Game Thread: Wolves @ Spurs - April 17 @ 7:00 CST

[Robz4000]

TP!

[BatManu20]

There you go Tony

[timtonymanu]

There we go, Tony

[Spur|n|Austin]

Is Sean drunk??

[TE]

:lol Bonner

[ElNono]

bonner gonna get called for that all night

[Budkin]

Is Sean drunk??

He's disgusted.

[Monkeyboy14]

whats going on??
Just looks awful out there. Missing layups, open shots, turning the ball over, tripping, and cant run at a full stride... Just doesnt look good for us this year.

[timtonymanu]

Tony again!!!

[Budkin]

Manu needs to stop that behind the back passing shit.

[LakerHater]

See McGee's dunk???

[Robz4000]

Tony starting to look better. Outran a lot of people on that break.

[BatManu20]

Is Sean drunk??

Lol he might be tbh

[timtonymanu]

How does Tony have 11 points? :lol

[TheGoldStandard]

Okay, here we go Parker.

[spurraider21]

glimpes of mvparker

[Budkin]

He's feelin it now

[timtonymanu]

3 in a row. Keep it up, Tony.

[BatManu20]

Lol Tony right on que. Right when we were doggin him.

[Budkin]

Fucking defense!

[Budkin]

WTF Manu!!!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

tp9 looking a little better now

[crc21209]

That little burst made me feel better about Tony...:tu

[Raven]

uta-mem is gonna be a hard battle

[emanueldavidginobili]

Manu needs to stop that behind the back passing shit.

hes been doing it his whole career, not going to stop now

[Robz4000]

This team is ready for the playoffs, despite the injuries.

[timtonymanu]

29% 3 point shooter hitting that shot :rolleyes

[spurraider21]

If tony hit that shot after the behind the back move, the stadium would have erupted

[loveforthegame]

A relief to see Parker showing flashes of his old self.

[Captivus]

Tony looking good. Good news.

[TheGoldStandard]

Starting to see some cohesion which is a good thing..

[Budkin]

:lol Rubio!

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Good job fellas. Good 2nd quarter. I don't want a 3rd quarter slump. Come out with fire!!!

[ElNono]

Scored 61 in the half... offense is fine... defense is a different story though

[Budkin]

Spurs are not happy coming off the floor.

[Robz4000]

Team looked glum goin to the locker room. The fuck?

[TheGoldStandard]

Hopefully we'll see the Spurs continue to build on the 2nd half. Would have liked to see T-Mac tonight during garbage time.

[Budkin]

Team looked glum goin to the locker room. The fuck?

Because they played like shit?

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Still, I'm not happy with Parker. His points are nice, but it's all FT's.

[Robz4000]

Scored 61 in the half... offense is fine... defense is a different story though

T-pups shot the three well and got a lot of offensive rebounds. Other than that the D was fine.

[spurraider21]

Starting to see some cohesion which is a good thing..

People don't realize that guys like Manu and Diaw give the offense so much flow with their spacing, passing, playmaking abilities. Plus Manu can attack the rim better than any shooting guard we have, and its not even close. Instead of Green just pumping, dribbling to the right, and passing it along the perimeter, a guy like Manu can create. Whether or not his shots are falling, he helps make the offense "go"

[Robz4000]

Because they played like shit?

Meaningless game and we saw glimpses of the Jan/Feb team. Something else might be up.

[spurraider21]

T-pups shot the three well and got a lot of offensive rebounds. Other than that the D was fine.

the rebounds will be given up when blair/bonner are playing instead of Tiago. not that he's a rebounding beast, but its an improvement

[superjames1992]

Manu looks a little slow, but he's been serviceable so far. At least he hasn't reinjured his hamstring yet.

Bonner continues to play well, tbh.

[ElNono]

Meaningless game and we saw glimpses of the Jan/Feb team. Something else might be up.

T-Mac in a suit, tbh... TD wanted to see him play, but Pop being a meanie

[ThaBigFundamental21]

We did give up a few too many points. BUT, the Wolves were damn hot in the first. Still, I want to see better.

