Game Thread #9: Sixers @ Spurs 7:30 p.m. CST (5:30 p.m. PST)

[FkLA]

MVPaddy orchestrating and setting up Timmy to put the nail in the coffin.

Meanwhile the cancer is pouting on the bench. :lol

[Ron Swanson]

Release the Boban!

[steeledl]

lol benched against the Sixers

Pop letting the backcourt scrubs Mills, Green, and Anderson get big minutes against a scrub team.... pretty standard tbh. He knows the greatness he has in Tony.

[Lostwingman]

lolwtf was that? Miracle shot of the game?

[EVAY]

What Sean just said is the truth of this game.

This game was in hand when Tony and Tim sat. Pop sat them for so long while Philly got momentum going and got back in the game, and then Pop had to put them back in. Tony had played well before that but played awful when put back in. Tim, thank god, saved us.

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[SAGirl]

Pop really upset at Danny and well deserved.

[TheGreatYacht]

Pop letting the backcourt scrubs Mills, Green, and Anderson get big minutes against a scrub team.... pretty standard tbh. He knows the greatness he has in Tony.
Elite poster

[Kawhitstorm]

Danny getting chewed out:lol

[Ron Swanson]

Ugly win, but I'll take it.

[FkLA]

MVPaddy orchestrating and causing turnover after turnover :worthy:

[TXstbobcat]

Ugly win but still a Spurs win. 7-2 :flag:

[sasaint]

A few bright spots: Ray, Kyle and especially Simmons in his first game back. That will be great for his confidence. Plus Butler is proving to be steady and reliable.

[EVAY]

West played well and McCallum played well.

This is a game that Patty and Danny would like to forget.

[ace3g]

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[loveforthegame]

Let's hope Leonard and Manu are back for Portland

[ducks]

Should have scored 116

[FkLA]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT0tdurUsAEwozP.png:large

lol wtf

[Kool Bob Love]

1-0 without KaGLass Leonard. :flag:

[EVAY]

:lol Fuck outta here. As if sitting too long caused him to go into hero mode.

Eat shit and die.

[FkLA]

Eat shit and die.

leave Rique alone :madrun

[ace3g]

San Antonio Spurs


STARTERS
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


LaMarcus Aldridge (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2983/lamarcus-aldridge), PF
34
5-13
0-0
7-8
7
12
19
2
0
1
2
2
+14
17


Kyle Anderson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2993874/kyle-anderson), SF
31
4-9
2-2
0-0
0
7
7
3
3
1
1
1
+20
10


Tim Duncan (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/215/tim-duncan), C
27
7-12
0-0
1-3
1
3
4
2
1
5
1
2
+17
15


Tony Parker (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1015/tony-parker), PG
25
5-10
0-0
6-6
1
1
2
3
1
0
4
0
+12
16


Danny Green (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3988/danny-green), SG
28
1-9
1-4
0-0
0
5
5
2
0
0
0
1
+9
3


BENCH
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


David West (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2177/david-west), PF
17
4-8
0-0
2-2
1
3
4
5
0
1
2
3
-6
10


Rasual Butler (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1767/rasual-butler), SF
16
1-4
1-4
0-0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
+3
3


Boban Marjanovic (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4376/boban-marjanovic), C
0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
+1
0


Matt Bonner (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1996/matt-bonner), C
0
0-0
0-0
1-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+1
1


Boris Diaw (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2167/boris-diaw), C
16
0-4
0-0
2-2
1
3
4
3
1
0
1
0
-9
2


Patty Mills (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4004/patty-mills), PG
21
2-11
1-6
0-0
0
1
1
1
3
0
1
0
+4
5


Ray McCallum (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2528447/ray-mccallum), PG
13
4-5
0-0
0-0
0
3
3
0
0
0
1
0
-13
8


Jonathon Simmons (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2579466/jonathon-simmons), SG
9
0-0
0-0
2-2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
-8
2


TOTALS

FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF

PTS



33-85
5-16
21-25
12
42
54
23
10
8
13
9

92



38.8%
31.3%
84.0%

[TXstbobcat]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT0tdurUsAEwozP.png:large

:lmao

[sasaint]

Pop really upset at Danny and well deserved.


