Game Thread: Spurs @ Cavs Jan 21st 730CT brought to you by Kosher Salt

[apalisoc_9]

It's early, but after windhorst comments this should easily be the most anticipated game of the season. That kawhi vs Lebron matchup only got tastier by day.

[dabom]

I'm getting tons of pizza for this game.

[Brazil]

:lol gonna be great game

[SpurPadre]

TP is gonna want to wear butt plug for the game cuz Kyrie is gonna drop 50 on that ass, tbh.

[apalisoc_9]

Tomorrow is the big game.

[Chinook]

Thinking a blowout for the Cavs. Maybe RC won't bring in another big because he's afraid Pop will sit LMA if he does. It would be nice to see Danny get up for his friend and old team like he did in 2015 in addition to LMA showing some balls and Kawhi being Kawhi.

[Canyonero]

Easy win for the LeBrons

[TheDoctor]

TP is gonna want to wear butt plug for the game cuz Kyrie is gonna drop 50 on that ass, tbh.

Tony will start the game and after getting cucked again and again by CLE's guards he will caught another ghost injury. This time gonna be his annual hamstring injury.

[Robz4000]

Could see this going either way tbh. Cleveland hasn't been impressive in recent weeks, even at home, but I have to wonder how much of it is coasting and how much isn't? If Love plays Cavs have the advantage; if not Spurs should be favored.

[SAGirl]

Spurs will win this. I just have that feeling...

[r0drig0lac]

easy win

[Ron Swanson]

HOTS is out for at least two games per Rotoworld.

[RD2191]

Spurs always suck on national TV against good competition. We probably get blown out.

[TimDunkem]

HOTS is out for at least two games per Rotoworld.
On that same site it also says he's expected to play.

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/68615/45/dose-rudy-go-monstert?pg=2

[TheDoctor]

Don't know this handle/site credibility but...

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[Fireball]

We suck in big games on national TV ... but I doubt we will get blown out because Cleveland is not playing good defense right now

[TimDunkem]

Don't know this handle/site credibility but...

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I do expect him to be out. Tonight will be a big test for Dejounte. I'm excited to see how he handles it.

[gambit1990]

parker is out per spurs twitter.

[hater]

No Parker no chance in hell.

Lebrontes by 32

I predict Lamarcus will have a good vame thou

[DarrinS]

Looking forward to more Dejounte minutes.

[Ron Swanson]

Looking forward to more Dejounte minutes.

Same here.

[RD2191]

Parker out? Spurs by 24+

[RD2191]

I wanna see what DJ can do against Irving on the defensive end.

[BatManu20]

No Tony and no Pau. Will be tough. Hopefully Dejounte is up O the challenge again against his good friend Lebron. But on the road I'm not expecting another performance like Thursday's.

[spurs10]

I hope for competitive game. Go Spurs! :flag:

[bklynspursfan]

Yea this was a game we could've used TP.

[spursistan]

Parker has become even more fragile than Ginobili..we are at point where he would miss a week for stubbing his little toe while getting out of bed.

[BatManu20]

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[bklynspursfan]

Thinking a blowout for the Cavs. Maybe RC won't bring in another big because he's afraid Pop will sit LMA if he does. It would be nice to see Danny get up for his friend and old team like he did in 2015 in addition to LMA showing some balls and Kawhi being Kawhi.

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[spurs10]

822860436278300676 Makes sense!

[Joseph Kony]

Let's see how Murray handles playing against a legit contender. Hopefully he can be as poised as he was vs Denver

[Joseph Kony]

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eh...Spurs have plenty of depth in the front court in the meantime, don't need to sign some Jeff Errors type off the scrap heap imo

[DarrinS]

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Looks like people just milling about.

[Darius Bieber]

ESPN's promo of this game is all Cleveland and LeBron. Not one mention of the Spurs.

Same shit happened with Golden State when they played Memphis. No mention of any Grizzlies player... then Memphis beat them. :lmao

[SpurPadre]

Going short-handed against a pissed off Lebron team on national tv and not playing at our best by a longshot...

