Christmas Day Game Thread: Thunder @ Spurs Dec. 25th, 2014

[spursparker9]

wow OKC def is top ??

[james evans]

I never believed that humans evolved from monkeys until I saw Russell Westbitch.
white humor

[NASpurs]

:lol why is Duncan playing

[timtonymanu]

Stop leaving their shooters open. FFS.

[RD2191]

Fuck

[siraulo23]

:lmao Are you fucking blind? He shot a turnaround fadeaway, flailed his arms, and got free throws. :lmao

just no... thats it one bad call and the refs are f the spurs?

[Mal]

Another scrub unloaded

[Beaverfuzz]

All the Thunder are doing are beating the Spurs at their own game.

[Cry Havoc]

wow OKC def is top ??

Playing 8 on 5 helps the D a lot. :lol

[ViceCity86]

it's amazingly bad

Brooks was atrocious last year playing fisher,when I aka/Adams was killing us in Okc in games 3 and 4.he learned his lesson today.

[Cry Havoc]

wow OKC def is top ??

Playing 8 on 5 helps the D a lot. :lol

[DMC]

:pop: "Matty did a good job for us, I'm proud of him"

[Raven]

timmy is awful today

[unleashbaynes]

:lmao Are you fucking blind? He shot a turnaround fadeaway, flailed his arms, and got free throws. :lmao

yeah its totally westbrooks fault that the refs screw up sometimes. ill agree, this game was oddly and inconsistently officiated, but OKC executed and made shots, played good D. we played well for stretches, but not well enough to counter their best 3 players.

[Mal]

Playing 8 on 5 helps the D a lot. :lol

Lot of bodies, showing etc

[Uriel]

:tu Pop

[BatManu20]

Defense is so bad.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Next game these methheads will shoot like 5% from three.

[spursparker9]

lol Morrow.

Guess this would happen when OKC signed him

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Foul called on Adams. 2 minutes left. Is this the cosmetic evening out of a box score attempt?

[DMC]

People here blaming the refs for the outcome are amusing.

[TheGreatYacht]

Manu's defense really is awful

[RD2191]

Need a 3 bad.

[Johnny RIngo]

Belinelli getting the Finley treatment. There's always a trashy player Pop gotta fall in love with:bang

Finley at his worst is still a better player than Marco at his best(and I say this as somebody that hated Finley). At least Finley hit a lot of threes in the post-season for us. Marco went '04 Hedo and choked last playoffs.

[Darius Bieber]

You're a piece of shit excuse for a fan. Really wish the admins wouldn't let people with sub 80 IQs on this forum so we could enjoy this place without pathetic fans like yourself.
Really? OKC went on a 13-0 run with about 3 mins left in the quarter... That's better execution down the stretch. You're the homer fan with a shit IQ. Open your eyes. Stop blaming the Spurs pathetic play on the refs. That's all you ever do.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Waiting for the rogues splurge. It's so funny to see a non playoff team cream over December victories :lol

[Uriel]

GG.

[Raven]

wtf timmy seriously, just get to the bench

[timtonymanu]

Duncan just didn't have it today. Honestly, should have just sat out after his injury scare.

[RD2191]

I hope the OKC plane goes down in flames.

[ImDaNuts]

Adams Shitting on Shitter

[DMC]

Waiting for the rogues splurge. It's so funny to see a non playoff team cream over December victories :lol
No funnier than seeing a defending champ commit suicide over December losses.

[sammy]

How is that not a jump ball! Fucking refs bailing these bitches!

[Mal]

33-15 fts Just saying. Nba champs at home.

[resistanze]

Pitiful. On the day my friends got me a Duncan jersey for my birthday. :lol

[Beaverfuzz]

AND1

[Cry Havoc]

yeah its totally westbrooks fault that the refs screw up sometimes. ill agree, this game was oddly and inconsistently officiated, but OKC executed and made shots, played good D. we played well for stretches, but not well enough to counter their best 3 players.

