GT Pelicans @ Spurs: Wednesday 7:30 PM CST, 2/28/2018

[Ron Swanson]

Can’t grab a fucking rebound.

[Bill_Brasky]

Omg not getting that board. Fuck you.

[SAGirl]

It's not over yet... I think I have delay in my transmission but Messina's choices have pissed me off.

[bbarry]

:lmao

[Darth_Pelican]

Holy shit AD, thank you for bailing Jrue out. Jesus

[bklynspursfan]

Both FT's missed! Had Joff and Anderson next to Davis. Lazy boxing out by both guys. They ball watched instead of boxing out

[sasaint]

Miss two, and AD pulls down the board. Game! Damn!

[bbarry]

pathetic team.

[Bill_Brasky]

Fucking fathead ruined that.

[TDTPMG21920]

Should have been Kyle boxing out AD

[Darius Bieber]

Davis got the rebound from four Spurs

[MVPCues]

Unreal

[Leetonidas]

Damn what a choke job

[SAGirl]

btw Mills still in.

I think Danny is going to be the one experiencing the chilling...

[spurs10]

Unbelievable!

[timtonymanu]

Messina is just a Pop yes man lol. No better than Jim Boylen was.

[NASpurs]

Fathead comes in to double Davis with Lauvergne for the miss and doesn't even fucking put a body on him.

[sasaint]

Both FT's missed! Had Joff and Anderson next to Davis. Lazy boxing out by both guys. They ball watched instead of boxing out

Just basketball 101. Sheesh!

[BatManu20]

Lol Lauvergne

[Spurtacular]

Why is Aligator Arms tasked with boxing out Davis with the game on the line?

[TimDunkem]

Fathead comes in to double Davis with Lauvergne for the miss and doesn't even fucking put a body on him.

Big head, small brain.

[Robz4000]

Way too late

They can still get a top 12 pick imo.

[SpurPadre]

Messina is just a Pop yes man lol. No better than Jim Boylen was.

Messina knows who Kawhi is, tbh.

[K...]

As I asked myself, why is lauveegne coming in.... What does he do? well that, he fucks up rebounds

[bbarry]

late game situations :lmao

[sasaint]

NowmDanny is in, and Mills takes the 3.

[mexicanjunior]

Such a shit team...please lose out and get a few lotto balls...

[NASpurs]

When the Pelicans has the same loss record as your team...

[Leetonidas]

Fuck Patty mills man. Dude singlehandedly lost the game

[TDTPMG21920]

Holy shit Mills is fucking worthless

[Budkin]

Epic choke job! That win would have been HUGE.

[bklynspursfan]

Just basketball 101. Sheesh!

Yes. Simple stuff that was forgotten

[dabom]

GG on to the next one. I blame it on Messina.

[sasaint]

late game situations :lmao

Just pathetic! Worst in my whole time as a Spurs fan.

[hoopdreams11]

Mills and TP were trash on defense tonight they played too many minutes

[spurs10]

Worse choke job I’ve seen in some time. Lost 5 of last 6.

[TimDunkem]

I AM UTTERLY CONVINCED THAT MILLS IS THE TANK COMMANDER SENT IN TO THROW GAMES.

[jbspurs]

Big head, small brain.

Exactly!

[picnroll]

Clutch fatty Mills earning his paycheck

[BatManu20]

Pretty solid choke job tbh. Even without Aldridge.

[bklynspursfan]

Fuck Patty mills man. Dude singlehandedly lost the game

No way... It was going to be tough without Aldridge anyway, but Murray didn't help either down the stretch.

[Spurtacular]

Why is nobody setting a screen for Danny? Or if you're gonna spread the floor, then Patty should've drove and taken the lay-up or kicked to Green/Manu in a corner if someone over committed.

[SpurPadre]

TD must be rolling in his grave, tbh...

[K...]

OK, patty dribble and throw to a contested shooter is classic.

[weeks]

has mills ever hit a clutch shot?

[Darth_Pelican]

GG... Losing Aldridge was obviously huge.

[SAGirl]

Been learning from the master.
Messina then had Kyle on the inbound for the last play, but not the one b4 when Paddy TO.

