Game Thread: Spurs vs Grizzlies -- Game 1 - Sun. (4/17) - 7:00PM CST (3:00AM Riga)

[Spurs9]

MVParker :wow

[timtonymanu]

Take us home, hero

[ElNono]

Head of the snake

[Spurtacular]

ABC scorekeeper is sh**. Second time failing at basic math.

[r0drig0lac]

Parker!!!

[tholdren]

Been saying it all season
Been saying for years

[From Downtown]

Parker's Memphis' kryptonite

[slick'81]

Lol
parker fucking up lance

[atoyotagaspedal]

they fucked on the scoreboard for a moment

[TheGreatYacht]

Lol, TP in the game. Mark the time and score. 33-28 with 6:09 to go.
Lol,

Halftime. Spurs up 48-37

[Ron Swanson]

Nice finish to the half.

[ElNono]

up 11 at the half, pretty good

[SpurPadre]

Finally, Tissot, motherfuckers!

[james evans]

Danny 14min of play and his stats looking clean. Lots of 0s :lol
as Sam Mitchell said, "we had guys with stats of 0-0-0-0-0.."

[NASpurs]

Any way Poop can put Boban over West in the second half?

[tmtcsc]

Ughh. Shake this shit off and find the offense in the second half.

[spursistan]

Lol, TP in the game. Mark the time and score. 33-28 with 6:09 to go.
:lol

[Spurs9]

How much do you think DeAndre got paid to crossdress for a insurance commercial tbh?

[Mnky]

Aldridge leading scorer. Best plus minus, and has the toughest defensive assignment. Just for those bringing up playoff Aldridge to reference.

Great half by Duncan Parker and Kawhi as well. Good to see.

[tholdren]

Lol,

Halftime. Spurs up 48-37

[Keepin' it real]

Stupid ass "Hoopers" commercials.

[benefactor]

Spurs will be fine.

[Mugen]

Pretty predictable 1st half with the Spurs coming out rusty.

-LA looked like the pinky was bothering him early but settled in nicely
-Porky looking spry. Reggie is right in that this series must be a confidence builder for him.
-The 3pt shooting is a major concern still
-Kawhi is a fucking monster.

[Vokun]

Are the Spurs just that good to be up 11 after that shit first half or is Memphis just that bad/injured?

[will_spurs]

Lol, TP in the game. Mark the time and score. 33-28 with 6:09 to go.

Make that 48-37.

[DPG21920]

Defense still deep run levels of good. Offense is much of the same, but starting to find legs in that last 2 minutes. Just have to find a bit better flow, cut faster/harder and get into things more smoothly. Then hit open looks when presented.

I am not focusing on results right now. I'm looking at effectiveness and things that are repeatable to carry over for when it matters.

[BillMc]

How much do you think DeAndre got paid to crossdress for a insurance commercial tbh?

Rumor is he showed up that way.

[Gametight]

I have a feeling Stephenson gonna shoot the Grizz out the game if his shot quits dropping,

[TheDoctor]

Spurs has been so successful for so long that these commentators have nothing new to say.

[DarrinS]

Matt Barnes going nuclear.with 2pts :lol

[Keepin' it real]

up 11 at the half, pretty good

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2d/de/8e/2dde8ece401931601e9ec66bb75dfd77.jpg

[james evans]

they need to put Leonard on Stevenson. If Green keeps getting abused they need to sit his ass down.

[DMC]

Stupid ass "Hoopers" commercials.
"You aint got no rings"

"Sure dont"


Who else thinks the neighbor fucked DeAndre and produced Kevin Love?

[tholdren]

K. Anderson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2993874)SF
Has not entered game

[Mnky]

Rumor is he showed up that way.

:lol

[benefactor]

Kinda nice to get a practice round. Hopefully the Spurs take advantage.

[SpurPadre]

Seeing how little resistance the Thunder had last night, it is of the utmost importance that Spurs sweep this team in games where we get in an offensive rhythm.

