Game Thread: Spurs @ Rockets - Christmas Day @ 7:00 PM CST (3:00 AM Riga time)

[100%duncan]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Chris]

:lol

[Ron Swanson]

Dumb shit.

[Kawhitstorm]

Typical Pop fuck-up on hack-a-fucks:lmao

[theman21]

Very clear teams are marking us on their calendar and delivering their best effort of their seasons against us. Houston has their best defenders at the worst positions for us...PG, SF and Center.

This. On top of this you compound it with refs that call a game in favor of the aggressor, and Spurs failed to match Rockets intensity. Games like this make me angry because I know the better team is not going to win.

[cjw]

One bad game by the guy who's got (to date) the highest single season FG% by a guard in NBA history and the Porker references rear their ugly head

[BatManu20]

He was being fouled before...

[RD2191]

:lmaoSpurs

[From Downtown]

Timmy ffs

[spursparker9]

Should play Mills

[RD2191]

Choking faggots

[loveforthegame]

Get the stop, dumb turnover, then a dumber foul.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

FUCKING JAY CUNTLER :pctoss ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!??!?! :pctoss

[beirmeistr]

why the fuck Parker is shooting

he has contracted the hero virus

[td4mvp21]

What a fucking retarded ass pass.

[Kawhitstorm]

Tim just took a shit in his diapers:bang

[steeledl]

Manu is fine. I like Sims but he won't have a bigger role until next season

He has been pretty bad since the start of the season. That's why I think we need to give him prolonged breaks... because it looked like he had something left at the beginning of the season.

[BatManu20]

Goddammit Timmy..,.

[Ron Swanson]

Bad pass, Timmy

[boutons_deux]

Hilarious

[KDKSpurs24]

WHAT. THE. FUCK... typical Christmas play...

[timtonymanu]

Big 3 drank stupid juice today

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Team has some awful B-ball IQ in crunch time :lol

[TE]

Fuckn hellp

[Uriel]

Jason Tery.

[Kawhitstorm]

What a fucking retarded ass pass.

THey don't deserve to win the game

[UNT Eagles 2016]

WHEN WILL RAT FACE TERRY EVER GET CANCER AND FUCKING DIE!!! PLEASE SANTA!!!!!! :pctoss

[Fireball]

Manu and Timmy ... just retire

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard333333333

[thiste]

No it's NOT. It's fucking Christmas. It's about PRIDE!

Keep your pride, I'll take the championship.

[BatManu20]

Just put us out of our misery tbh :lol This game is awful

[100%duncan]

Fuckers

[spursparker9]

Once a Spur killer, always a Spur killer

[loveforthegame]

Leonard getting nothing but bail out shots. :pctoss

[Ice009]

Spurs are complete and utter chokers on the road against any good team. They just crumble under the pressure, every single time. Weak, weak road team. Mental toughness doesn't exist with this current squad. I don't know why they are this bad on the road against good teams.

[Ron Swanson]

Passed up a couple of good looks.

[Budkin]

New worst loss of the season. FU Pop and Parker. And Terry.

[RD2191]

GET A FUCKING REBOUND PUSSY ASS LMA. FUCKING PUSSY FAGGOT

[From Downtown]

If we win this game we win the championship

[100%duncan]

FUCk

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Fucking Leonard choking :bang

[boutons_deux]

All spurs losses on road

[sasaint]

THey don't deserve to win the game

Not to worry. They will not get an undeserved win.

[TE]

Goddamn this has been some really shitty basketball played. The Rockets play a very ugly brand of basketball, bunch of isos sprinkled in with chucking three after three. The Spurs stooped down to that level and played that version.

[ElNono]

He has been pretty bad since the start of the season. That's why I think we need to give him prolonged breaks... because it looked like he had something left at the beginning of the season.

Uh? He's been top 4 Spur this season... easily

[Kawhitstorm]

Why didn't they clear out for Kawhi? LMA/Tim were handing around the paint so he had no where to go except jack up a contested jumper.:bang

[m33p0]

rockets played great defense. hats off to them.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Look at all the bridge jumpers. Oh no a loss in December! Damn 6th loss! We done! Whaaaaaaaaaaa......bitches...pure bitches you all are...

[timtonymanu]

Goddamn this has been some really shitty basketball played. The Rockets play a very ugly brand of basketball, bunch of isos sprinkled in with chucking three after three. The Spurs stooped down to that level and played that version.

Thanks to Enrique, tbh

[Uriel]

Spurs are going to lose this game, but it was a valiant comeback.

[Fireball]

I watched over 8 hours of basketball today ... am tired as hell ... for this shit ending of a game?

[SAGirl]

Seriously, .... we lost this game with all the bad passes.

Also, I can't help but look at the free throw disparity... 8 FT vs. 26 (even hacking Howard, our not drawing fouls could be a problem) we are too out of control.

[GSH]

This is turning into an epic fucking meltdown night.

[theman21]

Houston controlled the pace of this game, therefore the Spurs defense failed tonight.

