Game Thread: Spurs vs. Thunder - March 11 @ 7:30 PM CDT

[BatManu20]

I've been saying that Martin is a good player since the trade when everyone was saying he was a scrub. The guy can shoot the 3, and that's al he's asked to do in that offense. He's a big part of what they do.

[Nathan89]

boris protecting his shooting percentage :rollin

He must look up to Michael Finley tbh

[Brunodf]

its working

Are u sure?

[spurraider21]

Manu on Martin = bad news. Manu will play off him and get torched

but manu has been our best rebounder today

[EVAY]

Westbrook just went by three Spurs defenders. Neal, then Diaw and then a third but I didn't catch who it was.

[hater]

:lol we can't grab a rebound and leaving them open for 3... what game are you watching???

Tony would be passing the lube

that's Manu's job and he's doing it brilliantly

[ElNono]

Bad news: they're getting blown out
Good news: it looks like they care

we're just not going to win much giving up 32pt quarters... we can't match that even with Tony

[Strategic]

refs wern't gonna let Joseph stay in the game and guard westmonkey

[Richie]

I've been saying that Martin is a good player since the trade when everyone was saying he was a scrub. The guy can shoot the 3, and that's al he's asked to do in that offense. He's a big part of what they do.

Nobody is saying he's a scrub, but he's not even close to Hardens level so they got worse. Also, he's a horrible defender.

[Brunodf]

neal on the floor is suicide
Fixed

[hater]

:lmao Manu making Martin look like Harden

[Strategic]

Westbrook just went by three Spurs defenders. Neal, then Diaw and then a third but I didn't catch who it was.That's the problem, those three aren't defenders.

[superjames1992]

Why is Neal in here?

Bring in Patty Cakes or Nando. I thought we were done with Gary running the point. It only leads to horrific defense and plentiful turnovers.

[ElNono]

that's Manu's job and he's doing it brilliantly

:lol blaming the offense when they drop 32pts in a quarter... per par shitty takes

[Russ]

OKC is zoning on D and still killing the Spurs on the boards.

[TDomination]

ugh neal

[Rob123]

Why cant we just give kawhi the fucking ball and tell him to go to work. Dude is only 22 wtf is he doing on the bench

[Chinook]

He's already a better guard than Green, Cojo is certainly not the problem.
You certainly are Paranoid Pop :lol

Green's not the issue either. He left when the Spurs were only down by one. He also has three assists and a steal (and another two that weren't counted). He's been a net positive.

[EVAY]

Agreed. Sadly, Joseph has 2 fouls. Corey looked really good on him early.

sorry, but that is how he GOT the two fouls.

[RD2191]

We need Baynes this year, Pop knows that, he is just being a dick

[TDfan2007]

Well...this got out of hand very quickly. I'm just shocked at Timmy's decisions against Perkins tonight. The lack of effort by our starters after last game's debacle is also disheartening.

[Strategic]

alright there's fish the

[hater]

:lol blaming the offense when they drop 32pts in a quarter... per par shitty takes

:lol ignoring the fact that as soon as Manu came in OKC when on a 10-0 run

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fuck Blair!!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

At least Ginobili's shot has been good this game.

[Strategic]

I hope I didn't see neal on durant

[Darius McCrary]

Pretty much what i expected. We're nowhere near okc level right now. They are getting easy shots, free throws every play, and we are taking tough shots. They don't even look challenged.

[DatBoyGood]

Martin is Torching us!!

[NASpurs]

Kevin Martin :lmao

[ElNono]

:lol ignoring the fact that as soon as Manu came in OKC when on a 10-0 run

:lol ignoring the fact that Manu is actually producing out there

[spurraider21]

Fuck Blair!!!

he did the right thing to help. corner defender is supposed to put a body on collison.

[ElNono]

Blair was blocked! Manu's fault!

:lmao

[RD2191]

we need some hard fouls, theyre gonna call them anyways

[hater]

:lol ignoring the fact that Manu is actually producing out there

producing a new allstar in Kevin Martin. now he's hot even with kawhi switched on him. thanks manu

[RD2191]

OKC on pace for 60+ this half

[DatBoyGood]

Man fck these refs.

