Game Thread Spurs @ Raptors 6:00PM CT, 7:00PM ET, 2:00AM Riga

[bklynspursfan]

Yup. And check out their NBA page, they refuse to mention he didn't play but make sure to state Derozan didn't play.

My god. They are really a joke at times .

[SpurPadre]

My god. They are really a joke at times .

They're more concerned kissing the Dubs ass and covering fake wrestling.

[SAGirl]

I was looking for you earlier. Kyle rebounded his ass off, and played well enough all the way around. When the Spurs were up by 3 with 9 seconds and Powell came flying at him in the paint, I thought for sure he was gonna get called for reaching. He pulled back at the last moment, so we're making some progress. :lol
:toast
He just had a cold shooting game I thought, which was unfortunate bc scoring was needed. I was super glad Forbes, Davis and Mills were on tonight, specially Forbes bc he had so far been off and I really didn't know what to expect. Kyle was ok. I would have liked him to shoot better but I think dude is definitely not used to this kind of minutes and he played 35 last night.... I hope that his shot comes back. :flag:

[ace3g]

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Spurs are now 20-4 on the road this season - just the eighth team in NBA history to win 20 of its first 24 road games.


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San Antonio is now 36-9 this season - the second-best start through 45 games the Spurs have ever had in franchise history.


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Now 36-9, Spurs have won 25+ of their first 45 games the last 20 years. No other team has more than 15 such seasons. 20 teams have under 10.

[$pursDynasty]

The East really sucks, tbh
top 3 seeds in the east on a combined 9 game losing streak

[DPG21920]

Clippers blew a massive lead to PHI.

[SAGirl]

I'm glad Kyle is getting to play.

We are getting to witness some of the slowest layups I have ever seen.
Last night against the Nets he made some of the most extended layups ever observed. His drives ran right into commercial timeouts. We are now asking new questions in science involving events that completely stop. Electrons cease to move and atomic bonds are falling apart... amazing stuff.
:lol funny stuff... lol

[Arcadian]

Uh, Aldridge made 2/4 of his late FTs. Yet people are acting like he went 0/4.

[$pursDynasty]

But they seem stuck in the 4th seed. I would prefer them lodged at 5.

[PopTheGOAT]

Clippers blew a massive lead to PHI.
And people were worried about them overtaking HOU lol.
...
LAC next 13 include 3 games vs GSW, HOU, SA, BOS, TOR :lol...w out CP3

They ain't overtaking shii lmao

[TXstbobcat]

Spurs (https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash) become the 8th team in NBA history to start a season 20-4 or better on the road

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Uh, Aldridge made 2/4 of his late FTs. Yet people are acting like he went 0/4.

He is absolutely not an all star this year. Also fucked up his free throws in Cleveland.

[John Petrucci]

I'm glad Kyle is getting to play.

We are getting to witness some of the slowest layups I have ever seen.
Last night against the Nets he made some of the most extended layups ever observed. His drives ran right into commercial timeouts. We are now asking new questions in science involving events that completely stop. Electrons cease to move and atomic bonds are falling apart... amazing stuff.

:rollin

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[Dex]

:lol at beating the 2nd seed in the East with no Kawhi, a rookie and two backups starting, two more rookies off the bench getting serious minutes, and the bench crew.

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The @spurs (https://twitter.com/spurs) currently hold the best road record in the @NBA (https://twitter.com/NBA) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/27a1.png Coach Pop credits great character from youth, quick learning and chemistry

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2_Nr7KXAAEph0v.jpg
spurs are 7-0 on the road without parker. 13-4 with him.

[apalisoc_9]

How did Anderson look as an SF? Thoughts ob mUrray? I missed the whole game. No time to watch replay

[SAGirl]

How did Anderson look as an SF? Thoughts ob mUrray? I missed the whole game. No time to watch replay
Someone might do grades. He was ok, still same old slomo. He was fine on D and made some nice passes but his shot was off tonight. Since Danny had a horrible shooting night and Dijon turned things up later in the game but was shaky to start as well I would have liked to have seen him score more. He did draw some fouls and moved the ball to find open guys. Toronto played a lot of small ball and he came up with some important rebounds to close out the game and an offensive board and putback that was important late in the game.

Dijon had an uneven game... shaky for some stretches but turning things up in the clutch. I am impressed by him being a rookie playing so well to close out the game.

Overall, from the new guys I was very impressed with Bertans. He's an impressive offensive player and I think he could have played more myself.

