Game Thread: Cavs at Spurs. 9:30 EST (8:30 CST. 3:30 Riga Time)

[Texas_Ranger]

Irving is just having one of those games when everything goes in.

[KL2]

Need to put Verde on Irving smh

Parker is playing well offensively but everything has been cancelled out by Irving destroying him on d.

[crc21209]

Irving throwing up all kinds of bullshit. Of course it's going in.

This. Those are all selfish nigga type shots, but hes fucking making them..:lol

[Cry Havoc]

Irving has ONE assist. I'm fine with him taking over and stopping all the ball movement. The Cavs aren't as dangerous when they're one-dimensional.

[hater]

Kawhi is winning his battle. Right now Irving and Parker are going at it like Rocky and Apollo in the 15th round.

:lol :tu

[SupremeGuy]

Damn, the Spurs are totally outplaying these guys. They should be up more.If it wasn't for a bunch of fluke 3s, we would be up a lot more. :cry

[Malik Hairston]

The Cavs don't have anybody to switch onto Parker, their only option is JR Smith, who doesn't play defense..

The Spurs have Green and Leonard to guard Irving/Lebron..just make the switch, fuck:lol..

Let JR Smith ISO vs. Parker all night, Spurs will take it..

[Raven]

blocks 7-0 :wow

[ElNono]

Irving has ONE assist. I'm fine with him taking over and stopping all the ball movement. The Cavs aren't as dangerous when they're one-dimensional.

well, he's making every fucking basket look EASY.... I don't care if they're one-dimensional if we can't fucking get a stop...

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Yo fuck it put danny on kyrie and hide tony on that nigga baller Jr smith

[NASpurs]

:lol How many points in the paint have been in the paint lmao

:lol yeah that shit made me scratch my head. It's like saying "how many 3 pointers have been 3 pointers?"

[hater]

Question
where is Evita in all of this?

[Uriel]

The Cavs don't have anybody to switch onto Parker, their only option is JR Smith, who doesn't play defense..

The Spurs have Green and Leonard to guard Irving/Lebron..just make the switch, fuck:lol..
Shumpert says hi.

[Nathan89]

The shot clock was at 0.5 seconds for that jump ball. I may be wrong....but I thought they changed the rule this year to reset it to 5 seconds?

Anybody know? Does the shot clock reset or not?
They got rid of that rule this year

[james evans]

:lmao Love throws himself into 3 defenders who don't even move then bitches for a foul. Really, kid? And you say you're a "post-player"? That was some Westbrook type shit. :lol
its the new nba. Irvin, westbrook and 90% of the players in the league has made a living out of it. Bitches like Harden drive to the lane without even looking at the basket and just throw themselves into the defender and go to the line every time.

[Horse]

Irvings chucking can't last forever

[ElNono]

Question
where is Evita in all of this?

bathroom break

[FkLA]

Theyre wide open shoots. A guy like Irving will make most of those. Enrique is horrible at fighting through screens.

[ace3g]

Timmy going for the standing guillotine

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_8nF6-UwAEfpk7.jpg:large

[Raven]

Need to put Verde on Irving smh

Parker is playing well offensively but everything has been cancelled out by Irving destroying him on d.

he's been good in this half however, irving has been shooting off balance threes.. can't do shit against that

[Silver&Black]

They got rid of that rule this year

Okay...I remember a "rule change". Didn't remember what the rule was though.

:tu thanks

[ElNono]

damn Tim

[loveforthegame]

Damn. Leonard set Timmy up beautifully.

[MI21]

I think Pop is probably overthinking this... thinking perhaps lets surprise them with Danny on Irving in the 4th blah blah, but sometimes the obvious is the best move. This reminds me of when Monta Ellis punks the Spurs until LDN gets switched onto him.

I don't think even think Tony is doing THAT bad of a job on him, not on the 3pters anyway...

[Malik Hairston]

Shumpert says hi.

Shumpert has been one of the worst defensive players in the NBA for the past 2 years, tbh:lol..