[loveforthegame]

:lol

[spurraider21]

even fisher getting calls

[ElNono]

producing a new allstar in Kevin Martin. now he's hot even with kawhi switched on him. thanks manu

He's actually the Spurs top scorer this quarter so far, shutting your ass per par :lol

[BatManu20]

Lol the phantom call on Fisher. Still killing the spurs whatever way possible

[superjames1992]

WOW NEAL WOW!!!!!!!!!! WOW

[TDomination]

geez...more whistles

[KaiRMD1]

HaHaHaHa that was hilarious, phantom foul on Fisher?

[LakerHater]

Thunder refs in full affect!!

[NASpurs]

Neal showing his low bball iq like usual.

[Obstructed_View]

Fish owns Splitter.

[TDomination]

mr splitter, there you go!

[ShoogarBear]

Derek Fisher DerekFishering the Spurs.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

17-6 lol

[loveforthegame]

Need more of that.

[ElNono]

Terrible pass by Manu, thank god Splitter finished it anyways

:lmao

[Nathan89]

Leonard needs to post up Martin's frail ass. Why would we not exploit a major mismatch?

[jag]

Golden God

[TDfan2007]

Neal has no business playing tonight.

[hater]

He's actually the Spurs top scorer this quarter so far, shutting your ass per par :lol

we're only 2:00 into the quarter :lmao :lmao

[NASpurs]

Thank God for that 3 second call, Martin was open again...

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol

[BatManu20]

Collison FLOP

[TDfan2007]

Martin apparently won't miss tonight.

[ElNono]

we're only 2:0 into the quarter :lmao :lmao

And he's *still* shutting up your trap :lmao

[Strategic]

I wish I had an alternative to these thunder announcers

[NASpurs]

Fucking Reggie Jackson with the garbage going in

[hater]

manu :lol :lol

sit your ass down

[ElNono]

great D there, tbh... better shot

[TDomination]

wow, thats good defense by manu, good shot jackson

[Brunodf]

Some phantom calls already

[Russ]

we need some hard fouls, theyre gonna call them anyways

:)

[bklynspursfan]

2nd unit showing some energy at least

[ElNono]

that offensive foul on Jack was disgusting

[EVAY]

Well, this is one more pice of evidence for Tony being the Spurs MVP.

[RD2191]

where is our stellar defense huh? lol, getting excited because we held some low scoring teams to their season average, what a joke

[TDfan2007]

Are you kidding me with some of these shots by OKC?

The Spurs are simply snake-bitten right now. This is nuts.

[Strategic]

somebody needs to get physical with this thunder team tbh. one of their top three players need some ass time

[weeks]

i agree with the sentiment of, if they're gonna call the fouls anyway, start hacking these motherfuckers

[spurraider21]

where is our stellar defense huh? lol, getting excited because we held some low scoring teams to their season average, what a joke

if we held teams to their season average we'd have an average defense, not a top 5 defense

[RD2191]

can we please stop with the excuses/fluke shots? our defense is garbage

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Theyre too athletic for the Spurs.

[ElNono]

you can't get physical with them... then it's whistle galore

[Pop]

Pop has a plan, he spent all summer working on a way to beat OKC but he won't show it until the POs.

[TDfan2007]

The Spurs have picked their play up, but the Thunder are hitting everything and getting every break right now.

[Richie]

Are you kidding me with some of these shots by OKC?

The Spurs are simply snake-bitten right now. This is nuts.

Spurs have hit some tough shots too. Rebounds and open 3s have been the difference.

[NASpurs]

Duncan and Manu on the bench... great.

[superjames1992]

If we want to win this game, Popsickle needs to yank Neal, tbh!

[boutons_deux]

No 3s
Spurs lose

[Obstructed_View]

If we want to win this game, Popsickle needs to yank Neal, tbh!

QFMFT

[spurraider21]

must be crazy scary to guard durant. it seems at anytime he can pick up his dribble and get to the rim in 2 steps, but at the same time he could instantly pull up and hit a shot in your face.


attaboy green

[Strategic]

you can't get physical with them... then it's whistle galoreif their gonna beat our ass, lets put one of them on the floor

[ElNono]

danny!

[TDomination]

good move there by green

[TDomination]

wow a miss and a rebound with no foul!

[NASpurs]

Green is locked on and loaded

[spurraider21]

Green sucks :depressed

[Russ]

I can take the decline.

