Game Thread: Spurs vs. Thunder -- Fri. (11/17) - 7:00/C (3:00am Riga Time)

[raybies]

All you want is everyone here to kiss the Spurs ass all the time. You're in the wrong forum for that. Your philosophy as a fan doesn't mesh with the environment here.
nope not really. Just gonna be fire when everyone is ice...

[SAGirl]

Pau had a huge mistmatch with WEstbrook guarding him but Patty wants to heroball and TO

[TimDunkem]

or is it? Seems simple to me. We got a great team so I support them. You rag on a great team. It's spoiled. If there was a reason to be pissed at this team I would be, but nah I'm pissed at so called fans making stupid arguments. We are in our likely glory days, and I have to read shit every day. Y'all can't enjoy this ride? We may never have this again tbh.

Except this team isn't great right now. That's our point that you seem to be missing. I don't think anyone is expecting the team to be a lock to win it all anyway. What people are debating is whether PATFO is doing what it needs to get there. I don't think they have. That opinion doesn't make me a bad fan.

[007nites]

fuck fatty

[raybies]

Do you even understand what a forum is for? You discuss...and you know... and debate things?
exactly what I'm doing :toast

[RD2191]

DG bringing the goods

[SAGirl]

What a blatant pushoff by Melo on Kyle, that was an offensive foul

[dabom]

Pau had a huge mistmatch with WEstbrook guarding him but Patty wants to heroball and TO

Look when Kawhi comes back, expect fathead to get shit minutes and a reduced role in the playoffs. :tu

[TimDunkem]

exactly what I'm doing :toast

Yet you're upset when people are on the other side of the spectrum debating things.

[SAGirl]

Just give it to Kyle and clear out.
He's just making good decisions out there. If he can get his shot he does, if not he's setting ppl up. Much better than watching Mills "facilitate"

[FkLA]

1. Thunderefs are back.

2. Let Fathead run point.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Our bigs are so damn soft, our rebounding is such crap

[SAGirl]

Good thing Danny is having a terrific night shooting tbh :tu:flag:

[raybies]

Except this team isn't great right now. That's our point that you seem to be missing. I don't think anyone is expecting the team to be a lock to win it all anyway. What people are debating is whether PATFO is doing what it needs to get there. I don't think they have. That opinion doesn't make me a bad fan.
We ain't great right now cause we are missing two starters. Our success without those two is all you could ask. We are doing fine.


But when I have to read lies about my team, I'm gonna step up and say something. There are a lot of people that come through here and read fake news and then talk shit to their friends> those lies are slowly like the cancer y'all claim some of our players are.

[DAF86]

Back to sucking.

[K...]

Look when Kawhi comes back, expect fathead to get shit minutes and a reduced role in the playoffs. :tu

Actually Kyle will probably run point and mills will crawl into pop's but hole to stay warm

[$pursDynasty]

Pau stinking up the joint again

[FkLA]

Our bigs are so damn soft, our rebounding is such crap

Are you blind?

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[007nites]

fatty again

[boutons_deux]

Pau sux

[boutons_deux]

-5 to -12

[SAGirl]

Gasol is looking soft at times. Soft rebounding, not aggressive enough at times.

[K...]

Mills made it,, but man he just can't run offense for shit

[r0drig0lac]

kyle the point forward

[FkLA]

WTF is this fat ass Aussie doing?

[SAGirl]

what a nice Kyle pass to LMa

[boutons_deux]

Pau ain't not hustle guy

[Ron Swanson]

I know Roberson is a superstar, but you gotta call traveling.

[RD2191]

So many bricks. Fuck.

[r0drig0lac]

great effort by the whole team (less manu), Pop must have gone in the ass of all

[hater]

If manure sits the rest of the game we might have a chance in hell

[SAGirl]

kyle the point forward
He had just never gotten real opportunities of this nature b4.
I hope this isn't lost on Pop... Praying almost...

[DAF86]

That's it: attack, attack, attack. Stop thinking so much on O. Just push the damn ball and let it fly.