[keeferob25]

Spurs are complete and utter chokers on the road against any good team. They just crumble under the pressure, every single time. Weak, weak road team. Mental toughness doesn't exist with this current squad. I don't know why they are this bad on the road against good teams.

To be fair...we are almost entirely comprised of role players...and role players play MUCH worse on the road. We also have OLD players as key contributors...and our stars LMA and Kawhi aren't the greatest shot creators. OUr team depends on great team play. Too many people suck on the road at once and we don't have the players to overcome that often.

[Kawhitstorm]

Goddamn this has been some really shitty basketball played. The Rockets play a very ugly brand of basketball, bunch of isos sprinkled in with chucking three after three. The Spurs stooped down to that level and played that version.

It seems like the Rockets shitty offense rubs off on the Spurs when ever they play each other. Porker just can't control the pace but Harden does.

[loveforthegame]

This will be for Lei are and he'll miss and be blamed for the loss.

[From Downtown]

The fuck was that

[Ron Swanson]

They better figure this shit out fast. There are only 51 games left.

[m33p0]

what the hell was parker doing?

[td4mvp21]

Was that three for Aldridge? :lmao

[Kawhitstorm]

Nice play design Pop:lmao

[boutons_deux]

Incredibly shitty

[Johnny RIngo]

Team has some awful B-ball IQ in crunch time :lol

Two of our top three scorers this season are playoff chokers(Enrique and LMBeta). Not that surprising that we've been shitty in crunch time situations. The Chicago game was just like this with Tony and Aldridge wilting in the final moments

[steeledl]

Uh? He's been top 4 Spur this season... easily

We must be watching different games, tbh.

[$pursDynasty]

People jumping on their favorite whipping boys but no one has produced tonight. Plenty of blame to go around. The Dubs survive opposing teams best shot, we sadly have not

[TheGreatYacht]

Poopovich is better than Phil though? :lmao not even better than Doc at drawing late plays

[Darius Bieber]

Lol Spurs. Pathetic ass team. Can't wait to lose to Golden State or the Cavs by 40+

[Kawhitstorm]

Was that three for Aldridge? :lmao

Pop run the play in the season opener against OKC & it failed miserably.

[Nathan89]

Parker is a fucking tard. Pop should've had Mills in to close that game. Parker isn't doing anything and were down. Another 3pt shooter would be nice.

[spursistan]

pop has become such shitty out of timeout coach when it comes to crunchtime plays?

[Ice009]

What a horrible loss.

This team crumbles on the road. They're not showing any mental toughness at all.

[sasaint]

I watched over 8 hours of basketball today ... am tired as hell ... for this shit ending of a game?

:lol ME, TOO! :lol

[timtonymanu]

Fuck Parker and LMA today. And these are two of our top 3 scorers? Smh

[TheRemix]

Lmao houston with streamers

[Kawhitstorm]

Houston controlled the pace of this game, therefore the Spurs defense failed tonight.

If only Tony could do the same against Jason Terry:depressed

[tholdren]

Lmao spurs offense. This is why spurs need to get rid of green, and questions kl offensive prowess.

First greens defense is every bit as overrated as tiago. When he can't make a shot he's worse than Simmons or anderson.

Kl jacking up mid range trash in the clutch is 100 percent vag.

[GSH]

Okay, Uriel, I'm calling you out about how badly the Spurs played tonight. :lol

What.The.Fuck were they thinking there at the end. Two possession game, and they didn't get a shot up until deep into the clock? Timmy throwing that pass away when they got the stop? I could go on and on but that was just a horribly played game.

[ElNono]

We were due for a game like this, tbh...

Hopefully we'll bounce back tomorrow at home

[DarrinS]

Porker was awesome

[ErnestLynch]

what a joke....

[UNT Eagles 2016]

ajdovjoksdfokjadpkjfewsfdkjlsgkjlszgrpkj

[Kawhitstorm]

Leonard getting nothing but bail out shots. :pctoss

Pop treating LMA as if he's Bonner when the team needs a basket:lmao

[ElNono]

We must be watching different games, tbh.

Okay

[KaiRMD1]

I really hate these fn commercials, what the fuck were they thinking?

[UNT Eagles 2016]

PLEASE ISIS DESTROY THE WORLD PLEASE :pctoss

[spurs10]

Didn't think it was possible to play worse than the Cavs, but I was wrong. Really bad loss against a .500 team.

[tbdog]

Not saying it was a deciding factor, but how many out of bound calls incorrectly went for the Rockets this game?

[RD2191]

Will the Spurs beat a good team this season?

[Ice009]

Okay, Uriel, I'm calling you out about how badly the Spurs played tonight. What.The.Fuck were they thinking there at the end. Two possession game, and they didn't get a shot up until deep into the clock? Timmy throwing that pass away when they got the stop? I could go on and on but that was just a horribly played game.

