GameThread: Thu Mar 23 2017 - grizz @ SPURS 7:30PM CT/ 8:30PM ET / 2:30AM RigaT

[TheDoctor]

Let's GOOO!

The Spurs have been able to win over every team in the League but one team, the Mofos Grizzlies. I'm sure we will roast them tonite, so, no worries fellas. WE GOT THIS!

San Antonio Spurs (54-16) (7-3 L10) Streak: W2
Memphis Grizzlies (40-31) (4-6 L10) Streak: L1
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[Darius Bieber]

Loss tbh, the Grizz have our number.

[sananspursfan21]

Tonight is going to be a pivotal game in regards to my opinion of our current Spurs team. If they can come out blazing and smoke these grizzlies, I can believe they're horsing around until the playoffs (like they do many seasons). If they fool around and lose or win by a last second shot, I call bull on these guys being contenders

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[Arcadian]

We got this. Grizzlies ain't shit. Their two wins were flukes.

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[MultiTroll]

Start time given on thread title for U.S. as well as Riga on time zone
nicely done.

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[bklynspursfan]

Loss tbh, the Grizz have our number.

No chance.

[TheDoctor]

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[Ron Swanson]

:flag:

[GSH]

This look like a job for Dewayne Dedmon. I really want to see him play physical tonight. It probably means he picks up some fouls, but he needs to set the tone that the Spurs won't be bullied.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Loss tbh, the Grizz have our number.

Emo tbh

[TheGreatYacht]

This look like a job for Dewayne Dedmon. I really want to see him play physical tonight. It probably means he picks up some fouls, but he needs to set the tone that the Spurs won't be bullied.
Don't hold your breath on that.

[bluebellmaniac]

What time?

[BillMc]

Nice job OP:toast

I predict an 8 to 12 point victory

[BillMc]

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Who is this chick?

[BillMc]

No chance.
+1

[Ron Swanson]

Emo tbh

Go down the lane, not across the street.

[BillMc]

This look like a job for Dewayne Dedmon. I really want to see him play physical tonight. It probably means he picks up some fouls, but he needs to set the tone that the Spurs won't be bullied.

Agreed.

[rastaspur]

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Her chest is amazing. Never seen her before. She is fiya

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Spurs should win tbh.

[Seventyniner]

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<3 Kawhi, not caring about any particular regular season game. His personality (particularly how it meshes with Pop) is Duncan 2.0.

[Darius Bieber]

Our attendance is complete shit.

[Ron Swanson]

Pop already tired of the bullshit.

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs never win when they pander to American terrorists

[Arcadian]

Can Vince Carter just die already?

[RD2191]

Can Vince Carter just die already?

:sleep

[GSH]

Don't hold your breath on that.


Well he's off to a pretty good start.

[TheGreatYacht]

Aldridge just fucking hates open looks, doesn't he

[Ron Swanson]

Two fouls on Dedmon

[pgardn]

Our attendance is complete shit.

Do your bunions ache as well?

[Ron Swanson]

:claw

[r0drig0lac]

Kawhi going ham

[FkLA]

Kawhichael will be a 25-5-5 guy next year, tbh.

[DarrinS]

Our attendance is complete shit.

Lol, "our"

[Robz4000]

Kawhichael will be a 25-5-5 guy next year, tbh.

He already pretty much is now tbh.

[TheGreatYacht]

Game threads are dead nowadays, as well as the attendance.

I can only imagine what it'll look like when the team sucks :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Gasol!!

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Tony Allen's offense is so bad that hes making Pau Gasol look like a good defender.

[TheGreatYacht]

Harrison is playing :tu

He's almost as bad as Parsons and Cameron Payne

[Ron Swanson]

:lma

[Robz4000]

Memphis is literally getting whatever they want on offense.

[TheGreatYacht]

Why is Fatty Mills shooting?

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Harrison is playing :tu

He's almost as bad as Parsons and Cameron Payne

He's pretty much the worst rotation in the NBA tbh.

He was horrible at Kentucky yet Chris Wallace thought it was a great idea to trade into the draft to get him. No wonder the Grizzlies usually suck in the draft.

[Robz4000]

Det move by Simmons. Should've been an And-1.

...then he misses his freebies...

[Ron Swanson]

Free throws. :depressed

[GSH]

Well the missed FT's are already stacking up. That's gonna make for a tough game.

