Official Game Thread: Heat @ Spurs: Nov 14, 7:30 PM CT, 2:30 AM Riga Time

[DPG21920]

I'm not kidding, I will ban OP if he can't police himself.

[bklynspursfan]

Dammit Aldridge, that was bad. So weak there

[RD2191]

I'm not kidding, I will ban OP if he can't police himself.
:lmao

[Mnky]

Terrible screens by Aldridge wow

Not a fan of his screen game. They're so bad, I have to think he does it on purpose to get the ball back for an open jumper.

Which would make sense if he wasn't so bad off the ball screening.

[FkLA]

I'm not kidding, I will ban OP if he can't police himself.

Ban him. He's obviously too much of an attention whore to resist starting game threads.

[GSH]

It's the Kawhi show. He cut off that fast break, and created his own shot on the other end. Maybe stopped the bleeding.

[100%duncan]

Finally Kawhi waking up

[DarrinS]

Kawhi helping put this away.

[timtonymanu]

Kawhi taking us home

[DPG21920]

:lmao

:lol

[100%duncan]

Kawhi taking us home

against Miami. Fucking Amused

[cutewizard]

safe lead, ok

[bklynspursfan]

Aldridge just said I can't make a f'ing layup lol.

He's gotta finish that

[100%duncan]

Aldridge :lmao

[bklynspursfan]

I've never hated a spur this bad. Hope he gets cut or something

I'm not at that point yet, but it's discouraging after the hype surrounding him from the summer league.

He is who he is imo. Doesn't have to do with who's on the court, it's just the player he is

[Ron Swanson]

Dedmon is out for the game.

[timtonymanu]

Fucking Dedmon and Green both injured. Thanks OP.

[DPG21920]

Patty is a terrible defender. My goodness.

[GSH]

Patty is a terrible defender. My goodness.

But a damned good matador.

[100%duncan]

Kawhobe

[Robz4000]

Spurs just can't put this team away. I know half the team is injured but fuck.

[cutewizard]

lousy game by our team tbh

[$pursDynasty]

Some Spur has to take over, many looked good in the first half, need someone in the 4th

[SASdynasty!]

Parker at +14 leading the team. Nothing new.

[RD2191]

Lma is trash

[GSH]

Miami really is getting by with a lot of pawing. Pau got hacked after pulling down that rebound. He held onto the ball, but it kept him from being able to make an outlet pass.

[Ron Swanson]

MVPatty

[100%duncan]

Spoelstra is such a faggot

[GSH]

I don't blame Pau. Fucking refs have swallowed their whistles.

[RD2191]

Parker at +14 leading the team. Nothing new.

You being a +10 on the faggot scale, nothing new.

[timtonymanu]

Karma on Winslow for injuring our players

[james evans]

winslow flopped. good no call ref

[spursistan]

That is an OFF foul on Pau, tbh :lol

[loveforthegame]

Of course.

[bklynspursfan]

It's extremely frustrating we aren't blowing them out

[RD2191]

Fuck off waiters

[timtonymanu]

You being a +10 on the faggot scale, nothing new.

:lol

[$pursDynasty]

Put Tony back in

[Ron Swanson]

Waiters flopping his ass off. I hope someone finds the sniper that shot him.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard limping. Great.

[bklynspursfan]

We are lacking nasty big time

[100%duncan]

I thought handchecking wasnt allowed anymore :lmao

[AZK619]

You being a +10 on the faggot scale, nothing new.
:lol

[RD2191]

MVPau

[timtonymanu]

Patty watch your man

[spursistan]

Kawhi shot has been off the past 10 days..

[RD2191]

Amused's curse just might be too much to overcome.

[timtonymanu]

Got to end this game soon. Miami is too physical and bruising everyone

[sasaint]

Spoelstra is such a faggot

Don't blame him on that one. Poorly officiated game all around, but Pau got away with one there.

[Kikoluna]

Thank you kyle

[playbonner15]

If Spurs lose, is it OPs falut?

[james evans]

miami trying t flop their way to a comeback win.

[DPG21920]

Disgusting response from SA :td

I have not been this disappointed in a long time. They way they are playing at home literally disgusts me.

[100%duncan]

of course

[RD2191]

Wtf kawhi

[Robz4000]

What a fucking choke job

[GSH]

How that fucker can't make a FT, but he can make that?

[100%duncan]

Don't blame him on that one. Poorly officiated game all around, but Pau got away with one there.