[siraulo23]

ok that 2nd quarter is the best quarter the spurs have played since...

god knows when

[Raven]

Still, I'm not happy with Parker. His points are nice, but it's all FT's.

that's what he has to do, be the tp we all know, the j-s are nice when they fall, but mostly he needs to go to the rim..

[shyne]

I've seen enough, let the bench play second half.

[Raven]

T-Mac in a suit, tbh... TD wanted to see him play, but Pop being a meanie

i think he'll only play if leonard gets injured in the PO

[ThaBigFundamental21]

I gotta admit, I'm sad we didn't see more Baynes this year. We could have used him big time come playoff time. Even more so with Diaw being out. Even for just 10 minutes. Pop handcuffed himself with this one.

[siraulo23]

wow parker scored 15? wow, he only looked good physically on that one jumpshot

[timtonymanu]

Except during that 10-0 run, the Spurs have looked like crap. That's probably why they are angry.

It would be encouraging to see them pick up their level of play in the 2nd half.

[Robz4000]

Yep, sit the Big 4, but keep Green out there. Guy is in a slump something fierce.

[ohmwrecker]

Not bad. Not great, but not bad. Some encouraging signs.

[jestersmash]

that's what he has to do, be the tp we all know, the j-s are nice when they fall, but mostly he needs to go to the rim..

Yeah but this game is totally atypical. We're being treated like OKC tonight, and you know this isn't going to carry over to the playoffs.

If this was the playoffs, we'd have maybe 12-14 FTA by now - not 19.

[jestersmash]

And Minny would probably have a few more. They have 9 right now.

[Robz4000]

wow parker scored 15? wow, he only looked good physically on that one jumpshot

He's been fine physicalky when the team started to play seriously the last few mins of the half.

[DesignatedT]

Why would minny have more free throws in the playoffs and we would have less :lol

[jestersmash]

Why would minny have more free throws in the playoffs and we would have less :lol

Not Minny per se, but whoever our opponent is. We've received overly beneficial reffing tonight, and Minny has been robbed of a trip or two to the line.

[Robz4000]

Yeah but this game is totally atypical. We're being treated like OKC tonight, and you know this isn't going to carry over to the playoffs.

If this was the playoffs, we'd have maybe 12-14 FTA by now - not 19.

Minny's been taking a shittin of jumpers while Tim and Tony have been getting fouled in the paint.

[jestersmash]

Minny's been taking a shittin of jumpers while Tim and Tony have been getting fouled in the paint.

:rolleyes

[DesignatedT]

I just hope Tony is feeling fine and its a confidence issue. I mean coming back from a bad ankle sprain and all of a sudden running into the paint full speed ahead with everybody trying to block you and all those feet down there can take awhile to adjust to without thinking about it. Just hoping that's the problem and it's totally understandable if it is.

[bklynspursfan]

Was wondering the same thing. I would think 15 or so would get it done.

Well he's at 9. Can't imagine he plays big minutes so hope he gets a ton in a short amount of time lol

[crc21209]

Not Minny per se, but whoever our opponent is. We've received overly beneficial reffing tonight, and Minny has been robbed of a trip or two to the line.

Ummmm no. Except for Barea taking it to the hole a couple times, all they've been doing is shooting jumpshots...

[jestersmash]

Ummmm no. Except for Barea taking it to the whole a couple times, all they've been doing is shooting jumpshots...

This place is starting to feel a lot like lakersground :lol

[LakerHater]

http://uppix.net/e/3/4/c22c9dd54d82e8abd39fda433eb63.jpg (http://uppix.net/e/3/4/c22c9dd54d82e8abd39fda433eb63.html)

[lefty]

the french are soft
Wait until the playoffs start

[Robz4000]

:rolleyes

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[Robz4000]

:rolleyes

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[Uriel]

Pop appears to have solved the backup PG problem by having CoJo bring the ball up the floor and letting Manu create. This is great for a number of reasons:

1. De Colo is out of the rotation
2. Pairing De Colo and Manu would be redundant
3. CoJo's on-ball pressure coupled with Manu's creating makes the 2nd unit more potent both offensively and defensively

[DesignatedT]

On another note, Where is De Colo?

