Game Thread: Spurs vs. Trail Blazers - Mar. 8 @ 7:30 PM CST

[thunderup]

dp

[timtonymanu]

Good thing we got OKC next.

[Boomersgold]

Can someone who's watching the game explain to me the reason we're playing shitty d tonight?

I don't think our defense has been that bad, tbh. The Blazers are just fluking every jumpshot that they've taken in the second half.

[Bill_Brasky]

:lmao

Fucking ownage.

Get out, as soon as you stopped posting the Spurs went on a mini run.

[Rito3d30]

Just get into fucking garbage time
Why have hope when Bonner is still on court:depressed

[Brunodf]

is Pop trying to get Splitter/Kawhi/Manu injured?

[ElNono]

They're a playoff team

:lmao fail

:lol losing to Brooklyn at home... they're an awful team

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner is a joke

[thunderup]

Lillard!!!!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

Green shouldn't be guarding the team's hottest 3 pt shooter

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

All this cheering made me forrget that its a 15 point game

[EVAY]

When Tony first went down, Tim and Manu really picked up their game and played better than they have most of the season. But what usually happens when
a team's best player is down for a while, they can't sustain it game in and game out. It shows why Tony is our MVP

[Bill_Brasky]

Step back 3s, :lmao

[tim_duncan_fan]

Don't put Ginobili back in damnit!

[HarlemHeat37]

The defense against Lillard has been comical..no resistance or adjustments against him, despite most of his points coming from simple pick and rolls and isolations..

[emanueldavidginobili]

Cocky Spurs fans saying he will be shut down tonight

[thunderup]

:lol losing to Brooklyn at home... they're an awful team

:lol losing to the Blazers at home
:lol Lillard going HAM, exposing the Spurs.

[Boomersgold]

Who's to blame for Lillard's scoring now? =_="

[HarlemHeat37]

Eric Maynor is ass, you can't allow him to play at this level..

Opposing teams use their long wings to limit Parker, why don't the Spurs guard opposing PGs with Kawhi?..

[ElNono]

:lol losing to the Blazers at home
:lol Lillard going HAM, exposing the Spurs.

Just a bad night... like det time when fat DWill owned OKC at home :lol

[Bill_Brasky]

:lol losing to the Blazers at home
:lol Lillard going HAM, exposing the Spurs.

4 rings, faggot!

[SpurPadre]

Cocky Spurs fans saying he will be shut down tonight

He's good but he's not MJ good, which we're making him look like just like we made Jarret Jackoff look a couple weeks ago.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Since the game is against Portland, I actually have it here in Eugene, OR. From the few minutes I've watched, Green has played PG. That is a disaster! I never want to see Green at PG again! He just went for a horrible double team to leave Lillard wide open for a three to ruin any momentum the Spurs gained. It appears as if Pop is throwing this game. The Spurs played incredibly stupid from the little bit I've watched. What's the problem with the Spurs tonight?

[timtonymanu]

Terrible loss at home. The team is feeling the effects of TP's injury now.

[Captivus]

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose...

[Brunodf]

The defense against Lillard has been comical..no resistance or adjustments against him, despite most of his points coming from simple pick and rolls and isolations..

Cojo did well but Mills/Green/Manu...

[Robz4000]

:lol losing to the Blazers at home
:lol Lillard going HAM, exposing the Spurs.

Guess ya'll have no excuse to lose to the Spurs Monday

[EVAY]

We should have won this game. It was a bad, bad performance that bodes poorly for the playoffs. Again, if another team can shut down Tony, or if he is out, we can look pretty terrible.

[ElNono]

CIA Pop keeping Portland chances alive, nothing to see here

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

A lot of this loss has to do with our bigs. They let Aldridge + Hickson go crazy and let Lillard get to the rim too easily.

[Spurs Brazil]

CoJo was doing a good job on Lillard. He sit in the 3rd, game over

[Boomersgold]

Cojo did average but Mills/Green/Manu...

[Strategic]

4 rings, faggot!his team only has one ring and he's not old enough to remember when seattle won it.

[EVAY]

A lot of this loss has to do with our bigs. They let Aldridge + Hickson go crazy and let Lillard get to the rim too easily.

