Game Thread: Spurs @ Lakers -- Fri. (1/22) - 9:30PM CST (5:30AM Riga Time)

[GSH]

Jon Barry just said the Spurs don't have a small ball line up that can match Warriors, lol


Everybody knows Jon Barry hates the Spurs because he always wanted to fuck Erin Berry, and Tony got to.

[sasaint]

He he has been playing better but in the playoffs you aren't gonna get a lot of good looks and you have to take them and take them with confidence when you do. That play was pretty disappointing for me because he has showed a bit of promise lately.

Anderson's progress is much spottier than Simmons' tbh. However, both were pretty spotty tonight - Simmons less so, but still not the solid outing I was hoping for in order to build on his recent performances. Rookies.

[Kawhitstorm]

Unfortunately, Mills is not a Jacque Vaughn, Speedy Claxton or TJ Ford. The player from the past he reminds me most of is NVE, sadly. Couldn't stop screaming at the TV every time he dribbled into a godawful trey when we'd have numbers. He shot horribly for us that one season and ended up getting benched for Barry and Udrih.

Patty is actually more like Damon Stoudamire, washed up Van Exel was as quick as Kyle :downspin:

[SpurPadre]

Pacers doing well considering they're missing 3key players, including Hill.

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[LakerHater]

Uh-Oh Curry might be hurt

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I don't think Jon Barry actually watches basketball.
At least he wasn't the brother that got cucked tbh

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Uh-Oh Curry might be hurt
I wouldn't get my hopes up. They always manage to luck out.

[Kawhitstorm]

Manu only +3 with the game he had!

What a shitty stat tbh...

He was playing w/ a shitty defensive lineup:lol

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[Kawhitstorm]

Uh-Oh Curry might be hurt

He might have fucked up his wrist like Danny (last season)

[steeledl]

Steph curry is amazing

[GSH]

Uh-Oh Curry might be hurt


I don't wish anyone injury, but the fact that they've got him in with 2 minutes left, and the game in hand? It would sort of be karma.

[LakerHater]

I wouldn't get my hopes up. They always manage to luck out.

He seems fine

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Curry looking at his hand, after layup...
He's fine. Back in there. Not like the Pacers have an enforcer to get his ACL or something.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

He seems fine
"Curry hurt?" has about the same weight as "will it snow in San Antonio this weekend?" tbh.

[GSH]

LOL... the Warriors extending their lead to avoid the moral loss.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

LOL... the Warriors extending their lead to avoid the moral loss.
they don't have a DRtg to protect, they do have an ORtg to protect though


Speights for three. :lol The icing on the cake.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

another notable, Kemba Walker is a beast

[Kawhitstorm]

LOL... the Warriors extending their lead to avoid the moral loss.

They got cucked by a poor-man's version of LMA (Myles Turner):lol

[BatManu20]

Pop being a huge disk to reporters in his post-game presser

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Welp Silver&Black ... time to get me off the ignorant list and update the Dubs' record to 40–4. Should be a good one. :toast

[Kawhitstorm]

another notable, Kemba Walker is a beast

He's just a bigger version of Isaiah Thomas

[Budkin]

All in all the Spurs looked pretty pathetic tonight tbh. Couldn't guard the rim to save our lives, never really had a consistent stretch of good defense. Against the 2nd worst team and 2nd worst scoring offense, no less. Very worrisome for us indeed. Tonight showed that we're a second seed and the Dubs are a clear #1.

I have a horrible feeling the Warriors are going to drop another Cleveland Steamer on us. Hope not.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

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[Budkin]

Pop being a huge disk to reporters in his post-game presser

Per par.

[GSH]

Seriously - the Pacers won 2 quarters and tied another. The Warriors only won the 1Q. (Isn't that a moral loss?) If they play like that against the Spurs, they'll lose.

[Kawhitstorm]

they don't have a DRtg to protect, they do have an ORtg to protect though


Speights for three. :lol The icing on the cake.

They STILL got outscored by the Pacers after the 1st quarter (Monta picked up 3 quick fouls) :lmao

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I have a horrible feeling the Warriors are going to drop another Cleveland Steamer on us. Hope not.
Wouldn't surprise me. If that were to happen, I'd rather it be with the big 3 and one of the young 2 resting.

