Game Thread: Spurs @ Raptors: Sunday, Feb 8, 2015 6:00PM CST

[td4mvp21]

This team has choked late fourth quarter leads too many times this season. What gives?

[HI-FI]

This one is on Pop.

[cantthinkofanything]

Missed a chance to make up on the west

[BatManu20]

Timmy inbounding the ball = Bad news for the Spurs.

Always :lol

[loveforthegame]

Thank goodness that is over.

[timtonymanu]

Falling back to 7th it is. Just where we like it.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Disgusting ending...

[spurtech09]

worse team in the nba with a winning record.....even the the refs with the bs the spurs had a chance

[Chinook]

Perhaps the worst-coached half I've ever seen from Pop.

[703 Spurz]

Well the 6 seed was awesome for the fucking 6 hours the Spurs had it. Queers.

[pgardn]

There will be another night.

[Budkin]

This season is over. Send Parker down to Miami for a couple of shots.

:lol Rob finally broke.

[ElNono]

Easy to look at the last 3 mins of the game, but this game was lost with a slow start and a terrible 3rd quarter... I'm not sure Pop still has figured out how to make the starters effective on offense, it's really hurting us right now...

[rasuo214]

Spurs clearly don't want to be higher than the 7th seed.

[Blizzardwizard]

MVParker kept the game close. What a player :lobt2:

[Ice009]

Why did James Johnson not even get a training camp invite with the Spurs when they had him in for workouts during the 2013 off-season? I'm very curious why the Spurs didn't think he was good enough even for a training camp invite.

I'm still scratching my head over this. At the very least they could have given him a training camp invite.

[Legacy]

:lmao :lmao :lmao San Antonio Cucks

[spurtech09]

who should the spurs draft

[cantthinkofanything]

This season is over. Send Parker down to Miami for a couple of shots.

Just need one shot...unless Tim is pulling the trigger.

[Sean Cagney]

This team has choked late fourth quarter leads too many times this season. What gives?

They suck, period.

[TE]

I don't even know what to say. I'm more pissed about this result than the Clippers game last Saturday. Lack of execution, communication, on top of a whole lot of other things. Sickening losses are becoming a norm.

[Mikeanaro]

:flag

[Agloco]

All of you cliff jumpers are retards. Not many teams would have a chance to win this game on 33 percent from the field. That's your game right there.

[SpursFan86]

Easy to look at the last 3 mins of the game, but this game was lost with a slow start and a terrible 3rd quarter... I'm not sure Pop still has figured out how to make the starters effective on offense, it's really hurting us right now...

This game was lost with the big 4 playing like absolute dog shit all game. That's all there is to say. If even one of them shows up tonight and plays well, we win.

[NASpurs]

:lol closing the game with 4 of the worst players today.

A fucking blind monkey knows better than to play that trash lineup, considering how things were going. But :cry we're playing armchair quarterbacks and don't have five rings :cry

[beirmeistr]

Pop keeps messing around with his substitutions instead of letting the hot 5 on the court continue.

[Beaverfuzz]

Fucking winnable game. Gotta pick it up if you want to make a move here in the Western Conference. :flag:

[BatManu20]

It's not too late, tbh.


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[boutons_deux]

Spurs looked and played like shit. dropping back to 7th seed

[tmtcsc]

Shit like this is why Pop can sometimes be so frustrating. 0 minutes for CJ in the second half when it was clear he was doing a great job. Bad game overall by the big 4 and Patty Mills. Pop could have won this game if he had played the right combinations out there. I guess he wanted to go with TP and see what he has left.

[TE]

All of you cliff jumpers are retards. Not many teams would have a chance to win this game on 33 percent from the field. That's your game right there.
You mean tie the game? And what a lot of posters are probably worried about is how they were in that position to begin with.

[Nathan89]

Make a trade or spurs aren't doing Shit in the playoffs.

[beirmeistr]

still another shitty Spurs game on national tv .

[look_at_g_shred]

Cliffjumpers are amusing :lol

[BatManu20]

At least the Rockets lost tonight, despite Harden dropping 45

[spurraider21]

:lol Parker 4-13
:lol Leonard 5-17
:lol Duncan 3-14
:lol Green 2-9
:lol Manu 3-13

[tmtcsc]

Perhaps the worst-coached half I've ever seen from Pop.

:toast Agreed. Died with his starters tonight when he could have clearly won the game with the hot players. CJ's no second coming but he was making things happen by moving the ball and playing good D. Stupid.

[TE]

:lol Parker 4-13
:lol Leonard 5-17
:lol Duncan 3-14
:lol Green 2-9
:lol Manu 3-13
:lol That's fucking terrible man. Goddamn.

[Ditty]

Have to admit Spurs should of closed the game out with Cojo instead of Parker. Splitter should of played over Duncan.

[daslicer]

Very frustrating considering the spurs can never see to make up ground in the West by lose these winnable games. This is probably the tenth or twelfth game they have lost by 5 or less.

