it to offer nothing for him.

There's not really anything to know about his knee, tbh.

[Spurs Brazil]

Kawhi fantastic tonight

[itzsoweezee]

I'm so hyped off of Kawhi and Splitter. These guys have made huge improvements in their games this year.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We haven't seen this kind of aggression from Leonard. I doubt this is a one-off, he seems capable. Have the Spurs been under-utilizing him?

The team obviously gave him the green light on O when Tim and Manu went out. He's been doing this for a while now.

[Manu-20]

Kawhi is just such a badass dude is going to be something great later down the road.

[SpurSpurSpurs]

Just can't get over it. Trade Neal, NOW! Trade him for a pair of Air Jordans!

[Richie]

Kawhi really showing something in this game. Wow.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We haven't seen this kind of aggression from Leonard. I doubt this is a one-off, he seems capable. Have the Spurs been under-utilizing him?

The team obviously gave him the green light on O when Tim and Manu went out. He's been doing this for a while now.

[Brunodf]

Dirty monkeys

[Samr.]

And I remember when people were sad to see george hill go

[capek]

We haven't seen this kind of aggression from Leonard. I doubt this is a one-off, he seems capable. Have the Spurs been under-utilizing him?

Pop's player development alchemy tbh. Treats a player like Kawhi like a young race horse. Holds him back in the beginning, and lets him loose for the stretch. Not the only way to do it, but it's Pops way.

[DPG21920]

Was that a flagrant foul? Need to see again..

I think most of us feel bad for Blair. Great guy, plays hard and I want him to succeed.

[dbreiden83080]

We haven't seen this kind of aggression from Leonard. I doubt this is a one-off, he seems capable. Have the Spurs been under-utilizing him?

Yes.. You blow on Manu he pulls something these days.. Spurs should look to get Leonard more involved in the O..

[Obstructed_View]

Rip takes 4 steps and scores!

[loveforthegame]

Hopefully the Spurs find ways to get Leonard more involved besides corner 3s.

[Cry Havoc]

NDC needs more playing time. Seriously.

[DPG21920]

Damn, Nando ballin..

[Juggity]

Splitterr

[Mugen]

CROFL Nate

[DPG21920]

NDC needs more playing time. Seriously.

He should be the back up PG.

[Obstructed_View]

Splitter has no balance whatsoever. :lol

[ace3g]

Nate thinks he is Manu, lol

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao Bulls announcers trashing Splitter after he takes out the trash with their all-star center. :lmao

[loveforthegame]

Leonard with more nasty.

[capek]

NDC needs more playing time. Seriously.

This should solidify his spot in the rotation. Led the team admirably tbh. Especially compared to what happened when he was out in the second and Mills was in ie offense went to shit.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

kawhi has been impressive. jimmy butler aint no scrub

[DPG21920]

:lmao Bulls announcers trashing Splitter after he takes out the trash with their all-star center. :lmao

What did they say?

[timtonymanu]

What a great win. I would have been pleased with a split on this b2b. But no, we win both games and one without the Big 3. Simply can't get better than that.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

kwhi with another great move

[BatManu20]

LOL at these announcers trashing Splitter. "He has no balance at all.. he's falling all over the place. He's like a 60 year old boxer." haha

[Juggity]

Kawhi splitting defenders like ass cheeks tbh

[biziofromdowntown]

God, Kawhi is sooooo good

[dbreiden83080]

Leonard should be the 3rd option on the Spurs now..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Nando probably won the backup PG spot tonight. :tu

[Capt Bringdown]

Kudos to Splitter for an outstanding 4th quarter, in addition to Leonard's heroics.

[Jumi]

That shit about Splitter was funny!! :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

Kawhi can iso and I'm fucking stoked about it!

[Libri]

There's not really anything to know about his knee, tbh.

That's true but I'm guessing it would still be part of the conversation when negotiating.

[timtonymanu]

Leonard, De Colo, and Splitter :tu.

Green and Diaw were good too. And Neal, before the 4th quarter.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Superb win. Glad to say I was wrong - before the game I was sure we'd lose this one.

[JRHernandez88]

It was cool to see Kawhi making plays on a good defensive team + get the W. lets goo

[capek]

Warm fuzzies in the tummy and groin area for Kawhi tbh :makeout

[Spursfanfromafar]

Pop's player development alchemy tbh. Treats a player like Kawhi like a young race horse. Holds him back in the beginning, and lets him loose for the stretch. Not the only way to do it, but it's Pops way.

Indeed. Pop's greatest attribute is how he gets the best out of his pupils and really works with the rest of his coaching staff to get his players to reach their fullest ceiling. Case in point - TP. Case in point - George Hill and now Kawhi.

