Game Thread: Spurs @ Rockets - Mar. 24 @ 6:00 PM CST

[Pop]

Why go to Tim who got shut down tonight...

[RD2191]

dude that was off the rockets

[TMTTRIO]

I wish they would sit Manu out now.

[spurtech09]

hurry up

[hater]

:lmao rocket announcers

that is Rockets ball folks

after replay,

maybe that is a jump ball

[wut]

jump ball = I don't wanna get shot, but it was Spurs ball.

[Obstructed_View]

Kawhi was fucking up a lot earlier this season too. It might be too late for Green to be expanding his game though.

It's off Omer.

Kawhi was better on the break than Danny Green in college, and he worked his ass off all offseason while the Spurs made it a focal point of his development. Danny Green got none of that. Yes, it's too late to develop him.

[RD2191]

OH GOD

[LakerHater]

Oh Shit Leonard!!

[Spurs9]

:lmao

[Obstructed_View]

Pretty shot, KL.

[wut]

awesome defense Kawhi!

[bklynspursfan]

How was that not a jump ball?

[ElNono]

whhhhaaatttt???!!!!!

[spurtech09]

LOL timeout ...omg...

[Quiet Strength]

Was that a travel?

[superjames1992]

I wish they would sit Manu out now.
You are pathetic. Manu just saved this team's ass with that jump ball.

Too bad Kawhi hit the fucking backboard on a corner three. SAD.

[EVAY]

Well, Kawhi got another shot.

[CitizenDwayne]

my god, Leonard

[LakerHater]

HOLY SHIT!???? BAD CALL Ref!!!

[ElNono]

he doesnt have the ball... can't call a timeout

[bklynspursfan]

Maybe not.

[RD2191]

YEAH WE JUST GOT JOBBED

[Brazil]

It's ok kl this is what u need to do

[PingPong]

Delfino with the manu-like last ball.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

WTF!

[Obstructed_View]

So the Spurs should get the ball out of bounds, and they call a jump ball. The Spurs should get a jump ball, and the Rockets get a time out.

[Raven]

smh

[Spursnlego]

Giving the Rockets the game lol

[GB20]

kawhi almost killed a bird with that last shot

[spurtech09]

refs are killing us...

[Pop]

LOL at going away from TP the last two possessions.

[Fabbs]

Lazy play by Green. Get on the floor, refs will always call jump ball.

[SpurSwag]

delfino/parsons game winner

[Uriel]

Somebody bump the thread on defending last second shots

[thunderup]

C'mon Houston. Give us a break. We gave yall James

[bklynspursfan]

Harden FTs

[superjames1992]

I though Kawhi was Michael Jordan or something? WTF happened?

[emanueldavidginobili]

Here comes Harden

[RD2191]

HARDEN FLOP COMING UP

[Johnny RIngo]

lol at the officiating. jump ball when it was clear that Asik hit it out of bounds. TImeout from Delfino when it should be a jump ball.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

oh shit

[Robz4000]

Welp

[Captivus]

So the Spurs should get the ball out of bounds, and they call a jump ball. The Spurs should get a jump ball, and the Rockets get a time out.
Pop let it happen

[thunderup]

Harden!

[DapDaGenius]

Like someone said "Last shot"

[superjames1992]

Wow, Harden actually hit a legit shot. Amazing.

[bklynspursfan]

Even when Harden scores he has to flop.

[spurtech09]

harden with the flop move....

[baseline bum]

Man am I glad that fucker's not on OKC any more.

[LakerHater]

HOW THE FUCK do you let them get the ball in to Harden!??

[CitizenDwayne]

Rare field goal from Harden

[Obstructed_View]

How in the bejeezus did Kawhi not block that. lol

[Gospursel]

Ginobili with the game winner.

[Raven]

well there's still time

[RD2191]

KAWHI GAME WINNER COMING UP

[spurtech09]

spurs will win

[Juggity]

Still 5 seconds

[emanueldavidginobili]

RUN THE PLAY WE USED VS THE WARRIORS BACK CUT WITH GINOBILI

[ElNono]

they can have it, tbh... haven't complained about the refs all season long, but this game is definitely 8 on 5, tbh

[sook]

:lol at you guys.


Watch TP everytime he drives

[GB20]

win or lose , it was a good game

[sook]

shit SA is way too clutch. FUCJK

[bklynspursfan]

Can't wait till the last second

[RD2191]

LMAO FLOP HARDEN ACTING HARD

[wut]

the funny thing is that Harden still acted like he got murdered when taking the shot....like I said, guy doesn't even know what its like to take a legit shot anymore.

