Game Thread (29/82): Spurs @ LAC (9:30 PM CT/TNT) sponsored by Daddy Clippers

[100%duncan]

Goddamn I miss a 40 year old Duncan and a 39 yr old GInobili :lol

[Robz4000]

This team needs to be blown the fuck up. Just a horribly constructed roster.

[TheDoctor]

Even Wesley Johnson imposing his will on Kawhi

[spurtech09]

Spurs with the ugly shot selection.....

[100%duncan]

Porker :lol

[spurspokesman]

Wow parker is washed

[NASpurs]

Fuck RC too for putting together this abortion of a team. Lay off the sauce.

[skin27]

No offense from Spurs..they need some offense right now..

[SpurPadre]

From one of the best wins of the season to one of the worst losses of the season.

[SPURt]

Looking like absolute butt

[Horse]

What the fuck are the doing? Fuck this pussy shit go big and make them pay.

[BatManu20]

Lol Tony Parker

[FkLA]

Enrique is disgusting.

[spurs10]

Has Tony made a shot? I wish he's stop shooting when he can't hit the ocean.

[bklynspursfan]

Lets see if we can pull out some magic like against the Rockets...

So many missed shots that should be made. Only silver lining tonight tbh

[TheGreatYacht]

Even Wesley Johnson imposing his will on Kawhi
Kiwi 6/16

Doc :worthy:

[DAF86]

If we face the Clippers on the playoffs we need to do the complete oposite of what we always do. Just pack the paint and let them shhoot all the open threes they want, I don't know something to give them a different look. It's pretty obvious they are just too comfortable with what we present them outthere.

[timtonymanu]

This team needs to be blown the fuck up. Just a horribly constructed roster.

This. The record doesn't fool me. This team is a predictable playoff meltdown waiting to happen. And they could even lose in the first round.

[TheDoctor]

"Parker unable to hit he's been off" :lmao

The commentator living in 2013 still

[BatManu20]

This thread melting down rn :lol

[SAGirl]

Well this game Pop keeps going and going to Simmons over and over...
I don't think I will be complaining about Manu... :toast

[GSH]

Goddamn I miss a 40 year old Duncan and a 39 yr old GInobili :lol


This was a totally different team with Duncan. Even without any knees. There's no heart now. Kawhi is a baller, but this team is lost.

[ElNono]

So this is what the post big 3 (TD, Manu and Bowen) era looks like... ugh

[SASdynasty!]

This team needs to be blown the fuck up. Just a horribly constructed roster.
The post-Parker era is going to be bad. Dude got to 800 wins faster than anyone in NBA history and it wasn't even close really. Winningest player in the history of the game and it looks like this team's going to see a decline without him. We've already seen it in the last few years not being able to make a deep playoff run when we made 3 deep runs in a row with him peaking.

[Fireball]

really shit game by tp

[gambit1990]

He's 1-3... "all these"?
he's 1-8 now.

[HarlemHeat37]

Where the fuck is Aldridge? Why is Pop throwing this game?:lol

Need more Kyle Anderson, too..he was one of the few bright spots in the 1st half..

[SpurPadre]

Speights is such an unlikeable faggot

Well, he was a Dubs player, tbh.

[$pursDynasty]

Everyone but Kiwi playing like ass but player fans will jump on their favorite whipping boys

[Kawhitstorm]

Well at least Paul is injured, so now other teams can beat them and we can stay in 2nd place.

**Checks schedule to make sure they aren't playing the Spurs for the next 6 weeks**

[NASpurs]

The post-Parker era is going to be bad. Dude got to 800 wins faster than anyone in NBA history and it wasn't even close really. Winningest player in the history of the game and it looks like this team's going to see a decline without him. We've already seen it in the last few years not being able to make a deep playoff run when we made 3 deep runs in a row with him peaking.

Link?

[davemaniscool]

Clips playing hard. Not sure what Spurs 3pt FG% is but probably not good. They're not getting any space on the perimiter.

[SpurPadre]

Why is Pop pulling a Boylen and forgetting he has an All Star on the bench?

[Robz4000]

I mean if PATFO aren't seriously pursuing trades for LMA/Gasol I don't know what to think. We have a 30 game sample size now, over 1/3 of the season; neither makes this team better. I can understand keeping one of them since the roster becomes shaky without a scoring big, but they need a move to acquire hungry players.

[SASdynasty!]

"Parker unable to hit he's been off" :lmao

The commentator living in 2013 still
"Man, Popovich, NBA analysts, commentators, and other coaches think Parker's a good player. They don't know anything"

-Spurstalk internet poster

[bklynspursfan]

Nm, Pop is looking forward to tomorrow by taking Kawhi out and inserting Murray. Not enough shooting with this lineup to mount a comeback

[gambit1990]

parker is worse than a wet tissue on defense :lmao

[NASpurs]

Fat ass Felton owning the Spurs :lol

[GSH]

OMG Gasol has been a fucking invitation to score tonight.

