Game Thread: Spurs at Guests - Sat. (10/20) - 9:00PM CST, 7:00PM PST (5:00AM Riga Time)

[NASpurs]

Pop taking out DDR right before his double double :lol

[ace3g]

At least we get 3:28 of Metu

[SpurPadre]

I know we've got injuries out of our control but it would be nice to see if we can get somebody off waivers that can bring some defense off the perimeter.

[Robz4000]

At least we get 3:28 of Metu

:lol was about to post the exact same thing

[Robz4000]

Who the fuck is the ball handler in this unit?

[dabom]

People melting down like it's the finals. :lmao

[Chinook]

:lol at this big-ass lineup. It's like modern-ball.

[NASpurs]

Cunningham is playing point guard. Let that sink in.

[007nites]

We are going to get wrecked by any team that has a quick guard duo this season until Murray comes back.

[Chomag]

Pop taking out DDR right before his double double :lol
Pop just flexing his boss muscles per par

[dabom]

Fucking bums. :lmao

[MannyIsGod]

Spurs had it down to 11 before Pop decided to play that utterly shit lineup.

[Mr. Body]

Lmao at thinking White and Walker would get playing time over Fatty Mills and Bryn Forbes

LMK when you have an actual take on something.

[skin27]

Demar is better than kawhi in assist but kawhi is better at rebounding

[Robz4000]

Already like what I'm seeing from Metu.

[skin27]

We are going to get wrecked by any team that has a quick guard duo this season until Murray comes back.


Lol making Murray the superstar of this team

[Chomag]

Spurs had it down to 11 before Pop decided to play that utterly shit lineup.

Noticed that too

[bklynspursfan]

Pop just flexing his boss muscles per par

And if DeMar got hurt while the team was down nearly 20 people would be like wtf why was he in lol

[Mirrornick]

I ain't even worried, it's a long season. Spurs will crush teams no worries. DD will have an MVP season.

I am slightly worried about LMA, he seems to be a step slower. Maybe overweight? Does he always start off slow?

[Robz4000]

Metu > Poetl imo

[ElNono]

great game, tbh... if we can consistently drop 100+, we're gonna win 40+ games for sure, IMO...

[bklynspursfan]

Quincy must've had a bet he'd get a 3 point attempt lol

[SpurPadre]

Metu>Poetl

[ace3g]

Spurs

Starters
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


L. Aldridge (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2983) PF
37
6-13
0-1
0-1
5
3
8
5
1
1
0
0
-18
12


R. Gay (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3005) SF
27
5-13
2-4
0-0
1
6
7
1
0
0
2
5
-18
12


J. Poeltl (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134908) C
13
0-0
0-0
0-0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
-2
0


D. DeRozan (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978) SG
34
11-22
0-1
6-6
1
2
3
9
2
0
2
3
-12
28


B. Forbes (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2994526) SG
27
6-13
5-8
0-0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
1
-16
17


Bench
MIN
FG
3PT
FT
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
+/-
PTS


D. Bertans (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6426) SF
20
4-8
3-6
0-0
3
1
4
2
0
1
1
1
-4
11


D. Cunningham (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3974) SF
16
1-4
1-2
0-0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
+4
3


P. Gasol (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/996) C
17
4-5
1-1
1-2
1
3
4
2
0
0
0
1
-6
10


P. Mills (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4004) PG
22
4-11
1-5
0-0
0
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
-13
9


M. Belinelli (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3190) SG
17
0-6
0-1
2-3
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
3
+5
2


C. Metu (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3914283) PF
3
0-1
0-0
2-2
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
+5
2


D. Eubanks (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3914285) PF
3
1-2
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+5
2


Q. Pondexter (http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4253) SF
3
0-2
0-1
0-0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
+5
0


TEAM

42-100
13-30
11-14
15
25
40
29
5
4
6
17

108




42.4%
44.8%
78.6%

[Chinook]

Already like what I'm seeing from Metu.