[SAGirl]

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Thanks for sharing that... that's exactly what I thought they would do and I doubt it's another 6'8-6'9 prospect from the dleague. They need a legit bigger body.

[DarrinS]

Thanks for sharing that... that's exactly what I thought they would do and I doubt it's another 6'8-6'9 prospect from the dleague. They need a legit bigger body.

Bonner's coming out of retirement.


EDIT> That was a joke. What's TD doing these days?

[Ron Swanson]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

[TheDoctor]

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Chinook and I called this tbh

[SpurPadre]

TD will come back to judge the living and the dead tbh.

[BatManu20]

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[Ron Swanson]

TD will come back to judge the living and the dead tbh.

http://troll.me/images/little-girl-finger-crossed/i-wish-a-motherfucker-would-thumb.jpg

[ElNono]

Lebron gonna do his thing, it's the Tristan Thompson, Richard Jefferson and Kyle Korver of the world that are going to wreck us, IMO....

Gonna be tough, but Believe...

[TimDunkem]

Jefferson will lay an egg against his old team. Book it.

I do worry about Korver though...

[TXstbobcat]

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Murray gets a serious test tonight against Irving.

[TimDunkem]

eh...Spurs have plenty of depth in the front court in the meantime, don't need to sign some Jeff Errors type off the scrap heap imo
Eh, I agree with you to a point but, with our starting 5 out, the Spurs definitely need another body there. Dedmon is our only legit center right now...If only to come in should he be in foul trouble.

[Ron Swanson]

Joel Anthony is coming.

[Robz4000]

Gonna go out on a limb and call a Spurs win...

[quentin_compson]

:flag:

[Robz4000]

Joel Anthony is coming.

You see a tweet somewhere?

[Ron Swanson]

You see a tweet somewhere?

Shams Charania ‏@ShamsCharania (https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania) In wake of Pau Gasol's hand surgery, Spurs plan to sign veteran center Joel Anthony to a 10-day contract, league sources tell The Vertical.

[Cry Havoc]

Cavs haven't been playing well lately. Hopefully we can capitalize on them. I'm not optimistic about a Murray vs Irving matchup, but at least Kyrie isn't going to play tough D on him.

The Cavs should stick LeBron on Murray to fuck with his head to start the game. :lol

[SAGirl]

Shams Charania ‏@ShamsCharania (https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania) In wake of Pau Gasol's hand surgery, Spurs plan to sign veteran center Joel Anthony to a 10-day contract, league sources tell The Vertical.
It makes sense. They really were not inclined to cut him. He was fine in the preseason.

[Robz4000]

Shams Charania ‏@ShamsCharania (https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania) In wake of Pau Gasol's hand surgery, Spurs plan to sign veteran center Joel Anthony to a 10-day contract, league sources tell The Vertical.

:tu he's the guy I figured they'd sign

[FkLA]

Jesus Christ bringing in Joel Anthony to take minutes away from Bertans is pretty disgusting, tbh.

[spursistan]

Jesus Christ bringing in Joel Anthony to take minutes away from Bertans is pretty disgusting, tbh.
mop-up duty, tbh..can't have Dedmon/Lee playing in garbage time on top of regular minutes vacated by Pau..

[SpurPadre]

at this point, are TD's knees that fucked up that he can't play a few minutes a game or is it really a matter of pride that the best PF of all-time shouldn't be relegated to mop up duty?

[TimDunkem]

mop-up duty, tbh..can't have Dedmon/Lee playing in garbage time on top of regular minutes vacated by Pau..
Yep. Davis and Anthony don't even play the same position.

[Cry Havoc]

Yep. Davis and Anthony don't even play the same position.

No, but they can definitely rearrange lineups to make it a direct sub.

[tonight...you]

at this point, are TD's knees that fucked up that he can't play a few minutes a game or is it really a matter of pride that the best PF of all-time shouldn't be relegated to mop up duty?