[Chomag]

Good strong close out of the half

[BillMc]

Matt Barnes going nuclear.with 2pts :lol
:lol

[Ron Swanson]

Rumor is he showed up that way.

That's how Doc smuggled him out of the house when Cuban was trying to find him.

[tmtcsc]

Good finish for Parker to end the half. Increased the lead and made stuff happen.

[TheDoctor]

Matt Barnes going nuclear.with 2pts :lol
He went reverse nuclear and imploded.

[ducks]

Put green onlance Leonard on vince

[DPG21920]

Aldridge leading scorer. Best plus minus, and has the toughest defensive assignment. Just for those bringing up playoff Aldridge to reference.

Great half by Duncan Parker and Kawhi as well. Good to see.

This is a great match up for LMA. Even in the regular season as I linked before, he destroyed MEM. Had his highest FG% against MEM this year and averaged over 20 points. He's doing his thing (missed a few easy ones) but he was absolutely dominating in the first half.

Not worried about LMA here.

[.G.]

Rough start but all things considered they settled down towards the end of the half. Shooting woes continue.

[will_spurs]

Starters shooting .516, bench shooting .231, look no further.

[BillMc]

That's how Doc smuggled him out of the house when Cuban was trying to find him.
:lol

[PopTheGOAT]

Shots still not falling so far.

Id like to see Kawhi/Aldridge mid range get going.

TP bring the floater back

Patty/Danny hit a couple threes each.

defense looks decent

[Silver&Black]

Spurs lead by 11....48-37.

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

[DPG21920]

they need to put Leonard on Stevenson. If Green keeps getting abused they need to sit his ass down.

I think they are saving Kawhi where they can. There are no other scorers other than VC & with Kawhi carrying the offensive load more than DG, if you can hide Kawhi and let him gamble, the defense and offense should be better.

[BillMc]

Tony with 1 or 2 WCF 2013 flashbacks. Need more of that.

[.G.]

Who fucked up Kawhi's edge up? Either that or his braid game headed towards Stevie wonder levels.

[TheGreatYacht]

K. Anderson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2993874)SF
Has not entered game



One of my keys to the game :tu

[ajh18]

Tim Duncan getting into his playoff groove. 2-3 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks in the first half. With this roster, that's exactly the type of play we need from him.

[Ron Swanson]

Spurs lead by 11....48-37.

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


https://cdn.makeagif.com/media/2-24-2015/NtpNDx.gif

[BillMc]

Kawhi 3 steals, 2 blocks in the first half... Timmy with 2 blocks as well... Danny 2 steals... Out best defenders have been there, just need a dose of offense and we can rest some in the 4th.

[313]

Hard to take much from this glorified scrimmage of a series, but :lol if Spurs don't wrap this up in 4. Can't afford to let OKC rest up while we have to play unnecessary games.

[Stabula]

I just ate the quesalupa that the faggot geriatric Asian sells on TV and my ass is fucking raining shit

[Mnky]

One of my keys to the game :tu

Y'all throwed. :lol

[dabom]

One of my keys to the game :tu
:lol

[DPG21920]

Starters shooting .516, bench shooting .231, look no further.

There was a point deep into the 2nd Q I believe where both starters/bench were shooting poorly, but the last few minutes TP/Kawhi/LMA hit more and more as the Q ended. But ya, shooting from the bench is a big issue that will hopefully get worked out this series. Hoping SA gets big leads early and uses the bench to get run.

Kawhi/LMA on pace for 40 minute games which should not have to happen.

[dabom]

SAGirl on suicide watch. :lmao

[SupremeGuy]

Matt Barnes going nuclear.with 2pts :lol:lmao

[Silver&Black]

Danny 2 steals...

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

[Gametight]

I thought I counted Kawhi with 5 steals with 1 maybe being questionable.

[beirmeistr]

I just ate the quesalupa that the faggot geriatric Asian sells on TV and my ass is fucking raining shit

sounds like a shitsalupa

[TheDoctor]

Did he check his elbow?
You know it :lol He checked his elbow, looked at crowd then at the nearest official.