Yeah one poor call for us after how many non-calls for miami. Fuck him

[siraulo23]

Amused

green and maybe dedmon

[spursistan]

this team at home :lmao

[james evans]

Don't blame him on that one. Poorly officiated game all around, but Pau got away with one there.
he didn't do anything hahah. He just moved his arm and Winslow flopped. You know like I know Gasol is a bitch. He's not throwing any elbows

[FaM0us Skins]

Wow

[SpurPadre]

Why are we making Waiters look like a prime Kobe?

[bklynspursfan]

Just terrible. No physicality. No toughness. Our 3rd stringers should be in now

[Ron Swanson]

Winslow whining again

[bklynspursfan]

he didn't do anything hahah. He just moved his arm and Winslow flopped. You know like I know Gasol is a bitch. He's not throwing any elbows

I thought Winslow flopped too tbh. Wasn't nearly as bad as he made it seem

[GSH]

Clumsy Patty just fell down on defense. No charge there or anything. :rolleyes

[timtonymanu]

This was a blowout win before the Green injury. DPG said it earlier, but just shows how important Green is. That 2nd best player on the team label is looking more accurate every day.

[RD2191]

Wtf

[spurtech09]

Why are the Spurs making it harder than what it is.....

[bklynspursfan]

Just not hitting any shots, it's insane. Aldridge and Kawhi missed 2 shots they can knock down all day

[100%duncan]

What a shit game

[DPG21920]

When you replace Danny with Mills basically you see how rough it is. Patty had a really, really bad game defensively.

[DAF86]

What an abortion of a second half. :lol

Another moral loss sons.

[loveforthegame]

This team gives me heartburn.

[GSH]

LOL... Waiters claiming it was out on Patty when he knows he tipped it. :lol

[spurtech09]

This was a blowout win before the Green injury. DPG said it earlier, but just shows how important Green is. That 2nd best player on the team label is looking more accurate every day.What happened to Danny Green...

[james evans]

i swear Aldridge can't hit a fucking wide open 15 footer late in the 4th. I dont know what it is

[100%duncan]

This was a blowout win before the Green injury. DPG said it earlier, but just shows how important Green is. That 2nd best player on the team label is looking more accurate every day.

What's worse is that he was looking pretty fine the past games but now he might miss games as well. FUck

[sasaint]

Clutch-less play tonight. Smh.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Leonard bricking left and right

[AZK619]

Kawhi struggling, good thing his teammates are helping him.

[james evans]

I thought Winslow flopped too tbh. Wasn't nearly as bad as he made it seem
wasn't it Winslow that hit Parker in the mouth with an elbow earlier on the drive?

[playbonner15]

Kyle in :lol

[timtonymanu]

What happened to Danny Green...

Got kneed in the groin before the 2nd half.

[GSH]

What's worse is that he was looking pretty fine the past games but now he might miss games as well. FUck



He and Manu are only going to have two balls between them. They'll have to share.

[AZK619]

Winslow is a little ho. Glad MVPau got him back.

[spurtech09]

Well a win is a win......

[GSH]

Kyle in :lol


Just when you thought the game was in the bag.

[timtonymanu]

Someone has to start the next game thread asap before Amused even thinks about starting one. :lol

[Captivus]

Anderson in...Pop overcoaching...

[FkLA]

I love Enrique's balls in my mouth. So good. Nothing new.

:vomit:

[100%duncan]

Someone has to start the next game thread asap before Amused even thinks about starting one. :lol

I WAS STARTING GMAE THREADZ BEFORE U WAS BORN FCKER

[spurtech09]

Got kneed in the groin before the 2nd half.
ouch

[DAF86]

Give it to Kawhi. Let's pad that MVP case.

[RD2191]

I WAS STARTING GMAE THREADZ BEFORE U WAS BORN FCKER

:lmao

[FkLA]

I WAS STARTING GMAE THREADZ BEFORE U WAS BORN FCKER

:lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I can't take the fall for Danny, he was already coming off an injury, but I will finally suspend my thread starting privileges as losing Dedmon sucks. It's a 12 step program and I have finally reached the first step which is admitting that I have a problem.

All jokes aside, I had no intention of starting the game thread but considering there was less than 2 hours until tipoff and no one had made a thread I figured I'd take the initiative.