[spurraider21]

:lol That's fucking terrible man. Goddamn.
it'll be funny to see all the kawhi player fans and the parker player fans going at it after this one

[milkyway21]

Whoa I lt to watch the Grammy's for a while didn't realize we lost again ...uggghh :lmao


Any news about Manu? IS he OK?

[Arcadian]

:lol shot 33% and still almost won...it doesn't feel bad, tbh.

The offense actually looked very fluid, with excellent passing and lots of open looks. Unfortunately, the entire team shot like ass.

Also I don't understand why Baynes is starting over Splitter, or why Mills isn't the first PG off the bench. Anyone know?

[Harry Callahan]

This team looks like dog crap way too many nights.

It's very frustrating.

This looks like a team barely making the playoffs and then doing nothing when they get there.

The wear and tear of the last 3.5 years is coming home to roost.

There were two small windows of good basketball tonight, but that was not enough.

I'm getting sick of looking at Tony Parker limp around, shoot jump shots, and play uninspired D. He is not a top tier player right now.

I was hopeful things were turning at the last home game for him, but he reverted to his sub-par play.

Too many falls to the floor. Too many miles on the odometer.

The Spurs have to have 9 or 10 guys play well to be effective, not 2 or 3.

That game was there for the taking and they failed.

[rasuo214]

So all 5 of the Spurs top scorers have an awful shooting night and the Spurs still had a chance to win. Shit happens, move on to the next game.

[tmtcsc]

At least the Rockets lost tonight, despite Harden dropping 45

Rockets and Clips are about to lose a lot. Spurs, despite this give-away, crap performance are still in decent shape to move up but they have bigger concerns. Leonard needs to know when to try and dominate the offense and when he needs to back off and help with better ball movement. Tony needs to get his shit together (if he's healthy) and start to get around defenders. Right now, he looks way too slow and can't beat his opponent off the dribble.

Ginobili is Ginobili. There's still lots of games and time to get things together but they need to start soon. Tonight would have been a great start and a great win over a solid opponent. Just poor, poor play out of our team leaders.

[Agloco]

You mean tie the game? And what a lot of posters are probably worried about is how they were in that position to begin with.

Yeah, that would be because of the 33%. I don't really think you can take much else away from this (other than Parkers decline, but we knew that already) since that's such a glaring outlier.

[BillMc]

What happened to Pattys minutes?

[bklynspursfan]

Have to admit Spurs should of closed the game out with Cojo instead of Parker. Splitter should of played over Duncan.

Agreed. I usually like Patty, but idk why Pop went with him as the first pg off the bench in the 2nd half. Joseph played solid.

[tmtcsc]

Lol, no one has the balls to ask Pop why CJ didn't play in the second half.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

Cojo is far and away the best PG in San Antonio.

[Mugen]

One of the worst games I've ever seen Kawhi play tbh.

[FkLA]

it'll be funny to see all the kawhi player fans and the parker player fans going at it after this one

Um let me see, one is having a career year and the other one has fallen off a cliff. But yeah one shared bad game puts them in the same boat. :lol

[Mikeanaro]

What happened to Pattys minutes?
Tony thinks thats not necessary.

[tmtcsc]

:lol why does Mike Brown keep saying "we"?

I guess because he was part of the Spurs broadcast team tonight. I thought he was a refreshing voice tonight and did a good job.

[timtonymanu]

Lol, no one has the balls to ask Pop why CJ didn't play in the second half.

I assume the reason is for Parker to get his rhythm back but it's concerning that it's taking him so long to at least look like an NBA player again. Leonard, Patty, and now Marco, look fine since they've returned. Parker just looks done and Pop has to use brains over loyalty when it comes to playing him when he looks really bad.

[loveforthegame]

Um let me see, one is having a career year and the other one has fallen off a cliff. But yeah one shared bad game puts them in the same boat. :lol

Exactly. Only on this board. :lol

[bklynspursfan]

We played terrible. Turnovers, missed shots, poor execution, and had a chance to win. Silver lining I guess.. Always nice to have a game the next day to make up for this performance. Pops weird lineups could mean some guys won't play, but it should be a winnable game

[rasuo214]

With Marco back is Pop going to cut Manu's mins? He's played way too much this season and it may help him out a bit. There's no reason to keep playing him this many mins with a full roster.

[bklynspursfan]

I assume the reason is for Parker to get his rhythm back but it's concerning that it's taking him so long to at least look like an NBA player again. Leonard, Patty, and now Marco, look fine since they've returned. Parker just looks done and Pop has to use brains over loyalty when it comes to playing him when he looks really bad.

Can only think cause its a hamstring issue, its taking longer. Those usually take time to fully recover from

[Harry Callahan]

I guess because he was part of the Spurs broadcast team tonight. I thought he was a refreshing voice tonight and did a good job.

Be glad you heard Mike Brown. I had to listen to the Toronto guys on NBA TV. Some New Yorker that was a Bill Raferty starter kit. Awful.

