2014 Playoffs - Round 1, Game 2 - Dallas Mavericks @ San Antonio Spurs

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

How is Leonard not dominating Ellis?

[superjames1992]

Kawhi just in no man's land while Marion flushes it.

[boutons_deux]

tony leaving calderon open for 3Gs

[timtonymanu]

:lol Spurs

[testies]

parker wtf was that fast break? jumping pass to crowd+splitter?

[Darius McCrary]

Why does it feel like this team has no focus right now

[ElNono]

parker wtf was that fast break? jumping pass to crowd+splitter?

yeah, COTY all over his grill

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs = Regular Season Wonders? It sure looks that way. So much for the game 1 rust theory.

[TheGoldStandard]

I'm embarassed for the lack of effort this team is displaying..

[Fireball]

Duncans basket will be negated I think ...

[Horse]

I'm afraid we're gonna have to be blown out before they take dallas serious.

[superjames1992]

Pop seems to be adjusting to Marion guarding Parker by running some off the ball plays for Tony.

[Mal]

This is crappy basketball.

[Two10Whitey]

Looking like the Second Round Spurs. :sleep

[PingPong]

Lol meltdown...

[rogues]

:lol Act like somebody Spurs..yall getting y'all's shit pushed in by an 8th seed!

[Mal]

Oh, 2 pts less.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

:lol

[Fireball]

Spurs = Regular Season Wonders? It sure looks that way. So much for the game 1 rust theory. yeah, I played that card, esp. because of the noon time, but we clearly have other problems. And the referees are way too inconsistent. The only consistent thing is that they are inconsistent on both sides.

[BatManu20]

19 TO's already.. nuts

[boutons_deux]

19 TO

[Malik Hairston]

Why can't they run a post play for Leonard against Ellis, tbh?(even with Splitter clogging the lane)..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs are f*cked

[daslicer]

:lol Act like somebody Spurs..yall getting y'all's shit pushed in by an 8th seed!

Right dipshit look at your Heat barely winning against the worst team of the playoffs. Shut your whore mouth.

[ElNono]

Calderon can't burn you Tony

[brucebowensghost]

Dallas is playing really well, it'll balance
but too close foromfort

[KaiRMD1]

This is going to be a long series

[noles1983]

amazing how shitty the spurs have become

[DatBoyGood]

So frustrating to watch

[SpurPadre]

We're playing like a worse 1 seed than the Pacers right now. The Mavericks look the 1 seed to our 8 seed, tbh.

[siraulo23]

Spurs = Regular Season Wonders? It sure looks that way. So much for the game 1 rust theory.

Carlisle' defensive scheme is very impressive, props

and lol spurs

[ElNono]

:lol Act like somebody Spurs..yall getting y'all's shit pushed in by an 8th seed!

lmao already got your shit pushed by the #7 seed

[Budkin]

I'm trying not to freak out. Tbh. Gimme some credit here guys.

Did you get a Xanax prescription or what? :lol

[ElNono]

:lol I thought the defense was great with this unit?

[DatBoyGood]

Unreal...we finally get to the playoffs, the team is healthy, they have homecourt, and we are playing like this.

[SpurPadre]

Splitter soft as fuck yet again.

[BatManu20]

Splitter blocked at the rim again. Shocker

[noles1983]

soft splitter, i hate that prick

[ElNono]

Splitter getting blocked per par

[Hemotivo]

good D by Manu

[Raven]

MANU

[ElNono]

Give it to Manu and clear out

[TheRemix]

ginobili trying so hard to clean this shit up

[BatManu20]

Splitter with the over-the-head, no-look pass for a Manu 3 :lol

[superjames1992]

Manu 20 points. Bump The Thread.

[japre8]

Ugh this game is hard to watch.

[313]

Thank you Ginobili

[Malik Hairston]

Are they ever going to run a post play, tbh?..

Parker-ball isn't going to win tonight..

[noles1983]

ugly ugly ugly

[timtonymanu]

Splitter soft as fuck yet again.

Hate on Splitter all you want, he's the only role player that has shown up in this series so far.

[Hemotivo]

wow

[Darius Bieber]

Carlisle with a smart time out.... Outcoaching right now.

[Mal]

I do think that screen defender is way too low.