It's a bizarre time on Spurstalk now where game threads barely get made in advance and game threads struggle to reach double digits for pages. :depressed

[Robz4000]

Got kneed in the groin before the 2nd half.

Looked more like he got it in the quad again.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I WAS STARTING GMAE THREADZ BEFORE U WAS BORN FCKER

:lol

[RD2191]

Fuck off heat

[Silver&Black]

I WAS STARTING GMAE THREADZ BEFORE U WAS BORN FCKER

:wow

[SpurPadre]

This shit isn't funny anymore, Amused. Cut the crap and stop starting threads.

[loveforthegame]

Unreal

[playbonner15]

Wait33333rsss!!!:wow

[GSH]

Dammit quit gambling on defense. WTF Murray?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Hope to get some SAGirlHead in the 2nd half

With Kyle Anderson on the court at the same time, I'm sure you'll both enjoy it :tu

[timtonymanu]

I can't take the fall for Danny, he was already coming off an injury, but I will finally suspend my thread starting privileges as losing Dedmon sucks. It's a 12 step program and I have finally reached the first step which is admitting that I have a problem.

All jokes aside, I had no intention of starting the game thread but considering there was less than 2 hours until tipoff and no one had made a thread I figured I'd take the initiative.


It's a bizarre time on Spurstalk now where game threads barely get made in advance and game threads struggle to reach double digits for pages. :depressed

All good, my dude. But we will see your next game thread against Sacramento. :tu

[RD2191]

Amused is a cooler just like William H Macy.

[timtonymanu]

Waiters another to the list of Spurs killers. Killed us in the playoffs also.

[bklynspursfan]

Glad to see those big guys communicating

[sasaint]

Are Pau and Lee teaching LMA how to set a screen?!?!?!

[RD2191]

Are Pau and Lee teaching LMA how to set a screen?!?!?!

Looked like it. :lol

[timtonymanu]

Whats up with the schedule and the Spurs playing the same teams so far? We've already seen a couple of opponents twice.

[bklynspursfan]

Same thing against Houston, slacked off and let them back in it.

It's bittersweet, cause these wins are dam near like losses, I hope pop treats them as such and stays on these guys.

[SpurPadre]

Waiters another to the list of Spurs killers. Killed us in the playoffs also.

And he's a scrub against everybody else like Teletubby

[DAF86]

Meanwhile the Clippers 26-7 up in the 1st.

[spurtech09]

Crazy as it is Waiters will not have another performance like this for the rest of the season..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

The Clippers are up 33-7 on the Nets right now. Still time left in the first quarter :wow

[cutewizard]

Spuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs win!

[$pursDynasty]

Amused any more pictures of that Silver dancer from your last game thread?

[Robz4000]

Just a disgusting game. Spurs are so terrible right now its ridiculous; they aren't even close to being a contender right now.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Crazy as it is Waiters will not have another performance like this for the rest of the season..

Unless the Heat meet the Spurs in the playoffs.

[GSH]

Spurs gave up 60 points through the first 3 quarters, and 30 in the fourth. That won't get it done.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Amused any more pictures of that Silver dancer from your last game thread?

That was the only one I could find, though I simply googled "Spurs cheerleaders 2016". I tried to find more but her lawyer got in contact with me so I had to back off.

[SpurPadre]

Did Dedmon get injured too or is he still in the doghouse for that retweet?

[Kawhitstorm]

Dion Butters shooting 33% for the season then going off tonight.:rolleyes

[100%duncan]

Whats up with the schedule and the Spurs playing the same teams so far? We've already seen a couple of opponents twice.

Also playing at Sacramento again, you'd think the next Kings game would be at home

[RD2191]

That was the only one I could find, though I simply googled "Spurs cheerleaders 2016". I tried to find more but her lawyer got in contact with me so I had to back off.

I hope you're joking.

[Kawhitstorm]

The Clippers are up 33-7 on the Nets right now. Still time left in the first quarter :wow

Cripples trying to win the REGULAR season championship b/c they can't win the real one.:lol

[100%duncan]

Did Dedmon get injured too or is he still in the doghouse for that retweet?

Injured

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Whats up with the schedule and the Spurs playing the same teams so far? We've already seen a couple of opponents twice.

Could be worse, the Raptors have a b2b against Cleveland and then Golden State starting tomorrow :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Cripples trying to win the REGULAR season championship b/c they can't win the real one.:lol

:lol

[SpurPadre]

Injured

Fuck...how serious is it?