[bklynspursfan]

Felton doing what he always does against us. I'm guessing Pau will sit tomorrow

[spurspokesman]

The young gun

[timtonymanu]

Dijon!

[FkLA]

I feel like choking someone to death. Where is that faggot sasdynasty! at?

[HI-FI]

Thank God Dejauntae is in there, especially if Parker is already in playoff mode.

[skin27]

This game is over pop waiving the white flag..

[DAF86]

Go Murray.

[SAGirl]

Murray!!!!!!

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop wondering why the Cripples are attacking DPOY Pau:sleep

[SpurPadre]

Murray making Deandre look like Nash at the line

[bklynspursfan]

Ah, a pg who can't hit FT's... Lovely

[GSH]

Well. Nobody ever said Murray could shoot.

[HarlemHeat37]

Clips playing hard. Not sure what Spurs 3pt FG% is but probably not good. They're not getting any space on the perimiter.

Spurs don't have anybody that creates space for their shooters, tbh..been an obvious weakness for over a year..

[NameLess Scrub]

:lol Beautiful.

:lol is what he should have said.

:lol pop quits. Murray in.

I just can't believe this team. They just keep street balling the spurs

[Ditty]

Get Parker off the fucking floor!

[timtonymanu]

That's game. Enrique passing up a shot and Kawi couldn;t hit

[GSH]

Parker takes the pass 2 feet from the bucket and passes it out for a 3. Gotta love it.

[bklynspursfan]

Speights can hit 3s. Our guys can't... Not our night!

[spurspokesman]

Game over

[SpurPadre]

the one time TP needed to shoot, he doesn't.

[BatManu20]

Kawhi's been shit offensively tonight, same with the rest of the team. But at least he's trying. Just not our night. Just tip your cap and move on.

[SASdynasty!]

Link?
https://twitter.com/airlessjordan/status/810672539382923264

[skin27]

Felton doing what he always does against us. I'm guessing Pau will sit tomorrow
Lol he is just a scrub when he plays for the other team..only play better when he join the clippers and play against the spur.

[TheDoctor]

Battle of the Scrubs right now

[timtonymanu]

Someone knock out that ugly faggot Speights

[FkLA]

Did Enrique seriously just pass up a layup :lmao

[HarlemHeat37]

Man, TP passing up that layup is sad, tbh:(

[sasaint]

So this is what the post big 3 (TD, Manu and Bowen) era looks like... ugh

Not exactly. +/- $30MM and 2 roster spots are still taken up by 2 old guys.

[HI-FI]

Fuck Fatton is faster than I thought.

[GSH]

Remember on nights like this, the Spurs would win games "ugly" by playing defense? They can't even THINK about that anymore. They need to change the name of the team to Matadors.

[SpurPadre]

Was LMA bitching on the bench or something?

[NASpurs]

https://twitter.com/airlessjordan/status/810672539382923264

No you said some other stuff too. I'll need links for those.

[Dancelot]

Speights bringing the faggotry from his time in golden state.

[Ditty]

Murray is freaking fast, and athletic. Only encouraging thing about tonight.

[HarlemHeat37]

Fuck Fatton is faster than I thought.

It's an illusion due to being on the floor with Parker and Gasol:lol

[GSH]

Man, TP passing up that layup is sad, tbh:(


With the exception of Kawhi and Lee, everyone looks scared around the paint. That was just shameful.

[Mikeanaro]

Fathead sucks.

[SAGirl]

Pop wondering why the Cripples are attacking DPOY Pau:sleep
Lol
He can't be that clueless...

[Chinook]

Speights bringing the faggotry from his time in golden state.

Guess you don't remember his time in Memphis.

[Horse]

Pop coached this game from the tip like he wanted to lose. That being said we missed shots we make in our sleep all night long.

[SASdynasty!]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"

[Robz4000]

Kawhi's been shit offensively tonight, same with the rest of the team. But at least he's trying. Just not our night. Just tip your cap and move on.

No you don't; the same shit we've seen over and over continues to plague this team.

[GSH]

Was LMA bitching on the bench or something?


Someone took his Vagisil when he was on the court. Gonna need that after the game.

[TheGreatYacht]

Fathead sucks.
Only idiots don't know this

[Darius Bieber]

Spurs fucking suck. No CP3, Griffin.. and still a double digit loss. Blow it up. Pathetic.

[FkLA]

Start Murray. Seriously. Nothing to lose.

[BatManu20]

Spurs making Felton look like he did in his UNC days

[Clipper Nation]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"

You: "Slurp, slurp, yummy!"

[ElNono]

Fuck Fatton is faster than I thought.

He looks rejuvenated... maybe he can give some tips to Porker, tbh

[NASpurs]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"

Link?

[Mikeanaro]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"
He was below the rim with no one defending him...

[8FOR!3]

Not convinced that Parker is any better than Murray at this point. Just maybe a better decision maker.

[GSH]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"


Stop it. Just stop it. He had a layup, and chickened out of it, and threw a pass out to the 3P line. I don't think anyone wants him to pass up layups.