[superjames1992]

Ummmm no. Except for Barea taking it to the hole a couple times, all they've been doing is shooting jumpshots...
They all count the same when they go in. Some jump-shots (threes) even count more!

[Budkin]

Awesome start to the half! :tu

[jestersmash]

i think he'll only play if leonard gets injured in the PO

Yeah if we're to give Pop's shootaround interview a lot of emphasis, it doesn't sound like Tmac will be seeing much (if any) playing time in the playoffs. He also sounded like he was grossly out of shape. He kept emphasizing how he was resigned to not be signed this season and that he was "relaxing" on the couch since February.

[BillMc]

Hi Missed the first half. I can see the box score, but how did Manu and Tony look for the "eye test" in the fist half? Thanks.

[crc21209]

TP bumped knees....:td

[BatManu20]

Utah is trying really hard to lose their game against Memphis.

[Budkin]

Utah is trying really hard to lose their game against Memphis.

Why would they tank?

[superjames1992]

Aside from a couple dunks, Kawhi looks bad tonight. He is 0-fer on jump-shots, I think.

[Budkin]

We look fucking terrible.

[timtonymanu]

T-Wolves still hitting everything :bang

[Budkin]

:lmao

[crc21209]

:lol Scrub team jacking 3's

[timtonymanu]

Such shitty defense

[Darius McCrary]

Just got home. Please tell me things don't look as bad as they've been the last 1.8 months.

[Budkin]

Just got home. Please tell me things don't look as bad as they've been the last 1.8 months.

A couple flashes but overall pretty bad.

[Budkin]

They're shooting like 70%

[Darius McCrary]

hrm, well my league pass online isn't loading. Figures. Ah well.

[Budkin]

NO call??

[spurraider21]

hrm, well my league pass online isn't loading. Figures. Ah well.
my "league pass" having issues as well

[hater]

:lmao Bonner

what the fuck he doing out there?

[Robz4000]

Take everyone out tbh.

[rasho8]

This is some terrible ball movement.

[Budkin]

TO TO TO TO TO block TO TO TO

[boutons_deux]

Spurs suck

[hater]

:lmao Bonner

[crc21209]

Bonner can NEVER execute the high-low pass correctly. He needs to stop...

[Budkin]

:lmao TO TO TO TO TO

[RD2191]

:downspin:

[BatManu20]

Reverse 360 dunk by Williams. Nice.

[Tim_duncan21]

aww no tmac yet.

[timtonymanu]

Geez, the Spurs are terrible.

:lol T-Wolves playing like it's a Game 7 too. GTFO.

[Captivus]

box out bonner...do something!

[crc21209]

:lol Reverse dunk. This guy. Have fun in scrubby ass Minnesota..

[rasho8]

Fuck you Spurs. Pass he ball and stop fucking sucking and dribbling for 20 seconds before trying anything.

Also this "more less" AT&T little girl is fucking annoying as shit.

[superjames1992]

Timmy needs to stop trying to run fastbreaks, tbh...

[hater]

:lol Bonner

:lol Green

[Budkin]

God now I'm even starting to think we'll be out in the first round.

[jestersmash]

Bipolar spurstalk at its finest :lol

[TE]

Matt Bonner is the weak link on this team. What a pathetic fucking faggot of an excuse of a ball player.

[TheGoldStandard]

:Pop: Gary get in there and start chucking, Baynes..... keep sitting on the bench

[rasho8]

I know we don't need to win this game but playing like shit isn't going to help us at all.

[LakerHater]

17/10 for Timmy!

[Budkin]

I know we don't need to win this game but playing like shit isn't going to help us at all.

We NEED a fucking win.

[boutons_deux]

Something really really fucked this team up. 58W?

[Budkin]

Is T-Mac suited up?

[siraulo23]

kawhi is back to being rookie kawhi

[Budkin]

Blair besting

[LakerHater]

Blair Ballin!