[Cry Havoc]

Worst game of the season and we're still in single digits. Mavs should have put us away when they had the chance.

[Johnny RIngo]

Need more plays for Duncan/Leonard.

[mclinejr]

Ginobli is keeping us alive.

[RD2191]

Did you get a Xanax prescription or what? :lol

:lol

[Fireball]

Splitter is fighting now for the second game in a row. Nice pass to Manu :lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Parker has to step it up, not that he can do it by himself. If he's limited to just standing around, may as well have Patty in there instead of him.

[DapDaGenius]

Dejuan is just so unlikeable.

[brucebowensghost]

Better to get the reality check in the 1st round than later on

[siraulo23]

is d green our best option on ellis?

we need manu's offense tho

[Fireball]

Hate on Splitter all you want, he's the only role player that has shown up in this series so far. :toast

[daslicer]

This game looks like it will reach a 100 point pace but its weird I feel Dallas has found a way to slow down the game to the Spurs detriment.

[Capt Bringdown]

The tell is the Spurs defense, or lack thereof. Don Nelson would be proud.

[Horse]

Splitter is a pussy but he's getting hammered and can't get a call.

[Mal]

Spurs cant rely on Dallas shitting their pants every game..

[ElNono]

Tony needs to wake the fuck up... -12 right now... only outdone by Beli

[TheGoldStandard]

No more passing to Tiago

[japre8]

Thank god for Manu. Feels like we should be down by a lot more.

[RD2191]

I saw this coming so that's the reason I'm not freaking out. Tbh.

[SpurPadre]

Hate on Splitter all you want, he's the only role player that has shown up in this series so far.

I'm not hating on him, just real talk. But yeah, he's the only role player that has done anything of note so far tonight.

[313]

Parker has to step it up, not that he can do it by himself. If he's limited to just standing around, may as well have Patty in there instead of him.
No. Patty can't play a lick of defense. I'm not opposed to Cojo getting more burn though.

[Budkin]

Worst game of the season and we're still in single digits. Mavs should have put us away when they had the chance.

That just shows you how much better we should be. If we were playing the Thunder like this we'd be down 30+ EASILY.

[DapDaGenius]

MANU!!!

[KaiRMD1]

Aldridge & Howard going tit for tat right now

[noles1983]

wow manu

[siraulo23]

as much as the spurs offense sucking right now, their d is even worse

the spurs are lucky theyre shooting a high % in the field right now

[brucebowensghost]

Vintage gino

[313]

MANUUUUU

[Johnny RIngo]

Tony needs to wake the fuck up... -12 right now... only outdone by Beli

This is the Tony we've come to expect all season though. Parker had his worst regular season in years. It was unreasonable to expect that he'd step it up in the playoffs. He's not Lebron(who can coast in the regular season and bring it in the postseason)

[TheGoldStandard]

Mills in.. oh shit.. Dallas guards about to go off

[r0drig0lac]

Manu 2005

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

No. Patty can't play a lick of defense. I'm not opposed to Cojo getting more burn though.
He can stick to Calderon imo

[Ice009]

Looking like the Second Round Spurs. :sleep

Second round? How is anyone even thinking about the second round? They way the Spurs are playing, they're looking like they will get their shit pushed in, in the first round.

Pathetic focus, pathetic play. Regular season ball movement bullshit players that can't/won't step up in the playoffs.

Even Gary Neal is better at creating his own shot than half the scrubs that are playing for the Spurs out here. I don't even think Mills will score what Gary Neal did in game 1 of these playoffs.

Without Manu, Spurs are down over 20 points right now.

[KaiRMD1]

Another turnover

[RD2191]

Rofl defense

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

He can stick to Calderon imo
Maybe not

[mclinejr]

Interesting rotation.

[noles1983]

lol and bad manu

[ElNono]

Vintage gino

[ElNono]

come on Patty, hand up

[RD2191]

:lmao

[DapDaGenius]

Are we going to have 30 turnovers?

[noles1983]

scrub ass calderon

[playblair]

mills defense.................. playcojo

[SpurPadre]

Not the time to take Gary Neal shots, Patty.

[boutons_deux]

Mavs getting so many uncontested jumpers

[japre8]

Getting owned by Calderon. F this shit.

[RD2191]

:lmao:lmao

[Raven]

i've seen enough of patty for these play offs tbh...

