Most pathetic loss of the season

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Hopefully now some people can stop overrating the hell out of this team.

This team completely falls apart in the clutch now.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

And playing Pau in crunch time :lol :lol :lol

[timtonymanu]

So far, we still have more games like this to give away. Pretty annoying to drop this game though.

[Leetonidas]

:cry

[Chris]

Kiwi missing free throws in the clutch and LDN building a brick house didn't help.

[spursgu]

OP is a faggot

[Russ]

And playing Pau in crunch time :lol :lol :lol

Pao looked absolutely gassed from halftime on.

[Robz4000]

The Spurs aren't going to win a playoff series this year. Too many massive liabilities, with Pop being the worst of them.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

This team has lacks killer instinct, and frankly aren't nearly as good as heir record suggests. It is what it is, but really weird people be so high on them after beating a crappy Lakers team. Trying a 20 foot jump shot instead of taking it the rim to win a game won't get it done.

[Horse]

Why don't you faggots kill yourselves

[Darius Bieber]

The Spurs aren't going to win a playoff series this year. Too many massive liabilities, with Pop being the worst of them.

[Hoops Czar]

Hopefully now some people can stop overrating the hell out of this team.

This team completely falls apart in the clutch now.

They lack a clutch goto player.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Why don't you faggots kill yourselves

Because the Spurs already do when it matters

[$pursDynasty]

Pau had Bledsoe on him late in the shot clock and he passes it out to Danny smdh

[BillMc]

Actually it's a fairly predictable loss. If you combine the altitude plus distractions for the Spurs, while this was old hat for the Suns having played here earlier this week, with time to get used to the environment. The later is a massive advantage. Then we have 2 backup guards out, yeah, you could see an upset here. Not saying the SPurs shouldn't have won, they most definitely should, but its more understandable (and thus less pathetic) than losing to Orlando.

[RD2191]

Call me crazy, buy I could easily see the thunder bouncing us in the 1st round.

[$pursDynasty]

I cursed at my tv then. That plus with Kiwi on Booker why is Parker on Bledsoe and not Green, while Green is resting on some clown in the corner. Green is a D and 3 player that didn't give much of either

[From Downtown]

I cursed at my tv then. That plus with Kiwi on Booker why is Parker on Bledsoe and not Green, while Green is resting on some clown in the corner. Green is a D and 3 player that didn't give much of either
Yeah, should have been Green on Bledsoe, Leonard on Booker, Parker on Tucker and Manu on Bender

[ElNono]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?

[spursgu]

OP should just start more game threads that injure players. I get more comedy out of that than these dumb threads.

[elemento]

I agree

Absolutely pathetic.

[MaNu4Tres]

Lol at "This team falls apart in the clutch now."

There's no such thing. Law of averages buddy -- its really that simple.

Spurs ran pure to start the year when they boasted a 18-5 record despite only having a 5 point differential. They were winning all the close games and were due to regress to the mean by losing close games eventually.

Pop messed up with the rotations way too much tonight. Gasol and Lee had no business playing as much as they did.

[BillMc]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?

Well said.

[Hoops Czar]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?

Did you expect to get blown out by the 12-27 lottery bound Suns? Must have slept through the two clippers games and det core game at home.

[james evans]

I cursed at my tv then. That plus with Kiwi on Booker why is Parker on Bledsoe and not Green, while Green is resting on some clown in the corner. Green is a D and 3 player that didn't give much of either
Green is paid $10 million a year to play D and hit open 3s. That's it. We need to get a refund

[james evans]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?
YES!! TWICE!!

[bklynspursfan]

No, it's not.

The Orlando loss was much worse off the top of my head. I've said it many times in the GT, but the altitude was a real factor. This wasn't normal circumstances. If we lost this in Phoenix or SA, I'd be on board. But the guys were clearly winded/sloppy.

It's not a big deal man. But every single loss this team suffers, without fail people call it the worst loss or the team is fools gold, etc... 82-0 isn't likely going to happen folks, like ever.

This isn't brand new stuff ya'll. We've had disappointing losses the last 20 years in the reg season, that have meant squat in the playoffs

[Mugen]

mid january meltdown tbh.

[ElNono]

Did you expect to get blown out by the 12-27 lottery bound Suns? Must have slept through the two clippers games and det core game at home.

We've lost and gotten blown out even in championship years with Duncan onboard... there was a time we couldn't beat the fucking lottery bound Bucks for years on end.