It was just another typical performance on the road by the Spurs against a good team. That's normal for the Spurs this season to play this bad against a good team on the road. They're really lacking mental toughness and a go-to scorer in crunch time.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[Johnny RIngo]

Uh? He's been top 4 Spur this season... easily

I wouldn't trust the opinion of someone that sucks Kobe's dick on the regular. Steeledl claimed Kirby was a top 5 all-time great :lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Fuck this scrub team full of LOSERS :pctoss

[sasaint]

Fuck Parker and LMA today. And these are two of our top 3 scorers? Smh

Tony gave his abysmal worst effort of the season, and LMA was not far behind. Pitiful. Pop needs to send Tony to Austin!

[DarrinS]

Spurs played like shit, but Houston played some gritty D. I see a revenge game in the near future.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Blow it up, trade Scrub Leonard... everyone is a fucking joto.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs played like shit, but Houston played some gritty D. I see a revenge game in the near future.

If it's not on Christmas or in the playoffs, it doesn't qualify as a revenge game. Not in my book.

[DarrinS]

Not saying it was a deciding factor, but how many out of bound calls incorrectly went for the Rockets this game?

At least 3

[RD2191]

Lmao spurs offense. This is why spurs need to get rid of green, and questions kl offensive prowess.

First greens defense is every bit as overrated as tiago. When he can't make a shot he's worse than Simmons or anderson.

Kl jacking up mid range trash in the clutch is 100 percent vag.
Yeah, if anyone is a pussy mid range shooter it's LMA.

[Uriel]

Okay, Uriel, I'm calling you out about how badly the Spurs played tonight. What.The.Fuck were they thinking there at the end. Two possession game, and they didn't get a shot up until deep into the clock? Timmy throwing that pass away when they got the stop? I could go on and on but that was just a horribly played game.
It was a 4-point loss on the road against a team many expected to be the SW division champs to begin the year. We didn't play our best game, but most teams would kill to be in our position, given how the Rockets played that game as if it were Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

[Kawhitstorm]

The good news from this game is that Rockets are moving up in the standings so the Spurs won't have to play them in the 1st rd:toast, thank you Tony/Pop:lol. OKC also lost so the Spurs didn't lose ground on the 2nd seed either:toast.

[Fireball]

:lol ME, TOO! :lol

well, good night then!!!

[sasaint]

It was just another typical performance on the road by the Spurs against a good team. That's normal for the Spurs this season to play this bad against a good team on the road. They're really lacking mental toughness and a go-to scorer in crunch time.

You are right so far this season. I may quit watching their road games.

[Budkin]

Welp, another utter embarrassment on national TV. Hope we can fix that by the playoffs.

[sasaint]

well, good night then!!!

Buenas noches!

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Keep your pride, I'll take the championship.

We're 5 back on the Warriors. We're not being them without HCA.

[Budkin]

We were due for a game like this, tbh...

Hopefully we'll bounce back tomorrow at home

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Welp, another utter embarrassment on national TV. Hope we can fix that by the playoffs.

Too late. they're a bunch of gutless pussies. Fuck the spurs

[Budkin]

We're 5 back on the Warriors. We're not being them without HCA.

We can beat them without it ala 2005 Suns as long as we don't play like we did tonight.

[Kawhitstorm]

Tony gave his abysmal worst effort of the season, and LMA was not far behind. Pitiful. Pop needs to send Tony to Austin!

LMA was okay, it was Pop that refused to give him the ball against T-Jones:lol. Plus, Kawhi should be running PnRs w/ LMA to finish game rather than turning LMA into a spotup shooter like Bonner.:bang Manu dribbling then throwing the ball to Kawhi & asking for a bailout shot isn't going to cut it.:lol

[BatManu20]

Just wanna say that the last 2 times someone has fucked with my "starting games thread" winning streak, we have lost. In other words, respect the streak ppl.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Budkin


It's against the Chicken Nuggets... won't take solace in that shit easy win

[UNT Eagles 2016]

We can beat them without it ala 2005 Suns as long as we don't play like we did tonight.

we're going to fall behind OKC and CLE with this shit too

[Mugen]

Thank god I got a sweet new Zune today or this would have really killed my Christmas spirit.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

SHIT PISS FUCK **** COCKSUCKER MOTHERFUCKER TITS FART TURD AND TWAT :pctoss

(I fucked your mom)

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Thank god I got a sweet new Zune today or this would have really killed my Christmas spirit.

what is this, two thousand FUCKING six or something?

[RD2191]

Spurs can't even beat the trash ass roxs and people are talking about beating the dubs. :lol

[sasaint]

Okay, Uriel, I'm calling you out about how badly the Spurs played tonight. :lol

What.The.Fuck were they thinking there at the end. Two possession game, and they didn't get a shot up until deep into the clock? Timmy throwing that pass away when they got the stop? I could go on and on but that was just a horribly played game.

We were down by 4 with about 39 secondos left and let them run a full 24 second possession, so that we were going to get the ball back down by 4 or 6 with 13 seconds left. Why? Not nearly enough time to let them take a full 24. Had to foul early!