Metu looked fine. Eubanks looked good for what he is. Pon and Cun though. They could stand a trade.

[SpurPadre]

I ain't even worried, it's a long season. Spurs will crush teams no worries. DD will have an MVP season.

I am slightly worried about LMA, he seems to be a step slower. Maybe overweight? Does he always start off slow?

He's 33 tbh

[NASpurs]

great game, tbh... if we can consistently drop 100+, we're gonna win 40+ games for sure, IMO...

:lol

[Ditty]

Metu seems like an annoying teammate and player to play against from what I have observed from him. He’s young so i won’t be too hard on him.

[BatManu20]

Expected loss tbh. Portland always please walk home and they were coming off a tough loss. Plus, Dame & CJ were licking their chops when they looked at the scouting report and saw Patty and Bryn's names. Knew they were gonna go off.

[gambit1990]

portland is in a tier below golden state, houston, okc, pelicans, jazz...

lakers, mavs, suns are all better than they were last season. spurs won't have it easy in the west.

[Mirrornick]

He's 33 tbh

Well he's not moving like a 33 year old. He's barely moving. He is jogging the entire time as if he would die if he hustled a little more.

[paperboy77]

we need walker and white soon.

Look forward to getting them back too. Unfortunately they'll likely only give us offense which Doesn't' seem t be a problem. Still no help on D.

[skin27]

The kawhi trade is so unfair, it should be DeRozan and a good SF or a good big men

[SpurPadre]

If healthy and Walker and Metu prove to be legit, this is a dangerous team, tbh. Just fucked up circumstances. Patty needs to go though.

[DAF86]

This is discouraging. The Blazers were the type of teams we would dominate with a solid squad.

[skin27]

I don’t understand the patty hate..hahaha..

[BatManu20]

If some of you guys are really this upset about this loss, I suggest you stop watching the Spurs games this season ... your expectations are way too high. This is a 44-47 win team at best, and very possible to be closer to 40.

[Ditty]

This Matt Weiss guy on the post game seems like he is a huge chode. Matt Bonner seems boring when he talks about Spurs.

[bklynspursfan]

This is discouraging. The Blazers were the type of teams we would dominate with a solid squad.

They always gave us fits, especially in Portland.

[BatManu20]

:cry


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[Immortal Spur]

The kawhi trade is so unfair, it should be DeRozan and a good SF or a good big men
I would've let them keep pick and got OG instead of Poeltl if possible. We got waxed man...

[Chinook]

The Spurs had no answer for the Blazers constant doubles on Aldridge. He actually shot okay, and he did a really good job of moving the ball once the help came. But Pop should have called some quicker plays rather than traditional iso post-ups. Even with DeRozan playing well and Forbes doing okay, the team can't afford a quiet Aldridge, especially when Gay is also quiet. Rudy needs to go to the bench. The starters have decent enough offense, and when Pop does the right thing and starts Gasol again, they'll have even more. But Rudy needs to be stupidly efficient to score enough points with DeRozan and Aldridge in the game. If Gay can't play more than 20-something minutes, then those minutes need to come with the second unit.

This wasn't that bad of a game, considering that it was in Portland (the Spurs lost there by like 40 points one game when they went to the Finals). The offense is real, even though they missed too many easy shots and couldn't get LMA going. The D had good stretches. They can get healthier. They can make small trades. Bryn stepped up on the road, and that will help give competition for Patty once guys are back. Bertans looks more comfortable. Marco won't shoot this poorly every game.

[bklynspursfan]

Also fwiw, look at all the scores from tonight and this week in general. No one is playing D :wakeup

[BillMc]

:cry


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Hey Kid. Where's Paul Allen?

[bklynspursfan]

:cry


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Does this tool live under a rock? He's in Toronto.