[hitmanyr2k]

Duncan turned back the clock in the first half and came back to the future with that last layup attempt.

[Johnny RIngo]

fuck you diaw

[RD2191]

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[loveforthegame]

Diaw. :td

[Silver&Black]

:pctoss Diaw

[ElNono]

fuck, come on Boris

[NASpurs]

:pctoss come on Bobo

[Cry Havoc]

well, he's making every fucking basket look EASY.... I don't care if they're one-dimensional if we can't fucking get a stop...

Off-balance 3s... how do you propose Tony stop that?

[$pursDynasty]

two blown layups

[KL2]

The Cavs don't have anybody to switch onto Parker, their only option is JR Smith, who doesn't play defense..

The Spurs have Green and Leonard to guard Irving/Lebron..just make the switch, fuck:lol..

Let JR Smith ISO vs. Parker all night, Spurs will take it..

I don't understand pop lmao, it's so obvious

[SpurPadre]

Back to back missed chippies. Smh.

[RD2191]

fuck off smith scrub ass nigga

[timtonymanu]

Diaw and Duncan missing easy ones. smh

[Beaverfuzz]

KIWI!!

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard!!!!

[loveforthegame]

Leonard is a boss.

[Silver&Black]

Kawhi gonna take us to the W. Put us on your back kiwi....

[KL2]

Ky is almost as big as Lebron, in a few years he will match him.

[Cry Havoc]

Smith trying to be a bitch to Duncan. What a fucking headcase.

[hitmanyr2k]

Kawhi making it look easy. What the fuck lol.

[MI21]

I'm not sure why they would post JR on Tony. Parker actually does a decent job defending the post against bigger guys these days.

[TheGreatYacht]

Don't talk to that peasant, Green

[SpurPadre]

Green, stop kissing LeBron' s ass.

[ElNono]

what happened? did Manu shart all over the court?

[Silver&Black]

Max player doing max player things...

[crc21209]

What the fuck is going on here? Why stop play?

[Malik Hairston]

Lebron and Danny joking on the side..uh-oh..

[MI21]

Pop with the condescending pat on the ass for LeBron, :lol

[milkyway21]

LeVron 4-11?

[Beaverfuzz]

Manu is a chucker.

[Malik Hairston]

I'm not sure why they would post JR on Tony. Parker actually does a decent job defending the post against bigger guys these days.

It's the most obvious matchup of the night, not sure why Pop didn't try to bait them earlier, I guess he's saving it for a potential matchup..

[Beaverfuzz]

LBJ is a chucker

[Beaverfuzz]

KIWI
4
333333333333

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard33333333333333

[ElNono]

kiwi!

[Silver&Black]

Kaw:woww

[KL2]

Kawhi making it look easy. What the fuck lol.

Leonard-240lbs of lean muscle

Lebron-250lbs

not much of a size difference, Leonard is a big mfer

[loveforthegame]

Leonard my goodness.

[hitmanyr2k]

They're screening Kawhi to death to get him off Lebron. That's going to tire him out later on.

[Silver&Black]

:cry The Beautiful Game :cry

[ElNono]

the hand!!! somebody stop the hand!!!

[davemaniscool]

Leonard ballin'

[TheGreatYacht]

Parker and Kawhi... We get to see this shit for 3 more years :')

[hater]

Damn ATT center is pumping

[Raven]

:cry so proud :cry

[Uriel]

I fucking love Kawhi. :cry

[SupremeGuy]

KAWHI FUCKING LEONARD!!!!!!! EATER OF SOULS!!!!!!!!!!!! He's basically Galactus, tbh.

[SpurPadre]

Give that man his max ASAFUCKING P

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Kawhi fucking leonard

[ace3g]

Kawhi!!!

[ElNono]

Parker and Kawhi... We get to see this shit for 3 more years :')

gonna have the max out...

