Game 3 Thread: Toros @ Blazers, November 2nd 2013

[TXstbobcat]

Bad fucking 2nd quarter.

[Captivus]

:nope

[DapDaGenius]

Didn't the Lakers have that same exact shot yesterday?

[Johnny RIngo]

Down 11.

PlayBonner PlayAyres

The bench kept us in the game. It's the starters(Parker, Green, Splitter, Leonard) that are playing awful

[ElNono]

pretty good 1st half considering we can't make a shot

[Shaolin-Style]

I'm mad at Pop for not playing Bonner.

[024]

pretty terrible game

[Brunodf]

Timmy and Diaw are the only Spurs playing tonight

[Sean Cagney]

pretty terrible game

Who the hell did not see this coming? In Portland and back to back, yep same old song.

[Libri]

Splitter with nada also

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol these shitty Portland teams just own the Spurs, tbh, so predictable..

It's always an easy bet, Spurs were even favored to win, easy money..

Aldridge always becomes a superstar, they get every call, and every Spurs player forgets how to play basketball in Portland..

[PlayNando]

PlayBonner.

We play Bonner and we go 2-0.

We bench Bonner and we lose by double-digits in the first half to a lottery team tbh.

[bklynspursfan]

I have a feeling the Spurs come out strong in the 2nd half. I wonder if Pop elects to start Manu again with Green playing awful

[RD2191]

:flag:

[ElNono]

Our starters are shooting 30%... theirs 51%.... hopefully it evens out before the game is over

[Libri]

Diaw on the other hand is putting in some work :tu

[BillMc]

Who the hell did not see this coming? In Portland and back to back, yep same old song.

Sadly, you're right.

[r0drig0lac]

:lol these shitty Portland teams just own the Spurs, tbh, so predictable..

It's always an easy bet, Spurs were even favored to win, easy money..

Aldridge always becomes a superstar, they get every call, and every Spurs player forgets how to play basketball in Portland..
exactly, and they still draft picks wrong, and shit for years, nothing new here

[TDfan2007]

Timmy's outside shot has looked pretty bad so far this season. He's leaving everything short.

[HarlemHeat37]

Timmy's outside shot has looked pretty bad so far this season. He's leaving everything short.

He's shooting from a few feet out of his range IMO, their spacing looks poor so far..

[timmy2003]

He's shooting from a few feet out of his range IMO, their spacing looks poor so far..
Agree. Kawhi needs to be more involved offensively.

[HarlemHeat37]

Agree. Kawhi needs to be more involved offensively.

It's going to take a few months to establish Leonard as a creator in this system, tbh..

It's still heavily reliant on Parker and Duncan's 2-man game..

[siraulo23]

Ilp logging me out, "video currently unavailable" what?

[TXstbobcat]

Tim!!! Nice

[Kool Bob Love]

14 for Tim

[HarlemHeat37]

Lillard is one of the worst defensive players in the league, Parker needs to expose him, tbh..

[Kool Bob Love]

Nevermind.

[BanditHiro]

these fluke fall away shots

[$pursDynasty]

Blazer's hitting everything they put up

[Kool Bob Love]

Finally!

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard with the and 1

[TDfan2007]

Timmy looks so quick!

[r0drig0lac]

kawhi looking angry

[Rito3d30]

Kawhi developing iso skills

[Darius Bieber]

Looks like no Bonner or Ayres tonight.

[Brunodf]

:cry Bank shot in and out every time

[DapDaGenius]

*Sigh*

[Sean Cagney]

Sadly, you're right.

I hate to say it but this really gets old after a while. This team must have a curse over them from the Memorial Day Miracle or some crap? Like you can lose that game Portland and be cursed for years and lose your top picks but you will dominate the Spurs one day so...... Thats your payback. :bang:bang

[TDfan2007]

Man if the Blazers played against us every night, they'd win the championship easily. It's like playing 2K on Hall of Fame mode.

[HarlemHeat37]

So frustrating that Aldridge only gives consistent effort against the Spurs, tbh:lol..