[GSH]

It was a 4-point loss on the road against a team many expected to be the SW division champs to begin the year. We didn't play our best game, but most teams would kill to be in our position, given how the Rockets played that game as if it were Game 7 of the NBA Finals.


I'm not really calling you out, bud. I get your point. But this was the Spurs at their worst. This was not the team that had racked up the biggest point differential in the league. It was just one of those nights when everyone is off their game. But they still had lots of opportunities - and they threw them away. And the clock management at the end? That's just not Spurs basketball. If they can keep it this close on a really bad night, that's good. But it was still a really bad night.



We were down by 4 with about 39 secondos left and let them run a full 24 second possession, so that we were going to get the ball back down but 4 or 6 with 13 seconds left. Why? Not nearly enough time to let them take a full 24. Had to foul early!

I was talking about when they didn't get a shot up on that last possession, knowing they were down 4 and had to score twice. The defensive play was the right thing to do. They missed the steal, and then couldn't catch the ball handler to foul. They had to run out that clock and hope for a stop.

The point is, if they had finished on just a few point blank shots, and moved the ball, they wouldn't have been behind by 4.

[Kawhitstorm]

It was a 4-point loss on the road against a team many expected to be the SW division champs to begin the year. We didn't play our best game, but most teams would kill to be in our position, given how the Rockets played that game as if it were Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Tony got outplayed by the worst ranked point guard this season (Lawson) & the oldest rotation point guard in the league (Terry).:lmao Would have been a close victory if he showed up, tbh.

[beirmeistr]

the big 3 were not themselves tonight. duncan did not wake up until the second half, tony had his worst game, and ginobili was erratic. I hope gino's parents' problems with crime in argentinsa does not hinder his gsme.

[Kawhitstorm]

We were down by 4 with about 39 secondos left and let them run a full 24 second possession, so that we were going to get the ball back down by 4 or 6 with 13 seconds left. Why? Not nearly enough time to let them take a full 24. Had to foul early!

Pop wet the bed in crunch time starting w/ the Capela intentional foul at 1:59:lmao

[sasaint]

LMA was okay, it was Pop that refused to give him the ball against T-Jones:lol. Plus, Kawhi should be running PnRs w/ LMA to finish game rather than turning LMA into a spotup shooter like Bonner.:bang Manu dribbling then throwing the ball to Kawhi & asking for a bailout shot isn't going to cut it.:lol

LMA was soft from the first possession (and miss) of the game, refusing to take advantage of his advantage over Capela and back him down for a dunk or lay-up but settling for that 8 foot fade-away. He needs to play stronger.

[Kawhitstorm]

the big 3 were not themselves tonight. duncan did not wake up until the second half, tony had his worst game, and ginobili was erratic. I hope gino's parents' problems with crime in argentinsa does not hinder his gsme.

Tim redeemed himself in the 4th quarter sans the dumb full court pass & dribbling the ball of his feet:lol. Manu was part of the 4th quarter push meanwhile Tony did absolutely nothing besides getting raped by Terry:lmao

[Kawhitstorm]

LMA was soft from the first possession (and miss) of the game, refusing to take advantage of his advantage over Capela and back him down for a dunk or lay-up but settling for that 8 foot fade-away. He needs to play stronger.

Are you fuckin' kidding me? Capela is longer than LMA & a pretty good defender. It's Terrance Jones that he murdered in the 2014 playoffs & Bobo was manhandling in the post (& getting murder by him on the other end) but Pop refused to give him the ball after he scored on him.

[sasaint]

Tony got outplayed by the worst ranked point guard this season (Lawson) & the oldest rotation point guard in the league (Terry).:lmao Would have been a close victory if he showed up, tbh.
Pop needs to jump all over Tony for that lame and stupid effort. Lame and stupid effort by the entire team, really, except a nice stint by Simmons.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop needs to jump all over Tony for that lame and stupid effort. Lame and stupid effort by the entire team, really, except a nice stint by Simmons.

Pop was terrible himself so he can't call out the team.:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs can't even beat the trash ass roxs and people are talking about beating the dubs. :lol

Spurs own the Dubs just like the Rockets own the Spurs even in a down year:lol

[sasaint]

Are you fuckin' kidding me? Capela is longer than LMA & a pretty good defender. It's Terrance Jones that he murdered in the 2014 playoffs & Bobo was manhandling in the post (& getting murder by him on the other end) but Pop refused to give him the ball after he scored on him.

Capela has length, but LMA has the bulk to push him under the bucket and slam him through the basket along with the ball if he gets a little nasty.

[sasaint]

Pop was terrible himself so he can't call out the team.:lol

Wow, that is the sad truth.

[Kawhitstorm]

The point is, if they had finished on just a few point blank shots, and moved the ball, they wouldn't have been behind by 4.

Would have been down 8 if Kawhi's 3 didn't roll in & Harden made the FT:lol. The Rockets outplayed the Spurs outside of the 2nd quarter when Kawhi went beast mode.