[DAF86]

We win this shit with Manu. Defense really wasn't that bad, but when you can't hit for shit on offense the defense sooner or later ends up suffering it. And we didn't need much neither, just a couple of threes here and there, a good pass and this game would have swinged the other way.

[Ditty]

Forsure Aldridge is going to play his ass off against his old team tomorrow....I hope.

[timtonymanu]

Why the fuck is Forbes still on the team?

[NASpurs]

Poop yelling at Forbes while giving a free pass to Gasoft and Alshit.

[Mikeanaro]

Only idiots don't know this
Everybody knows it but its good to say it you know... SAGirl doesnt know that.

[Kawhitstorm]

From one of the best wins of the season to one of the worst losses of the season.

How was that the "best win of the season", more like the "worst loss of the season" for the Rockets.:lol

[SAGirl]

Murray is freaking fast, and athletic. Only encouraging thing about tonight.
:tu
I though Simmons had a bad game overall. Bricked too much.

[SASdynasty!]

Link?
It's in the box score...I'm sure you'll find it.

[FkLA]

Spurstalk: "Parker stop shooting!"
Spurstalk: "Why did Parker pass that up?"

I would murder you if you were in front of me.

[SpursIndonesia]

That's the KO punch, stung by Rivers nonetheless.

[NASpurs]

It's in the box score...I'm sure you'll find it.

Link?

[Kawhitstorm]

Why the fuck is Forbes still on the team?

B/c he's "over" himself

[SAGirl]

Rookie Forbes getting Pop's heat!!!

[TheGreatYacht]

Everybody knows it but its good to say it you know... SAGirl doesnt know that.
:lol

[Robz4000]

Pop's going to sit everyone tomorrow tbh. Hell at this point he better.

[GSH]

Defense really wasn't that bad


Not... sure... if... serious. What defense?

[Mikeanaro]

Lol Pop using Forbes as the scapegoat... yelling to the poor kid.

[TheGreatYacht]

Kancer Anderson was a humongous ball hog tonight

[GSH]

What the FUCK is LMA grinning about on the bench?

[Ditty]

:tu
I though Simmons had a bad game overall. Bricked too much.

Simmons is so inconsistent. He can be absolutely horrible at times, but can occasionally look like a good NBA player.

[NASpurs]

Pop's going to sit everyone tomorrow tbh. Hell at this point he better.

I actually hope so. That's how Poop used to build the bench in the past.

[HI-FI]

SAGirl firing up the yaknowhat.

Great game from Slomo though.

[rasuo214]

Anderson trying to steal some of Simmons' minutes.

[Chinook]

Rookie Forbes getting Pop's heat!!!

I thought Forbes made the correct read given the situation. You need the steal there.

[SAGirl]

This game was winnable. Pop stuck to his cards.

I think he needed to play Anderson more... Cest la vie.

[SASdynasty!]

So CP3 has a good coach, good starters, and a good bench. He's had the same core of players for 6-7 years, which is more than enough time to develop and mesh.

[SASdynasty!]

Lol Murray can't make layups...that's promising.

[james evans]

things I would like to see stopped for the remainder of the season:

Aldridge/Gasol on the court together
Gasol's left handed hook shots
Parker/Gasol on the court together
Aldridge shooting fadeaways on guys he's 3 or 4 inches bigger than
Parker playing more than 12 minutes a game

[GSH]

Simmons is so inconsistent. He can be absolutely horrible at times, but can occasionally look like a good NBA player.


Simmons needs to be steadily improving. He isn't. I like him, but he's not getting better.

[sasaint]

What the FUCK is LMA grinning about on the bench?

How much time did LMA even log in the second half?

[SAGirl]

I thought Forbes made the correct read given the situation. You need the steal there.
I missed the alleged wrongdoing by him TBH. Just noticed he got chewed...

[Horse]

Speight is a stupid motherfucker. What kind of big gets all excited taking a charge

[Kawhitstorm]

We win this shit with Manu. Defense really wasn't that bad, but when you can't hit for shit on offense the defense sooner or later ends up suffering it.

The Clippers essentially scored on every PnR that involved Paul/Jordan or Speight/Felton.:lol

[RD2191]

Just got in. wtf happened?

[SpurPadre]

CP3 didn't have to play a single minute for the outcome to change, tbh. He got hurt for nothing.

[Chinook]

Anderson trying to steal some of Simmons' minutes.

Pop fucked up by not giving them to him in the second half. Small-ball teams should be where Anderson excels.

[FkLA]

Pop should call himself out for consistently getting bent over by Glenn Rivers.

[Kawhitstorm]

Simmons needs to be steadily improving. He isn't. I like him, but he's not getting better.

Simmons is a 3rd string wing that you can put in the game when the teams needs some juice.

[james evans]

Kancer Anderson was a humongous ball hog tonight
Anderson actually played pretty good tonight. But Parker......

[FkLA]

Just got in. wtf happened?

Enrique 1-8 shooting
$16 million

[BillMc]

Pau's late game play makes me think he rests tomorrow.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop fucked up by not giving them to him in the second half. Small-ball teams should be where Anderson excels.