[ace3g]

I know they are young, but still seems like a lot of minutes for the starting lineup



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PF
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Draymond Green (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green), PF
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10-15
0-2
2-2
3
8
11
2
4
0
3
4
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Harrison Barnes (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6578/harrison-barnes), SF
35
2-10
0-1
2-3
4
7
11
5
0
0
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5
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Andrew Bogut (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2747/andrew-bogut), C
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3
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1
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1
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Klay Thompson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson), SG
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4-10
2-2
1
2
3
5
0
0
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0
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[Kawhitstorm]

Seriously - the Pacers won 2 quarters and tied another. The Warriors only won the 1Q. (Isn't that a moral loss?) If they play like that against the Spurs, they'll lose.

Not to mention Paul George playing like shyt, Monta being in early foul trouble, George Hill being out & the Worriers feasting on the glass against an undersized frontline.:wakeup

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[UNT Eagles 2016]

Seriously - the Pacers won 2 quarters and tied another. The Warriors only won the 1Q. (Isn't that a moral loss?) If they play like that against the Spurs, they'll lose.
It's in Oracle. Don't think the Spurs have the personnel to make comebacks. We are built to get leads, advance leads, and grind out close and medium-close games. We're not built to come back from say, 13, 15, 17 down. All the times we've been tested in such scenarios on the road thus far this season, we've lost.

[Kawhitstorm]

I know they are young, but still seems like a lot of minutes for the starting lineup

TWO days rest, close game & no travel.

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Kobe is an asshole, but I still prefer him over some of today's pussycunts like Kevin Durfaggot and Struggle Westbrick that play for the foul first instead of trying to make legit plays.

[SAGirl]

He he has been playing better but in the playoffs you aren't gonna get a lot of good looks and you have to take them and take them with confidence when you do. That play was pretty disappointing for me because he has showed a bit of promise lately.

I agree with you, but young players will struggle sometimes specially when they play you everything from the 1-5, and you don't have a group of guys you play with that know your spots and shit like that. Ray playing threw the whole unit off, bc they gave Ray the point and he wasn't running sets, and didn't put guys in spots to get a shot. When he was at the point, Kyle kept having to bail out possessions that were going nowhere. I would not put it on Ray as much either, as really... he hasn't played the point much, but if you had them Simmons/Anderson/Boban with Rasual, Bonner or another vet, as they had been playing in garbage time all the time so far they would have been fine. It was the fact that RAy was running the point inadequately that stagnated shit and then ppl had to freelance. Simmons saved a posession with a jumpshot of his own, and I think he had to force another shot that was really bad. Just in general the whole group was out of whack and Kyle was forcing stuff, not in his spots either.

Just overall they didn't play well. In my opinion, Ray is the kind of guy who is truly a roleplayer, he will play well off others, but don't give him the ball to call sets and get guys shots bc he won't do it well.

I think in the end they let Kyle run the offense for a couple of possessions bc Ray had struggled, but at that point Kyle had been having a bad game already, bad focus.

Still, it's a learning opportunity for all of them.

[Pauleta14]

He was playing w/ a shitty defensive lineup:lol

I know, that's my point, they should take back this stats, it's stupid

[Kawhitstorm]

It's in Oracle. Don't think the Spurs have the personnel to make comebacks. We are built to get leads, advance leads, and grind out close and medium-close games. We're not built to come back from say, 13, 15, 17 down. All the times we've been tested in such scenarios on the road thus far this season, we've lost.

Pop's strategy against the Worriers always seem like jumping on them & sustain the pace by calling timeouts even when the Spurs are maintaining the margin.

[Silver&Black]

Pop being a huge disk to reporters in his post-game presser

I don't get FSSW. I only got League Pass....and they always cut it off as soon as the game is over.

CliffNotes Please?

[Kawhitstorm]

I know, that's my point, they should take back this stats, it's stupid

It's just there for simpletons, analytical folks use RPMs.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Pop's strategy against the Worriers always seem like jumping on them & sustain the pace by calling timeouts even when the Spurs are maintaining the margin.
In that case, wouldn't we be the Worriers, then, by default? :lol


And I'm just saying, if we can't pounce on them early, we're going to struggle to stay in the game in their building. Even if we do pounce early they'll make runs and give us a better battle than the April meeting in SA.

[Kawhitstorm]

In that case, wouldn't we be the Worriers, then, by default? :lol

And I'm just saying, if we can't pounce on them early, we're going to struggle to stay in the game in their building. Even if we do pounce early they'll make runs and give us a better battle than the April meeting in SA.

Spurs are in the Worriers head so if it's a close game they are going to unravel just like the Cripples.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs are in the Worriers head so if it's a close game they are going to unravel just like the Cripples.
Spurs looked awfully "crippled" last April/May in the first round, tbh...