I think it's a matter of Duncan actually wanting to be retired dude. Start wrapping your head around it.

[TimDunkem]

Joel will be nothing more than a mop up guy in garbage time, or the guy they bring in if Dedmon gets in foul trouble. I'm not particularly worried about Davis losing even more playing time to him. I'd be surprised if we see him play much in these next ten days.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Lebron gonna do his thing, it's the Tristan Thompson, Richard Jefferson and Kyle Korver of the world that are going to wreck us, IMO....

Gonna be tough, but Believe...

And don't forget Irving, Spurs have no answer for him.

[TheGreatYacht]

Dedmon/Anthony
Aldridge/Lee/Bertans
Leonard/Simmons/Anderson
Green/Ginobili/Forbes
Murray/Mills

Out: Tony Parker, Pau Gasol

[Chinook]

Like how Joel played during TC. Very Dedmon-like

[hater]

Its a scrimmage without parker tbh

[007nites]

Kawhi going for 40 tonight

[spursistan]

Blowout vs other contenders are depressing..I know we are short-handed, but this team has displayed commendable resilience all year long..Other than the wire-to-wire home loss to Clippers, they have led or fought their way back in about all their 9 defeats this season..

The Cavs are in a mini slump, i think we should make it a game at least..

[100%duncan]

So game is going to start late? I remembered last clips game started a whopping 20 mins late

[007nites]

It's on

[007nites]

So game is going to start late? I remembered last clips game started a whopping 20 mins late

Pre-game has started on LP

[TXstbobcat]

:flag:

[Darius Bieber]

Been watching this bitch ass NBA Countdown on ABC before the game, not one mention of the Spurs. Fucking disgraceful.

[tonight...you]

Been watching this bitch ass NBA Countdown on ABC before the game, not one mention of the Spurs. Fucking disgraceful.
#Let'sberealhere

Who, outside of San Antonio, gives a shit about San Antonio? Figuratively speaking... I know there are peeps out there...

[Robz4000]

So according to the pregame Parker was sent back to SA for an MRI. Guess this injury is more serious than we thought.

[Darius Bieber]

So according to the pregame Parker was sent back to SA for an MRI. Guess this injury is more serious than we thought.

Now it's time to see if Murray has the bright future we are all hoping for.

[ducks]

Pop more forcused on trump then cavs not good

[ducks]

So according to the pregame Parker was sent back to SA for an MRI. Guess this injury is more serious than we thought.

Bad murry needed a cheerleader since mills was not

[FkLA]

mop-up duty, tbh..can't have Dedmon/Lee playing in garbage time on top of regular minutes vacated by Pau..

I don't know, man. I don't like what I saw from the Nuggets game. Poop was a huge faggot towards Bertans and didn't even put him in until the very end of the 2nd Qtr opting instead to play LMA heavy minutes. I have a bad feeling he'll favor Anthony over him.

[Robz4000]

Might be for the best if the Spurs cross-match tonight tbh. Let Green guard Irving and put Murray on Shumpert.

[FkLA]

So according to the pregame Parker was sent back to SA for an MRI. Guess this injury is more serious than we thought.

Hope it's season-ending. Srs.

[sasaint]

Magic, Wilbon and the chick are terrible for a pre-game crew. Talking exclusively about a Cavs/Dubs finals as a foregone conclusion. "Do the Cavs need to make another move? Do the Dubs?" Oh, by the way the game is Cavs/Spurs. My greatest hope is for BOTH the Cavs and Dubs to get derailed before the finals.

[RD2191]

:flag::claw

[Ron Swanson]

:flag:

[sasaint]

Magic: "Aldridge needs to play like he did in Portland..." - Lasoftus. Smh!

[Chinook]

Magic, Wilbon and the chick are terrible for a pre-game crew. Talking exclusively about a Cavs/Dubs finals as a foregone conclusion. "Do the Cavs need to make another move? Do the Dubs?" Oh, by the way the game is Cavs/Spurs. My greatest hope is for BOTH the Cavs and Dubs to get derailed before the finals.