[KaiRMD1]

Holy shit,game

[BatManu20]

Welp

[TE]

Calderon carving up our offense. Embarrassing sickening shit.

[ElNono]

fucking Calderon... really?

[TheGoldStandard]

What can I say.. Pop getting outcoached.

[Johnny RIngo]

Mills having more shots than Duncan. Fuck you Pop.

[Mal]

You`ve gotta be kiddin me

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Guess I was wrong about Patty, he's regressed again and is just bouncing around everywhere on defense.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This is becoming more embarrassing than 2011

[superjames1992]

Calderon dominating Parker and Mills. :cry

[TE]

:lmao:lmao
Mills is garbage etc

[BanditHiro]

this team is beyond pathetic...going to 8 by the fucking Mavericks.

[Ice009]

Mills is getting fucking destroyed. Get him off the court.

[timtonymanu]

Patty is awful. Which sucks because you know Cory Joseph is the alternate.

[Hemotivo]

fatass diaw and fatty mills screwing everything

[noles1983]

spurs make scrubs all stars, every god damn game

[313]

This is Dallas' game to steal tbh no way we turn the ball over this much again tbh

[loveforthegame]

Wow. Can't defend. Can't score.

[KaiRMD1]

Are we going to have 30 turnovers?

[RD2191]

Really though, remember how I told you all Mills would be worthless in the playoffs?

[G-Dawgg]

Is Patty Mills only a regular season hero? Because he's been laying a yellow brick road since last game...

[Mal]

Pendershit to the rescue

[CGD]

2 bad games for Patty. Time for cojo?

[Mikeanaro]

:toast

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs getting buttfucked by Calderon.

[TheGoldStandard]

Marco with a floater?? LOL..

[brucebowensghost]

Mills is getting whipped...

[SpursOwn]

Disgusting game.

[objective]

Playoff Patty living down to smart expectations

[313]

He can stick to Calderon imo:lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Belli has gotta get out of the game

[loveforthegame]

Marco leaving Carter open. :lol

[Johnny RIngo]

Ayres/Belinelli in. :lol

Pop's a goddamn joke.

[TheGoldStandard]

Remember that thread, Trade Parker because of Mills, lol..

[DapDaGenius]

This is Dallas' game to steal tbh no way we turn the ball over this much again tbh

It wouldn't even be a steal, we're literally handing them the game.

[Raven]

patty+beli aaaaalll over again..

[SpurPadre]

Pop close to waiving the white flag.

[noles1983]

spurs done, fuck you for ruining my night

[Texas_Ranger]

When you have Errors in your playoff rotation you know you ain't winning shit.

[ElNono]

Errors again

[TE]

Are we suppose to start melting down here? :lol

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

:lol
Rofl he can't at all. He gets stuck on every damn screen and even when he recovers, he runs to the wrong spot its so dumb.

[playblair]

Patty is awful. Which sucks because you know Cory Joseph is the alternate.

cojo wouldn't be dominated by calderon................ cojo = defense..............

[loveforthegame]

Missed fts. smh

[TheGoldStandard]

Can we send that COTY shit back? lol. Playing Ayres??

[crc21209]

That was the second damn time Belinelli left his man wiiide open for 3..

[Juggity]

This is becoming more embarrassing than 2011

nah, not even close

[japre8]

Here comes the blow out. Can't make any shots + shitty defense + shitty effort = ugly loss

[james evans]

we don't deserve to win this game the way we are playing. it's crazy that ginobli is our best player on the floor. wtf

[Fireball]

Blair is in, why not Errors :lol

[Diego20]

Pop gave up? Ayres is in..

[daslicer]

The worst game possible by the spurs. Terrible freethrow shooting and a ton of turnovers along with a bunch of second chance points given up. I don't think they can do any worse the next game.

[ElNono]

2 to go... smh

[weeks]

dejuan blair stylin on us in the playoffs

please just kill me now

[DapDaGenius]

Fuck Blair.

[BatManu20]

Manu the only one showing any heart right now. Just stop turning the damn ball over

[Mikeanaro]

Fuck you Dejajuan

[Texas_Ranger]

HAhahahhahahahahahhahahahhahahaha

[SpurPadre]

NOW Blair looks like FUCKING BARKLEY.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah this is awful. The Spurs are looking soft. Reminiscent of the pre-2012 days.