Unfortunately true. With the way Danny is shooting and apparently lacking confidence, I really was hoping he would do something to earn an attaboy not an ass-chewing.

[Kawhitstorm]

Good showing by Fathead, made open shots, made some nice passes & played solid D. He will be a serviceable defender when Danny is wetting the bed.

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[bbarry]

What Sean just said is the truth of this game.

This game was in hand when Tony and Tim sat. Pop sat them for so long while Philly got momentum going and got back in the game, and then Pop had to put them back in. Tony had played well before that but played awful when put back in. Tim, thank god, saved us.

Pop never took this game serious to begin with by resting Kawhi. Absolutely no respect for the Sixers. If Kawhi plays then Spurs probably could rest all their starters in the 4th as they would have built up a 25 pt lead easily.

[Arcadian]

When are the spurs gonna start playing some good teams? This schedule is piss easy...

[MultiTroll]

Credit to Pop for doing the right substitutions in crunch time to get us the W, tbh
He's showing some maturity. :tu

Pulling Parker for MVPatty. Pleasantly stunned.
I'll grab the cinamin Nono if you can get the flour.
Lets get this post game party going.

For reals i put dough on Spurs to win only. I knew all too well not to dough the cover.
Sheesh. I had to pause a compelling episode of Law and Order SVU.

[Kawhitstorm]

Unfortunately true. With the way Danny is shooting and apparently lacking confidence, I really was hoping he would do something to earn an attaboy not an ass-chewing.

He's out there making rookie mistakes thus deserves to be treated like a rookie. I'm just glad Pop didn't hesitate to bench Porker when he was playing hero-ball:lol

[Hoops Czar]

leave Rique alone :madrun

Parker +12 5-10 FG's
Patty +4 2-11 FG's

Did somebody say something about hero mode?

[Ron Swanson]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT0tdurUsAEwozP.png:large

This is magnificent.

[EVAY]

Pop never took this game serious to begin with by resting Kawhi. Absolutely no respect for the Sixers. If Kawhi plays then Spurs probably could rest all their starters in the 4th as they would have built up a 25 pt lead easily.

But they did build up a 16 point lead...they just couldn't hang onto it without Parker and Duncan on the court.

Pop used to do this several years ago pretty often...he would let the starters build up a lead, then put the second unit in and they would let the other team get back in the game and develop momentum...then he would put the starters back in and it would take them several minutes to get things back under control. Just like what you saw tonight.

[ceperez]

Kyle Anderson - 3 steals - I thought he can't play defense????

[SAGirl]

Agree with all of you.
We played a lot of guys out of the rotation, and Lamarcus still not in synch with guys.

If anything, its good we saw some nice things from Kyle, RAy and Simms. We have to remember these guys are out of rhythm themselves and completely out of the rotation. Both Kyle and Ray made 3s, and hustled on defense. Simms was good for about 5 minutes. If anything Patty and Danny had very bad nights.

[DMC]

If tonight showed us anything, it's that the 2nd unit is shit without Manu Ginobili, and Kawhi is needed on that first unit. LMA needs to be more assertive as well. Also, we learned (again) that sitting 40 year old guys after three quarters and then bringing them back in cold isn't a good idea.

I thought Pop got a bit cute tonight, in true Pop fashion, by starting Kyle Anderson. There was almost no sense of urgency on the Spurs offense for most of the game, because Manu Ginobili isn't there on offense and Kawhi isn't there on defense.

Maybe it's what the team needs though, something to give Pop the go ahead to curse Danny out. Danny did play down to the level of the newbies though, instead of being a veteran presence on the court.

[FkLA]

Parker +12 5-10 FG's
Patty +4 2-11 FG's

Did somebody say something about hero mode?

lol shortbus

Too retarded to see the difference between shooting open shots within the flow of the offense and dribbling the air out of the basketball before putting up a contested brick.

