** Game Thread SPURS @ Roxs Sat (11/12) 7:00PM CT, 8:00PM ET, 3:00AM Riga **

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs very lucky the Rockets are off today, let's push the lead to double digits :tu

[Cry Havoc]

This officiating is fucking ridiculous.

[cutewizard]

defense

milllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllls 3

[GSH]

Pow!

[bklynspursfan]

Man if we can't win with Anderson playing this poorly....

[FkLA]

Who's the faggot filling in for Bill Land?

[r0drig0lac]

what a play by gasol

[spursistan]

Ryan Andeerson missing wide open 3s against us :wow

[cutewizard]

Gasol is a beast

[spurtech09]

No foul?

[bklynspursfan]

How is that not a tripping foul???

[RD2191]

Pass the ball mills!

[GSH]

Hardon hurt while tripping Patty.

[DAF86]

The fuck was Patty doing there?

Watch out for the fluke here.

[cutewizard]

die now harden

[FkLA]

How about a fucking foul call you faggot ass refs? No doubt Harden would've gotten a call on the other end for that same play.

[sasaint]

So where did Patty think he was going there?

[Cry Havoc]

OH SHIT

[timtonymanu]

Another end of quarter shot for Rockets coming up?

[cutewizard]

hahahahahahahahahahaha harden lol

[DAF86]

The fuck was Patty doing there?

Watch out for the fluke here.

[resistanze]

Where was Patty going?

[Darius Bieber]

Dang it. Could have been an ACL tear.

[RD2191]

That would of been a nice 3.

[GSH]

9 point lead is nice, but only giving up 40 in the first half is priceless. It's a lot easier to win a game when you don't put yourselves in a hole.

[DAF86]

So Nene hooks Manu so he can get around him, and Manu gets whistled?

How you liking Manu tonight son?

[timtonymanu]

Damnit wanted a fluke 3 like that Dekker guy did last time

[DarrinS]

9 point lead is nice, but only giving up 40 in the first half is priceless. It's a lot easier to win a game when you don't put yourselves in a hole.

This

[spursistan]

Great end to the Q. Rox missing wide open 3s helped too

[GSH]

So where did Patty think he was going there?

Yeah. Hardon fouled him, but dribbling straight to the corner like that?

[cutewizard]

9 points differential im happy

Gasol is truly remarkable , i like him a lot

manu is still fighting at his age

team starts to show some fire in there

lets not fret too much, the season is long, many things can happen

[Nathan89]

Dang it. Could have been an ACL tear.

If we can't beat the rockets then we suck anyways. Unless you just hate Harden.

[sasaint]

Yeah. Hardon fouled him, but dribbling straight to the corner like that?

Heck, I'm not sure Patty gets that call in SA anymore.

[KimmyGib]

Kawhi with 0 rebounds

[Chris]

Gasol is truly remarkable , i like him a lot

MVPau tbh

[GSH]

How you liking Manu tonight son?


Truth? He makes me sad. Not playing bad, or anything. But too many scrub-ass defenders can stay in front of him at will. I know - father time and all that. But there's no doubt the end of another era has already happened. I miss the way he used to play. He's still giving 100%, it's just not there.

Considering his age, mileage, and the fact that he played last night? He's mostly played well, I guess. It's just not Manu.

[DarrinS]

Bill Land sounds very sick.

[sasaint]

Kawhi with 0 rebounds

And 2 pretty ugly turnovers. Don't remember any real Kawhi moments on D. Just hasn't really had the kind of impact he usually does in a half of basketball. Wonder what's up?

[RD2191]

We need AD! Trade everyone but named kawhi!

[cutewizard]

MVPau tbh


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right on man!

warm regards!

[FkLA]

Bill Land sounds very sick.

Is it Land? I thought it was someone filling in for him.

[cutewizard]

We need AD! Trade everyone but named kawhi!


is AD available??

[RD2191]

is AD available??

Probably not but he can't be happy right now. Just lost to the lakers at home and they're now 1-9 to start the season.

[r0drig0lac]

MVParker wow

[Chris]

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right on man!

warm regards!