[sasaint]

Tim redeemed himself in the 4th quarter sans the dumb full court pass & dribbling the ball of his feet:lol. Manu was part of the 4th quarter push meanwhile Tony did absolutely nothing besides getting raped by Terry:lmao

After those two unbelievably bad plays by Tim (especially the pass), how can you say he redeemed himself?

[Kawhitstorm]

Capela has length, but LMA has the bulk to push him under the bucket and slam him through the basket along with the ball if he gets a little nasty.

Did you forget than Dwight was camped in the paint daring Tim to hit a jumper:lol

[sasaint]

Did you forget than Dwight was camped in the paint daring Tim to hit a jumper:lol

I think Dwight was further out in the paint than you think, and backing that beanpole Capela under the bucket should be a cinch for LMA. The guy has no Nasty in him. Pop needs to instill some of that before he starts coaching his game.

[sasaint]

I'm not really calling you out, bud. I get your point. But this was the Spurs at their worst. This was not the team that had racked up the biggest point differential in the league. It was just one of those nights when everyone is off their game. But they still had lots of opportunities - and they threw them away. And the clock management at the end? That's just not Spurs basketball. If they can keep it this close on a really bad night, that's good. But it was still a really bad night.




I was talking about when they didn't get a shot up on that last possession, knowing they were down 4 and had to score twice. The defensive play was the right thing to do. They missed the steal, and then couldn't catch the ball handler to foul. They had to run out that clock and hope for a stop.

The point is, if they had finished on just a few point blank shots, and moved the ball, they wouldn't have been behind by 4.

I know you are talking about the last possession - and I agree. But I disagree with your strategy at the 39-40 second mark. No matter where it is in the shot clock, we need to foul quickly, preserve as much time and extend the game as long as we can. We were not going to make clutch shots and pull this one out anyway, but I do want more than 13 seconds to try to make up a 4point deficit.

[still.focused]

Is it too late to put a max pump fake per possession clause in LMAs contract
They're really starting to annoy me

[Kawhitstorm]

I think Dwight was further out in the paint than you think, and backing that beanpole Capela under the bucket should be a cinch for LMA. The guy has no Nasty in him. Pop needs to instill some of that before he starts coaching his game.

LMA isn't going to drop step & dunk on anyone, that has never been his game.:lol He has been pump faking against everyone, not just 7'1" Capela.:lol He only feels comfortable shooting jump hooks over guys w/ short arms: Blake/T-Jones, at least he isn't Kevin Love :lol

[spurs10]

I think all that traveling from Minny to SA and then Houston had us unfocused and a bit fatigued.

[Kawhitstorm]

I think all that traveling from Minny to SA and then Houston had us unfocused and a bit fatigued.

Porker said pre-game he would rather be fucking his wife than playing on Christmas day :lol & I guess Tim/Manu were missing their kids :depressed. Lebron said the same thing & he had a mediocre game.

[sasaint]

LMA isn't going to drop step & dunk on anyone, that has never been his game.:lol He has been pump faking against everyone, not just 7'1" Capela.:lol He only feels comfortable shooting jump hooks over guys w/ short arms: Blake/T-Jones, at least he isn't Kevin Love :lol

LMA has been as good or better than I expected. But I thought this game his effort was poor. And yes, whether it has ever been a part of his game before, he needs to have some Nasty when the situation calls for it. All the pump fakes are really annoying, and another poster who claimed to have watched LMA in Portland stated that was not his style back there.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Did you forget than Dwight was camped in the paint daring Tim to hit a jumper:lol
get Duncan out of there, tbh

[steeledl]

get Duncan out of there, tbh

You chill now? I just noticed your cig and it sounds like you are proficient in a lot of different areas.... if you get proficient in chill then I will test you on all those other skills and get you a job. No worries.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

You chill now? I just noticed your cig and it sounds like you are proficient in a lot of different areas.... if you get proficient in chill then I will test you on all those other skills and get you a job. No worries.

Chill? It's been fucking 80 degrees in SA today, and the AC froze up yesterday so we won't have it for another 12 hours :bang When my mom woke all of us up for turkey dinner today I woke up sweating in my own fucking room, with my shirt off. And it's supposed to be CHRISTMAS, not fucking JULY :cuss ... and then THIS clusterfuck chicken shit happens! Horrid day, -7/10.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

+1

[tmtcsc]

LMA was soft from the first possession (and miss) of the game, refusing to take advantage of his advantage over Capela and back him down for a dunk or lay-up but settling for that 8 foot fade-away. He needs to play stronger.

I agree. At least be more decisive with the ball. He looked lacksidasical tonight and was just standing around watching. Tony flat out sucked. Just a bad day at the office all around.

[steeledl]

Chill? It's been fucking 80 degrees in SA today, and the AC froze up yesterday so we won't have it for another 12 hours :bang When my mom woke all of us up for turkey dinner today I woke up sweating in my own fucking room, with my shirt off. And it's supposed to be CHRISTMAS, not fucking JULY :cuss ... and then THIS clusterfuck chicken shit happens! Horrid day, -7/10.