[SpurPadre]

The Spurs had no answer for the Blazers constant doubles on Aldridge. He actually shot okay, and he did a really good job of moving the ball once the help came. But Pop should have called some quicker plays rather than traditional iso post-ups. Even with DeRozan playing well and Forbes doing okay, the team can't afford a quiet Aldridge, especially when Gay is also quiet. Rudy needs to go to the bench. The starters have decent enough offense, and when Pop does the right thing and starts Gasol again, they'll have even more. But Rudy needs to be stupidly efficient to score enough points with DeRozan and Aldridge in the game. If Gay can't play more than 20-something minutes, then those minutes need to come with the second unit.

This wasn't that bad of a game, considering that it was in Portland (the Spurs lost there by like 40 points one game when they went to the Finals). The offense is real, even though they missed too many easy shots and couldn't get LMA going. The D had good stretches. They can get healthier. They can make small trades. Bryn stepped up on the road, and that will help give competition for Patty once guys are back. Bertans looks more comfortable. Marco won't shoot this poorly every game.

The offense is real but you can say that about every team the way the game is played now. We still looked outgunned at times. Walker and White will help though.

[NASpurs]

This Matt Weiss guy on the post game seems like he is a huge chode. Matt Bonner seems boring when he talks about Spurs.

Is that the guy who they replaced Monaco with? I hated Monaco so it’s anazing they replaced him with someone even worse than him. I was listening to this guy earlier and I couldn’t take it.

[bklynspursfan]

Hey Kid. Where's Paul Allen?

Hot dam Bill :wow

[Chinook]

The offense is real but you can say that about every team the way the game is played now. We still looked outgunned

Considering what the second and third options did offensively, it's damned impressive for the team to score so well. Last year's team would have struggled to do anything with LMA being so quiet.

[BillMc]

Hot dam Bill :wow

Sorry. I'm in a bleak mood.

[Chinook]

Hey Kid. Where's Paul Allen?

Oh fuck, man. :lol

[Ditty]

Is that the guy who they replaced Monaco with? I hated Monaco so it’s anazing they replaced him with someone even worse than him. I was listening to this guy earlier and I couldn’t take it.

Monaco is bad but they hired a bigger ass kisser with this guy it seems.

[NASpurs]

Hey Kid. Where's Paul Allen?

Probably saving Kawhi a seat next to him in hell.

[SpurPadre]

Considering what the second and third options did offensively, it's damned impressive for the team to score so well. Last year's team would have struggled to do anything with LMA being so quiet.

Agreed. The future for this team isn't bleak, only the immediate future with the backcourt we're forced to trot out.

[TDomination]

Man I love derozans game so much. I love how he doesnt settle for jumpers and will attack the basket and usually either gets fouled or makes a basket.

He and Aldridge are a dynamic duo. I like chinooks take, put gay on the bench. We will have enough offense between those 2. I just dont knkw about patty anymore. I always liked him but without the big 3, he just doesn't seem like an NBA quality player anymore. He will have moments but not enough.

Our depth is killing us, I cringe when both DeMar and Aldridge are out of the game.

But overall I expected the loss, but was hopeful. Hopefully we can get a W against LA

[NASpurs]

Monaco is bad but they hired a bigger ass kisser with this guy it seems.

They seem to come from the same shitty mold.

[james evans]

look on the bright side. We dont have $40 million a year locked in to an aging superstar

[bklynspursfan]

Seriously tho, who's happy about defense this week lol . Our backcourt is decimated with injuries. It should get better with Walker/White, but seems no one is showing elite or even great D yet, especially so early in the season that's starting earlier than normal.

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[Ditty]

I am just happy either the Lakers or Lolockets will be 0-2 after tonight.

[TDomination]

Seriously tho, who's happy about defense this week lol . Our backcourt is decimated with injuries. It should get better with Walker/White, but seems no one is showing elite or even great D yet, especially so early in the season that's starting earlier than normal.

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Ugh I hate the offensive NBA. Zero D makes a happy league apparently.

[Immortal Spur]

as long as the lakers lose tonight i'll be fine.

[SAGirl]

Mills has been trash for years. I've been telling y'all for ages now. This is nothing new.
Preach. People acting like this is new. It’s why some fans have wanted him off the team and were appalled at the 50/4 contract.