So, yeah, this isn't new and we had a shitty 2nd half... c'est la vie

[ElNono]

YES!! TWICE!!

Somebody mentioned the Clippers game... and what was the other one? I mean, THAT is pathetic. No Griffin and we rolled over. We were missing Manu, but still...

[bklynspursfan]

We've lost and gotten blown out even in championship years with Duncan onboard... there was a time we couldn't beat the fucking lottery bound Bucks for years on end.

So, yeah, this isn't new and we had a shitty 2nd half... c'est la vie

This guy gets it. :toast

[sasaint]

Actually it's a fairly predictable loss. If you combine the altitude plus distractions for the Spurs, while this was old hat for the Suns having played here earlier this week, with time to get used to the environment. The later is a massive advantage. Then we have 2 backup guards out, yeah, you could see an upset here. Not saying the SPurs shouldn't have won, they most definitely should, but its more understandable (and thus less pathetic) than losing to Orlando.

Yep, I had a very uneasy feeling about this game.

[timtonymanu]

No, it's not.

The Orlando loss was much worse off the top of my head. I've said it many times in the GT, but the altitude was a real factor. This wasn't normal circumstances. If we lost this in Phoenix or SA, I'd be on board. But the guys were clearly winded/sloppy.

It's not a big deal man. But every single loss this team suffers, without fail people call it the worst loss or the team is fools gold, etc... 82-0 isn't likely going to happen folks, like ever.

This isn't brand new stuff ya'll. We've had disappointing losses the last 20 years in the reg season, that have meant squat in the playoffs

:tu

[james evans]

Somebody mentioned the Clippers game... and what was the other one? I mean, THAT is pathetic. No Griffin and we rolled over. We were missing Manu, but still...
Our first loss of the season we were blown out by the Jazz then blown out by the clippers when Aldridge let Griffin have a 26 point first half.

[Robz4000]

Somebody mentioned the Clippers game... and what was the other one? I mean, THAT is pathetic. No Griffin and we rolled over. We were missing Manu, but still...

Spurs got destroyed in the first Clippers game in SA. Lost by 24.

[ElNono]

Our first loss of the season we were blown out by the Jazz then blown out by the clippers when Aldridge let Griffin have a 26 point first half.


Spurs got destroyed in the first Clippers game in SA. Lost by 24.

danke :tu

[cd98]

I'm not worried. This is a new team and it is common to lose close games in this situation. They'll get better and the law of averages will work and we'll win a close one in the playoffs.

[Hoops Czar]

We've lost and gotten blown out even in championship years with Duncan onboard... there was a time we couldn't beat the fucking lottery bound Bucks for years on end.

So, yeah, this isn't new and we had a shitty 2nd half... c'est la vie

It isn't the losing, it's the manner in which they're losing. The team can't get defensive stops.

[Strategic]

Read this thread and looks like a moral victory. It's all good!

[ElNono]

It isn't the losing, it's the manner in which they're losing. The team can't get defensive stops.

But we did get stops and had a couple chances to win the game. We just blew it. Better now that in the playoffs.

[LakerHater]

The last 3 games, Spurs have collapsed in the 4th twice!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?

Clippers and Orlando I think, no?

But in fairness, yeah Spurs have been pretty good st not getting their teeth kicked in.

Edit: I see other people already answered the question.

[SAGirl]

If this was the more pathetic, I'll take it, tbh... we were there to the end and had every chance to win it.

Have we been blown out this season yet?
Clippers early season.... jazz won one also early season game that wasn't close at the end.. Georgie and group did a number on Gasol/Tony without Hayward... but both games were very early in the season and the team has been much better since.

however since this is a thread about the most pathetic.... I don't think it was as demoralizing as those other two games..

[gambit1990]

it's really great having a starting PG who can put up 2 assists & 2 turnovers.

[100%duncan]

Clippers and Orlando I think, no?

But in fairness, yeah Spurs have been pretty good st not getting their teeth kicked in.

Edit: I see other people already answered the question.
Have you also realized now that this is just your usual "we fuken lost" thread?

[sasaint]

The last 3 games, Spurs have collapsed in the 4th twice!

I didn't see either game as a "collapse." The Spurs played with zero passion and zero "respect for the game" in both games - especially on defense. A tenuous ten point lead is nothing in the NBA.