[Whisky Dog]

:lol"Splitter's got the balance of a... I mean he has no balance at all. He's always falling down... He's like a 60 yr old boxer"

[loveforthegame]

Baynes. :lol

[BatManu20]

Haha wtf Baynes

[TDMVPDPOY]

fkn baynes

[Mugen]

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[Richie]

:lmao Bulls announcers trashing Splitter after he takes out the trash with their all-star center. :lmao

I know he isn't a favourite on other teams, but I'd kill for Noah on this Spurs team. Dude is the kind of player I'd love

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

The Bulls are a really good team, and our bench started and made them look ordinary. ASTOUNDING.

[DatBoyGood]

If this was the lakers vs bulls without kobe dwight nash everyone would be all over them :lol

[Obstructed_View]

That's true but I'm guessing it would still be part of the conversation when negotiating.

Well someone's going to eventually offer a first rounder for him. A lot of teams were stupid to pass on him.

[Brunodf]

Baynes:bang

[Whisky Dog]

Baynes lol

[Captivus]

Baynes wanted something in the score box

[Spurs Brazil]

That's a GREAT win

Props to all the players.

Kawhi was fantastic

[Raven]

amazing game

[Spursfanfromafar]

One of the best wins of the season. Kawhi laying one more step in his quest for superstar status before the age of 25. Splitter showing yet again that he is a fourth quarter beast. Green, Diaw, De Colo and Neal doing their mite. Bonner sucking per usual when facing adding pressure and not having regular starters on the court (-13 in the +/-). and Blair shown up to be washed up.

[roycrikside]

Wow, so happy to be wrong. What a great win. Leonard, Green, DeColo, Splitter and Diaw all came up huge.

[Juggity]

Best win of the season, potentially.

[DapDaGenius]

What did they say?

Said he has no balance and that he was falling all over the place like an old boxer. lol

[Captivus]

What an amazing win...what does this win says to the other teams...wow...

[loveforthegame]

Eating lots of crow right now. I didn't think we'd win this one with everyone out.

Awesome win. :tu

[Capt Bringdown]

Pop and the Big 3 should be buying dinner for some teammates tonight. Wonderful win.

[capek]

Barry's seems to be enjoying covering a Spurs game without having to talk about Parker tbh

[RD2191]

damn, kawhi is the factor if we wanna win the title

[DatBoyGood]

Back to back wins where you can feel good about them!

[Spurs Brazil]

And the ALT jersey streak is alive

[maverick1948]

San Antonio to the rest of the NBA--------"Watch out in two years, Tim and Manu may be gone but we will be here ready to play."

Kiss our collective butts David Stern. Are you going to fine the Bulls for not fielding an NBA quality team?

[RD2191]

x factor*

[Budkin]

Holy shit can't believe we won that!!!

[ontheraise]

i would love to see the stern's justification to fine pop on this one. it could be really funny!

[Captivus]

And the ALT jersey streak is alive

Really? Didnt know that? how many games is it?

[capek]

Very impressed by the guys tonight. Honestly I thought we had a good chance to win this game, after seeing how well the second team plays when our top guys are out. Awesome to see Kawhi take up the challenge so successful. Me <3 Kawhi! :tu

[Manu-20]

Great Win this is just fucking great Win huge props to the spurs coming out with the heart and effort to win this.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Great win for the Spurs. Honestly wasn't expecting that big of a win without TP, Manu, Duncan and Captain Jack. +1 to Spurs

[Truckules]

I am 100% sold on Kawhi and De Colo as Spurs' stars of the future now.

[PingPong]

I know he isn't a favourite on other teams, but I'd kill for Noah on this Spurs team. Dude is the kind of player I'd love

Trade him for Bonner. Wait, he doesn't spread the floor.

[td4mvp21]

How the fuck did they win both of these games by double digits?

[timtonymanu]

The Spurs need to wear those alternates for the whole playoffs. May go undefeated! :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol green gettin interviewed? wtf where kl bitches

[blkroadrunners]

Great win. I didn't think the Spurs were capable of pulling it off w/ their big 3 out.

[LittleCriminal]

Notice how the Lead Grew as soon as POP Sat #45"s fat ass on the bench??

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I bet that dirty fuck Stern tried hatching up a plot to fine us again. Dirty rotten bastard

[blkroadrunners]

lol green gettin interviewed? wtf where kl bitches

He is by Sean Elliott.

[LakerHater]

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[Samr.]

Well I was honestly ready to chalk up that game as a loss before it even started. NDC looked like a legitimate PG, and Kawhi looked like a legitimate star.

Spurs proving true the common trash talk "Our bench would be your team's starters!"

I've now seen not only the post-Duncan Spurs, but the post-Parker and post-Manu. And they still look like a really good team.

Speaking of Duncan, how many games of rest does he have now? Him and Pop have to just be milking it at this point, "Eh, they're doing good without me, I'll just chill here." Robert Horry would be jealous.