If he played the same way against every team, he'd actually live up to his potential..

[benstanfield]

Kawhi needs to stop pump faking on wide threes, taking a dribble toward his man, and taking a contested long two. Done that twice tonight, just stupid stupid basketball.

[BanditHiro]

Man if the Blazers played against us every night, they'd win the championship easily. It's like playing 2K on Hall of Fame mode.

Na in a playoff setting they would regress back to who they really are.

[Obstructed_View]

Damn, guys. The Spurs are having a rough shooting night, the Blazers are hitting everything they throw up, the calls are clearly in favor of the home team and the Spurs are only down 10. Take a midol.

[Ginobili3]

This is fucking gay

[TDfan2007]

Aldrige and Timmy have cancelled each other out, but Tony is getting killed by Lillard and Kawhi is struggling...

[Obstructed_View]

Kawhi needs to stop pump faking on wide threes, taking a dribble toward his man, and taking a contested long two. Done that twice tonight, just stupid stupid basketball.

I noticed this too. A long jumper off the dribble is definitely not his shot. If he doesn't have confidence in his three then he needs to just swing the ball around.

[Obstructed_View]

Aldrige and Timmy have cancelled each other out, but Tony is getting killed by Lillard and Kawhi is struggling...

Aldridge has been better on defense than Timmy.

[PlayNando]

gtfo danny

[TXstbobcat]

Blazers shooting the lights out

[Obstructed_View]

Oh my god that's the worst fucking charge call I've ever seen.

[capek]

wtf? lp bb feed just went out :bang

[Obstructed_View]

Kawhi got beat off his own made basket. Wow.

[Biernutz]

Tim

[TDfan2007]

:lol what a terrible call.

[Biernutz]

Can't stop Blazers at all

[TXstbobcat]

Parker and 1!!

[PlayNando]

mvparker

[PlayNando]

ayres checking in :lol

[Rito3d30]

da fuck
that mid-range

[TDfan2007]

Wow what a shot by Aldridge...these guys just don't miss outside shots.

[Brunodf]

Pop throwing the towel

[r0drig0lac]

definitely the most frustrating game I've seen in awhile

[PlayNando]

ayres - garbage

[Obstructed_View]

What's that whistling noise while the Spurs have the ball? Haven't heard that before.

[PlayNando]

definitely the most frustrating game I've seen in awhile
....

game 6?

[benstanfield]

Worst reffing I've seen thus far this year.

Granted I didn't see 24 FTA for KD :lol

[TDfan2007]

Diaw again!

[Ginobili3]

Boris Diaw, plz fuck the shit out of my girlfriend

[playbonner15]

#LetBonnerPlay

[TXstbobcat]

I like this Diaw 2.0

[007nites]

Boris drives to the rim at 0.1mph an hour but he still gets there.

[r0drig0lac]

....

game 6?
The game itself was frustrating, so the end .. not today, it's incredible that the scrubs are not lost shots anyway

[Rito3d30]

fuck Bonner
Diaw is the man

[TXstbobcat]

Manu!!!!!!!

[Ginobili3]

Manu!

[BatManu20]

Manuuuuuu

[Kool Bob Love]

After all the BS only down 4 with a quarter to go.

[SpurPadre]

Good defensive sequence by Marco there

[Libri]

Manu yes!

Spurs back in it

[Rito3d30]

Manu with the three

[Biernutz]

Push the ball up

[Brunodf]

Pop bailed out by Diaw/Manu

[Obstructed_View]

If Portland's hot shooting doesn't continue, they're going to lose this game.

[ElNono]

thats a manu tres

[TDfan2007]

Manu's shot looks so much better so far this year. It's got way more lift to it.

[Shaolin-Style]

Ayres the good luck charm

[r0drig0lac]

Boris Diaw, plz fuck the shit out of my girlfriend:lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Manu tres!!

[TDfan2007]

If Portland's hot shooting doesn't continue, they're going to lose this game.

That's a huge if, but I agree.