[james evans]

It isn't the losing, it's the manner in which they're losing. The team can't get defensive stops.
I agree. It's not the losing that hurts, it's HOW we're losing that's hurting. Truthfully, if Popovich gave a damn, we shouldn't have more than 2 or 3 losses this year

[marinoman]

It's actually prolly a good thing we lost. Clips are most likely gonna be a 4 seed, let the warriors take them out while we easily beat Houston. I'm willing to have game 7 in Oakland then play clips in rd 2

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol completely meaningless loss where a chucker got hot and virtually every Spur but Kawhi and Manu came out flat in a different country at altitude..

[Amuseddaysleeper]

:lol completely meaningless loss where a chucker got hot and virtually every Spur but Kawhi and Manu came out flat in a different country at altitude..

When the Spurs have to play the Rockets without HCA and lose in 7, we can go back to some of these dumb giveaways. Inexcusable to lose to teams like this, worst team in the West.

Pau should NEVER EVER see minutes in crunch time. His defense completely destroys any value he has on offense.

[Hoops Czar]

:lol completely meaningless loss where a chucker got hot and virtually every Spur but Kawhi and Manu came out flat in a different country at altitude..

I smell a theme here.

[Hoops Czar]

When the Spurs have to play the Rockets without HCA and lose in 7, we can go back to some of these dumb giveaways. Inexcusable to lose to teams like this, worst team in the West.

Pau should NEVER EVER see minutes in crunch time. His defense completely destroys any value he has on offense.

Remember all those "meaningless regular season games" in 2015 that saw the Spurs drop from the second seed to the 6th seed with a loss to the Pelicans on the final day of the season? Sure would have been nice playing game 7 against the Clips at home rather than on the road.

[apalisoc_9]

The spurs werent going to win against the Clippers with baby Kawhi, banged up Tiago :lol

Pop changed the offense midway and the spurs was still structured to rely on Tiago.

A good portion of fans knew what was going to happen :lol

[spurtech09]

When Spurs are winning everything is smooth sailing on Spurstalk.....But when there losing everything is a total meltdown.....

[Arcadian]

Mexico games shouldn't count :lol

[phxspurfan]

didn't watch, January game

[Trainwreck2100]

The suns had three extra days to get acclimated to the elevation. It showed in the final quarter, Kawhi was gassed and he was the only one doing shit. Pathetic is giving two home games to another fucking country because your city thinks you're shit and pathetic is celebrating a regular season game like you won the championship like the Suns bench was doing.

[Robz4000]

The spurs werent going to win against the Clippers with baby Kawhi, banged up Tiago :lol

Pop changed the offense midway and the spurs was still structured to rely on Tiago.

A good portion of fans knew what was going to happen :lol

Despite everything in that series the Spurs made it to a 7th game on the back of Duncan. If Pop coached competently in that series the Spurs win in 6. That series above any other is one that Pop cost the Spurs.

[Russ]

No reason to overreact.

The reason the Spurs lost was an anomaly at the line:

Phx 22-24.

Spurs 24-34.

Ten more FTs for the Spurs but only two more points. That more than explains the margin of loss.

[eric365]

Green is paid $10 million a year to play D and hit open 3s. That's it. We need to get a refund

Remember in 13' when Green was paid $3,5 millions a year while putting 10+ pts on a very good 3pts %, great D and was on pace to be FMVP after 4 or 5 games?
If you want refund when the player underperform, you have to give him more when he overperform

[Prose]

does anybody know wtf happened on that that play where the score was tied at 100 and they called "goaltending" even though the spurs didn't even touch the ball and then gave the suns the 2 points?!

[BillMc]

does anybody know wtf happened on that that play where the score was tied at 100 and they called "goaltending" even though the spurs didn't even touch the ball and then gave the suns the 2 points?!

Just a blown call by the refs sadly.

[Dex]

Never change, SpursTalk.

[ECOV]

Most pathetic post of the season (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265773&p=8863144)

[spurs10]

Mexico games shouldn't count :lol I second that!

[james evans]

When Spurs are winning everything is smooth sailing on Spurstalk.....But when there losing everything is a total meltdown.....
it's not been smooth sailing this seaons cuz we haven't been winning like we should be winning. We're barely getting by most games and it's the same story. We jump out to a big lead, Popvich puts in the worst lineup possible allowing a comeback, Kawhi has to save us in the 4th.

[TD 21]

Lol at "This team falls apart in the clutch now."