So now you're backing off your initial statement of him getting free throws for attacking the rim. Cool. They shot 2x the number of free throws as we did on our home floor. They could hack Duncan and fall on Bonner while he's shooting, but we can't touch Westbrook without a whistle. Of course that's going to make a team passive when you continually get whistled for every contact, our players can't afford to foul out when short handed.

:lol "Screw up" = systematically hose the Spurs out of free throws whenever they play the Thunder. :rollin

[Cry Havoc]

yeah its totally westbrooks fault that the refs screw up sometimes. ill agree, this game was oddly and inconsistently officiated, but OKC executed and made shots, played good D. we played well for stretches, but not well enough to counter their best 3 players.

So now you're backing off your initial statement of him getting free throws for attacking the rim. Cool. They shot 2x the number of free throws as we did on our home floor. They could hack Duncan and fall on Bonner while he's shooting, but we can't touch Westbrook without a whistle. Of course that's going to make a team passive when you continually get whistled for every contact, our players can't afford to foul out when short handed.

:lol "Screw up" = systematically hose the Spurs out of free throws whenever they play the Thunder. :rollin

[Beaverfuzz]

How is that not a jump ball! Fucking refs bailing these bitches!

Other angle had the foul, I thought it was jump ball originally too.

[timtonymanu]

Joseph loves playing the Thunder. :lol

[Uriel]

Why the fuck is Parker not in the game???

[james evans]

popovich fuked us out of another game. when the bench were playing good, he took them out and put in the starters who weren't doing shit. He does it every time.

[Cry Havoc]

just no... thats it one bad call and the refs are f the spurs?

One bad call doesn't give the other team 35 fucking free throws on our floor while hacking our players continually and shooting jump shots all fucking game.

[james evans]

Why the fuck is Parker not in the game???
cuz he can't guard anyone

[DMC]

popovich fuked us out of another game. when the bench were playing good, he took them out and put in the starters who weren't doing shit. He does it every time.
So you think a head coach would ever decide that benching his starters is a legit tactic in the middle of a season, because of one game?

[timtonymanu]

Why the fuck is Parker not in the game???

We needed a chance to win.

[sammy]

What foul! WTF!

[Mal]

Pop throwing towel already ?

[Beaverfuzz]

Not having Bobo in the middle to "help" box out seemed a little odd.

[beirmeistr]

I am impressed with Cojo. He has balls.

[sammy]

Pop throwing in the towel! WTF!

[024]

WTF Spurs are down by 6 points and Pop gives up??

[james evans]

So you think a head coach would ever decide that benching his starters is a legit tactic in the middle of a season, because of one game?
for a win yes. it's 1 game out of 82. he rests them every 3 games anyway. what's the difference?

[rogues]

:lol No Kevin, No problem..

[Uriel]

Why is Pop throwing the towel this early?

[-21-]

Time to chuck up 3s.

[ElNono]

Gotta take off for a while... gg my boy rogues

[Johnny RIngo]

WTF Spurs are down by 6 points and Pop gives up??

Pop sending a message to his team imo

[TheGreatYacht]

Pop is far from a Top 15 coach this year. Blames the players when they lose, horrible rotations, shitty late game play calling, etc

[siraulo23]

wtf pop? :lol

[Mal]

Lmao those scrubs

[Cry Havoc]

Really? OKC went on a 13-0 run with about 3 mins left in the quarter... That's better execution down the stretch. You're the homer fan with a shit IQ. Open your eyes. Stop blaming the Spurs pathetic play on the refs. That's all you ever do.

Fuck yourself. You said we were done after every loss last year. We won the title. but you probably stopped watching after game 4 in OKC, since you're a huge pussy who quits on his team every chance he gets.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Lol lucky fags.

[Uriel]

Typical. :lmao

[Beaverfuzz]

That does it.

This team needs the all-star break now.

[sammy]

Fucking refs!

[smaka]

Scrubs going off per par

[RD2191]

That's game. Refs played hard.

[Beaverfuzz]

Pop sending a message to his team imo

This.

[Raven]

bs

[Cry Havoc]

That's game. Refs played hard.