[Robz4000]

Did Dedmon get injured too or is he still in the doghouse for that retweet?

Injured. Looked damn good before it happened too.

[Kawhitstorm]

Just a disgusting game. Spurs are so terrible right now its ridiculous; they aren't even close to being a contender right now.

Team is cruising until the postseason, they learned their lesson last season about blowing their load in the regular season.

[DPG21920]

This team has no leadership. They are talented, Kawhi masking a lot of things, but there is no leadership. Such a big void with no Tim.

LMA / Pau are so talented but they are obviously soft. They won't lead but can be great pieces. TP is too diminished. Same with Manu. It's on Kawhi and it's not his nature.

The chemistry should come and hopefully some of the atrocious guard play (Manu and Patty throwing passes at bigs feet leading to immediate fast breaks for other teams) will be cleaned up.

I'm just not sure there is a heart on this team.

[timtonymanu]

Could be worse, the Raptors have a b2b against Cleveland and then Golden State starting tomorrow :lol

Yeah I've just never seen a regular season schedule like that before. :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I hope you're joking.

Can't comment any further unfortunately man.

[DPG21920]

Can't comment any further unfortunately man.

Stop starting threads.

[100%duncan]

Fuck...how serious is it?

Looked like something in his left knee. Got folded a bit. He played for like 2 mins after it though. He was fighting hard, so i hope nothing srs

[HarlemHeat37]

Waiters scored 18 points in the 2nd half:lmao

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This team has no leadership. They are talented, Kawhi masking a lot of things, but there is no leadership. Such a big void with no Tim.

LMA / Pau are so talented but they are obviously soft. They won't lead but can be great pieces. TP is too diminished. Same with Manu. It's on Kawhi and it's not his nature.

The chemistry should come and hopefully some of the atrocious guard play (Manu and Patty throwing passes at bigs feet leading to immediate fast breaks for other teams) will be cleaned up.

I'm just not sure there is a heart on this team.

I agree completely. There just isn't any hunger whatsoever. I'm hoping it's a case of it simply being November and missing Green for so many games, but with the way the roster is constructed you just don't have any players outside of Kawhi who have a swagger and can change the game with their hustle or knack for big shots. I can't even see a plausible trade where we can get "hungrier" players outside of trading LMA.

[100%duncan]

This team has no leadership. They are talented, Kawhi masking a lot of things, but there is no leadership. Such a big void with no Tim.

LMA / Pau are so talented but they are obviously soft. They won't lead but can be great pieces. TP is too diminished. Same with Manu. It's on Kawhi and it's not his nature.

The chemistry should come and hopefully some of the atrocious guard play (Manu and Patty throwing passes at bigs feet leading to immediate fast breaks for other teams) will be cleaned up.

I'm just not sure there is a heart on this team.

Tony and Manu are looking like the vocal players when they are on the court. The problem is they don't get to play in crunch time that much anymore.

[DPG21920]

Sean hit the nail on the head. TP needed to play more. Mills cannot handle the ball or initiate an offense. He can't do it. He's not a PG. PERIOD.

Manu has been bad too.

TP is the only legit guard on the team that can initiate offense and get guys into clean sets. That's a problem as many have said.

[elemento]

Pop is such a big piece of shit. Dedmon was limping after the Winslow play and he still kept him in the game knowing he was clearly injured just to send a message.

The sad part is that Dedmon was absolutely great defensively when he was in the game. They feel his presence inside and they stopped to get offensive rebounds after he checked in.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Stop starting threads.

I will, but I'm still going to assume that we're cool :tu

[apalisoc_9]

I wouldnt put any stock in this game. The spurs basically was bored by the third quarter. :lol

The Jazz and Rockets comeback win is probably a good inidication they have a higher potential than their performance has shown...

Probably just a matter of focus.

[Arcadian]

Not gonna lie. My first question after "who won" the Spurs game is now, "how many points did Leonard have?"

I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is.

This must be what it would've felt like to be Kobe fan all those years. :lol

[100%duncan]

I will, but I'm still going to assume that we're cool :tu

No you wont :lol

[DPG21920]

I will, but I'm still going to assume that we're cool :tu

Always my love

[sasaint]

Looked like it. :lol

Pitiful. But I guess somebody needs to... :depressed

[100%duncan]

Not gonna lie. My first question after "who won" the Spurs game is now, "how many points did Leonard have?"

I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is.