+1

[phxspurfan]

Lillard pwns the Spurs

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

The announcer's excuses are pathetic. The defense was shit.

[Robz4000]

A lot of this loss has to do with our bigs. They let Aldridge + Hickson go crazy and let Lillard get to the rim too easily.

This tbh. If Aldridge/Hickson didn't go HAM, it'd be a shootout right now, and I'd pick the Spurs over them in that case.

[loveforthegame]

Neal comes in and has no problem chucking up shots.

[spurraider21]

cojo will limit lillard to under 20pts ......................................
..................

[MR-Clutch]

F for pop.

[ElNono]

125 pts... I hope they are just allowing everything this game and get that shit out of the system

[playblair]

CoJo was doing a good job on Lillard. He sit in the 3rd, game over

word cojo kept lillard at bay ......................

[ElNono]

thats 35pts in the 4th alone and there's still 2 mins to go

[Strategic]

Spurs got their usual 101 but................

[timtonymanu]

Turned the game off. I don't need to see pathetic basketball. Call me when the Spurs take themselves seriously again.

[playblair]

..................

....... @ mills defense on lillard ............ not cojos fault ................

[ElNono]

at least Tim got to rest

[Captivus]

Why isnt Baynes playing? Get Bonner out

[EVAY]

CoJo was doing a good job on Lillard. He sit in the 3rd, game over

No he didn't. Lillard was giving the ball to the big guys because they were hot, what a good point guard should have been doing. Then when the bigs cooled off, he took over, like a good point guard should. In other words, he did whatever he wanted to do whenever he wanted to do it. Cojo had no influence on it.

[blkroadrunners]

Good thing we got OKC next.

Why do you say that? LOL Westbrook may go for 50.

[Boomersgold]

....... @ mills defense on lillard ............ not cojos fault ................

It wasn't just Mills. Did you even watch the game? lol. Manu guarded him as well.

There was also Wesley Matthews fluking threes, Aldridge and Hickson playing well against our bigs.

[Mayhem321]

Bonner + Diaw = 27 minutes and 0 rebounds

[timtonymanu]

Why do you say that? LOL Westbrook may go for 50.

Blue font there. Spurs might just drop two in a row.

[EVAY]

at least Tim got to rest

Unfortunately, some of his rest came during the first quarter when he got two fouls in about as many minutes and then watched Aldridge and Hickson score at will at the rim after that.

[blkroadrunners]

:lol Maynor has 20 points
:lol averages about 4 pts

[timtonymanu]

Bonner + Diaw = 27 minutes and 0 rebounds

This is why I can't stand Diaw. He goes through too many "I don't give a shit" stretches. It's annoying with someone of his capabilities.

[siraulo23]

aldridge - 26
lillard - 35
hickson - 23
maynor - 16

blazers shoot 60%, one of those games, incredible

Duncan looked good offensively tho, manu is starting to drive to the rim and kawhi is getting better by the game

[playblair]

Bonner + Diaw = 27 minutes and 0 rebounds

word ......................... bonner/diaw are finesse players = garbage ....................

[ElNono]

lol redhead can't even rebound against scrubs

[TDfan2007]

This game falls on Tiago and Timmy. They got destroyed by Adridge/Hickson, and their soft defense set the tone for the rest of the team going forward.

[phxspurfan]

Duncan with 2 fouls in the first 3 minutes of the game didn't help

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

The Pistons game was "one of those games". This game was shitty defense.

[Boomersgold]

C'mon, Pop. at lest give Baynes a taste of playing time.

[HarlemHeat37]

A lot of this loss has to do with our bigs. They let Aldridge + Hickson go crazy and let Lillard get to the rim too easily.

Allowing Hickson to continue shooting is a good strategy, regardless of his effectiveness..he's a black hole and he won't continue having success all game..

Aldridge isn't an alpha, he frequently loses aggression..

Allowing points from those guys doesn't beat you..the game got away from the Spurs once Lillard took over and their perimeter players got an abundance of open shots..

I agree that the bigs were horrible on D btw, just saying I'd much rather allow Hickson/Aldridge to try to beat me all game..

[SpurPadre]

This result is forgivable in November and December but not in FUCKING MARCH after the RRT.

[spurs1990]

Hate to make this loss even worse but this same Portland roster went into New Orleans last month and lost 99-63.