Patty actually had a good look to tie the game and missed it. He should have never had Paddy inbound that fucking ball. That and a few other questionable calls from Messina was game. of course Pop didn't need to get ejected from this in the first place.

[Robz4000]

Shut down LMA and don't bring Kawhi back from here.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Messina screwed up when he played Patty all crunch minutes and sat Danny Green. Why on earth is Patty mills playing over Danny Green. I am honestly mind blown that they don’t see how terrible he is

[$pursDynasty]

Damn turnovers late in the game and failing to box out BUT no Pau and losing LMA against AD is a recipe for destruction

[Hoops Czar]

has mills ever hit a clutch shot?
2014?

[mexicanjunior]

Shut down LMA and don't bring Kawhi back from here.

This...

[boutons_deux]

-13 in 4th

[TDTPMG21920]

Can anybody on this team set some decent screens?

[SAGirl]

Messina screwed up when he played Patty all crunch minutes and sat Danny Green. Why on earth is Patty mills playing over Danny Green. I am honestly mind blown that they don’t see how terrible he is

It cannot be said loudly enough

[sasaint]

Spurs have become the Collective Un-fundamental.

[Leetonidas]

No way... It was going to be tough without Aldridge anyway, but Murray didn't help either down the stretch.

Two bricked completely wide open 3s at the end, horrible inbound turnover with a timeout left, and dribbling the clock down 3 with 20seconds to go.... Gonna have to disagree

[$pursDynasty]

Mills, Manu and Dijon with late game turnovers smh

[Chinook]

Holy fuck, Patty played 37 minutes?

[jbspurs]

As I asked myself, why is lauveegne coming in.... What does he do? well that, he fucks up rebounds

It was Anderson who did not do shit to get the rebound.

[SpurPadre]

What next? Will we find out Ma Touches has a complete ankle tear?

[sasaint]

Messina screwed up when he played Patty all crunch minutes and sat Danny Green. Why on earth is Patty mills playing over Danny Green. I am honestly mind blown that they don’t see how terrible he is

Stupidity that leaves me nearly speechless.

[davi78239]

What happened to Aldridge???

[Crazymaddopeyo]

Not bad...without our two best players. On to the next

[$pursDynasty]

2014?
Seems longer ago, I remember being scared he would leave after the title and now wishing that he had

[SAGirl]

Holy fuck, Patty played 37 minutes?

Messina... but tbh the way Pop has lately been playing Paddy (he's played him 35 minutes that last game too), one has to think he for real is the team's leader... the fuck... man I am not usually prone to be swearing but that was fricking unbelievable.

Sure this was a tough game to win regardless, but Messina's choices down the stretch doomed them.

[SpurPadre]

Welp, 50 win season streak was nice while it lasted.

[Darius Bieber]

This team is trash

[bklynspursfan]

Two bricked completely wide open 3s at the end, horrible inbound turnover with a timeout left, and dribbling the clock down 3 with 20seconds to go.... Gonna have to disagree

Missing open 3's didn't singlehandedly cost them the game tho. They were good looks that didn't drop. Murray rushing a shot when we have momentum and a chance to go up 7/8 hurt, then a turnover in traffic late, Anderson/Joff not boxing out Davis (simple basketball stuff), there were so many things that costed us the game down the stretch.

Obviously losing Aldridge was the biggest factor overall

[said7]

Patty with the Triple Single. 1 Defensive screwup (leaving his man). 1 missed wide open three. 1 turnover on an inbound. All within a minute. Bravo.

[timtonymanu]

Welp, 50 win season streak was nice while it lasted.

What’s sad is that it would have been the highlight of this shitfest season.

[TimDunkem]

11/2 and horrible, unclutch plays in 37 minutes.

How pathetic.

[spurs10]

Pelicans won this one without really expecting to. In the end we handed them the win. Bricks and TO’s...couldn’t have been worse really.

[dabom]

Pop not clutch. Messina trash. Manu turnovers fathead not boxing out. Patty Mills 2 wide open threes.

[jbspurs]

Messina then had Kyle on the inbound for the last play, but not the one b4 when Paddy TO.