Hes juts always played next to great defenders and in a very good to great bench with a HOF SG. This is nothing new tbh.

[SpurPadre]

as long as the lakers lose tonight i'll be fine.

I'd rather they win tbh. Lebron wouldn't let them start 0-3 tbh.

[Immortal Spur]

I'd rather they win tbh. Lebron wouldn't let them start 0-3 tbh.
tru. you right

[Immortal Spur]

should we be more concerned about DeRozan playing Lebron or our PG's getting torched... gonna be fun

[skin27]

If the lakers loss tonight they will feast on us the next game

[Immortal Spur]

If the lakers loss tonight they will feast on us the next game
or they could go 0-3

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[james evans]

All the shots the lakers are missing tonight, they will hit Monday.

[BillMc]

Seriously tho, who's happy about defense this week lol . Our backcourt is decimated with injuries. It should get better with Walker/White, but seems no one is showing elite or even great D yet, especially so early in the season that's starting earlier than normal.

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More 3s, new rules, shorter preseason making defenses starting behind. These will come down as the season progresses, I think. But it'll be an upward trend though not this extreme.

[SpurPadre]

More 3s, new rules, shorter preseason making defenses starting behind. These will come down as the season progresses, I think. But it'll be an upward trend though not this extreme.

I agree but it's also the Dubs that have forced teams to play this way tbh. I don't really find it that exciting.

[superbigtime]

Has anyone ripped off Spurs more than Mills? Other than Kawhi. I just cannot comprehend what justified his contract in mind of PATFO. Very ugly basketball.

[BillMc]

I agree but it's also the Dubs that have forced teams to play this way tbh. I don't really find it that exciting.

100 percent agree.

[NASpurs]

:lmao at the fight in the Rockets Lakers game

[SpurPadre]

Has anyone ripped off Spurs more than Mills? Other than Kawhi. I just cannot comprehend what justified his contract in mind of PATFO. Very ugly basketball.

Bonner conned the Spurs into playing for 10 seasons...that's the biggest ripoff of all time, tbh.

[Immortal Spur]

:lmao at the fight in the Rockets Lakers game
hell yeah.. rondo and ingram shoud be suspended. we might actually get a win after all

[Chucho]

Bonner conned the Spurs into playing for 10 seasons...that's the biggest ripoff of all time, tbh.

This is the whole and finality to that conversation.

[NASpurs]

hell yeah.. rondo and ingram shoud be suspended. we might actually get a win after all

Meh, Lonzo will make 6 threes against us like last time :lol

[james evans]

Well we won’t have to worry about rondo and Ingram on Monday lol

[SAGirl]

Murray would have helped the D, obviously. But at best, he would have cut a cover over all of these open sores. Purposefully getting guys like DeRozan and Beli, re-signing Forbes and not moving Mills was already going to hurt the defense. Trading away WS and letting Kyle walk just tanked it. It's annoying to pretend like Murray was the only guy holding up the D last year. They had a lot of good defensive guys and lost all of them except Aldridge. They replaced those guys with relative sieves. That wasn't inevitable. This roster is the product of choices PATFO made. We'll just have to see how well it works out. I'm still hopeful, but to act like Murray could have fixed all of this is foolish. Not even prime Kawhi would make this defense anything more than mediocre.
Agreed 100%. It can be the same system but the personnel is different and even if they wanted to move on from some guys they could have looked at some replacements.

Theres not a single one of the best teams that doesn’t have a couple of quality defenders. The Raptors has severals even before the trade and now are stacked. Spurs had several too and had depth sufficient to survive injuries to a guy here or there. The best teams have more than one or two guys who are good defensively.

Spurs just traded their main guys and let their depth go all in one season and replaced those minutes with nothing basically. They need to look around exactly like how they discovered Danny. What’s upsetting was them signing Cunningham and Pondexter and thinking they are fine. I get they already have a lot of youngsters but they need to pick a flier or two on some wings too. Specially since they gave theirs away.