[PingPong]

Noah is a poor man's Varejão, tbh. And much uglier.

[NASpurs]

Listening to Kawhi talk during the post game interview... so weird.

[Mugen]

Each of the starters played a damn good game tbh.

Great, great win.

[Budkin]

Has anyone ever seen Kawhi smile? Dude is awesome but he's so serious all the time. :lol

[Brazil]

This game is a demonstration of boozer suckiness.

[HI-FI]

Kawhi is hilarious how he walked into the middle of that shot. He's kind of his in own world, but when it comes to the game, he is electric.


still, he commented on his knee and said it still hurts. Is he referring to the nail or the tendonitis? damn, I was hoping it had healed up.

[DMC]

No way. We've got the momentum now.

If we hadn't stopped their run I thought the same thing, but nope, we've got this now I reckon.

I had to place that token here though. Looked like Nando was trying to do his part to give it back.

[spyder]

Awesome win without 4 key players...Go Spurs!!!!!

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs proving true the common trash talk "Our bench would be your team's starters!"

I've now seen not only the post-Duncan Spurs, but the post-Parker and post-Manu. And they still look like a really good team.


Not necessarily. There's been many nights in which the bench has looked pitiful. Great win, super effort, but I don't think it means much beyond tonight.
Now if the Spurs can work Leonard more into the offensive attack, that will be something.

[Obstructed_View]

Has anyone ever seen Kawhi smile? Dude is awesome but he's so serious all the time. :lol


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CHEESE!

[TMC]

I've been waiting to see what KL could do this year since his impressive summer league outbursts. Kid is legit. Fantastic game for the Spurs. Perfect for my first post.

[Ice009]

Kawhi, magnificent game from him. De Colo was very solid too. Key to the game was benching Neal in the 4th quarter. He seriously could have cost us the game with his chucking. Neal is still a very good shooter, and I am not sure that I would want to trade him. I am darn sure about reigning in his shot selection though, and him not playing backup PG for more than sparse spot minutes.

Tiago, Danny and Boris were good too.

Bonner, pathetic as usual on the boards. Rebounding needs to improve from all the bigs that played tonight. Unacceptable for all the bigs to be that mediocre at rebounding the ball. Kawhi could have done a bit better on the boards too.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Kawhi, magnificent game from him. De Colo was very solid too. Key to the game was benching Neal in the 4th quarter. He seriously could have cost us the game with his chucking. Neal is still a very good shooter, and I am not sure that I would want to trade him. I am darn sure about reigning in his shot selection though, and him not playing backup PG for more than sparse spot minutes.

Tiago, Danny and Boris were good too.

Bonner, pathetic as usual on the boards. Rebounding needs to improve from all the bigs that played tonight. Unacceptable for all the bigs to be that mediocre at rebounding the ball. Kawhi could have done a bit better on the boards too.

gary neal is a fkn scrub...his nothing more than a bigger version of NVE...comes in and dribbles down court when there is more than 18secs left on the shot clock, he shoots...

14pt lead today, he comes in does all this stupid shit...lead goes down to single digits, then he hits a 3pt....everyone forgives his previous mistakes...wtf? we wouldnt be playin in the position if he didnt cause mistakes or on the court...

[PhingerRoll]

Some of you ass clowns ought to be ashamed of yourselves... You call yourself a fan of the Spurs but all you do is bash our Coach and players. Fucking morons...

[Ice009]

Kawhi is hilarious how he walked into the middle of that shot. He's kind of his in own world, but when it comes to the game, he is electric.


still, he commented on his knee and said it still hurts. Is he referring to the nail or the tendonitis? damn, I was hoping it had healed up.

I was going to bring this up a few days ago when people were saying that Kawhi should be playing 40 minutes a night.

A couple of weeks ago Kawhi said that it is isn't as bad as the start of the season, but it is still bothering him a bit, so it hasn't completely gone away with that time he took off. I was going to bring it up a few days ago, as I thought that is the reason that he is not playing 35+ minutes a night, and now he has pretty much confirmed it.

Hopefully, it is not too bad, but I was hoping it was getting better and better. How bad did he say it was HI-FI?

[BatManu20]

Some of you ass clowns ought to be ashamed of yourselves... You call yourself a fan of the Spurs but all you do is bash our Coach and players. Fucking morons...

See TDMVPDPOY for reference.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Some of you ass clowns ought to be ashamed of yourselves... You call yourself a fan of the Spurs but all you do is bash our Coach and players. Fucking morons...

perfectionists bitch

[PhingerRoll]

perfectionists bitch
nope, just fucking morons... Neal shot 50% from the floor and carried us at times in the first half and you call him a scrub? Get the fuck outta here you brain dead bastard.