[CGD]

These uniforms are awful

[BillMc]

I'm not sure who is more annoying Skip and Shannon or those two Sonic idiots in the car.

[DarrinS]

Well the missed FT's are already stacking up. That's gonna make for a tough game.

Miss your old avi. You lose a bet? :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

He's pretty much the worst rotation in the NBA tbh.

He was horrible at Kentucky yet Chris Wallace thought it was a great idea to trade into the draft to get him. No wonder the Grizzlies usually suck in the draft.
Damn, isn't your front office really dependent on "advanced statistics"? I know they're fraud numbers but even Stevie Wonder could've seen that bum coming smh

[Ron Swanson]

MVPelon

[GSH]

Nice setup by Simmons, and Manu for the 3!

[GSH]

Miss your old avi. You lose a bet? :lol


Nah. TheDoctor told me I have to evolve, so I evolved. :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Take Fatty House the fuck out

[skin27]

Kawhichael will be a 25-5-5 guy next year, tbh.a Kobe kind of stats..

[Robz4000]

Conley is destroying the Spurs per par.

[Robz4000]

Patty making up for Conley destroying him on the offensive end at least. Better than what Parker's been doing.

[GSH]

Another nice pass from Simmons, and Patty nails the 3.

[gambit1990]

Take Fatty House the fuck out
:lmao
9 points on 60% shooting, 3 assists, and a steal in 8 minutes.

[TheGreatYacht]

Another nice pass from Simmons, and Patty nails the 3.
Making Manure and Fatty look good :tu

[TheGreatYacht]

Deadman disappearing as per usual

[$pursDynasty]

HOTS

[boutons_deux]

Tony come to play, plenty energy

[Robz4000]

Deadman disappearing as per usual

Dedmon's been a monster all over the place on defense; him being able to stick to guards on the perimeter has been huge. Unfortunately he keeps committing dumb fouls.

[BillMc]

Tony come to play, plenty energy

[Robz4000]

Parker also looks much better in his second stint :tu

[Chinook]

Really confused by these comments looking at the score.

[Robz4000]

That fucking sequence :pctoss

[DPG21920]

Really confused by these comments looking at the score.

:lol Was thinking the same thing.

That was an amazing pass by Gasol there. Marc is so damn good at handling double teams. It really stands out.

[Pauleta14]

WTF Danny...

mental midget

[Darius Bieber]

Green needs to go

[FkLA]

Danny doing anything other than catching and shooting is a fucking disaster.

[DarrinS]

WTF Danny...

mental midget

Yeah, he screwed that one.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Damn, isn't your front office really dependent on "advanced statistics"? I know they're fraud numbers but even Stevie Wonder could've seen that bum coming smh

I don't what their system is I just know that Chris Wallace and company are just horrible talent evaluators when it comes to the draft. Possibly even worse than the Dallas Mavericks front office. I agree with you rlast sentence.

[DPG21920]

Manu ruining a perfect setup from TP because he didn't want him getting an assist.

[Ron Swanson]

Really confused by these comments looking at the score.

Nothing new for ST tbh

[DPG21920]

I freaking hate these uniforms man. TP is playing really smooth and setting a lot of people up (make or miss)

[FkLA]

Hero cape attached.

[$pursDynasty]

Head of the snake

[Chris]

MVParker

[DPG21920]

Man, Kawhi is being too unselfish I think. Even when doubled, hes been able to pretty easily step through but he's looking to pass.

[TheGreatYacht]

Give it to Parker and GTFO the way

[Robz4000]

Too many dumb shots/decisions keeping the Grizz in the game. Need to clean that up here in the final two mins and extend the lead.

[DPG21920]

Ohhhh LMA ballin

[DPG21920]

Man doubling Gasol just is pointless. He's too damn calm and too talented of a passer.

[pgardn]

Manu strangled Zack Randolph.

[FkLA]

Man, Kawhi is being too unselfish I think. Even when doubled, hes been able to pretty easily step through but he's looking to pass.

Agree. Especially when you consider how aggressive He was the first half of March. He also passed it out when he was backing up Conley. Sean mentioned it. I wonder if Pop has asked him for a little more playmaking.

[DPG21920]

Pau with the damn telegraph :lol

[GSH]

He gets to hit Kawhi and no whistle?

[DPG21920]

Agree. Especially when you consider how aggressive He was the first half of March. He also passed it out when he was backing up Conley. Sean mentioned it. I wonder if Pop has asked him for a little more playmaking.