I can even take Westbrook.

But I can't take that gravy-training Fisher.:ihit

[RD2191]

danny green not choking

[Mayhem321]

GREEN!!

[NASpurs]

Kawhi!

[TDomination]

heck ya! there u go san an tonio!!!!!

[DatBoyGood]

Green and Kawhi puttin the team on dey backs!!

[phxspurfan]

welcome back, ball movement

[Nathan89]

That's a nice pass by Splitter

[ElNono]

3 pt ball to save the day

[Strategic]

three treys in a row, hell yeah

[ShoogarBear]

I was going to bitch about a Green/Neal backcourt, but nevermind.

[bklynspursfan]

Finally!

[weeks]

WE TAKE IT ALL BACK
THIS IS THE BEST TEAM IN THE NBA
ETC ETC

but really though, this is why i make it a point to watch every game i can, even if we're getting beaten.

[hater]

:rollin Manu sits down and spurs go on a 9-0 run :lmao :lmao

[wut]

that was OKC learning Kawhi is for real...

[EVAY]

If they leave Fisher on Green we might actually have a chance in this game.

[Brunodf]

Kawhi/TD/Splitter frontcourt:ihit

[Richie]

Fisher was on Leonard there, gotta let him go iso on the old man.

[BatManu20]

And suddenly everyone on this board is in a good mood lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Good to see Green making 3s against the Thunder. Nice run. Keep the solid defense now

[Obstructed_View]

I can take the decline.

I can even take Westbrook.

But I can't take that gravy-training Fisher.:ihit
He used his daughter's cancer to weasel out of Utah back to the Lakers. Why would you be surprised at this point?

[hater]

If they leave Fisher on Green we might actually have a chance in this game.

:lol true

[TDfan2007]

The bench's energy woke our guys up. Let's see if they can keep up the effort, because that's been the main difference in the game.

Good to see Green being so aggressive tonight.

[Richie]

We've hit some 3's, but this run has been about defensive stops.

[EVAY]

Watching Derek Fisher play defense is the perfect way to get everybody in a good mood.

[Chinook]

:rollin Manu sits down and spurs go on a 9-0 run :lmao :lmao

I think it has more to do with Green than with Ginobili. He's a much better player than he gets credit for, and his impact on the team's plus-minus shouldn't be ignored.

[spurraider21]

Tivo confirms it. Fisher was on Green for both of his 3's, and he switched onto Kawhi right before Kawhi hit the 3. Theme: pick on Fish

[spursmartyr]

Timvp got this one wrong when editing my thread title. I had it right. It's CDT now, not CST.

[RD2191]

:ihit

[jag]

Run the offense through The One Who Has Been Freed

[TDomination]

im glad kawhi shot that instead of passing it to neal

[NASpurs]

WTF was that neon yellow/green Spurs jersey

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

3 in the key

[EVAY]

Duncan play some f'in defense man!!!

[spurraider21]

westbrick pulls up with 19 on the clock again :lol

[NASpurs]

Thank God for Westbrick. Bless his heart.

[Obstructed_View]

Danny Green has the ugliest heat checks in NBA history.

[ElNono]

Neal finally found his matchup... Fisher

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I might regret this come playoffs, but why is Derek Fisher getting minutes for the Thunder?

[Pop]

Tim is looking like a tosb, he should go bacl to Germany or something much more worrying than TP's return.

[jag]

Release the chains!!!

[NASpurs]

Splitter putting Durant on the cycle.

[RD2191]

SPLITATTATTAAAA

[Obstructed_View]

I love hearing The Who in the arena.

[Strategic]

thunderef call

[ShoogarBear]

lmfao Splitter to Duncan give and go

[ElNono]

more BS calls... at home nonetheless

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Tiago "LeBron" Splitter

[BatManu20]

Lol Tiago

[SpurPadre]

Neal finally found his matchup... Fisher

Now if only he can find a shot he can pass up instead of just blindly chuck like he usually does.

[TDomination]

splitter with the hesitation step

[Brunodf]

gotta be kidding me

[Obstructed_View]

That's a fucking bullshit call.

[DatBoyGood]

Westbrick!!!

[wut]

lol outside that charge, love the confidence from Splitter!