[NASpurs]

Please don't bring back Manu.

[raybies]

what a nice Kyle pass to LMa
That pick and roll game is growing. He flashed that vs a team a couple weeks back. He's been pretty effective at it. That is very encouraging for his long term prospects

[pgardn]

The effort is absolutely outstanding.

And if you want to watch the Spurs this year, this is what you must focus on.
Because you won't get pretty. And we will suffer.

[dabom]

Actually Kyle will probably run point and mills will crawl into pop's but hole to stay warm

Fantasy. Facts

[dabom]

Manu coming back. :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Bertans!!!!

[bklynspursfan]

Mills made it,, but man he just can't run offense for shit

Cause he's a 2 in a 1s body

[r0drig0lac]

manu...

[K...]

Wow Bertrans out of the dog house

[bklynspursfan]

I swear some on here seem to take joy in their team losing so they can use it to bolster their arguments against given players or PATFO. So weird. How about rooting for year team?

Just silliness

[dabom]

Pop trying to get a T, won't get one. :lmao

[K...]

Ahh yes, let's put out the the crap defensive lineup

[bklynspursfan]

it's really sad to see Pop has murray so shook to be benched that he is afraid to make decisive moves on offense...he just goes through the motions, really...plays it safe

It's sad you blame all of Murray's struggles on Pop and don't hold him accountable for any of his own shortcomings

[DAF86]

Aldridge is such a shit finisher some times. The fuck was that? It should have been an and-1.

[Cry Havoc]

Patty Mills is fucking balling right now.

[r0drig0lac]

one the best shooters in nba..bertans

[bklynspursfan]

Aldridge is such a shit finisher some times. The fuck was that? It should have been an and-1.

Funny thing is if he dunks he probably doesn't get the whistle lol. Him falling + missing sold it. They didn't blow the whistle immediately

[bklynspursfan]

Freaking Pop. Made Murray miss that layup with his voodoo powers. Smh

[hater]

Felton eating Dejonte West alive

[SAGirl]

good pass by Patty to LMA, have to give him props for a good play.

Good to see Davis take Joff's minutes and see how he does.

Manu out there again.

[pgardn]

Just silliness

And this is why you and BILLMC are stalwarts on this board.

[OrEmuN]

Bad decision from Murray there.
Should have reset

[r0drig0lac]

where's the "better than Simmons"?

[bklynspursfan]

If Gay could get hot that would be great

[SAGirl]

Davisssss 3!

[Ron Swanson]

Tie game!

[r0drig0lac]

BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RD2191]

Fuck off fat ass Felton

[OrEmuN]

Bertans!!

[Ron Swanson]

Rudy just worked over PG

[bklynspursfan]

Gay defense! Bertans shooting his ass off. Great stuff

[FkLA]

lol at Fatton being listed as 205

More like 255, tbh.

[hater]

Dammit!!!! Take the lead already

[RD2191]

Damn. Bertans out of nowhere!!

[SAGirl]

Lamarcus is playing really hard.
If it wasn't for that damn bench 1st Q... they would be ahead by quite a lot

[DAF86]

Fuck. Let that be on time.

[Ron Swanson]

Fuck off fat ass Felton

Motherfucker out there looking like Skee-Lo.

[Trill Clinton]

i see all the fans in the lower bowl finally made it to their seats:rolleyes

[hater]

Lmao dejunta looking at wide open manu and saying no and passing to Bertans

[Cry Havoc]

Aldridge is such a shit finisher some times. The fuck was that? It should have been an and-1.

Rather him miss the shot than make it and land awkwardly.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Finally some momentum, hopefully we can get over the hump.


Major props to Bertrans.

[raybies]

brand new ball game fellers. best 12 minutes wins

[r0drig0lac]

Bertans NEED to be in rotation, a great shooter of this size can not be wasted on gleague or any shit of that

[Uriel]

Why again doesn't Pop play Davis?

[pgardn]

Dammit!!!! Take the lead already

GTF off this board.
You want a tooth fairy to French kiss you...
Aint gonna happen.