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs looked awfully "crippled" last April/May in the first round, tbh...

That wasn't the Spurs, it was Tim/Kawhi/Diaw/Patty & 8 scrubs. When Tony was healthy last season (looked spry tonight), he held Curry without a 3 pointer during their first meeting & dropped 28.:toast

[SAGirl]

Anderson's progress is much spottier than Simmons' tbh. However, both were pretty spotty tonight - Simmons less so, but still not the solid outing I was hoping for in order to build on his recent performances. Rookies.
Yes.... Simmons has also been playing more regularly, is getting more experience, is more athletic, older (playing basketball for a longer period of time and honing his craft a full 4 years longer) and maybe has more talent too.

The point is that this is why vets look like vets, and rookies, and more so young players whose game is still developing, are inconsistent and will struggle.

We all (fans) have to get ready bc young players will struggle at times. You can't expect them to be consistent while they are growing and developing, and Kawhi was spared having to develop and struggle night and night out carrying a team like some guys in the league do bc he had the luxury of a playoff team with HoF players.

These guys are not as talented as Kawhi, but have talent, and will struggle, have up and downs while they try to improve and get better. The garbage time may seem like cookie time to us, but that is the time they are not playing with any HoF player and have to figure their own stuff out. It won't look pretty always, but I will give you this, they have been playing well more than they have been playing bad.

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[LakerHater]

GSW had 17 turnovers & still won easily

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[Hoops Czar]

I know they are young, but still seems like a lot of minutes for the starting lineup



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Draymond Green (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green), PF
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8
11
2
4
0
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Harrison Barnes (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6578/harrison-barnes), SF
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2-10
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7
11
5
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Andrew Bogut (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2747/andrew-bogut), C
19
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3
3
6
1
0
3
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1
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Stephen Curry (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry), PG
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8
10
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Klay Thompson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson), SG
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6-16
4-10
2-2
1
2
3
5
0
0
3
0
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18




Leonard averages 33 minutes per game.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

That wasn't the Spurs, it was Tim/Kawhi/Diaw/Patty & 8 scrubs. When Tony was healthy last season (looked spry tonight), he held Curry without a 3 pointer during their first meeting & dropped 28.:toast
Leonard was pretty awful outside of game 3, Belinelli made a few shots, but yeah our bigs outside Tim shit the bed and Parker curled up into the fetal position for a good ass fucking. Shame we wasted the last superstar-level effort of Duncan's playoff career.

[Kawhitstorm]

Yes.... Simmons has also been playing more regularly, is getting more experience, is more athletic, older (playing basketball for a longer period of time and honing his craft a full 4 years longer) and maybe has more talent too.

The point is that this is why vets look like vets, and rookies, and more so young players whose game is still developing, are inconsistent and will struggle.


Simmons is fearless like Clarkson while Fathead is hesitant & looks lost like Randle (sans the rebounding).

[BatManu20]

I don't get FSSW. I only got League Pass....and they always cut it off as soon as the game is over.

CliffNotes Please?

Basically a bunch of one word responses to dumb questions for a while and then after yet another inane question he paused and said something like, "Do you guys stay up all night thinking of these questions? Gee whiz I mean come on." And just looked generally annoyed the entire interview and immediately walked off after the last question. Did mention that our guys will be fired up for monday though because "we're playing the best team in the league."

[SAGirl]

Simmons is fearless like Clarkson while Fathead is hesitant & looks lost like Randle (sans the rebounding).
I do think he looked hesitant here. I do not think he's like Randle. Randle is all athleticism and quickness but he lacks skill and he won't hesitate to force shit up that is not going to go in.

Kyle really didn't want to force shit up, thus the hesitation, but he wasn't in spots that would help him succeed and to have him one on one with a set defense, its a tough spot unless at least you post him up. He kept wanting to make plays for others, but Pop had him off the ball. It was a bad game for him, but I would not say he's Randle TBH.

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Good, so no 1st quarter lull.

[Kawhitstorm]

Leonard was pretty awful outside of game 3, Belinelli made a few shots, but yeah our bigs outside Tim shit the bed and Parker curled up into the fetal position for a good ass fucking. Shame we wasted the last superstar-level effort of Duncan's playoff career.

Kawhi was getting doubled & he started forcing shots when nobody could make an outside shot (Tim/Tony did the same in 2004 against the Lakers after Gm 2).

L.A. coach Doc Rivers sent a double-team at Leonard almost every time he touched the ball on the block.


It is a strategy borne of respect, meant to get the ball out of Leonard’s large hands. In a way, it played exactly into the Spurs’.