[NASpurs]

Neal for threeeeeeeeee

[Pop]

Lol Tiago got so excited.

[Brazil]

Neal with the shhhhuuuttt

[TDomination]

haha jackson is pumped, he really wants to beat OKC

[Cry Havoc]

Fucking amazing.

[Spurs Brazil]

Now I like, Pop! Stay big with Durant playing PF.

[TDomination]

why is that not a foul, they pushed neal. kawhi beautiful!

[ShoogarBear]

FUG YEAH

[DatBoyGood]

KL!!!

[BatManu20]

Kawhi!!!!!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Kawhi I love you

[ElNono]

woooo... right on Porkins mug!

[NASpurs]

Kawhi making Durant fall back and makes the shot in his face :wow

OMG Kawhi duuuuuuuuuuuunk

[Boomersgold]

Sweet shooting from Neal.

[Strategic]

hell yeah

[DesertSpur50]

Kawhi showing Durant what's up!!!

[Brazil]

Lebron Leonard JamesJames

[Obstructed_View]

KL, motherfucker, tbh.

[TDomination]

oh my goodness!!! leonard!!!

[Brazil]

Wow

[phxspurfan]

Wow, KL with the GIF

[ShoogarBear]

That was 100000x better than DeAndre's dunk.

[Pop]

Oh MAMA.

[DAF86]

Can you fucking bealive that my feed just froze before that Leonard dunk?

[wut]

some nice style from Kawhi.

[bklynspursfan]

What a stretch

[Obstructed_View]

Kawhi switching to the left to avoid the defender should put chills into the rest of the league.

[Nathan89]

Westbrook just ran into Neal a couple of possessions ago and the refs just swallowed the whistle.

[DesertSpur50]

Damn, Kawhi looks like James Worthy today!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurs woke up! Wonder what Pop said to them?

[NASpurs]

Good to see the offense flowing through Green, Leonard and Neal instead of the TOSBs.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Kawhi Mother Fucking Leonard!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

O.M.G

Kawhi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[superjames1992]

Nice turnaround. It appears that Neal finally found a nut. It happens by chance at times, tbh.

[biziofromdowntown]

Mother of God, KL!!!

[jag]

http://i.imgur.com/0NZO4.gif

[EVAY]

On the last two Spurs possessions, first Gary Neal was fouled by somebody running into him, and then Leonard was fouled by Westbrook after he took the ball away from him. Neither was called. Who thinks that may be what is going to happen in the playoffs?

[Floyd Pacquiao]

I love it!

[Sausage]

Kawhi Leonard is a FREAK

[TDfan2007]

Our turn to catch fire I guess. It's great to see our guys competing. Tiago and Kawhi have been amazing.

[ShoogarBear]

Can you fucking bealive that my feed just froze before that Leonard dunk?

That's because Kawhi sucked the energy out of your set.

[wut]

Kawhi switching to the left to avoid the defender should put chills into the rest of the league.
The thing that is amazing about Kawhi, is how quickly he is progressing...at this rate he will be an all-star in two years.

[Salty]

The Chosen One

[RD2191]

:cry:cry im so sorry i called the Spurs soft

[NASpurs]

Manu is in...

[spurspokesman]

Let's go

[ElNono]

Manu is in... here comes the Thunder run! :rolleyes

[Strategic]

shot clock

[Brazil]

Nice D effort here

[Chinook]

I thought Green deserved to close out the half.

[EVAY]

We are watching Leonard become a floor leader, and man do we ever need one with Parker out!!

[NASpurs]

TD and 1!!

[DatBoyGood]

:lol timmy!!

[ElNono]

Tim and1!... Manu's fault!

[Strategic]

and fuckin !

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I'm loving the defense this quarter. But Derek Fisher was awful.

[Brazil]

The fuck Tim ? :lol

[EVAY]

Tim and1!... Manu's fault!

:lol

[DatBoyGood]

25-4 run!

[biziofromdowntown]

man, this young fella, timmy duncan, can score apparently

[ElNono]

Manu draws a foul! choker! :lol

[jag]

Westbrook's mutant looking ass is all over the boards tonight

[TDfan2007]

We're getting calls!

[Brazil]

This is what needs to happen in PO Manu abusing sefo

[wut]

..and the ball don't lie?