[Cry Havoc]

MAX THAT DUDE.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I'm crying

This is amazing

[MI21]

Great run of the floor by Timmy, that made that Kawhi 3 happen

:cry Tim outrunning everyone at 84 years of age

[ironman2886]

Should be up double figs.

[hater]

Don't talk to that peasant, Green

:lol

[unleashbaynes]

Finals fuckin MVP. The man is scary.

[Cry Havoc]

Leonard-240lbs of lean muscle

Lebron-250lbs

not much of a size difference, Leonard is a big mfer

LeBron is more like 265 from what I've read.

[timtonymanu]

:cry But Leonard isn't a max player

[ElNono]

:lmao Kevin Love has not gone into the paint since he got raped by Timmy and Kawhi that last time...

[SupremeGuy]

MAX THAT DUDE.We waited a year so we could make sure to keep Green too, tbh.

[milkyway21]

The "future" Kawhi Leonard is amazing on both ends :tu

[lofds]

Man, I fucking love Kawhi. What a stud!

[BillMc]

It really amazes me how little presence Love has on the Cavs.

[Nathan89]

MAX THAT DUDE.

A steal considering the cap is going up.

[unleashbaynes]

Don't talk to that peasant, Green

:lmao

[KL2]

LeBron is more like 265 from what I've read.

Maybe, I heard he was 250, but he still looks big as shit for 250.

[MI21]

Spurs will probably need something from the bench coming up here. Hopefully Mills can keep hot and Manu has enough energy to give the Spurs 5 good minutes.

Wonder if Baynes will see any minutes?

[daslicer]

Kawhi always plays his best against Lebron it reminds me of how Yao used to always bring it against Shaq.

[SupremeGuy]

Holy shit this game actually got my girl to log on to ST! lol

[hyhy]

We need a lebron in every opponent team to make kawhi get into monster mode

[Horse]

Something is off with Timmy amazing the impact he still has.

[Malik Hairston]

It really amazes me how little presence Love has on the Cavs.

Bosh called it before the season, tbh..

[RD2191]

marco shit d

[ElNono]

Beli almost fucks up

[Silver&Black]

LeBron on the bench....

Need a run now.

[loveforthegame]

Marcos defense. :td

[Cry Havoc]

Holy shit this game actually got my girl to log on to ST! lol

Dude be careful, bad things happen when g/fs get on Spurstalk. :lol

[ironman2886]

Tim's rebounding has been horrible lately.

[Malik Hairston]

Cavs have one of the 3 worst benches in the NBA, have to close it out here..

[timtonymanu]

Duncan is struggling hard today

[loveforthegame]

Timmy having a bit of trouble inside.

[Silver&Black]

Latest traveling call ever?

[hitmanyr2k]

Marco is gonna show up.

[Cry Havoc]

What the fuck. A travel? You serious?

[Beaverfuzz]

:bobo

[Silver&Black]

:bobo

[Mister Sinister]

Nice, Diaw!

[ace3g]

there we go Diaw

[TXstbobcat]

Diaw!!!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

Diaw finally.

[hitmanyr2k]

That's why Boris eats all of those cheeseburgers.

[NASpurs]

Barkley is a dumbass. Like he's never seen Boris play.

[Beaverfuzz]

SUCK ON THAT ONE CAVS!

[RD2191]

lets get a 3

[ElNono]

Manu with that flop :tu

[davemaniscool]

Chuck is such a dope

[Beaverfuzz]

That's why Boris eats all of those cheeseburgers.

My bigga nigga.

[Beaverfuzz]

Marco, not even squared up...

[Johnny RIngo]

Marco in playoff mode tonight

[MI21]

It's the most obvious matchup of the night, not sure why Pop didn't try to bait them earlier, I guess he's saving it for a potential matchup..

Very similar to when Monta Ellis repeatedly shits on the Spurs until Green switches onto him, classic Pop

[RD2191]

marco gtfo

[timtonymanu]

Benchineli

[loveforthegame]

Marco shriveling up. :td

[Raven]

dat cancer

[Beaverfuzz]

Benchineli

This :bobo

[hitmanyr2k]

My bigga nigga.