They're idiots if they think Kawhi HAS to play the four with Gasol out. They have plenty of small options and now the depth big they needed.

[Ron Swanson]

Murray and Lee are starting again.

[sasaint]

They're idiots if they think Kawhi HAS to play the four with Gasol out. They have plenty of small options and now the depth big they needed.

National Media Idiots. I hate it when I can't watch the Spurs with Bill and Sean!

[sasaint]

Murray and Lee are starting again.

For better or worse, I can't wait!

[spurtech09]

Spurs always suck on national TV against good competition. We probably get blown out.ABC national TV......Spurs usually stink it up....

[100%duncan]

Here we go

[spurtech09]

Murray and Lee are starting again.So no Tony Parker again......Lets see how Murray does.....

[r0drig0lac]

LEGO

[sasaint]

Lee! He should matchup well against Love.

[spurtech09]

Too easy.....wide open 3's

[Ron Swanson]

Shut the fuck up, JVG

[sasaint]

LMA with the fadeaways- just like Magic ordered.

[loveforthegame]

This is fun.

[spurraider21]

green's transition D is insane

[sasaint]

LMA on that lob! :lol

[100%duncan]

Aldridge :lol

[FkLA]

Terrible start.

[Robz4000]

I take it back; Spurs are gonna lose by 30.

[spursistan]

Awful start per par on road national TV game..

Aldridge getting sonned by Thompson :sleep..

[Nathan89]

Stop running the offense through our shitty pf tbh

[TheGreatYacht]

:lmao this team can't even fucking run a simple P&P for Aldridge without Parker

[Darius Bieber]

Blow out loss.

Warriors beat these clowns by almost 40. Just shows how trash the Spurs are.

[Vokun]

This one about to be over before it even start

[r0drig0lac]

bad start

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Pau and Parker wouldn't have helped tonight, the defense is horrible and SA matches up very very poorly vs. Cleveland.

Cavs would beat the Spurs in 5.

[$pursDynasty]

Missing the HOTS the offense looks stagnant

[sasaint]

Terrible start.

Bad on the boards again. Gotta get Deadman activated.

[Nathan89]

Pop treating Softridge like prime TD:lmao
"Goat coach":lmao

[dabom]

Put Patty in.

[Ice009]

What a pathetic start, yet again, Spurs with another pathetic start.

[dabom]

And dedmon

[Ron Swanson]

Blow out loss.

Warriors beat these clowns by almost 40. Just shows how trash the Spurs are.

Probably should blow up the roster and move the franchise.

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurstalk fat couch coaches thinking Gasol and Parker were the problem on defense :lmao

[Vokun]

Kawhi and Lee came to play at least

[sasaint]

Probably should blow up the roster and move the franchise.

Mexico City?

[100%duncan]

David lee > lma? :lol

[RD2191]

DJ!

[r0drig0lac]

great play by murray

[Vokun]

HOLY FUCK MURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fucking love the aggressiveness. Keep that shit up

[808]

Great response. Lee such a good outlet passer

[FkLA]

Jounte :wow

[BatManu20]

Dejounte! Love the aggressiveness

[Nathan89]

Everything is fine now that we are not forcing it to a glorified role player.

[100%duncan]

Spurstalk fat couch coaches thinking Gasol and Parker were the problem on defense :lmao

Gasol was. Gonna be a worse game when lebron or kyrie goes to attack him everytime :lol LMA is not helping well.

OTOH, Dijon :wow

[boutons_deux]

David lee > lma? :lol

yep, "no question about it"

here we go, 12 - 14

[spursparker9]

Murray floater is legit

[FkLA]

Trade Porker. Start Dejounte.

[Robz4000]

Good response. Need to box out Thompson or this will get out of hand.

[100%duncan]

Murray has the streetball aesthetic that people love to watch, helps him a lot of with fans tbh :lol

[dabom]

Kawhi carrying per par. :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

If we can just defend well that will go a long way. Can't give up layups every time down the floor.

Murray looking good.