[EVAY]

It would be worth 20 points for us if Manu could make Sefalosha foul out!!!

[ElNono]

Durant scores! Manu's fault!

[NASpurs]

11 point lead... Jesus, that was a fast turnaround.

[Pop]

Kawhi may pass Tim for second banana after passing Manu a while ago for third.

[Mayhem321]

Best quarter of the season?

[ElNono]

Diaw's turnover... Manu's fault!

[TDomination]

yay manu

[hater]

Manu :pctoss

[Strategic]

come on Manu, knock him down or let him go

[BatManu20]

Diaw sucks. Please take him out. Completely ruined the end of this qtr for us

[RD2191]

just terrible

[Brunodf]

Diaw:bang

[Richie]

ffs manu, and1?????

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Diaw...

[Brazil]

Manu draws a foul! choker! :lol

Nono so happy Manu did Something good he wrote it twice :lol

[ace3g]

not sure if mentioned but maybe Pop has a new defensive adjustment: when Splitter is out there, put him on one of the guards , seemed to work during that stretch in the 2nd quarter.

[TDfan2007]

Terrible foul by Manu

[DatBoyGood]

What a turn around. Especially without Tony.... KL steppin up

[ShoogarBear]

Diaw can be so useless at times.

[Strategic]

Great effort for the Spurs in the 2nd quarter. GREAT

[wut]

I know this goes against everything that is logical....but we lost our momentum when Manu starting going one one one and slowing the game down at the end there.

[ElNono]

Nono so happy Manu did Something good he wrote it twice :lol

You didn't hear? Everything the Spurs do is on Manu :lol

[hater]

Nono so happy Manu did Something good he wrote it twice :lol

:lmao :lol :rollin

[RD2191]

guess I cant complain, we were down like fifty

[spurspokesman]

Diaw just sucks at times

[EVAY]

Hey, we are up seven at the half. No one of us imagined this about mid-way through the first quarter, so we can take it happily. If we can keep Leonard scoring, and if Manu can get Sefalosha in foul trouble, and if Duncan could consider playing some better defense, we might have a chance at this.

[Brunodf]

I'm loving the defense this quarter. But Derek Fisher was awful.
Neal was on Sefalosha

[Manu-20]

Kawhi,Green, and Splitter are a huge reason why we are up but man oh man seeing Kawhi take over during that one stretch was incredible to see.

[Chinook]

not sure if mentioned but maybe Pop has a new defensive adjustment: when Splitter is out there, put him on one of the guards , seemed to work during that stretch in the 2nd quarter.

It allows the Spurs to stay big. Honestly, having Splitter and Duncan in at the same time is the best way to neutralize Durant.

[ElNono]

we're going to need a lot of 3 ball apparently... defense picked up in that 2nd quarter too

[BatManu20]

Needless to say that was a incredible turn around. Looked like we were dead in the water after the 1st. GREAT 2nd quarter, although the last two minutes were terrible. Diaw is playing really poorly. He's a liability cause he's not a threat to score. I hope he doesn't get any PT in the 2nd half.

[TDfan2007]

I'm proud of this team. I don't care if they win or not. I just want them to compete and show backbone, which they've done for most of the season.

[Spurs Brazil]

The Good:

Kawhi, this kid is amazing
Green, good to see him making shots against OKC
Pop staying big despite Durant playing PF. Pop put Tiago on Fisher like the old times against Mavs, with TD on Raja Bell


The bad

Boards, OKC is killing us

[EVAY]

WE have to admit that after the Thunder went up by so much they sort of let up their intensity. IF we can keep them from getting it back in the third, we might have a shot.

[SpurPadre]

WTF is up with Manu's FT shooting this season? I almost trust Splitter to hit them more than Manu lately.

[bklynspursfan]

I hope they smell blood in the 3rd. Okc is playing 4 in 5. Gotta keep pouring it on.

[weeks]

it's hilarious to see the mood of this forum go in such bipolar directions
we were down by that much and came back that quickly. guess what, it can happen to us just the same if we get too confident about it

[timtonymanu]

Sigh... Boris Diaw's lack of energy sometimes really pisses me off.

I'll take the lead, but I would have preferred to have a double digit lead. Can't complain though. The Thunderefs are due for a huge run though. Hopefully our guys are ready.