Patty actually had a good look to tie the game and missed it. He should have never had Paddy inbound that fucking ball. That and a few other questionable calls from Messina was game. of course Pop didn't need to get ejected from this in the first place.

Messina made a mistake putting the shortest guy to inbound the ball.:bang

[sasaint]

Shut down LMA and don't bring Kawhi back from here.

I've maintained that it was too late. But maybe not a bad idea. Prolly get a late lottery pick.

[SAGirl]

Messina's choice of players to close out this game is questionable I will say that.


Fuck Messina. if they win it then yay, but still questionable group to close... think Danny probably should have been in...
This was me while they were still ahead b4 a series of Paddy and Manu TO etc...

[Budkin]

Patty Mills is the new Matt Bonner. Red Rocket sold him that dirt on Pop.

[dabom]

Also Aldridge getting injured.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

This team is not going to make the playoffs unless Clippers and Jazz tank. Warriors and Rockets losses coming within the next two weeks.

[Darth_Pelican]

:lol I bet the Spurs players wish they had those 2 points back that Poop shamelessly gave to the Pelicans on double technicals on a play which Rondo clearly established himself in bounds.

[BillMc]

What next? Will we find out Ma Touches has a complete ankle tear?

No Spurs doctors will clear him but he won't come back for ages ala Kawhi.

[Chinook]

I actually like Messina's adjustment to having LMA unavailable. Rudy makes the most sense as the third-string center. The team didn't seem to have enough experience practicing with that lineup, however. If Ettore did make a mistake, it was playing Green too long to start the fourth. When I saw that, I knew he was going to sit Danny so Manu could play. That wasn't a horrible idea really, but in a game where you can't seem to stop anyone, going small on the perimeter didn't seem necessarily.

[Budkin]

What next? Will we find out Ma Touches has a complete ankle tear?

Wouldn’t surprise me.

[SAGirl]

Messina made a mistake putting the shortest guy to inbound the ball.:bang

That was fricking unbelievable... TBH... and I have seen Pop play Mills to close many, many games, I don't recall once Mills inbounding a ball to close a game. Pop usually has a big like Pau or Kyle make those passes.... fuck Messina... I cannot say this enough... why Mills on that pass?

Sure you can't help not having your best bigs and having made a choice since the summer of playing a smaller group with a ton of guards, but the least you can do is not blunder a play call like that one ^

[TimDunkem]

:lol I bet the Spurs players wish they had those 2 points back that Poop shamelessly gave to the Pelicans on double technicals on a play which Rondo clearly established himself in bounds.

The Legend of Poop 2k18 continues to grow.

[Chinook]

:lol I bet the Spurs players wish they had those 2 points back that Poop shamelessly gave to the Pelicans on double technicals on a play which Rondo clearly established himself in bounds.

I actually think Rondo was still out of bounds, but yeah. In a game where his guys were up by playing scrappy ball, getting himself thrown out had little upside.

[Pelicans78]

GG on to the next one. I blame it on Messina.

Blame it on Pop for getting ejected for no reason during a 13 point lead.

[Budkin]

Just another turd in a toilet bowl of a season.

[sasaint]

Messina then had Kyle on the inbound for the last play, but not the one b4 when Paddy TO.

Patty actually had a good look to tie the game and missed it. He should have never had Paddy inbound that fucking ball. That and a few other questionable calls from Messina was game. of course Pop didn't need to get ejected from this in the first place.

We have toppled from being a high IQ organization to being stunningly stupid from top to bottom.

[Pelicans78]

I actually think Rondo was still out of bounds, but yeah. In a game where his guys were up by playing scrappy ball, getting himself thrown out had little upside.

The replay looked like he was inbounds, but either way, it was dumb getting ejected over.

[boutons_deux]

Pels 70 pts in 2nd half

[BillMc]

We have the injuries. What's OKC's excuse? Oh wait, Melo team.....

[SpurPadre]

This needs to be said again: FUCK THIS SEASON UP THE ASS

[Darius Bieber]

Yeah we had injuries but Pelicans were without Boogie too. This team is just straight up trash like I've always said.