At this point, I rather have Kyle starting over Pau.:lol

[SASdynasty!]

things I would like to see stopped for the remainder of the season:

Aldridge/Gasol on the court together
Gasol's left handed hook shots
Parker/Gasol on the court together
Aldridge shooting fadeaways on guys he's 3 or 4 inches bigger than
Parker playing more than 12 minutes a game
Yah let's play Parker less...that's worked well the past 2 seasons. Minimal Parker usage puts this team's ceiling at a CP3 team's ceiling...the second round.

[DAF86]

Not... sure... if... serious. What defense?

106 pts in 46% shooting isn't that bad. It's not good, but it's on the expected parameters of a game against an elite team. The offense on the other hand was atrocious, and a big reason why the defense looked worst than it should have.

[GSH]

Just got in. wtf happened?


LMAO! I didn't think anything could make me laugh after that clusterfuck.


Here's a review of the game:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/17388/nut-kick-o.gif

[Robz4000]

Anyone happen to watch Bill and Sean? Wanna hear what they had to say on this shitfest.

[SASdynasty!]

Enrique 1-8 shooting
$16 million
Manu 0-9 - the same.

Oh, and Parker doesn't make $16 million. Not sure where you get that.

[SpurPadre]

How was that the "best win of the season", more like the "worst loss of the season" for the Rockets.:lol

One of the best wins of the season NOT the best because that was the first win of that kind in over two years.

[Kawhitstorm]

Enrique 1-8 shooting
$16 million

Got outplayed by Murray straight from the D-League.:lol

[Ditty]

Please Spurs do whatever is possible to get DeMarcus Cousins, and get rid of Aldridge...

[timtonymanu]

Anyone happen to watch Bill and Sean? Wanna hear what they had to say on this shitfest.

Sean has been very vocal about the Spurs this season. He doesn't even do the homerish stuff anymore when the team doesn't earn it.

[RD2191]

LMAO! I didn't think anything could make me laugh after that clusterfuck.


Here's a review of the game:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/17388/nut-kick-o.gif
:lol

[sasaint]

Simmons needs to be steadily improving. He isn't. I like him, but he's not getting better.

Simmons is a super-tease. He takes a certain number of steps forward and then a certain number of steps backward. But if you put the VCR on FAST FORWARD, it just looks like he is standing still.

[itzsoweezee]

There is one bright side to this game: Murray looks fucking legit. Dude looks like he can get to the basket anytime he wants. With that lenght he is going to be a big impact player.

[RD2191]

Enrique 1-8 shooting
$16 million
:wow

[Ditty]

At least Pau looks like he is giving a shit out there compared to LA. Can't knock him on that, and I like Aldridge more than Gasol also.

[GSH]

106 pts in 46% shooting isn't that bad. It's not good, but it's on the expected parameters of a game against an elite team. The offense on the other hand was atrocious, and a big reason why the defense looked worst than it should have.


I'm sorry, but when you mention the Spurs defense tonight, I just can't shake the mental image of the whole Clippers team lining up to pull a train on Gasol. The only reason they only shot 46% is because they didn't go at him every play.

[davemaniscool]

things I would like to see stopped for the remainder of the season:

Aldridge/Gasol on the court together
Gasol's left handed hook shots
Parker/Gasol on the court together
Aldridge shooting fadeaways on guys he's 3 or 4 inches bigger than
Parker playing more than 12 minutes a game

Thinking the same

[SAGirl]

Anderson trying to steal some of Simmons' minutes.
Nah
I think he's in Pop's doghouse but the guy can play basketball.
It's a loss he's been benched.
He was having games like this last season too. This loss is not on him.

[BillMc]

Simmons is a super-tease. He takes a certain number of steps forward and then a certain number of steps backward. But if you put the VCR on FAST FORWARD, it just looks like he is standing still.
:lol

[DAF86]

The Clippers essentially scored on every PnR that involved Paul/Jordan or Speight/Felton.:lol

106 pts on 46%. I said "not that bad", not "good". And like I said, the horrible offense hurt the defense.

[Mnky]

Loved to see the fight Kawhi brought in the second half.

Simmons put great effort.

Lee outplayed all the bigs. I love lee, thought he was a steal, but this bodes bad for the spurs if he's the best big.

Dedmon showed why he is what he is. Low minute second unit burst. He has very little offensive game, and can be negligible when his defensive assignment is a shooter.

LMA needs to remember how to score pretty soon. I like his effort on the boards, but his low scoring games are becoming inexcusable. He's getting wide open shots. You can have bad shooting phases, if this persists another 10 games I'll worry. Not too much now.

Danny has not been consistent, and is making weird decisions on defense. Not used to that.

Anderson doesn't seem to have a place on this team. He really seems out of it on both ends of the court. Guy just never developed physically towards being a big or quicker. Still plays like a rookie when his strength is supposed to be his IQ.

Pau may have a legitimate concern come trade deadline. Pop wants defense above all else. It's unfortunate because his personality meshes well with this group, but his productivity doesn't.