:bobo

[RD2191]

MVPORKER

[TheGreatYacht]

MVParker

[FkLA]

head of the snake

[$pursDynasty]

Head of the snake

[RD2191]

LMA

[Chris]

:lma:lma:lma

[spurtech09]

Travel

[r0drig0lac]

lmao hardon travelling

[RD2191]

Porker is dead

[mclinejr]

Hardin is such a biatch.

[timtonymanu]

T up the beard.

[Chris]

Flopper chants from the Houston faithful :lol

[RD2191]

Fuck off ariza

[timtonymanu]

Parker with the "my mouth" flop again :lol

Why does Clyde still broadcast games, tbh?

[spursparker9]

lol porker get exposed

[FkLA]

head of the snake with a season-high 9 points :wow

[Cry Havoc]

Rockets announcers make you absolutely hate the Rockets. Fucking disgraceful.

[RD2191]

Pau!

[spurtech09]

Pau playing hard.....Keep it up....

[cutewizard]

good defense

[timtonymanu]

Rockets announcers make you absolutely hate the Rockets. Fucking disgraceful.

Never gets easier listening to Clyde

[Maddog]

Parker with the "my mouth" flop again :lol

Why does Clyde still broadcast games, tbh?

Had to put it BACK on mute after that one

[Chris]

They got Anderson on LMA he needs to take advantage

[spurtech09]

To much passing.....

[RD2191]

Rockets announcers make you absolutely hate the Rockets. Fucking disgraceful.

I couldn't bare to listen to them for more than a few minutes the last time I had to listen to the roxs feed. There are homer announcers and then there's roxs announcers. :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Looking good thus far. Nice fluidity to the offense

[Darius Bieber]

If we can't beat the rockets then we suck anyways. Unless you just hate Harden.

Rockets already without Beverly though

[HI-FI]

MVPau <3

[Kawhitstorm]

Why is Softridge even bothering to pass when he could shoot over Anderson?:rolleyes

[GSH]

Spurs getting a few calls helps. Making a few shots helps too, so the Rockets can't get out and run as much.

[HI-FI]

Shit one of the tech's burritos squirted on the satellite dish.

[Chris]

MVPau bullyin' nigs in the paint

[spurtech09]

Pau making Spurs Fans eat crow

[Nathan89]

Parker closing the gap on LMA

[spursistan]

Kawhi has regressed a bit from his opening week level..

[Captivus]

nice...looking good

[RD2191]

Keep it up Parker! Looking good!

[r0drig0lac]

amazing defense today

[Raven]

what a difference danny green makes..

[GSH]

Pau getting position early makes it easier to get that rebound. They should go over that in the film session.

[spurtech09]

Spurs play better on the road than at home?

[$pursDynasty]

Head of the snake, team looking good

[cutewizard]

thats it my boys!!!!!

yihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaa

see, we are NOT a bad team

[timtonymanu]

Spurs are like a different team on the road. Maybe all those empty seats in SA throw them off.

[Chris]

what a difference danny green makes..

He's looked pretty good; still a little slow though.

[Mugen]

Best stretch of the season for TP tbh. not saying much but good to see.

[DAF86]

Tony has been awesome today.

[DarrinS]

Rare TP playing well sighting.

[spursparker9]

MVParker best game of the season

[bklynspursfan]

tp having his best game yet. Been saying wait till our starting 5 returns for some time before we start making crazy predictions and cliff jumping.

Won't be like this every night, but you can see the potential

[cutewizard]

gentlemen, i have the impression that Pau Gasol is already integrated with the team

high bb iq =======faster integration


if Pau continues inthis way we shall go far....................................

[Kawhitstorm]

MVPORKER

:cry

[spursistan]

:cry Head of the snake :cry

[GSH]

what a difference danny green makes..


He's looked pretty good; still a little slow though.


Maybe they should put Kyle back in the SL, and bring Danny off the bench then. :D

[FkLA]

HOTS is playing well tonight. Not forcing anything and managing the game well. If we can get that kind of play from him consistently, the Spurs are a much better team.

[RD2191]

Wtf kawhi

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs are like a different team on the road. Maybe all those empty seats in SA throw them off.

:lol

[99 Problems]

Kawhi is going for 20 tonight. 20.