[SnakeBoy]

How did Anderson look as an SF? Thoughts ob mUrray? I missed the whole game. No time to watch replay

Kyle had a nice game. Shot didn't fall but he's looking more confident. At one point he got the ball on the break and 2 minutes later he finished at the rim with a nice layup. It was exciting.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Uh, Aldridge made 2/4 of his late FTs. Yet people are acting like he went 0/4.

50% is not that good in crunch minutes. Especially after his missed FTs in the CLE game.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Someone might do grades. He was ok, still same old slomo. He was fine on D and made some nice passes but his shot was off tonight. Since Danny had a horrible shooting night and Dijon turned things up later in the game but was shaky to start as well I would have liked to have seen him score more. He did draw some fouls and moved the ball to find open guys. Toronto played a lot of small ball and he came up with some important rebounds to close out the game and an offensive board and putback that was important late in the game.

Dijon had an uneven game... shaky for some stretches but turning things up in the clutch. I am impressed by him being a rookie playing so well to close out the game.

Overall, from the new guys I was very impressed with Bertans. He's an impressive offensive player and I think he could have played more myself.

I think HarlemHeat37 was supposed to do the grades?

[cutewizard]

incredible win by my super SPURS!!!!

:claw

[cutewizard]

True grit right there..............beating Toronto, on the road, with most of our stars not playing......

[Arcadian]

50% is not that good in crunch minutes. Especially after his missed FTs in the CLE game.

It wasn't a disaster though. If I didn't know better, just from reading this thread I would think Aldridge played like shit and cost the team. It seems like everyone hates him here. I like him though. Such a dynamic player. Can post up anybody, and can drain outside jumpers all day. Turned out to be a nice defender too.

[DarrinS]

Kyle had a nice game. Shot didn't fall but he's looking more confident. At one point he got the ball on the break and 2 minutes later he finished at the rim with a nice layup. It was exciting.

:lol

[DarrinS]

It wasn't a disaster though. If I didn't know better, just from reading this thread I would think Aldridge played like shit and cost the team. It seems like everyone hates him here. I like him though. Such a dynamic player. Can post up anybody, and can drain outside jumpers all day. Turned out to be a nice defender too.

He had a solid game.

[ceperez]

I don't know if anyone caught the the thing about LeBron James saying the Cavs are 'top heavy'.

That they need "lots of bodies" like the Spurs to contribute!

[Robz4000]

LMA is fine tbh. He was far from a problem in this game outside bricking freebies.

[ceperez]

I have never in my entire life seen a coach that hates winning games as much as Popvoich. I've truly never seen it

It's the regular season. This is practice.

[ceperez]

Davis had a good game!!!
And I am glad Bryn Forbes picked this game up to show us all that he can shoot too. :toast

He can definitely shoot... 75% today. He just needs to be setup.... I mean if he was setup as much as Reddick is set up, then he should be able to make an impact.

Spurs rarely ever create screens for the 3 point shooters. I don't know if that's just because its the regular season.

[TheDoctor]

spurs are 7-0 on the road without parker. 13-4 with him.

Underrated stat tbh

[Chinook]

Speaking of which, from RealGM:


mihail_petkov wrote:
Kawhi is the most overrated player in NBA for me.

Spurs without him:
2015-2016: 7-3
2016-2017: 4-0


How that little narrative has flipped over the past three years.

[NameLess Scrub]

Kyle Lowry will average about 15 push offs per quarter and have a great night.

Terrence Ross will pick up DeRozan's slack by making lots of long 2s.

Plus, Spurs need to make up for the Warriors' loss.

Spurs lose.

Couldn't watch live, but apparently I was spot on except for losing.. thankfully.

[bklynspursfan]

Missed this last night. Vernon freaking Maxwell lol

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[bklynspursfan]

Speaking of which, from RealGM:



How that little narrative has flipped over the past three years.

Not that he was anything special, but it helps to have another guy like LMA here too.

That's just crazy talk ltho, what the RealGM poster said. We would win games without TD as well, I think it just speaks more to Pop's brilliance than anything.

[Chinook]

Not that he was anything special, but it helps to have another guy like LMA here too.

That's just crazy talk ltho, what the RealGM poster said. We would win games without TD as well, I think it just speaks more to Pop's brilliance than anything.

It is crazy talk, and the guy got pretty panned for it. I just remember that around these parts in 2013-2015, folks would cite the Spurs' record without Kawhi all the time to show how essential he was. Now you have a guy doing it to show how overrated he is. Full circle.

[bklynspursfan]

It is crazy talk, and the guy got pretty panned for it. I just remember that around these parts in 2013-2015, folks would cite the Spurs' record without Kawhi all the time to show how essential he was. Now you have a guy doing it to show how overrated he is. Full circle.

