Game Thread 4/2: Jazz at Spurs 2:30 CST (3:30 EST, 10:30 Riga Time)

[DPG21920]

Man, that was a weak call on Bertans there.

[Ron Swanson]

HOTS and Bertans playing hot potato with the ball.

[SAGirl]

Bertans looks like a rook, talented but rook

[TheGreatYacht]

Stonehands Deadman caught a pass!!!!

[spursistan]

Bertans is an atrocious defender..goodness..

[SAGirl]

Career night by Diaw on Bertans

[DPG21920]

Nice find to Dedmon by Simmons.

[spursistan]

Dedmon has been terrific tonight..Pay him :tu ( TGY because he can't post)

[FkLA]

Hero heroing

[r0drig0lac]

Kawhi Curry, the return

[DPG21920]

Gobert just covers so much damn ground.

[DPG21920]

Smart of Pop to play TP extended minutes. Notice how that lead is double digits again? Kawhi with another great pass!

[TheGreatYacht]

For 30th time, DisnESPN letting us know Utah is missing guys.

Spurs must be playing everyone. I haven't heard anything on our end

[spursistan]

Kawhi career high assist watch.. (7)..

[bklynspursfan]

I would be stunned if he brought in a cold Mills to try and "win" a meaningless game for SA

Yea true. I forgot who he brought in recently that was resting but "available" and he ended up subbing them in. Hopefully these guys just keep up this intensity

[DPG21920]

Kawhi with a great defensive play!

[Robz4000]

Lee fills a lot of what Diaw did, don't you think? And adds some other elements that Bobo lacked

Not Bobo's post game and dribble-drive. Lee is a better rebounder and stronger finisher though.

[$pursDynasty]

Bobo putting that base on Davis

[bklynspursfan]

Sounds like an ole 90's SNES game.:lol

:lol indeed. I could see little Bobo in a retro game

[spursistan]

Clippers will take care of Jazz in 5 or 6..

[DPG21920]

Damn, that was Kobe-ish on that shot from Kawhi.

[r0drig0lac]

spurs basketball

[Ron Swanson]

Kawhi with 17 pts in the quarter

[DPG21920]

Oh ya, Spurs finding that groove.

[FkLA]

Kawhichael tbh

[bklynspursfan]

Forbes with the Neal like pull up.

Not mad at him for that. Gotta be confident

[DPG21920]

Forbes hesitated! He should have just walked right into it. I was ready to post that it was a Neal moment, but he hesitated.

[szkorhetz]

MJ, TBH.

[DPG21920]

Kawhi going for a 20+point burger this quarter!

[bklynspursfan]

Kawhi has really gotten good at that little hesitation dribble. Good stuff

[$pursDynasty]

What game does Kiwi get off? this game is not too taxing but he deserves some rest

[SAGirl]

Kawhi makes it look easy :claw

[DPG21920]

Weak call on Simmons man.

[DPG21920]

Forbes is not a good defender to say the least.

[spursistan]

Fuckin tired of these shitty momentum-losing end to quarters this team has allowed this season..

[Robz4000]

Should be a 20 point lead. Spurs are still terrible at closing quarters.

[spursistan]

Kawhi going to get an extended rest to start the fourth...Watch this lead dwindle to 5 by 7-8 minutes mark..

[DPG21920]

TP played a long stint to build that lead back up and Pop clearly didn't want to go without a legit PG again for too long. He rode Kawhi really long, so I guess Kawhi gets a rest and TP starts the 4th to steady the ship with Kawhi out? Or does he play some crazy lineup and rest Kawhi/TP more with a 10 point buffer?

[DPG21920]

Should be a 20 point lead. Spurs are still terrible at closing quarters.

You are exhausting :lol

Spurs minus half their team should be beating a playoff team by 20!

[$pursDynasty]

Can the Clips and Thunder pass the Jazz in the standings? Jazz can have 30 L's if they lose today, Clips 31, Thunder 32.

[BillMc]

:lol indeed. I could see little Bobo in a retro game
:lol With the power up espresso machine.

[Ron Swanson]

Davis was wide open, but Forbes didn't look his way.

[bklynspursfan]

Forbes missed a wide open Bertans

[Thomas82]

What game does Kiwi get off? this game is not too taxing but he deserves some rest


We have 2 back-to-backs this week......his rest day is coming.

[DPG21920]

Mack is destroying Forbes ugh.

[TheGreatYacht]

Juice is ready for the playoffs!!

Fathead is not....

[bklynspursfan]

:lol With the power up espresso machine.

Haha... Would be epic

[Spurtacular]

Fathead to Simmons fail. Shocking.

[DPG21920]

Son of a b*tch. Good defense by Bertans there to blow up that UTA possession unfortunatley the Kyle pass to Simmons did not work.

[SAGirl]

SIMM has had a great game ... that was an errant long pass by Kyle but he wanted to reward Simmons who got that steal

[Robz4000]

You are exhausting :lol

Spurs minus half their team should be beating a playoff team by 20!