He's been really good as a playmaker as the year has gone on so I get it, but have to have a better "feel" for the game.

[DPG21920]

That was good defense by Conley on Mills. That is a tough match up.

[TheGreatYacht]

Free Simmons

[Robz4000]

Gasol with three mistakes in a row...

[FkLA]

This faggot signaled out of bounds MEM ball, then switched it to a foul.

[RD2191]

Come on Kawhi WTF

[DPG21920]

What a rebound by Kawhi! Unfortunately got stripped.

[Ron Swanson]

That blank look on Fathead's face. :lol

[pgardn]

Pop

popped

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Pop is an idiot for this.

[Robz4000]

Fuck you Pop, terrible time to get a tech.

[RD2191]

Gawd dammit Kawhi

[FkLA]

Allen fucking mauled Kawhi. Good on Pop for standing up for him.

[pgardn]

Pop

popped

Damn.
Allen raked KL

[TheGreatYacht]

Praying Parker gets more help next season

[Robz4000]

Terrible end to the half. Getting sick of this team's low BBIQ, the coach included.

[Robz4000]

Allen fucking mauled Kawhi. Good on Pop for standing up for him.

The refs have been killing the Spurs for years now. Getting a tech at that point was meaningless.

[pgardn]

Damn.
Allen raked KL

Horrible miss by the refs.
You let the Grizz play like that they can beat any team.
Cant let that go.

[GSH]

Allen fucking mauled Kawhi. Good on Pop for standing up for him.


That's what I thought. The refs totally fucked up those last 3 minutes or so. A couple of plays before, the ball was going out of bounds and Z=Bo just ran over Kawhi in front of a ref, and he never blinked. The next play, that little bit of contact on Z-Bo with the ball going out of bounds, and he gets the late whistle.

[BillMc]

We'll beat them in 5 in the playoffs.

[Horse]

Memphis is like the new thunder the way the refs treat them against us.

[RD2191]

Fuck Tony Allen

[RD2191]

Why is Parker taking so many shots?

[FkLA]

Hero heatchecking per par.

[Chinook]

Continuation calls are fucking broken.

[GSH]

Marc Gasol turning it into a fucking rugby scrum.

[Ron Swanson]

Continuation calls are fucking broken.

So is our ability to hit free throws.

[Robz4000]

The Spurs are such an awful FT shooting team these days.

[RD2191]

WTF green

[$pursDynasty]

Verde with bad pass

[RD2191]

Terrible fuckin pass by Green. What an idiot.

[TheGreatYacht]

Deadman's guy continues to double Kawhi

[GSH]

Fuck me - the contact on Kawhi off the ball is ridiculous. That time Allen just two-hand grabbed and pulled him backwards. Nothing from the zebras.

[DPG21920]

Lma doing his thing.

[TheGreatYacht]

Fizdale is the same Heat coach that always distracted our shooters in the corner..... Aldridge staring that bench down :lol

[Strategic]

Slid across the floor and no traveling called?

[Chinook]

Terrible fuckin pass by Green. What an idiot.

There was no angle with them waiting to jump the pass. He should have reversed it to Parker, but everyone would have bitched at him for that too.

[GSH]

Slid across the floor and no traveling called?

The rules you know don't apply anymore. Especially anything to do with travelling.

[$pursDynasty]

Wth Verde

[Robz4000]

Tony Allen looking like prime Wade tonight.

[$pursDynasty]

Man would I love to trade Verde for Tony Allen

[DPG21920]

Man would I love to trade Verde for Tony Allen

:lmao x 100

[PopTheGOAT]

Who TF does Tony Allen think he is??

[TheGreatYacht]

Fizdale is the same Heat coach that always distracted our shooters in the corner..... Aldridge staring that bench down :lol
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[Ron Swanson]

These fucking refs. :lol

[GSH]

Somebody's got to get a foul there. Kawhi or Vince, but somebody. Refs just not doing their damn jobs.

[RD2191]

Allen getting away with murder on Kawhi

[Robz4000]

Kawhi is getting constantly fouled with no calls. This is completely ridiculous.

[DPG21920]

This is good for Kawhi. Get used to not getting calls. Get used to being beat up as the main man. Learn from it. It's frustrating as hell though.

[Robz4000]

Then again, with this team's FT shooting getting a foul call is meaningless.

[Robz4000]

Calling that touch foul for Memphis though. Pathetic.