40 free throws on our floor. Hope someone clotheslines one of those refs on their way out the building.

[RD2191]

Fuck yourself. You said we were done after every loss last year. We won the title. but you probably stopped watching after game 4 in OKC, since you're a huge pussy who quits on his team every chance he gets.
Relax.

[DMC]

for a win yes. it's 1 game out of 82. he rests them every 3 games anyway. what's the difference?

Big difference. If you don't know the difference between "I don't trust you" and "I want you to rest", I cannot help you.

[Darius Bieber]

Fuck yourself. You said we were done after every loss last year. We won the title. but you probably stopped watching after game 4 in OKC, since you're a huge pussy who quits on his team every chance he gets.

Sure, sit on your high horse. Doesn't change the fact that the Spurs are in a horrible slump, losing to a team without their MVP player.

[james evans]

that first quarter hurt us. green missing 2 freethrows, the thunder shooting about 10 freethrows and a lot of other shit. we never recovered from the first.

[TheGreatYacht]

Refs stat padding the free throw disparity :lol as always

[Cry Havoc]

Relax.

I'm totally calm, just calling out shitheads for being shitheads. Darius quits every fucking loss, so he's going to get called out for being the massive pussy that he is.

[Cry Havoc]

Relax.

I'm totally calm, just calling out shitheads for being shitheads. Darius quits every fucking loss, so he's going to get called out for being the massive pussy that he is.

[DMC]

Fuck yourself. You said we were done after every loss last year. We won the title. but you probably stopped watching after game 4 in OKC, since you're a huge pussy who quits on his team every chance he gets.
You're mad. It's Christmas...think of baby Jesus

[spursparker9]

Is Stern still the boss of the NBA?

[RD2191]

40 free throws on our floor. Hope someone clotheslines one of those refs on their way out the building.
:lolI agree

[Cry Havoc]

Sure, sit on your high horse. Doesn't change the fact that the Spurs are in a horrible slump, losing to a team without their MVP player.

:cry Spurs are done on December 25th. :cry Blow it up, Pop. :cry

[Cry Havoc]

Sure, sit on your high horse. Doesn't change the fact that the Spurs are in a horrible slump, losing to a team without their MVP player.

:cry Spurs are done on December 25th. :cry Blow it up, Pop. :cry

[Brunodf]

Green can't hit 3s tonight

[RD2191]

No need to rush that green

[Chomag]

Dammit! these losses are piling up fast!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Jeez Duncan has had a bad game, Spurs in general had a bad rebounding game as well.

Westbrook is a beast though.

[SpurPadre]

No more Christmas games for us please.

[Darius Bieber]

I'm totally calm, just calling out shitheads for being shitheads. Darius quits every fucking loss, so he's going to get called out for being the massive pussy that he is.

Rather be a pussy than a blind homer.

[TheGreatYacht]

Worst crowd in the NBA. :lol applauding OKC

[unleashbaynes]

Sure, sit on your high horse. Doesn't change the fact that the Spurs are in a horrible slump, losing to a team without their MVP player.

spurs played fine for a christmas game tbh.....they havent been playing badly at all actually. just had some teams make some absolutely fluky luck shots on us recently. team has another gear and theyll start hitting it consistently in the spring. when we reel off a couple of 10+ game winning streaks the cliff jumping will subside.

[RD2191]

Need all of our players back. Get healthy and make a nice run.

[sammy]

No foul! Fuck that shit! Hard foul the bitch hard!

[Cry Havoc]

Well we played hard but couldn't beat the refs.

Merry Christmas, everyone! :tu Hope your dinners are better than the shit sandwich we had to eat in this game. :lobt2:

[Cry Havoc]

Well we played hard but couldn't beat the refs.

Merry Christmas, everyone! :tu Hope your dinners are better than the shit sandwich we had to eat in this game. :lobt2:

[Holden_Caulfield]

why didnt diaw play?

[spursparker9]

No more Christmas games for us please.