This must be what it would've felt like to be Kobe fan all those years. :lol

Guilty :lmao

[Amuseddaysleeper]

No you wont :lol

I seriously have to now, not just because of injuries, but the team is playing like shit :depressed

[Seventyniner]

Unless the Heat meet the Spurs in the playoffs.

Sign me up for that.

[DPG21920]

I wouldnt put any stock in this game. The spurs basically was bored by the third quarter. :lol

The Jazz and Rockets comeback win is probably a good inidication they have a higher potential than their performance has shown...

Probably just a matter of focus.

The team is mega-talented. Once more chemistry comes, they will win even more. But there is something missing and it's a softer thing. It's not talent. Im not worried about chemistry.

[Splits]

I can't take the fall for Danny, he was already coming off an injury, but I will finally suspend my thread starting privileges as losing Dedmon sucks. It's a 12 step program and I have finally reached the first step which is admitting that I have a problem.

All jokes aside, I had no intention of starting the game thread but considering there was less than 2 hours until tipoff and no one had made a thread I figured I'd take the initiative.


It's a bizarre time on Spurstalk now where game threads barely get made in advance and game threads struggle to reach double digits for pages. :depressed

Thank's Trump.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Thank's Trump.

Let's make Spurstalk great again.

[boutons_deux]

Damn, kawhi chokes FTs in crunch time.

[ElNono]

just peeked at the game here and there... glad we got the W...

[Kawhitstorm]

I wouldnt put any stock in this game. The spurs basically was bored by the third quarter. :lol

The Jazz and Rockets comeback win is probably a good inidication they have a higher potential than their performance has shown...

Probably just a matter of focus.
IKR, when they were focused they destroyed the Duds.:wakeup

[100%duncan]

The team is mega-talented. Once more chemistry comes, they will win even more. But there is something missing and it's a softer thing. It's not talent. Im not worried about chemistry.

I'm not sure how this team is mega-talented. I think youre overrating us quite a bit. Kawhi is an mvp candidate, yes. Aldridge's go to game is really unreliable. Pau is a shit defender. Our second best player is a guy who can't dribble and drive. Our best bench player is a senior citizen. And our backup pg isnt a back up pg.

Spurs are a talented team but they are not mega-talented

[bklynspursfan]

wasn't it Winslow that hit Parker in the mouth with an elbow earlier on the drive?

Yea it was.. he was annoying tonight

[Robz4000]

I agree completely. There just isn't any hunger whatsoever. I'm hoping it's a case of it simply being November and missing Green for so many games, but with the way the roster is constructed you just don't have any players outside of Kawhi who have a swagger and can change the game with their hustle or knack for big shots. I can't even see a plausible trade where we can get "hungrier" players outside of trading LMA.

Green has that swagger and has made the game-changing plays that you speak of plenty of times.

[SpurPadre]

Looked like something in his left knee. Got folded a bit. He played for like 2 mins after it though. He was fighting hard, so i hope nothing srs

Thanks for the update, bro.

[Kawhitstorm]

Damn, kawhi chokes FTs in crunch time.

He was off w/ his shooting tonight, he also missed a FT in the first half.:rolleyes

[Splits]

Let's make Spurstalk great again.

Again? Spurstalk is already Great.

And I approve of you starting game threads :tu

[HarlemHeat37]

Amused starting game threads gives us an additional layer of entertainment, tbh..it's like a game within the actual game:lol

[SpurPadre]

Injured. Looked damn good before it happened too.

Damn shame. Hope it isn't serious.

[apalisoc_9]

Amused started this thread?

Asshole! No wonder our second and third best defender got injured.

Smdh

[GSH]

This team has no leadership. They are talented, Kawhi masking a lot of things, but there is no leadership. Such a big void with no Tim.

LMA / Pau are so talented but they are obviously soft. They won't lead but can be great pieces. TP is too diminished. Same with Manu. It's on Kawhi and it's not his nature.

The chemistry should come and hopefully some of the atrocious guard play (Manu and Patty throwing passes at bigs feet leading to immediate fast breaks for other teams) will be cleaned up.

I'm just not sure there is a heart on this team.


Did you hear Kawhi in the courtside post-game interview? When he said, "It's hard to keep the intensity up for the whole game"? Oh, well, fuck there you have it. It's hard to keep the intensity up. I mean, now that we know that, it makes sense why either the first half or the second half has to suck. It's hard.