Murray is one exciting kid. Normally you don't last long I'd you can't shoot at the NBA level. Kid is so elite at slashing, I doubt it'll keep him out. Showed up on the boards and defense as well. Good showing.

Pop really doesn't time a dang about these games. :lol I really am curious to his aim though. Is trying to get them to learn how to communicate? Lead? Overcome bad positions? No telling but they're getting plenty of experience at odd situations.

As we all know, Pop ships in nationally televised games. Wait for the playoffs to see the spurs actually play.

[SASdynasty!]

Got outplayed by Murray straight from the D-League.:lol
Murray outplayed Mills as well. At least Parker contributed something with 3 assists.

[Trainwreck2100]

Pop should call himself out for consistently getting bent over by Glenn Rivers.
At this point what coaching adjustments can be made when they are just throwing up crap ass shots and making them

Anyone happen to watch Bill and Sean? Wanna hear what they had to say on this shitfest.

no local feeds when the game is on tnt

[Robz4000]

I don't even feel angry at the loss tbh; just a calm acceptance that this team is going to flame out in a spectacular way early on in the postseason.

[FkLA]

There is one bright side to this game: Murray looks fucking legit. Dude looks like he can get to the basket anytime he wants. With that lenght he is going to be a big impact player.

Yep. Start him. Seriously, we ain't winning shit with a broken down Enrique. Pop benched Avery for Enrique, time to do the same here.

[SASdynasty!]

I don't even feel angry at the loss tbh; just a calm acceptance that this team is going to flame out in a spectacular way early on in the postseason.
3 years without Parker leading the team in scoring...3 years without a deep playoff run. Probably just a coincedence tbh.

[Kawhitstorm]

Kawhi's been shit offensively tonight, same with the rest of the team. But at least he's trying. Just not our night. Just tip your cap and move on.

He had the defense collapsing on him every time he drove since Doc essentially ignores Porker.

[PÒÓCH]

Simmons is a super-tease. He takes a certain number of steps forward and then a certain number of steps backward. But if you put the VCR on FAST FORWARD, it just looks like he is standing still.

VCR what's that?

[Kawhitstorm]

Yep. Start him. Seriously, we ain't winning shit with a broken down Enrique. Pop benched Avery for Enrique, time to do the same here.

Just hope Poker raptures his achilles b/c Pop isn't benching him even if he shot averaged 1 pt the rest of the season.

[Robz4000]

At this point what coaching adjustments can be made when they are just throwing up crap ass shots and making them


no local feeds when the game is on tnt

The game was on KENS tonight, just forgot to change the channel back to it after halftime :lol. Also, it's been well documented that Pop has been an awful coach for the most part since 2015; he continues to just push the wrong buttons and that's when he can be bothered to make a change to things that are just not working.

[BillMc]

Ah, the over reactions to a loss at 8:30 AM... I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

[FkLA]

At this point what coaching adjustments can be made when they are just throwing up crap ass shots and making them

Trying something different against that CP3/DJ high pick n roll would be a good start.

[SASdynasty!]

Let's start Murray. Maybe his 4 pts, 0 ast on 40% shooting in garbage time against the 3rd unit will translate to 20/10 on 53% shooting against first units.

[GSH]

3 years without Parker leading the team in scoring...3 years without a deep playoff run. Probably just a coincedence tbh.

Tony could get back to leading the team in scoring - if Kawhi would start averaging 9 points a game. Do you not get that he was 1 of 8 tonight? He was trying to score. He just couldn't. He'd have to shoot 40 shots a game to lead the team in scoring.

[james evans]

Manu 0-9 - the same.

Oh, and Parker doesn't make $16 million. Not sure where you get that.
BOTH OF THEM STINK!!!! Parker fucking sucks now. He offers nothing when he's not hitting wide open shots. Defense has always been trash and now he can't blow past his defender. So what is he offering other than helping break in basketballs better by all of his dribbling?

[Trainwreck2100]

The game was on KENS tonight, just forgot to change the channel back to it after halftime :lol. Also, it's been well documented that Pop has been an awful coach for the most part since 2015; he continues to just push the wrong buttons and that's when he can be bothered to make a change to things that are just not working.

Pop clearly doesn't give a fuck because all of his guys have rings now. But there are no right moves when the clippers play like they did today. Everyone who guarded Paul got touch fouls, and mbah a moute once again decided to forget he's shit Because some asshole white guy with a beard must have pillaged his village so seeing pop on the floor triggers him.

[HI-FI]

There is one bright side to this game: Murray looks fucking legit. Dude looks like he can get to the basket anytime he wants. With that lenght he is going to be a big impact player.
I felt that way about him early on. Murray has moves and instincts you can't teach imo. Spurs need him this season because of Parker already struggling.

He looks rejuvenated... maybe he can give some tips to Porker, tbh
His BBIQ is probably better than Parker, looks faster now too.

[Ditty]

Patty Mills struggling tonight hurt us a lot also. I'm a huge Dedmon supporter, but he struggled at times out there tonight also.