Easy. Just don't win the championship

[Baam]

OKc might be the favorite to win the title this year tbh... Alphabrook and Durbeta got forced rest with their injuries while the Spurs are trying to go to a third Finals in a row which is incredibly hard tbh...

[unleashbaynes]

I'm totally calm, just calling out shitheads for being shitheads. Darius quits every fucking loss, so he's going to get called out for being the massive pussy that he is.

Blaming refs isnt pussy? :lol ok.

[-21-]

Tim with a -32...

[Raven]

too bad, parker and timmy played like tosbs and the D was not there at all. Cojo was our best player, splitter was somehow cool and bonner made shots but the rest was bad.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Didn't like the loss of course but I still believe The Spurs will be there competing and winning in the playoffs.

[Cry Havoc]

Rather be a pussy than a blind homer.

:lmao Admitting it. :lmao

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Lillard, Ellis, and Westbrook have all had dominating performances against the Spurs recently, and Paul had a great game as well. I'm noticing a trend.

[ImDaNuts]

OKc might be the favorite to win the title this year tbh... Alphabrook and Durbeta got forced rest with their injuries while the Spurs are trying to go to a third Finals in a row which is incredibly hard tbh...

lol no

[Beaverfuzz]

:lol at what exactly, shooting?

See Westbrick...Patty does it all better than CoJo on the offensive side of the ball.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

I still have faith in the Spurs, but I'm afraid they fail to realize the importance of their remaining games. They can't be throwing any more games, they've lost too many as it is.

[james evans]

it's sad when splitter and bonner are the best 2 players of the game. ginobli with 5 turnovers

[Cry Havoc]

Blaming refs isnt pussy? :lol ok.

They're a jump shooting team + Westbrook and shot 40 free throws in our building. No excuse to lose to them, but it makes it hard for our guys to play well.

[Darius Bieber]

:lmao Admitting it. :lmao

I never said I was. I just said I would rather be a pussy than a blind homer. Learn some English idiot.

[james evans]

Big difference. If you don't know the difference between "I don't trust you" and "I want you to rest", I cannot help you.
well he doesn't trust parker that's why he always sits him in the 4th when he's gettting cooked. so i can't help you with that. fuk off bitch.

[hommeaetage]

The refs were shitty no doubt, but that pathetic effort on the defensive end and the glass did not help the Spurs either.

[SpurPadre]

spurs played fine for a christmas game tbh.....they havent been playing badly at all actually. just had some teams make some absolutely fluky luck shots on us recently. team has another gear and theyll start hitting it consistently in the spring. when we reel off a couple of 10+ game winning streaks the cliff jumping will subside.

When teams consistently hit "Fluky" shots against us like they've been doing, it ceases to be fluky and it becomes an area of concern.

[boutons_deux]

OKC misses 17FTs and still wins

[Raven]

See Westbrick...Patty does it all better than CoJo on the offensive side of the ball.

no he doesn't, stop being retarded, patty is a sg.

[spurspokesman]

Westbrook is a cry baby. Just annoys me

[boutons_deux]

Spurs with 7 players in double figs, still lose

[RD2191]

The refs were shitty no doubt, but that pathetic effort on the defensive end and the glass did not help the Spurs either.
Kawhi was missed tbh.

[sammy]

They're a jump shooting team + Westbrook and shot 40 free throws in our building. No excuse to lose to them, but it makes it hard for our guys to play well.

Great post! We could barely touch those bitches & instant free throws! They can hack & grab & no calls for the Spurs! Hard to play against 8! Thunderefs to the rescue!

[unleashbaynes]

They're a jump shooting team + Westbrook and shot 40 free throws in our building. No excuse to lose to them, but it makes it hard for our guys to play well.

Maybe we should learn to grab a rebound. I would be willing to bet that a lot of those free throws came on second chance opportunities where if our guys had cleaned up the glass, there wouldn't have been an opportunity for a foul to happen. They crashed the offensive glass hard tonight. We should have responded by crashing defensive boards even harder and getting out in transition for easy points. We weren't able to do that so they kept up with the strategy and owned us. Add that their 3 point shooters were hitting and it's a wonder the game was even close.