[siraulo23]

Spurs somehow in this game

[benstanfield]

Stotts: "Uhhh guys just keep doing that thing where every jumper goes in."

[PlayNando]

PlayAyres. :lol

[Obstructed_View]

That's a huge if, but I agree.

Point is, they're hitting a lot of low percentage shots and they haven't managed to put it away.

[BatManu20]

Shoot the ball Diaw! Damn

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Thomas Robinson scoring now..God..

[Biernutz]

3#pt shooting

Spurs 3-5
Blazers 4-12

[Obstructed_View]

Another whistle.

[PlayNando]

oyyyyyyy manu dahell

[BanditHiro]

fucking christ Lopez acting like it's game 7

[r0drig0lac]

fuck refs

[Ginobili3]

Damn Manu with that airball, prime version would've made that 9/10 :depressed

[PlayNando]

parker hero smh

AYRES THOUGH BOYS

[SpurPadre]

Ayres' best play as a Spur so far

[Biernutz]

Marco is fast

[TXstbobcat]

Not Tonys night

[BatManu20]

Interior D is terrible right now

[PlayNando]

Damn Manu with that airball, prime version would've made that 9/10 :depressed
i dont know manu throws up a lot of air balls for a player of his caliber tbh always has :lol

damn manu nice oreb there and hit baby 9 pts

[Kool Bob Love]

BenchParker.

[Johnny RIngo]

Parker making sure we don't win tonight

[TDfan2007]

Tony has been really inconsistent tonight.

[PlayNando]

these wankers are hitting everything

[r0drig0lac]

these wankers are hitting everything

[Biernutz]

Rebounds
Spurs 25
POR 30

[PlayNando]

damn ayers making hustle happen

[PlayNando]

mvparker

[Obstructed_View]

I don't mind that they're hitting jumpers, it's that they're getting away with mauling the Spurs on the other end.

[Libri]

great Tony drive

[TDfan2007]

Great effort on the boards by our guys and a nice move by TP!

[SpurPadre]

Ayers is setting up nice screens.

[r0drig0lac]

parkerrrrrrr

[PlayNando]

ugh ayers brick ft smh like rasho used to miss them tbh :lol

[BatManu20]

Jesus Christ make your FT's

[PlayNando]

FUCK LILLARD

[Kool Bob Love]

You gotta be FUCKING kidding me.

[Libri]

wow, that shot by Lillard, smh

[Biernutz]

half court three

[Ginobili3]

Fuck that by the power of Grayskull

[Baynes]

lol :(

[Obstructed_View]

Fucking LP goes to commercial with 12 seconds left in the quarter.

[r0drig0lac]

I'm out

[Brunodf]

:lmaoPop
:lol Mills in for defense

[BatManu20]

Lol Blazers just shit on the Spurs every time they play for some reason. It's some strange phenomena

[SpurPadre]

Blazers playing like it's late April...and we're playing like it's game 3 out of 82. In other words, the Blazers are playing out of their minds right now.

[Baynes]

Blazers official spurskiller eh?

[TDfan2007]

Just absolutely unreal shooting by Portland.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Lol what can we expect? Home opener for them. But they'll choke

[benstanfield]

Point is, they're hitting a lot of low percentage shots and they haven't managed to put it away.


AKA the reason why the Blazers have floated at the 10-8 seed for as long as they've had LMA

[024]

lillard going stephen curry against the spurs

[siraulo23]

Damn, why do the blazers hit every jumpshot vs the spurs :lol

[Obstructed_View]

Did the LP game just restart from the beginning for anyone else?

[Biernutz]

Assists
Spurs 14
POR 21

[Libri]

some defense, please

[BillMc]

My nightmare is us having to play the Blazers as a 1 vs. 8 or 2 vs. 7 in the playoffs. We'd still win but it'd be damn tough.

[Baynes]

22 points in the paint for POR. They're shooting 60+ outside? What sorcery is this?