[rasho8]

Spurs major flaws: Neal wanting I be the hero. Bonner not shooting. Green not hitting shit. Parker sucking. No Manu. No Diaw.

Did I miss anything?

[Budkin]

Blair besting

Probably because Pop's rested him for like 10 games.

[TE]

Stiemmsa going HAM looking like Chimpbaka

[Budkin]

Spurs major flaws: Neal wanting I be the hero. Bonner not shooting. Green not hitting shit. Parker sucking. No Manu. No Diaw.

Did I miss anything?

Well we have Manu tonight.

[Big Empty]

Bipolar spurstalk at its finest :lolLMFAO yes sir!

[Budkin]

ANOTHER FUCKING TO. One for each minute of the quarter.

[TE]

Stiemmsa going HAM looking like Chimpbaka

[rasho8]

Well we have Manu tonight.

Kind of.

[RD2191]

this team has 1st round exit written all over it

[Budkin]

That ugly dude owned us in MN too.

[boutons_deux]

Killing us w 8 3s

[LakerHater]

Neal!!

[timtonymanu]

I don't watch the T-Wolves. Is Stiemsma that great of a jumpshooter?

[loveforthegame]

Timmy with 5 turnovers.

[Budkin]

Jesus he averages 4 pts a game and has 12

[TE]

I don't watch the T-Wolves. Is Stiemsma that great of a jumpshooter?
Against the Spurs, yes he is :lol

[TheGoldStandard]

I don't watch the T-Wolves. Is Stiemsma that great of a jumpshooter?

Stiemsma is not great at anything, only against the Spurs

[Budkin]

I don't watch the T-Wolves. Is Stiemsma that great of a jumpshooter?

Only against us.

[EVAY]

What happened to Manu? he really provided some spark in the first half.

[hater]

:lmao Spurs making Stiesma look like prime TMac

[boutons_deux]

Tim 5 to

[loveforthegame]

Thankfully Neal looks better offensively.

[DesignatedT]

Is Tim up to 10 RPG for the season?

[TheGoldStandard]

Kawhi not playing up to snuff tonight, maybe seeing T-Mac over there has him flustered.

[Proxy]

What happened to Manu? he really provided some spark in the first half.

Pop probably has seen enough and doesn't want to risk injury... just a hunch

[benfti]

time for some Aussieball I think

[crc21209]

:lol Scrubsma...These fuckers are playing at 110% energy and the Spurs look like they're giving 70%...

[superjames1992]

kawhi is back to being rookie kawhi
Per par, he had a good stretch there for awhile and ST jumped on his bandwagon, per par, but while he'll be a solid contributor in the playoffs (hopefully), all those who projected 20/10 averages in the playoffs continue to live in la-la land, tbh! :lol

[Aiko9245]

This post is only the third time in the history of the world a person typed the letters S-t-i-e-m-s-m-a.

Good. God.

[Mugen]

Spurs haven't played a meaningful game since OKC and they've shown it tbh. I think they'll be fine by Game 1.

[Budkin]

This game is going to be extra motivation for the Lakers and Rockets to win tonight.

[TE]

:lol look at all these made threes. Crazy how a team can get hot against this team tbh

[Budkin]

:lol look at all these made threes. Crazy how a team can get hot against this team tbh

It's because they get so many wide open shots.

[Budkin]

Give us some fucking T-Mac!

[DesignatedT]

The only bright spot of the last week or so is that Neal seems to have regained his form shooting the ball. Good to see.

[spurraider21]

Is Tim up to 10 RPG for the season?

Currently at 9.94 :lol

This is is 69th game and he has 686 rebounds. to get to 10.0 flat he'd need 4 more rebounds this game. one more rebound gets it above 9.95 which would round to 10

[ace3g]

Give us some fucking T-Mac!

http://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/imagecache/image_gallery_default/130417_3.jpg

[DesignatedT]

Currently at 9.94 :lol

This is is 69th game and he has 686 rebounds. to get to 10.0 flat he'd need 4 more rebounds this game. one more rebound gets it above 9.95 which would round to 10

damnit.

[Budkin]

Nice D Baynes!