[TheGreatYacht]

Gasol was. Gonna be a worse game when lebron or kyrie goes to attack him everytime :lol LMA is not helping well.

OTOH, Dijon :wow
The future. Finally we have a PG that can take the torch from TP

[Ice009]

Man, I really want both Dedmon and Lee to stay. Both have been awesome backup bigs. Great play from Lee and Dejounte.

[spurtech09]

fun game to watch.....

[Mnky]

Murray's defense has been most impressive to me so far. He's sticking on kyrie, his length is definitely beneficial.

[TheDoctor]

Nice response after the timeout. Loved how DJM erased Kyrie there :lol

[007nites]

Murray gets in the paint with ease

[Ron Swanson]

Love with that bullshit move jumping into the defender.

[RD2191]

For fucks sake Danny

[TheGreatYacht]

Fucking trade Green already. God damn. What a fucking poser

[100%duncan]

Danny, never change you fuck face

[loveforthegame]

Green and falling for fakes.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Fuck, Cavs awesome at making 3's and we are missing ours.

[Robz4000]

Spurs getting nuked on the perimeter too.

[sasaint]

Danny... sheesh! Going for Love's fake.

[FkLA]

smh Green

[TheDoctor]

Fuck you LDN

[RD2191]

These faggots are going to chuck 3s all night.

[TheGreatYacht]

Danny, never change you fuck face
He literally hasn't. Still dribbles like a 4th grader too

[TimDunkem]

Danny always falls for fakes. Holy shit.

[spursistan]

Will fuckin Green ever learn to not jump into pumpfakes?

[spurtech09]

Spurs can't buy a basket.....

[Ron Swanson]

Manu vs Lebron :lol

[RD2191]

Oh come on man

[TheGreatYacht]

Lmao Kiwi shrinking against contenders. Can't say I'm surprised

[sasaint]

Kawhi needs to heat up.

[FkLA]

Kawhi getting whatever he wants. Shots just rattling out, unfortunately.

[100%duncan]

Ugh Kawhi with some good looks

[Nathan89]

Lebron not guarding Kawhi so he can get a mismatch on offense:lmao

[spurtech09]

Kawhi getting whatever he wants. Shots just rattling out, unfortunately.

[BatManu20]

Too much Kawhi iso. He's not hitting. Move the ball around.

[007nites]

Manu got bulldozed

[Vokun]

LMA is fucking useless against elite teams

[spurtech09]

Sloppy

[RD2191]

:lol lascrubus

[Ron Swanson]

Dedmon!

[TimDunkem]

Lmao Ginobili on LeBron

[TheGreatYacht]

Lmao attacking that weak ass backcourt on the bench

[RD2191]

LMA is fucking useless against elite teams

Always has been.

[Robz4000]

Spurs' ISO offense too easy to defend while the defense is giving up open shots everywhere.

[r0drig0lac]

damn manu

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure getting cucked on both ends :lmao

[Ron Swanson]

Thompson on LMA should be a mismatch tbh

[RD2191]

Manu gtfo

[SpurPadre]

Turnobili

[Robz4000]

Bench Manu

[007nites]

Manu's been so cringe

[RD2191]

TRADE LMA. HES TRASH.

[sasaint]

Manu trying to split defenders and drive. :depressed

[FkLA]

Manu trying to do too much against an elite opponent per par.

Weak ass reverse attempt by LMA.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Aldridge sucks against good teams.

[TheMulletMan3000]

trade manu

[spursistan]

Aldridge vs elite teams :lmao

[spurtech09]

Time to bring in Bertans....

[100%duncan]

Lmao Kiwi shrinking against contenders. Can't say I'm surprised

:lol

[timtonymanu]

Smh LMA becomes a non factor against length

[Mnky]

Manu has been the recipient of both turnovers and almost every scoring play since he came in...

[dabom]

Manu is getting taken advantage.

[AZK619]

LMA better show up

[sasaint]

Spurs' ISO offense too easy to defend while the defense is giving up open shots everywhere.

