Game Thread: Spurs vs. Guests -- Wed. (12/20) - 6:00/P, 8:00/C (4:00am Riga Time)

[BatManu20]

Patty doing his best Parker impersonation... dribble dribble dribble

[daslicer]

SMH... should have been on the rest/injury management schedule :lol

Now in seriousness those groin injuries do linger and recurr

It's ironic how Pop has tried to rest guys this year and they still end up getting injured.

[Dex]

Danny can't run. Expect he'll be out another week or two after this.

[Robz4000]

Fuck all these injuries.

[TheGreatYacht]

Tony and Kawhi playing 15 minutes a night and Pop's not even willing to waste a timeout to salvage Danny's little sack :lol

[kuato]

El chueco Verde out

[99 Problems]

WOT THE we got a foul call

[BatManu20]

LMA just got hacked on that jumper... clear as day... garbage refs

[Dex]

Ol' man Manu working his tricks again!

[tholdren]

Pau and manu lead team in pts rebs ast stl blk

Pau 20/15

[ElNono]

Manu what a boss

[sasaint]

Pau... :lol

[Keepin' it real]

Danny Green injury should dominate national sports headlines.

[TheGreatYacht]

Roy Hibbert laughing at the llama's center of gravity

[kuato]

Gashit with the goods

[Dex]

I actually feel better with Kyle Anderson in right now than Rudy Gay.

This is 2017.

[hater]

He can't even dribble and breath at the same time. :lol

Kawhi cant even wipe his own ass

[sasaint]

Great o-boards, but somebody hit a shot!

[bklynspursfan]

Dam LMA almost had a steal there.

[sasaint]

LMA... Sheesh.

[tholdren]

PLUS MINUS SHOWS WHY PATTY SHOULD BE HIGHEST PAID SPUR OR BLAZER.... AND PLUS MINUS IS ALWAYS INDICATIVE OF IND PERFORMANCE

[TheGreatYacht]

THE worst officiated game of the season

[bklynspursfan]

I actually feel better with Kyle Anderson in right now than Rudy Gay.

This is 2017.

I've had that thought in some games, but tonight Gay has been pretty efficient. Wouldn't mind having another guy who could do work in the post.

[sasaint]

Now LMA getting jobbed by the refs.

[Budkin]

Fuck these refs!

[bklynspursfan]

Patty!

[Dex]

Patty Thrills!

[dabom]

The Closer

[TheGreatYacht]

PLUS MINUS SHOWS WHY PATTY SHOULD BE HIGHEST PAID SPUR OR BLAZER.... AND PLUS MINUS IS ALWAYS INDICATIVE OF IND PERFORMANCE
You got shat on by Fatty Mills, might be a new ST low for you... rapist.

[timtonymanu]

Patty loves playing his old team.

[ElNono]

MVPatty... trade Porker

[bklynspursfan]

1 stop, hit 2 FT's, then it's on to Salt Lake City with a W

[sasaint]

No 3-ball, and maybe we can win at the stripe.

[Ron Swanson]

50 Mills closing

[99 Problems]

MVP bringing us home

[Keepin' it real]

Lol, rewound that 3 second call. LMA was in there only 2.2 seconds.

[hater]

Cant believe we still relying on Manures dead carcass to squeeze out games :lmao

Bunch of scrubs :lol

[Ron Swanson]

Pau almost shit the bed there.

[tholdren]

You got shat on by Fatty Mills, might be a new ST low for you... rapist.

Patty Mills makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot..... plus minus king

[bklynspursfan]

I got nervous, I was like why is Anderson getting FT's lol

Gotta some how be Patty, LMA, or Manu

[TheGreatYacht]

Cant believe we still relying on Manures dead carcass to squeeze out games :lmao

Bunch of scrubs :lol
Poor bastard can't even clean his own nose

[boutons_deux]

22 TOs and kyle was an uncalled 3 Secs on Patty's bucket

[ElNono]

Cant believe we still relying on Manures dead carcass to squeeze out games :lmao

Bunch of scrubs :lol

That’s what you get when the backups are Kyle Anderson and Danny League

[Ron Swanson]

Need both, LMA.

[BanditHiro]

scared as shit taking that FT

[sasaint]

Holding my breath. NOOOOO!

[Ron Swanson]

Of course he misses one.

[bklynspursfan]

That looked like a foul before the ball was inbounded..

[sasaint]

Sean with the jinx.

[BanditHiro]

That looked like a foul before the ball was inbounded..

that's because it was, should be 2 and the ball

[Robz4000]

Fuck, OT is the same thing as a loss. Get. A. Stop.