[Arcadian]

Dynamic Duo doing some work early.

This team is such a mediocre-to-shitty offensive team, though. I hope they can find a way to score 10-20 more points per game, or they won't be winning anything beyond round 1.

[BillMc]

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

Danny doesn't do offense anymore. Kind of like Kobe stopped doing defense the last decade of his career.

[Chinook]

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

He would have had another steal had the ref not gotten in the way. Really, the biggest issue is that Memphis isn't guarding him, and the Spurs aren't passing him the ball. I don't think it's a lack of faith in Danny's shooting, either. I think there is too much iso play going on, and Green is being hurt most by it. His D has been fine here. I have no idea what people are watching.

[hater]

matt Barnes about to go off on Kawhi niggas. Shut is imkinent

[Keepin' it real]

This is a great match up for LMA. Even in the regular season as I linked before, he destroyed MEM. Had his highest FG% against MEM this year and averaged over 20 points. He's doing his thing (missed a few easy ones) but he was absolutely dominating in the first half.

Not worried about LMA here.

But what about:



LMA with the pussy move

[BillMc]

Dynamic Duo doing some work early.

This team is such a mediocre-to-shitty offensive team, though. I hope they can find a way to score 10-2] more points per game, or they won't be winning anything beyond round 1.

Somehow we had the second best shooting percentage in the league, I think. All LMA and Kawhi (both over 50% for the season)

[Mugen]

:lol RC should be on the phone offering TP for Conley straight up at halftime tbh...

[sasaint]

Tim Duncan getting into his playoff groove. 2-3 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks in the first half. With this roster, that's exactly the type of play we need from him.

:tu Stats aside, he moved well!

[BillMc]

Are halftimes officially longer during the playoffs?

[MVPCues]

Timmy leading both teams in rebounds. Nine in only 12 minutes, plus 2 blocked shots. Looking spry.

[DarrinS]

matt Barnes about to go off on Kawhi niggas. Shut is imkinent

Meh

[Chinook]

But what about:

Can easily be summed up as Spurs fans being idiots. Maybe it's just this game thread. But yeah, I haven't seen worse analysis in a long time.

[DPG21920]

Dynamic Duo doing some work early.

This team is such a mediocre-to-shitty offensive team, though. I hope they can find a way to score 10-20 more points per game, or they won't be winning anything beyond round 1.

They really aren't though. They were the second best offense in the league for a large part of the year. It was only recently that the offense started crapping the bed.

[sasaint]

Danny doesn't do offense anymore. Kind of like Kobe stopped doing defense the last decade of his career.

:lmao

[SpurPadre]

He would have had another steal had the ref not gotten in the way. Really, the biggest issue is that Memphis isn't guarding him, and the Spurs aren't passing him the ball. I don't think it's a lack of faith in Danny's shooting, either. I think there is too much iso play going on, and Green is being hurt most by it. His D has been fine here. I have no idea what people are watching.

Agreed 100%

[will_spurs]

That Autotrader ad isn't bad.

[TheGreatYacht]

:lol RC should be on the phone offering TP for Conley straight up at halftime tbh...
Why would we make a division rival better? :lol

[DMC]

Oh for sure. Again, not even remotely thinking they will lose. MEM isn't good enough to beat a poor SA team. It's just disappointing to see some of the annoying stuff we saw to end the season. It's no danger zone and they have plenty of time to find a groove and I hope they do.
I fully expect them to win, but I was talking about seeing if they get some semblance of ball movement and offense. Defense is stellar.

[DPG21920]

He would have had another steal had the ref not gotten in the way. Really, the biggest issue is that Memphis isn't guarding him, and the Spurs aren't passing him the ball. I don't think it's a lack of faith in Danny's shooting, either. I think there is too much iso play going on, and Green is being hurt most by it. His D has been fine here. I have no idea what people are watching.

This is what I am seeing too. Defense has been really great. The offense looks clunky because everything seems to be done at half speed and they are being to robotic. Just make your reads, cut/move harder and find open guys. MEM loves to gamble. They have to double hard too. Find the damn shooter and get in rhythm.