[noles1983]

blair get diabetes

[superjames1992]

I'm not sure I've ever seen Manu shoot this well.

[crc21209]

Manu is the only one who gives a shit tonight apparently..

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs aren't coming back tonight...

[urunobili]

Belinelli -30

[daslicer]

Blair had 4 steals wow what a fluke game all around.

[Ice009]

Get Mills off the fucking court, you fucking retard coach of the year.

[Johnny RIngo]

Marco and Patty having more shot attempts than TD. Horrible coaching.

[Baam]

Lol Mills

[Capt Bringdown]

Yep, the regular season champions getting blown out on their home court by Mavs.

This team is sooofft, soft, soft

[noles1983]

spurs deserve to be down 0-2

[Mal]

Pop being outcoached, bench sucks, Ayers on the floor...

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

laughable tbh

[weeks]

manu's three point shot hasn't been this pure all season.
it's surreal. i always expect him to clank it when he shoots
he's finding the bottom

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Diaw and Belli are playing so soft its pathetic. Belli has no idea what he's doing on offense or defense; he's cut into like 3 defenders a couple of times now, and Diaw just looks tired.

I think they can turn it around but its been terrible to watch.

[313]

Still lots of game left

[Death In June]

I don't think I've seen the roleplayers play this horrendously all season.

[TheGoldStandard]

They just need 1 really good quarter.. Damn, can't get punked like this.

[ElNono]

Kiwi didn't even shot the ball tonight

[RD2191]

Scary part is if not for that epic Mavs choke we could be headed to Dallas 0-2.

[Spurs_Be_Beastin']

Patty mills suddenly looks like shit.
Marco has looked like shit for a while, and Ayres is getting minutes, our bench is shit.

[Raven]

how did he manage to leave that rebound ...

[MeloHype]

Mavs will choke don't worry

[TE]

Rebounding is our biggest problem. It is downright god awful.

[Mal]

Down 13, with 20 TO...

[SpurPadre]

I'm not sure I've ever seen Manu shoot this well.

Dude has scored 50 and has had 40 point games. Let's not get carried away.

[8FOR!3]

Let's see if the law of averages catches up with Dallas in the 4th. They're not missing shots whatsoever. Keep chipping away stop turning the fucking ball over.

[DapDaGenius]

The hate.....the hate.....is building up inside of me!!

[KaiRMD1]

We win this series in six I guess

[noles1983]

I don't think I've seen the entire team play this horrendously all season.

[Darius Bieber]

Scary part is if not for that epic Mavs choke we could be headed to Dallas 0-2.

Another scary part: Dirk hasn't even gotten super hot yet. There's a reason why the Mavs won the season series against OKC.

[japre8]

Spurs choking hard tonight. F the mavs.

[313]

We're gonna open the fourth on a 28-5 run

[Fireball]

Blair is in, why not Errors :lol god, I suck ... Of course Blair controbutes and Errors is ... well Errors

[hater]

this team choking harder than Pacers :lol

[DontStopBelieving]

Scary part is if not for that epic Mavs choke we could be headed to Dallas 0-2.

Same thing people were saying after game 2 of the Warriors series last year

[313]

Scary part is if not for that epic Mavs choke we could be headed to Dallas 0-2.
Sounds like GSW series last year :lmao

[daslicer]

Scary part is if not for that epic Mavs choke we could be headed to Dallas 0-2.

You could say the same thing about the Warriors last year. Its not 0-2 so the Spurs can still adjust and win the series.

[KaiRMD1]

Ayres = Black hole of basketball

[Juggity]

lol, no worse time the spurs could be slumping than in the playoffs. Got damn, hard to believe how out of sorts the team looks

[Darius Bieber]

Same thing people were saying after game 2 of the Warriors series last year

Warriors >>>>>> Mavs tbh

[loveforthegame]

Spurs need to make a move. Stop dicking around.

[CGD]

Mavs playing as good as they can, and it's showing. The game plan is solid to boot with Carlyle essentially saying the big three can't carry the spurs anymore. At least for this game the gamble is paying off.

[DatBoyGood]

Reminds me of the Golden state series when we shouldve been down 0-2 if it wasnt for Manu's 3.