If Mills isn't getting 30+ minutes in the playoffs over Parker, we will not get any further than the WCF.

[Kawhitstorm]

106 pts on 46%. I said "not that bad", not "good". And like I said, the horrible offense hurt the defense.

They were playing the bench unit the entire 4th quarter & didn't have an issue getting good looks until the final minute. It was the Austin Rivers ISOs that stalled them at times.

[BillMc]

Let's start Murray. Maybe his 4 pts, 0 ast on 40% shooting in garbage time against the 3rd unit will translate to 20/10 on 53% shooting against first units.
:lol

[james evans]

Murray outplayed Mills as well. At least Parker contributed something with 3 assists.
:lol

[BillMc]

Patty Mills struggling tonight hurt us a lot also. I'm a huge Dedmon supporter, but he struggled at times out there tonight also.

If Mills isn't getting 30+ minutes in the playoffs over Parker, we will not get any further than the WCF.

Yeah Patty struggled tonight.

[Trainwreck2100]

Trying something different against that CP3/DJ high pick n roll would be a good start.

They tried, but they couldn't hedge because a majority of the time they got into Paul's space there was a foul call.

[sasaint]

At this point what coaching adjustments can be made when they are just throwing up crap ass shots and making them


no local feeds when the game is on tnt

Actually, I watched it on KENS 5 (1005 HD, actually). Sean and Bill were both pretty bland. A lot of "every time the Spurs get a little something going, the Clips have the answer" kind of stuff.

[james evans]

Patty Mills struggling tonight hurt us a lot also. I'm a huge Dedmon supporter, but he struggled at times out there tonight also.

If Mills isn't getting 30+ minutes in the playoffs over Parker, we will not get any further than the WCF.
Dedmond and Lee realize they are big men and should be dunking the ball in the paint. I can't say the same for 2 other guys.

[Kawhitstorm]

Patty Mills struggling tonight hurt us a lot also. I'm a huge Dedmon supporter, but he struggled at times out there tonight also.

If Mills isn't getting 30+ minutes in the playoffs over Parker, we will not get any further than the WCF.

...or get Deron Williams on board who has proven he can do MUCH BETTER than 2 pts on 1-8 shooting.:lol

[Robz4000]

Pop clearly doesn't give a fuck because all of his guys have rings now. But there are no right moves when the clippers play like they did today. Everyone who guarded Paul got touch fouls, and mbah a moute once again decided to forget he's shit Because some asshole white guy with a beard must have pillaged his village so seeing pop on the floor triggers him.

I'm not even talking about just tonight; the Clippers have owned the Spurs for two years now. The team has had the same problems all season but he keeps avoiding the problem/implementing the obvious answers. Things may not be fixable but keeping with the same trends that just won't work is dooming this team.

[SAGirl]

Pop fucked up by not giving them to him in the second half. Small-ball teams should be where Anderson excels.
Inexplicable. Pop screwed up coaching in this one.

I expected to see Kyle again bc he was playing well.... or I would have understood Pop going to Bertans as well bc the team needed some 3 pts shooting to make a run. Instead Davis never played, Kyle only came in when Pop thought the game was over.

Him and Murray tried to make things happen.

Pop benching Kyle this deep is a loss for the team.

He was having games like this last season too.

I suppose it was a test for Simmons... they kept going to him over and over. Maybe Pop has overrated him and he's the real product of Ginobili passes in transition etc....

I mean I liked Dijon more even.

[Robz4000]

Patty Mills struggling tonight hurt us a lot also. I'm a huge Dedmon supporter, but he struggled at times out there tonight also.

If Mills isn't getting 30+ minutes in the playoffs over Parker, we will not get any further than the WCF.

They wont get out of the first round tbh.

[Ditty]

Deron Williams is not much better than Parker, I wouldn't touch him with with a ten foot pole either. I rather have Felton tbh :lol

[Sean Cagney]

Why tf are the Spurs trash every single time against LAC???Just a few years back before the playoff series it used to be the opposite, now they own the Spurs.

[SASdynasty!]

Tony could get back to leading the team in scoring - if Kawhi would start averaging 9 points a game. Do you not get that he was 1 of 8 tonight? He was trying to score. He just couldn't. He'd have to shoot 40 shots a game to lead the team in scoring.
He's shooting 45% on the season (better than Westbrook for instance). If Parker gets his usage (25 shots a night), he'd be averaging 30+ a game.

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs needing Paul/Griffin to sit for them to have a chance. What are they, the Blazers?

No, the Blazers actually beat 'em.:wakeup

[Ditty]

They wont get out of the first round tbh.

Yes they will, probably won't be as easy as last year though :lol

2nd round will depend who they play.

If they play the Clippers that could be tough.

[timtonymanu]

They wont get out of the first round tbh.

Yep, I love Patty but the Spurs can't rely on him as their 2nd option. There's too many flaws with this team that I won't be surprised if they lose in the 1st round. It's very 2011/2016 Spurs-ish.

[SASdynasty!]