:lol

[Cry Havoc]

Dat Shumpert hair. :lol :tu

[Brunodf]

Pop is gonna kill TD wtf

[Beaverfuzz]

hahahaha Tony, you don't shoot the ball underneath and behind the hoop.

:lol

[RD2191]

tf was that

[hitmanyr2k]

Damn. Tony took 4 steps on that :lol :lol

[NASpurs]

Parker does that shit once a game.

[ElNono]

come on sons...

[Silver&Black]

Anybody else wanna punch Shumpert in his ugly mug?

[Raven]

Marco, not even squared up...


Marco in playoff mode tonight


marco gtfo


Benchineli


Marco shriveling up. :td


dat cancer

mah niggas :lol

[timtonymanu]

lol Enrique

[timtonymanu]

Can we play Patty?

[RD2191]

feels like we should be up 10+

[crc21209]

Here we go giving the Cavs free points now..

[RD2191]

so much bulshit

[Horse]

Cocksucking motherfucking refs taking over

[Johnny RIngo]

Marco shriveling up. :td

he's unreliable against good teams. didn't do jack shit for us in the playoffs last year

[Beaverfuzz]

TIM
DUNCAN

[Mister Sinister]

There we go, Timmy.

[Silver&Black]

Timmy...

My nigga.

[TXstbobcat]

Timmy!!!!!!!

[Cry Havoc]

Almost wish Boris would have taken that refs head off. Fuck these calls.

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs shitty 3-pt takes keeping the Cavs in this game.

[Beaverfuzz]

BRING IT HOME SPURS

BRING IT THE FUCK HOME!

:flag: :bobo

[td4mvp21]

Spurs should have pulled away that quarter.

[ElNono]

well, a little better D in that quarter... gotta do better though

[Robz4000]

These refs are so bad :lol...

[RD2191]

irving is carrying the cavs.

[Mister Sinister]

Did...did we just, not get destroyed in a 3Q?

[SpurPadre]

Finally a competent 3rd quarter from the team.

[timtonymanu]

We can't shake this team yet. Just need to win the 4th. The game was tighter in the 3rd.

[Silver&Black]

We won a third quarter....

:danceclub

[RD2191]

extended the lead but still feels like we should be up more

[Diego20]

Manu getting D-League scrub minutes.

Pop :lmao

[Malik Hairston]

It's insulting to Smith and Mozgov that Shumpert is grouped with them, he's so useless, tbh:lol..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

feels like we should be up 10+

This is what's worrying me.

At this point it would be heartbreaking if the Spurs lose this.

[SupremeGuy]

Dude be careful, bad things happen when g/fs get on Spurstalk. :lolmeh... she logged on but she's just on her phone listening to pandora! lol

[Cry Havoc]

I'd 1000x rather have Irving getting hot against us than LeBron. Irving isn't going to take over the game with passing and off-ball movement.

We're fine if this continues.

[MI21]

Where did this hype from Shumpert originally come from? Because he played for the Knicks? He is a below average offensive player and an average defensive player. He is like a 10th man on a good team, if that.

[timtonymanu]

:lol Catwoman Scrub
:lol Green/Diaw for Shumpert

[MI21]

:lol @ Barkley thinking Timmy wasn't the best player for the Spurs in the first 4 championships... 5th championship is probably arguable, but I would still go with Tim tbh, at least 1st equal.

[spurtech09]

These refs

[Johnny RIngo]

Manu getting D-League scrub minutes.

Pop :lmao

Manu's sick IIRC. It's why he missed the Raptors game

[Horse]

Hope the bench can give the starters a blow to finish strong

[BillMc]

I'd 1000x rather have Irving getting hot against us than LeBron. Irving isn't going to take over the game with passing and off-ball movement.

We're fine if this continues.

Agreed. Let Irving go off. If LeBron doesn't take control we're winning the battle.