[ElNono]

:lol RC should be on the phone offering TP for Conley straight up at halftime tbh...

:lol

[DPG21920]

I fully expect them to win, but I was talking about seeing if they get some semblance of ball movement and offense. Defense is stellar.

Definitely.

[007nites]

Why does it take so long for people to return to their seats after the half?

[TheDoctor]

OG with 9 first-half rebounds. I can't describe him anymore.

[Keepin' it real]

At least the Hoopers commercials ain't as bad as the framily commercials from 2014.

[ElNono]

matt Barnes about to go off on Kawhi niggas. Shut is imkinent

:lol

[DPG21920]

Damn Kawhi :wow

Danny, why would you make that pass to Tim there :lol?

[TXstbobcat]

4 steals for :claw

[noles1983]

if i hear muck it up one more damn time

[313]

Kawhi's defense is locked in

[Keepin' it real]

Why does it take so long for people to return to their seats after the half?

Guess you've never had the nachos grande.

[spursistan]

wtf that call :lmao

[TXstbobcat]

:lma

[Ron Swanson]

:lma

[SpurPadre]

See Kawhi, Barnes isn't so tough!

[DPG21920]

Danny, you have to stop throwing lead passes to our bigs dude.

[TXstbobcat]

Verde3333333333333

[DPG21920]

But keep making shots :lol

[Ron Swanson]

LDN

[Silver&Black]

Danny...

My nigga.

[SpurPadre]

LDN sighting!

[PopTheGOAT]

Ayyyyy dannnnny

[Ron Swanson]

Pop already pissed

[r0drig0lac]

Green!!!!

[sasaint]

Danny, you have to stop throwing lead passes to our bigs dude.

Twice in a row! :lmao

[BillMc]

Is Carter a future hall of famer?

[DarrinS]

See Kawhi, Barnes isn't so tough!

Never was

[313]

https://twitter.com/JMcDonald_SAEN/status/721873862275641345

[007nites]

Kawhi with 4 steals and 3 blocks

[TheDoctor]

Is Danny playing with plantar fasciitis again? Damn he looks sloooow.

[Chinook]

Pop already pissed

B-but, Leonard is leaving his man open because that's what Pop wants...

[noles1983]

Vince carter, retire and die already

[DarrinS]

Kawhi with 4 steals and 3 blocks

[Mugen]

:lol Damn, Spree really needs that money to agree to be in that commercial

Got kids to feed I guess....

[will_spurs]

Is Carter a future hall of famer?

Highly likely.

[Chris]

Vince carter, retire and die already

Convinced he is the Energizer Bunny

[weeks]

got so hype when green made that shot

[gambit1990]

Is Carter a future hall of famer?
yao is...

[ElNono]

:lol Damn, Spree really needs that money to agree to be in that commercial

Got kids to feed I guess....

:lol when there's hunger, there's no stale bread, tbh

[DPG21920]

Wut

[Chris]

Take that shit Barnes :lol

[TXstbobcat]

:claw

[Silver&Black]

:lmao Barnes getting shit on

[TXstbobcat]

:lma

[Ron Swanson]

:lma

[r0drig0lac]

wow

[Chris]

LMA beautiful shot

[Silver&Black]

The :lma on track

[Keepin' it real]

LMA with the pussy move

:lol

[TXstbobcat]

Timmy!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

Can't even hate on Vince Carter. Took a smaller role in his veteran years and didn't complain.

[Silver&Black]

:wow Timmy with the left hand...

[ElNono]

lmao @ Pop's reaction after TP left Farmar shoot that 3

[Chris]

Holy shit TD ballin on these fools :lol

[007nites]

fuck off VC

[MVPCues]

TIMMAY!!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

Timmy robbed Z-Bo

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chomag]

Damn timmy! Stone cold

[Silver&Black]

MVParker...

Mon Negro.