[tholdren]

Bertans better than murray

[SAGirl]

nice steal and defensive play by Gay.

[hater]

Why again doesn't Pop play Davis?

Hes a soft big and terrible defender

We need him tonight thou

[DAF86]

Why did the quarter had to finish there? Two more minutes and the Spurs would have got a double digit lead.

[MVPCues]

Our Latvian is stroking it like Clarence Carter...

[Ron Swanson]

Why again doesn't Pop play Davis?

Because he got ejected from a game last season.

[pgardn]

Bertans NEED to be in rotation, a great shooter of this size can not be wasted on gleague or any shit of that

Take this medicine only when needed.

[FkLA]

Latvian laser tbh

[duncan2k5]

DAVIS!

[boutons_deux]

RG has evaporated

[raybies]

got the ball to start! LETS GET OVeR the hump

[bklynspursfan]

Manu!

[r0drig0lac]

haha Manu ...great Manu

[K...]

I am happy bertans is hitting shots, but in not sold on him holding his own on defense. But hey, give him a shot

[duncan2k5]

Hes a soft big and terrible defender

We need him tonight thou

before i read the quote, i swore u were talking about Pau

[raybies]

GRANDPA JUICE

[K...]

Finally some balls

[Uriel]

Watching Manu nail that step back 3 brings tears to my eyes. That's the old Manu. :cry

[duncan2k5]

I am happy bertans is hitting shots, but in not sold on him holding his own on defense. But hey, give him a shot

him being this horrible defender is a myth...when exactly has he been torched (and PLZ dont say summer league)

[duncan2k5]

Felton eating Dejonte West alive

lol...he made ONE shot on DJ...which was defended well...

[bklynspursfan]

I put some $$ on us when we were a +550 during the 2nd. I believe in our guys

[RD2191]

Pull Davis, one miss is enough.

[duncan2k5]

It's sad you blame all of Murray's struggles on Pop and don't hold him accountable for any of his own shortcomings

when you get chewed out on tv and benched for patty mills, if you go passive after that, i blame Pop...DJ came out this season very aggressive

[r0drig0lac]

Gino is the fucking god

[RD2191]

Manu!!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

Abuelito :wow

[SAGirl]

Dijon is hustling hard. I like!

[tholdren]

Dijon is hustling hard. I like!

Hes a stupid offensive player

[DAF86]

Murray won't attack a clear hole on the defemse but then would force a tough jumper. i don't get it sons.

[pgardn]

Gay is dead tired.

[RD2191]

Fuck, DJs offense sucks.

[K...]

His (Bertrans) lateral movement is exploitable by a good team, I think that limits him to bench spark plug, but yeah you're right, there's lots of soft bigs he can guard and he should eat some minutiae of he's hitting shots

[raybies]

get em pop

[bklynspursfan]

when you get chewed out on tv and benched for patty mills, if you go passive after that, i blame Pop...DJ came out this season very aggressive

Being benched shouldn't kill your aggressiveness. Sometimes it's more about getting 1 guy going then punishing another. Patty has played better since starting.

It's not like he's out of the rotation. He's just very raw / unpolished. You can't blame that on Pop. If dude could shoot the ball, it'd be a whole new ball game

[pgardn]

Dijon is hustling hard. I like!

And he needed to take that last jumper.
Pop holding his head... He's gotta take that.

[raybies]

I put some $$ on us when we were a +550 during the 2nd. I believe in our guys
Believe.

[tholdren]

Murray too stupid for spurs

[duncan2k5]

DJ with the great D

[SAGirl]

Hopefully Bertans starts to get more minutes... him and Joff probably will compete for minutes.

[FkLA]

If he plays defense/rebounds/penetrates like he has been I can live with some of these stupid and1 shots by DJ, tbh.

[r0drig0lac]

this kid dancing ...wtf

[raybies]

Hopefully Bertans starts to get more minutes... him and Joff probably will compete for minutes.
I think Pop will play them situationally.