They've also lost to Cleveland, Washington, and Phoenix at home this calendar year.

Patty Mills was spot on in his interview today. Spurs have a big ol X on their back.

[Pop]

Lol historical ownage.

[Strategic]

Joseph drivng to the hoop and the other four Spurs standing on the hero ball line.

[Duncan2177]

Diaw and Bonner=The poop towers.:lol

[Russo21]

Yuck

[Darius McCrary]

Meh. WGAF about HCA. Spurs are an outside shot either way its kinda like finding the difference between 1/5 and 4/25 betting wise.

Duncan got three bull crap defensive fouls in the first half that staggered Pips rotation and that helped Portland.
Furthermore, Manu went into Worthless Chucker mode when Leonard was trying to reach anew level, which killed Leonard's rhythm, and dug us an even bigger hole.

[TheSkeptic]

This tbh. If Aldridge/Hickson didn't go HAM, it'd be a shootout right now, and I'd pick the Spurs over them in that case.

I think you guys are overreacting a little bit. Before TD got into foul trouble it was more or less even. The momentum didn't swing fully until that sub and by the time the full line-up got in the Blazers were in rhythm. Spurs were out of sorts for the rest of the night and the Blazers always play our team tough.

Spurs do need to start making more adjustments with TP out though.

[ElNono]

46 pt quarter for Portland... worrisome... let's hope it's just a fluke

[freetiago]

Popovich lost the game with his terrible rotations

[Cry Havoc]

Just turrible.

Also just one game.

We'll be fine.

[Strategic]

Blazers give the Spurs the kind of home whooping that only the Heat have been able to give.

[blkroadrunners]

Blue font there. Spurs might just drop two in a row.

Gotcha. Not sure if you were serious there or not.

[Strategic]

Just one game

[Boomersgold]

Popovich lost the game with his terrible rotations

Which rotation didn't you like?The rotations that he played were basically what he played against Chicago and Detroit.

[SpurPadre]

Is it safe to say tonight was the worst defensive performance in the TD era?

[timtonymanu]

All will be forgiven if we deliver the Thunder an ass whooping on Monday. :lol

[Pop]

:pop: historically owned on military night, still plays Bonner

Can we feel more confident about the playoffs lol?

[TDfan2007]

Is it safe to say tonight was the worst defensive performance in the TD era?

It's up there. That's quite the long era, so not sure, but this is almost as bad as it gets.

[Russo21]

Parker for MVP

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs will get swept by 20+ points a game in the first round playing like that shit. Fucking pathetic.

[playblair]

dont play bonner....................

[Pop]

Which rotation didn't you like?The rotations that he played were basically what he played against Chicago and Detroit.

When you take it up the ass inside opening up everything for the Blazer, maybe you should play Baynes instead of giving charity minutes to the turd towers....

[Captivus]

Blazzers:
61,9% 3PT%
61.6% FG%

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Allowing Hickson to continue shooting is a good strategy, regardless of his effectiveness..he's a black hole and he won't continue having success all game..

Aldridge isn't an alpha, he frequently loses aggression..

Allowing points from those guys doesn't beat you..the game got away from the Spurs once Lillard took over and their
perimeter players got an abundance of open shots..
Lillard takes over because our bigs had to start coming up on the pick and roll (which they did terribly) because of Aldridge + Hickson, making it easier for Lillard to go by them. Then, when they started staying back on the pick and roll, he hit a bunch of jumpers.

[Robz4000]

I think you guys are overreacting a little bit. Before TD got into foul trouble it was more or less even. The momentum didn't swing fully until that sub and by the time the full line-up got in the Blazers were in rhythm. Spurs were out of sorts for the rest of the night and the Blazers always play our team tough.

Spurs do need to start making more adjustments with TP out though.

Not really. TD is never able to stop Aldrige, he tends to hit the flukiest shots. Weird that Hickson had such a great game. The O was fine other than Manu had a bad game. CoJo did fine on Lillard for the most part too.

[timtonymanu]

Burn the tape.

[TheSkeptic]

When you take it up the ass inside opening up everything for the Blazer, maybe you should play Baynes instead of giving charity minutes to the turd towers....

Baynes was inactive tonight though...