[MI21]

:lol Catwoman Scrub
:lol Green/Diaw for Shumpert

Wtf, someone wanted to trade Green/Diaw for Shumpert?

I wouldn't trade North Carolina Danny Green and Charlotte Boris Diaw for Shumpert.

[timtonymanu]

:lol @ Barkley thinking Timmy wasn't the best player for the Spurs in the first 4 championships... 5th championship is probably arguable, but I would still go with Tim tbh, at least 1st equal.

Barkley's a huge moron. :lol Always picks the wrong teams to win it all. Has been jinxing us tonight with his comments.

[Malik Hairston]

Where did this hype from Shumpert originally come from? Because he played for the Knicks? He is a below average offensive player and an average defensive player. He is like a 10th man on a good team, if that.

Same as Channing Frye, Landry Fields and any other player that has a good season for the Knicks, tbh..the Knicks hype was really strong in those days..

Shumpert was a good player prior to tearing his ACL, despite being overrated, but he has lost most of his athleticism since the injury..

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice draw of the foul Tiago.

[TampaDude]

feels like we should be up 10+

^ this

Hope those missed bunnies don't come back to haunt us.

[timtonymanu]

Wtf, someone wanted to trade Green/Diaw for Shumpert?

I wouldn't trade North Carolina Danny Green and Charlotte Boris Diaw for Shumpert.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222670

:lol

[Cry Havoc]

:lol @ Barkley thinking Timmy wasn't the best player for the Spurs in the first 4 championships... 5th championship is probably arguable, but I would still go with Tim tbh, at least 1st equal.

Duncan was clearly the best 1-4 and IMO by far the best Spur throughout the post-season last year. Kawhi was the best in the Finals but Duncan was a monster every series.

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice, another cheap foul.

[NASpurs]

Get them in foul trouble early on.

[Silver&Black]

Two quick CLE fouls....need to get in the bonus early.

[spurtech09]

Time to blowout these fools

[Mister Sinister]

Diaw!

[Cry Havoc]

15 seconds into the final quarter and we got a foul already, good shit.

[Beaverfuzz]

DEFENSE!

[NASpurs]

BOBO!!

[MI21]

Same as Channing Frye, Landry Fields and any other player that has a good season for the Knicks, tbh..the Knicks hype was really strong in those days..

Shumpert was a good player prior to tearing his ACL, despite being overrated, but he has lost most of his athleticism since the injury..

I can slightly understand Channing Frye, he at least has/had a niche in the league and was a quality player for some decent teams.

L:lolndry Fields

[Silver&Black]

:bobo

Too bad they'll NEVER call that foul on Lebron....

[spurtech09]

and 1

[ace3g]

#OperationPostUp and Diaw 2.0 kicking in

[TXstbobcat]

Diaw!!!!!

[hitmanyr2k]

Lebron is going to make that final push against Kawhi to save face tonight. He knows he's been outplayed. This is like a fighter going for the knockout in the later rounds because he knows he's behind on the scorecard.

[Cry Havoc]

TWO FOULS in less than a minute. Fuck yeah. Get into the fucking bonus.

[TampaDude]

Time to blowout these fools

WERD...I'd love to put this one away right now...

[Beaverfuzz]

15 seconds into the final quarter and we got a foul already, good shit.

1? Try 2.


My nigga.

[Diego20]

Manu's sick IIRC. It's why he missed the Raptors game

Shouldn't have played this game then, he even played the third quarter after he sat the entire second quarter

[SupremeGuy]

FUCK REFS! You give Lebron the call but didn't give it to Diaw? FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[Johnny RIngo]

:lol @ Barkley thinking Timmy wasn't the best player for the Spurs in the first 4 championships... 5th championship is probably arguable, but I would still go with Tim tbh, at least 1st equal.

Tim for '99, '03, '07
Tim/Manu equal credit for '05

Last year was a group effort

[Beaverfuzz]

TWO FOULS in less than a minute. Fuck yeah. Get into the fucking bonus.