XANAX.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

XANAX.

I don't do drugs

I don't believe in mortgaging my health, especially if it entails putting anything carcinogenic in my body. I'm carcinophobic as Trump is xenophobic. Fuck that shit.

[steeledl]

I don't do drugs

I don't believe in mortgaging my health, especially if it entails putting anything carcinogenic in my body. I'm carcinophobic as Trump is xenophobic. Fuck that shit.

Nigga it is a prescription drug that can be positive in moderation. That shit is way better than dying of a heart attack or a stroke cause you cant chill when you are 27

[spursistan]

Just wanna say that the last 2 times someone has fucked with my "starting games thread" winning streak, we have lost. In other words, respect the streak ppl.
you gotta get in early here, tbh :lol just open it the night before...

[spursistan]

PLEASE ISIS DESTROY THE WORLD PLEASE :pctoss
:lmao

[Kawhitstorm]

LMA has been as good or better than I expected. But I thought this game his effort was poor. And yes, whether it has ever been a part of his game before, he needs to have some Nasty when the situation calls for it. All the pump fakes are really annoying, and another poster who claimed to have watched LMA in Portland stated that was not his style back there.

It wasn't his style when Boris was checking him but he was pump faking against Tiago in the 2014 series. Basically, he only goes at guys who are 6'10" or below w/ average wing spans unless he's in a zone; at least Draymond is 6'6" despite his 7ft+ wingspan:lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

:lmao

it's called rage sarcasm

[sasaint]

It wasn't his style when Boris was checking him but he was pump faking against Tiago in the 2014 series. Basically, he only goes at guys who are 6'10" or below w/ average wing spans unless he's in a zone; at least Draymond is 6'6" despite his 7ft+ wingspan:lol

Good for our team. Can hardly wait to meet the Dubs now! :lol Although he has s a much better rebounder than I expected, the guy clearly doesn't like contact. Where our offense with Tiago ran on PnRs, LMA rarely rolls to the basket. He almost always pops. It is maddening after a pick to see an empty lane and LMA POPPING instead of rolling. He has got to learn some Nasty.

[LakerHater]

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[UNT Eagles 2016]

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:tu at least Pop has a few brain cells left

[LakerHater]

The Rockets have won 18 straight games when holding an opponent to less than 90 points. ... Houston's bench outscored San Antonio's 41-26!

[Kawhitstorm]

Good for our team. Can hardly wait to meet the Dubs now! :lol Although he has s a much better rebounder than I expected, the guy clearly doesn't like contact. Where our offense with Tiago ran on PnRs, LMA rarely rolls to the basket. He almost always pops. It is maddening after a pick to see an empty lane and LMA POPPING instead of rolling. He has got to learn some Nasty.

LMA popping is what's opening up the lanes for Tony though:lol, against the Rockets Dwight refused to step up & guard Tim so Tony had alligator arms:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

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Must be a punishment for Porker / Diaw :lmao

[UNT Eagles 2016]

The Rockets have won 18 straight games when holding an opponent to less than 90 points. ... Houston's bench outscored San Antonio's 41-26!

Yep. Mills was especially godawful off the bench. Not that the guy he replaced was any better.

[sasaint]

LMA popping is what's opening up the lanes for Tony though:lol, against the Rockets Dwight refused to step up & guard Tim so Tony had alligator arms:lol

LMA just needs to develop better judgment about when to pop and when to roll. He seems averse to rolling at this point.

[Kawhitstorm]

Yep. Mills was especially godawful off the bench. Not that the guy he replaced was any better.

Pop should have put Patty on Terry instead of Lawson just like he put him on ReDick as opposed to Rivers but :pop:. Diaw was atrocious & got murder by T-Jones plus Manu was over-helping.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Pop should have put Patty on Terry instead of Lawson just like he put him on ReDick as opposed to Rivers but :pop:. Diaw was atrocious & got murder by T-Jones plus Manu was over-helping.
god I fucking hate Terry.

[Kawhitstorm]

LMA just needs to develop better judgment about when to pop and when to roll. He seems averse to rolling at this point.

It's just like how Kawhi like to pull up for mid-range shots, it's their sweet spot. At least he isn't jacking up 3 against Curry or struggling to post up JJ Barea like LeBron:lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

It's just like how Kawhi like to pull up for mid-range shots, it's their sweet spot. At least he isn't jacking up 3 against Curry or struggling to post up JJ Barea like LeBron:lol

eh.

[Kawhitstorm]

god I fucking hate Terry.