...or get Deron Williams on board who has proven he can do MUCH BETTER than 2 pts on 1-8 shooting.:lol
Good logic, Parker can't do better than 1-8. This was literally his best game.

[Trainwreck2100]

I'm not even talking about just tonight; the Clippers have owned the Spurs for two years now. The team has had the same problems all season but he keeps avoiding the problem/implementing the obvious answers. Things may not be fixable but keeping with the same trends that just won't work is dooming this team.

If he has an idea in terms of scheme it won't be revealed in a december game. Some of the shit they used against the heat in 14 they hadn't done all season. Does he keep going with Pau and LMA? Yes, but this team ain't winning shit if they keep playing like they do. And this team ain't winning a championship with their other players playing starter minutes.

[sasaint]

Ah, the over reactions to a loss at 8:30 AM... I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

The horror...

[Spurtacular]

Spurs looked downright pedestrian against Clipper scrubs.

[BillMc]

The horror...
:lol:toast

[Kawhitstorm]

Kiwi 6/16

Doc :worthy:

LeBron 5-14 when he actually had Kyrie/Love rolling.

Doc :worthy:

[sasaint]

:lol:toast

A pile of little arms... That cannot shoot basketballs.

[Kawhitstorm]

Wow parker is washed

As if he had has any more talent to get washed away since 2015.:lol

[Robz4000]

Yes they will, probably won't be as easy as last year though :lol

2nd round will depend who they play.

If they play the Clippers that could be tough.

If this team is matched up against Utah/OKC I can see a 2011 Grizz-style meltdown. OKC plays with confidence against the Spurs as well and an imposing frontline; Utah has several former Spurs personnel and are potentially better than the Spurs at every position outside SF.

[Kawhitstorm]

Fuck RC too for putting together this abortion of a team. Lay off the sauce.

RC is actually ruthless & cheap, it's Pop giving away those loyalty contracts.

[Kawhitstorm]

If we face the Clippers on the playoffs we need to do the complete oposite of what we always do. Just pack the paint and let them shhoot all the open threes they want, I don't know something to give them a different look. It's pretty obvious they are just too comfortable with what we present them outthere.

The only thing the could do is trap the ball handler on the PnR & dare Moute/Johnson/Rivers to go off for 30.

[FkLA]

They tried, but they couldn't hedge because a majority of the time they got into Paul's space there was a foul call.

They've been toying with the Spurs with that play since '15. It ain't on the refs.

[BillMc]

A pile of little arms... That cannot shoot basketballs.
:lol Well said

[Kawhitstorm]

If this team is matched up against Utah/OKC I can see a 2011 Grizz-style meltdown. OKC plays with confidence against the Spurs as well and an imposing frontline; Utah has several former Spurs personnel and are potentially better than the Spurs at every position outside SF.

You can at least sag on WestBrick & dare him to jack up jumpers. Their starting frontline is also not imposing as all Sabonis does is jack up 3s like Ryan Anderson & he isn't a shot blocker like Ibaka.

[sasaint]

If he has an idea in terms of scheme it won't be revealed in a december game. Some of the shit they used against the heat in 14 they hadn't done all season. Does he keep going with Pau and LMA? Yes, but this team ain't winning shit if they keep playing like they do. And this team ain't winning a championship with their other players playing starter minutes.

I think that might have been a strategy of Pop's in the past when there were not nearly this many questions surrounding the team. Personnel aside, Pop has gone from a scheme that seemed almost entirely dependent upon Kawhi and LMA isolations to game plans that involved very little isolation plays in the last 1-2 weeks. Tonight, compared to a month ago, the Spurs hardly ran any isos. Pop, however disengaged he may be during games, is casting about furiously to find some answers that he can live with - no significant alteration of the starting unit and no "big" trades to alter the roster. His own self-imposed straight jacket.

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs would destroy OKC(they're going to be very easy to stop in the playoffs), Memphis or the 8th seed(if they miraculously get the 1 seed)..

Utah would be a concern, though, although you can always rely on "dat core" to choke:lol

[sasaint]

Almost 1 here. Hasta mañana.

[Robz4000]

You can at least sag on WestBrick & dare him to jack up jumpers. Their starting frontline is also not imposing as all Sabonis does is jack up 3s like Ryan Anderson & he isn't a shot blocker like Ibaka.

:lol To LMA/Gasol it might as well be Tim/David tbh.

[Kawhitstorm]

Yep, I love Patty but the Spurs can't rely on him as their 2nd option. There's too many flaws with this team that I won't be surprised if they lose in the 1st round. It's very 2011/2016 Spurs-ish.

The team being an .800 team w/ Patty being the second best player so far is a miracle.:lol

I can only imagine what the team would look like if you swap Softridge/Pau w/ Dragic/Millsap but then PATFO...:sleep

[Ditty]

If this team is matched up against Utah/OKC I can see a 2011 Grizz-style meltdown. OKC plays with confidence against the Spurs as well and an imposing frontline; Utah has several former Spurs personnel and are potentially better than the Spurs at every position outside SF.