[r0drig0lac]

gasol gay conection

[bklynspursfan]

:lol

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[tholdren]

DJ with the great D

Dumb

[duncan2k5]

Being benched shouldn't kill your aggressiveness. Sometimes it's more about getting 1 guy going then punishing another. Patty has played better since starting.

It's not like he's out of the rotation. He's just very raw / unpolished. You can't blame that on Pop. If dude could shoot the ball, it'd be a whole new ball game

when you are a young player being benched for every mistake, it kills your aggressiveness

[SAGirl]

His (Bertrans) lateral movement is exploitable by a good team, I think that limits him to bench spark plug, but yeah you're right, there's lots of soft bigs he can guard and he should eat some minutiae of he's hitting shots
I think him and Joff can compete for minutes. Joff hasn't exactly been a positive on the court. He can grab a rebound here or there, but is not above average at anything and he's not really a rim protector either.

[Keepin' it real]

Everything's fine, I'm here now. :king

[SAGirl]

I think Pop will play them situationally.
you are probably right.

[duncan2k5]

why is Pop holding his head for that shot by DJ? but when patty goes 1 on 1 and throws up a shot over a 7 footer it's all good? same with manu...why doesnt he hold his head then? smh

[tholdren]

when you are a young player being benched for every mistake, it kills your aggressiveness

No

[raybies]

OMyGinobili

[bklynspursfan]

when you are a young player being benched for every mistake, it kills your aggressiveness

He's not benched for every mistake. He makes plenty out there too, that's an exaggeration. For all we know , it was about getting Patty going vs "demoting" Murray.

[RD2191]

Here comes the choke smh

[K...]

Welp just got to stop Westbrook and we win easy.....

[r0drig0lac]

Kyle 2.0 at work

[bklynspursfan]

Nice drive by Anderson there

[tholdren]

Murray has no situational awareness and is dumb. Murray is the worst player on the team

[K...]

God damn Kyle cracks me up

[SAGirl]

that play out of the timeout broke down and ended up in a Danny heave.
Patty PG offense.

[SpurPadre]

Forbes looked clueless out there before that drive

[SAGirl]

Ky Ky Ky!!!!!!

[Ron Swanson]

PG with 5 fouls. Go at him.

[bklynspursfan]

that play out of the timeout broke down and ended up in a Danny heave.
Patty PG offense.

C'mon that can't all be on Patty there lol

[r0drig0lac]

aldridge is a very talented basketball player, unfortunately not enough to be the first option

[RD2191]

Shout out to raybies, his faith made this possible:cry

[pgardn]

aldridge is a very talented basketball player, unfortunately not enough to be the first option

So true.

[SAGirl]

Bryyyyyyyn

[K...]

Here the dysfunctional okc team we can beat

[Ron Swanson]

Not getting that rebound led to a +1. smh

[r0drig0lac]

Melo taking Bertans to school

[SAGirl]

Shout out to raybies, his faith made this possible:cry
Raybies is the truth man.
:flag:

[DAF86]

Bertans need to get a clue on D.

[hater]

And thats why pop doesnt play bertans

[K...]

Here the dysfunctional okc team we can beat

Ah, but still pretty talented

[Ron Swanson]

Shit, that was even worse than the +1

[r0drig0lac]

damn

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Wow a fucking 4 point play on missed free throws

Fuck

[Ron Swanson]

Kyle's down after a shot to the head. Must have been hit by a cannon.

[hater]

Sit that latvian scrub

[007nites]

wtf is fatty doing?

[DAF86]

Thunder allowed to play prison ball out there. :lol

[K...]

Oh shit, there goes the season

[RD2191]

Nvm, fuck you raybies

[Robz4000]

Fucking Fathead hurt now

[007nites]

Fathead is hurt

[SAGirl]

Game going down to the wire that was winnable easy if not for the Manu AARP quarter.