[LakerHater]

Man am I glad that fucker's not on OKC any more.Me too, theyd be scary!!

[naico]

TP hot and Manu holding on to the ball those last 2 posessions..

[Raven]

lol what a flop move..

[superjames1992]

MANUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Are the Rockets this good?

[Spurs9]

TD with the last shot? wtf? :lmao

[spurtech09]

that was horrible

[RD2191]

SIT THE FUCK DOWN FAGGET ASS HARDEN

[superjames1992]

GO DDAMN IT DUNCAN YOU MISSED MANU HE WAS OPEN STREAKING TO THE BASKET FUCU FUCK FUCK!GSDGFSDg

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

We trying the same shit we tried against GS

[DapDaGenius]

Like I said...we were going to lose this one.

[boutons_deux]

well, fuck, a tough week can only get better, what a fuck job

[LakerHater]

UGLY PLAY!!

[JingleJangleJingle]

Pop F for going away from Tony Parker

[bklynspursfan]

That was fucking pathetic.

[Juggity]

SIT THE FUCK DOWN FAGGET ASS HARDEN

^ this guy :lol

[Raven]

loss

[will_spurs]

TD with the last shot... please :(

[baseline bum]

Not a huge deal losing to a 2-seed tbh

[Uriel]

FUCK.

[Darius McCrary]

#@!@#$#@$ James Harden, jesus christ

[timtonymanu]

Meh. What can you do?

Break out the wrist cutting comments now.

[HarlemHeat37]

What a terrible final shot..

Parker should have been shooting every time down the stretch..

[superjames1992]

Same last play we ran against the Warriors in that OT game awhile back, tbh.

[dbreiden83080]

Why did OKC let Harden go again?

[Libri]

Sean saying it was Manu's fault.

[LakerHater]

Spurs run this play waaay too much!!

[loveforthegame]

Fucking terrible. :td

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK Green, this loss on you stupid MOFO. Never try a layup again, fucking dumb

[hater]

:lmao Spurs

[Johnny RIngo]

they can have it, tbh... haven't complained about the refs all season long, but this game is definitely 8 on 5, tbh

Seriously. It became obvious when they called that out of bounds on Asik a jump ball and that Delfino jump ball a timeout.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

that foul by Leonard was pretty bad though.

[DapDaGenius]

Oh well, we beat them 3-1 this season, can't to do too much complaining.

[ElNono]

The Spurs did everything right to win this game, tbh.... not really worried...

[Southwest Texas Fan]

I hope this leaves a bad taste is their mouths!

[Brunodf]

Small ball couldn't get stops in crunch time again, shocking

[spurtech09]

wtf was that?TP hot and Duncan gets the ball

[sook]

FUCKING FLOPPING POS HARDEN WHY DID HE TAKE THAT LAST SHOT. DELFINO WAS OPEN YOU FUCKING RETARD. GODAMN I HATE THIS TEAM

[siraulo23]

good game, harden is clutch mofo

[RD2191]

not mad, we got jobbed tbh

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol that Ape Harden and his bull shit free throws. Oh well next game

[Darius McCrary]

Seriously why did Manu start running point when Parker had scored 12 straight points for us

W
T
F

[Sean Cagney]

Ehhhhhhhhhhh could have won that game. This one with the tough games coming up this week etc. could make us end up second seed faster then we thought. Losing by one damn f in point, just great. Oh well.

[wut]

really bad call if that is what Pop drew up for the final shot...Duncan has not had his legs all night; not even giving our team a shot if you're asking Tim to take a turnaround fade shot at the buzzer.

[GB20]

really good game from both teams

[emanueldavidginobili]

Welp all I got to say is THANK GOD Harden isn't on the Thunder anymore, because we wouldn't stand a chance vs them

[emanueldavidginobili]

I smell a losing streak coming up

[Pauleta14]

WTF Why doesn't Pop goes for Tony in the final play??!!!!???

He put us back in the game and .... nobody looked for him in the final 2 min!!!!!!!!

[TMTTRIO]

why do they continue going to Manu in clutch? He's been useless lately. Really hope he can be on the end of the bench for a while. I don't understand why Tony wasn't involved.

[timtonymanu]

FUCKING FLOPPING POS HARDEN WHY DID HE TAKE THAT LAST SHOT. DELFINO WAS OPEN YOU FUCKING RETARD. GODAMN I HATE THIS TEAM

Congrats on the win, sook!

[Chris16]

Crazy how the Spurs have have to go through World War 4 just to get to the Finals while the Heat can just sleepwalk their way their without bumping into a single wall.