OKC are average at best, without Westbrook and Oladipo who probably won’t be 100% the rest of the season with his hand injury. Spurs match up pretty well now we have guys that can rebound off the bench also. Jazz only had one great game against the Spurs, when the Spurs played like crap. The Spurs took it to them the next game on the road. Hood is the only guy that sort of scares me on the Jazz. The top four teams right now will advance. The second round would be interesting especially against the Clippers, even the Rockets could scare the Warriors a game or two right now.

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs would destroy OKC(they're going to be very easy to stop in the playoffs), Memphis or the 8th seed(if they miraculously get the 1 seed)..

Utah would be a concern, though, although you can always rely on "dat core" to choke:lol

Not sure about Memphis if they are healthy (which is a big "if"), their bread & butter is the Conley/Gasol PnR which would exposed Pau big time. Plus, Z-Bo would get Dedmon in foul trouble. They can also play Troy Daniels & hide him on Danny if Tony Allen is a liability (just double Kawhi & dare Porker to score).

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs match up pretty well now we have guys that can rebound off the bench also. Jazz only had one great game against the Spurs, when the Spurs played like crap. The Spurs took it to them the next game on the road. Hood is the only guy that sort of scares me on the Jazz.

Hayward didn't play in either game, the Spurs basically got busted by a Jazz team w/o their leading scorer.:lol

[Ditty]

Hayward didn't play in either game, the Spurs basically got busted by a Jazz team w/o their leading scorer.:lol

Hayward is the last player that scares me on the Jazz :lol

[gambit1990]

spurs deserved to lose for starting parker.

[Kawhitstorm]

Deron Williams is not much better than Parker, I wouldn't touch him with with a ten foot pole either. I rather have Felton tbh :lol

Fatton was Deron's backup last season & Felton wasn't better. Fatton is a better at getting penetration & on defense but Deron is better at running pick-and-pops which would suit Softridge/GaSoft.

[spursistan]

Even without Paul or Griffin this team out-executes, outhustles, and just plain outperforms the Spurs. Never seen anything like it.
I genuinley believe we will get swept by them in the POs..

[Kawhitstorm]

Hayward is the last player that scares me on the Jazz :lol

Kawhi owns Hayward but Pop actually put Kawhi on Hood last season b/c he was busting Danny which means Hayward will be freed from his shackles.:lol

[SASdynasty!]

spurs deserved to lose for starting parker.
Spurs win 80% of their games this season when they start Parker. Less when they don't.

[Ditty]

Fatton was Deron's backup last season & Felton wasn't better. Fatton is a better at getting penetration & on defense but Deron is better at running pick-and-pops which would suit Softridge/GaSoft.

I remember the Felton from the OKC series last year where he was practically the Mavs best player outside of Dirk. Williams was bad in that series though he was injured.

I wouldn’t want either player at the end of the day :lol

[SpurPadre]

106 pts in 46% shooting isn't that bad. It's not good, but it's on the expected parameters of a game against an elite team. The offense on the other hand was atrocious, and a big reason why the defense looked worst than it should have.

You do realize they were missing one of their best players in Griffin and that CP3 missed most of the second half? So, yes 106 points on 46% shooting in that scenario is horrendous.

[SpurPadre]

Can we agree the Clips are scarier than the Dubs and that they're both pretty fucking scary?

[Kawhitstorm]

I remember the Felton from the OKC series last year where he was practically the Mavs best player outside of Dirk. Williams was bad in that series though he was injured.

Deron was injured & was basically being held up by taped to even get on the floor.:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

Can we agree the Clips are scarier than the Dubs and that they're both pretty fucking scary?

Spurs aren't scared of the Duds & Cripples aren't scared of the Spurs.

[r0drig0lac]

Well, Kawhi had his numbers

[FaM0us Skins]

Damn we lost. I didn't watch the game last night though.

[JohnnyMax]

http://i.imgur.com/Cv0hj52.gif

[Mugen]

:lol Spurs are 1-7 when I go to games tbh.

Great seats doe, got autographs from Patty, Pau, and LMA.... nice guys tbh.... :tu

Porky of course waddled past the fans and proceeded to shoot 1/8 :lmao

[DAF86]

You do realize they were missing one of their best players in Griffin and that CP3 missed most of the second half? So, yes 106 points on 46% shooting in that scenario is horrendous.

That's why I'm talking THIS game, not the next one, not the previous one.

[ElNono]

:lol Spurs are 1-7 when I go to games tbh.

Great seats doe, got autographs from Patty, Pau, and LMA.... nice guys tbh.... :tu

Porky of course waddled past the fans and proceeded to shoot 1/8 :lmao

:lol good to hear you had a good time at least :tu

[Mugen]

:lol good to hear you had a good time at least :tu


I was pretty plastered by 4th Raymond Felton uncontested layup tbh.

Good times.

:toast

[spurs10]

I was pretty plastered by 4th Raymond Felton uncontested layup tbh.

Good times.

:toast Probably a good condition to be in for that game. :bobo