[BillMc]

Ugly win but still a Spurs win. 7-2 :flag:

:flag:


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT0tdurUsAEwozP.png:large
:lmao

[SAGirl]

Kyle Anderson - 3 steals - I thought he can't play defense????
People keep talking shit about him like they don't watch these games. There is a reason Pop had him start, despite his relative lack of experience, he defended well (granted there are no stars on this 6ers team, but he was better than other options at SF not named Kawhi), he grabbed rebounds, and he made 2 3s from the corner. Good game from him.

[ducks]

1-0 without KaGLass Leonard. :flag:

Lol
Anderson filled in nicely and had assist

[DMC]

What Sean just said is the truth of this game.

This game was in hand when Tony and Tim sat. Pop sat them for so long while Philly got momentum going and got back in the game, and then Pop had to put them back in. Tony had played well before that but played awful when put back in. Tim, thank god, saved us.
I think Pop takes it easy on his former assistant coaches. Leonard wasn't even at the game. I have an upper respiratory infection as well, and they can flare up in one night. I sat out the whole game.

Spurs won though, and Jonathon Scrubbins and Rasual Scrubler along with Kyle Anderscrub got some playing time. CJ was good.

[TheDoctor]

Credit to Pop for doing the right substitutions in crunch time to get us the W, tbh

[EVAY]

leave Rique alone :madrun

No, I actually said that Parker played awfully when he was put back in when he was cold. You however, are seemingly incapable of posting a single thought that does not include an insult about a guy who actually played very well earlier in the game and had the best shooting percentage of any of the starters. He did play wretchedly when he was put back in, but your posts are so disgustingly one-sided and pathetically hateful that I just want you shut the fuck up. Regardless of the topic or thread, your only comments include some negative reference about the same damn player again and again and again.

[Hoops Czar]

lol shortbus

Too retarded to see the difference between shooting open shots within the flow of the offense and dribbling the air out of the basketball before putting up a contested brick.

The former being Tony and the latter being Paddy. What's the problem?

[SAGirl]

If tonight showed us anything, it's that the 2nd unit is shit without Manu Ginobili, and Kawhi is needed on that first unit. LMA needs to be more assertive as well. Also, we learned (again) that sitting 40 year old guys after three quarters and then bringing them back in cold isn't a good idea.

I thought Pop got a bit cute tonight, in true Pop fashion, by starting Kyle Anderson. There was almost no sense of urgency on the Spurs offense for most of the game, because Manu Ginobili isn't there on offense and Kawhi isn't there on defense.

Maybe it's what the team needs though, something to give Pop the go ahead to curse Danny out. Danny did play down to the level of the newbies though, instead of being a veteran presence on the court.
I thought Kyle did well. He started slow but what can you expect? He's not very experienced and been on the doggie house. He did well by us. This game got close not on his account.

Actually just looked at the stats and he had the best +/- in the team. Meaning, regardless who he was playing with, we were not loosing momentum when he was in.

[DMC]

The Sixers were not going to let the Spurs lose this game. They had what, 8 turnovers down the stretch? It became almost intentional. Brett going for the 1st ever all 1st overall draft pick starting five.

[FkLA]

No, I actually said that Parker played awfully when he was put back in when he was cold. You however, are seemingly incapable of posting a single thought that does not include an insult about a guy who actually played very well earlier in the game and had the best shooting percentage of any of the starters. He did play wretchedly when he was put back in, but your posts are so disgustingly one-sided and pathetically hateful that I just want you shut the fuck up. Regardless of the topic or thread, your only comments include some negative reference about the same damn player again and again and again.

You were making excuses for his shit play by bring up the fact that he was cold. Or by excusing his hero moments as 'trying too hard'.


The former being Tony and the latter being Paddy. What's the problem?

You must be blind tbh.

[TheDoctor]

Good stint by Simmons. Looked much better out there in a controlled environment

[bklynspursfan]

Don't like isolating Slomo for a long fade-away as our first option?

I could think of 4 or 5 other options I'd prefer. I've been far more impressed with Butler than KA early on

[Hoops Czar]

You must be blind tbh.