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs are looking like a shell of the team they were earlier in the season. No offensive flow whatsoever.

[Arc]

stat of the game: james harden FT 15/17

[letmk]

Why was the ball not in Tony's hand for the last few possessions?

[Chris16]

Crazy how the Spurs will have to go through World War 4 just to get to the Finals while the Heat can just sleepwalk their way there without bumping into a single wall.

[timtonymanu]

Just the motivation we need for the tough stretch of games coming up, tbh.

[MSPaint]

Seriously why did Manu start running point when Parker had scored 12 straight points for us

W
T
F

CIA Pop strikes again.

[Raven]

harden 17 ft none else more than 2 for houston :lol

[Mugen]

both teams played hard. g'night and god bless.

[DapDaGenius]

I swear, Ginobili is like around 1-7 every game recently.

[spurtech09]

needs clips to shave that ugly ass beard

[Brazil]

Seriously why did Manu start running point when Parker had scored 12 straight points for us

W
T
F

Manu isn't the only to need adjust to his tosb status, the rest of the team needs too and also pop

[thunderup]

stat of the game: james harden FT 15/17

:lol





Thanks Houston.

[thunderup]

dp again. Wtf

[siraulo23]

ps, is that the only play the spurs run in crunch time? :lol

[Budkin]

Damn good game. Sucks we lost. Next up Denver. Yikes.

[spurtech09]

refs been doing there screw job of late

[bklynspursfan]

CIA Pop strikes again.

Cause they put Parsons on TP.

[sook]

FUCKING FLOPPING POS HARDEN WHY DID HE TAKE THAT LAST SHOT. DELFINO WAS OPEN YOU FUCKING RETARD. GODAMN I HATE THIS TEAM

[Brunodf]

:lolSF Green PF KL

[DapDaGenius]

Why did OKC let Harden go again?

Money. They were trying to keep the team together, but Harden wanted more than what they were offering. I believe that is the reason.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Spurs need to get it together. They are playing awful ball right now.

[Obstructed_View]

Yes. Tony 12 - Houston 0.

Wow. Seems odd that you'd not put the ball in that guy's hands to try to win the game. Just sayin'.

[Johnny RIngo]

Stern officiating in full effect tonight. An OKC-Houston matchup is ideal for ratings(Harden vs his old teammates) and a Spurs win tonight would have helped push Houston into the 8th seed.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Leonard wasnt impressive this game

[DapDaGenius]

He didn't foul but was kinda close.

I guess.

[bklynspursfan]

If nothing else, you can be sure that after 3 days rest, Spurs will come out and play with some fire against the Nuggets.

[wut]

really bad call if that is what Pop drew up for the final shot...Duncan has not had his legs all night; not even giving our team a shot if you're asking Tim to take a turnaround fade shot at the buzzer.

[Johnny RIngo]

I swear, Ginobili is like around 1-7 every game recently.

Ginobili needs to spend less time on reddit and more time in the gym

[timtonymanu]

I smell a losing streak coming up

I know the next few games are tough, but come on now. The Spurs always come out ready after a terrible loss. Hopefully this next stretch is no exception.

[siraulo23]

Leonard wasnt impressive this game

he didnt get many touches tbh and was too passive deferring to td, tim and manu tbh

[wut]

Spurs need to get it together. They are playing awful ball right now.

In fairness, Parker goes on a 12-0 streak and then Pop draws up two plays with Manu playing hero ball.

[siraulo23]

Stern officiating in full effect tonight. An OKC-Houston matchup is ideal for ratings(Harden vs his old teammates) and a Spurs win tonight would have helped push Houston into the 8th seed.

please, this also helps okc 1 game closer to number 1 seed

[Latarian Milton]

H got lucky to get away with the narrow win tbo. guess the spurs lost this one on purpose, only to hurt mavs' playoff chance

[ElNono]

Manu isn't the only to need adjust to his tosb status, the rest of the team needs too and also pop

Danny isn't old... he just can be dumb sometimes...

[Latarian Milton]

mavs fans will be more mad @ the spurs losing this one than spurs fans themselves imho. spurs are well ahead of the #2 seed and they have the luxury to tank as much as they like

[spurtech09]

spurs play ugly and still have a chance to win.......only a 1pt game

[freetiago]

Hardon gets his fouls but thats not why they won
Leonard defense and decision making lost it in the end
and Parson on Parker

Leonard fouling harden on the 3
letting harden get the midrange off to end it
and for whatever reason he thought it was a good decision to pass it to Danny in the open court

[DapDaGenius]

Ginobili needs to spend less time on reddit and more time into the gym

:lmao

But seriously his shot has been ass lately.