[$pursDynasty]

How the hell Gordon get that wide open?

[RD2191]

Fuck off ariza

[spurtech09]

Spurs playing much better.

[spursistan]

Kawhi tonight : 0 assist, 0 reb, 0 FTA..could be better..

[RD2191]

Geezus fuck. Wtf

[GSH]

How the hell Gordon get that wide open?


Spurs were too busy smothering Ariza. Oh, wait...

[Chris]

Harden is unreal in the open court

[Kawhitstorm]

Pau is being guarded by Gordon & Softridge takes a fadeaway hookshot over Nene.:lol

[$pursDynasty]

Ball don't lie

[bklynspursfan]

See LMA needs to be that aggressive more. He abused Green in our first game, and he's a big strong dude. He should do that more

[Ron Swanson]

Harden is going to get another triple double against us.

[RD2191]

Fuck off Gordon. Fuck.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fuck, it is insane how many open shots the Spurs give up.

[spurtech09]

Rockets making a come back.

[GSH]

Bad offense leads to ugly defense.

[TheGreatYacht]

lol Paddy

[bklynspursfan]

How many 3s are these guys gonna hit smh

[Chris]

Props to Dantoni tbh

[timtonymanu]

smh

[FkLA]

I hate that chunky faggot Gordon.

[cutewizard]

what is wrong with Leonard????

i dont see offensive excellence from him today

[GSH]

How many 3s are these guys gonna hit smh


Only the wide-open ones.

[Ron Swanson]

Now these bitches can't miss.

[Kawhitstorm]

Gordon taking practice corner shots every time down the floor & Pop not adjusting.:lmao

[$pursDynasty]

ST will deny it but MVParker goes out and defense goes to crap. Good TO by Pop

[playbonner15]

Lol still giving up threes

[cutewizard]

need to improve three point perimeter defense

[Mugen]

Tough to defend when Harden gets momentum tbh.

[bklynspursfan]

Like 5 corner 3s we've given up this quarter. W.t.f...

[GSH]

Fuck, it is insane how many open shots the Spurs give up.


I already said it - bad offense leads to ugly defense. Spurs out of sync on the offensive end, and Hardon is jamming it down their throats.

[ElNono]

you gotta give Harden credit for finding Eric Jordon over and over again, tbh...

[jeebus]

Game is in the bag as long as Kancer doesn't come in.

[spursparker9]

Best offensive player...Harden

What a team OKC could have. If KD,Westchuck and Harden stay

[Kawhitstorm]

Props to Dantoni tbh

Right now they should be trapping Harden & living w/ Nene's midrange shots.

[bklynspursfan]

ST will deny it but MVParker goes out and defense goes to crap. Good TO by Pop

It's not the defense imo, it's the pace changing in the offense. When Parker has the ball they tend to use a bit more of the clock and run more stuff.. they're offense is too quick leading to fast breaks for them

[cutewizard]

where is Garino now fellas???

we need another perimeter defender

[spursistan]

Is Kawhi bigger offensive load taking a toll on his D?

[Splits]

Parker out. Lead gone.

[GSH]

Tough to defend when Harden gets momentum tbh.


Make shot, and force them to bring it the length of the court. It helps to get the defense set up.

[TheGreatYacht]

Paddy dribbling the air out of the ball

[$pursDynasty]

Dribble dribble dribble

[RD2191]

Kawhi playing by defense tonight

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Harden :lol

[spurtech09]

Harden hero ball.

[Chris]

Manu :tu

Get that shit out Nene :lol

[GSH]

Hardon doesn't ever shuffle his feet. That should have gone to instant replay.

[bklynspursfan]

Great D Aldridge

[Amuseddaysleeper]

NOT IN ALDRIDGE'S HOUSE!


Sorry that's the only time all season I'll get to say that.

[still.focused]

Tough to defend when Harden gets momentum tbh.

For whatever reason everyone jogs back on D like stopping the ball is optional
EVERYONE has to get back not just Hardens defender

[ElNono]

raining tres

[timtonymanu]

These fucking Rockets announcers. That's probably where all the Rox fan delusion comes from.They feed them bullshit like the Rockets are invincible and never foul.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Why does Dedmon play SUCH few minutes, absolutely bizarre.