Amen to that!

[ElNono]

terrible call

[spurtech09]

that was not a foul

[Raven]

I'd 1000x rather have Irving getting hot against us than LeBron. Irving isn't going to take over the game with passing and off-ball movement.

We're fine if this continues.

i don't agree, irving hot means you can't guard lebron properly in the cluch.

[NASpurs]

Diaw should be posting up Jones

[Uriel]

Every time I see LeBron go at Splitter, I remember that block.

[Beaverfuzz]

TIAGO!

WHAT A BOARD AND DRAW THE FOUL!

[Silver&Black]

Another foul on CLE....

My niggas.

[hitmanyr2k]

I don't recall ever seeing Green miss this bad.

[spurtech09]

come on splitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mister Sinister]

Ugly ass possession, but good hustle.

[ElNono]

finally we get a rebound

[loveforthegame]

Splitter hustle. :tu

Verde has to hit those shots.

[timtonymanu]

Every time I see LeBron go at Splitter, I remember that block.

Can you imagine how Splitter feels all the time? :lol

[Raven]

lol calling diaw on lebron a missmatch... obviously they have not watched much playoffs

[ElNono]

get Paddy open... he was hittin em earlier

[$pursDynasty]

Tiago took it up strong

[bklynspursfan]

Green started good, really not hitting after that. Need him to get going

[NASpurs]

Beli for Boris :lmao

[Beaverfuzz]

DEFENSE DEFENSE

[Beaverfuzz]

how was that not a foul on LBJ? BULLSHIT

[MI21]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222670

:lol

Good lord

[spurtech09]

dude there letting the cavs get away with a lot of stuff

[Cry Havoc]

Tiago has ONE rebound. :wow

[Beaverfuzz]

LBJ had to go to the Spurs bench and talk trash. Sorry Z-fro, you still suck.

[hitmanyr2k]

I'm not one to talk about the refs but some of these calls against the Spurs have been bullshit lol.

[RD2191]

GUARD THe fucking 3

[timtonymanu]

Come on. get away from these fucks already

[RD2191]

we cant fucking pull away

[Uriel]

Wow.

[Johnny RIngo]

should be up double digits...fucking three point shooting

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I can live with Cleveland beating us from outside, don't want to see any layups.

Crazy how little arc James has on his shots.

[Brunodf]

Come on Pop, this lineup :bang

[loveforthegame]

Defensive rotations are bad again.

[Capt Bringdown]

Pop panics with small ball & calls a panicked time out.
Small ball = Popovich kyptonite

[ElNono]

amazing we're in this game with so little 3 point ball... hope Danny/Patty/Marco get one or more to go from here on out...

[Cry Havoc]

I can live with Cleveland beating us from outside, don't want to see any layups.

Crazy how little arc James has on his shots.

He's tall and he jumps really high. Amazing that he shoots so well.

[$pursDynasty]

but they have all their horses in to just stay with us while TP and TD are resting hopefully they can come in and help us pull away.

[Raven]

is james jones that fat guy?

[hater]

Spurs falling asleep. Pop fell in love with kawhi vs leroid. Smh

Play spurs ball pop. Stop tryin to make kawhi = lebron

[TampaDude]

No worries...we got this. :hat

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Can't let lebron shoot in rhythm.

[spurtech09]

refs are helping the cavs stay in the game

[Malik Hairston]

I can slightly understand Channing Frye, he at least has/had a niche in the league and was a quality player for some decent teams.

L:lolndry Fields

Landry Fields received a massive contract from Colangelo because of that Knicks hype, it's powerful:lol..

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs need someone to hit from the outside. They're not going to get any calls in the lane.

[Johnny RIngo]

amazing we're in this game with so little 3 point ball... hope Danny/Patty/Marco get one or more to go from here on out...

Danny/Patty might. Can't count on the Italian choke artist when it comes to stepping up against good teams

[spurtech09]

No worries...we got this. :hat

GO SPURS GO!!!!!yes