[Boomersgold]

When you take it up the ass inside opening up everything for the Blazer, maybe you should play Baynes instead of giving charity minutes to the turd towers....

I was surprised that Baynes wasn't even played in garbage time. Must be a nightmare to be a rookie under Pop's coaching.

[Boomersgold]

Baynes was inactive tonight though...

That explains it.

[thunderup]

All will be forgiven if we deliver the Thunder an ass whooping on Monday. :lol

We're gonna tear you guys a new asshole. ESPECIALLY with that abortion that's called the Spurs' perimeter defense. Look for a statement game when Kevin and Russ come into town.

[ace3g]

Didn't like the stretches when Manu and Green were guarding Lillard: Manu is too slow and Green sags off too much for a hot 3 point shooter.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This game started with bad signs when Hickson and LAM went inside for multiple dunks in the 1st Q. After that it got progressively worse.

Work out what went wrong and learn from it, then move on.

[ace3g]

Baynes was inactive tonight

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Having either Diaw OR Bonner on the roster is fine, but both is not OK. Splitter and Duncan CAN play really good post defense despite tonight, but when Bonner and Diaw come in, the defense gets far worse.

[TDfan2007]

I'm not. Who's better?

Chris Paul.

[Brunodf]

Lillard 4-10 in 22 minutes vs Cojo
8-10 in 18 minutes vs others

[TheSkeptic]

Not really. TD is never able to stop Aldrige, he tends to hit the flukiest shots. Weird that Hickson had such a great game. The O was fine other than Manu had a bad game. CoJo did fine on Lillard for the most part too.

Actually I think the last 3 or 4 meetings Aldridge has performed below his usual standards versus the Spurs. If memory serves. He went crazy this game but a 26 point from Aldridge is something a team like ours should be able to handle. Hickson and Lillard were the difference-makers tonight imo and while the bigs are to blame for the Hickson thing, I thought Lillard's 35 and Portland's 3 point shooting were what really hurt the Spurs tonight.

Cut their 3-point shooting in half or so while limiting Lillard to 25 and Hickson to about 18, and I think the game's a lot closer.

[Robz4000]

Actually I think the last 3 or 4 meetings Aldridge has performed below his usual standards versus the Spurs. If memory serves. He went crazy this game but a 26 point from Aldridge is something a team like ours should be able to handle. Hickson and Lillard were the difference-makers tonight imo and while the bigs are to blame for the Hickson thing, I thought Lillard's 35 and Portland's 3 point shooting were what really hurt the Spurs tonight.

Cut their 3-point shooting in half or so while limiting one of Lillard or Hickson better, and I think the game's a lot closer.

Agreed, The perimeter D was horrendous.

[crc21209]

We're gonna tear you guys a new asshole. ESPECIALLY with that abortion that's called the Spurs' perimeter defense. Look for a statement game when Kevin and Russ come into town.

Cool story, now go to sleep your mom is calling you..it's passed your bed time son...

[Pop]

Lillard 4-9 in 21 minutes vs Cojo
8-11 in 19 minutes vs others

Stat of the night

#letsbuyPopsomeglasses

[Robz4000]

We're gonna tear you guys a new asshole. ESPECIALLY with that abortion that's called the Spurs' perimeter defense. Look for a statement game when Kevin and Russ come into town.

Saving for future reference...

[elemento]

Put any excuses you want, but a top defensive team should not allow 46 points in one quarter. That's beyond pathetic.

[Brunodf]

Stat of the night

#letsbuyPopsomeglasses

Fixed...I forgot about the 4th

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Did Pop play Joseph so little to make a statement to Mills? Almost to prove why Joseph is starting in Tony's absence? Pop is not afraid to throw a game to make a statement to his team, as long as that game isn't during the playoffs (heck even then, you never know with Pop).

[SpurPadre]

Blazers give the Spurs the kind of home whooping that only the Heat have been able to give.

Uh, the Heat barely beat us against our C team last time...AT Miami no less.

[Sean Cagney]

Put any excuses you want, but a top defensive team should not allow 46 points in one quarter. That's beyond pathetic.

They are not a top Defensive team IMO after that crap, they looked horrible out there.