[Sean Cagney]

mavs fans will be more mad @ the spurs losing this one than spurs fans themselves imho. spurs are well ahead of the #2 seed and they have the luxury to tank as much as they like

The Spurs are not way ahead of the #2 seed and they have OKC coming up in OKC. Their schedule coming up could be a problem and they could lose HC by next week. Mavs fans though? LOL they are out of the playoffs so they need to forget it.

[Suspect]

CROFLING

[spurtech09]

spurs haven't been playing that well the last couple of games....but also ive seen the other teams beat up on the spurs and no foul calls....spurs barely touch a player and gets called for the foul....I smell a ref screw job

[capek]

God Dammit! :bang

:lol

[dbreiden83080]

Money. They were trying to keep the team together, but Harden wanted more than what they were offering. I believe that is the reason.

They should have traded Westbrick and signed Harden to a max deal. He is a flopper but he is also a stone cold closer and a guy you can build around. Letting him walk was a horrendous MGT call..

[DapDaGenius]

Hardon gets his fouls but thats not why they won
Leonard defense and decision making lost it in the end
and Parson on Parker

Leonard fouling harden on the 3
letting harden get the midrange off to end it
and for whatever reason he thought it was a good decision to pass it to Danny in the open court

:depressed It will take me a bit to accept that Leonard made these mistakes. Leonard will learn from this. This shall fuel his game.

[Sean Cagney]

Spurs need to get it together. They are playing awful ball right now.

They are stil winning some but narrowly, certainly not nearly as good as they were last year at this point! It seemed they streaked earlier this year and mid year, since that some have gotten hurt and rhythm off and they are playing not near the level they were. I sense them losing a few more with OKC coming up and that #1 seed could go bye bye fast, hope not but it very well could.

[Blizzardwizard]

Can someone create a gif of the Coyote kicking Clutch the Bear in the balls at halftime? Would make me feel much better about the whole thing.

[DapDaGenius]

They should have traded Westbrick and signed Harden to a max deal. He is a flopper but he is also a stone cold closer and a guy you can build around. Letting him walk was a horrendous MGT call..

Both are good players. Also, I didn't see too many people expecting to Harden to be the explosive player that he is, at the starting position. Mostly everyone I(that I saw) expected that he would be good but that he would need the help of bigger(at the time) players(ie Durant and Westbrook). I don't know, he is good player, OKC is still doing good without him, Harden has the money he wanted. Seems like a win/win to me. Too bad Harden didn't go to the East. Get him the fuck out the West. lol

Westbrook isn't that bad of shooter. He could be better though.

[spurtech09]

spurs definitely need to step up there game.....rockets didn't play that well either

[Latarian Milton]

rockets are the 3rd most ref-favored team of the league (only behind lakers and OKC) and spurs fans have every reason to complain about the refs tbh.

[Latarian Milton]

spurs may also sign some player from china, even some ugly one like monke bateer, but i guess the spurs are too classy to do that only to cater for someone or some country tbh. and even if they do procure a yellow star, it'd still be very hard for them to overcome houston who have yao's legacy

[Lars]

Good game San Antonio!

[Johnny RIngo]

rockets didn't play that well either

yes, but they had the zebras on their side

[Chris16]

rockets are the 3rd most ref-favored team of the league (only behind lakers and OKC) and spurs fans have every reason to complain about the refs tbh.

:lol The Heat is clearly #1

Then the 3 you mentioned are after them.

[spurtech09]

yes, but they had the zebras on their sidezebras been on the spurs side for the last couple of games...kinda a concern in my opinion...hope it doesn't follow in the play offs

[Sean Cagney]

I'd much rather play Memphis with a banged up Gasol or the Clippers over Denver, tbh..

Spurs need the #1 seed IMO..I realize it didn't help them in previous years, but that home court advantage is always nice to have down the playoff stretch..

With the schedule coming up this week and the way the Spurs are playing do you think they can hold off on that #1 seed? They could go 2-1 or hell they could easily go 0-3 (Doubt it), this set coming up will be huge to say the least. I hope they get a few wins this week.

[Johnny RIngo]

:lol The Heat is clearly #1

Then the 3 you mentioned are after them.

Not really. As soon as OKC reached the Finals, Stern removed the officiating bias and let both teams play it out. OKC got exposed and got their ass beat.

[Roxsfan]

Good game. Was pretty frustrated at the 7 to 5 min mark of 4thQ as da rox were settling for 3balls that were not going in (instead of driving). Looked like the spurs were gonna ride that to a w.
I agree that Harden flails around too much when he attacks w/ da euro step. In most other moves, he does not flop. He can cross the d over and drive to the cup for a slam -but he does not do that enough.
Manu used to flop on half of his attempts -but not bad tonight.
Still is frustrating how TP and TD act like they never foul.
Gr8 win for the rox for sure.