[RD2191]

These cocksuckers think they're the dubs all of a sudden ?

[ElNono]

LMA giveth, LMA taketh away

[spurtech09]

Calm down,,,,,,

[Chris]

Mills can't hit the broadside of a barn atm

[bklynspursfan]

Dam Patty we needed that

[sasaint]

Simmons with the tough board!

[ElNono]

MVPau

[TheGreatYacht]

The 3 oldest guys playing well. Parker, Manu, and Pau

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Has Pau hit 2 consecutive free throws for the Spurs all year? :lol

[$pursDynasty]

Pau 1 for 2 Gasol

[Ron Swanson]

It's a Manu tres

[ElNono]

damn that kid Manu is gonna be pretty good, tbh

[Chris]

Vintage Manu these last few minutes

[r0drig0lac]

Manuuuu

[HI-FI]

Why does Dedmon play SUCH few minutes, absolutely bizarre.
:pop: "he needs to get over himself."

[Amuseddaysleeper]

LOVING Manu in this game

[resistanze]

Expected a drop off in D this year, but offense is still the same, didn't get better as I assumed. Ugly.

[spurtech09]

Harden forcing everything.....

[Kawhitstorm]

Tough to defend when Harden gets momentum tbh.

The best offense against Harden is to make him play defense ala MVP Nash when Porker used to go at him.

[Chris]

Manu reads Spurstalk

[timtonymanu]

Why does Dedmon play SUCH few minutes, absolutely bizarre.

:lol if Pop is seriously benching him because of a harmless twitter article.

[spursistan]

Manu having a nice B2B game ..

[Chris]

JUICE!

[bklynspursfan]

Nice patience by Simmons

[Ron Swanson]

Manu again!

[ElNono]

Negrobili :tu

[bklynspursfan]

Manu!!!

[RD2191]

MANU

[Chris]

Manu wants some nasty

[r0drig0lac]

wow Manu godlike

[spursistan]

Man Kawhi has been MIA after Q1..he is really cooled down the past week..

[TheGreatYacht]

The 3 oldest guys playing well. Parker, Manu, and Pau

[timtonymanu]

14 million dollar man

[Chris]

MVPau :worthy:

[timtonymanu]

Man Kawi has been MIA after Q1..he is really cooled down the past week..

He was carrying a pretty heavy load the first week. He'll be fine, imo. The Spurs need these kind of games where the rest of the team steps up.

[resistanze]

The Nose!!

[bklynspursfan]

Great way to end the half folks. 12 more mins of solid offense and great defense

[Mugen]

MVPau and Manu

[DarrinS]

Thank you Manu

[timtonymanu]

Feels good being on the other side like Houston was doing to us last time.

[ElNono]

time to sub manu, make sure he doesn't hurt himself out there...

[cutewizard]

David Lee body language ====== good!, team player

Manu is amazing at this level, he can still play at a high level, omg

Manu and Gasol ======== Spurs death line-up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (super high bb iq)

[DAF86]

Truth? He makes me sad. Not playing bad, or anything. But too many scrub-ass defenders can stay in front of him at will. I know - father time and all that. But there's no doubt the end of another era has already happened. I miss the way he used to play. He's still giving 100%, it's just not there.

Considering his age, mileage, and the fact that he played last night? He's mostly played well, I guess. It's just not Manu.

Dude if you are expecting 2005 production you are out of your mind. Manu at this point is nothing more than a 7th, 8th player. And for that type of role, he's more than OK. I've seen you complain about Manu play this season, now I understand: you have unrealistic expectations of him son.

P/S: he's has been awesome this game. Not just "well, I guess".

[cutewizard]

manu is truly a god of basketball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

:lol if Pop is seriously benching him because of a harmless twitter article.

That's what it feels like! Ridiculous :lol

[spursistan]

time to sub manu, make sure he doesn't hurt himself out there...
How about him B2Banu? :lol

[cutewizard]

He was carrying a pretty heavy load the first week. He'll be fine, imo. The Spurs need these kind of games where the rest of the team steps up.


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totally agree!

[Chris]

:pop: : "I don't do twitter."