Who was 2-11 and who was 5-10 again? late in the 4th quarter not withstanding, who was bricking shots again? Not the guy shooting 50% from the field. BTW, the offense didn't magically get better when Paddy came in to relieve Tony.

[SAGirl]

A few bright spots: Ray, Kyle and especially Simmons in his first game back. That will be great for his confidence. Plus Butler is proving to be steady and reliable.
:tu:flag:

[DMC]

lol Spurs fans thinking this game where scrubs looked halfway decent against a winless team of all rookies means the scrubs are prime time.

[sasaint]

I could think of 4 or 5 other options I'd prefer. I've been far more impressed with Butler than KA early on

LOL! Yeah, me, too! I expected Butler to start. Kyle was pretty weak out of the gate, but overall I thought he did well. I was glad to see it. I posted during the game that Butler is just a pro, building on every performance. He is proving to be steady and reliable. I look forward to his entry into games, expecting something good. I hope Kyle gets to that level sooner rather than later.

[Hoops Czar]

lol Spurs fans thinking this game where scrubs looked halfway decent against a winless team of all rookies means the scrubs are prime time.

Did you have truth cereal for breakfast?

[spursgu]

lol Spurs fans thinking this game where scrubs looked halfway decent against a winless team of all rookies means the scrubs are prime time.

Yep. Austin Daye went off against them too.

[daslicer]

Didn't watch the game but I'm curious to know who guarded Okafor and what were your impressions of him in this game?

[Kawhitstorm]

Yep. Austin Daye went off against them too.

Kyle didn't go off, he simply played a good all around floor game. Daye was just a scrubby ass gunner.

[BillMc]

Best game I can remember from Kyle with the big boys. :toast

[Kawhitstorm]

lol Spurs fans thinking this game where scrubs looked halfway decent against a winless team of all rookies means the scrubs are prime time.

The only scrub that was stat padding was Porker & he got benched when it mattered:lol

[DarrinS]

Very forgettable game

[Hoops Czar]

The only scrub that was stat padding was Porker & he got benched when it mattered:lol

Where in that post does it say anything about stat padding?

[bklynspursfan]

LOL! Yeah, me, too! I expected Butler to start. Kyle was pretty weak out of the gate, but overall I thought he did well. I was glad to see it. I posted during the game that Butler is just a pro, building on every performance. He is proving to be steady and reliable. I look forward to his entry into games, expecting something good. I hope Kyle gets to that level sooner rather than later.

Agreed.. I think because of how he looked in the summer league, there were some expectations there. But he's been very meh early on.

Hopefully he can get it going. But yea, Butler has been terrific. Such a smart player and his attitude seems to fit our team perfectly.

[sasaint]

Agreed.. I think because of how he looked in the summer league, there were some expectations there. But he's been very meh early on.

Hopefully he can get it going. But yea, Butler has been terrific. Such a smart player and his attitude seems to fit our team perfectly.

I like Butler just on his own merits. But I also think he makes Bonner expendable. I like seeing the three young guys play decently, and maybe Simmons can get control of his handles to become a decent slasher/facilitator. But if not, Butler's play makes it conceivable to open up a roster spot simply by dumping Bonner.

[sasaint]

Best game I can remember from Kyle with the big boys. :toast

Yep. Very good thing see. I liked his post-game interview. He talked about it being a pretty big adjustment because he doesn't get reps in practice with the first unit.

[BillMc]

We can kind of see how much Manu adds to Patty's value from this game.

[FkLA]

lol Spurs fans thinking this game where scrubs looked halfway decent against a winless team of all rookies means the scrubs are prime time.

but Rique played really well before the 4th :cry

[BillMc]

Yep. Very good thing see. I liked his post-game interview. He talked about it being a pretty big adjustment because he doesn't get reps in practice with the first unit.

:toast Are the postgame interview up yet? They didn't show a thing on league pass.

Go Nets, by the way.

[TXstbobcat]

Bucks beat the Cleveland Lebrons tonight.

[sasaint]

We can kind of see how much Manu adds to Patty's value from this game.