Patty is the type of player that would piss off Terry just like Patty got under Fishers' skin.:toast

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[UNT Eagles 2016]

Patty is the type of player that would piss off Terry just like Patty got under Fishers' skin.:toast

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Not great quality, but I remember this very vividly:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzUm7xz3x-c


Was 2 nights after Christmas and looked like the Spurs were going ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE that season. Put this game on VHS tape and went with family to see LOTR: The Two Towers at Regal Cinemas by Ingram Park. Came back expecting an easy win. Ended up fast forwarding most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters because we were always losing by 8 or 10 or something. Watched the 4th still expecting a win but then this happened :bang

[Kawhitstorm]

Was 2 nights after Christmas and looked like the Spurs were going ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE that season. Put this game on VHS tape and went with family to see LOTR: The Two Towers at Regal Cinemas by Ingram Park. Came back expecting an easy win. Ended up fast forwarding most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters because we were always losing by 8 or 10 or something. Watched the 4th still expecting a win but then this happened :bang

Terry has been hitting dagger shots like Stephen Jackson throughout his career. He hit the biggest shot in the 2011 Finals in LeBron's face. Would have traded Porker for JET in a heart beat.:lol

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Terry has been hitting dagger shots like Stephen Jackson throughout his career. He hit the biggest shot in the 2011 Finals in LeBron's face. Would have traded Porker for JET in a heart beat.:lol

Especially if Stephen Jackson was going to the Hawks anyway, we could have done a S&T or something for him. But he's a loser so meh

[spurs10]

god I fucking hate Terry. Everybody hates Terry, I'm sure that includes family and former teammates. Just be thankful you only have to see him on rare occasion.

[Kawhitstorm]

Especially if Stephen Jackson was going to the Hawks anyway, we could have done a S&T or something for him. But he's a loser so meh

JET got traded in 2004 (Jackson left in 2003) after he cooked Nash for a couple of seasons (Cuban was watching:lol):

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[rasuo214]

Tough loss. Can't win them all but it sucks when the Warriors pretty much are.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Tough loss. Can't win them all but it sucks when the Warriors pretty much are.
This is the sole reason these losses are so painful. I could live with only being 3 up on Cleveland and 4 up on OKC.... but being down 5 on GSW is just fucking brutal. And there's no kryptonite 8th seed to knock them out for us this time like in 2007.

[Spurtacular]

My thoughts on the game:

1. Worst game I've seen Diaw play all year.
2. Ginobili reverting to Clippers series Manu.
3. Aldridge missing every time he takes a 17 plus foot shot on the move (like he has done all season). He shouldn't shoot outside 17 feet except for spot-ups.
4. Duncan waiting too long to get aggressive when it was clear the team needed him to have one of his big games.
5. Haven't looked at the stats; but Kawhi played well.
6. DG just looked terrible. I don't care if he remains a starter; but he should have to earn his minutes. Mills should've gotten more time.
7. Just too many missed good looks and careless turnovers. It was defense that had us in this game; but with more precise offense, this one would've been over half way through the fourth.
8. We should've went to the hack-a earlier; but perhaps Pop was trying to keep the league off his back. And on that note: Shut the fuck up, Jeff Van Gundy. If a player can't make free throws, we don't need to hear you bitching and moaning about the rules. Anybody can be a fifty percent plus free throw shooter.
9. A costly loss putting us five back of GS, who simply won't be racking up many L's against the lackluster competition.
10. Houston does not scare me at all if we should play them in the playoffs.

[spurs10]

This is the sole reason these losses are so painful. I could live with only being 3 up on Cleveland and 4 up on OKC.... but being down 5 on GSW is just fucking brutal. And there's no kryptonite 8th seed to knock them out for us this time like in 2007. We are down 4 on Dubs and up 4.5 on The Thunderrefs who also lost today..

[Kawhitstorm]

My thoughts on the game:

10. Houston does not scare me at all if we should play them in the playoffs.

If Porker keeps turning into a pussy when there is an elite shot blocker on the floor (Dwight) then it's going to be like the 2014 Mavs series w/ Kawhi having to play the Manu role. It's pretty clear Patty can't guard Lawson & he's only going to get more comfortable in his role as a 6th man as he has been the worst rated point guard in the entire league thus far. Diaw also can't guard Terrance Jones although he can manhandle him in the post. Brewer/Ariza have also been in a season long funk like Danny but can bomb a better team out of a series as we saw them do against the Clippers. Harden also gives Kawhi trouble b/c of his herky jerky style & tends to hit BS dagger 3s against him. D-Mo also will jump hook D-West to death if they are matched up.

[Kawhitstorm]

This is the sole reason these losses are so painful. I could live with only being 3 up on Cleveland and 4 up on OKC.... but being down 5 on GSW is just fucking brutal. And there's no kryptonite 8th seed to knock them out for us this time like in 2007.

Since when did GSW become the Spurs kryptonite?:lol If anything it's shaping out to be like 2006 w/ the Spurs playing the Mavs role & preventing the Warriors from repeating.:toast

[daslicer]

Spurs are on pace to win 60 plus games which in previous seasons would get you the number 1 seed unfortunately the warriors are on pace for 70. In the grand scheme of things this loss does not matter. Spurs are not going to catch the Warriors the important thing is just to focus on getting better every game and keeping the 2 seed. Not much to dwell about this loss in a nutshell the spurs just didn't give a shit about this game.