[GSH]

Did you see that fucking clear-out attempt on Pau? That wasn't even a moving screen, it was a lead block.

[Robz4000]

:lmao these calls

[RD2191]

Fuck

[TheGreatYacht]

Conley getting all his points when Parker is on the bench smdh

[DPG21920]

Great job by Mills there on Conley, but ends up with an And 1

[RD2191]

Pau!

[Ron Swanson]

Pau should have shot that 3

[Robz4000]

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[GSH]

Spurs steadily losing this game since it turned into WWF. I don't mind how the refs want to call it, just call it the same on both ends.

[Ron Swanson]

About goddamn time

[Ron Swanson]

Lee had that rebound, but Pau tipped it out.

[DPG21920]

Man, we needed that Patty. Just unlucky.

[RD2191]

We suck from 3

[GSH]

Patty has GOT to make that uncontested corner 3. Damn.

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure building houses for the homeless veterans

[Robz4000]

All the Spurs are doing is chucking threes now...

[DPG21920]

Spurs are getting plenty of good looks. Just missing.

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure building houses for the homeless veterans

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Wow. Ennis is actually doing something.

[DPG21920]

Things have stalled without TP tbh..

[RD2191]

Terrible 3rd

[$pursDynasty]

Need MVParker back in there

[DPG21920]

What a stud Kawhi!

[TheGreatYacht]

Manure building houses for the homeless veterans
3 houses in less than a minute :wow

[GSH]

Daaamn I thought Manu was going to drain that one. Nice job not letting them get a heave though. Tonight they would make it.

[Robz4000]

Spurs are getting plenty of good looks. Just missing.

They've been getting plenty of good looks for months but have failed to knock a good percent of them down. There comes a point where we have to admit the poor shooting is a trend, not an outlier.

[GSH]

All the Spurs are doing is chucking threes now...


They're getting the shit beaten out of them going toward the basket. If someone doesn't step up and make them pay by making some of these 3's, they aren't going to stop either.

[BillMc]

Spurs got this

[TheGreatYacht]

Free Simmons

[Robz4000]

This is the third game in a row where the Grizz have shot well against the Spurs this season. Does not bode well in a potential match up.

[DPG21920]

They've been getting plenty of good looks for months but have failed to knock a good percent of them down. There comes a point where we have to admit the poor shooting is a trend, not an outlier.

Except for the year SA is like the top 3PT% team...

[TheGreatYacht]

Green is god damn useless

[Robz4000]

Except for the year SA is like the top 3PT% team...

A lot of that top percentage is from the beginning of the season when they were hitting well from three. Not so since New Years.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Andrew Harrison making shots. Hell has certainly frozen over.

[RD2191]

The 1st round is going to be a grind.

[GSH]

Another good setup by Simmons.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Is Green gonna ever make another three?

[sasaint]

Nice pass by Simmons.

[Robz4000]

I'm not confident the Spurs can beat any of their potential first round opponents anymore tbh, unless they somehow get the first seed and play Denver.

[DPG21920]

Was that an And-1?

[GSH]

Pau is making 3's like a madman. Why pass up a look? Shit nobody else can hit a shot.

[DPG21920]

Nice pass by Simmons.

It truly was. Just a great find in a tight space.

[DarrinS]

Give it to Parker and GTFO the way

:lol

[Robz4000]

Was that an And-1?

Offensive foul it looks like.

[skin27]

I told y'all Memphis is not an easy first round opponent.

[TheGreatYacht]

Is Green gonna ever make another three?
He hasn't shut down Tony fucking Allen all season, what you really mean is

Is Green ever going to play defense again?

[sasaint]

This is the third game in a row where the Grizz have shot well against the Spurs this season. Does not bode well in a potential match up.

If the refs allow them to continue to maul us AND they hit shots like this, it will be a very difficult series to win.

[PopTheGOAT]

These fucking refs will NOT call a foul on Memphis

[Hoops Czar]

Anybody can beat this team in the postseason.

[GSH]

Damn Lee is such a badass. Great finish in traffic there.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Randolph and Harrison chucking 3s. smh.

[TheGreatYacht]

:lol
Parker making shit happen, Manure shitting on the beautiful game that is basketball

[DPG21920]

Hell ya LMA! Big shot. Another TP to LMA bucket.

I still remember Zbo hitting "the shot" against us in the playoffs.

[skin27]

^^Aka 2011..fuck those fluke dagger 3's!!!