[sasaint]

No Spurs doctors will clear him but he won't come back for ages ala Kawhi.

I think I have done a 180. I wouldn't oppose using this injury as an excuse to hold him out for the season and drop as low as we could for the best draft position possible.

[mexicanjunior]

Losses are the most productive thing to happen tbh...best case scenario...

[SAGirl]

:lol I bet the Spurs players wish they had those 2 points back that Poop shamelessly gave to the Pelicans on double technicals on a play which Rondo clearly established himself in bounds.
yea... Pop started this with needless technicals in a game the team needed him to be at his best, dialed in coaching, not stressing everyone out acting up.

[SAGirl]

I think I have done a 180. I wouldn't oppose using this injury as an excuse to hold him out for the season and drop as low as we could for the best draft position possible.
Would be a good way to shaft Kiwi if he was indeed acting up.

[Thomas82]

What happened to Aldridge???

Sprained ankle.

[sasaint]

Would be a good way to shaft Kiwi if he was indeed acting up.

Just hold both guys out. Heck everybody had pretty much expected it of Kawhi until yesterday.

[bklynspursfan]

The Mills inbound, Murray's reckless play and the Davis rebound stick out the most. We had a golden opportunity in each scenario. Gay actually had Anderson stand next to Davis on the FT and neither guy boxed out. Film session should be a joy

[sasaint]

The Legend of Poop 2k18 continues to grow.

Wow. How much longer will ownership let him continue to coach? It will be an unbearable eternity.

[jbspurs]

That was fricking unbelievable... TBH... and I have seen Pop play Mills to close many, many games, I don't recall once Mills inbounding a ball to close a game. Pop usually has a big like Pau or Kyle make those passes.... fuck Messina... I cannot say this enough... why Mills on that pass?

Sure you can't help not having your best bigs and having made a choice since the summer of playing a smaller group with a ton of guards, but the least you can do is not blunder a play call like that one ^


Only Messina knows.. :bang That and Anderson's over powering box out...:bang

[LakerHater]

faaawk

[BillMc]

As I didn't see the game, how did Rudy look? Box score was an improvement.

[sasaint]

Andrew Monaco is a clown - perfect announcer for the Spurs circus this season.

[tbdog]

:lol I bet the Spurs players wish they had those 2 points back that Poop shamelessly gave to the Pelicans on double technicals on a play which Rondo clearly established himself in bounds.

You can't regain possession immediately after coming from out of bounds. It was a bad call made in front of the refs.

[Robz4000]

As I didn't see the game, how did Rudy look? Box score was an improvement.

Looked good after a poor first quarter.

[Budkin]

Andrew Monaco is a clown - perfect announcer for the Spurs circus this season.

He is so dumb it’s painful.

[BillMc]

Looked good after a poor first quarter.

Thanks.

[Budkin]

This needs to be said again: FUCK THIS SEASON UP THE ASS

tbh

[Spurtacular]

This team has choked so many games like noobs this season.

[tholdren]

This team has choked so many games like noobs this season.

Typical

[sasaint]

He is so dumb it’s painful.

Dumb with an inappropriate, moronic laugh. The post-game show is conducted as if it were after a victory!

[sasaint]

Thanks.

Yeah, he was guarding AD in the 4th. It was creditable.

[SAGirl]

Seems longer ago, I remember being scared he would leave after the title and now wishing that he had
He had a good series in 2015 against the Clippers. He got hot at the right time.. but Patty was never a guy you wanted to play 35-37 minutes. Recipe for disaster.

[BillMc]

Yeah, he was guarding AD in the 4th. It was creditable.

Well, that is a small silver lining. Thanks.

[sasaint]

This team has choked so many games like noobs this season.

Pop should never again assume that they won't and casually throw away Ws in the early season. But his head is way too hard to learn.

[tholdren]

The Mills inbound, Murray's reckless play and the Davis rebound stick out the most. We had a golden opportunity in each scenario. Gay actually had Anderson stand next to Davis on the FT and neither guy boxed out. Film session should be a joy

Yep

[Bellboy]

Wow. How much longer will ownership let him continue to coach? It will be an unbearable eternity.