[ElNono]

Goddamn LMA so unclutch

[kuato]

Talking about shitting the bed

[TheGreatYacht]

Messina talking shit to Fathead.

Someone just gained a lifetime hater....

[Uriel]

Aldridge, you clutch mutherfucker.

[timtonymanu]

Smh they always gotta make me anxious. Needed both LMA

[bklynspursfan]

Anyone else see Anderson barking at Messina 0_o

Wonder what that was about.. I know he was on the court (prior to our inbound) and had to run off because he wasn't in the game but was on the court.

[TimDunkem]

That big-headed brat Kyle giving Messina attitude. :lol

[Ron Swanson]

Holy shit

[bklynspursfan]

that's because it was, should be 2 and the ball

Yea most definitely. Smh, not surprised tho the way these guys been calling stuff

[tholdren]

Kyles a pussy

[TimDunkem]

Messina talking shit to Fathead.

Someone just gained a lifetime hater....

:lol

[sasaint]

Now I can breathe!

[BanditHiro]

didn't we just have a 5 games in 7 nights last week

[Robz4000]

Fuck, that was lucky. Spurs need to stop giving up good looks like that.

[Uriel]

Nearly died when that shot was in the air :lol

[ElNono]

MVPelon with the outstanding D

[bklynspursfan]

Jesus... I thought that was Lillard at first. Close as hell.

[SAGirl]

Woot victory with Kyle Anderson’s returnnnnnnn
:flag:

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Phew. Nice win after 22 TOs.

[BatManu20]

We win. Suck it Blazers.

[K...]

Spurs didn't deserve this at all

[dabom]

Kyle like barely even switched if you can call it that.

[timtonymanu]

Goddamn that shot gave me a heart attack.

Well bklyn, you were right today. Glad to see the Spurs finally beat a quality opponent on the road.

[Keepin' it real]

LMA with the clutch FT forcing the Blazers to settle for a 3!

Ball game!

A little more payback for 1990!

[bklynspursfan]

This is why a tie game in the 3rd quarter isn't the end of the world...

Now here's hoping we can perform like this tomorrow, sans the 40 turnovers

[99 Problems]

Manu and Thrills, pay those guys. $50m.........

[bklynspursfan]

Goddamn that shot gave me a heart attack.

Well bklyn, you were right today. Glad to see the Spurs finally beat a quality opponent on the road.

Same :lol I thought it was game over.

Glad they pulled it off. It just seemed like so much went wrong for us and everything went Portlands way, yet they couldn't go up by more than 4-6.

[Dex]

Good win considering Parker and Kawhi were out again. LMA and Pau put in work...hope Green is okay.

tlongII on suicide watch.

[boutons_deux]

How many POR pts off Spurs TOs?

Monaco just said 26

[Spurtacular]

Only made it to 61-63 before skipping to the last 15.7 to get current. Good win. Will have to watch the rest before saying much more. I did see the graphic before the game about LMA being ~85.8 from FT and being second best for a front court player. My thought was yea, but what in a close game under two minutes? In the clutch his ass is tighter than dabom (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=47543) 's sphincter in a parallel universe in which he isn't gay as fuck. :lol

Sure enough, LMA went 1-2 from the FT to allow Portland a chance for the win.

[spursgu]

Good win.

[SpurPadre]

Idk if there was a bad guy per say. Lillard did say recently he wished than when he came into the league , LMA took him under his wing a little bit, but that didn't happen.

I hope Kawhi or Dejounte don't end up saying that about him either.

[SpurPadre]

What is it about Spurs players and fourth quarter free throw shooting?

[SAGirl]

This is why a tie game in the 3rd quarter isn't the end of the world...

Now here's hoping we can perform like this tomorrow, sans the 40 turnovers
Well said :tu

[K...]

Who was the turnover king?

[SpurPadre]

I would offer to do tomorrow's game thread since we got a dub but I know I fucked up on the times so I'll bow out if you guys prefer BatManu to continue on, tbh.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

What is it about Spurs players and fourth quarter free throw shooting?

Nothing, they shoot pretty much the same percentage each quarter.

[BatManu20]

Many Blazerfan complaining about the red jerseys they wore tonight. Say they are cursed, they never win in them, want them burned immediately, etc.


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[Dex]

I would offer to do tomorrow's game thread since we got a dub but I know I fucked up on the times so I'll bow out if you guys prefer BatManu to continue on, tbh.