[Obstructed_View]

AKA the reason why the Blazers have floated at the 10-8 seed for as long as they've had LMA

Yep. He's got maybe the best jumper of any big man in the league, and it probably hurts them in the long run because he's not scoring inside.

[Ginobili3]

Shooting is out of BasedGod's realm

[BatManu20]

They can't miss

[Johnny RIngo]

Bellinobli wasting possessions

[Obstructed_View]

My nightmare is us having to play the Blazers as a 1 vs. 8 or 2 vs. 7 in the playoffs. We'd still win but it'd be damn tough.

Nah. They can't do that for a series. That's why they don't make the playoffs.

[Brunodf]

some defense, please
:lol Diaw/Ayers together

[Libri]

Manu late on D

[SpurPadre]

Motherfuckers would hit shots tonight even if they were all blindfolded.

[ElNono]

That was great contest... they just can't miss

[TDfan2007]

:lol at this point you just tip your hat and go home.

[McGusto55]

Wtf.....is going on......

[ElNono]

feels like we're playing the dubs, tbh

[Obstructed_View]

Blazers playing like it's late April...and we're playing like it's game 3 out of 82. In other words, the Blazers are playing out of their minds right now.

Except that the Blazers don't play like this in late April, tbh.

[hater]

Typical Blazer game in Portland where niggas can't miss.

call it a night Pop.

[siraulo23]

Lol indeed

[benfti]

now would be a good time for Mills to get hot

[benstanfield]

:lol Matthews

Rare that a loss so convincingly suggests how much better we are than another team

[Libri]

:lol Diaw/Ayers together

:/

[PlayNando]

TIME FOR MARCO TO GO OFF

[Obstructed_View]

Seriously, did I miss the game? Both the Blazers and Spurs feeds on League Pass are about to tip off.

[TXstbobcat]

We still have time for a comeback

[BatManu20]

Pull the starters. They're not missing

[Baynes]

Matthews -____-

[Ginobili3]

Matthews about to be ripping some pussy tonight in Rip City

[Libri]

nice play between Diaw and Ayres

[PlayNando]

marco = playmaker

[Ginobili3]

Vintage Manu

[PlayNando]

holy shat manu

[KaiRMD1]

I don't understand how is it everytime we play the Blazers, they look unstoppable

[Biernutz]

they are in a zone

[Ginobili3]

That was a fucking one hander from the right elbow, that shit makes no kind of fucking sense

[BatManu20]

Lopez shitting on Ayers

[SpurPadre]

we're making the scrub lopez look like Brook Lopez

[ElNono]

still a 10pt game... but we need stops somehow

[PlayNando]

HAHAHA DANNY GETS BENCHED IN FAVOR OF MARCO FOR THE FINAL SG STING :lol

[hater]

I don't understand how is it everytime we play the Blazers, they look unstoppable

yup

don't matter who is wearing a blazer jersey

even Patty Mills on a Blazer jersey fucked us :lol

[ElNono]

bellisimo

[PlayNando]

MARCO 333333333333333 bow to him bitches!!!

[TXstbobcat]

Wow Marco!

[BatManu20]

Belli3

[Biernutz]

WOW

[Diego20]

Manu benched.. whyyyyy

[007nites]

Belli!

[Kool Bob Love]

Mama mia!

[hater]

Marco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TDfan2007]

Marco with a ridiculous shot! Wow it feels nice when those shots fall down for us for a change.

[Ginobili3]

Beli!

[Libri]

Belli with a Portland type shot. :lol

[PlayNando]

TIME FOR MARCO TO GO OFF
called it fkers

[McGusto55]

Blazers. ..unstoppable. ...lol......Marco !!!!!!!

[Baynes]

NOW THAT'S THE TYPE OF PLAYER WE NEED. START BELLI INSTEAD OF GREEN LOL

[Rito3d30]

Mama Mia:lol

[PlayNando]

MARCO >>>>>>>>>>>> DANNY

[Baynes]

called it fkers

want some trophy or what?

[siraulo23]

That dude!

[benstanfield]

Marco will start for Green before the season is over. Green will back up Kawhi. Book it.