[Hoops Czar]

Spurs beating up on a top 4 team *in the west on the road. Bring it home guys.

[cutewizard]

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSpppppppppppppurrrrrrrrrrrssssssss! !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

That pass by Manu :wow

[r0drig0lac]

magic manu

[spurtech09]

Now this is Spurs basketball......Seems like Spurs play better on the road.

[TheGreatYacht]

I'm truly thankful Kyle is gone

[timtonymanu]

Need Manu to get 20 so Nono can bump a certain thread

[Chris]

Need solid defense the rest of the quarter and no turnovers!

[Ron Swanson]

Now this is Spurs basketball......Seems like Spurs play better on the road.

They're tired of all the empty seats at home.

[bklynspursfan]

My god what a pass by Manu

[ElNono]

How about him B2Banu? :lol

i was selling him short, I guess... still this was a short trip.

[TheGreatYacht]

Simmons reads spurstalk

[r0drig0lac]

JSimms

[ElNono]

hope we can hold the lead while Manu rests, tbh

[daledondale]

I'm truly thankful Kyle is gone

[Chris]

Time for Kiwi to take over

[timtonymanu]

Good to know Ryan Anderson is capable of having a shitty game against us like he should

[Chris]

TP9

[GSH]

Dude if you are expecting 2005 production you are out of your mind. Manu at this point is nothing more than a 7th, 8th player. And for that type of role, he's more than OK. I've seen you complain about Manu play this season, now I understand: you have unrealistic expectations of him son.

P/S: he's has been awesome this game. Not just "well, I guess".


LOL... sort of chickenshit, since he did almost all of his damage after I wrote that. I bet you can pick the Powerball numbers tomorrow morning, too.

No, I don't EXPECT 2005 production, fucktard. I just said that it's hard to watch defenders stay in front of him at will. Pretty sure I even said that father time is catching up. You get plenty of opportunities to be a dick, why go so far out of your way?

[RD2191]

Parker!

[$pursDynasty]

Head of the snake

[r0drig0lac]

MVParker reads Spur... whatever

[spurtech09]

Pau having a solid night...Tp having a solid night....

[cutewizard]

Simmons has definite improvement

[spursistan]

love D Lee hustle; tbh

[ElNono]

:lol why was Pop yelling at Enrique, tbh?

[cutewizard]

Pop ============ head of the snake!

everyone knows this, lol

[FkLA]

HOTS should only be allowed to shoot from the paint and corner 3s. No more midrange jumpers.

[TheGreatYacht]

Time to let Kawhi eat. I need the stats

[spurtech09]

They're tired of all the empty seats at home.agree

[cutewizard]

Paul is the equal of Duncan in defensive rebounding

[bklynspursfan]

Looking good.

[RD2191]

Why does pau look better than lma?

[Kawhitstorm]

Is Kawhi bigger offensive load taking a toll on his D?

He's shutting down Anderson who has been his main assignment. :wakeup

[GSH]

For whatever reason everyone jogs back on D like stopping the ball is optional
EVERYONE has to get back not just Hardens defender


When he's got a head of steam, one guy isn't going to stop him. I've seen a lot of plays where two guys (at least) were back on D, but they both had to try and cut off Harden. That's why the corner keeps being open. The solution is better shot choices, and not to let them run as much.

[Kawhitstorm]

Why does pau look better than lma?

B/c he's more skilled & has a MUCH higher Bball IQ.:rolleyes

[RD2191]

Fuck off harden

[bklynspursfan]

Harden pushed off, foul on Lee

[spurtech09]

Another one of those awful James Harden shots...

[bklynspursfan]

Ball don't lie...

[GSH]

Fuck - Harden wants space so he just extends that off arm. Never gonna get called, but the game is a lot easier when you can create your own space that way. Still, he's strong enough to do it and not lose the ball, I guess.

[cutewizard]

where is bertans?

he would have hit that shot

[bklynspursfan]

Lee had Gordon on him, should have went to work

[Chris]

Just not Leonard's night I guess

[sasaint]

Time for Kiwi to take over

Time for Kawhi to make an appearance, tbh.

[RD2191]

Kawhi is off tonight

[Ron Swanson]

Lee +1