[bklynspursfan]

Be glad you heard Mike Brown. I had to listen to the Toronto guys on NBA TV. Some New Yorker that was a Bill Raferty starter kit. Awful.

They were rough to listen to smh

[timtonymanu]

Be glad you heard Mike Brown. I had to listen to the Toronto guys on NBA TV. Some New Yorker that was a Bill Raferty starter kit. Awful.

It was funny hearing him trying to be objective but then become a blatant homer whenever the Raptors made a nice play. :lol

[Legacy]

Eh, look on the bright side... it was the Spurs worst shooting night of the season and we still almost won.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

Cojo is far and away the best PG in San Antonio.

[Harry Callahan]

Eh, look on the bright side... it was the Spurs worst shooting night of the season and we still almost won.

Can't do it. This team is not going in the right direction right now. Too many players have regressed significantly from last year.

[FkLA]

Potato Head was surprisingly good. He sounds like a retard in postgame conferences as a coach so I was expecting him to suck but he didn't.

[tmtcsc]

I assume the reason is for Parker to get his rhythm back but it's concerning that it's taking him so long to at least look like an NBA player again. Leonard, Patty, and now Marco, look fine since they've returned. Parker just looks done and Pop has to use brains over loyalty when it comes to playing him when he looks really bad.

Has anyone thought for a moment that Tony's lack of energy may be because of his newborn? Man, having a kid can wipe you out.

[Agloco]

Eh, look on the bright side... it was the Spurs worst shooting night of the season and we still almost won.

This.

[Harry Callahan]

Has anyone thought for a moment that Tony's lack of energy may be because of his newborn? Man, having a kid can wipe you out.

An infant child will wear you out, but I think parker is just not there physically right now.

[Ice009]

An infant child will wear you out, but I think parker is just not there physically right now.

Wouldn't Parker be able to afford a nanny or similar to look after the child so he can get rest for games?

[ducks]

Leonard ball hog shooting awfully

[tmtcsc]

Wouldn't Parker be able to afford a nanny or similar to look after the child so he can get rest for games?

I thought about that. He should have a Nanny and a big enough house not to deal with the crying but you never know if he or his lady want him to be an active dad and split responsibilities. I thought his hamstring was better and this was all supposed to be mental now.

[ElNono]

I gather Gino is sitting out tomorrow with that knee to the thigh? Did you hear anything ace3g?

[ace3g]

Pop: "I'm throwing the game as a reminder for anyone that thinks about getting a haircut like Timmy...."

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/75d9d8b6-d091-3e58-bd5d-8216228f045a

[RD2191]

Faggot ass pop not playing cojo.

[Mikeanaro]

This Messina thing is not working, can we get coach Bud again?

[HI-FI]

Pop: "I'm throwing the game as a reminder for anyone that thinks about getting a haircut like Timmy...."

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/75d9d8b6-d091-3e58-bd5d-8216228f045a

Pop: "3 more years of this shit?"


also the asian chick above....:jack

[Cane]

Eh, look on the bright side... it was the Spurs worst shooting night of the season and we still almost won.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bb/74/21/bb742125b9e7031ec70ff1d63d664887.jpg

[spurraider21]

Um let me see, one is having a career year and the other one has fallen off a cliff. But yeah one shared bad game puts them in the same boat. :lol
never said that

[Sean Cagney]

Cojo is far and away the best PG in San Antonio.

Ehhhhhhhhh, if that is true we are truly fucked :( Damn Tony you are falling off badly this year.

[Fireball]

I call this team the faith crushers right now ... every time an again they give me faith and hope that they can turn back to last years supremacy ... but that third quarter crushed it again.

If CoJo had played instead of Parker in the 2nd half the Spurs would have won the game despite awful shooting ...

[urunobili]

Danny Green was playing solid, 7 assists and +15 yet he got his minutes eaten by Fiat and Turnobili :pctoss

[Humberto]

We ran into Kawhi Saturday night drinking at Muzik.. not surprised he played bad. I would also put money on drunk Kawhi giving Timmy his haircut after he left the club.

Air Canada is probably one of the nicest arenas I have been to... flew in from SA and toured the arena Friday before the Raps/Clipps game. Getting the W Sunday would have been nice but wearing our "We The South" shirts and trolling Canadians was good times.

Also... James Johnson for MVP.

[in2deep]

We ran into Kawhi Saturday night drinking at Muzik.. not surprised he played bad. I would also put money on drunk Kawhi giving Timmy his haircut after he left the club.

Air Canada is probably one of the nicest arenas I have been to... flew in from SA and toured the arena Friday before the Raps/Clipps game. Getting the W Sunday would have been nice but wearing our "We The South" shirts and trolling Canadians was good times.

Also... James Johnson for MVP.

was kawhi drinking by himself??

[Humberto]

was kawhi drinking by himself??

He was with CoJo. Had a friend try to get up to their table using the line "we are from San Antonio" but didn't work. We were able to get a picture with James Johnson who was just standing on a couch by himself haha