[HarlemHeat37]

Eh, I don't think it means much, tbh..they coasted during the 2nd half against a team with limited talent..

The reason the game was close is because Waiters scored 18 in the half..

[timtonymanu]

I still think had Danny not gotten injured, the game would have been a blowout win. I do have my concerns though, but I want to see this team play a full lineup for a couple of games first.

[Robz4000]

I still think had Danny not gotten injured, the game would have been a blowout win. I do have my concerns though, but I want to see this team play a full lineup for a couple of games first.

Doesn't matter if Green was available or not, this game should've never been close at the end. This team just has no heart.

[MaNu4Tres]

Did you hear Kawhi in the courtside post-game interview? When he said, "It's hard to keep the intensity up for the whole game"? Oh, well, fuck there you have it. It's hard to keep the intensity up. I mean, now that we know that, it makes sense why either the first half or the second half has to suck. It's hard.

It's hard when he's one of the only few doing it. I honestly think he's overworked on both ends the first 6-7 games and its showing in his offense. A lot of his jumpers have been short recently.

Anyway, I'm not a huge fan of him w/ the ball in PnRs regardless. I like him better getting work in off the ball.

[GSH]

Eh, I don't think it means much, tbh..they coasted during the 2nd half against a team with limited talent..

The reason the game was close is because Waiters scored 18 in the half..


He scored 16 in the fourth quarter, and a lot of that is on the Spurs shit defense. Green and Dedmon being out hurt, but that also tells you how bad the rest of the bench outside of Dedmon is defending.

But the game was close because the Spurs turned the ball over 17 times, and Miami had 14 steals. And the Spurs weren't coasting when they came out of the locker room - they just got outworked by the Heat in the second half, and they got curb-stomped in the paint.

[Robz4000]

Left Knee Sprain for Dedmon. Thankfully it wasn't anything more severe but he'll prolly be out a few weeks at least. Fuck Miami.

[GSH]

The only two players with fewer rebounds than Aldridge were Danny and Kyle. Danny missed the entire second half, and Kyle only played 5 minutes.

Whoever does the game grades should figure that shit in.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Green has that swagger and has made the game-changing plays that you speak of plenty of times.

He was great in the playoffs last year considering how much he struggled in the regular season, and looks great this year so far.

But he can't create his own shot, so while he's immense defensively I'm hoping to see more consistency in his shooting this season as he gets healthier which the Spurs will definitely need since that opens up so much for them.

[MaNu4Tres]

The only two players with fewer rebounds than Aldridge were Danny and Kyle. Danny missed the entire second half, and Kyle only played 5 minutes.

Whoever does the game grades should figure that shit in.

Nothing new about his rebounding or lack thereof tonight. The guy is overrated on this board. A lot of people see him as this All-Star when the only thing he does at an All Star level is shoot the ball from 12-18 feet. He's average at best at everything else in the game.

[DPG21920]

Eh, I don't think it means much, tbh..they coasted during the 2nd half against a team with limited talent..

The reason the game was close is because Waiters scored 18 in the half..

Bruh, they have lost 3 at home already. Guess they were just coasting in those losses?

[Robz4000]

He was great in the playoffs last year considering how much he struggled in the regular season, and looks great this year so far.

But he can't create his own shot, so while he's immense defensively I'm hoping to see more consistency in his shooting this season as he gets healthier which the Spurs will definitely need since that opens up so much for them.

Eh, whenever he hits a three it really seems to get the team going. Doesn't matter if he can create that shot by himself or not, it has the same effect. Hell, he nearly single handedly reversed how G1 in the 2014 Finals was going with his shooting.

[DPG21920]

It's not coasting when you do the same thing over and over. Look at LAC tonight. You can tell their is a focus there. A purpose. Spurs are just a basketball team (albeit a damn good one).

[HarlemHeat37]

Bruh, they have lost 3 at home already. Guess they were just coasting in those losses?

No, they just aren't a great team, at the moment..

However, from re-watching the game, it looks like they toyed with Miami in the 1st half and got whatever they wanted..the Heat only have 1, maybe 2 legit starters on their current, active roster..tough to keep energy and concentration high against that level of competition..

[DPG21920]

No, they just aren't a great team, at the moment..

However, from re-watching the game, it looks like they toyed with Miami in the 1st half and got whatever they wanted..the Heat only have 1, maybe 2 legit starters on their current, active roster..tough to keep energy and concentration high against that level of competition..