Don't buy into all the Game Thread bickering right now. It's a passing fad.

Everyone is welcome to start game threads, and you should try to keep your winning streak alive.

Game is at 9:30pm Central tomorrow.

[SpurPadre]

Don't buy into all the Game Thread bickering right now. It's a passing fad.

Everyone is welcome to start game threads, and you should try to keep your winning streak alive.

Game is at 9:30pm Central tomorrow.

Good looking out! Will do!

[SpurPadre]

Nothing, they shoot pretty much the same percentage each quarter.

I'm mainly referring to our 4th quarter free throw shooting in franchise history. Maybe I'm swayed from the memories of Game 6, tbh.

[BatManu20]

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[timtonymanu]

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Turnovers are definitely an issue but it's gonna happen when the rotation keeps changing every game.

[Spurtacular]

I hope the Spurs never sign Lillard. Can't stand players who attention whore fake injuries.

[Spurtacular]

That three second call in the last minute? (Not even three seconds, and the Spurs were getting no tangible advantage).

:lol "The best referees in the world." - David Stern

[Dex]

That three second call in the last minute? (Not even three seconds, and the Spurs were getting no tangible advantage).

:lol "The best referees in the world." - David Stern

Yeah, that was definitely a bullshit call.

[Spurtacular]

Yeah, that was definitely a bullshit call.

No excuse for that in the last minute. That's why I believe the NBA is constantly pulling shit.

[BillMc]

Victory:flag:

[timtonymanu]

Good looking out! Will do!

My dude SpurPadre. Ignore the haters.

[Fireball]

Another close one the Spurs won ... they are clutch ... but you wonder how they pulled it off with all these turnovers and the numer of second chance points they gave Portland

I feel better with Murray defending all these PGs out there, but he is losing the ball way too much ...

[Robz4000]

Another close one the Spurs won ... they are clutch ... but you wonder how they pulled it off with all these turnovers and the numer of second chance points they gave Portland

I feel better with Murray defending all these PGs out there, but he is losing the ball way too much ...

Spurs have been pretty good at getting buckets at the end of quarters/halves in close games this season that have made the difference. Dangerous way to live but any win the team can get until everyone is healthy is a good win.

[boutons_deux]

Turnovers are definitely an issue but it's gonna happen when the rotation keeps changing every game.

a lot of the TOs were not passes, but the ball handler losing it.

[weeks]

a lot of the TOs were not passes, but the ball handler losing it.
seriously, i cant remember the last time i saw spurs just tripping over themselves or dribbling off their feet that much

[boutons_deux]

seriously, i cant remember the last time i saw spurs just tripping over themselves or dribbling off their feet that much

... and getting stripped.

[Seventyniner]

The defense was much better than the stats would indicate. Giving up that many points off turnovers is usually more about bad offense than bad defense.

[Dex]

No excuse for that in the last minute. That's why I believe the NBA is constantly pulling shit.

https://streamable.com/vyoe4

Absolute garbage by the refs.

:lol at LMA..."I just got here!"

[Seventyniner]

https://streamable.com/vyoe4

Absolute garbage by the refs.

:lol at LMA..."I just got here!"

When the shot clock goes from 7 to 6 it's going from 7.0 to 6.9. Aldridge puts his foot in the paint just after that, so let's call it 6.8. The whistle blows at 4.4. It is a pretty bad call, especially if you take human reaction time into account: once a ref notices a player has been in for 3 seconds it still takes a couple of tenths to actually blow the whistle.

[SAGirl]

Spurs by 3:flag:
Spurs narrowly edged Blazers in a close contest by 2. yay

If only Lamarcus had made both FT to end the game.. you would have been right on the money.

Spurs win 93-91 in one of CJ McCollum's worst games of his career... (Thanks for that jinx ElNono (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054))

[SpurPadre]

My dude SpurPadre. Ignore the haters.

Right on, man. We got this dub!

[daledondale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMxieK6Xv4

[Dex]

When the shot clock goes from 7 to 6 it's going from 7.0 to 6.9. Aldridge puts his foot in the paint just after that, so let's call it 6.8. The whistle blows at 4.4. It is a pretty bad call, especially if you take human reaction time into account: once a ref notices a player has been in for 3 seconds it still takes a couple of tenths to actually blow the whistle.

Yeah typically a 3-second call is more of a 5-second call, because the ref has to actually notice someone camping out before they'll start their three count.

Even if this ref started counting the moment LMA's toe touches the paint, I still don't think it's a full three seconds. If they called it like that all the time, there would be technical on every possession.