Obviously its nice they're winning, but we're still seeing a lot of the issues this team has had all season. Besides, let's not act like Utah has been that impressive as of late, especially without Hill.

[TheGreatYacht]

Son of a b*tch. Good defense by Bertans there to blow up that UTA possession unfortunatley the Kyle pass to Simmons did not work.
That was a Simmons steal, not Bertans

[DPG21920]

That was a Simmons steal, not Bertans

Bertans was the one who forced the bad pass though. It was him moving his feet and forcing UTA to go to plan B that led to that.

[SpursFan86]

Gobert is so fucking good, man...would kill to have him on our team. Can you imagine a defense with Green/Kawhi/Aldridge/Gobert?

[DPG21920]

Great job Kyle! But Ingles has been really bad today. He is being Boris levels of hesitant for no reason.

[DPG21920]

Gobert is so fucking good, man...would kill to have him on our team. Can you imagine a defense with Green/Kawhi/Aldridge/Gobert?

SA might be the number 1 defense in the league.

[DPG21920]

TP just blew that double team up!

[r0drig0lac]

Gasol!!

[DPG21920]

Pau with the Dirk

[TheGreatYacht]

Gasol<3

[DPG21920]

Dude Kyle is deflecting everything. Both on the perimeter and in the lane.

[Robz4000]

SA might be the number 1 defense in the league.

Shit, maybe the best defense of all time.

[spursistan]

I would insert Kawhi after this TO and put this one away..

[DPG21920]

Shit, maybe the best defense of all time.

:lol Maybe. But I was just kidding because SA is the number one defense in the league.

[SAGirl]

Dude Kyle is deflecting everything. Both on the perimeter and in the lane.
:toast

[$pursDynasty]

So much acclaim for triple doubles in losses, smh

[Robz4000]

:lol Maybe. But I was just kidding because SA is the number one defense in the league.

:lol Yeah I caught that. Even with all the flaws I've been moaning about, this defense makes me somewhat hopeful for the playoffs.

[DPG21920]

:lol Yeah I caught that. Even with all the flaws I've been moaning about, this defense makes me somewhat hopeful for the playoffs.

Gobert is awesome though. He's the DPOY IMO.

[Spurtacular]

Three FTs for fouling a guy on the dribble is but another reason that the NBA is a joke.

[DPG21920]

So much acclaim for triple doubles in losses, smh

To be fair the vast majority of his TD's came in wins.

[DPG21920]

Pau and TP with the beauftiful handoff!

[DPG21920]

Man, great find by TP to Pau which has been automatic for Pau.

[bklynspursfan]

TP looks super quick out there

[DPG21920]

5 point swing on that Pau wide open corner 3 miss. Offense did it's job, just missed a great look and now a turnover from Kawhi.

[TheGreatYacht]

TP takeover time

[Russ]

Can Memphis ruin OKC's tanking plan by their own "tank for the Spurs" agenda -- Grizzlies losing to the lowly Lakers late in the 4th.

[bklynspursfan]

Gotta catch that Pau. Sheesh

[TheGreatYacht]

Gasol robbing TP of assists smfh

[spursistan]

Take a fuckin timeout..

[DPG21920]

TP spoon feeds Pau twice and nothing from it. Looks like Pau was fouled though.

[bklynspursfan]

Can Memphis ruin OKC's tanking plan by their own "tank for theSpurs" agenda -- Grizzlies losing to the lowly Lakers late in the 4th.

Both will lose to us, let them tank away.

[Robz4000]

:lmao pathetic

[Horse]

Rat motherfucking refs hate our guts

[SAGirl]

Bench Kyle Utah run :td

[r0drig0lac]

what a pass!!!

[Ron Swanson]

We needed that.

[DPG21920]

Spurs got good looks, just missing. Pau/Bertans defense might make things tough though if they aren't hitting.

[TheGreatYacht]

Juice taking his minutes back!!

[DPG21920]

Tp battled the hell out of Gordon Hayward there and it lead to a potential stop.

[kaji157]

Bertans seems like a very bad defender, to be honest this might be his worse game defensively. Specially how bad he played Diaw.

[DPG21920]

Pau displaying the passing today

[DPG21920]

Go Lakers! Lose that pick. Lose that pick.

[bklynspursfan]

Bertans seems like a very bad defender, to be honest this might be his worse game defensively. Specially how bad he played Diaw.

He's had worse.. it's why he doesn't have more minutes honestly.

Hopefully he improves, he's probably our best/most talented young asset on the bench with Murray

[spurraider21]

inb4 dabom starts "simmons is og" thread

[bklynspursfan]

Great effort by juice

[DPG21920]

"He caught his arm. No doubt about it". Yes. Yes there is doubt about it

[spurs10]

All ball!