[Diego20]

Manu > Marco >>>>>>>>>> Danny

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Marco with an amazing shot

[McGusto55]

NOW THAT'S THE TYPE OF PLAYER WE NEED. START BELLI INSTEAD OF GREEN LOL

Its gonna happen

[hater]

Marco won the chance to finish the entire game. :tu

come on Marco. Make it official

[PlayNando]

want some trophy or what?
yes

[Baynes]

Marco will start for Green before the season is over. Green will back up Kawhi. Book it.

That's more I like it

[SpurPadre]

Manu benched.. whyyyyy

Because it's the third game of the season and the second of a back to back

[hater]

big huge shot by marco. spurs still in the game

[DatBoyGood]

Good to see this team hanging in there.

[Diego20]

YAAY TURNOVER!!

[PingPong]

Are Leonard and Splitter tired from yesterday?

[Libri]

crap!

[benfti]

yes

well then let me present you with the "even the sun shines on a dogs arse once a day" trophy

[Baynes]

Matthews going HAM on us

[Biernutz]

Drip.....drip.......drip....

[SpurPadre]

it's FUCKING robin lopez not a fucking Hall of famer, SHIT!

[BatManu20]

Wth Tony

[TXstbobcat]

Timmy!

[Biernutz]

Shooting
SA
40-81


POR
41-73

[BatManu20]

Fucking Portland is on fire. Jesus

[TXstbobcat]

They just won't fucking miss

[Biernutz]

3PT Shooting
SA
4-7

POR
7-17

[PlayNando]

KAWHI BENCHED

[BatManu20]

Could you imagine if we had Aldridge on this team with Timmy at C.. If only

[Biernutz]

Rebounds
SA
30

POR
36

[BatManu20]

Duncan looking as unathletic as I've ever seen him

[SpurPadre]

why are we letting lopez look good?

[TXstbobcat]

Timmy again!

[Biernutz]

Turnovers
SA
12

POR
16

[Russo21]

51 shots between tim, tony and manu out of a total of 86.

[BanditHiro]

Rebounds
SA
30

POR
36

can't rebound against a team that can't miss

[PlayNando]

MANU TO MARCO THIS IS THE FUTURE

[Biernutz]

POR to the basket over and over

[Amuseddaysleeper]

That's game.

Fuck

[Rito3d30]

get a stop, it's now or never

[TDfan2007]

Portland is just so damn good offensively.

[Juggity]

What is it about the Rose Garden that makes the spurs shit their pants?

Portland is a bottom feeder team in the west.

[Blizzardwizard]

Can't get stops, can't win games. Portland scrubs playing elite, as usual.

[ElNono]

this is the Blazers championship.... after this they go and miss the playoffs... smh

[BRHornet45]

FEED BELI

[007nites]

They are getting easy buckets tbh. Only tough shot they made this quarter was the fadeaway by Aldridge.

[benstanfield]

If Kawhi and Green play like this the Spurs are basically a middling veteran team. Never seen Leonard play worse on both ends since he was a rookie.

[PlayNando]

FEED BELI
Word...............

Pop has benched Kawhi FWIW

[Budkin]

What is it about the Rose Garden that makes the spurs shit their pants?

Portland is a bottom feeder team in the west.

Well this is their home opener and they're playing the Western Conference Champs. Plus we always play subpar here. Bad combination.

[BRHornet45]

Marco won the chance to finish the entire game. :tu

come on Marco. Make it official

truth

[ElNono]

whistle whistle whistle whistle

[james evans]

u win some , u lose some.. can't win them all. it's how the season goes. we always struggle with these guys.

[Russo21]

what does FWIW mean

[Brunodf]

This game was the perfect opportunity to play Duncan/Baynes or Duncan/Splitter....

Diaw/Ayers/Bonner aren`t big enough to defend either Aldridge or Lopez

[siraulo23]

Damn kawhi got benched, so much for him being integrated into offense, he still sits and watch away from guards/td pick and rolls