If you saw Pop’s comments after the game on FSSW on how hard everyone’s playing so hard, how he admires their spirit, and how they are playing for each other. Pop is so PC now he’s handing out participation trophies for everyone. Also explains the technicals to get thrown out. Had to get to the locker room early as it’s his week to provide for the after game juice and cookies.

[sasaint]

Gonna take 2 sleeping pills to get to sleep tonight.

[SAGirl]

Patty with the Triple Single. 1 Defensive screwup (leaving his man). 1 missed wide open three. 1 turnover on an inbound. All within a minute. Bravo.
Might lead the team to tank after all.

[sasaint]

If you saw Pop’s comments after the game on FSSW on how hard everyone’s playing so hard, how he admires their spirit, and how they are playing for each other. Pop is so PC now he’s handing out participation trophies for everyone. Also explains the technicals to get thrown out. Had to get to the locker room early as it’s his week to provide for the after game juice and cookies.

Yeah, it was a pretty pukey cherry on top of a puke sundae.

[Ice009]

If Kawhi has been cleared all season then he should get his ass back on the court. He doesn't deserve to sit 1 and a half years for a bullshit soft ass injury. He deserves to come back, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs, then he'll have to own it. LA can sit if his injury is bad enough. He's earned that right. Kawhi hasn't earned shit.

[SAGirl]

The Mills inbound, Murray's reckless play and the Davis rebound stick out the most. We had a golden opportunity in each scenario. Gay actually had Anderson stand next to Davis on the FT and neither guy boxed out. Film session should be a joy
I can forgive the rebound bc Davis is a fricking monster rebounder and he has very long arms. I thought it could have been better but at the same time, when you have guys like that you need a real big... That is the kind of thing where not having your best bigs hurt you and sometimes it can't be helped... there were many other things that didn't involve LMA and/or Pau missing from the game, and were within the team's control.

[sasaint]

If Kawhi has been cleared all season then he should get his ass back on the court. He doesn't deserve to sit 1 and a half years for a bullshit soft ass injury. He deserves to come back, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs, then he'll have to own it. LA can sit if his injury is bad enough. He's earned that right. Kawhi hasn't earned shit.

If you shut down LMA, you want to keep Kawhi on the shelf, too, and get the best draft pick you possibly can. Late as it is, tanking is the best option now. Pop will never go for it, though.

[SAGirl]

As I didn't see the game, how did Rudy look? Box score was an improvement.
Rudy looked really good. He started off slow as in off, but really picked it up later.

Dejounte also looked really really good for most of the game, until the end when he was failing to slow down the pace and didn't really run plays, a bit westbrookish if you ask me. Overall a lot more positive than negative from him.

I thought it was actually a silver lining in this game that Rudy and Dijon had opportunities to really take many possessions and get it going.

[Ice009]

If you shut down LMA, you want to keep Kawhi on the shelf, too, and get the best draft pick you possibly can. Late as it is, tanking is the best option now. Pop will never go for it, though.

Nope, I'm disgusted with Kawhi. If he's been cleared all season like I just read in another thread, then no fucking way should he be getting any more games off. He should be out there, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs with him out there, then he should get some of the blame for it.

Sitting out a whole fucking year and a half with a quad injury. What a fucking joke that would be.

[sasaint]

Nope, I'm disgusted with Kawhi. If he's been cleared all season like I just read in another thread, then no fucking way should he be getting any more games off. He should be out there, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs with him out there, then he should get some of the blame for it.

Sitting out a whole fucking year and a half with a quad injury. What a fucking joke that would be.

If the team gets a better pick, that's what counts to me.

[Ice009]

Also, if he has been medically cleared the whole season, I WOULD NOT pay the Supermax to someone that is willing to sit out the whole year with an injury that isn't considered a major one.

[davi78239]

Like Calvin says, kawhi's part of the new NBA player where it's all about them. He ain't any of the big three. So poop better adjust to the times or it's gonna get ugly for years to come if he chooses to continue his my way or the hwy stubborn ways.

[spursistan]

Gonna take 2 sleeping pills to get to sleep tonight.
lol not worth it bro..:lol

I think when you realize how far is the team from true contention, you just become sort of numb to the L word every sport fan hates. This is the least stress I have felt as Spurfan since 2011.