[duncan2k5]

And thats why pop doesnt play bertans

then he shouldnt play gasol...gasol gets and 1 on him ALL the time...lol

[bklynspursfan]

Bertans helped get us back into it, he's allowed a mistake there Imo. Melo is like LMA in terms of getting guys to bite on pump fakes.

[FkLA]

God damn it our MVP is down :pctoss

[raybies]

hope he's ok. kid's been ballin

[bklynspursfan]

Game going down to the wire that was winnable easy if not for the Manu AARP quarter.

More on rebounding than Manu this quarter , no?

[cd98]

Da da da da da da Thunder ... Da da da da da da Thunder... Da da da da da da Thunderref

[SAGirl]

Kyle hurt season over.

[Keepin' it real]

Finger in the eye.

[r0drig0lac]

Oh shit, there goes the season

lmao

[tholdren]

Anderson what a wimp

[SAGirl]

Frankly he gets fouled a ton and doesn't get the benefit of calls enough.

[bklynspursfan]

Manu with that IQ play. Pulled him down

[pgardn]

Game going down to the wire that was winnable easy if not for the Manu AARP quarter.

We gotta work our asses off to beat talented teams.
Thats the real problem.

[tholdren]

Frankly he gets fouled a ton and doesn't get the benefit of calls enough.

Frankly he just gave up 4 pts bc he couldnt rebound

[r0drig0lac]

Adams is not a dirty player, probably unintentionally.

[SAGirl]

More on rebounding than Manu this quarter , no?
It wouldn't have been this close to begin with if not for that quarter they got down by 20 points with manu and Gay playing poorly. rebounding is going to be an issue if Pop plays a smaller lineup and to be fair, thunderref are letting guys get mauled bc they don't want to call the whistle on thunder's vaunted "defense"

[bklynspursfan]

Green hitting after whistle 3s still. Important

[Ron Swanson]

Danny lets the crowd know he can still hit the dead ball 3.

[tholdren]

We gotta work our asses off to beat talented teams.
Thats the real problem.

Dumb

[bklynspursfan]

It wouldn't have been this close to begin with if not for that quarter they got down by 20 points with manu and Gay playing poorly. rebounding is going to be an issue if Pop plays a smaller lineup and to be fair, thunderref are letting guys get mauled bc they don't want to call the whistle on thunder's vaunted "defense"

Pop didn't play him much after he started poorly, but he was also instrumental in that 3rd quarter comeback. Plenty of blame to go around for the slow start. Manu was a big part of it, but not the only reason.

[bklynspursfan]

That wasn't a foul Doris.

[007nites]

Green with the D

[bklynspursfan]

Need a bucket here

[duncan2k5]

why not play DJ in late game situations? Patty isnt our future...DJ needs the experience for when playoff time comes and Tony goes missing

[SAGirl]

We gotta work our asses off to beat talented teams.
Thats the real problem.
no we have to be grateful younger guys stepped up this game and showed heart and growth and were able to dig down deep and get this game this close.
This isn't easy nor should it be taken for granted. They have competed hard and well for the rest of the game it was that damn 1st Q.

Also, fighting through adversity is a way the team progresses and younger guys like Kyle and Davis are placed in positions they wouldn't have been otherwise and showed grit.

I can't fault this effort.

Only Manu's AARP 1st Q and the bench's out of sync play is a down in this game.

[Ron Swanson]

Kyle didn't put the ball down.

[bklynspursfan]

How the hell isn't that an and 1... Come on. That slow mo fooling the refs. BS

[pgardn]

Dumb

The truth is dumb for blind ass wimps.

[RD2191]

The choke is real.

[r0drig0lac]

c'mon fast head

[007nites]

They didn't count it because he's slowmo

[bklynspursfan]

Missed FTs. Dam. From a potential 3 point play, to 0 points.

[dabom]

Gotta make those.

[Robz4000]

Spurs blowing this game at the line smdh.

[FkLA]

MVP getting discriminated on the continuation bc he plays slow, imo.

[Ron Swanson]

Fuck. We needed at least one of those FTs

[tholdren]

The truth is dumb for blind ass wimps.