[Reck]

Losing 4 straight is exactly how you want to go into the playoffs. lol To scrubs nonetheless/

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 15pt qtr

Spurs suck

[Budkin]

WTF is that kid doing there?

[rasho8]

Get rid of the fucking kid

[Budkin]

Spurs bite on every single pump fake.

[LakerHater]

The ole crank!

[Budkin]

:lmao!!!!

[rasho8]

That's some bullshit right there. Why do the refs hate Baynes?

[Budkin]

Flop

[bklynspursfan]

Joseph has been awful since he had like 2 good games.

[siraulo23]

did kawhi really pick up his dribble against stiemsma??? lols

[crc21209]

:lol Fucking flop!!!!!!! Wheres the fine?!?!?!

[timtonymanu]

:lol Game 7 effort from Minny. Hope this fucks up your high draft pick.

[BatManu20]

Flop

[spurraider21]

Z-Bo taking an absolute dump on the Jazz

[superjames1992]

Cojo. :lol

Baynes. :lol

[EVAY]

Flop

But look who made the call. Surely you're not surprised.

[jestersmash]

Baynes gets fouled - no call.

Stiemsma flops - gets the call

:lol

Baynes has gotten the short end of the reffing stick for the past couple of games, tbh.

[crc21209]

WTF is that kid doing there?

:lol

[TheGoldStandard]

Pop told the refs to go hard on Baynes, he doesn't know the system yet guys break him in.

[thunderup]

:lol really Spurs?
:lol Spurs

[bklynspursfan]

Currently at 9.94 :lol

This is is 69th game and he has 686 rebounds. to get to 10.0 flat he'd need 4 more rebounds this game. one more rebound gets it above 9.95 which would round to 10

Hope he gets in there again to get it.

[Mugen]

hopefully no Big 3/Kawhi/Green for the rest of the game.

[crc21209]

:lol really Spurs?
:lol Spurs

Sup troll...

[superjames1992]

LOL, OKC is losing to Milwaukee, fyi.

[spurs1990]

Just tuning into the game. Who the fuck are these twolves announcers? Sound like a stand up act.

[BatManu20]

Jazz are just terrible. Not a single one of their players came to play except for Jefferson, and even he is being shat on by Z-Bo. Every other player just throwing up brick after brick.

[NASpurs]

lol dick cheese smegma

[superjames1992]

The Grizzlies are pulling away from the Jazz, tbh.

[NASpurs]

LOL, OKC is losing to Milwaukee, fyi.

:lol really OKC?
:lol OKC

[hater]

goddam Kawhi can't even get past an old Kirilenko nor a white guy called Smegma

[Budkin]

:lol really OKC?
:lol OKC

Durant isn't even playing.

[TheGoldStandard]

Waiving the white flag

[superjames1992]

Blair airball. :lol

[Budkin]

Wow we got the call haha

[Captivus]

The Grizzlies are pulling away from the Jazz, tbh.

game over i think

[thunderup]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

[Budkin]

DeJuan earning some playoff time.

[benfti]

Blair airball. :lol

Blairball?

[Budkin]

ANOTHER wide fucking jumper.

[crc21209]

This lineup is why putting T-Mac in a suit was an epic fail. A lineup of CoJo, De Colo, and Neal lacks size and scoring...

[NASpurs]

Durant isn't even playing.

Jesus Christ bro, I'm mocking the OKC fan in this thread. Thanks Buzz Killington.

[Budkin]

hahahahahahaha these guys are AWFUL

[BatManu20]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Lol you really think Corey Joseph, Matt Bonner, and Aron Baynes are going to be in out playoff rotations...?

[timtonymanu]

This lineup is why putting T-Mac in a suit was an epic fail. A lineup of CoJo, De Colo, and Neal lacks size and scoring...

Plus how can he learn from the bench if the other guys can't even run the plays well

[Budkin]

Jesus Christ bro, I'm mocking the OKC fan in this thread. Thanks Buzz Killington.

Sorry this game is pissing me off.

[Budkin]

Blair killin it!