[sasaint]

lol not worth it bro..:lol

I think when you realize how far is the team from true contention, you just become sort of numb to the L word every sport fan hates. This is the least stress I have felt as Spurfan since 2011.

:toast If we are gonna be also-ran chokers, I really would like us to do it under somebody's regime other than Pop's.

[sasaint]

Nope, I'm disgusted with Kawhi. If he's been cleared all season like I just read in another thread, then no fucking way should he be getting any more games off. He should be out there, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs with him out there, then he should get some of the blame for it.

Sitting out a whole fucking year and a half with a quad injury. What a fucking joke that would be.

I am not disgusted with him. And I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt about his injury since I have no knowledge of the situation. But I am disappointed in him for offering his legion of fans nothing but silence. The guy's livelihood depends on fans, and he is one of the most popular individual players in the league. If he hasn't been communicating behind the scenes with PATFO (and I strongly doubt he has), I would be doubly disappointed. The Spurs have always done right by him.

[Fireball]

great effort without LMA ... so much for dabom game threads :lol

[SAGirl]

great effort without LMA ... so much for dabom game threads :lol
I had forgotten about dabom. Of course he got cocky and got Lamarcus injured plus a loss.

[spurs10]

Nope, I'm disgusted with Kawhi. If he's been cleared all season like I just read in another thread, then no fucking way should he be getting any more games off. He should be out there, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs with him out there, then he should get some of the blame for it.

Sitting out a whole fucking year and a half with a quad injury. What a fucking joke that would be.
If you mean the Jason Garrett comments on ESPN then I’d say consider the source. Kawhi has not been able to play all season and just sitting out for the hell of it. Jarrett is a football guy and everything he said is speculative.

[SAGirl]

969078494314582016
Its true that the circumstances we very tough since the team doesn’t have any real bigs after LMA and Pau both out to close the game. Rudy really battled. But it also is a cop out way to cut slack for all the mistakes to close out the game specially when Messina went to Pops veterans.

[spurs10]

969078494314582016
Its true that the circumstances we very tough since the team doesn’t have any real bigs after LMA and Pau both out to close the game. Rudy really battled. But it also is a cop out way to cut slack for all the mistakes to close out the game specially when Messina went to Pops veterans. There were bad missteps, but they played hard extremely shorthanded. No bigs, no rim protection, and no boards when it mattered. I think we can turn this around and do alright in the remainder of the RS.

[SAGirl]

There were bad missteps, but they played hard extremely shorthanded. No bigs, no rim protection, and no boards when it mattered. I think we can turn this around and do alright in the remainder of the RS.
I will admit to you I am disheartened and in a funk.
It’s not all on the players. PATFO has dropped the ball. The roster construction has been dubious. They have needed a better big than Joff has been which is why he didn’t play that many minutes in a game like this to begin with and hasn’t been good most of the year. He has only lately been playing better and yet without fail big minutes for Joff have resulted in losses almost each and every game that I can recall. There’s not a single game he has played many minutes in that the team has won. The King of empty stats.

What has me in a funk is also Lamarcus getting injured.

It’s just not their year... It sucks though and I hate it. I don’t care at all about the 50 win season considering circumstances but I want them to make the playoffs still. I just hate losing to this degree, specially playing Paddy 37 minutes or so. At this rate if the team is going to be losing call up Derrick White instead. Probably too worn out by this season’s Kiwi drama and Paddy’s 4th Q meltdowns.

[spurs10]

I will admit to you I am disheartened and in a funk.
It’s not all on the players. PATFO has dropped the ball. The roster construction has been dubious. They have needed a better big than Joff has been which is why he didn’t play that many minutes in a game like this to begin with and hasn’t been good most of the year. He has only lately been playing better and yet without fail big minutes for Joff have resulted in losses almost each and every game that I can recall. There’s not a single game he has played many minutes in that the team has won. The King of empty stats.

What has me in a funk is also Lamarcus getting injured.