[TheGreatYacht]

inb4 dabom starts "simmons is og" thread
RIP to his career if true tbh

[dabom]

Clean block. :lol

[spurs10]

"He caught his arm. No doubt about it". Yes. Yes there is doubt about it Exactly!

[DAF86]

Simmons hit Hayward on the head.

[dabom]

Simmons hit Hayward on the head.

Incidental contact after the play, should be a no call.

[marinoman]

What happened to hand is part of the ball, no arm

[DAF86]

Why not having Kawhi to finish the game?

[Robz4000]

Fuck you Porker

[FkLA]

You just knew hero wasn't giving tee ball up there. :lol

[dabom]

You just knew hero wasn't giving tee ball up there. :lol

Porker jumper. Just like they drew it. :lol

[spursistan]

Kawhi taking zero shots/FT to close out this game :lol..way to go Porky..

[Ron Swanson]

WTF are you doing, Simmons?

[Robz4000]

Fuck this choke

[skulls138]

Hubie hates Spurs

[DPG21920]

:lmao no moving screen

[Budkin]

Tony "50% FT" Parker

[TheGreatYacht]

Where is the foul :lmao

[dabom]

inb4 dabom starts "simmons is og" thread

catching yourself copying me then you change it. :lmao

[SASdynasty!]

Lol Spurs trying to lose this

[SAGirl]

Bad call on ref

[DPG21920]

Tony "50% FT" Parker

:lmao

[r0drig0lac]

clutch defense by davis

[bklynspursfan]

:lmao

This place is funny

[TheGreatYacht]

MVParker

The closer

[DPG21920]

Way to go TP & Kawhi. Good win against a very good team missing so many key guys.

[spurs10]

Lucky break!:lol

[SASdynasty!]

GG Parker, 21/5 on 47%

[DPG21920]

Hell ya - MEM lost.

[BillMc]

Victory:flag:

[skulls138]

Tony "50% FT" Parker71.7%. Get your facts straight.

[spurs10]

Today was a good game to get more people involved. Good one!

[BillMc]

Hell ya - MEM lost.

We want Grizz to lose?

[DPG21920]

Spurs get absoultely pummeled today without TP. Kawhi woke up and had a monster 3rd quarter and displayed some great playmaking too.

Gobert is a monster, but an impressive win vs a very good UTA team who was missing guys but no where near the guys SA was missing.

Spurs had moments (like with no TP/Kawhi in the game in the first half) where UTA made their runs, but TP/Kawhi basically dominated this team all game and when they where in the lead was double digits for long stretches.

[Robz4000]

Tank fest between Memphis and OKC to land the Spurs in the first round.

[DPG21920]

We want Grizz to lose?

I would rather play MEM, but even more important is that I want LA to lose their pick and it's top 3 protected.

[FkLA]

Way to go TP & Kawhi. Good win against a very good team missing so many key guys.

That's like saying Kerr & MJ or Chalmers & LeBron. :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Another show of ego by our Great Coach.

Another game where its evident why Parker Struggles. Never adjusted his game. He's going to have one game like this every 20 games, but its the exact definition why the spurs struggle.

[pgardn]

We want Grizz to lose?

I guess he does not want OKC.


Edit: late and explained...

[dabom]

Another show of ego by our Great Coach.

Another game where its evident why Parker Struggles. Never adjusted his game. He's going to have one game like this every 20 games, but its the exact definition why the spurs struggle.

Slurpers run on one game out of 20. :lol

[BillMc]

I would rather play MEM, but even more important is that I want LA to lose their pick and it's top 3 protected.

i see

[BillMc]

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/memeber-of-the-utah-jazz-dance-team-performs-during-the-game-against-picture-id85409228?s=612x612

Jazz have their own fake Melissa. :ihit

Doppelganger defeated. Real Melissa wins.
http://cs631117.vk.me/v631117478/28c6e/aThM7IICUUk.jpg

[wildbill2u]

Doesn't any one think it remarkable that we played a very young and talented playoff team and beat them basically with our bench and Kwahi. And Utah really wanted this game for their playoff ranking. I was nervous about it at the end but Pop kept his cool and let the youngsters duke it out. Good game for us.

[skulls138]

KA led +/- by 10 :wow

[SASdynasty!]

848629068538953728
Those guys should be honored TP joined them. That group went from 2 to 6 titles and got a FMVP, tbh.

[Budkin]

71.7%. Get your facts straight.

Should have clarified... in crunch time.

[DPG21920]

Should have clarified... in crunch time.

Wrong again. Just like how in crunch time TP actually has the best 3PT%. He's never had an issue in the clutch with %'s.

[dabom]

He's had issues in the playoffs with the 3 though. :lol

[cutewizard]

go Spurs go!

[FkLA]

He's had issues in the playoffs with the 3 though. :lol

2015: 0%
2016: 25%
career: 29.9%

:lol

[TampaDude]

Spurs win again. Next!

[TheDoctor]

2015: 0%
2016: 25%
career: 29.9%

:lol

HOTS taking us home :wow

Literally.