There's no such thing. Law of averages buddy -- its really that simple.

Spurs ran pure to start the year when they boasted a 18-5 record despite only having a 5 point differential. They were winning all the close games and were due to regress to the mean by losing close games eventually.

Pop messed up with the rotations way too much tonight. Gasol and Lee had no business playing as much as they did.

True, but it is possible to be significantly better or worse than your expected record. The '16 Warriors were a prime example of the former, as the had a differential of 8 between expected and actual record and only in the latter half of the Finals did it begin to regress to the mean. The '14 Timberwolves were a prime example of the latter, as they too had a differential of 8 between expected and actual record.

Not long ago, the Spurs had a differential of 3 and they managed to erase it in short order. After a lot of bad luck "in the clutch" the previous 2 seasons, it seems they were due some good luck and are now regressing. As ever, the lack of anything resembling a dynamic play maker is their undoing and games like these only exacerbate it. When Leonard is on fire, he naturally becomes emboldened and takes on a greater creative burden, which means the offense devolves into him looking to fire at the slightest bit of daylight coming off a high screen, forcing shots in traffic when he can't get all the way to the rim and making passes only when forced to.

[GSH]

I don't want to start a whole new thread, but is anybody watching the beat-down GSW is putting on the Cavs? They're up by 33 with about 3:00 left in the 3rd. Good thing there's no such thing as a statement game.

That was a pathetic loss to the Suns. But shit happens in the NBA. Go to sleep for a quarter, even against a bad team, and you're courting a loss. But imagine the melt-down if the Spurs had lost the opener to GSW as badly as Cleveland is tonight.

[Robz4000]

I don't want to start a whole new thread, but is anybody watching the beat-down GSW is putting on the Cavs? They're up by 33 with about 3:00 left in the 3rd. Good thing there's no such thing as a statement game.

That was a pathetic loss to the Suns. But shit happens in the NBA. Go to sleep for a quarter, even against a bad team, and you're courting a loss. But imagine the melt-down if the Spurs had lost the opener to GSW as badly as Cleveland is tonight.

The Dubs needed this game for a lot of different reasons while the Cavs have every reason to coast; GS should be dismantling the Cavs. Meanwhile, the Spurs had a stretch of games here between Christmas and the end of this month to really fatten up their record and at least put some distance between themselves and the rest of the West. Instead they've dropped nearly half their games since New Years and haven't gotten any separation from Houston/Cleveland/LAC despite them having their hardest stretch/injuries. On top of that the same fatal issues that many were worried about (depth falling off, poor play from the bigs, Manu falling off a cliff) and some unexpected issues (Patty falling off a cliff, Green suddenly becoming a poor defender, Pop declining further as a coach, clutch time play becoming a bugaboo) have the team trending in a bad direction. All things considered the meltdown as of late are definitely warranted.

[GSH]

The Dubs needed this game for a lot of different reasons while the Cavs have every reason to coast; GS should be dismantling the Cavs. Meanwhile, the Spurs had a stretch of games here between Christmas and the end of this month to really fatten up their record and at least put some distance between themselves and the rest of the West. Instead they've dropped nearly half their games since New Years and haven't gotten any separation from Houston/Cleveland/LAC despite them having their hardest stretch/injuries. On top of that the same fatal issues that many were worried about (depth falling off, poor play from the bigs, Manu falling off a cliff) and some unexpected issues (Patty falling off a cliff, Green suddenly becoming a poor defender, Pop declining further as a coach, clutch time play becoming a bugaboo) have the team trending in a bad direction. All things considered the meltdown as of late are definitely warranted.


I can't disagree with a lot of that, but somehow I don't think coasting was anywhere in the Cav's game plan for tonight. The Dubs are flat kicking their asses - even with their All Star center having only 4 points. :lol

[spurs10]

I don't want to start a whole new thread, but is anybody watching the beat-down GSW is putting on the Cavs? They're up by 33 with about 3:00 left in the 3rd. Good thing there's no such thing as a statement game.

That was a pathetic loss to the Suns. But shit happens in the NBA. Go to sleep for a quarter, even against a bad team, and you're courting a loss. But imagine the melt-down if the Spurs had lost the opener to GSW as badly as Cleveland is tonight. Good thing we didn't have this kind of weak performance against them. I'm not sure if their game tonight is a proper barometer in how those teams stack up in the long run.