Game Thread: Suns at Spurs 7:00 EST (6:00 CST, 2:00 Riga Time)

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Pop sat out Kawhi before he got 20-10 obviously holding him back

[100%duncan]

Sean cummed truthbombs all over this game

[beirmeistr]

Crazy to think this could be Manu's last regular season home game.

jesus, Maria, y Jose!

[TheGreatYacht]

Crazy to think this could be Manu's last regular season home game.
Damn

[Uriel]

Suns commentator: "I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson for 4 years."

[Silver&Black]

Errors sighting....

[RD2191]

Suns commentator: "I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson for 4 years."
:lol

[100%duncan]

Tim with the double double 22 10 add 2 blks... 38 y/o that's ridiculous how good he is

is he the oldest active player?

[Horry Hipcheck]

How garbage was the black out tonight btw

[milkyway21]

LEONARD STAT-PADDING ! :lmao :flag:

[FkLA]

Some guys can't even score 5 points on off nights. Kawhi FMVPippen's idea of an off night OTOH is 18 and 9. :lol

[Horry Hipcheck]

Errors with two quick turnovers :lol

[SpurPadre]

Come on Patty, chuck the fuck outta that shit. Let it rip, Gary Neal style...only difference is, you're way better than that scrub.

[TXstbobcat]

is he the oldest active player?


No Andre Miller is.

[TheGreatYacht]

LEONARD STAT-PADDING ! :lmao :flag:
So typical

[Horry Hipcheck]

Rockets/Pelicans in a five point game with a minute left.

[jeebus]

Errors is starting to "get it".

[beirmeistr]

KA looks tall, is he 6' 10"

[100%duncan]

Errors is starting to "get it".

UH HUH

[Robz4000]

I take it back, that Westchimp technical will be rescinded...

[Uriel]

I know KA gets compared to Diaw a lot, but I just don't see it. He's way slower and not nearly as athletic.

[HI-FI]

:lol
sloppy, hangover type game. Good W though.

[Uriel]

There goes our 20-pt lead. Thanks again, 3rd stringers. :toast

[TXstbobcat]

Spurs win!!!!!! :flag:

[Southwest Texas Fan]

:flag:

[Horry Hipcheck]

New Orleans is done for the night. Hack a Howard/Smith didn't work out for them. Only managed to put Houston on the line 40 times and couldn't capitalize.

[SpurPadre]

Feels good to be #2, tbh.

[Silver&Black]

http://i.imgur.com/s8R9Gz3.png

11 in a row....

:flag::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::flag:

[ElNono]

:flag: We win!

[100%duncan]

http://i.imgur.com/s8R9Gz3.png

Tp actually played ok. Just gotta get ride of those stupid flopping drives and get better on defense

[007nites]

GOAT. Never retire.

Basically 39.

[SpurPadre]

Suns commentator: "I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson for 4 years."

Tony Parker: "Really? And I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson's mom and wife for a few years."

[Pound the rock]

Great win!

[MI21]

Someone explain what needs to happen for the Spurs to finish 2nd, I'm to lazy to figure it out tbh

[Silver&Black]

Tp actually played ok. Just gotta get ride of those stupid flopping drives and get better on defense

Yeah...the 0 FTA is alarming. And we all know that he has to get better on D....

[milkyway21]

Duncan carried the team 2 games in a row. The 2nd one vs the scrubs Suns :)

[FkLA]

http://i.imgur.com/s8R9Gz3.png


The Big Two leading the way tbh. :bobo


Tony Parker: "Really? And I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson's mom and wife for 4 years."

:rollin

[Silver&Black]

The Big Two leading the way tbh. :bobo

Mi negro....congrats on the W. :bobo

11 in a row....

[Beaverfuzz]

Tony Parker: "Really? And I had a relationship with Kyle Anderson's mom and wife for a few years."

You have redeemed yourself with that comment.

[K...]

Tsk tsk. Kawhi below average steals tonight.there goes dpoy.

[Beaverfuzz]

Someone explain what needs to happen for the Spurs to finish 2nd, I'm to lazy to figure it out tbh

Everyone needs to win out, or have Houston and Memphis lose again with the Spurs winning on Wed of course.

[SpurPadre]

You have redeemed yourself with that comment.


:bobo

[MI21]

- Great to see 18/9 as a quiet game from Kawhi. He was average defensively and didn't wreak havoc as we are accustomed to though. Scored a bit in garbage time to pad the states but that's fine.

- Timmy's post moves against smaller defenders are really starting to improve. Obviously it is an effort thing - the little shimmy into turn around hook hasn't looked this good all season.

- Boris with a lazy Boris game, obviously not worried about him as we have seen the past 6 weeks or so he is still Boris 2.0 when needed.

- Manu wasn't great out there, I really think it's time that Pop starts playing him a little more off the ball - at this stage/motivation he is to slow to beat his man and the offense stalls and gets very ugly.

- Parker was ok, started the game nice and a few moves against Bledsoe who really is a good PG defender were of note. Faded though, is somewhere between bad Parker and good Parker atm.

[MI21]

Everyone needs to win out, or have Houston and Memphis lose again with the Spurs winning on Wed of course.

So if Golden State beat Memphis, but Houston wins out (likely) the Spurs can't get 2nd? Seems off?

[SpurPadre]

So if Golden State beat Memphis, but Houston wins out (likely) the Spurs can't get 2nd? Seems off?