[Spurtacular]

If Porker keeps turning into a pussy when there is an elite shot blocker on the floor (Dwight) then it's going to be like the 2014 Mavs series w/ Kawhi having to play the Manu role. It's pretty clear Patty can't guard Lawson & he's only going to get more comfortable in his role as a 6th man as he has been the worst rated point guard in the entire league thus far. Diaw also can't guard Terrance Jones although he can manhandle him in the post. Brewer/Ariza have also been in a season long funk like Danny but can bomb a better team out of a series as we saw them do against the Clippers. Harden also gives Kawhi trouble b/c of his herky jerky style & tends to hit BS dagger 3s against him. D-Mo also will jump hook D-West to death if they are matched up.

That's a sky is falling post if I've ever seen one. We'll be fine against Houston with HCA. We probably win in 5.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

We are down 4 on Dubs and up 4.5 on The Thunderrefs who also lost today..

5 down on Dubs. Only look at L column for top teams. Especially in the case of GSW, where L's come scarce as hen's teeth.

[spurtech09]

Spurs play Rockets on Jan. 2......Can't wait for the rematch.....

[ceperez]

If Porker keeps turning into a pussy when there is an elite shot blocker on the floor (Dwight) then it's going to be like the 2014 Mavs series w/ Kawhi having to play the Manu role. It's pretty clear Patty can't guard Lawson & he's only going to get more comfortable in his role as a 6th man as he has been the worst rated point guard in the entire league thus far. Diaw also can't guard Terrance Jones although he can manhandle him in the post. Brewer/Ariza have also been in a season long funk like Danny but can bomb a better team out of a series as we saw them do against the Clippers. Harden also gives Kawhi trouble b/c of his herky jerky style & tends to hit BS dagger 3s against him. D-Mo also will jump hook D-West to death if they are matched up.

The problem here is that Houston's lineup gives SA problems and the max player Spurs picked up wasn't enough to turn the odds in Spurs favor.

Leonard is really good, but without an offensive player to take some load of Leonard, then Spurs are going to have a tough time against the Rockets.

[tholdren]

Yeah, if anyone is a pussy mid range shooter it's LMA.

I dont disagree - but the fact is, SA needed a bucket, KL is "the guy" he throws up a turnaround instead of taking his man to the rack. Matt Barnes doesn't play for the Rockets, so what's the problem?

[Kawhitstorm]

The problem here is that Houston's lineup gives SA problems and the max player Spurs picked up wasn't enough to turn the odds in Spurs favor.

Leonard is really good, but without an offensive player to take some load of Leonard, then Spurs are going to have a tough time against the Rockets.

LMA went to work right away when he was Jones on him & scored but Pop didn't got to that matchup. D-Mo fronted LMA & Dwight sagged off Tim to sandwich LMA, the issue was Tim's inability to hit midrange shot which goes back to the day's work of Yao. Morey's analytical department must be the only one that has figured out Tim is a mediocre mid range shooter, tbh.

[spurs10]

LMA went to work right away when he was Jones on him & scored but Pop didn't got to that matchup. D-Mo fronted LMA & Dwight sagged off Tim to sandwich LMA, the issue was Tim's inability to hit midrange shot which goes back to the day's work of Yao. Morey's analytical department must be the only one that has figured out Tim is a mediocre mid range shooter, tbh.
They were giving the open mid-range shot to Tim. After a couple of misses Tim made the rest of his shot at the basket. Think he shot better than most.

[Kawhitstorm]

They were giving the open mid-range shot to Tim. After a couple of misses Tim made the rest of his shot at the basket. Think he shot better than most.

Tim made one outside shot in the 2nd half but then just went to work inside in the 4th quarter w/ LMA hanging around on the perimeter. Otherwise he was bricking or swinging the ball, it became an issue when D-Mo fronted LMA & Dwight prevented the high low pass by camping in the paint as that also meant Porker wasn't going to venture into the paint.:lol

[SAGirl]

Tim made one outside shot in the 2nd half but then just went to work inside in the 4th quarter w/ LMA hanging around on the perimeter. Otherwise he was bricking or swinging the ball, it became an issue when D-Mo fronted LMA & Dwight prevented the high low pass by camping in the paint as that also meant Porker wasn't going to venture into the paint.:lol

Do you think maybe Td LMA should not be closing games together???
I remember the Celtics game, the Spurs close out with LMA on the bench. It was Tim/Diaw if I remember correctly. Diaw had a terrific game against Boston.

Definitely crunch time execution has been an issue if Pop has wavered between the combo of big s he wants to use, as well as whether he should stick with Manu or go to Green.

[T_L_P]

4. Duncan waiting too long to get aggressive when it was clear the team needed him to have one of his big games.

Tim's played has dropped off lately and he's looked old but seriously? He's 40. It's a fcking shame that we'd ever need him to have 'one of his big games' to win.

99.9% of the other players throughout history his age were getting like 5 mins per game. We should never have to rely on someone that old to win games for us. And he still scored like 8 straight for us in the last 15 minutes.