[Immortal Spur]

Agreed 100%. It can be the same system but the personnel is different and even if they wanted to move on from some guys they could have looked at some replacements.

Theres not a single one of the best teams that doesn’t have a couple of quality defenders. The Raptors has severals even before the trade and now are stacked. Spurs had several too and had depth sufficient to survive injuries to a guy here or there. The best teams have more than one or two guys who are good defensively.

Spurs just traded their main guys and let their depth go all in one season and replaced those minutes with nothing basically. They need to look around exactly like how they discovered Danny. What’s upsetting was them signing Cunningham and Pondexter and thinking they are fine. I get they already have a lot of youngsters but they need to pick a flier or two on some wings too. Specially since they gave theirs away.

it's honestly infuriating.

[BillMc]

Well, probably no Rondo next game.

[BillMc]

:lmao at the fight in the Rockets Lakers game

Sissies all of 'em.

[Fusternino]

My Internet was awful the whole night and I couldn't stream the game. I see we got beaten bad and Forbes/Mills played no defense while Mills/Beli provided nothing on the other end. Glad to see Rudy was able to play heavy minutes, though.

Yeah, I dunno why we got Dante and Q-Pon. I really think even Acy or Blossomgame would've been better choices. Letting Anderson go and keeping Forbes made no sense. Same issues as always . . .

[Fusternino]

Agreed 100%. It can be the same system but the personnel is different and even if they wanted to move on from some guys they could have looked at some replacements.

Theres not a single one of the best teams that doesn’t have a couple of quality defenders. The Raptors has severals even before the trade and now are stacked. Spurs had several too and had depth sufficient to survive injuries to a guy here or there. The best teams have more than one or two guys who are good defensively.

Spurs just traded their main guys and let their depth go all in one season and replaced those minutes with nothing basically. They need to look around exactly like how they discovered Danny. What’s upsetting was them signing Cunningham and Pondexter and thinking they are fine. I get they already have a lot of youngsters but they need to pick a flier or two on some wings too. Specially since they gave theirs away.

I'm fairly sure it was you who I said this to but back in the summer in made no sense to me why we didn't at least pursue Mbah a Moute over Beli unless his shoulder injury was really that bad or he was set on returning to the Clippers.

[Dhbsr555]

No Ingram and rondo !!!

[Mugen]

Blazers -4.5 might be one of easiest lines this early season. That's an easy cover tbh...

Spurs on the road is going to be easy, easy money this year tbh.

[daslicer]

as long as the lakers lose tonight i'll be fine.

:lol yes that's pretty much my mentality for the whole entire year.

[Hoops Czar]

No Ingram and rondo !!!
They don't need them to takedown the toothless Spurs.

[TimDunkem]

They don't need them to takedown the toothless Spurs.

Truth bomb.

[TDMVPDPOY]

spurs with all that talent...is even crap then the td spurs during the lakers 3peat years...

[Kurgan]

spurs with all that talent...is even crap then the td spurs during the lakers 3peat years...

at least those spurs teams had prime duncan which guaranteed 60 wins. this year's group is probably the worst spurs team since 1997.

[Mirrornick]

I agree but it's also the Dubs that have forced teams to play this way tbh. I don't really find it that exciting.

According to the analytics nerds, it is the most exciting brand of basketball. I wish these knowitall smart ass nerds would simply fall of or get abducted and brought to a different planet. All they do is ruin sports. It's like sports are played on a calculator.

[dbestpro]

:lmao at the fight in the Rockets Lakers game

The Lakers are doing the league a favor. They are going to try and bring Piston style defense back to the league. If there is one team that can get away with that without getting called, it is the Lakers.

[cd98]

I have a feeling this season is going to bring new found respect for Parker and Manu and what they did to make the Spurs a great team with a chance to win every year.

[bklynspursfan]

More 3s, new rules, shorter preseason making defenses starting behind. These will come down as the season progresses, I think. But it'll be an upward trend though not this extreme.