[hommeaetage]

Kawhi was missed tbh.

Durant wasn't playing either. The Spurs made Steven fucking Adams look like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain out there

[RD2191]

Cojo did a good job. Good effort and energy. Got under westbricks skin which is always good with a mental midget like russ.

[RD2191]

Durant wasn't playing either. The Spurs made Steven fucking Adams look like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain out there
Thunder scrubs live to kill the Spurs, tbh.

[spurspokesman]

Spurs look average. But I know they will turn it around and still be there late in the season

[timtonymanu]

I still have faith in the Spurs, but I'm afraid they fail to realize the importance of their remaining games. They can't be throwing any more games, they've lost too many as it is.

They've looked like they wanted these games, tbh. It's hard to win without your best player and your PG that can light it up fast.

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs would be 6th in the east :lol

[sammy]

It will be a different story once Kawhi & Mills is back! Fuck those bitches & the thunderefs!

[james evans]

Great post! We could barely touch those bitches & instant free throws! They can hack & grab & no calls for the Spurs! Hard to play against 8! Thunderefs to the rescue!
Against any team in the league, the refs don't call any touch fouls. Every time we play okc we can't even be within 12 inches of them shooting a 3 pointer or they will hit the floor and shoot freethrows. No other team in the league against us is given this treatment but them. The league does not want okc to miss the playoffs. They won't. I'm telling u, you're gonna see some strange things in the coming months. Games being restructured for the playoffs picture just to get the Thunder in.

[RD2191]

It ain't the calls. It's the no calls that hurt. Defending Champs and opponents get away with murder. Can be discouraging and it has affected the Spurs before.

[Fireball]

I just hate the Thunder ... wow I am boiling inside ...

[boutons_deux]

Spurs 8L out of first place

[spurs10]

The FreethrOklahoma Thunderefs shot 40 ft's on our floor. Surely that's a record. Of the five losses this is the worst. This will give Westbrick a lot of confidence against us. When Kawhi returns he better guard him because no else can apparently.

[beirmeistr]

Disappointing game. As a spurs fan, know they wont win every game, but I expect them to put up a fight every game. The 3 ot game against memphis was a close loss, but the spurs fought hard to try to win the game. That was not the case today.

[BillMc]

I just hate the Thunder ... wow I am boiling inside ...

+1. Plus really hate Westbrook.

[Sigz]

It was Christmas with a team full of veterans. I think we know what their priorities were today...

[timtonymanu]

Disappointing game. As a spurs fan, know they wont win every game, but I expect them to put up a fight every game. The 3 ot game against memphis was a close loss, but the spurs fought hard to try to win the game. That was not the case today.

They were in today's game all the way through. :lol Duncan and Parker mailed it in today, but the rest of the team stepped up.

[hommeaetage]

That thunder team have so many players that hate.

[elemento]

Frenchies will hate me for saying that, but I think that we will regret that extension in 2 years.

[Fireball]

+1. Plus really hate Westbrook. the antics of this frog-faced idiot ... yep, I hate him too

[Fireball]

Spurs 8L out of first place

and tomorrow another loss will follow ...

[spurs10]

and tomorrow another loss will follow ... I sure hope not...

[timtonymanu]

Frenchies will hate me for saying that, but I think that we will regret that extension in 2 years.

It's already looking that way actually.

[Johnny RIngo]

Frenchies will hate me for saying that, but I think that we will regret that extension in 2 years.

In 2 years? I'm already regretting it now. $56 million promised to an aging point guard who's impact stats are worse than current Kobe's. TP should at least apologize to the team by officially retiring from the French national team. Spurs took care of Parker, Tony should do the same and stop wasting everybody's time with that irrelevant Eurobasket bullshit.

[Fireball]

I sure hope not... Pelicans do not fit us ... Davis and Evans especially. Add some home cooking, some rest for players and I see the Spurs lose another one ...