It's just one game. I hope Patty isn't as Manu-dependent as it seemed. I like to think he can perform a lot better on his own than he showed tonight. I liked the Patty/Kyle pairing, and I hope they can work well together.

[sasaint]

:toast Are the postgame interview up yet? They didn't show a thing on league pass.

Go Nets, by the way.

Brief post-game interview on U-verse. Over.

[Kawhitstorm]

Where in that post does it say anything about stat padding?

You obviously can't read b/w the lines:sleep

[Yuixafun]

If Mills is Manu dependant, feels like Danny is Kawhi dependant too

[SAGirl]

A few bright spots: Ray, Kyle and especially Simmons in his first game back. That will be great for his confidence. Plus Butler is proving to be steady and reliable.


Yep. Very good thing see. I liked his post-game interview. He talked about it being a pretty big adjustment because he doesn't get reps in practice with the first unit.
I hope ppl keep that in mind. For a sophomore with very few NBA mins who doesn't play with this unit, we couldn't ask for more. Look at how Danny looked, and he plays with this guys for years. It makes you put his 22 years old in perspective.

[BillMc]

Brief post-game interview on U-verse. Over.

Cheers. It'll be up on nba.com/spurs soon.

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNln6U0cIKE

[BillMc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNln6U0cIKE
:toast

[TXstbobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNln6U0cIKE

thank you for posting!!!

[99 Problems]

Bucks beat the Cleveland Lebrons tonight.


Yer tbh Bucks looked pretty good. Double overtime. Old mate Dellavedova played some super 1x1 D in big moments.

[BillMc]

Postgame:

LMA:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563956580-lamarcus-11-14.mp4-117301

Pop:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563317428-pop-11-14.mp4-117271

Tony:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563631741-tony-11-14.mp4-117294

Pop with nice words for Kyle. LaMarcus showing some humor. Tony talking about Paris tragedy.

[TXstbobcat]

Postgame:

LMA:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563956580-lamarcus-11-14.mp4-117301

Pop:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563317428-pop-11-14.mp4-117271

Tony:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/teams/spurs/2015/11/15/1447563631741-tony-11-14.mp4-117294

Pop with nice words for Kyle. LaMarcus showing some humor. Tony talking about Paris tragedy.

thank you for posting!

[ace3g]

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[DeRozan m8]

Still haven't worn white yet tbh

[tholdren]

Danny green looked like shit

[LakerHater]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/spurs/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/575728199_76ers_spurs_covatta_172.jpg?itok=kJys5FE q

[ace3g]

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/c3ea2a4f-a40c-32e7-aa89-4f6974fc0c57

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/d1f51156-565f-3ec8-a8a5-1390d1a58982

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/d79e195b-bbf6-3889-8fba-55b4060c7d56

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https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/f5e29f0f-6ff8-3fdf-a3e5-78fbde50b638

https://s.yimg.com/sr/imgv1/1/5e3e250b-470d-33a8-b250-8c70849466c0

[BillMc]

thank you for posting!

No problem, my friend. :toast

[ceperez]

I like Butler just on his own merits. But I also think he makes Bonner expendable. I like seeing the three young guys play decently, and maybe Simmons can get control of his handles to become a decent slasher/facilitator. But if not, Butler's play makes it conceivable to open up a roster spot simply by dumping Bonner.

Butler appears to be a much bigger player than I expected. He's almost as tall as Anderson and he's also got long arms. Simmons looks small compared to Butler. I had thought they were around the same size.

[sasaint]

Butler appears to be a much bigger player than I expected. He's almost as tall as Anderson and he's also got long arms. Simmons looks small compared to Butler. I had thought they were around the same size.

Butler is somewhat taller and definitely longer reach than I expected, too. But I did expect him to be a little bigger than Simmons. In my mind Simmons is a little smallish. I think of him as being Manu's size.

[SupremeGuy]

I liked what I saw from Kyle Anderson last night, tbh.

[RD2191]

Porker fans jizzing themselves over a good game against the winless sixers. :lol

[ChumpDumper]

Porker fans jizzing themselves over a good game against the winless sixers. :lollol rob's angry the Spurs won