[ace3g]

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[Mugen]

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:rollinKawhi makes Tim look like Robert Sacre in terms of emotions tbh.

[BatManu20]

nope, just fucking morons... Neal shot 50% from the floor and carried us at times in the first half and you call him a scrub? Get the fuck outta here you brain dead bastard.

:lol :tu

[bigfan]

Biggest win of the year to me.

[HI-FI]

I was going to bring this up a few days ago when people were saying that Kawhi should be playing 40 minutes a night.

A couple of weeks ago Kawhi said that it is isn't as bad as the start of the season, but it is still bothering him a bit, so it hasn't completely gone away with that time he took off. I was going to bring it up a few days ago, as I thought that is the reason that he is not playing 35+ minutes a night, and now he has pretty much confirmed it.

Hopefully, it is not too bad, but I was hoping it was getting better and better. How bad did he say it was HI-FI?

you know Kawhi, he isn't going to give a eloquent description of it. IIRC, he said "Yeah my knee still hurts, but in this league you gotta play through pain, especially at this point in the season."

I really really hope it can heal or at least be maintained. Tonight was the night I was hoping for, and I don't want this guy sidelined at all.

[Paranoid Pop]

Man the knee injury is very concerning tbh given how long he was out earlier in the season, hopefully they are extra careful about it, but if they're gonna rest Danny fucking Green when he's simply tired, you gotta think that in this case there's not much risk and it's more superficial than anything.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard with stat of the night on NBA TV. They've been giving him mad props all night.

[Ice009]

you know Kawhi, he isn't going to give a eloquent description of it. IIRC, he said "Yeah my knee still hurts, but in this league you gotta play through pain, especially at this point in the season."

I really really hope it can heal or at least be maintained. Tonight was the night I was hoping for, and I don't want this guy sidelined at all.

shit. not what I wanted to hear. I hope it can get better or at least be maintained like you have said.

[DMC]

gary neal is a fkn scrub...his nothing more than a bigger version of NVE...comes in and dribbles down court when there is more than 18secs left on the shot clock, he shoots...

14pt lead today, he comes in does all this stupid shit...lead goes down to single digits, then he hits a 3pt....everyone forgives his previous mistakes...wtf? we wouldnt be playin in the position if he didnt cause mistakes or on the court...

Not sure Timvp could make your name any more grey than it is, but you really are a dick sucking wanker. I wouldn't doubt that you're a product of incest.

[biskvito]

Big morale boost, it's up to Pop now to manage this extra confidence

[TampaDude]

We will face the Heat in the Finals. Book it.

[Budkin]

:rollinKawhi makes Tim look like Robert Sacre in terms of emotions tbh.

Seriously... dude is like an android.

[AztecSpur]

So bummed, I didn't think we'd be playing on a Monday....what a douche bag, I missed my boys break out game. ...CRAP.

[DapDaGenius]

Has anyone ever seen Kawhi smile? Dude is awesome but he's so serious all the time. :lol

Yes. He doesn't smile too often tho. D rose like. lol

[DapDaGenius]

Leonard with stat of the night on NBA TV. They've been giving him mad props all night.

He deserves it. With Tim and Manu out, Kawhi gets the ball a lot more. IMO, He will break out even more once Duncan retires.

[capek]

He deserves it. With Tim and Manu out, Kawhi gets the ball a lot more. IMO, He will break out even more once Duncan retires.

I hope Pop shapes his trajectory to ensure that happens while Duncan is still on the team. After nights like this, I honestly expect Pop to work it so Kawhi is put in a position to break out this post season. Whether he's able to is a question to be answered, but I'll be shocked and fucking pissed if Kawhi is still a corner three guy by this year's playoffs.

[DapDaGenius]

I hope Pop shapes his trajectory to ensure that happens while Duncan is still on the team. After nights like this, I honestly expect Pop to work it so Kawhi is put in a position to break out this post season. Whether he's able to is a question to be answered, but I'll be shocked and fucking pissed if Kawhi is still a corner three guy by this year's playoffs.

I'd love to see Kawhi be explosive and contribute even more than he already does in the post-season.
I have full faith that he can be do what you're expecting of him in the regular and post-season. It's all a matter of them giving him the ball now(instead of just setting him up for the 3). With Duncan on the court, Kawhi hasn't really been able to test out all the moves he wants. Now he can do that, the team will see what he is able to do.

Hopefully, they'll let Kawhi adapt to where he can play like this while Duncan and Manu are healthy. I'll probably be a little upset as well, if he is still be jammed in the corner. I'll be happy if he is hitting his shots, though.

[Vladimir Lenin]

Spurs are just handling business as they done last decade. Be intresting if they have gas when post season rolls around.

[loveforthegame]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SXemx5E9t20