[DarrinS]

Praying Parker gets more help next season

MVP! MVP! MVP!

[sasaint]

These fucking refs will NOT call a foul on Memphis

On OUR home court! SMH. Is Pop sitting on his hands after picking up that T?

[Robz4000]

Hell ya LMA! Big shot. Another TP to LMA bucket.

I still remember Zbo hitting "the shot" against us in the playoffs.

ZBo, Harden, and Dion Butters have all hit series changing shots from that spot the past six years tbh.

[DPG21920]

Parker f*cked Conley up on defense! Fought over every single screen

[TheGreatYacht]

This is TP's best defensive game all season

All of Conley's pts came when he was on the bench

[Ron Swanson]

Take us home, Kawhi

[DPG21920]

ZBo, Harden, and Dion Butters have all hit series changing shots from that spot the past six years tbh.

That Harden dagger was damn brutal.

[RD2191]

Nice aggression by TP

[GSH]

David Lee has been big this quarter.

[DPG21920]

TP getting into the MEM guts of the defense. Got a charge on the last one, but getting FT's now.

[DPG21920]

I'm very happy with how TP looks lately. He missed a lot of shots last game, but he looks good and the offense (especially lma) is clicking with him on the floor.

[GSH]

8 missed FT's is just fucking tragic.

[Robz4000]

Hit. Your. Fucking. Freethrows.

[DPG21920]

Finish strong Mills.

Why didn't Mills shoot that :lmao. Come on man.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Marc Gasol has more turnovers than made field goals.

[Ron Swanson]

8 missed FT's is just fucking tragic.

How in the fresh hell were we the #1 FT shooting team earlier this season?

[sasaint]

Finish strong Mills.

Why didn't Mills shoot that :lmao. Come on man.

Or LMA. A handful of passed up shots there.

[TheGreatYacht]

Marc Gasol has more turnovers than made field goals.
Our starting Center may have more fouls than he has minutes

[FkLA]

Why does this scrub PG still take so many shots in the 4th?

[DPG21920]

Fantastic passing by MEM there.

[Ron Swanson]

What the shit was that, Kawhi?

[gambit1990]

if tp doesn't take another shot tonight, that makes him 3 for 16 the past two games.

[Robz4000]

What was that fucking shot Kawhi?

[r0drig0lac]

amazing

[DPG21920]

Or LMA. A handful of passed up shots there.

Sure but Mills turned the corner great and got to the rim and didn't even look to shoot

[$pursDynasty]

HOTS to House

[RD2191]

:claw defense

[GSH]

Textbook fast break! Great steal and save by Kawhi!!!

[DPG21920]

if tp doesn't take another shot tonight, that makes him 3 for 16 the past two games.

So? Notice how the lead expanded when TP got back in the game?

[RD2191]

Garbage refs

[Robz4000]

Spurs just can't step on a team's throat anymore.

[TheGreatYacht]

No Manure in crunch time

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[FkLA]

Enrique ignoring Kawhi on the fastbreak :lol

[gambit1990]

So?
:lmao

not what you would say if patty shot 3 for 16 over two games.

[Ron Swanson]

LMA is having a great game.

[sasaint]

Garbage refs

Actually it has to be very mentally taxing for the refs to remember in a flash which end of the floor they are on to determine whether the touch fouls are in effect or the gang rape is permissible.

[DPG21920]

Tp has truly had an outstanding defensive game.

[RD2191]

LMA with some swag there

[r0drig0lac]

LaMonster

[DPG21920]

Interesting to see TP/Mills together in crunch time.

[FkLA]

:lmao

not what you would say if patty shot 3 for 16 over two games.

Paddy needs to hit his shots. Really disappointing that he can't come in and bail my hero Enrique out every single time he closes. :cry

[TheGreatYacht]

Interesting to see TP/Mills together in crunch time.
With no shooting guard worth a shit on this team, not surprising tbh

[sasaint]

LMA is having a great game.

Maybe he has broken out of the slump.

[DPG21920]

Paddy needs to hit his shots. Really disappointing that he can't come in and bail my hero Enrique out every single time he closes. :cry

Umm, you realize the lead was blown with Mills in and as soon as TP came back in the lead balloons back up.

[Ron Swanson]

Maybe he has broken out of the slump.

I hope so. We need this in the playoffs.

[$pursDynasty]

So? Notice how the lead expanded when TP got back in the game?
Gambit doesn't post if it isn't anti-Parker