No. If we win Wednesday and the Dubs beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we've locked in the #2 seed no matter what Houston does because we'll have won the division tiebreaker over them. The Clips would be #3 seed but would get HCA over us should we meet in the 2nd round, though.

[Silver&Black]

You have redeemed yourself with that comment.

http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3-04Dumb-and-Dumber-quotes.gif

[MI21]

No. If we win Wednesday and the Dubs beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we've locked in the #2 seed no matter what Houston does because we'll have won the division tiebreaker over them. The Clips would be #3 seed but would get HCA over us should we meet in the 2nd round, though.

:tu

Thank you sir.

[Mel_13]

No. If we win Wednesday and the Dubs beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we've locked in the #2 seed no matter what Houston does because we'll have won the division tiebreaker over them. The Clips would be #3 seed but would get HCA over us should we meet in the 2nd round, though.

The clips would not have HCA over the Spurs in that scenario.

[SpurPadre]

The clips would not have HCA over the Spurs in that scenario.

You think the Clips will lose one of their remaining games?

[Cloud786]

No. If we win Wednesday and the Dubs beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we've locked in the #2 seed no matter what Houston does because we'll have won the division tiebreaker over them. The Clips would be #3 seed but would get HCA over us should we meet in the 2nd round, though.

Wrong. Spurs would have HCA. Same record. Spurs with division title = Spurs HCA.

[Horry Hipcheck]

No. If we win Wednesday and the Dubs beat the Grizzlies tomorrow, we've locked in the #2 seed no matter what Houston does because we'll have won the division tiebreaker over them. The Clips would be #3 seed but would get HCA over us should we meet in the 2nd round, though.

If the Spurs get the 2 seed, they get HCA in Rounds 1 and 2. Tiebreaker over LA gives them HCA. Portland's fucked in Round 1 because they're only a top 4 seed by virtue of winning the trash Northwest, even though their record would put them in 6th right now. Any 5 seed will have a better record than the Blazers. Spurs can only finish with a Top 3 seed and fail to earn HCA over LA in Round 2 if they win the division but still finish third, meaning Rox, Grizz, and Spurs all have to lose one more game each to still end in a tie that favors SA in the division, but puts them behind LA at 3rd.

[Cloud786]

For Spurs to get 2nd seed we need one of the following.

1) Spurs beat Pelicans + Memphis loses one game

2). Spurs beat Pelicans + Houston wins out

[SpurPadre]

Wrong. Spurs would have HCA. Same record. Spurs with division title = Spurs HCA.

Ah, I thought it was like the Blazers getting 4th but not getting HCA over a #5 seed that owns at least the tiebreaker over them.

[SpurPadre]

Thanks for the corrections, guys.

[Mel_13]

You think the Clips will lose one of their remaining games?

No, but the Spurs would have HCA in the second round if they finish as the 2 seed.

[TXstbobcat]

For Spurs to get 2nd seed we need one of the following.

1) Spurs beat Pelicans + Memphis loses one game

2). Spurs beat Pelicans + Houston wins out

thank you. :tu

[Horry Hipcheck]

Ah, I thought it was like the Blazers getting 4th but not getting HCA over a #5 seed that owns at least the tiebreaker over them.

The 2015 Blazers are demonstrating why the Division winner seeding is stupid. It's fine as a head-to-head tiebreaker (see: Spurs vs. LA) but the Blazers are locked in at No. 4 even though they should be 6th, and will start the playoffs on the road. The only thing benefitting them is they're avoiding a first round matchup with LA or San Antonio, and instead getting either Houston or Memphis.

In an ideal situation, the three division winners in each conference would have the three best records anyway, and the remainder of the seeds would fall into place by W-L. Guaranteeing a Top 4 seed to a division winner is only a safety net when one of those division winners is pure garbage (2015 Portland) and their fifth place opponent would have finished ahead of them anyway. So really, the league either needs to abandon the Top 4 guarantee, or make it so that a division winner gets HCA regardless (the stupider of the two options).

[Cloud786]

Ah, I thought it was like the Blazers getting 4th but not getting HCA over a #5 seed that owns at least the tiebreaker over them.

They look at overall record first. Say for example if Portland and the 5th seed team had the SAME overall record at the end of the season, then Portland would get HCA over the 5th seed team (even if the 5th seed team won the season series 4-0 against them). Only way a 5th seed gets HCA is if they have a better record than Portland.

[Mikeanaro]

:flag:WINGY WON!

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

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[BillMc]

587451914243018754

Really like Timmy placing KG in the rear view mirror.

[Horse]

Gay-g has always been in Tims rear view

[heyheymymy]

TD GOAT

[TampaDude]

Easy win...NEXT!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[LakerHater]

http://i58.tinypic.com/21jdr82.jpg

[Calispursfan11]

You see Billmc, your streak continues tbh

[BillMc]

You see Billmc, your streak continues tbh

Thanks bro. I wasn't really worried. (And you did a nice job with the Houston game! :toast )

[heyheymymy]

Inside the top 15 scoring all time list with a career on a team play/pass first ball club that runs a deep bench is a huge accomplishment.

[heyheymymy]

You see Billmc, your streak continues tbh

Now if we could just get him to do Game Grades afterwards we'd be all set! :bobo

[Calispursfan11]

Thanks bro. I wasn't really worried. (And you did a nice job with the Houston game! :toast )

Thanks man, I am going to leave it up to you throughout the playoffs my bro - let's keep it going hopefully all the way to SIX :toast

[Beaverfuzz]

http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3-04Dumb-and-Dumber-quotes.gif

My nigga.