[BillMc]

Frenchies will hate me for saying that, but I think that we will regret that extension in 2 years.

Possibly, but wasn't Tony great only a game ago against the Clippers?

[tmtcsc]

A loss is a loss but there is a silver lining. Cojo is getting some big minutes that may pay dividends in the playoffs. If for whatever reason Patty doesn't come back as strong as he was last year, Joseph will have logged good time against strong competition. I hate Westbrick but the dude brings it every night.

I had no idea Diaw was sitting out. That tells you what Pop thinks of "big" regular season games. In the end, we lost to another non-playoff team. We aren't winning a Championship if Kawhi doesn't get back though. That's who needs to get fixed. He's now the "X" factor that brings a certain amount of uncertainty and chaos when teams match up against the Spurs.

[tmtcsc]

There's no competition for the biggest douche in the game and its James Harden. Westbrook is a close second with all the theatrics but I hate to even look at James Harden's ugly mug. Just disgusting.

[ElNono]

A loss is a loss but there is a silver lining. Cojo is getting some big minutes that may pay dividends in the playoffs. If for whatever reason Patty doesn't come back as strong as he was last year, Joseph will have logged good time against strong competition. I hate Westbrick but the dude brings it every night.

I had no idea Diaw was sitting out. That tells you what Pop thinks of "big" regular season games. In the end, we lost to another non-playoff team. We aren't winning a Championship if Kawhi doesn't get back though. That's who needs to get fixed. He's now the "X" factor that brings a certain amount of uncertainty and chaos when teams match up against the Spurs.

Don't we have a game tomorrow? I think that's why Diaw rested...

[Mugen]

Not gonna win many games when you half ass it on the boards and turn it over that many times tbh. OKC was the hungrier team from the outset and played much harder throughout.

[elemento]

Possibly, but wasn't Tony great only a game ago against the Clippers?

Yes he was. That's why I said in 2 years. He has ups and downs right now, but my fear is that he might have more downs than ups in a near future, especially considering that Duncan and Gino won't be there checking everyone.

[BillMc]

Yes he was. That's why I said in 2 years. He has ups and downs right now, but my fear is that he might have more downs than ups in a near future, especially considering that Duncan and Gino won't be there checking everyone.

You may very well be right. Certainly history suggests you are. But that is sort of the way the NBA works. Tony's deal is fair for his market value at the time of the extension, so if he's struggling at the end of the contract, that's the risk the Spurs must pay to keep him in the present.

[Budkin]

Wow I'm glad I didn't watch today. Damn.

[BillMc]

Don't we have a game tomorrow? I think that's why Diaw rested...

Pop said that was the reason in the postgame interview. Also Diaw's still got a fever.

[apalisoc_9]

A loss is a loss but there is a silver lining. Cojo is getting some big minutes that may pay dividends in the playoffs. If for whatever reason Patty doesn't come back as strong as he was last year, Joseph will have logged good time against strong competition. I hate Westbrick but the dude brings it every night.

I had no idea Diaw was sitting out. That tells you what Pop thinks of "big" regular season games. In the end, we lost to another non-playoff team. We aren't winning a Championship if Kawhi doesn't get back though. That's who needs to get fixed. He's now the "X" factor that brings a certain amount of uncertainty and chaos when teams match up against the Spurs.

Leonard is not an X factor...

He is simply the most valuable Spur.

Mainstream spurs fans. :lol

Oh my Big 3 :lol

[Capt Bringdown]

Durant wasn't playing either. The Spurs made Steven fucking Adams look like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain out there

Ha, that's what I was thinking. Knocking bodies around, throwing down dunks in traffic, blocking shots.

[Sean Cagney]

Wow I'm glad I didn't watch today. Damn.

Ditto. I did not watch one minute of that game today.

[Chillen]

I missed the game. It looks like I didn't miss anything either, just OKC giving the Spurs a little payback for the WCF loss last year. I was hoping the Spurs would win it though. The Thunder always play the Spurs better in the regular season and when the playoffs start it's a different tune. Spurs better play them better next time and win.