[Boomersgold]

Did Pop play Joseph so little to make a statement to Mills? Almost to prove why Joseph is starting in Tony's absence? Pop is not afraid to throw a game to make a statement to his team, as long as that game isn't during the playoffs (heck even then, you never know with Pop).

I don't think so. Mills has played almost the same minutes as Joseph in Parker's absence, and the Spurs have won their last two games. In other words, it's just their regular Parker-less rotation.

[TheSkeptic]

Agreed, The perimeter D was horrendous.

Yeah. The other problem I had is that although our team scored enough points to win a game in theory, I didn't think the ball movement and play was where it should've been. Kawhi for example, got about as many FGA as he should (probably slightly less), but I felt like his offensive involvement wasn't consistent enough throughout the game. And Splitter was another one who should've gotten more opportunities.

More than ever, I think that Manu should be focusing more on distributing and picking his spots wisely. We need more production from everyone and I just thought the offensive execution wasn't where we needed it to be.

[tlongII]

Damian Lillard

[Strategic]

Uh, the Heat barely beat us against our C team last time...AT Miami no less.You're right, but the last time the Heat came to town the spread was similiar to this one.

[Strategic]

Damian LillardHe put on a clinic. What's Portland's excuse for not being in the playoff picture this year?

[Brunodf]

He put on a clinic. What's Portland's excuse for not being in the playoff picture this year?

They don't play vs Pop every game

[Budkin]

Holy shit... who were these teams playing tonight??

[Capt Bringdown]

Missed the game. Shocked by the box score. I can't recall the Spurs or any other NBA team giving up 46 points in a quarter.
Tonight's game a training exercise for the next 0-4 playoff exit I guess.

[SpurPadre]

Holy shit... who were these teams playing tonight??

A scrub but athletic team playing out of their minds despite having a good player in Batum only scoring two points and a soft but technically superb team that tends to struggle against young and athletic teams that punch them in the mouth.

[RD2191]

WTF, first game I don't watch all season and we get blown out? wtf happened? should we be worried?

[SpurPadre]

WTF, first game I don't watch all season and we get blown out? wtf happened? should we be worried?

No need to worry if this happened back in November or December but in the middle of March, at San Antonio and post rodeo trip? It's a HUGE concern regardless if it was without TP out there.

[RD2191]

No need to worry if this happened back in November or December but in the middle of March, at San Antonio and post rodeo trip? It's a HUGE concern regardless if it was without TP out there.
damn, I didn't see this coming, maybe a loss to okc, but then again, Portland has always had our number. Lillard dropped 35?!?, damn damn

[Capt Bringdown]

46 pts in a quarter is a sign of quit. So is a backdoor sweep.

[timtonymanu]

No need to worry if this happened back in November or December but in the middle of March, at San Antonio and post rodeo trip? It's a HUGE concern regardless if it was without TP out there.

Come on now. The Spurs didnt take their opponent seriously and lost. It happens. At some point, the team will start feeling the effects of Parker not playing. The Blazers realistically aren't out of the playoff standings yet either so it's obvious they wanted this more. They have also had our number the past few years now.

[SpurPadre]

Come on now. The Spurs didnt take their opponent seriously and lost. It happens. At some point, the team will start feeling the effects of Parker not playing. The Blazers realistically aren't out of the playoff standings yet either so it's obvious they wanted this more. They have also had our number the past few years now.

We didn't take the Warriors seriously a few weeks ago either, nor the Suns last week, and we lost those games. Teams aspring to be champions cannot lose mental focus at this stage in the season. The Heat haven't lost focus for 16 straight games, most of those against scrub Leastern Conference teams, too.

[RD2191]

why is this team so inconsistent tho? one night they play beautiful defense and the next game its like a completely diff team. It probably hasn't happened alot but I know it has happened a few times this season.

[TheSkeptic]

We didn't take the Warriors seriously a few weeks ago either, nor the Suns last week, and we lost those games. Teams aspring to be champions cannot lose mental focus at this stage in the season. The Heat haven't lost focus for 16 straight games, most of those against scrub Leastern Conference teams, too.

Let's see the Heat win 16 straight games without Lebron James.

And tbh, I thought the refs rigged a couple of those games during this last 16 game streak. The Heat have been a looking a bit unglued here and there and the Magic in particular were hosed.