Yea. I mean it was cringe worthy when he was out a few years back. Now they've got a bit more talent so that helps of course

[bklynspursfan]

spurs are 7-0 on the road without parker. 13-4 with him.

Also 4-0 when Kawhi sits. Maybe he and Parker are holding us back

[superbigtime]

It wasn't a disaster though. If I didn't know better, just from reading this thread I would think Aldridge played like shit and cost the team. It seems like everyone hates him here. I like him though. Such a dynamic player. Can post up anybody, and can drain outside jumpers all day. Turned out to be a nice defender too.

So weary of the wrongful hate negativity of this forum on Aldridge. He's getting it done.

[Chinook]

Yea. I mean it was cringe worthy when he was out a few years back. Now they've got a bit more talent so that helps of course

The issue is that when Kawhi went out, both Green and Manu were out. The Spurs were like 8-8 without Kawhi, but if you count when Green and Manu came back, they were 6-2 without him, and one of those losses was a game where Pop sat the Big Three. And it was during the RRT, which just made it harder. They were 2-6 without any of their top three wings, which is what you'd expect.

In that same way, these last two games were games where Pop felt he could get away with sitting Kawhi and keeping Parker out. They aren't a fair sample.

[ace3g]

I missed this from last night, Udoka was having none of it and Bertans was ready to step in as well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSR3A-AAG6g

[Fireball]

its only fun when Manu is doing this :lol

[playbonner15]

I missed this from last night, Udoka was having none of it and Bertans was ready to step in as well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSR3A-AAG6g

Udoka bout to judo TRoss' head then the Latvian Enforcer about to throw down :lol

[Maddog]

Udoka bout to judo TRoss' head then the Latvian Enforcer about to throw down :lol

Don't mess with Ime and Davis


http://hoopshype.com/2007/12/09/ime-the-great/
see last paragraph

We already know about Davis..

[Spur|n|Austin]

It wasn't a disaster though. If I didn't know better, just from reading this thread I would think Aldridge played like shit and cost the team. It seems like everyone hates him here. I like him though. Such a dynamic player. Can post up anybody, and can drain outside jumpers all day. Turned out to be a nice defender too.

I'm def not a hater and share your sentiment, he's been looking very comfortable in the system lately and that's great news. I do think he needs to work on those crunch time free throws though, he can be a little mentally weak at times..

[bklynspursfan]

The issue is that when Kawhi went out, both Green and Manu were out. The Spurs were like 8-8 without Kawhi, but if you count when Green and Manu came back, they were 6-2 without him, and one of those losses was a game where Pop sat the Big Three. And it was during the RRT, which just made it harder. They were 2-6 without any of their top three wings, which is what you'd expect.

In that same way, these last two games were games where Pop felt he could get away with sitting Kawhi and keeping Parker out. They aren't a fair sample.

I remember those guys were out, it was brutal defensively.

They may have won games without him, but I'm sure the defense was very ugly

[GSH]

I missed this from last night, Udoka was having none of it and Bertans was ready to step in as well.


I like that side of Bertans, even if Pop doesn't. I guess he could wind up getting his ass kicked by the league if he actually gets tangled up with someone. But I don't see him going out of his way to start shit. I like a guy who isn't going to take shit, either.

There's no doubt he was coming around to explain things to Ross. Pop will probably super glue his ass to the bench for the rest of the season over it.


:tu Ace3G always posts great stuff.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Also 4-0 when Kawhi sits. Maybe he and Parker are holding us back

:lol thank you, Gambit is a nematode.

[Spur|n|Austin]

I missed this from last night, Udoka was having none of it and Bertans was ready to step in as well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSR3A-AAG6g

We all know about the Ime Gladiator moment! He doesn't mess around

http://hoopshype.com/2007/12/09/ime-the-great/

[gambit1990]

Also 4-0 when Kawhi sits. Maybe he and Parker are holding us back

:lol thank you, Gambit is a nematode.
the difference is no one on this site is suggesting the spurs would be fine without kawhi.

[SAGirl]

I like that side of Bertans, even if Pop doesn't. I guess he could wind up getting his ass kicked by the league if he actually gets tangled up with someone. But I don't see him going out of his way to start shit. I like a guy who isn't going to take shit, either.

There's no doubt he was coming around to explain things to Ross. Pop will probably super glue his ass to the bench for the rest of the season over it.


:tu Ace3G always posts great stuff.
I will admit that sentence made me laugh. :toast

[james evans]

It's the regular season. This is practice.
seeding in the west is VERY important. This isn't the east. If we played in the east, Leonard wouldn't play over 50 games and Ginobli would play until he's 45

[cutewizard]

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