[TheDoctor]

Kawhi skull fucking his friend Matt Barnes

[$pursDynasty]

MVParker and Timmay

[313]

Timmy a better dribble drive threat than Danny Green lol

[Mugen]

:lol Timmy just put his dick on Z-Bo's forehead tbh

[will_spurs]

To the all the Parker haters, the 5 straight points to close the half is the reason why he's racking easy assists now.

[From Downtown]

Timmy is a legend

[td4mvp21]

Love this Tony. Keep it up!

[tholdren]

Tony Parker... leading the way.

[steeledl]

MVParker.........

[Vokun]

Duncan just took Randolph's cookies :lmao

[DPG21920]

Very nice! TP looking much better. Just need to keep plugging away at moving the ball and using ISO to either shoot over a mis-match quickly or pass out of a double team.

ISO only causes an issue when it's pound the ball with no plan/off ball moment and running into traffic.

[MVPCues]

That wasn't a steal, that was a heist.

[resistanze]

Parker looking MUCH better.

[Ron Swanson]

:lol Timmy just put his dick on Z-Bo's forehead tbh

:lol

[DarrinS]

TP playing well

[ElNono]

matt Barnes about to go off on Kawhi niggas. Shut is imkinent

:lol this post right here might be the end of Barnes' season, tbh... thanks brah

[Spurs9]

Playoff mode Parker

[Silver&Black]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/kevrob2/Sweep-the-Leg-gif.gif (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/kevrob2/media/Sweep-the-Leg-gif.gif.html)

[DMC]

TD to T-So

[TheGreatYacht]

:cry head of the snake :cry

RC locking him up before his stock rises

[DarrinS]

:lmao Barnes getting shit on

[SpurPadre]

Vintage TD and TP action right there.

[DAF86]

Is a disgrace that Duncan has never won DPoY. If it was up to me, he would get it this season.

[Spurtacular]

TD with the right to left hand switch:

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/mjswitch.gif

[BillMc]

We need a gif of Timmy ripping the ball away followed by Tony's basket. Sweet.

[Spurtacular]

TD: "GIMME DAT BALL!"

[DMC]

MVParker...

Mon Negro.
Mein Egger

[Ron Swanson]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/kevrob2/Sweep-the-Leg-gif.gif (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/kevrob2/media/Sweep-the-Leg-gif.gif.html)

https://media.giphy.com/media/fXWhYtuwZc06s/giphy.gif

[TheGreatYacht]

Is a disgrace that Duncan has never won DPoY. If it was up to me, he would get it this season.
Marcus Camby, Tyson Chandler, and Marc Gasol won it SMFH

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!

[Chris]

TP :wow

[ElNono]

Wannnaaa bbeeee yyyooouurrrr hhheeerrroooooo... baaaayyybbbbeeee

[Chomag]

We need a gif of Timmy ripping the ball away followed by Tony's basket. Sweet.

So much this!

[Silver&Black]

https://media.giphy.com/media/fXWhYtuwZc06s/giphy.gif

GET HIM A BODY BAG!!! YEEEEAAAAAH!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

:claw

[Silver&Black]

:claw 4 333333333333333....

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard333333333333

[Chris]

GET HIM A BODY BAG!!! YEEEEAAAAAH!!!!

:tu

[MVPCues]

Spurs are warmed up now...

[DPG21920]

Wow that was impressive by ZBO..

[Silver&Black]

Wannnaaa bbeeee yyyooouurrrr hhheeerrroooooo... baaaayyybbbbeeee

Where is our boy Beiber at??? Suicide???

[313]

Kawhi playing D and spotting up in the corner :tu

Shades of our 13/14 championship runs :tu

[will_spurs]

Things are so much easier when 2-3 players collapse on Tony.

[DPG21920]

That was definitely a foul on Tim.

[Chris]

Get that weak shit out ZBO :lol

[gilmor]

7 more points..

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

LMA just wrecked that shot

[MVPCues]

They better show that block again!

[Silver&Black]

Head of the Snake, tbh.