[jestersmash]

Duncan called the refs out on Harden's 17 FTA tonight. He said something like "not all of them were earned."

[Bruno]

Ginobili's FG% on the last 6 games: 27.1% (16/59)

This kind of slump at that stage of the season is damn worrisome. :depressed

[jestersmash]

:lol The Heat is clearly #1

Then the 3 you mentioned are after them.

The Heat? Not at all. For being the best player on earth, Lebron James gets half the respect that Kevin Durant does when it comes to free throws. It's really quite baffling.

The Heat aren't ref-coddled at all.

OKC is obviously ref coddled. I'd put Houston (really Harden) and Denver up as ref-coddled teams before I mention Miami.

[jestersmash]

That's why I'd think an OKC/Denver matchup would be interesting. For whatever reason. Denver tends to get a kind whistle (especially at home) at or near the level of OKC. Is it because George Karl is so well respected in the league? I really don't know. Denver has 0 marketable superstars. Their television market isn't all that impressive (to my knowledge). But, for whatever reason, they consistently get a kind whistle.

But again, the Miami Heat are middle of the pack in terms of reffing, at least this season.

Sure, there were some travesties in the past in favor of Miami (particularly in that Celtics/Heat playoff series in 2012), but by and large this season they haven't really been coddled by the refs all that much.

[ElNono]

Ginobili's FG% on the last 6 games: 27.1% (16/59)

This kind of slump at that stage of the season is damn worrisome. :depressed

Big problem right now. I think that's what's holding him back the most right now.

[Thread]

Assholes.

[crc21209]

Tonight's loss REALLY hurt. Especially when we could've gone up 6 points when Green got blocked on a layup attempt. Now we have a brutal schedule coming up with Denver, LA Clippers, Miami, Memphis, Orlando, and OKC. I would be happy as hell if they could somehow go 4-2 in those next 6 games...

[Spur|n|Austin]

Danny Green should not be shooting anything other than a 3 in clutch time.

I said the same thing to my fiancé during the game. He has gotten a little better recently, but tonight sent him back to the preseason.

[ElNono]

Tonight's loss REALLY hurt. Especially when we could've gone up 6 points when Green got blocked on a layup attempt. Now we have a brutal schedule coming up with Denver, LA Clippers, Miami, Memphis, Orlando, and OKC. I would be happy as hell if they could somehow go 4-2 in those next 6 games...

Not even mad about this loss, here... I thought we played well enough to win it, and I thought TP is starting to get back in rythm. The defense was there. Houston is a legit playoff team. Move to the next one.

[Sean Cagney]

Tonight's loss REALLY hurt. Especially when we could've gone up 6 points when Green got blocked on a layup attempt. Now we have a brutal schedule coming up with Denver, LA Clippers, Miami, Memphis, Orlando, and OKC. I would be happy as hell if they could somehow go 4-2 in those next 6 games...

For some reason I feel the upcoming games will go horrible and we will see what our team is :( I just do not get a good feeling about this stretch coming up for some reason. I feel 3-3 at best. Denver is very tough now, Clippers will be tough! Miami forget it, we will lose that one IMO. Memphis at their house! SHIT. OKC at their house, shit. I feel the way this team is playing they lose a few of those and lose that #1 seed ranking.

[timtonymanu]

:lol

Nut up, Spurs fans. The next games are going to be tough, but the Spurs have always come out ready after tough losses. Tonight was a tough loss. I'm sure they will bounce back. At least TP seems to be rounding into form. The only real concern on the team is Manu.

[SenorSpur]

It was distressing to see that the Spurs didn't get a better executed play at the end of the game. Having Duncan take a rushed-off-balance shot is hardly the best shot possible in that situation.

[will_spurs]

Wow. Seems odd that you'd not put the ball in that guy's hands to try to win the game. Just sayin'.

It happened before. I don't get it either.

[TampaDude]

4.5 seconds left and the Spurs can't get a decent look? Oh, well...next game...

[Obstructed_View]

It happened before. I don't get it either.

Sometimes coaches get too cute and out-think themselves. The rationale probably goes "everyone expects us to run the play for our best player". Guess what? The borderline-playoff Houston Rockets just did the exact same thing and were successful with it.

[Sean Cagney]

4.5 seconds left and the Spurs can't get a decent look? Oh, well...next game...

I agree, not with the stupid plays they have drawn up late in games.