Worst take in thread

[SpurPadre]

Typical shitty 4th quarter free throw shooting from the Spurs

[DAF86]

All the little things going against us, if not this would already be over.

[tholdren]

Anderson is a bum

[duncan2k5]

Kyle is so trash

[007nites]

lol review it. Smart. Extra timeout.

[SAGirl]

Kyle:toast
damn that guy is going to get paid.

[r0drig0lac]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH MANU...STFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Ron Swanson]

Jesus, Manu. What in the hell?

[resistanze]

:lol smh Fathead

[DAF86]

TTHE FUCK IS DANNY DOING. RUN YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!!

[SpurPadre]

That was Danny's fault

[SuperCam]

Manure has been dead for years tbh...

[Darius Bieber]

God damn Manu costing us this game

[SAGirl]

missed both ft though :td:depressed

[bklynspursfan]

God damn Manu costing us this game

Okc by 20+ tbh

[DAF86]

Unbealiveable. Fucking unbealiveable. :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

What an epic choke job, wow

[pgardn]

no we have to be grateful younger guys stepped up this game and showed heart and growth and were able to dig down deep and get this game this close.
This isn't easy nor should it be taken for granted. They have competed hard and well for the rest of the game it was that damn 1st Q.

Also, fighting through adversity is a way the team progresses and younger guys like Kyle and Davis are placed in positions they wouldn't have been otherwise and showed grit.

I can't fault this effort.

Only Manu's AARP 1st Q and the bench's out of sync play is a down in this game.

This is not 2014.

We might get away with a horrible 1st Qrt with effort, very good games by Green, Aldridge, Pau.
Maybe. Nothing is easy for this team against talented veterans.

[bklynspursfan]

Another missed rebound. Simple stuff, someone is supposed to box out the shooter. Didn't get done.

[Ron Swanson]

Missing these rebounds are fucking killing us.

[Uriel]

Missed free throws and turnovers are killing us :pctoss

[K...]

Damn okc bigs humiliate us again

[tholdren]

Kyle:toast
damn that guy is going to get paid.

For what? Giving up 3 o rebs leading to okc points or the shit ft shooting?

[resistanze]

what a meltdown

[bklynspursfan]

What an epic choke job, wow

Seriously. OKC should be ashamed

[FkLA]

It's prison ball on those rebounds.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Spurms

[DAF86]

This choke will hurt almost as bad as 6, tbh. :lol

[SAGirl]

Pop still having Manu at 40 to close out a game after 5 TO is pathetic.

[K...]

Well two for one here, c'mon get a shot off

[tholdren]

Pop still having Manu at 40 to close out a game after 5 TO is pathetic.

Kyle anderson playing is worse

[duncan2k5]

does DJ have to come in to grab a freaking rebound? geez!

[Ron Swanson]

:lma

[bklynspursfan]

Nice!

[SAGirl]

If Spurs lose this game I hold Manu and Pop accountable. manu was AARP tonight. Pop didn't need to have him out there to close out this game.

[RD2191]

Lasharkus!

[hater]

Danny green played a big man game today

[K...]

Also rebounds!!!!

[r0drig0lac]

lamarcus...WOW

[$pursDynasty]

That's our :lma

[timtonymanu]

Ma touches!!!!!

[Robz4000]

That was Timmyesque

[tholdren]

If Spurs lose this game I hold Manu and Pop accountable. manu was AARP tonight. Pop didn't need to have him out there to close out this game.

Kyle anderson let them hang around

[MVPCues]

Big play LMA. One good defensive trip and it's a win.

[SAGirl]

Spurs with 13 TO, 6 of them by Manu.

[DAF86]

If Spurs lose this game I hold Manu and Pop accountable. manu was AARP tonight. Pop didn't need to have him out there to close out this game.

Manu was fine on the second half. That last TO is more on Danny than Manu.

[pgardn]

Worst take in thread

Because its about your retarded nature.

Sure...

[Uriel]

ALDRIDGE!!!!!