Doing more ISO-offense than they have in a number of games. Smh

[james evans]

I don't know what it is about Ginobli playing against Lebron, but he loves to turn the fucking ball over when he's on the court with him.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Kawhi pass the ball you idiot

[RD2191]

Pass the rock Kawhi

[Vokun]

Too much iso ball.

[bklynspursfan]

Looking like crap, only down 8. #silverlining

[BatManu20]

That was a foul. Slapped his wrist.

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure + Microwave Fatty have to be the worst defensive duo in the league

[Ron Swanson]

Manu needs to take a seat.

[100%duncan]

Kawhi hesitating with taking 3s now fuck

[sasaint]

Kawhi dribble, dribble, dribble...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nice hustle by Lee

[LkrFan]

Go Cavs Go! :D

[sasaint]

DLEE!

[spurtech09]

Spurs defense is garbage.

[Vokun]

Cavs are literally getting wide open paint looks

[Nathan89]

Our defense blows ass.

[RD2191]

Smdh

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Our interior D is awful

[TheMulletMan3000]

trade kawhi

[Robz4000]

:lmao this defense

[ElNono]

we getting killed inside...

[Leetonidas]

Offense and defense are trash to start as usual

[100%duncan]

Pick n roll D looking like it's 2011 :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Dedmon might be dumber than Errors. Why would he help Kawhi defend Liggins lmfao

[RD2191]

Lma is useless when we actually need him.

[sasaint]

Defensive mixup between Deadman and Kawhi.

[FkLA]

Weak ass foul. :pctoss

[Ron Swanson]

trade kawhi

http://i.imgur.com/f9FW2.gif

[BatManu20]

Our D is shit. Gotta pick it up on that end.

[Mnky]

Boy, what is Kathi Tripping on.. :lol he's completely abandoning his defensive assignment and not passing out of triple teams..

[ElNono]

Channing Frye looks like Shaq

[spurtech09]

Wow never seen so much bad D by the Spurs.

[Vokun]

Welp, that's game. Scrubs scrubbing it up and stars choking per par

[BatManu20]

Our D is shit. Gotta pick it up on that end.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah this is over already

[cd98]

Not good that our bench is losing the battle of the benches.

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure the $14,000,000 man :lmao

[Vokun]

Thanks Manure for nothing

[spurtech09]

No doubt the Spurs need to take advantage of Richard Jefferson lol....

[Darius Bieber]

Wow we suck.

[bklynspursfan]

Manu has had 2 good looks and bricked em. Gotta knock those down

[NASpurs]

"second best team" :lol

[BatManu20]

Play Dejounte Murray.. He's our only player outside of Kawhi who can break down a defense off the dribble. And pull Manu's corpse already.

[Mnky]

It looks like pop isn't coaching too much, must be a learning experience quarter.

[Darius Bieber]

Yeah this is over already

[Robz4000]

Manu is giving the Spurs absolutely nothing.

[100%duncan]

Danny still on a short leash since 2012 :lol

Too bad Manu is 60 yrs old or something

[007nites]

Thanks Manure for nothing

[ElNono]

Manu just not hitting, but good looks... that defense tho

[r0drig0lac]

cavs 0 turnovers

[BatManu20]

Manu has had 2 good looks and bricked em. Gotta knock those down

Hes short on almost every 3 he takes. Has been for weeks. Old legs tbh.

[TheGreatYacht]

Not good that our bench is losing the battle of the benches.
When do they not?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I have never said this in the history of my life while being a member of Spurstalk...but it is time to bench Ginobili.

This team's defense is fool's gold, don't care what the metrics say. I would rather the Spurs pack the paint as Cleveland isn't even breaking a sweat right now.

[bklynspursfan]

Also, much rather be down early than trying to protect a lead here. Let's see if we can respond in this quarter

[FkLA]

Manu takes way too many fucking end of quarter shots for his age, tbh.

[hater]

:lmao manu is fucking garbage. Cost us 15 points already

Pop is a senile fuck to keep playing this mummy