Absolutely. I'm just pointing it out to the cliff Jumpers who think we have the worst defense ever. They clearly aren't watching the games. And in our case, we got hit with the injury bug. They should improve once White gets back, and the team understands the rotations and what not better. We won't be last year good, but better.

[Dex]

Seriously tho, who's happy about defense this week lol . Our backcourt is decimated with injuries. It should get better with Walker/White, but seems no one is showing elite or even great D yet, especially so early in the season that's starting earlier than normal.

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Yeesh, how did the Timberwolves give up 140 points to the freaking Mavericks?

I thought Thibs was supposed to be a defensive coach. :lol

[Immortal Spur]

Absolutely. I'm just pointing it out to the cliff Jumpers who think we have the worst defense ever. They clearly aren't watching the games. And in our case, we got hit with the injury bug. They should improve once White gets back, and the team understands the rotations and what not better. We won't be last year good, but better.
Paul Garcia said our D was 25th in the league right now so... yeah

[skookumchuck]

Absolutely. I'm just pointing it out to the cliff Jumpers who think we have the worst defense ever. They clearly aren't watching the games. And in our case, we got hit with the injury bug. They should improve once White gets back, and the team understands the rotations and what not better. We won't be last year good, but better.

Defense has actually been good at times, but there are some players that don't work in these particular line ups, thus making it look so bad, that it drags down the whole team in perspective. I mean, a couple of guys are so helpless, that the rest of the team struggles to cope with help defense.

[bklynspursfan]

Paul Garcia said our D was 25th in the league right now so... yeah

I mean we're 2 games in haha. A few more performances like these teams had last night and we could jump up several spots. It's just too much fluidity now, but the point remains.... This first week teams are scoring at crazy levels. We're 6th offensively atm too

[John B]

Can’t get forced into this fast tempo. Spurs don’t have enough scorers to put 120+ a night. Slow it down to 90’s and let LMA/Demar work it in the paint. I know Spurs was designed to play fast pace to take advantage of Murray’s rebounding, long strides and athleticism. But without him, it doesn’t work with Forbes and Mills. Walk it, pound it low, pnr with Demar/LMA. Score has to be in the 90’s for Spurs to have a chance in my opinion. GSG :flag::flag::flag:

[Slippy]

Can’t get forced into this fast tempo. Spurs don’t have enough scorers to put 120+ a night. Slow it down to 90’s and let LMA/Demar work it in the paint. I know Spurs was designed to play fast pace to take advantage of Murray’s rebounding, long strides and athleticism. But without him, it doesn’t work with Forbes and Mills. Walk it, pound it low, pnr with Demar/LMA. Score has to be in the 90’s for Spurs to have a chance in my opinion. GSG :flag::flag::flag:

This. Pace was all wrong for the spurs

[Slippy]

Would add watching Bryn and Patty apply transition d is like watching a slow headless chooks lay it on.

[JeffDuncan]

Pace was all wrong for the spurs

Pace, yeah. Maybe our current "guards" could handle it if the opposing guards had to push a peanut down the court with their noses. It's when the other team is allowed to run standing up that we have trouble.

[spurs10]

Ladies and jellybeans we played an experienced and excellent backcourt in Portland and they played like it. Did they expose our weaknesses? Sure. That's the point of playing. Let's see how we do with the Lakers. Think we'll be 2-1 by tomorrow night. GSG!

[bklynspursfan]

Ladies and jellybeans we played an experienced and excellent backcourt in Portland and they played like it. Did they expose our weaknesses? Sure. That's the point of playing. Let's see how we do with the Lakers. Think we'll be 2-1 by tomorrow night. GSG!

+1

Lakers still looking for their first win, could make em dangerous. But if DD continues this level play and LMA decides to join him, we should be able to take care of business

[spurs10]

+1

Lakers still looking for their first win, could make em dangerous. But if DD continues this level play and LMA decides to join him, we should be able to take care of business Hopefully the Spurs can help them continue their streak for at least one more game! :toast