That said, I agree with your overall sentiment and a 30 point loss at home is completely unacceptable. I think Pop'll let them hear it though.

[SpurPadre]

damn, I didn't see this coming, maybe a loss to okc, but then again, Portland has always had our number. Lillard dropped 35?!?, damn damn

Batum only scored 2 points too. It's the most shocking Spurs loss of the season.

[timtonymanu]

We didn't take the Warriors seriously a few weeks ago either, nor the Suns last week, and we lost those games. Teams aspring to be champions cannot lose mental focus at this stage in the season. The Heat haven't lost focus for 16 straight games, most of those against scrub Leastern Conference teams, too.

smh @ you. Games like this happen, no matter what month we are in. You can't do anything about that. It doesn't mean they lost their "focus". Did we not just see them beat Chicago the other night? The only thing this affects is playoff positioning, but I'm sure the Spurs have their mind on winning the championship. Beating a 10th seed in the West isn't gonna prove anything.

If it becomes a common trend, then you can worry. But now, it's just all premature and it's why sometimes I hate coming up here after losses.

[RD2191]

smh @ you. Games like this happen, no matter what month we are in. You can't do anything about that. It doesn't mean they lost their "focus". Did we not just see them beat Chicago the other night? The only thing this affects is playoff positioning, but I'm sure the Spurs have their mind on winning the championship. Beating a 10th seed in the West isn't gonna prove anything.

If it becomes a common trend, then you can worry. But now, it's just all premature and it's why sometimes I hate coming up here after losses.
will you start to worry if we get blown out by OKC???

[timtonymanu]

will you start to worry if we get blown out by OKC???

Nope. Because Tony is out and also I've seen this team fight hard all season that a little streak of losses won't change anything. Did people expect us to cruise by without TP easily?

We probably aren't getting by OKC or Miami in the playoffs, but to base the team's focus on a regular season loss is silly especially when their best player is out.

[SpurPadre]

smh @ you. Games like this happen, no matter what month we are in. You can't do anything about that. It doesn't mean they lost their "focus". Did we not just see them beat Chicago the other night? The only thing this affects is playoff positioning, but I'm sure the Spurs have their mind on winning the championship. Beating a 10th seed in the West isn't gonna prove anything.

If it becomes a common trend, then you can worry. But now, it's just all premature and it's why sometimes I hate coming up here after losses.

Hey, I respect your thoughts on this and I'm not one to say the sky is falling after every Spurs loss but tonight's loss is just unacceptable. It was more then losing focus, it was being soft when this is the time of year that real contenders man up and take each game leading up to the playoffs as serious preparation. And I got news for ya, without HCA, the Thunder have a huge advantage against us in the WCF if we get that far again.

[SpurPadre]

why is this team so inconsistent tho? one night they play beautiful defense and the next game its like a completely diff team. It probably hasn't happened alot but I know it has happened a few times this season.

3 times in the past month against teams that are beneath us is what's really bugging me. The loss against the Warriors? Shouldn't have happened. The loss against the Suns? Shouldn't have happened. Losing to the Blazers at home by 30 points and giving up 46 in the fourth quarter? Baffling and inexcusable. Man, I need to cool off! I'm so disgusted with the team right now.

[timtonymanu]

Hey, I respect your thoughts on this and I'm not one to say the sky is falling after every Spurs loss but tonight's loss is just unacceptable. It was more then losing focus, it was being soft when this is the time of year that real contenders man up and take each game leading up to the playoffs as serious preparation. And I got news for ya, without HCA, the Thunder have a huge advantage against us in the WCF if we get that far again.

It's easy for the other real contenders to "man up" when they have a healthy roster. I hate to use health as an excuse, but it's true. Portland also played out of their minds. You just gotta tip your hat and move on. The Spurs probably took them for granted and paid for it. It happens when you play teams that aren't likely to challenge you in the playoffs. The loss was terrible, I'm not gonna lie. I just don't understand the soft or losing focus label when this team has shown this year that they are really good. It's not like we are watching the 2011 season out there which was very fool's gold.

[RD2191]

Nope. Because Tony is out and also I've seen this team fight hard all season that a little streak of losses won't change anything. Did people expect us to cruise by without TP easily?