[Raven]

utah smh

[Reck]

Did Spurs even win a game against this team this year? :lmao

[NASpurs]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Congrats on the championship then if that's all it takes. :tu

[crc21209]

No one can create their own shot on the floor except for Neal...

[Budkin]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Uh, not even close.

[timtonymanu]

Did Spurs even win a game against this team this year? :lmao

The season series is currently 2-1 in our favor.

[TheGoldStandard]

Good thing we're not playing Portland and T-Wolves this post season.

[Budkin]

Hero brick!

[RD2191]

:lmao

[crc21209]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Obviously because all our guys havent played together in a looong time. Jackass..

[NASpurs]

:lol faggot OKC fan shows up when the Spurs are losing and is like a fart in the wind when they're winning

[Reck]

The season series is currently 2-1 in our favor.

Really? I swear everytime I saw the Spurs playing against the Tcups they were losing badly.

[TheGoldStandard]

Tonight would have been a good evaluation night for T-Mac, see what he has in a game situation, conditioning and decision making wise.

[timtonymanu]

Hopefully I'm wrong but even when our main guys were out there, we didn't look like a team that is ready for the playoffs.

[bklynspursfan]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Gotta just hand ya'll the trophy now. :lobt2:

[superjames1992]

Manu and Blair with the only positive +/-s on the team. Manu is +10 while Blair is +1.

[superjames1992]

NANDO >>>> COJO.

Cojo looks lost, per par!

[bklynspursfan]

Man Patty should've come in for Joseph.

[Captivus]

:lol Our main guys aren't even playing while yall have your playoff rotation going on

Don't know why, I mean, OKC hasn't won anything yet, maybe they need more practice and playing time together.

[thunderup]

:lol how many games is that in a row yall've lost?

[LakerHater]

Block out!!!

[Robz4000]

Ya'll getting trolled by Narutoluva...

[jestersmash]

I kind of want to see Kawhi put in and become the 1st option for a couple of minutes, just to give him some rhythm going into the playoffs. IMO we did a poor job of involving him in the offense tonight. He had a lot of "system" shots and one curl towards the basket going right that led to that one handed dunk, but not much beyond that.

[bklynspursfan]

:lol how many games is that in a row yall've lost?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X-gg_jSPDXg/UCTwzq5HUjI/AAAAAAAAKmM/N6FsS8EtsU0/s1600/durant+sad.jpeg

[timtonymanu]

rofl championship game for T-Wolves

[benfti]

its probably worth gauging the temperature of Patty Mills for a minute or two at this point

[RD2191]

Shut it down. Lets go home

[aal04]

Looks like this game is a big thankyou to the roleplayers from Pop for the year. Let them have some fun on the main court

[bklynspursfan]

Patty > CoJo

[crc21209]

Go suck a dick Adelman. Where was this effort from your shit team against Utah?

[RD2191]

rofl championship game for T-Wolves

Is it really that funny? You should be laughing at ths Spurs.

[benfti]

Boom

[thunderup]

:lmao I just read its fan appreciation night for yall.

:lmao some appreciation yall showing yall's fans

[timtonymanu]

Is it really that funny? You should be laughing at ths Spurs.

Sup 0-5?

[024]

i really hope the lakers win now...

[Raven]

terrible night..

[benfti]

run 4 quick plays for Mills outside the arc

[BatManu20]

Utah is already mentally checked out for this season. They were planning their vacations before this game even started.

[ace3g]

Pop just wants this deficit to hit 13 points before putting in TMac

[timtonymanu]

So who are we rooting for tonight? Lakers or Rockets? :lol

[Arcadian]

:lol Spurs 3-7 in their last 10 = Worst finish in the Duncan era

[CGD]

Spurs have looked terrible recently. Injuries aside, I wonder what impact the loss of Jax is having on the team.

Also, this recent streak makes me appreciate Diaw. It makes my eyes bleed seeing Bonner and Blair out there together.

[RD2191]

So who are we rooting for tonight? Lakers or Rockets? :lol

Rockets, never underestimate Stern.

[crc21209]

Whats up with some of these calls? Are we in Minnesota?