No good teams do what SA has done at home tbh..I'm talking about the chemistry. I'm talking about the lack of effort. You can't just quit, especially when you already have 3 losses and it's being talked about as an issue by the coach.

[dabom]

No good teams do what SA has done at home tbh..I'm talking about the chemistry. I'm talking about the lack of effort. You can't just quit, especially when you already have 3 losses and it's being talked about as an issue by the coach.

Good thing no one gives a shit right now. :lol

[GSH]

No, they just aren't a great team, at the moment..

However, from re-watching the game, it looks like they toyed with Miami in the 1st half and got whatever they wanted..the Heat only have 1, maybe 2 legit starters on their current, active roster..tough to keep energy and concentration high against that level of competition..



It's one thing to get outplayed by a good team. Getting outplayed by a shit team doesn't make it better. If they're not professional enough to keep enough energy and focus to put away a team with only 1 or 2 starters? You're right - they aren't a great team.

If they were gassed, you can work on conditioning. If they were missing wide open shots, you can make them work with Chip. But if guys don't want the W badly enough to focus for 48 minutes? And if they aren't thinking in terms of sending a message to the other teams in the league? Yeah, it's going to be a short post-season at best.

You sort of backed up what DPG said about not having leadership.

[dabom]

It's like regular work faggots. I'm not going 100% all the time. The season just started. :lmao

[dabom]

Someone that doesn't even know that. Low IQ vanilla fans. :lol

[GSH]

Good thing no one gives a shit right now. :lol


Not when there are hundreds of regular season attention whore threads to start. Who has time to give a shit about basketball? :toast

[dabom]

Not when there are hundreds of regular season attention whore threads to start. Who has time to give a shit about basketball? :toast

You're one of my fans. :tu

[Down Under]

The team is mega-talented. Once more chemistry comes, they will win even more. But there is something missing and it's a softer thing. It's not talent. Im not worried about chemistry.
Are you concerned with lack of consistent penetration from guards moving forward?

[Chinook]

Pop is such a big piece of shit. Dedmon was limping after the Winslow play and he still kept him in the game knowing he was clearly injured just to send a message.

The sad part is that Dedmon was absolutely great defensively when he was in the game. They feel his presence inside and they stopped to get offensive rebounds after he checked in.

Dedmon went out at the next stoppage of play. And while he was in and injured, he still contributed. It's easy to see in replays how bad the injury was. But seeing as he got up and got two rebounds immediately afterward, I can totally see Pop thinking it was cool to ride it out.

[Dex]

I should have known Amused started the goddamn Game Thread. :pctoss

Do you WANT more Kyle Anderson? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE KYLE ANDERSON!!

[DPG21920]

Are you concerned with lack of consistent penetration from guards moving forward?

Short-answer: Yes. Longer-answer: I still have some hope that TP can do enough of that when healthy. But there is zero margin for error there because of the lack of any other guard capable of making a pass let alone penetrate and draw defenders (Simmons is the only other one but he is so dicey with his ball handling).

It's a problem and the only hope is that TP has some juice left when healthy (which I think he may have just enough).

[Dex]

Dedmon went out at the next stoppage of play. And while he was in and injured, he still contributed. It's easy to see in replays how bad the injury was. But seeing as he got up and got two rebounds immediately afterward, I can totally see Pop thinking it was cool to ride it out.

Idunno...he was obviously hobbling and favoring the knee on the plays immediately following. And he waved at the bench asking to be taken out when they came back down to the Spurs side of the court. I'm not sure whether Pop missed it or whether he was just letting it ride out, but Dedmon obviously wanted off the floor.

There were two or three possessions AFTER he waved at the bench to come out, one of which he was forced to stay in because he was the man for the jump-ball. The fact that he kept staying in plays and contributing instead if fouling to stop play was a mix of courage and stupidity.

[SAGirl]

Idunno...he was obviously hobbling and favoring the knee on the plays immediately following. And he waved at the bench asking to be taken out when they came back down to the Spurs side of the court. I'm not sure whether Pop missed it or whether he was just letting it ride out, but Dedmon obviously wanted off the floor.

There were two or three possessions AFTER he waved at the bench to come out, one of which he was forced to stay in because he was the man for the jump-ball. The fact that he kept staying in plays and contributing instead if fouling to stop play was a mix of courage and stupidity.

:pop: "I am finding it hard to keep my own concentration and intensity for the whole game too... I miss things."