We probably aren't getting by OKC or Miami in the playoffs, but to base the team's focus on a regular season loss is silly especially when their best player is out.
good points. Im just pretty bummed. I've only been following the Spurs since 08, so I haven't had much to cheer for. Just really wanna see Duncan get that 5th ring.

[Budkin]

So what were Pop's comments after the game?

[justinandimcool]

sky isn't falling yet, but who was the last championship team to lose by 30 in the season?

[Brunodf]

If Pop play the right rotations the Spurs will beat them by 20+

Called it tbh, microball killed us again

[RD2191]

3 times in the past month against teams that are beneath us is what's really bugging me. The loss against the Warriors? Shouldn't have happened. The loss against the Suns? Shouldn't have happened. Losing to the Blazers at home by 30 points and giving up 46 in the fourth quarter? Baffling and inexcusable. Man, I need to cool off! I'm so disgusted with the team right now.
lol, me too man, im almost crying over here. guess we just gotta roll with the punches.

[Brunodf]

sky isn't falling yet, but who was the last championship team to lose by 30 in the season?

Heat?

[timtonymanu]

good points. Im just pretty bummed. I've only been following the Spurs since 08, so I haven't had much to cheer for. Just really wanna see Duncan get that 5th ring.

I'm sure we all do.

[SpurPadre]

Heat?

Yeah, on the road against a real contender (us), not a scrub team in the middle of March at home. Ok, I'm done bitching about this one...really, lol. :bang

[Budkin]

sky isn't falling yet, but who was the last championship team to lose by 30 in the season?

Well technically we are missing our best player so it's not a great comparison.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah, on the road against a real contender (us), not a scrub team in the middle of March at home. Ok, I'm done bitching about this one...really, lol. :bang

It's okay to be angry at this game. But hopefully you gain some perspective and not take this loss as a mean of the team losing their focus.

[spurs10]

It's going to be a long time until Monday night. Hopefully, that translates into a shootout at the OKC Corral on Monday. If will be extremely difficult for me to root for a team with Jason Terry on it, but what are ya gonna do? Let's hope the Celtics give them a loss on Sunday.

[Arcadian]

:lol I went to the game tonight...it was my first home game this year. Great fucking choice of a game, eh?

[Pop]

:lol I went to the game tonight...it was my first home game this year. Great fucking choice of a game, eh?

:lol

Tough break.

[spurs10]

:lol I went to the game tonight...it was my first home game this year. Great fucking choice of a game, eh?
Sorry to hear it man! I hate going to games and watch us play horribly! Did you ask for a refund? :lol

[thunderup]

:lol I went to the game tonight...it was my first home game this year. Great fucking choice of a game, eh?

:lmao

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

What an ugly, embarrasing loss. The fans should be disgusted.

[Sean Cagney]

sky isn't falling yet, but who was the last championship team to lose by 30 in the season?

Spurs lost by 30 some odd in 05 to the Mavs when Tim was out in that 4th game of the year, thats the 05 Spurs though and Tim was out so we knew it was a fluke and we would bounce back after that. Thats the last time I remember getting beat that badly during the year and winning it all.
What an ugly, embarrasing loss. The fans should be disgusted.

I still can't get over it, flat out humiliating to go out and lose that bad.

[ace3g]

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stupid offensive foul (watch your hands Hickson...)

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[capek]

Very ugly loss. The Spurs have a bull's eye on their back, and obviously they're not good enough (though tbh, the Jordan Bulls is the gold standard here, so perspective) to always raise their game to meet that level, when a marginal (but still NBA-level) team really comes to play. Detroit, GS, Phoenix, and now Portland, all ultimately irrelevant teams that have come to play and beat the Spurs this season.

Tonight, for me, was mainly another example of Pop being more of an aesthete than an experimenter. Even though Bonner and Blair were killing us with their porous defense, he preferred to go with them instead of Baynes, just because they "know the system," so Baynes has more potential to be "ugly" out there. Well, plenty of other coaches throw inexperienced players out there, even though there's the potential for ugly miscues. I just wish Pop wasn't always so conservative. There was a whole half there, where it seems rather apparent that the Blazers were just going to hit every bitch shot they took, why not throw Baynes out there just to see what he could provide against some top competition in Aldridge and Hickson? Rhetorical question of course.