[Keepin' it real]

LMA with the pussy block

:blah

[$pursDynasty]

TP going off

[Chris]

2009 Parker is here

[Budkin]

Playoff mode Parker

God do we need this so badly.

[ElNono]

Where is our boy Beiber at??? Suicide???

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3931444/tumblr_m6lteqoBx91ra6mo9o3_250.0.gif

[Arcadian]

They really aren't though. They were the second best offense in the league for a large part of the year. It was only recently that the offense started crapping the bed.

Let's hope they didn't peak too early. They have stretches of shitty offense. Try that against the Warriors, and it's over.

[Mnky]

LMAlpha MVParker DefensiveClawOfTheYear

I'm liking what I see.

[EVAY]

Things are so much easier when 2-3 players collapse on Tony.

Yes they are...

[SpurPadre]

Finally they woke up.

[Kawhitstorm]

Porker is playing like a sailor who just landed on an Island w/ a brothel after 2 years at sea.:lol

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard3333333333

[Chomag]

Kind of fun watching all the old guys go at it lol

[ElNono]

kill em, kill em all

[DMC]

I wish Land would talk about the game, the sidebar discussion goes on too long, no one cares.

[Chris]

SAVAGE MANU!

[313]

Kawhi :claw:

Spurs just beating teams, they're supposed to beat

[TheDoctor]

Lets hope Tony coasted through all the season and MVParker is here to stay.

[Ron Swanson]

Manu wrecking shit now

[ElNono]

Manu block!

[Silver&Black]

:wow Dat Manu Block :wow

[TheGreatYacht]

Manu's hustle stats, moving up :tu

[DPG21920]

That would have brought the house down if Kawhi sank that. Manu with a classy block :tu

[timtonymanu]

Det Client

[beirmeistr]

Porker is playing like a sailor who just landed on an Island w/ a brothel after 2 years at sea.:lol

hilarious

[Chris]

Refs aren't calling shit; very physical game

[SpurPadre]

TD and Manu are moving well tonight.

[DPG21920]

Urkel coming in..

[GSH]

Fathead sighting.

[MVPCues]

SAGirl just jumped up and down.

[hater]

Rape mode tbh

[Silver&Black]

Manu's hustle stats, moving up :tu

FatHead in...

:wakeup

[Kikoluna]

Oh god no. Why pop!

[Vokun]

Really Pop? Bringing in Fathead so the lead can get cut down to 9?

[TheGreatYacht]

Lol, fat head in. 71-49 with 3:22 remaining in the third. Write the score and time down.

[313]

Kyle Anderson in, here comes a run

[r0drig0lac]

Kyle

[Ron Swanson]

http://i.imgur.com/05jiOsZ.gif

[TDomination]

Looking like the #1 defense

[Darius Bieber]

Lol, fat head in. 71-49 with 3:22 remaining in the third. Write the score and time down.

Already -2

[TheDoctor]

Untucked jersey Kawhi is the most dangerous form of Kawhi out there. Fact.

[hater]

Damn there's a guy with a respirator in the front row.wtf

[Chris]

atta boy Mills

[TXstbobcat]

Mills!!!!

[DPG21920]

Great job Kyle!

[TheGreatYacht]

Urkel coming in..

FatHead in...

:wakeup
Could've sworn Peyton Manning retired already :pctoss

[Darius Bieber]

Damn there's a guy with a respirator in the front row.wtf


True fan tbh

[DPG21920]

Perfectly played defense there with West/Kyle. Made the right call, switched smoothly and got his hands up.

[GSH]

Untucked jersey Kawhi is the most dangerous form of Kawhi out there. Fact.


That's pretty funny. I never noticed, but I bet it's right. I'll be watching from now on.

[DMC]

Tonight's theme: active hands

[Mnky]

http://i.imgur.com/05jiOsZ.gif

:lol

[sasaint]

Perfectly played defense there with West/Kyle. Made the right call, switched smoothly and got his hands up.

Great team D!

[313]

Can Tony play like this against OKC?

[TXstbobcat]

Bobo!!!!!

[Silver&Black]

:bobo

Mon Negro.