[RD2191]

No way the Spurs win this game. We had our comeback game in Game 1.

[superjames1992]

Dude has scored 50 and has had 40 point games. Let's not get carried away.

I know, but he has 27 points on 9 shots. That's crazy.

[Horse]

We just need to lose and get the focus back. So we win in 5 instead of 4 big shit. We don't wanna rest too much before round 2 anyway.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Another scary part: Dirk hasn't even gotten super hot yet. There's a reason why the Mavs won the season series against OKC.

OKC was without starters for both of Dallas' wins. Dirk is a huge factor, but let's not act like OKC has no answer to him.

[Fireball]

Really though, remember how I told you all Mills would be worthless in the playoffs? you tell so much things, you cannot miss everything

[noles1983]

need some red rocket

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I think Belli is trying to do too much. Spurs don't need him cutting around everywhere since it just ruins spacing. If he's gonna play, he's gotta remember that he's a 3-point shooter and not a mini-Ginobili.

His defense is mediocre but it is what it is.

[313]

Kiwi didn't even shot the ball tonight
He's a ghost out there

[brucebowensghost]

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4324451/Thorny.png
must believe.....

[urunobili]

Manu with turnovers and missed FT's :depressed

[RD2191]

Idk how anyone can find this funny.

[DAF86]

I know, but he has 27 points on 9 shots. That's crazy.

Back in the days the 20+pts on 9 shots games were pretty normal. :cry

[japre8]

Rebounding is our biggest problem. It is downright god awful.
Rebounding, missed ft's, horrible defense, boneheaded turnovers, and lousy effort.

[superjames1992]

Why is Manu on the bench?

[Sybok]

need some red rocket

Bend over

[Ice009]

I don't think I've seen the roleplayers play this horrendously all season.

It's the playoffs, the pressure is magnified.

Spurs needed more creators. I even wanted Monte Ellis in the off season, just anyone that can create for themselves.

Spurs role players yet again showing shit in the playoffs when the defenses tighten up. Pathetic display out there tonight.

Mills has been horrendous. If his shot isn't falling he is worthless. His defense has taken a huge step back and he can't create for himself or others. Gotta go back to defense and play Cory at least.

[Mikeanaro]

This spurs are a fucking joke, WTF KIWI!?

[MI21]

Leonard has been fucking awful in this game, might be the worst game I've ever seen him play.

He is roaming on defense, gambling like Allen Iverson, fouling like Dejuan Blair, rebounding like Andrea Bargnani and being as aggressive on offense as George Hill.

[TheGoldStandard]

Welp it's over

[DapDaGenius]

I feel like they told Kawhi not to shoot until the 4th quarter.

[noles1983]

saw that dumbass mills 3 coming a mile away

[GrandeDavid]

Maybe Mills should try frogging on defense.

[BatManu20]

Kawhi is playing like a noob tonight. That should be an easy lay up

[Horry Hipcheck]

OKC was without starters for both of Dallas' wins. Dirk is a huge factor, but let's not act like OKC has no answer to him.

I was wrong, one Dallas win (in Dallas) was two full strength teams.

[Raven]

weird game

[Capt Bringdown]

http://www.beforethecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wavewhiteflag.jpg

[TE]

another fucking missed ft

[TheGoldStandard]

Ka-Choke

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Leonard...... wtf

[SpurPadre]

Kawhi's playoff free throw shooting is killing me.

[DapDaGenius]

What is up with us and FTs? Got damn...

[superjames1992]

Kawhi is horrible tonight. No sugarcoating it...

[TE]

Wow...

[Raven]

everybody switched off his brain

[noles1983]

50 yr olds ding layup drills

[Johnny RIngo]

So Parker is resting up France, huh?

[KaiRMD1]

Kiwi taking dumb shots

[loveforthegame]

Leonard never recovered from early foul trouble.

[DapDaGenius]

Garbage...just fuckin' garbage. We can't make shit and they make everything.

[Mikeanaro]

Lol, Upset is the perfect word/term.

[timtonymanu]

Thats game

[RD2191]

This team is finished in the 2nd

[noles1983]

i might just not watch another game, fuck this team

[Johnny RIngo]

Hedo 2.0 and Mills killing any chance of a comeback

[r0drig0lac]

INB4 time to rebuild