It's just, when their bigs are going off, why not try him out? If he can step up a little and just provide a bit more on D than Blair/Bonner, maybe Green et al don't have to provide as much help, and so are able to better stay on their man (= on of the dozen [?] 3 pt shooters that were killing us). Since the Blazers built their massive lead on 3 pt makes, seems like that could have helped. :rolleyes

But whadda I know.......

[timtonymanu]

Very ugly loss. The Spurs have a bull's eye on their back, and obviously they're not good enough (though tbh, the Jordan Bulls is the gold standard here, so perspective) to always raise their game to meet that level, when a marginal (but still NBA-level) team really comes to play. Detroit, GS, Phoenix, and now Portland, all ultimately irrelevant teams that have come to play and beat the Spurs this season.

Tonight, for me, was mainly another example of Pop being more of an aesthete than an experimenter. Even though Bonner and Blair were killing us with their porous defense, he preferred to go with them instead of Baynes, just because they "know the system," so Baynes has more potential to be "ugly" out there. Well, plenty of other coaches throw inexperienced players out there, even though there's the potential for ugly miscues. I just wish Pop wasn't always so conservative. There was a whole half there, where it seems rather apparent that the Blazers were just going to hit every bitch shot they took, why not throw Baynes out there just to see what he could provide against some top competition in Aldridge and Hickson? Rhetorical question of course.

It's just, when their bigs are going off, why not try him out? If he can step up a little and just provide a bit more on D than Blair/Bonner, maybe Green et al don't have to provide as much help, and so are able to better stay on their man (= on of the dozen [?] 3 pt shooters that were killing us). Since the Blazers built their massive lead on 3 pt makes, seems like that could have helped. :rolleyes

But whadda I know.......

Baynes was on the inactive list. Still though, it probably wouldn't change anything if he were.

[capek]

Baynes was on the inactive list. Still though, it probably wouldn't change anything if he were.

Most true, but that was still Pop's choice. He seemed to know Neal wouldn't play until garbage time; could have just switched them. And you're right, though it's not so much about tonight as it is about doing everything possible to prepare for the playoffs with an acknowledgement that playing Blair/Bonner will only hurt us. Baynes (and getting Diaw back in form of course) is the only option outside of playing Blair/Bonner. CoJo is obviously way ahead of him in terms of learning the Spurs system (and NBA style in general), but we're so in need of Baynes' skill set. Guess Baynes' hasn't "proved" he's ready like Cory had, guess IPWT. :(

[timtonymanu]

Most true, but that was still Pop's choice. He seemed to know Neal wouldn't play until garbage time; could have just switched them. And you're right, though it's not so much about tonight as it is about doing everything possible to prepare for the playoffs with an acknowledgement that playing Blair/Bonner will only hurt us. Baynes (and getting Diaw back in form of course) is the only option outside of playing Blair/Bonner. CoJo is obviously way ahead of him in terms of learning the Spurs system (and NBA style in general), but we're so in need of Baynes' skill set. Guess Baynes' hasn't "proved" he's ready like Cory had, guess IPWT. :(

Hopefully I'm wrong, but I'm afraid Pop will give Joseph the George Hill treatment. Remember, Hill was the backup PG for most of his rookie year until Pop benched him in favor of Jacque Vaughn, which turned out to be a huge mistake. He might do the same thing with Joseph in favor of Neal. I just don't see Pop willing to put Joseph in the rotation because as I quote "It won't be fair to the team."

[Slippy]

The defense individually as well as a team was really bad for the Spurs. The amount of open to comfortable looks the Blazers got from the perimeter was shocking. Sure, they were hitting everything when the 4th came around but the blazers were hot by then.

The starting line-up in the 4th was exactly the opposite to the kind of line-up needed in getting stops . Slow footed in speed and timid with physcality.

[TampaDude]

Hmmm...Spurs lost...oh, well...NEXT!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Capster]

NO PARKER.....BIG PROBLEM!!!

[iminol]

Well, I'm drunk now so I'm able to lunch League Pass and see this super Spurs game.

[iminol]

well, I see Manu breaking 2 ankles that night. M.Leonard + Matthews in 1st half. Damnit.