It’s just not their year... It sucks though and I hate it. I don’t care at all about the 50 win season considering circumstances but I want them to make the playoffs still. I just hate losing to this degree, specially playing Paddy 37 minutes or so. At this rate if the team is going to be losing call up Derrick White instead. Probably too worn out by this season’s Kiwi drama and Paddy’s 4th Q meltdowns. It’s been tough no doubt! Let’s just hope that a couple days rest will get us back at least one of our bigs and LMA’s MRI doesn’t show anything too bad. I still have hope of us having 15 or so games with our entire team, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.

[r0drig0lac]

Can anybody on this team set some decent screens?

Splitt...oh wait

[r0drig0lac]

Not bad...without our two best players. On to the next

from wcf contender for "moral victories" team

[BillMc]

Rudy looked really good. He started off slow as in off, but really picked it up later.

Dejounte also looked really really good for most of the game, until the end when he was failing to slow down the pace and didn't really run plays, a bit westbrookish if you ask me. Overall a lot more positive than negative from him.

I thought it was actually a silver lining in this game that Rudy and Dijon had opportunities to really take many possessions and get it going.

Thanks for the update.:toast

Calling DJ "Westbrookish" (or should it be Westbrookian? :lol) seems apt. Let us hope he develops into a more cerebral under control version of RW.

[duncan2k5]

If Kawhi has been cleared all season then he should get his ass back on the court. He doesn't deserve to sit 1 and a half years for a bullshit soft ass injury. He deserves to come back, and if the Spurs don't make the playoffs, then he'll have to own it. LA can sit if his injury is bad enough. He's earned that right. Kawhi hasn't earned shit.

Wait what??? How the FUCK does LMA deserve it over Kawhi??? Wtf has he done for us but bitch about touches?? The dude is guaranteed to pussy out in the playoffs... You idiots talk about Kawhi being a pussy for not playing through injury but said he shouldn't have played on his ankle when he was beasting through a sprained ankle, until he got Zaza'd

[bklynspursfan]

I can forgive the rebound bc Davis is a fricking monster rebounder and he has very long arms. I thought it could have been better but at the same time, when you have guys like that you need a real big... That is the kind of thing where not having your best bigs hurt you and sometimes it can't be helped... there were many other things that didn't involve LMA and/or Pau missing from the game, and were within the team's control.

Nah. I get Davis is a monster, but both guys just watched the ball instead of boxing him out. That's basketball 101. Get a body into the guy next to you and push him away from the basket. When there's 2 guys vs 1, both of whom have some height, it's inexcusable.

It's the whole reason they had 2 guys on the line next to AD, but neither boxed him out and instead focused on the ball

[SAGirl]

Nah. I get Davis is a monster, but both guys just watched the ball instead of boxing him out. That's basketball 101. Get a body into the guy next to you and push him away from the basket. When there's 2 guys vs 1, both of whom have some height, it's inexcusable.

It's the whole reason they had 2 guys on the line next to AD, but neither boxed him out and instead focused on the ball
I saw Joff put a body on him, but Davis still squirreled out. It's not just how strong and tall with long reach he is, he's also very quick. Stuff like that I expect from him. Ohter things in this game though didn't depend on Davis making a heroic play.

Kyle focused on the ball bc he was going for the board if DAvis had been contained sufficiently. He wasn't. The guy that had to do the bulk of the blocking out was Joff and he didn't do it properly... but again, that play isn't surprising bc Davis is immensely talented.

[dabom]

I saw Joff put a body on him, but Davis still squirreled out. It's not just how strong and tall with long reach he is, he's also very quick. Stuff like that I expect from him. Ohter things in this game though didn't depend on Davis making a heroic play.

Kyle focused on the ball bc he was going for the board if DAvis had been contained sufficiently. He wasn't. The guy that had to do the bulk of the blocking out was Joff and he didn't do it properly... but again, that play isn't unsurprising bc Davis is immensely talented.

There is a reason two people are on ADs side. Both are supposed to box out. Fathead forgot he was a basketball player. :lol

[21209]

Totally pissed this game away with the lousy perimeter defense, the careless turnovers and the failure to rebound in the fourth quarter.

Classic Pop trying to light a fire under his team by being thrown out, backfired badly.