“It’s the whole point of basketball,” forward Tim Duncan said. “You try to get double-teams and mismatches. When you get a player who can draw that, the other team has to rotate and adjust.”

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[UNT Eagles 2016]

Kawhi was getting doubled & he started forcing shots when nobody could make an outside shot (Tim/Tony did the same in 2004 against the Lakers after Gm 2).

L.A. coach Doc Rivers sent a double-team at Leonard almost every time he touched the ball on the block.


It is a strategy borne of respect, meant to get the ball out of Leonard’s large hands. In a way, it played exactly into the Spurs’.


“It’s the whole point of basketball,” forward Tim Duncan said. “You try to get double-teams and mismatches. When you get a player who can draw that, the other team has to rotate and adjust.”
And everyone (including Kawhi himself) not named Duncan, Diaw, and sometimes Mills curled up into the fetal position for a nice L.A. ass fucking. Then, Paul went in for the kill, & Duncan bore the brunt of his teammates' ineptitudes.

[GSH]

Basically a bunch of one word responses to dumb questions for a while and then after yet another inane question he paused and said something like, "Do you guys stay up all night thinking of these questions? Gee whiz I mean come on." And just looked generally annoyed the entire interview and immediately walked off after the last question. Did mention that our guys will be fired up for monday though because "we're playing the best team in the league."


Pop is an asshole, no doubt about it. These guys get paid to be entertainers, not just to put a damn ball through a metal hoop. He's the expert - he could volunteer something for fans who are watching.

There's not anything those guys could ask that he would think is a valid question. He'd give smart-ass answers, even if he was the one who made up the questions.

[Kawhitstorm]

Good, so no 1st quarter lull.

Kawhi usually comes out firing in marquee match-ups & Tony likes to outduel elite point guards in the 4th quarter. Just need the bench mob to do work in the 2nd quarter & LMA to go to work in the 3rd quarter after feeling out Draymond in the 1st half (ala the Mavs game).

All Tim has to do is control the board but he most likely won't play in the 4th quarter (Diaw/West will get a lot of minutes). Danny is the wildcard so hopefully he can build on tonight's performance.:toast

[Kawhitstorm]

And everyone (including Kawhi himself) not named Duncan, Diaw, and sometimes Mills curled up into the fetal position for a nice L.A. ass fucking. Then, Paul went in for the kill, & Duncan bore the brunt of his teammates' ineptitudes.

It happens to the best of them including Tim (2004)

[UNT Eagles 2016]

It happens to the best of them including Tim (2004)
Tim was by far the best Spur in the Lakers series in '04.

On the other hand, Turkoglu, Rasho, Brown, Horry, even Enrique himself... :pctoss

[GSH]

Tim was by far the best Spur in the Lakers series in '04.

On the other hand, Turkoglu, Rasho, Brown, Horry, even Enrique himself... :pctoss


You were.... 10 years old?

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[spurs10]

I don't get FSSW. I only got League Pass....and they always cut it off as soon as the game is over.

CliffNotes Please? Just the regular one word curt answers.:pop: 'Its basketball.' Kind of stuff. Got a little nicer in the end when he answered something about the GSW game saying 'the guys would be excited playing the top team.' Pretty much the norm.:pop: 'You guys stay up all night thinking of these questions?'

[Silver&Black]

Basically a bunch of one word responses to dumb questions for a while and then after yet another inane question he paused and said something like, "Do you guys stay up all night thinking of these questions? Gee whiz I mean come on." And just looked generally annoyed the entire interview and immediately walked off after the last question. Did mention that our guys will be fired up for monday though because "we're playing the best team in the league."

So basically......75% of Pop's interviews.

[spurs10]

So basically......75% of Pop's interviews. Yep!

[NameLess Scrub]

Pop is an asshole, no doubt about it. These guys get paid to be entertainers, not just to put a damn ball through a metal hoop. He's the expert - he could volunteer something for fans who are watching.

There's not anything those guys could ask that he would think is a valid question. He'd give smart-ass answers, even if he was the one who made up the questions.

He should tone it down. I don't say completely, but sometimes it's too much.

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Now, I like you D'Angelo Russell :cheer

[UZER]

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Uh oh. Boris gonna get his fat on this weekend.

[boutons_deux]

Uh oh. Boris gonna get his fat on this weekend.

I hope none of them go clubbing Sun night.

[SAGirl]

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Dangelo recognizing greatness. It's funny Kawhi was a Kobe fan when young, Dangelo was a Manu admirer.